Inside the Soviet command headquarters, officers were waiting for the result of persuading them to surrender.
After the order was issued, everyone began to deduce the prospects of persuading surrender, but the outcome was the same - the negotiations broke down.
Yang Mingzhi regretted a little, maybe he shouldn't have thought of persuading him to surrender. There were many ways to delay the time so that the frontline troops could strengthen their strength, even if it was a feint attack. Now that he had persuaded him to surrender, let's hope for a miracle!
Finally, the telegram from the front line came back. The attempt to persuade them to surrender failed. This result was expected by everyone, so it did not cause any setbacks. On the contrary, the process of persuading surrender was really a big drama.
After reading the telegram, Yang Mingzhi was deeply disgusted with Yevgeny's adventure. He knocked on the table and cursed: "This Yevgeny, he wants to be a great hero! What he did was undoubtedly reckless. He is such a fool. You almost died."
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Yevlov felt reassured and teased a little: "Yevgeny is your soldier after all. His risk-taking and risk-taking actions are just like yours last year."
"Yes!" Yang Mingzhi rolled up his sleeves to show his scars in public: "Look, this is the price! I have figured it out now. If I continue to take the lead, I will harm everyone in the Guerrilla Republic. Once I am injured, the consequences will be disastrous. He
The same goes for Yevgeny. After all, he is a deputy regimental commander and a veteran who will not deduct any punishment at all. If he had not stayed here, he would be enough to be a division commander."
Yevlov quickly comforted him: "He came back safely after all. You also got information about the German army's layout. Natasha also killed a German army commander. Look, even the specific identity of the German officer was marked."
"I am indeed happy for Natasha's new achievements, but we have to win this final battle. Facts have proved that the German army is relatively strong, and a hasty attack will only increase casualties. Damn it, we don't have many artillery shells to begin with.
, now there are only three hundred rounds left. If we want to defeat the German position, will we have to pay the price of thousands of sacrifices? Bah! I can't do such a thing!"
"Sometimes, even if the casualties are huge, we still have to do something. We are soldiers!"
Yang Mingzhi rolled his eyes at Yevlov and said anxiously: "My dear comrade, when will your traditional Slavic thinking change? Can't you learn even a little bit of Eastern thinking? If everyone dies, our
The guerrilla republic has ceased to exist in name only. For the sake of future battles, how can we carry out a rigid all-out attack? Let me tell you, even if Ponomarenko ordered us to attack by force, I would find excuses to stop it."
"Then what are you going to do? Keep delaying?"
"Yes. We need to find a way to break the enemy's position. It would be great if we had a large number of tanks!"
Yang Mingzhi let out a long sigh. He sat on a chair, pinched his temples with both hands, and did not talk to anyone. Seeing this, Yevlov and Fomin did not say anything. They felt that the commander would eventually think of some measures. Besides, Yevlov and Fomin did not say anything.
Well, if he can't come up with new tactics, and under pressure from his superiors, the troops still have the option of attacking by force.
Yang Mingzhi thought for a full twenty minutes, and the big office was quiet for a full twenty minutes. Even if Salinchkin came in person to hear whether the persuasion to surrender was successful, he was told not to disturb the general's thinking.
In these twenty minutes, Yang Mingzhi's mind was making precise calculations. To defeat the enemy's trench-level positions, it is best for our own troops to use a weapon specially designed for fortifications - fuel-air bombs. Unfortunately, the shark rockets were exhausted.
Okay. How many rockets can the hydrazine nitrate produced by the Guerrilla Republic be equipped with? Maybe only ten. According to the intelligence, the German army’s position is very large, so two rounds of shelling were carried out today. The intelligence obtained by Yevgeny’s zero-distance reconnaissance
It is absolutely true - the German army's combat strength still maintains a huge scale of three thousand men, and even ammunition and food are relatively abundant.
In this way, unless hydrazine nitrate can be equipped with hundreds of rockets, Yang Mingzhi has the confidence to annihilate the enemy in one round of artillery. Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to repeat the battle to encircle and annihilate the main force of the SS59 regiment, because the Soviet army has already lost a large number of
Metal materials, let alone assault-made rockets, even if hydrazine nitrate is not used and ordinary explosives are used, one hundred rounds cannot be made in one day!
Without enough ammunition, the German position would be a gnawable bone unless the Soviet army used a large number of armored vehicles to conduct an assault.
Yang Mingzhi's thoughts also turned to the assault of armored forces.
The first thing he thought of was the destroyed German tanks. In this world war, the destruction of tanks did not mean that they were completely destroyed. They were usually penetrated by armor-piercing bullets, and the metal liquid killed the internal members. This is the so-called tank destruction.
Destroyed, the tank can still be used after some overhaul.
However, in this long battle that lasted for more than three weeks, the Guerrilla Republic's inventory of scrap metal was consumed at an unprecedented rate, so that it had to raid any scrap metal it could find from the battlefield. Thanks to the power of its own weapons, the captured scrap metal
The German tanks had no choice but to be remanufactured. Their engines were damaged. The Guerrilla Republic had no ability to repair the engines, let alone the tanks.
However, the various damaged armored vehicles allowed the blast furnaces of the arsenal to continue to produce molten iron. The war ahead was in full swing, and more than 2,000 people in the arsenal had already reduced their sleep time. Many people only rested for six hours a day, and spent the rest of the time producing ammunition.
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Yang Mingzhi thought of the tense situation in the arsenal. Ammunition in the front was consumed a lot, and production in the rear was under heavy pressure. This situation needed to be changed.
As long as there are bulletproof armored vehicles to help soldiers assault and hit the enemy's positions, the problem will be solved. Yang Mingzhi suddenly thought that although he did not have armored vehicles, he did have a bunch of German trucks. At this moment, those trucks were still in Homnich.
After thinking for twenty minutes, Yang Mingzhi stood up without warning and shouted loudly: "Comrades! I have thought of a way!"
His behavior frightened everyone, and then everyone gathered around him.
Yang Mingzhi noticed that Salinchkin had also arrived. What was this person doing here unexpectedly? Was there an order from his superiors?
Yang Mingzhi took the time to talk about his own affairs and announced three decisions:
First, all trucks in Homnage must be driven back before dark. The arsenal is hurrying up, whether it is riveting or welding, so that the trucks have a layer of armor that can prevent bullets.
Second, count all the Feiyu rocket launchers, establish a firing position at the entrance of Blacksmith Village, calculate various correct parameters, and wait for opportunities to shoot at the German positions to cover the troops' attack.
Third, load all the produced high-energy fuel into the Catfish rockets produced in a surprise attack, the former Exocet rockets.
In general, Yang Mingzhi has two plans. One is to assault and modify the truck to turn it into an armored vehicle. The other is to use the Exocet rocket launcher extravagantly.
Yevlov was amazed by the plan of his close comrades. He questioned: "Can those trucks be turned into armored vehicles?"
"It depends on the capabilities of the arsenal." Yang Mingzhi's eyes were full of confidence. He looked at everyone, especially Salinchkin, who had just arrived. He continued: "According to the intelligence, the German long-range artillery has been destroyed. They
The so-called artillery only has a small number of mortars. Therefore, the German army should lack the ability to withstand armored vehicle assaults. Whether we can overwhelm the German positions at a small cost can only rely on the extraordinary strength of the arsenal."
Sarinchkin stood here. He never expected that Berekov's attitude would change in just three hours. It can be said that his attitude also changed when the war situation changed. Of course, soldiers who can suddenly change their decisions according to the war situation
, most of them are excellent. If he is a dogmatic officer, he usually has a single mind. He felt that he seemed to have missed something, and couldn't help but interjected: "Comrade Berekov, don't you plan a general attack tomorrow? You ended up hours ago
I told you, we can’t afford to delay it.”
"Yes! I did say it, but now, I have to delay it a little longer." After saying that, Yang Mingzhi paused, looked at all the main personnel, and said loudly: "Comrades! No matter what happens, our army will
The general attack will be on the morning of July 14th. We will try our best to modify the truck tomorrow and turn it into an armored vehicle. In order to win, I will not hesitate to consume a lot of Exocet rockets. All I can say is that this is a gamble. The cavalry battalion has been cruising
, they did not find German reinforcements, so whether there are German reinforcements or not, it is impossible to intervene in the battle tomorrow. Enemy reinforcements will appear as early as the 14th, and by then we will have completed the annihilation of the German troops in front of us.
Just look forward to it. Whether we win or not depends on the fact that there will be no trouble tomorrow."