A large number of corpses lay on the battlefield, and some people were injured but not dead.
As Jews and wounded soldiers, they completely gave up the thought of surrendering and surviving. It was absolutely impossible! They thought they would use their last breath to make a final attack on the fascists.
Because every Soviet soldier will definitely carry one or two grenades, even the assault expansion troops have a large amount of grenades.
Some German soldiers went to collect the bodies and were also looking for people who had not yet expired.
They found some dying Soviet soldiers, or turned over the corpses, and suddenly there was an explosion.
At one time, more than a dozen small-scale explosions occurred on the battlefield.
Mueller was shocked: "Commander, go and investigate what happened?"
However, he immediately prohibited the soldiers from inspecting the dead bodies. Although some German soldiers suspected that all the dead bodies were pretending to be undead, and they rushed to replenish their guns, some soldiers were still killed or injured in the sudden explosion.
After learning the cause of the explosion, Mueller was in a mixed mood.
"These Russians are really fighting to the death. They have gone crazy. Orderer! Inform the soldiers to shoot all the enemy corpses to ensure that there will be no survivors!"
Muller hoped to catch a few tongues, but he failed completely. What was the strength of the Soviet army and where was its main force? He could only summarize and analyze this battle.
The time gradually reached five o'clock in the afternoon, and evening was approaching. Since the enemy's situation was not clear, Muller had to order the troops to seize the time to stabilize the current defense line.
In short, dig more holes and dig deeper holes. Once the Soviet army continues to attack, they can still perform another massacre.
Muller estimated that he killed about 500 enemies today, but his own losses were also as high as 500.
The total number of German casualties that day, including those who failed to receive medical treatment, was as high as 280, and another 300 were injured. Their casualties came first from the artillery bombardment, and secondly from the deception of searching the battlefield for Soviet wounded soldiers who arrived early.
The loss of more than 500 people still caused Muller to bleed heavily.
The Soviet army had withdrawn far away and the battle was over. Forced by the battle, the puppet army transport team only transported the supplies to Muller after the battle.
The transport team brought in as many as a thousand rounds of 75mm Krupp high-explosive bombs. After they unloaded the ammunition, the vacated carriage directly solved Muller's urgent need.
If conditions permit, dead German soldiers will be buried in the cemetery. More than a hundred corpses were quickly piled on several carriages, and there were more than 20 vehicles filled with wounded German soldiers.
Those who were transported away were all seriously injured people who could continue to fight. After being bandaged, Muller ordered them to return to the team. He even planned to let people from the police regiment join his army, but thinking about the attitude of his soldiers, they had no intention of returning to the army.
The officers and soldiers of the police regiment who are also Belarusians will have natural resistance.
In this way, when the sun just started to set, the German army sent away the wounded. The puppet police chief said that they would send the wounded German soldiers to each other, and were even willing to divide their troops to join Muller's infantry regiment. This kindness was directly rejected by Muller
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Muller made some defensive adjustments, and even ordered the main body of the police group to move two kilometers to the west of his own defense line. It was said that once the Soviet troops attacked, the police group would be the first to fight them.
At this point, Muller boasts that he can handle today's night perfectly, and the day of fierce fighting is finally over.
When the soldiers began to buy and cook, Muller began to exchange intelligence with neighboring troops. He especially introduced his feat of successfully blocking the Soviet army and his analysis of the battlefield situation.
"Could it be that the main force of the Soviet army is placed in Homnich?" After receiving the latest information, the commander of the 634th Division had to doubt this.
The so-called most classic offensive mode of the Soviet army is that the artillery blasts the infantry and charges? No one doubts the courage of the Soviet army when charging. As a result, without tank cover, almost all of them became undead under the muzzle of the mg34 gun.
However, the casualties of the troops dispatched by the 805th Division were also very bad. In terms of casualties alone, they were the worst.
The total number of German casualties on this day was as high as 1,000, and more than 20,000 people lost 6% of their combat strength. Such losses were very bad on the front line of the war.
If yesterday's casualties are added in, the German casualties would be as high as 1,500, and this does not include the lightly wounded who could continue fighting.
Most of the dead were buried on the spot, and only Muller's troops had the conditions to transport some bodies away.
The German army completed the final statistics of the results as the sun was about to set. Each unit reported casualties, material losses and ammunition consumption to their superiors, just like a heavy bomb exploded.
The casualties are too great!
"What a loss, a serious loss. Did I underestimate the enemy too much? Did I really underestimate the strength of the Soviet army's resistance?"
Wagner, the commander of the German Army Group, even began to wonder whether the enemy-killing achievements reported by each unit were filled with water.
However, the commander did not continue to get angry. He assembled 20,000 people for this attack and completed the first phase of the battle plan today.
As the commander-in-chief staying at the rear, Wagner was very worried about whether the people in the Waffen SS in Loev would fully obey his command.
"That Blücher, if he decides to attack without authorization, I may not be able to suppress him."
Wagner thought this way, because based on the casualties, he realized that he had to modify the subsequent missions.
He also discovered that judging from the intensity of the fighting, the fighting in the direction of Homnich was very fierce, with artillery battles, Soviet BT tanks, and fanatical Soviet charges. Isn't that where the main force of the Soviet army is located?
How many troops did the Soviet army have? Is it possible to recreate today's battle?
You must know that the attacking German troops can be drawn from multiple defense areas. If there are a large number of losses, even if the operation is successful, the defense pressure on Belarus will increase day by day.
The results of the first battle were very good, but their losses exceeded expectations, so the German army temporarily went on the defensive.
Wagner believed that his forces were not overwhelming and that the Pripet Swamp might harbor more enemies.
In fact, it is feasible for the three divisions in the rear to allocate troops for support. Wagner does not want to spend a lot of time for the time being, so he will not increase the troops for the time being, but it is perfectly fine to increase ammunition and equipment.
Therefore, on the night of July 5th, the German army ordered the 707th Division and the 722nd Division to form transport teams respectively, especially the 707th Division, which was closest to the battlefield and carried a greater logistics task.
Wagner knew that the most powerful weapons for infantry units to kill enemies were artillery and artillery shells, so he ordered the 707th Division to deploy an additional artillery company and gather four 75mm field guns to support the 805th Division's Muller Regiment.
At the same time, the logistics troops will also carry a thousand artillery shells towards Muller's current camp.
The day of departure was the morning of July 6th. That night, the German troops in non-war zones not only entered the first level of combat readiness, they were also actively operating logistics, waiting for the task of transporting supplies, and receiving injuries and illnesses from the front line.
So far, Loev and the surrounding areas have been occupied by the German army, and the 20,000 German troops attacking have been concentrated within an area of 20 kilometers east to west with the city of Loev as the center.
That night, various German armies were ordered to dig holes and prepare temporary tactical defenses.