Several German observers who had narrowly escaped death ran to the German command headquarters in tears.
"Battal Commander! It's not good! Almost all the observers were killed by the Russians!"
"What?!" Deputy Battalion Commander Krist, who had already acted as battalion commander, couldn't believe it at all. "It's impossible. I know the Russians are hiding in the woods, but the distance from the building you are in to the woods is already more than
One thousand meters away! Didn't you hide well enough? Were you bombarded by them?"
However, observers unanimously stated that they were hit by some kind of precision weapon.
One person said anxiously: "Batalion Commander, you'd better go and see those corpses in person. I don't know what kind of weapon killed our comrades, but anyone who is hit by it will definitely die!"
Anti-material sniper rifle, this thing is indeed a concept in this time and space. It was first proposed by Yang Mingzhi, and modified an anti-tank gun, and gave it to Natasha to open the unparalleled battlefield. In addition to the headquarters of the Guerrilla Republic, other corners of the world
, there is no such concept at all.
Battalion Commander Krist walked out of the headquarters and marched on the rubble-strewn streets. He actually only had 50% confidence in fighting street fighting in the city, but at least it was better than fighting outside the city.
He soon saw several corpses that were pulled back by the soldiers, and each one was shocking! There was even a corpse that was simply the lower half of a person. According to witnesses, the deceased was observing on the roof when he was suddenly struck by someone.
An inexplicable force cut him off at the waist, and the lower half of his body fell directly from the roof.
Many German soldiers who witnessed it actually vomited, and the puppet soldiers were the more daring and dragged the corpse into the street.
Battalion Commander Krist was not a new recruit. Judging from the appearance of the deceased, he must have been killed by some kind of powerful shooting weapon. What kind of weapon it was, he couldn't figure out for the moment.
The only thing he could be sure of was that the ambush of the Russians was very powerful, and the possibility of a breakout was lost since the bridge was bombed!
He must find reinforcements to save him.
He had already urgently written a telegram requesting help, but after discovering the incredible death of an observer, the content of the telegram became more exciting.
"You can surround the city, but you can't block our radio signals! Just wait, your siege will be torn apart as soon as reinforcements arrive!"
Krist did not believe that the 722nd Division to which he belonged could cleanly disperse or even defeat the enemies besieging the city. It was at least feasible to open a life channel so that the defenders in the city could escape.
Besides, there are not only defenders here, but also some civilians! Those are the family members of the Belarusian battalion serving the German army. Once they are captured by the Russians, they will definitely be killed. For this reason, Krist certainly hopes that
Everyone alive can escape.
…
The message was successfully sent and received intact by the German 722nd Division headquarters.
Before June 22, the German army had no idea that a group of Soviet troops had left the swamps and headed towards Loev. This city was defended by the 722nd Division, and it was the forefront of its defense system - a salient.
Its division commander Floride has led his troops and has been stationed here for seven months since the end of last year.
During these seven months, its officers and soldiers cleared some villages, relocated some villagers, and eliminated some guerrilla stragglers. However, when facing the Soviet army in the Pripet Swamp, they encountered many sap! They suffered losses
Thousands of German men were killed, but no results were achieved. On the contrary, the enemy's activities became more and more rampant.
Florid knew very well that Loev would be attacked by the Russians sooner or later. To be honest, he was unwilling to deploy troops there, but his superiors issued a fatal order that troops must be stationed in Loev.
Because of a railway and railway bridge there, as the German army's logistical pressure increased, the branch railway would have to be activated.
Floride's troops were not replenished in the January battle, and he had to put his logistics troops on the front line. In subsequent battles, the strength of the troops was weakened due to battle losses, and the supplementary troops received were minimal.
Florid understands this point. Not only the second-line troops like him, but also the first-line infantry divisions have been reduced to only 60% of the original strength. That kind of infantry division with a huge establishment of 15,000 people.
No longer exists.
Only a few divisions of the Waffen SS can reach more than 20,000 people. If the Wehrmacht division has more than 10,000 people, it will be full of personnel!
Therefore, the troops under the command of Floride added a group of so-called Eastern Battalions.
These Eastern volunteers were initially organized into battalions, and their main tasks were logistics and clearing out guerrillas. Later, they were organized into regiments.
The 722nd Division is actually responsible for a large area. Their defense core is Gomel and goes north to Soich. In Soich, two police groups composed of Belarusians maintain security in the northern part of the defense area. The 722nd Division is actually responsible for a large area.
Division, they carried out the orders of the group army and, together with friendly forces, built a long field defense system south of the Mozyr-Gomel highway.
The elite soldiers must not be moved, because the only ones guarding Loyev are a group of logistics soldiers and Belarusians.
They were simply abandoned by the group army. However, the division commander Florid could not care about the life and death of the Eastern Battalion soldiers, but he could not ignore the lives of the German soldiers.
When the soldiers broke into his bedroom very rudely and announced that Loev had been seriously attacked, Floride sat on the bed calmly.
He sighed silently: "We finally started fighting!"
However, the changes in the battle situation shocked him greatly. Is the so-called 63rd Soviet Army a group of monsters?!
In just three hours, Loev's defenders sent an astonishing telegram. The most eye-catching point was that their total casualties had reached four hundred!
Florid knew what this meant all too well. The wounded needed to be taken care of, so that of the total of one thousand soldiers, only three reinforced companies could be used for combat.
What is the situation of the Russians? In order to enhance the urgency of the situation, the battalion commander deliberately injected water in the telegram. In fact, the battalion commander did not know how many enemies there were. He only made a judgment based on their firepower, that is, about two regiments.
Two whole regiments?! What on earth is the enemy going to do, capture Loev?
At the same time, many staff officers in the division, especially the chief of staff, are waiting for the division commander's decision.
Seeing the division commander's hesitation, the chief of staff asked weakly: "Division commander, should we organize troops for reinforcements immediately? You see, our people are already asking for reinforcements in the message. If reinforcements are not sent, they will be wiped out by the enemy!"
"Rescue? This matter is not simple!" As he said, Florid rolled his eyes at the chief of staff: "Cole, you only started taking up this position last month. Before that, you didn't have any contact with the Russians.
Once you have fought, you must not know the cunning nature of the enemy."
"Are they cunning?"
"What do you think? Just last month, the Romanian division was basically beaten to collapse, and only more than 4,000 people fled back. I know that the Romanian combat effectiveness is very bad. They actually suffered such losses in a few days of fighting.
How could we not be vigilant? Besides, those Russians also killed thousands of soldiers of our division!
Such a result is not the so-called tactic that the Russians are accustomed to using. The Russian commanders in the swamp must be experts. They are always good at using strategies and make us very embarrassed. Just like this battle, if the Russians
We really dispatched two regiments..."
"Wait a minute? Division Commander, do you really believe they have the strength of two regiments?!"
"Why don't you believe it? Cole, you should face those Russians! You are my chief of staff, but you know nothing about our enemies. How can I rest assured? I can tell you clearly that the swamp is
The Russians have at least 10,000 troops, probably more than us, and their combat effectiveness is incredibly high.
They could obviously occupy Loev in one go and kill all our defenders, but they didn't do that. What do you think this means?"
"Perhaps the Russians are running out of ammunition, or they may be bluffing. There is also a possibility that they are luring us and trying to fight a decisive battle with our army."
Floride nodded: "I think so too. There must be a huge conspiracy here! We have been building the defense line since April. Until now, some concrete bunkers have been added to the defense line, and we have not received any
An order to take the initiative to attack. Just like the French built the Maginot Line, we are also building a similar line of defense to contain the Russians' northward advance in the swamps.
From the Russians' point of view, maybe our tactics worked. They couldn't stand the fact that their living space was compressed by our army, so they hoped to have a decisive battle with the main force of our army, and that Loyev became a bait!"
"Ah! What a wonderful thing! What a second!" Chief of Staff Cole was very surprised. He never expected that his division commander actually had such a strategy, which he could not see at all on weekdays.
Floride smiled bitterly: "Well, thousands of German men have taught me these strategies at the cost of their lives. The enemy must have a huge conspiracy, and if our army rushes to save it, something will happen. But as we look at Luo
Jev is occupied, and the Gestapo in the field are likely to arrest me. So we still have to go to the rescue."
"This... we still have to go to the rescue after all!"
"So I'm very conflicted! Cole, let's gather everyone first and discuss what to do urgently!"