"Okay, don't be surprised anymore. The use value of this fascist is gone. Comrades, check your equipment and stand by on the spot."
After arranging for the troops to rest on the spot, Balzen waited quietly for the arrival of the large troops.
The soldiers of the second regiment arrived at the battlefield fifteen minutes later. Many soldiers were quite resentful. They marched continuously just to fight the fascists. The first battle was fought by the reconnaissance battalion. Everyone felt very itchy.
The soldiers were like this, and so were Lavrenti and Yevgeny. Because Balzen had important information to tell, the two of them found him quickly as soon as they arrived on the battlefield. The three of them squatted on the ground, gathering people to smoke while looking down at the map spread out.
A military meeting was launched unexpectedly.
Balzen first briefly described the battle, and then explained the German intelligence obtained.
Lavrenti's eyes were solemn: "The Germans are by no means fools. They have placed many observation posts in the woods. As long as we attack, we will be discovered by them immediately. It seems that according to the commander's order, our army launched a surprise attack at four o'clock in the afternoon.
It’s really difficult.”
"Indeed." Yevgeny said worriedly: "We all hope to reduce casualties during combat. The situation we are facing now is very serious. In order to complete the mission, we really have to pay a lot."
"For the sake of victory, sacrifice is worth it. Moreover, the sacrifices of the soldiers are by no means unnecessary sacrifices. I think we can forcefully break through the enemy's posts. Although every post has a machine gun, we should not be afraid at all. We actually
Just push it to the limit of the range of the Shark Rocket Launcher."
Of course, Balzen supported Lavrenti's opinion, but when Lavrenti believed that the troops' offensive direction was still to counterattack all the way north as planned, Balzen refused on the spot.
"What? Comrade Balzen, do you have any other suggestions?"
"No. I just object to going north directly."
"Huh? If we don't go directly north, will we have to fight in a roundabout way?"
"That's right."
Lavrenti estimated that this old comrade might have some special tactics in mind. He said tentatively: "Go directly north and follow the path created by the German tanks. This is a shortcut. Isn't our mission to kill the sharks?"
Shoot out all the rocket launchers? After that, almost half of the five thousand enemies gathered in the city will be dead."
Balzen nodded. He did have something in his mind. At this moment, he suddenly felt that he was like the commander himself. He obviously had a unique understanding, but he wanted to let it go and shocked others with his last words. He stretched out his right hand.
, pointing to a point on the map, which is directly north of the army's current position.
"It was here that our reconnaissance camp was once again severely bombarded by the German army. I can responsibly say that we were hit hard by the German 634th Division Artillery Regiment. This was all because our reconnaissance camp had a small number of troops and the soldiers were relatively scattered.
The whole army was wiped out. So if you analyze what I said a little bit, you will understand that it is never a good idea to go directly north."
Lavrenti is often a bit stubborn. According to the Russian thinking, the only way to kill him is to kill him in one way. If the enemy is too strong, then increase your own troops and continue to fight with integrity.
Yevgeny slapped his forehead: "Oh! I really can't go directly north. We will definitely alert the enemy's sentries, and then we will be hit hard by enemy artillery. If the horse transporting the rocket launcher is bombed, the shark rocket launcher will also explode.
All of us will die."
"It is for this reason." Balzen glared at Lavrenty: "Comrade leader, we must take a detour. Our east is the Dnieper River, and our west is the forest. Of course we cannot make a detour and go back to the north of the city of Loyev. I think, we
The army immediately moved west, made a left hook, and launched an attack from the west of the city. In this way, although we will still not be within the range of enemy artillery bombardment, it will take time for the enemy artillery to adjust their positions. This time is enough for us to complete the mission."
Lavrenti and Yevgeny were both surprised. They were confidants of the commander Yang Mingzhi. They both knew the commander's evaluation of Balzen, that is, the officer was not suitable to command an army of more than a thousand people. It seems that the battlefield can
The officer's commanding ability improved rapidly. This Balzen suddenly learned some of the commanding skills of the commander himself.
No matter how you think it makes sense, Lavrenti fully supports this.
A telegram was sent to the group army headquarters. After receiving a reply with permission from Yang Mingzhi himself, the Soviet army's "left hook detour" began.
Yang Mingzhi was surprised that Balzen could think of so much. He probably gained wisdom after every experience. It would be too stupid to be bombed twice by German artillery in one place. He would not respond to Loyev's proactive attack.
Later than four o'clock in the afternoon, Balzen received very crucial information, that is, there were 5,000 enemies in Loev's city and 9,000 on the other side of the river.
There is no possibility of repairing the bridges on the Dnieper River, and the German army relied on rafts and kayaks to cross the river. With such a small force transportation, the German army would never be able to make a surprise attack to transport troops to the other side of the river when Loev was in emergency.
Even if they do this, the Soviet army must stop it!
Yang Mingzhi especially noticed this, which was the reason why Balzen persuaded Lavrenti that the army of 2,500 men launched a tactical detour - to hide from the artillery.
Assuming that the Dnieper River section where Loev is located on the map, its banks may be new German artillery positions. Yang Mingzhi knew that the maximum range of the German 105mm howitzer was ten kilometers. Based on this standard, the maximum range of the German artillery was
Draw it.
He called Yevlov and Fomin to the map table and said worriedly: "Comrades, this time we take the initiative to attack Loev, which is very different from the past. The second regiment and the reconnaissance battalion have to risk being attacked by the Germans.
Fighting with the huge risk of artillery bombardment!”
Yevlov grinned ugly: "Comrade Berekov, is the situation really so pessimistic? The German army can only set up positions on flat ground, and it is absolutely impossible in the forest. According to Miroshniko's intelligence, they
It was found that the German artillery position had indeed moved, and its new position was still at the eastern edge of the woods. It was a fact that the Germans bombarded the reconnaissance camp. The German artillery shells had flown nearly five kilometers above the Dnieper River, and they had already hit our reconnaissance camp.
It is almost reaching its bombardment limit. On this map, the German artillery bombardment range you drew before has not yet been erased."
"Indeed." Yang Mingzhi nodded: "According to the current position of the German army, if the second regiment fires shark rocket launchers from the west of the city, the German artillery shells will indeed not be able to reach them. But the German artillery transfer is also very fast, so we must order the Mi
Roshniko was on guard. Also, the paratrooper brigade had been dormant for too long, and the Germans had no idea that there was a strong force under their noses. It was time for them to attack."
Therefore, just as the second regiment and the reconnaissance battalion were executing the "Left Hook Detour", Yang Mingzhi gave the order to other troops after some thought.
He ordered the Soviet commander-in-chief Miroshniko on the left bank of the Dnieper River. Once it was discovered that the German artillery was trying to pass through the dirt road in the forest and intended to set up a new position by the river, the Soviet army must make a full-scale assault and mobilize all troops to stop the German artillery at all costs.
action.
He also ordered Tepunov's paratrooper brigade to break away from the Dnipra swamp once Miroshniko fought fiercely with the Germans, cross the Sozh River, and suddenly rush out directly from the north of the German 634th Division.
It is possible to eliminate the effective strength of the German army.
At this moment, Yang Mingzhi no longer needed to be overly cautious. In terms of military strength alone, the Soviet army on the left bank of the Dnieper River had more troops than the German army.
The 17th Guerrilla Brigade, the 233rd Paratrooper Brigade, the 2nd and 4th Regiments of the Independent Regiment, the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Women's Regiment. The current combat strength exceeds 12,000 people, and they are targeted to deal with 9,000 German troops.
The balance of victory leads to the Soviet army here.