Yang Mingzhi had a deep premonition that through his proper command and the bloody fighting of the frontline soldiers, the German 624th Division would suffer heavy losses today.
"I hope I can paralyze the German 634th Division with one blow."
Although superiority in military strength may not necessarily be a decisive advantage for victory in battle, Yang Mingzhi believed that his troops not only had a large number of soldiers, but also had acceptable quality, especially morale, which reassured him the most.
Today's battle begins with the detour of the second regiment.
All the soldiers of the Second Regiment and the Reconnaissance Battalion are in the cold temperate forest. There is not much green grass in the forest. That is because the tall red pines cover a lot of sunlight. The biggest advantage of the sparse grass is that it reduces the pain of the soldiers during the march.
interference.
Lavrenti did not order the troops to advance at full speed, and the time given to him was relatively sufficient. Moreover, as he continued to advance, the possibility of encountering the enemy was increasing, and all soldiers must keep their eyes wide open. Once an encounter occurs, the troops must ensure that sharks
The safety of rockets means even if you have to sacrifice yourself to block the bullets for them.
As before, the reconnaissance battalion clears the way ahead, trying to be the first to spot enemy patrols or outposts.
Balzen shoulders the heavy responsibility. He has already called back through the headquarters and received a verbal commendation from the commander for the assault.
The commander's words were very tempting, "Your department's investigation has made great contributions in this battle. Go ahead and continue to make great contributions. The deputy commander and I will jointly write you a letter of recommendation and recommend you to become a Hero of the Soviet Union."
Balzen didn't have any pride at all, and he became even more alert.
"Left hook detour" is not simply a detour to the west of the city. The fundamental purpose of the detour is to find a suitable flat area and establish a rocket launching position.
However, the forest to the west of Loev is endless. It is certainly a good idea to pass through the forest and reach the edge of the forest to establish a launching position. However, the German army must have been prepared. Doing so means facing the German army in a fierce frontal battle, and the troops must fight desperately to secure the launching position. In this way
, it is almost impossible to achieve large-scale destruction of enemies with shark rockets.
The Soviet army therefore chose a new position!
There is a dirt road connecting Lojev and Homnich. The previous German tank reinforcements even drove from this dirt road to the position of the Muller Regiment of the 805th Division of the German Army.
The Soviet army occupied this dirt road, which basically ran in a pure east-west direction. The Soviet army only needed to set up a launching position 2,500 meters away from the edge of Loev city, and the assault mission could be completed. At that time, the Soviet army only needed to clear out the obstacles blocking the road.
With the German outposts, theoretically there would be no other obstacles.
This was the wishful thinking of Balzen, Lavrenti and Yevgeny. The three old comrades seemed to have seen huge mushrooms rising in the distance and heard a loud noise that almost tore their eardrums.
Will the action really go as planned?
Balzen was not entirely optimistic, praying that nothing would go wrong until his reconnaissance battalion encountered German sentries.
Suddenly, gunfire rang out in the woods, and it was the gunfire of MG34!
"What the hell! They actually discovered me!" Balzen was so angry that he gritted his teeth and lay on the ground.
The Soviet scouts immediately launched a counterattack. They fired in the direction of the fire. As soon as they counterattacked, the gunfire suddenly stopped. But when the Soviet troops took action, the damn machine guns began to spit out tongues of fire again.
Balzen summoned several soldiers around him: "You order the left and right wings to immediately launch a roundabout outflank and wait for an opportunity to blow up the enemy with RPG. Tell Natasha that if you can snipe and kill that damn German machine gunner, do it now!"
In fact, Natasha also blamed herself. Her sharp eyes were careless at the moment. Or maybe she was careless because of exhaustion. It was already one o'clock in the afternoon. Even if the marching speed was slow, she kept marching continuously for seven hours.
, it is really difficult for a girl who is barely seventeen years old.
"My dear, you are a little tired, are you okay? I think I can kill that enemy." Igor comforted.
Natasha forced a smile: "I'm here anyway. You also want me to become the strongest sniper in the country, so leave this task to me."
"You really are a strong girl, it's up to you. I'm responsible for observing."
Natasha's cheek was pressed against the butt of the gun. It was easy to find the enemy's hidden sentry. She could find the firelight through the gaps in the woods. The gunfire was the German position.
She stared into the scope for a moment and realized that the situation was not simple.
"Natasha, you hesitated?"
"No. The enemy is a hidden sentry. I can't shoot from this position."
"Then change the position?"
"No need. Maybe the Germans thought that some logs could be used as machine gun shields. They were so stupid. They should have used them as a cover for the sentry. Watch me break these erected wooden stakes to expose the enemy!
"
Natasha was not far from the target, but the angle was oblique. She could only see the gun flame, but could not kill the enemy.
She selected a special target and immediately started shooting.
Bang! Bang!...
Ten rounds of bullets were quickly fired, and several wooden piles that were the target were reduced to pieces. Even so, the German machine guns were still spitting fire. In this situation, the Soviet army did not act rashly.
The Soviet outflanking troops were moving over from the left and right wings. The Germans quickly discovered this move. The ordinary infantrymen at the outpost obviously manned the spare machine guns and started shooting.
"What the hell, did I encounter a German fortress? Did they build a lot of them by surprise?" Balzen held up the telescope and cursed. He pointed the telescope at the German shooting hole in the front, and saw only the surrounding
The wooden piles were just sawdust flying everywhere. "Natasha, what on earth are you doing, girl?"
So, what is Natasha doing?
The girl's marksmanship is indisputable. Her current goal is to silence the machine gun, so as long as the machine gun is destroyed, the goal will be achieved.
She fired twenty rounds of bullets in succession. Gradually, the German cover wooden stakes became dilapidated, and from her angle, she finally saw the front half of the barrel of the MG34 operated by the Germans.
"Igor!" the girl whispered.
"I am here!"
"Give me new magazines. I can break that damn MG34 now."
"Okay. One more thing, don't use bad words."
The girl smiled secretly and quickly installed the new magazine. She pulled the bolt suddenly and aimed a shot at the barrel of the German machine gun. Although the barrel of the MG34 can be changed, Natasha's bullet was too big and tricky. The bullet shattered directly.
The end of the bipod of the MG34 was connected, which shattered the machine gun's heat sink and bent the barrel. The machine gun was not completely damaged. At least for now, the few German soldiers could not even think of changing the barrel and continuing to shoot.
Seeing that a machine gun misfired, Balzen was overjoyed and couldn't help but praise loudly: "Natasha, you girl is really a genius!"
He didn't wait for the outflanking troops to complete the RPG bombardment, and immediately led his men to launch a Ula charge with a roar.
"Brothers! Prepare grenades and charge!"
Balzen took the lead, and when the distance was sufficient, five grenades blew up the hidden German outpost. The Soviet army itself paid a small price with one man killed and three wounded.
At the end of the battle, the Soviet army found ten German corpses. The German army placed a squad at the outpost where Balzen estimated. The soldiers checked the outpost, but no valuable information was found. There was only one thing that the Soviet army could be sure of.
, that is, this post is very close to the dirt road.
The Soviet army quickly caught up, and Lavrenti said worriedly to Balzen: "Finally, we exchanged fire with the German sentries."
"There is nothing we can do about it. Comrade Commander, if we go north here, we will reach the dirt road about five hundred meters away. After that, the troops will walk three kilometers eastward and we will basically be able to set up rocket launchers."
"Okay, let's do it like this."
"There are still some situations." Balzen said quickly: "Since the German army has 5,000 troops, and they have one squad per external post, the German army must not have many such posts. The gunshots in the battle just now were very intensive. Please acquiesce that the German army is aware of it.
Next, all soldiers must be mentally prepared for our presence. If the German army sends troops to advance along this dirt road, your 284th Division's Second Regiment must complete the blocking."
Lavrenti nodded: "I'm mentally prepared. The Germans know we're coming, so I'm not worried. The Germans are sending troops to rush along the dirt road, and I'm even less worried. Let's speed up now. I hope the Germans can react slowly.
One point, this way, the shark rocket launcher will burn all five thousand enemies to death!"
"You are so optimistic, but I like it." Balzen laughed wildly, then waved his hand and ordered his men to move forward.