The artillery regiment commander knelt on the ground. He knew that he had sinned deeply, so he hung his head and faced his division commander shamelessly.
Hendrickson was indeed corrupted. The Ruger pistol was pressed against the head of the regiment commander who had lost his position and fled back. With just one click, the man was finished.
Hendryson restrained his anger a little, and instead kicked him down, and then yelled: "Hunter! You are such an idiot! You lost your position, and all the artillery was occupied by the Soviet army. How can you still have the face?"
Come back? If you are a true third emperor, you should kill yourself with a bullet."
The artillery regiment commander knelt on the ground with a look of grief and indignation on his face. He pointed to the south and cried while saying: "Division commander, I have nothing to say if you shoot me. But before you shoot me, you must know the situation over there."
Hendrickson was shocked. He rushed over and squatted on the ground, grabbing the artillery regiment commander by the collar: "Tell me, what's going on over there? Why have I sent you so many messages? You don't know anything about anything."
no reply?"
"Yes! It's the Russians! Specifically, a group of Russian women! I saw a large number of armed Russian women suddenly rushing out of the forest and charging towards us. Even though they were all women, we still opened fire. Many enemies died,
We even used artillery to bombard them. The group of people were like Amazon female warriors, showing no intention of stopping. Their strength exceeded 3,000, no! It was 4,000! No! It was 5,000! At least 5,000. We were
To attack with such a large number of troops, we only have 1,500 men."
"What the hell, it's actually a group of women!"
Hendryson knew very well that this war forced the Soviet authorities to recruit a large number of Slavic women into the army. Of course, the German army also recruited some female soldiers, most of whom were clerical or communication soldiers. The Soviet army was different, because they must have a large number of men.
Deaths and injuries led to a shortage of soldiers, so female soldiers were recruited as combat troops.
This group of Soviet women are no less brave than men in fighting.
Suddenly, the furious Hendrickson finally understood a lot.
He looked up to the sky and sighed: "The Soviet Union has a population of nearly 200 million. Even if all their prime men are killed in the battle, they still have more than 50 million women who can go to the battlefield. Their 63rd Army mobilized all the women under their control, but our superiors
We have always ignored the existence of Russian female soldiers. How many attacks will we face?!"
The artillery regiment commander quickly interjected: "This is the fact. If we had not withdrawn quickly enough, everyone in our regiment would have died! All the soldiers who did not withdraw had been killed, and they had started a hand-to-hand battle with the group of women who had received military training. They and
Like other Soviet troops, they are also equipped with RPGs and recoilless rifles, so we really have no ability to stop them."
"However, you still lost your position. You caused our division to lose all its heavy weapons. You must bear the responsibility for this."
"Yes! Just kill me!"
"At least you reported this important information." With that, Hendrickson threw the Ruger pistol over.
The artillery regiment commander was already frustrated. At this last moment, he was somewhat grateful to his division commander. He picked up the gun without hesitation, held the muzzle of the gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger...
The officer died, and the 634th Division faced greater danger! In the morning, the entire division's strength plus the police regiment still had 13,000 people.
Only twelve hours!
The only troops that could be firmly controlled by Hendryson were four regiments that were severely understaffed.
He could understand from the gunshots in the south that because of the collapse of his own artillery regiment, the Soviet army had begun a counterattack. Without heavy weapons, could that damn dirt road be defended? Besides, the control significance of that road,
Does it still exist?
No, that road is meaningless. The battle around that road has become a battle of wills. Just because the Soviet army wants to attack that road, the German army must fight, and the Soviet army has the same attitude.
Hendryson suddenly realized that the only tactical goal of the Soviet operation this evening was to completely annihilate the 634th Division.
If he had received such information in the morning, Hendrickson would definitely not believe it. At that time, he still had 13,000 people!
What now? The number of troops capable of fighting has been reduced to less than 6,000. The land of this forest has been soaked with the blood of thousands of German men.
He knew that the Soviet army in the swamps was good at fighting at night, and the sun still set in about an hour. When the battle dragged on into the night, the 634th Division was really going to collapse.
Do you want to retreat now?!
The thought of withdrawing the troops came to Hendlison's mind. He first organized the withdrawn artillery into the logistics regiment, and then set up a defense line at the logistics center. After that, he got into the headquarters tent, and based on the intelligence he had obtained so far, on the map
The status of the Soviet army is marked above.
The picture is clear at a glance. Hendrickson and Schmidt clearly saw that after the Soviet army used some kind of weapon to destroy the German army on the left bank of the river, the Soviet army on the right bank was like a big knife, sweeping towards the north. The German army was currently unable to complete the task.
To block the attack, a decision must be made immediately.
Hendrickson looked at Schmidt hesitantly: "My chief of staff, now we may have only one way to retreat."
"Indeed, if we continue to hold on, we will either all be killed or become shamefully prisoners of the Russians." As he spoke, Schmidt hammered the table hard, "That Wagner, he is such a shameless bastard! What happened to the reinforcements he promised?
Where? Bah, once their so-called reinforcements arrive, I'm afraid we will all become prisoners of the Russians."
What made Hendrickson hesitant was that he was considering whether to report the retreat to that Wagner? According to previous communications, that person ordered the 634th Division to stick to its current position, but who could have imagined that the battle situation would change in just one day.
So good.
Whether a battle is won or lost, it always takes several days of fierce fighting to determine the outcome. It seems that today's battle shortened what was supposed to be a week of fierce fighting to one day, and the 634th Division suddenly became like this.
Seeing his frown, Schmidt stretched his neck and asked: "Division commander, should we continue to hold on or withdraw. Should we apply to the army headquarters?"
"Bah! That Wagner must have ordered us to hold on! Because we are not part of his army group, and he doesn't care about our life or death at all. He must not listen to our opinions and insist on us staying. Instead of wasting time here, why don't we directly
Retreat. I have made up my mind to retreat now."
"Okay!" Schmidt sighed: "Then where should we retreat? For example, eastward? Along the railway?"
"No, we are going north. We are going north along the Sori River. As long as the troops run fast enough, more than 20 kilometers north we will reach the 722nd Division's defense line. By then we will be safe."
"This is indeed a shortcut to retreat."
"That's it! Now I give the order, Deputy Division Commander Morikhov!"
"exist!"
"You lead Nollenberg's regiment and Friedrich's regiment to the rear. Try to hold on until half past seven and then retreat while fighting."
"All right."
Hendryson knew that the deputy division commander was also hesitant. He continued: "I will personally lead the remaining troops to retreat. First, I need time to deal with the supplies that cannot be taken away! Those Soviet troops will also be consumed in this battle.
We have a large amount of ammunition stored here, which must be destroyed immediately so that they cannot get any replenishment."
Schmidt agreed: "Indeed, if our ammunition is taken away by them, it will be equivalent to supporting the enemy."
Hendrickson looked around again, folded his desk and said: "Now, we will retreat immediately. If my superiors hold me accountable afterwards, I will take all the blame. This ruhe operation, especially the wishful thinking of the stupid army commander Wagner,
Our army failed. Now, I just hope that more people will survive. Start taking action, blow up the ammunition that cannot be taken away, pour gasoline on the black bread and cans that cannot be taken away, and burn them to ashes."