It was not surprising that Roshakov received an order from the command center to move the entire army to defense, because he had already consumed a lot of ammunition and lost some troops, and continuing to attack frantically would only cause more losses.
He obeyed the command of the headquarters and immediately re-corrected the deployment of troops in accordance with the terms of the order.
Peronisky's independent regiment, they had just finished their meal, immediately took their luggage and equipment, and moved northward in a surprise attack at night. During this night, they had to advance ten kilometers and fight with the ambushed Little Warmansky.
The troops met, and after the two troops merged together, they stayed at the edge of the forest facing the east, thereby entering a very superior position to wait for an opportunity to ambush the German transport convoy.
Tonight's action vividly demonstrated the results of the daily training of the Peronsky Institute. They can still move forward quickly in the night!
At eleven o'clock in the evening, they finally met with the dormant Womansky's more than 600 cavalry at the ruins of the village of Dubravica.
Because there was a large forest here and there were only a few narrow forest roads, Womansky felt confident and boldly ordered his men to light a large number of bonfires. His troops were not just basic ones, there were also some carriages transporting a batch of hay.
, and a small amount of soybeans. Grass and soybeans were food for the horses, while the soldiers mainly relied on potatoes and dried fish.
This time, Peronisky's arrival gave the cavalry some generous gifts.
Peronisky's vanguard and the cavalry joined forces, and the sleeping cavalry soldiers woke up one after another. They were on strong alert. Although they had received telegrams from friendly forces, when a large number of people really appeared, they still loaded their bullets.
The oolong incident did not occur, and both armies were rejoicing at the rendezvous.
Little Warmansky welcomed these friendly troops very much, but suddenly there was a smell of blood in the air, which made him with a sensitive sense of smell question.
He asked the advance guard: "Comrade, have you brought some fresh meat?"
The soldier answered simply: "Yes, it should be considered fresh meat. Specifically, horse meat."
"Horse meat? Where do you come from?"
"They were all German army horses that were killed in the bombing. Our artillery successfully bombed their military camp in a sneak attack, seized some ammunition, and killed many horses! Therefore, those horse corpses were all put into our stomachs, and our army took them with us
I’ll give you some horsemeat as well.”
Because of his love for horses, little Warmansky was naturally averse to horse meat, but in these war years, being able to eat food was considered a blessing, so he didn't think much about it.
"Okay! We have been eating potatoes for many days. Today we will eat some horse meat for the brothers to enjoy!"
Rosakov sent hundreds of people to search the ruins of Homnich. All the wounded German soldiers were killed. The ammunition found was immediately distributed to the troops. The more than 100 horses that were killed became dinner for the Soviet army.
Each soldier was given at least one kilogram of horse meat. The soldiers no longer cared about the smell of blood, so they just stuck the meat on sticks and grilled it without even adding salt. They even tasted it half-cooked and ate it wildly.
The horse meat brought by Peronisky was also grilled in the cavalry camp. After eating the supper, most of the soldiers went to bed again, and only the two commanders began to discuss tomorrow's operations.
"I have received the order given to me by the commander. Starting from tomorrow, our cavalry will take the initiative to cruise, and we will move to an area further north." As he said, Womansky looked forward, "I plan to stick to the German defense line
so that if there were any German convoys, I would be able to detect them as soon as they appeared."
In response to this, the division commander refused on the spot: "Don't you understand the current situation? The broken bridge has been completely abandoned, and the railway has also been abandoned. Worse still, the Soviet army is in the forest to the south of my position. My troops are not construction workers, and we cannot repair it.
Qiao, I'm sorry for the loss of your unit. As for material support, I can give you some bullets, but as for mortar shells, I can't give them to you."
"Okay, okay. A few bullets are enough."
"I don't have enough ammunition either. I still have to keep some ammunition to clear out the Soviet troops on the left bank of the river. I can only give you 50,000 rounds."
"Only fifty thousand? Are you humiliating us?!" Blücher was very angry, "We are the armed SS, you must strongly support us. And I am the front-line commander of this operation."
"You! We were originally going to fight in Voronezh, but we were suddenly transferred here to fight at the command of a regiment commander like you. Across the river is Belarus. You can't solve the Belarus problem. We have done a good job in helping you and gave you 50,000 rounds of ammunition.
I've seen enough. Let's talk..."
Then, he gave a reason that Blücher could not deny: "Your Excellency only has five kayaks, and the transport capacity is really worrying. You should continue to wait for the rear transport team. Now that we are all ordered to defend temporarily, why are you so impatient?"