"Natasha, stop stamping your feet and get out!" Igor couldn't tolerate the girl's continued excitement. He took the girl's arm and ran stumblingly in the hail of bullets.
The German tanks suffered some losses, but didn't they still achieve great results? The losses of Balzen's troops were unprecedented. They took the lead in setting out on June 20. In less than twenty days, two-thirds of the soldiers
Died for the country.
The lives of those who survived were in danger at any time. Thanks to their running fast enough and the fact that some soldiers risked their lives to cover the retreat of their comrades, the reconnaissance camp was able to retain the essence of more than a hundred people.
When Balzen had thrown away the German army as far as possible, they had left Loev's forest area and entered the corridor area.
"Ah! Ah! I almost died, these Germans are really crazy."
"Yes, they are the armed SS, and they are really extraordinary in terms of their fighting will."
"Nikita, I think you think highly of the Germans. Besides, if they are the Waffen SS, they are not necessarily Germans."
"They are all Nazis anyway. Damn it. Most of our brothers are dead, and they are still chasing us. Platoon leader, will they keep following us?"
"They'd better pursue us relentlessly. The mission of our reconnaissance battalion in this operation is to be a bait. As long as we lure them into a trap, it will be their doom."
…
The soldiers talked a lot. Because they have been fighting on the front line for a long time, they have seen too much death and blood. When a large number of comrades died, their hearts did not collapse. The soldiers faced their fallen comrades with an attitude of awe, and everyone was relieved.
They simply believe that as long as the operation is successful, the sacrifice of their comrades is worth it.
But as a commander, Balzen regretted the fact that his men sacrificed on a large scale.
After an inventory, including the few children from the youth camp who were still alive, there were only 120 soldiers left in the reconnaissance battalion directly under the 63rd Army. The reconnaissance battalion had really become the "Balzen Death Squadron"
.
What was even worse was that during the retreat, the radio station that correspondent Misha was carrying was beaten into a honeycomb by the enemy's machine guns. If it weren't for the radio's steel box, Misha's life would have been lost.
Losing the radio station meant that they could not quickly inform the headquarters that they had suffered serious losses.
At this time, there were more than a hundred soldiers in the reconnaissance battalion, and only half of them carried bread cubes or raw potatoes. The amount they carried could not satisfy all the soldiers for a day. Not only did the troops have to face hunger, but the worst thing was that their
There is a serious shortage of ammunition!
As a modern soldier, although firearms are a soldier's life, a gun without ammunition is no different from a fire stick. You can't lead your brothers to fight with the German army with bayonets!
The reconnaissance battalion took a good rest in a small group of woods. As a few soldiers discovered a small pond, a large number of soldiers went to get water, and even lay down directly by the pond to drink the fishy-smelling water. Everyone knew that they
He was drinking water at the risk of diarrhea and parasitic diseases. Considering that the Germans were chasing him very closely, he was afraid that he would have spilled his blood on the battlefield before he had diarrhea.
Balzen ordered the troops to take out all the food first and distribute it to the entire battalion officers and soldiers according to needs.
He guessed that the soldiers would have some resistance, so he explained: "We must make rational use of the remaining food. The machine gunners have the largest load at present. They eat more, those who shoot accurately eat more, and the soldiers with strong bodies eat less.
.And the children in the youth camp, especially our fighting hero Natasha, they need to eat more."
Balzen deliberately mentioned Natasha's name, hoping that through the Soviet hero's deeds, he could improve morale and suppress the restlessness within the troops. He was obviously overly worried. The surviving soldiers did not have any tendency to fight within the army.
, everyone depends on the battalion commander on how to distribute food, as long as the task can be completed.
Of course, don’t think about how to fight a good war when you’re hungry.
Balzen made an analysis to all the soldiers: "We can only eat food for one day at most. What is very bad is that we have no reserve food and the radio is broken. I can only send messengers to report the situation during a marathon. In addition, we have
We must attract the enemy's attention and implement the role of our bait."
Balzen finally came up with what he thought was a brilliant tactic, which was to set up an abnormal array when night fell. But look at the sky, the dark clouds were very low, and the north wind was desolate. If it rained, the array would be
He and his soldiers retreated without blankets. After a rain, they would definitely fall ill on a large scale. Without medical treatment, medicine, food and ammunition, the troops would not be so unlucky! At this moment, he
I can only pray silently, hoping that the weather will be on the side of the Soviet army.
In fact, it has already rained in Pripet Swamp, and the rain is not light.
The rain in the area where the blacksmith village is located gradually turned into moderate rain, while the sulfur mine and the surrounding map experienced heavy rain. This rain mainly rained in the Kiev area, and the swamps in the north were in the rainfall area.
There is a saying that it does not rain across the river. Summer rain in Belarus usually has extremely high regional characteristics. Loyev is more than 50 kilometers away from the blacksmith village, where there are only dark clouds, and the dark clouds carrying water vapor are riding the north wind to the hinterland of the swamp.
, and headed towards Kiev.
Balzen sent three messenger teams, each with two people traveling together. One headed west towards Homnich, one headed towards the "trap" in the southwest, and one headed south towards the Blacksmith Village.
Due to different directions and different enemy situations, the two soldiers who were the first to find friendly forces heading southwest ran directly to the fake village built by the army. They were quickly discovered by the sentries of the 284th Division's Second Regiment and were quickly sent to the regiment.
Sergeant Lavrenti.
Lavrenti and Yevgeny were shocked by the news from the messenger.
"Did the German Waffen SS really chase you out of Loev's forest? Is what you said true?" Lavrenti asked eagerly.
The messenger gasped: "We guarantee it with our lives and honor. We paid an extremely heavy price to lure the enemy out. As for whether we can lure you into the trap, we dare not guarantee."
"Oops! I must inform Commander Comrade Berekov about this."
This information made Lavrenti furious. When the telegram reached the blacksmith village, Yang Mingzhi, Yevlov and Fomin were all in an explosive state of mind.
Yevlov was so angry that he threw the tea cup away: "What the hell! The reconnaissance battalion is our best unit, and their casualty rate is as high as 80%. Damn these Russians!"
Yang Mingzhi is not only worried about the huge casualties, but Natasha is still in the reconnaissance camp. How is she doing? She must not have any accidents!
A general must be far-sighted and ruthless at critical moments. It is even difficult to consider the life and death of some of his subordinates, even if he is a Soviet hero. The intelligence from the second regiment showed that the reconnaissance battalion had already killed the two or three thousand Waffen SS.
The number one is attracted, and as long as they continue to pursue Balzen, they will surely reach the "trap village" within two or three hours.
He slammed the table and shouted: "It seems that it depends on tomorrow whether we can annihilate the evil-doing armed SS. On July 9, this will let the Nazis see the scientific and technological achievements of the Soviet Union!"