The Soviet company commander was greatly puzzled by the strange behavior of his men, because they actually pulled a "corpse" back.
"Hey! What are you doing? Are you crazy? Get down quickly!"
"Company commander! We have captured their division commander!"
"What?! I can't hear you clearly! I tell you to lie down!"
Before long, a bullet hit a soldier who was carrying the unconscious Hendrickson. The soldier was grabbing Hendrickson's left arm, and he was suddenly shot and fell to the ground without breathing. Even so
, the squad leader of the Soviet Army gritted his teeth and said to his brother: "Don't stop, even if you risk your life, you have to pull this fat pig back! For the sake of honor, come on!"
They faced a hail of bullets from the German army, and at the cost of three sacrifices, they finally pulled Hendryson to a relatively safe area.
It was at this moment that the large force of the Parachute Brigade finally arrived. The large force was actually in the forest, and encountered the German army who was planning to make a detour. The battle had already taken place in the forest. With strong firepower and Tepunov's reasonable wisdom,
, the Soviet army pressed the German army across the dirt road again, forcing many German soldiers to retreat eastward and into the forest again.
As a result, the Soviet army quickly expanded the gap to more than 400 meters. The battle between the two armies was still going on, and bullets were still flying over the heads of the soldiers of the two armies. However, because they were absolutely leaderless, the chaos of the German army continued to worsen. They had already
There was no way to fight back.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the distance and a huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky. This was clear evidence that artillery detonated the ammunition depot.
The loud noise caused the nervous German soldiers to collapse even more, and a complete rout actually occurred as a result.
The Soviet army had a different look here. They were very happy to see the rising mushroom clouds and speculated among themselves that friendly forces had arrived there.
Tepunov himself led the submachine gun and rushed into the dirt road littered with corpses. He loudly said to the soldiers: "Comrades, don't pursue north and east, let the group of fascists escape in embarrassment! We are going to
South, reinforce our friendly forces and wipe out all remaining fascists!"
"Ula!" the soldiers who heard it said in unison.
However, just as Tepunov was about to start heading south, the company commander who was the first to break into the enemy's position grabbed his arm with a look of ecstasy.
"Antonov, what's wrong with you? Are you too excited to kill the enemy?"
"Brigadier, we have captured the German officer!"
"Officer? Say it again?"
"Yes! It's the German division commander! Oh thank God, my people successfully captured the division commander of the German 634th Division!"
Tepunov felt as if he had been electrocuted, and every hair on his body stood up. He was trembling and asked: "German division commander? Is he still alive? Where is he?!"
"Come with me quickly!"
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Originally, Hendryson had made the decision that if he ran out of bullets and the troops could not complete the counterattack, at the most critical moment, he would fire a grenade and commit suicide. He did not want to be captured, and he did not escape this fate after all.
When Tepunov saw Hendrickson, his hands and feet had been trapped and he was still in a coma.
"Is this guy dead?" Tepunov asked.
When they saw it was the brigade commander, more than a dozen soldiers who looked at him stood up.
The squad leader who made the first contribution said happily: "Report to the brigade commander, this man was knocked unconscious by us. It was my infantry squad who caught this guy. It's unbelievable. The certificate shows that this is indeed a division commander."
"Where are the documents? Let me see quickly."
"In his pocket."
The soldier quickly handed the document to the brigade commander. Tepunov opened it and took a look. He recognized some German vocabulary, especially military-related vocabulary very clearly.
Seeing a few key words, Tepunov felt that this moment was his happiest moment. He happily said to the surrounding soldiers: "Comrades, you are really my pride, and the pride of the Soviet Red Army. We are in the swamp.
We have been holding back for a week and fighting here for three weeks. We have achieved great success in today's battle. Comrades, we were the ones who captured the German division commander. Let's just wait for the leader's commendation!"
Tepunov knew very well what it meant for the German division commander to be captured. Not to mention how the military committee would commend him later, as the battle was still going on, the German army must have fallen into command chaos.
No, the German troops are already fleeing in all directions.
After all, they were ordered to retreat. For example, the Nacht Regiment was the infantry regiment that was killed and injured by falling rocks while kayaking across the river. The officers and soldiers of this regiment witnessed the "volcanic eruption" of Loev City with their own eyes.
The soldiers' mentality was already on the verge of collapse. Facing the sudden attack by the Soviet army, their mentality collapsed first.
When the Soviet infantry company broke through the German column, the Nacht Regiment was at the northernmost position of the column. They fought back for a while, but were eventually pushed back by the powerful firepower of the paratrooper brigade, especially two Catfish rockets fired from an assault level.
, shattered their last attempt.
With no hope of reinforcements, and even more frightened, the regiment leader Nacht ordered the entire regiment to retreat. Perhaps they insisted on returning to defense at that time, or had a chance to rescue Hendryson, but unfortunately they did not. Nacht knew that the moving
The headquarters was attacked. He believed that the division commander had been killed in the battle and there was no need for rescue. The top priority was to retreat immediately!
It was past seven o'clock in the evening, and the sun was halfway below the horizon. Beautiful fire clouds appeared in the west, which also indicated good weather in the future.
A large group of German troops continued to flee north, but Tepunov ignored it and ordered the troops to continue heading south without stopping.
As a result, the German 634 troops in the south began to fight and retreat at the agreed seven o'clock in the evening. They therefore voluntarily abandoned the re-occupied dirt road. Seeing that they withdrew, the Soviet army immediately pressed forward.
More than two thousand German soldiers retreated along the dirt road, and they soon collided with the Soviet army again.
When the two armies come into contact, they fight without saying a word.
Tepunov was not afraid. He held the walkie-talkie and issued an order to each camp: "You must kill and injure the enemies you encounter as much as possible, and you must destroy their effective forces unless they raise their hands and surrender."
At present, in terms of comprehensive combat effectiveness, the 233rd Paratrooper Brigade is the strongest. The brigade suffered the greatest losses than its Reichev Regiment, and the remaining infantry battalions were almost full. Furthermore, two thousand soldiers have been hiding in the swamps to recharge their batteries.
It has been sharpened for a long time and the ammunition has not been consumed.
The paratroopers attacked from north to south, forming a front two kilometers long, like a large net, towards the deputy commander of the 634th Division who was leading his troops to retreat.
The light was already very dim, and the tracer bullets fired by the general-purpose machine guns made this battle even more stunning.
After being attacked head-on by paratroopers, the German army knew that continuing to move north was tantamount to a dead end. At this moment, thousands of Soviet troops were pursuing them to the south, and to the west was the Dnieper River, which was 300 meters wide. It seemed that the only way to escape was to
The only way is to the east.
So it would be safe to retreat eastward? Bah! The rout of the artillery regiment has been reported, and there are thousands of Soviet female soldiers there.
There are tigers in front and wolves in the back. There are dead ends in the north and south, and there is a natural chasm in the west. The German army finally chose the eastward breakout route. The deputy division commander issued an order: "Gentlemen, the Russians are trying to eliminate us. We cannot sit still and wait for death. We are heading east.
, even if there are a large group of female soldiers there, it would be too sad if we can't even defeat the women."
There were a large number of German officers and soldiers. Most of them were ashamed of fighting female soldiers and ashamed of killing women. But the only way to retreat seemed to be the east. Everyone believed that they were trying to make a fool of themselves. Two thousand German officers and soldiers suddenly turned around and ran towards the east.