Chapter 1466 After the arrival of the armored truck
Because of those comments about the German army and the servants, the sleepy atmosphere in the headquarters disappeared. Yang Mingzhi himself was also very excited. First, he had a conversation with Salinchkin, and what he said could be reported directly to Stalin.
, and secondly, it will be dawn in a few hours.
On July 13, after dinner, the soldiers on the front line were ordered to take an early rest. All the soldiers realized that the decisive battle would begin tomorrow morning, and the decisive battle would begin with the bombardment of the secret weapon Exocet rocket launchers, and they couldn't help but feel excited.
However, many junior officers issued orders to their subordinates. The so-called rest period ended at midnight on July 14th. After that, all troops were in order.
Is there going to be a night attack in advance?
Of course not, it was a large number of armored trucks that drove over overnight!
Under the moonlight, twenty armored trucks with their headlights turned on looked like dancing snakes in the moonlight. It was cloudy tonight, so the visibility of the moonlight and starlight was just okay. The driver turned on his headlights and managed to drive on the winding dirt road.
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Behind the truck, there is also a troop driving a large number of horse-drawn carriages. Four infantry battalions are composed of middle-aged men. They are all in civilian clothes and their membership structure is also diverse. They are mainly composed of citizens, craftsmen and farmers. Their technical and tactical abilities
Very average, except for one thing that is special - they have been forced to participate in high-intensity physical training, and their level of walking marching is also top-notch among the Soviet army.
Yang Mingzhi was not sure whether this force could arrive before dawn. The two thousand people were the icing on the cake. As long as the truck arrived first, everything would be fine.
It was extremely quiet at night. After what happened on the morning of July 13, the morale of the German officers and soldiers guarding the position, which had been on the verge of collapse, was restored. In the afternoon, the German army dispatched several platoons to investigate the explosion site. They saw
When we arrived at the debris everywhere on the ground, we looked closely and found that the charred objects were actually human limbs.
The whole scene made the Germans feel terrified. They admired the powerful combat effectiveness of their own air force and felt that they could not stay here for long, so they returned.
Therefore, the German army's reconnaissance operation was not blocked by the Soviet army. This was of course a deliberate act by the Soviet army. If the German army had carelessly thought that the Soviet army had been blown away and fled, then tomorrow's general attack would surely catch the German army by surprise.
The German scouts returned and reported their findings to Commander Griffin.
"Haha, you see their stumps everywhere? Our air force bombed the right place!" Griffin was very happy. It had been ten days since the battle, and this was the best news he had received in ten days. He did not
I think the Soviet army will really be bombed and flee, or at least make a tactical retreat. Based on the attitude of the Soviet army in this battle, they have no intention of retreating at all and will attack with all their might.
They had better go on the offensive, as the superior Luftwaffe would destroy their minds and bodies with countless bombs.
Therefore, Griffin ordered each unit to hold on to their defensive lines and wait until reinforcements arrived around noon on July 14 before making long-term plans for future operations.
Nowadays, there are aerial fire support and air-dropped supplies, and a regiment of reinforcements on the ground is coming here. It is said that there will be more reinforcements in the future.
The German soldiers were suddenly full of confidence in the future. That night, they huddled in the trenches and were finally able to sleep peacefully, believing that the night would be safe as well.
The long-cherished wish finally came true!
The German machine gunners who were on night shift had good ears. They heard a strange roar, which was a sound that could never be heard in this area.
A soldier hurriedly woke Griffin up and nervously reported: "Report to the commander, we heard strange noises."
Just after he woke up, Griffin suppressed his anger and asked disdainfully: "Noise? What noise?"
"Listen!"
Griffin, who was in the deep semi-crypt headquarters, held his breath. He felt keenly that there was indeed a noise, and the source of the sound was in the west.
The soldier's intuition made it impossible for him to sit idly by and ignore it. He immediately stood up and muttered: "There must be something fishy here. I want to go to the front line to take a look."
The noise was none other than twenty armored trucks advancing in a team. After meeting the Soviet army's response personnel, they were led to the current command camp of the Soviet army.
Because Roshakov's troops suffered heavy casualties and he himself suffered certain physical and mental injuries, the responsibility of frontline commander was handed over to Lavrenty, commander of the second regiment of the 284th Division.
Lavrenti was appointed at the critical moment. He was a close comrade-in-arms of the commander, and had led his troops to many military exploits. He took up this position, and all the frontline regiment commanders agreed.
There are also a large number of Soviet troops crossing the river tonight. To the east of the German position, 3,000 Soviet male soldiers (the remaining troops of two independent regiments and the guerrilla brigade) have already arrived before midnight, and Tepunov's paratroopers
Traveling together.
The Soviet army in the east will not undertake tomorrow's offensive mission. Their mission is to defend. The so-called German troops in tomorrow's battle will either be quickly annihilated or flee. They cannot run west or south. They may go north or east. If they go east,
The troops in the east can complete the final annihilation. If they run north, the Soviet army will immediately launch a full-scale counterattack.
To implement this plan, the first step was the successful arrival of armored trucks. Trucks carrying a large amount of ammunition arrived at 0:30 in the morning. At this time, a large number of Soviet soldiers were ordered to end their rest, check their equipment one by one, and prepare for the general offensive.
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Trucks stopped at Lavrenti's camp one after another, and their appearance was shocking.
Stroking these assault-welded armored trucks, Lavrenti not only complained: "The commander calls these armored vehicles? It's really ugly."
"But they are at least bulletproof. We only need to be careful of the enemy's 7.92mm heavy machine gun rounds. As for the artillery, I think the weak small-caliber mortar firepower can be ignored." Yevgeny responded.
Indeed, these trucks that the Soviet army rushed to produce at least met temporary needs. Whether they are ugly or beautiful, as long as they are bulletproof, they are all competent.
The good news of the arrival of the truck was quickly notified by radio to all Soviet troops in the Homnich area. At this moment, the number of Soviet troops gathered here exceeded 15,000, as well as nearly 3,000 female soldiers and 2,000 soldiers.
Elderly male soldiers rush to the battlefield.
Lavrenti has realized that as the commander-in-chief of the front line, he theoretically commands an army of 20,000 people! What is the concept of this? He actually commands two divisions!
Such treatment was the commander's trust and a heavy burden. He vaguely felt that the commander was obviously deliberately cultivating himself and his old friend Yevgeny.
Maybe one day the commander will rise to great heights, the 63rd Army will become a real group army, and both he and Yevgeny can serve as division commanders of the regular army?
We must prove to the commander that his cultivation and trust are worthy!
The Soviet army was reorganizing its troops overnight for the day's battle, and the truck drivers were even held in a meeting. Lavrenti directly drew a big picture: "You must charge bravely tomorrow, don't worry, the enemy's bullets will not hit you at all."
Don’t wear your armor. You just need to rush to the enemy’s position, and the rest of the battle will be left to the follow-up troops. When the battle is completed, you will all receive the Patriotic War Medal 2nd Class.”
Many Soviet soldiers who died in this war were unknown martyrs, but it would be completely different if they sacrificed their lives after receiving medals. They would become martyrs with names. The simple patriotic enthusiasm of the truck drivers inspired Lavrenti
, he took out the two bottles of vodka given by the commander and divided them equally among the twenty warriors to show his respect.
But the German army was suspicious of the commotion in the west. The Soviet army was over there. What were they doing? What was the conspiracy behind the noise they made?
The German soldiers who originally thought they could sleep peacefully got up one after another. Griffin did not dare to send people out to inspect the position. He knew very well that his subordinates were afraid of the darkness. The noise was intermittent, and the more Griffin thought about it.
The more worried he became, the more he finally concluded after a mental struggle that the Soviet army was going to take advantage of the night to launch a massive night attack.
"Haha! Your noise betrays your purpose, Russians. You will never imagine that we have all woken up! Our machine gun fire is ready to go! We replenished a large amount of ammunition during the day, and soon you will litter the fields with corpses."
Griffin gave the order to prepare for combat, and all the soldiers entered the trenches. They were five to ten meters apart from each other, with three circular lines of defense, and the muzzles of their guns were aimed at the outside. Pairs of eyes with extremely dilated pupils searched for hidden objects in the faint moonlight.
If you find any clues about the moving shadow, it will be a counterattack with fire!