Chapter 1451 The measures made by the German army overnight
As night falls, the arsenal is brightly lit. The lighting is an oil lamp. The light is dim, but the workers are still working hard on production.
In order to speed up production, Yang Mingzhi also mobilized some additional people, such as his own security platoon and young people from the weapons design bureau. In this way, the number of people personally involved in weapons production increased by 70 people.
His efforts are also sending a positive signal to more than 2,000 military workers. This time, the command headquarters is completely prepared!
The blast furnace burned various metals just scavenged from the battlefield into a pot of molten liquid containing iron, copper, aluminum and other alloys. After it cooled slightly, it turned into a red metal block, which was then continuously smashed by a small steam stamping machine.
Bian. Today's arsenal has two small steam engines whose overall performance can only be described as makeshift. The two stamping presses powered by them are only makeshift jobs, but they have greatly increased the arsenal's production capacity.
The technical requirement given by Yang Mingzhi to the arsenal is just a metal plate that can block bullets. It only needs to be one centimeter thick to block ordinary machine gun bullets. Therefore, there are more impurities in it, and even weird alloys that are a mixture of various metals.
It does not matter.
The workers used hot-melt welding and riveting methods to turn the truck into an armored vehicle. Yang Mingzhi put his hands behind his back and watched the workers working under a bonfire lit outdoors.
They started a complete overhaul of the truck at 9 p.m.
In a small open space outside the large workshop of the arsenal, workers were modifying five vehicles at the same time. Yang Mingzhi's requirements were not high, as long as the front and wheels were bulletproof. He was very satisfied with the work of the workers, although the appearance of the trucks changed after the modification.
Surprisingly, it is indeed bulletproof.
The first truck has been modified, and the workers cheered. As a pragmatic person, Yang Mingzhi ordered an experiment on the spot.
Under his supervision, an MG34 fired a whole bullet into the truck. After inspection, it was found that there were only shocking bullet marks on the front armor, and the truck's movement was not affected in any way.
"Now, I don't have any worries anymore." Yang Mingzhi, who was pinching his waist and feeling satisfied, looked at the overly excited Liguschkov and smiled happily.
Yang Mingzhi gave the arsenal three tasks that must be completed. The most important thing is actually the modification of trucks. The long-range support of rocket launchers is the icing on the cake. Even without them, the day after tomorrow, if these armored trucks are allowed to play a pig attack with a large number of infantry, the German position will be
It collapsed naturally.
He persisted until 12 o'clock in the evening. The outdoor workers had already modified the seventh truck. They worked in two shifts and worked all night long. According to this progress, all the trucks would be ready before 10 o'clock in the morning.
The renovation is complete. I’m really excited just thinking about it!
Yang Mingzhi did not stay here anymore. The fighting has been going on for three weeks, especially the German army's Operation RUHE. It was already July 13th. The battles in the previous five days were fierce. He was sitting at the headquarters and had to nervously control the battle situation.
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He was exhausted physically and mentally. Since Ponomarenko had already mobilized the armed forces he could mobilize behind enemy lines and launched a large-scale counterattack throughout Gomel Oblast and surrounding areas, when would this battle end?
Yang Mingzhi could not estimate that only by getting rid of the enemy as soon as possible would he be able to achieve temporary stability.
Yang Mingzhi returned to the lounge of the headquarters, lay down on a simple bed and fell asleep...
While the senior officers in the command center of the Guerrilla Republic slept, the German army carried out active mobilization all night long.
The German commander of Operation Ruhe, Wagner, received an order from William Kubet, that is, the troops must be divided as soon as possible to support the southernmost German troops. Kubet promised Wagner: "Operation Ruhe will evolve into our army's attack on southern and eastern Belarus.
Even part of the full-scale battle of the Chernigov and Bryansk guerrillas. I will mobilize a large number of troops to move to the south and east. You should not worry about the lack of troops in the south. Your troops should send troops to help the southernmost troops hold back
The enemy's main force may attack boldly."
He is the highest commander in the occupied Belarusian territory, and Wagner must obey his orders.
As a result, Wagner held a military meeting overnight, and he expressed his attitude to many staff officers. That is, based on Kube's promise, the troops must no longer hesitate about the current situation. In terms of the degree of harm, the new guerrillas are still in
They have not planned to attack the city on a large scale. As long as the city is safe, even if all the villages fall, the lost villages can be recaptured when Kube's promised main force moves to southern Belarus.
The biggest trouble is the Soviet 63rd Army in the south. Even if it costs a lot, this cancer must be eliminated.
"Gentlemen! The cancer must be eliminated! This is Kube's order and we must carry it out. Clerk! Write down my order!"
Wagner made the decision at the meeting that
First: The 707th Division, which is closest to the battlefield, sends a regiment to advance rapidly to the south and arrive at the battlefield before the evening of July 14 at the latest.
Second: The 734th Division dispatched a regiment to fill the gap in the defense line caused by the reduction in the strength of the 707th Division.
Third: Inform the frontline troops to strengthen their alert and maintain defense until reinforcements arrive.
Fourth: Order the transport aircraft of the Koch Air Group to carry out air supply, and fighter jets and dive bombers to launch air strikes after dawn.
The orders of the German Army Group were conveyed to the subordinate division headquarters and directly to the German troops holding the Homnich position.
In any case, the German army must accept the fact that the 634th Division was defeated. The German army made plans for the assault overnight, and the command of its remaining units was placed under the command of Wagner, the commander of the Army Group in the South of Belarus.
As a result, in the telegram sent to Griffin, Wagner directly appointed this person as the so-called "Commander of the Homnich Brigade", which was under the jurisdiction of the remnants of the 508th Regiment of the 805th Division and the remnants of the 917th Regiment of the 634th Division. Griffin's military rank was also
He was directly promoted to colonel. The German army hoped to use promotion to give frontline commanders the confidence and honor to continue fighting. Wagner really hoped so.
Of course, a blank check is not enough. In the telegram, he emphasized: "When the morning fog dissipates, our military planes will arrive above your heads. At that time, aerial bombs will attack the enemy's camps, and transport planes will drop the ammunition you urgently need.
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Griffin received this telegram at one o'clock in the morning. When he got the document translated by the correspondent, he even had some doubts that it was not true.
He even ordered his correspondent to confirm with his new boss, Army Commander Wagner, and received a positive reply.
Then, in the quiet night, a man made a startling scream, attracting the attention of many soldiers.
"Great, reinforcements will be here soon! Order soldiers, come here!"
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As the saying goes, extreme joy brings sorrow. When a dozen order soldiers were running in the trench, shouting the good news about tomorrow's airdrops and retaliatory bombings by bombers, the intensive gunshots suddenly came to mind.
Griffin, who was still immersed in excitement, suddenly changed his expression. He shouted again with a livid face: "The Russians are attacking at night! The enemy has rounded back to the east of us! Everyone fights!"
The so-called night attack was just a trick played by Tepunov. More than 10,000 Soviet troops here had received the news. The sound carried far away in the middle of the night. Everyone was awakened by the intensive gunfire, but no one was surprised.
Tepunov sent two companies to carry out this "night attack". They fired a burst of gunfire without killing any German soldiers, and successfully deceived the Germans' crazy counterattack.
Because of the cover of night and the fear of being shelled during the day, the German soldiers poured firepower into the darkness crazily. It was not until they realized that no enemy was rushing towards the position that the gunfire gradually stopped.
After realizing that the German position was quiet, the Soviet army fired another burst of gunfire, and then deceived the German army into counterattacking.
Over and over again, the Soviet army successfully carried out deception three times, and each time the German army fired desperately.
Tepunov, who was listening to the gunshots in the distance, felt extremely happy. He held a cigarette in his mouth, puffed out smoke rings happily, and said proudly: "I missed the battle during the day and did not teach the fascists a lesson. Now I want to teach the fascists a lesson."
Teach them what it means to never tire of deceit. Zaraski, tell me, are these fascists fools? How come our troops can't even shoot, but they also shoot with all their might."
"They are not fools, but too smart. They know the story of the boy who cried wolf too well, so they acquiesce that every time our army opens fire, it may be a full-scale attack."
"Haha, cleverness leads to mistakes. Now I can also proudly say to the commander that our paratrooper brigade allowed the Germans to waste ammunition. When the all-out attack on the 14th came, we really hoped that we were facing a group of people who had run out of ammunition and food.