News of the success of the cold artillery attack reached the Soviet command headquarters, and all officers, including Yang Mingzhi, cheered for them.
Yevlov said enthusiastically: "I don't care what the enemy's plot is. The plane is already destroyed. I'll see what else they can do."
"What else can they do? At most, they can send troops for reinforcements." Fuming smiled and walked towards Yang Mingzhi, bumping him deliberately: "Comrade Berekov, you always try to fight large-scale annihilation wars intentionally or unintentionally, and you also
There is your tactic of encircling the point to provide reinforcements. I think we have another opportunity to implement this tactic."
Yang Mingzhi nodded: "You are right, but haven't we already analyzed it? Our friendly forces are attacking in a regular manner in the north. They also want to attack the city, although I object to this. The actions of friendly forces will definitely delay a large number of people.
German troops, so even if we surround the current German troops, they will not withdraw."
"We still have to fight!" Yevlov knocked on the table, "What's the time for the attack? How about launching a general attack tomorrow morning?"
"Just tomorrow."
Yang Mingzhi's answer was very simple, which surprised Salinchkin. "Comrade Berekov, I thought you would analyze it carefully before finally setting a time. Are you so decisive this time?"
"Are you decisive? I really don't want to delay it any longer." Yang Mingzhi looked at the ceiling and sighed: "Comrades, at first I just wanted to fight Loyev, collect a large amount of steel bars to make weapons, and occupy the bridge by the way.
, making it easier for our troops to reach Ukraine on the other side. Military operations are a means to achieve this goal. Unexpectedly, the means have become the ends. From the 20th of last month to now, we have continued military operations for a full 21 days. Our
Human and material resources are being overloaded.
The main force is resting during the day today. At night, the troops on the left bank are helping me cross part of the river. In the battle on the left bank, Tchaikov's independent regiment suffered the least casualties. They came to the right bank. Tomorrow, our army will launch an attack on the enemy of Homnich.
siege."
Yevlov slammed the table and said loudly: "Great! This way our army exceeds 10,000 people, and I have nothing to fear."
"Then I will give the exact order!"
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In this way, the Soviet army's battle to annihilate the German troops in the Homnich area was finally scheduled to start at 7 o'clock in the morning on July 12th.
The reason for this time is to avoid the morning fog. Of course, a night attack or a surprise attack in the fog can give the Soviet army an advantage. This time the Soviet army planned to bombard it with rocket launchers and howitzers first.
Then launch the attack. The great care of the rocket launchers made Yang Mingzhi boast that he could attack them openly. He also knew that the old guys also liked this simple and crude attack method very much.
By then, the Soviet army will deploy a strong force.
The 1st Regiment of the 284th Division (2,000 people), the Artillery Regiment of the 284th Division (1,500 people), Vasilyev's Jewish Regiment (1,500 people), the independent regiment Peronsky Regiment (2,100 people).
284th Division Second Regiment & Reconnaissance Battalion (1,900 people).
Since the independent cavalry battalion is responsible for guarding the north, its headquarters is not included in the statistics of general offensive forces.
Each unit received basically no reinforcements during the long battle, and wounded soldiers were transferred to the rear on a large scale. In the end, the remaining combatable troops still had a huge size of 12,000, which was three times the strength of the German army.
The reduction in Soviet troop strength was also obvious, with casualties of many units reaching 30%. Even so, the morale of the troops did not decline. The Guerrilla Republic responded to the massive RUHE operation launched by the German army with unprecedented courage. The whole people mobilized for the counter-encirclement and suppression operations.
If defeating all invading enemies is victory, for some troops, they have been fighting for three full weeks. The final battle is just around the corner. How can the morale of the Soviet army not be high?
They still have to wait one last time.
The logistics of the Soviet army were almost borne by women, and the combat effectiveness of a large number of newly formed female troops was worrying. They did a pretty good job of driving carriages and even carrying food and ammunition on their shoulders. Except for women, those renegade Romanians were in this battle.
Among them, those who were responsible for transporting ammunition, food and fodder for the Soviet army.
Their commander Burimayo, who led his troops to participate in the first grain transportation more than ten days ago, submitted a letter of surrender to Yang Mingzhi. As the war became more and more intense, the pressure on logistics increased to the extreme.
Yang Mingzhi and other senior officers could never trust these Romanians. The Soviet army was still skeptical, and Brimayo knew it very well.
Since the Soviet army began to respond to the German army's Operation Ruhe, the Romanians had to transport food to the Soviet army in Homnich every day. Their carriages were originally produced in Romania, so it was perfect for them to use them.
The carriage not only transported food, mainly potatoes and dried fish, but also transported the wounded or damaged firearms on the return journey. What's more, all metal objects found on the battlefield were also sent back.
They had transported it many times, and because they always traveled with the transport team, their suspicions about them could not help but fade.
"Even if they fled to the German army, death would be waiting for them. The last of the 20,000 German troops attacking now was about to be wiped out. If they took the risk and defected to the German army, they would lose more than they gained." Based on this consideration, Yang Mingzhi simply took the risk.
Including those in stock and later produced, there were still fifty Catfish rockets. Yang Mingzhi decided to deliver thirty to the front line, and ten of them were given to the Romanians for transportation.
Yang Mingzhi knew that his decision took great risks. How to verify that Romanians are truly willing to stand against fascism may be the most appropriate method.
As a result, all Romanians were looking at the attitude of their commander. Brimayo knew that he had a lot of courage on his shoulders. Before setting off, he specially lectured his subordinates: "Brothers, thousands of German helmets
Transported back from the front line, it turns out that the Germans are going to die again. I am warning you now that the Soviet army has given us the greatest trust. For the sake of your own life and the lives of others, I will not allow you to do anything extraordinary. The next transportation work,
We will transport a batch of powerful rockets, and you must protect them with an attitude of protecting your own lives. I don’t want all the brothers to pay with their lives for someone’s stupid move, and we still have to go home alive!”
Brimayu will never forget how his troops were defeated and captured. It can even be said that the infantry regiment he was sitting in was defeated instantly. The so-called carelessness and underestimation of the enemy can be put aside. The Russians use a kind of
The powerful weapons caused the Roman army's instant defeat. They are here, the so-called catfish rocket launchers.
Brimayo was also telling the Soviet army this high-profile lecture. In the morning, the Romanian transport team accompanying the female soldier transport team drove a carriage with squeaking wheels towards the north. Observers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Quickly report the contents of his speech to the headquarters.
"They were still our enemies in May, but everything has changed in just two months?" Yevlov still has huge doubts.
Yang Mingzhi was secretly satisfied. He did not believe that the Romanians would risk their lives and destroy the rocket launchers. Instead, he felt that it would be very practical to use them as regular combat troops of the Soviet army.
There was a small heated debate within the headquarters, but in the end no solution was reached.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the transport team, including the Romanians, successfully arrived at the Soviet position in Homnich without any harassment.
A large amount of potatoes, bread cubes and smoked dried fish became dinner for thousands of soldiers. The large number of soldiers had huge appetites, and their food consumption was very large. As a last resort, the transport team had to transport a batch every day.
Food. There is no food shortage problem in the Guerrilla Republic today. New potatoes are harvested in batches. And because of the large-scale use of ammonia and human and animal excrement, potatoes have a bumper harvest.
In the military train loaded with semolina that was blown up by Little Ivansky's guerrilla brigade, almost all the flour that was not burned was carried to the rear. The nearly one hundred tons of flour was enough to keep all residents of the Guerrilla Republic fed and clothed for a month.
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Apart from food, there is only ammunition.
Brimayu led his troops to wander over, and everyone's consumption was huge. They escorted the supplies, and most of the time they sat on carriages. When they reached the muddy and rugged land, they got out of the car to push and pull. When they arrived at the destination, they again
Take on the work of a porter and return overnight.
The transportation of the Soviet army continued day and night, and the Romanians were also divided into two teams, one for a day's work.
The only thing that remained unchanged was Brimayu. When he arrived at the familiar Soviet position, he suddenly found that something was wrong. He was just doing his job conscientiously, and he saw a large number of German-made trucks.
He had no idea why he was here.
He turned a deaf ear to the enquiries, which he shouldn't have done. He just pretended that nothing was wrong, ran to the Soviet command headquarters alone, and reported to the Soviet commander Roshakov.
However, when he arrived, he saw two very familiar faces.