The German troops abandoned some corpses and retreated! The Soviet troops, who had tasted their first victory, were very happy.
"You are fighting very well, and the German army may launch a large-scale attack next." Rosakov estimated this, and issued an order, asking his subordinates to hold their positions, prepare for artillery bombardment, and order the artillery to be ready to fire.
Artillery is the god of war. The Soviet army can observe the German artillery. Regarding the German infantry tactics, they will definitely launch a barrage of artillery strikes before attacking, and then the infantry will advance on a large scale.
How to avoid the artillery fire? It is nothing more than digging a deep hole. Most soldiers dug themselves foxholes more than one meter deep, which is completely enough for a person to huddle in. In order to further ensure their own safety, most soldiers suddenly picked up shovels and continued
Dig a hole deep.
On the other hand, the German scouts withdrew, and their company commander reported to the regimental commander Muller: "The Soviet army has set up defenses in the forest. They have set up many machine gun positions. Their formations are very sophisticated. They are definitely not ordinary guerrillas."
Team."
"It seems that the enemy we encountered is completely different from the guerrillas in the past!" Muller did not dare to neglect. He knew that he had indeed encountered the so-called Soviet 63rd Army Group described in the pre-war report.
The so-called regular troops.
The officers and soldiers of the 805th Division have endured the sparrow warfare of the guerrillas for a long time, so the officers and soldiers have also developed good patience.
The German army must not attack rashly. Muller decisively ordered the artillery to adjust the firing angle and launch a bombardment.
This infantry regiment only has 75mm field guns, but as long as they are used properly, they can still achieve good results. Muller ordered ten rounds for each gun, but his severely weakened artillery only had six field guns, and the artillery fire was still
Too weak.
The shells roared and hit the area two kilometers away. They fell into the forest one after another and turned into loud noises.
After hearing the roar, the Soviet soldiers immediately huddled up in foxholes. Everyone was praying that they would not be unlucky enough to be attacked by artillery shells.
However, there were still unlucky ones who were destined to be killed or wounded in the German artillery fire. The shells fell into the defense area of the Roshakov Regiment, and some soldiers were killed by the explosion shock wave. Thanks to the wide area of his formation, and because
Covered by big trees, Soviet casualties were very light.
After all, the German army only fired 60 rounds of artillery shells, which accounted for only one-tenth of its ammunition supply. Facing the dispersed Soviet army, the effect achieved was naturally the same.
The bombardment came to an abrupt end. Roshakov poked his head out of the bunker, shook off the dust and fallen pine needles from his uniform, and immediately ordered the communications troops to send a message to the artillery regiment, ordering the artillery to fire on the ruins of Homnich!
Youdao is the most useless place for a hero. You must know that Doronin was also a veteran of the 284th Guards Division when it was established. He was an artilleryman who received professional training, but ended up working as an instructor for a whole year.
This time, the artillery of the 284th Division has been captured, and the twenty captured 75mm guns can finally show their power.
After receiving the order, he yelled at the top of his lungs: "Brothers! Adjust each gun position, target the ruins of Homnich, and fire three rounds at a rapid rate!"
The artillerymen were already impatient, and every gun had a shell loaded in its barrel and was ready to fire.
The red flag raised by Doronin suddenly fell down, and he shouted with a ferocious face: "огонь!"
Twenty field guns fired at the same time, and the artillery fire set off a spectacular orange-red flame! Doronin saw with his naked eyes that in an instant, a large number of black shadows burst out from the muzzle of the guns, which were flying shells. They were crossing the woods and heading towards
The target flies away.
At the same time, the German artillery had just stopped. They fired sixty shells in a short period of time, which made the barrel very hot. It was time to pause for a while to let the barrel cool down.
The Soviet artillery shells came without warning. Just as the German soldiers heard the sound, the dark artillery shells came one after another.
The Soviet army's twenty cannons fired three extremely rapid rounds, firing sixty rounds in just one minute!
The ruins of the city of Homnich are very large, and it stands to reason that the bombardment of sixty rounds is too far away from the saturation bombing. This is because the German army has so many troops! They also have more than 800 military horses and a large number of carriages. They stayed in Homnage.
Mnich is a big target in its own right!
The artillery shell directly hit the German position, and the German troops who were caught off guard immediately suffered massive casualties.
In the sudden bombardment, Muller was horrified to see that several soldiers were blown away. After the carriage was hit, the horses also flew into the sky.
The vast number of soldiers quickly lay down in foxholes to avoid the shelling. Their logistical equipment, especially their horses, suffered one after another.
The frightened horses broke free from the reins and ran away, and many of them were directly killed by shrapnel. At this time, the only way to protect themselves to the maximum extent was by lying on the ground. Horses did not have the ability to lie down and hide.
How could Doronin be satisfied after firing three rapid rounds? He still had a lot of artillery shells, and immediately ordered: "Each artillery continues to bombard, maintain a rate of fire of one round per minute, and fire ten rounds from each gun position."
Doronin vowed to vent his suppressed anger for a whole year through artillery bombardment. The so-called anger of artillery was to order his artillery to quickly shoot out all the ammunition, even if the barrels were red!
As for the Muller Regiment of the 805th Division, the officers and soldiers had almost forgotten how to fight a positional battle. Especially the new recruits who had only been added to the army in recent months, they suddenly encountered an artillery battle and panicked for a while. Some of them lay on the ground.
The soldiers in the pit were crying loudly, and some even peed their pants.
There are also some German soldiers who are real veterans. When enduring the bombardment, they lay with their hands on their chests, their mouths wide open, and their eyes angry, so that their bodies would not die from the violent tremors that shattered their internal organs.
Therefore, within an area of nearly six square kilometers in the ruins of Homnich, it was bombarded by a total of 260 rounds of 75mm high-explosive shells from Soviet artillery.
Muller never expected that they would be counterattacked by enemy artillery, and the intensity of the counterattack was truly astonishing.
Shocked, he got out of the bunker and saw a messy scene. The carriage suffered a lot of damage, and the horses either ran away or turned into corpses on the ground. What should he do?
He clearly realized that continuing to stay in the ruins of the city could only give the enemy an excellent coordinate for bombardment. What was the right thing to do? Retreat!
"Each battalion commander immediately counted his own men, looked for all the wounded, took all the supplies that could be taken away, and we immediately retreated five kilometers eastward!"
Muller ordered this to preserve his own strength. He regretted his decision to camp in the ruins yesterday, but what else could he do? Who could have expected that the Russians even had long-range artillery? Obviously the intelligence collected by his superiors was very incomplete.
I also realized that the entire RUHE operation was extremely hasty.
In addition to ordering his own troops to retreat along the same route, Mueller also ordered the cooperating police regiment to retreat along the same route.
Under the watchful eye of the Soviet army, the German army quickly left the ruins of Homnich and moved eastward.
Where are they going? Towards Loev?
Roshakov did not order the Soviet army to continue the attack. It was not that he did not understand the principle of pursuing the victory, but that he could not estimate the casualties of the German army. Besides, the order he received was to hold on.
It was already eleven o'clock in the morning, and Roshakov reported the battle situation to the headquarters. He claimed in the telegram that the troops of the German 805th Division were advancing towards the Loev Line of Defense.
In fact, the German army had no intention of joining forces with Loev. Muller just moved the position to the "corridor area", where there were clusters of woods and many open areas. This environment was convenient for the German army to garrison.
Roshakov's eyes could not see that far, and his judgment also caused Yang Mingzhi to misjudge. Therefore, the Soviet garrison in Homnich received a new order to launch an active attack to test the strength of this German army.
.Yang Mingzhi also did not hope that Roshakov would get mad and order all the officers and soldiers to charge, because such casualties would be very serious.
He set a red line, that is, the number of troops dispatched should not exceed two battalions, that is, no more than 1,000 people.