The reconnaissance company dispatched by Lawrence cautiously moved southward. They were equipped with a radio to report to the main force in the rear once they discovered the enemy's situation.
And Lawrence would never dare to take a stand in the wilderness of the forest. After all, he was also a famous figure in the 707th Division, and he was an extremely lucky person who survived the disaster.
After the reconnaissance company left, he immediately moved his troops to a group of woods and established a simple defense line based on the woods. In particular, he prioritized setting up the mortar position so that the 1,500 meters to the south of the position were covered.
Become the mortar strike range.
It took the German army an hour to build the temporary position. They were a bit slow in terms of time. Finally, the position was completed, and Lawrence felt a little relieved.
This man was smoking a cigarette with his back against a pine tree and his eyes melancholy.
We can only wait for information from the scouts as to what happened in the south.
"Hopefully, nothing bad will happen to friendly forces."
Lawrence said this, and his battlefield intuition as a soldier told him that the friendly forces must be in danger. At least his troops had already prepared for war. If he wanted to fight the Soviet army, he was really confident.
On the other hand, more than 10,000 Soviet troops launched an astonishing counterattack, and the enemy they pursued was only 1,000. The combat situation of the Soviet and German armies simply turned into a hunter chasing the prey, but the prey's escape speed made it so difficult.
People are speechless.
Some German soldiers stopped running until they vomited blood, and even sprained their feet suddenly. No matter what the reason for stopping, the result of the waiting period was to be killed by the Soviet army.
The Soviet soldiers, whose eyes were red from killing, looked at the fleeing enemies like a lot of running medals. As long as they killed the enemy and made meritorious service, they could hang a beautiful medal on their chest. At least in terms of issuing medals, the Soviet Union
The army is doing quite well, which allows the soldiers in this guerrilla republic, which is relatively short of various supplies, to simply pursue medals, a symbol of honor, and maintain a high combat effectiveness.
Kill the enemy and take off the enemy's dog tag as proof of meritorious service.
This method of calculating merit is essentially the same as the way soldiers chopped off the right ears of dead bodies to claim credit during the Mongol invasion.
The Soviet army was in hot pursuit, and the German army had to flee northward desperately.
The reconnaissance company dispatched by Lawrence soon realized something was wrong in the south, because the sound of gunfire coming from the south was obviously getting closer and closer.
The company commander ordered the troops to defend on the spot, and he himself contacted Lawrence directly through the walkie-talkie attached to the radio.
"Captain! The situation is very wrong. There is intensive gunfire coming from our south."
"Gunshots? I can't hear them here. How far are you from the friendly positions?"
"There's still about five kilometers left."
"Okay, you continue to move south. I suspect that our friendly forces are fighting fiercely with the Soviet army. If this is confirmed, you should report the situation immediately and join the battle immediately."
"As you command!"
The company commander estimated his own strength. There were more than a hundred people in the company, and their weapons and equipment were all light weapons. They were just scouts, not experienced soldiers. Could it be that they would start the first battle of the infantry regiment?
The regimental commander's order was absolute. The company commander ordered the troops to spread out skirmishers and search southward toward the scalp.
"God, please protect me from anything bad happening." The company commander muttered silently, but a group of figures finally appeared in the distance, and the sound of gunfire became closer.
"No! It's the Russians! Everyone is here, ready to fight!"
The soldiers of the reconnaissance company lay down in the grass. No one would fire without the company commander's order to fire.
The company commander maintained the greatest restraint. He quickly raised his binoculars to take a look at the crowd that was getting closer. It didn't matter. What he saw was shocking.
"My God, how come I see a large number of friendly troops running towards me?"
Without any time to think, the company commander first ordered his troops to meet up with the running friendly troops, and he himself directly reported to Lawrence in horror.
"Report to the captain, we have found friendly forces."
"Are they from the 805th Division?"
"Yes. They..."
"How are they doing? I hear a lot of gunfire in the background! What's going on? You guys before the war?"
The company commander tried to stay calm and responded: "Captain! Our friendly forces have collapsed and they have made peace with our people."
"Ah?!" Lawrence couldn't believe what his subordinates said, and he asked: "Chris! You tell me in your conscience that our friendly forces collapsed?"
"Yes, Captain, they are fleeing towards our position."
"Where is their officer? Find the officer and ask him to talk to me."
However, the company commander did not answer immediately, because not far away, a shell exploded, and the company commander fell to the ground in shock.
He hesitated for more than ten seconds and shouted breathlessly into the walkie-talkie: "Commander! Oh no! Russians, Russians are everywhere! They are coming towards us! Oh, God, we must withdraw!"
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"Hey you!"
The communication was suddenly interrupted. From the company commander's words of support, Lawrence imagined a terrifying picture. The so-called large number of Soviet soldiers were rushing north like a tsunami, and they were chasing a German unit.
Lawrence felt a little weird and in a trance, as if everything was a nightmare.
This is indeed a nightmare.
Lawrence believed the confessions of his men, because he seemed to feel that faint gunshots had been heard from the south, and the sounds were getting louder and louder.
He urgently issued combat orders to his subordinates, and all soldiers entered combat status. The safety guards of all firearms were turned on, and all machine guns were ready to fire. Each mortar team laid out a large number of shells beside the gun, and the shooters could fire at any time.
Perform intensive bombardment.
The officers and soldiers of Lawrence's regiment were nervously waiting for the next battle, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the south.
When the time came, Lawrence himself took the risk to stand up straight, holding up a high-powered telescope and noticed that a large number of people appeared in his field of vision. All of these people were wearing steel helmets, and if you looked closely, they were all in the style of the German army.
Seeing this, it showed that the report of the reconnaissance company was correct. Lawrence continued to observe and clearly saw that the visitors were all wearing the unique gray uniforms of the German army. The way they were running in confusion really embarrassed the Third Reich.
"Haha, division commander, division commander, if you see the embarrassment of the friendly forces of the 805th Division now, will you think that I have brought glory to you? I think the 805th Division is even worse than our 707th Division."
Of course, there is also a chain of contempt in the German army. Because of the serious defeat in 1941 and the huge loss of personnel, as well as the massacre of 10,000 civilians, the 707th Division became the object of contempt of all units of the Wehrmacht. After all, this unit is
The division commander led his subordinates to kill good people in an organized manner and gained a reputation as a butcher. So much so that the neighboring 722nd Division was afraid of the officers and soldiers of the 707th Division.
Lawrence still remembered that a broken force of the 634th Division also met up with the people of the 805th Division. Presumably some personnel of the 634th Division were among the people fleeing for their lives in embarrassment.
Lawrence suddenly felt gloating, and then he noticed another group of people pursuing him further away, and his attitude became serious - the people at the farthest end were the attacking Russians!