On May 23, the Guerrilla Republic was completely immersed in the joy of victory.
That afternoon, Yang Mingzhi followed his plan and ordered the soldiers to pile up all the helmets brought back in the area he designated, forming a pyramid.
In ancient times, Jingguan would pile the enemy's heads into a mountain. Rather than humiliating the enemy, the main purpose was to show off the illustrious martial arts of one's own troops.
Of course Yang Mingzhi would not do such disgusting things. All the enemy corpses were buried. This is the obligation of the modern army to clean up the battlefield. However, the Helmet Tower still caused a huge sensation, and the entire Blacksmith Village wanted to see it.
It was so spectacular that I vowed to see it in person to confirm whether the rumors of annihilating ten thousand enemies were true.
These are villagers' activities. As a senior officer, Yang Mingzhi still stayed in his army headquarters and chatted with his colleagues.
"This time, we achieved a huge victory. The Romanians were defeated, and the flying fish also hit the target. We caused a chaos in Chernigov that was enough to shake the foundation of German rule! All of this is
Thanks to you." Yevlov was in a happy mood, as if no one could defeat his 63rd Army.
Yang Mingzhi naturally accepted his kindness. Looking at the old guys fighting with him, he responded modestly: "The credit is not just mine! I only made some small military plans and made some small contributions.
Well."
"You are still too modest! If I were the commander, I don't think I would be able to achieve such a record. Those helmets are piled up in mountains, doesn't that explain the problem?"
"Of course, our soldiers are brave and resolute in fighting, and my commander is considered wise. In fact, it is the arrogance and stupidity of the Romanians that give us the chance to win."
Yang Mingzhi was very happy to stay at the headquarters this afternoon. What was supposed to be a tea party with wine and chat turned into an out-and-out military meeting.
Yang Mingzhi indeed would not get carried away by this small victory, even if tens of thousands of people lined the streets to greet him and chanted his name, that would not work. He attributed part of the reason for the victory to the stupidity of the Romanians, and after a little analysis
, his argument was also accepted by everyone.
"The combat effectiveness of the Luo Army is indeed poor. This is mainly due to its inferior weapons and equipment. They are simply a World War I-style army! Their fighting will is also worthy of recognition. In desperate times, they first think about breaking out, and only when they are desperate, they will
Surrender. As a result, the third regiment charged too hard and completely refused to give Luo Jun a chance to survive. They decided to fight to the death in order to survive. As a result, the third regiment suffered heavy losses!"
Yevlov nodded: "Berekov, you have analyzed a lot. There are more than a thousand female soldiers in the third regiment, all of them are young girls. Hundreds of people died in this battle. This is our army's strength in this battle."
The biggest sacrifice."
Fuming took advantage of the situation and said: "Yes! We are all men, and we cannot tolerate seeing women suffering. However, they proved their bravery with their lives and proved that female soldiers have the will to fight as well as male soldiers. The third regiment
Having no experience of going into battle as a whole before this is equivalent to saying that they lack souls. This time, they have military souls!"
"Your words are very powerful!" Yang Mingzhi praised, "I think so too. An excellent army must not be afraid of sacrifice, and must have the courage to dare to fight the enemy with bayonets. Those girls did it, as for whether the tactics at the time were appropriate
, this requires careful analysis. In short, the third regiment suffered serious casualties, and there was a shortage of a reorganized battalion! We still have a few female military battalions here that do not have the establishment of regular troops. This is good, and directly add a battalion to the third regiment.
The strength of the army was restored."
"I'll do as you say." Yevlov asked, "What about the other troops? All troops have suffered certain battle losses. Besides, the soldiers have been fighting at high intensity for a whole week. I think they should take a good rest."
"Of course! So it's up to us commanders to discuss it. I personally think that we should at least give the soldiers a chance to sleep for a whole day!"
"Your commander, if you decide so, then carry it out." Yevlov expressed his stance, and Fomin followed up and agreed.
In the entire 63rd Group Army, there are only three people with military power, and Yang Mingzhi is the highest person in charge. He knows very well how much energy the soldiers on the front line consume. It seems that these soldiers can fight for another month. Their nervous nerves need
Recuperate, otherwise some soldiers will go insane!
Yang Mingzhi's mind started to heat up, and he slapped his thigh and said: "Three days then! Just like the operation at the end of April, after the operation, we have three days of rest!"
"Three days is good!" Yevlov immediately supported: "They rested for three days, and then they won such a battle! I see, in the future, any troops that participate in long-term high-intensity battles will rest for three days after victory.
, this has to be decided as a rule. Comrade Fuming, what do you think?"
"Me? Both of you commanders have supported it. How can I not support it? Of course, I think Comrade Salinchkin's opinion is also very important. After all, he is a senior official of the guerrilla republic. Maybe he will have a good opinion of the most elite members of the army."
The troops took a collective holiday to raise objections. After all, we are always surrounded and blockaded by the enemy!"
"Come on!" Yevlov waved his hand: "Look at his performance in the morning, he was as cheerful as an ordinary villager, what else would he question? Here, our Berekov is the most convincing.
Yes, he is still a lieutenant general. As long as he speaks, Salinchkin has to listen."
Why did this sound strange? Yang Mingzhi quickly shouted: "This is wrong. After all, he is a commissioner sent by the leader and a representative of the Supreme Soviet of the Guerrilla Republic. It is time to inform him at this time. Of course, I am responsible for the military.
, now I have decided that the second regiment, the third regiment, the division reconnaissance battalion and the guerrilla brigade will all have a three-day holiday. The holiday will start today and will not resume military training until May 26."
"This is the military order! It's time to notify the troops on vacation immediately!" Then, Yevlov shouted "order soldier".
The good news of the holiday immediately spread to the grassroots of the army with the rushing messengers, and at the headquarters, the long talks among the commanders continued.
Soldiers can take vacation, but can commanders too? No!
Both Yevlov and Fomin now have a simple question - what strategy to pursue next.
In fact, Yang Mingzhi already had several ideas about what to do in the future. His attitude quickly became serious, and he especially wanted to know the current situation.
He asked: "Have we received any telegrams from the front army headquarters in the past few days? I heard that the attack on Kharkov has begun."
The parents nodded: "Yes, it started in the early morning of the 19th, and today is already the fifth day."
"How's the battle going?" Yang Mingzhi's eyes widened, and his attitude changed so quickly that it was shocking.
Fomin did not lie. He replied truthfully: "Based on the telegrams received so far, our Southwest Front's offensive has begun to be hindered, especially since the city of Kharkov has not yet been captured. This time we have dispatched nearly one million troops.
, and the enemy did not continue to collapse as expected. If we cannot continue to advance vigorously, we can only defend on the spot. If we can finally capture Kharkov, this battle can be regarded as a victory."
"Is all this information reliable?" Yang Mingzhi asked.
"Absolutely reliable. After all, we are also part of the Southwest Front Army. The Front Army Command has been sending us a full day's battle situation briefing in the past few days. The telegram our army has received now is still sent at three in the morning. But now,
It’s been twelve hours since I received the telegram, and I really don’t know what the situation is like on the front line!”
"How is it? What else can be done?" Yang Mingzhi sighed.
His speculation about this battle was that the Soviet army still ended in defeat. But no one would lick their faces and say that the Soviet army was defeated before the battle began. This was propaganda for defeatism! Everyone was confident in this great battle. In this way, Yang Mingzhi
I can't help but ask myself, after all, the Southwest Front is also equipped with a lot of RPGs, the source of which is the one I gave to Kuznetsov last year! Even with this kind of weapon, the Soviet army still can't take advantage of it?
Yang Mingzhi quickly saw the entire set of messages.
Since the telegram is a summary of May 22, it means that the Soviet and German armies were evenly matched on May 22. The Soviet army was the offensive side. They did not continue to expand their results and did not achieve the goal of capturing Kharkov and annihilating the local area.
The eight German divisions defending the target would be a huge disadvantage to the Soviet army if the battle dragged on.
Besides, all this seems to be developing according to the historical process. It seems that the macro process will not change qualitatively because of a new weapon.
The Soviet army is at the end of its war effort and will fail again!
At this point, Yang Mingzhi frowned, and Fomin and Yevlov were still waiting for his eloquent remarks. His expression showed that the matter was by no means simple - the Soviet army was probably going to be in trouble!
Therefore, Fomin stopped talking and deliberately changed the topic: "Belkov! The communications corps also achieved great results in this combat! I have to tell you that Periya, who you assigned to the communications corps of the headquarters,
!She is really a genius!”
Yang Mingzhi really didn't want to say that the Soviet army was going to be defeated, so he took advantage of the situation and shouted: "Oh? Really? Where is Periya? I have to see her!"