Yang Mingzhi was helped up. He looked around and couldn't believe the data on the telegram.
"Is the news reliable? Miroshnikov suffered 2,000 casualties, and the two female regiments also suffered 2,000 casualties. In just a few hours, we suffered more than 4,000 casualties?"
"That's what you said. I don't believe this situation either!" Yevlov quickly asked the correspondent who delivered the telegram: "Has the code you analyzed been translated correctly? Are there any errors in the data?"
"Report, Deputy Commander, our translation is completely correct."
"No!" Yang Mingzhi stood up and shook his neck, "Let's go! Go to the communication room, I want to communicate in plain language with Miloshniko and the others!"
The Soviet army switched to the public frequency this time. If the nearby German troops were interested, they could also hear this plain language conversation.
After some exchanges, Yang Mingzhi had to accept this reality. The Soviet army did suffer heavy losses and defeated the German 634th Division in today's battle, and also paid a huge price in casualties.
In today's battle on the left bank, the total casualties of all troops were close to 5,000.
So, how many casualties did the Germans suffer?
According to the telegram from the Second Regiment on the right bank, they found a large number of dead bodies around the ruins of Loev City and captured more than a dozen wounded soldiers from the police regiment. They also found hundreds of German soldiers in the forest.
After some evaluation of the corpses, it was determined that 3,000 enemies on the right bank had died.
The number of German casualties on the left bank was even higher.
A joint report by Tepunov, Miroshniko and the Women's Corps estimated the number of German casualties to be as high as 6,000.
If these figures are conclusive, the loss ratio between the Soviet and German armies is five thousand to nine thousand. According to the Soviet army's macro standards, such a casualty ratio is undoubtedly a great victory. If every battlefield and every group army
With such a casualty ratio, the total collapse of the German army is not far away.
But will the officers still be very happy?
The military meeting had to add new topics. After learning of our own side's heavy casualties, the atmosphere of the meeting became solemn.
Yang Mingzhi smoked five cigarettes deeply. He was really sad. The cigarettes somewhat stabilized his mood.
The same was true for the others, either holding cigarettes or sitting quietly, waiting for the commander to speak.
While Yang Mingzhi was smoking, he kept staring at the map.
After lamenting for a while, he finally said: "It's too bad, the 634th Division is so difficult to deal with. We used 5,000 men to kill 9,000 of them, but we still lost a net loss of 5,000 elites. Many experienced veterans
If you sacrifice yourself, how will you fight in the future?
We don’t have many outstanding soldiers in the Guerrilla Republic. Today I ordered the troops to attack at all costs. What a huge mistake! Why should I have to be so hasty?"
Salinchkin listened attentively, and comforted him: "This is war, you must not blame yourself. Although we suffered a lot of casualties, isn't the German army's ruhe action basically equivalent to bankruptcy? Besides, our friendly forces have also begun to
Action, the counterattack of the Soviet Red Army will be very fierce, and our army's counterattack will sweep across the entire southeastern Belarus. We should look towards the future instead of dwelling on our sacrifices. The heroes sacrificed today, and their sacrifices will awaken more
The Belarusian people stood up to fight against the Nazis, and we did not have to worry about the supply of troops."
"Indeed, although our losses are heavy, aren't the losses of the German army even more staggering?" Fomin interjected, "It is impossible to annihilate the enemy without spending a single soldier. We have already eliminated the elite armed parties of the German army.
The Guards were annihilated and the 634th Division was severely damaged. No strong enemy can stop our expansion. The Red October guerrilla brigade has begun an all-out attack on the German army in the northern part of Gomel Oblast. They will attack the headquarters of the 805th Division, which is the headquarters of the 805th Division.
Witlogorst, and the area around Zhlobin.
Are you worried that the German army will organize a new attack? I think this possibility is unlikely, at least they will not organize another assault after the failure of Operation Ruhe. There is a fire in their backyard and they can no longer care about the swamp. Haha!"
As he spoke, Fuming pointed to the map on the table, pointed out the two cities, and then began to think a lot.
The two men sang in harmony, and the principles they spoke were somewhat slogan-like, and they also explained the current actions of friendly forces. However, these have little practical significance for the current situation faced by the 63rd Army.
Yang Mingzhi knocked on the table: "We will restore our troops in the future, but the problem is that we have lost five thousand troops now. Regardless of whether the German army launches a large-scale military attack again, we have lost five thousand troops today, and our strength has suffered a major blow.
Not only that, our army also consumed a lot of weapons, ammunition and a lot of food. This battle really needs to end as soon as possible, and I need a long period of recuperation to build up strength."
"I'm afraid, the battle will not end as we want it to." Yevlov looked at a few points on the map on the table with a gray face, "Berekov, we plan to launch an attack on the enemy of Homnich tomorrow.
After siege and defeating them, the battle will continue. As Comrade Fuming just said, the Red October Guerrilla Brigade and the Gypsy Guerrilla Brigade began an active attack on the 805th Division. They established strongholds outside the city.
The ultimate goal is to attack the city. In the defense area of the German 734th Division, a police regiment is preparing for an uprising. We will definitely reinforce their actions at that time. Even if I am a little stupid, I can see that the guerrilla movement headquarters intends to carry out a large-scale uprising.
A large-scale counterattack behind enemy lines, and we are the biggest protagonists."
"That's why I'm upset! That Ponomarenko, he wanted to carry out a large-scale operation, and his timing was wrong at all! Did he think that our army was particularly powerful? Bah! Our full strength has been demonstrated in this battle, and the German army
What? They just dispatched the 634th Division and I lost 5,000 men. How many divisions did the German army have on the Eastern Front? I'm afraid there are 300! They took out a few frontline divisions to encircle and suppress us. What will we do then?
At least our strength is very strong, so what is the combat effectiveness of the two guerrilla brigade and other guerrilla brigades? That Ponomarenko, I can guess, he still plans to command the troops to attack the city. He does not understand the guerrilla warfare at all.
How to fight? Guerrilla warfare should involve surrounding the city from the countryside. Even if he orders his troops to storm the city, he cannot hold it. Has he forgotten how the 17th Guerrilla Brigade suddenly turned from prosperity to decline?!"
Yang Mingzhi was a little excited, his words turned into complaints, and the topic went off the rails.
Of course, Salinchkin had no need to speak for Ponomarenko. He coughed twice: "Comrade Berekov, calm down. After all, Comrade Ponomarenko is also the first secretary of the Guerrilla Republic on a temporary basis. You should not say vulgar words."
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"Oh! I'm so sorry. As the temporary Minister of Defense of the Guerrilla Republic, I should really respect that comrade."
Salinchkin could not see even a trace of humility on Yang Mingzhi's face. Thinking about it carefully, it was understandable that he said bad things about Ponomarenko.
Salinchkin quickly brought the topic back: "Let's talk about reality. Now, the German 634th Division, which caused heavy losses to the 17th Brigade, finally collapsed, and Miroshniko led the 17th Guerrilla Brigade to complete his revenge. We
The final task at present is to clear out the enemies of Homnich as soon as possible. It would be best if we can wipe out all their effective forces."
"Oh. Annihilate all the enemies?! One moment and another! There were five thousand casualties. To be honest, I suddenly felt a little timid."