The wounded were treated as much as possible, but most of them died of excessive bleeding within a short period of time. The death of the wounded brought the only benefit to the German army. Lawrence did not need to use a large amount of manpower to take care of these wounded.
The wounded who were alive would not be of use in the coming battle. Lawrence only sent a small number of personnel to take care of the wounded, and the rest of the hard-working people went into defense.
At present, the highest-ranking person in the German army is Lawrence. Therefore, he not only has to command his own men, but also shoulders the important task of commanding the remnants of Muller's regiment and Lawrence's regiment.
"Those people were frightened, how could they still hold the line firmly?" Lawrence didn't believe the newly joined brothers. After the troops repelled the Soviet attack, the troops had a period of rest.
Everyone knows that the Soviet army will never give up. With their strength superior, they will surely stabilize their position and launch an even more frenzied attack.
Lawrence summoned the broken troops to one place and announced loudly: "My department is a subordinate unit of the 707th Division, and I have been ordered to respond to you. Now the battle situation has changed dramatically. Since your commander has been killed, I will serve as your commander. Now, 805
Gentlemen of the 634th Division and the 634th Division, you organize your troops according to your numbers and enter the front line to fight. I emphasize again that our mission is to hold on. If anyone deserts, anyone is allowed to shoot the deserter to death!"
Because the defeated troops had just experienced a successful blocking battle, they immediately looked at the supporting troops with admiration. Many people even complained that the supporting troops were too slow, and more people were relieved because the blocking of the reinforcements had greatly reduced their own strength.
Only then can the tragic road of escape end.
The morale of the defeated troops was restored, and everyone rallied around Lawrence, determined to block the Soviet army together with the friendly troops of the 707th Division.
Lawrence was very pleased that his words and the actual actions of the troops had turned the defeated troops into his new fighting power. However, when the new troops were deployed on the front line, troubles began to emerge.
It turns out that a large number of German soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor. It is not an exaggeration to describe them. They threw away their heavy weapons and many of them joined Lawrence's troops with bare hands. It was reasonable to arm the unarmed soldiers with the light weapons left by the victims in the camp. So,
As a result, the German army collected ownerless weapons and distributed them to soldiers without guns.
They lined up to receive the rifles, because Lawrence was transporting ammunition on this trip and had plenty of ammunition.
Even with this operation, one hundred and fifty people still failed to obtain weapons.
"I can't let these people go bare-handed!" Lawrence gathered them around him, holding his chin and thinking about how to arm them. He had already cursed these guys who took the initiative to throw away their weapons. On the surface, he was still very angry.
Find a pragmatic way to find weapons for them.
After some thought, I can only pick up the gun from the corpses of the Soviet soldiers in front of the battle.
"Gentlemen, I'm sorry, I don't have enough weapons to arm you. The Soviet army will attack later, and you must be armed. The only way now is to leave this position and go to the pile of corpses in front of the position to look for firearms. Although
Those are Soviet-made weapons, so you can make do with them and use them first."
As soon as this statement came out, there was a lot of discussion in the team. These soldiers fled into the friendly position, thinking that it was a safe place, and leaving the position meant entering the territory.
A soldier said urgently: "I don't want to go out. Who can guarantee that the Russians don't have snipers? There are some sharpshooters among the enemy. This is something your 707th Division can hardly imagine!"
"Hey, who's talking?!"
A soldier was pushed out by his comrades. Faced with a colonel wearing the Iron Cross, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"Is that you? Which army are you from?"
The soldier quickly saluted and replied tremblingly: "I am a first-class private of the 508th Regiment of the 805th Division."
"That's right. I led my troops to reinforce you, but you were driven away by the Russians. You were like a bunch of lost dogs. You also threw away your weapons. Don't you know that a soldier's life is a weapon? What is the difference between soldiers without weapons and dead people?
?!" Lawrence vented his inner depression to this group of people impassionedly, and he said a lot of bad things, and even a lot of vulgar language.
In most countries, soldiers are required not to have too many independent thoughts. Soldiers are a screw in the entire country's army. Although they are very small, they must not do anything "deviant". In this regard, German soldiers are the most rigorous.
But people's hearts are full of flesh, and Lawrence's scolding finally made one person unhappy.
Paul was already feeling aggrieved. This time he still showed his great luck. He managed to escape the bombing and even managed to escape with one leg, even though his leg was almost cramped.
Paul pushed the people in the way and squeezed out of the crowd. His appearance shocked Lawrence - this man is really not simple.
"You! Who are you? What you are wearing is not a soldier's uniform, let alone an officer's. You also have an Oak Leaf Knight Medal on your chest?!"
Paul paid a complimentary military salute, "I am an aviation group pilot who landed here due to a plane crash. I am very dissatisfied with your vulgar words. What right do you have to call us cowards and stupid pigs? Do you know what we have gone through?"
?The Russians used a certain weapon to completely destroy the city of Loyev, and used the same weapon to destroy our position, but you insulted us without shame."
Lawrence also knew that his words were too bad, and he suddenly remembered his past. He was speaking out loud again. Thinking about it for a moment, when he was ambushed last year, didn't he also escape gracefully?
He was not in a hurry to apologize to the pilot hiding in the rebel army, because he heard a piece of important information from his words and couldn't help being frightened.
"Sir, please tell me again, were you beaten away by some superior weapon of the Russians?"
"Yes, we were almost completely annihilated by a new type of rocket. Not only did the Russians have powerful rockets, they also had more than twenty armored vehicles and even tanks. These are what I witnessed with my own eyes. I think the Russians will
Use the same method to attack our positions. I am very worried now that a large number of soldiers will die here needlessly."
Lawrence was flustered by Paul's words. Thinking about it carefully, it actually made some sense. The so-called friendly troops should have exceeded 3,000 men, but they were defeated in an instant. Those Soviet troops were by no means idle.
Of course, the officers and soldiers of the 707th Division knew the combat effectiveness of the Soviet 63rd Group Army very well, and Lawrence went south this time to carry out the mission. The officers and soldiers were in great awe of their enemies, but Lawrence could not have imagined that the enemy was so strong.
He asked tremblingly: "You mean, the Russian rockets are particularly powerful? They also have tanks?"
"I guarantee with the medal on my chest that what I say is true. Oh God, if you don't take good countermeasures, we still won't be able to complete the interception."
The truth is that Lawrence is now an ant on a hot pot. Not only is he anxious but also feeling uncomfortable all over. He can't imagine how the Soviet army can conjure up a bunch of tanks and ferocious rockets.
The confidence he had just in the success of the blockade was completely wiped out by Lawrence's words.
He hoped to come up with an effective response method and look at the weapons in his men's hands. The so-called heavy weapons were those mortars.
Lawrence felt a strong uneasiness, as if the troops would definitely suffer a disastrous defeat in the next battle. The smell of failure must not spread.
Lawrence gritted his teeth and stopped talking to Paul. He tried hard to show his persistence and continued to order: "Gentlemen, don't worry. Just go to the corpse in front of the battle and take away the weapons. There will be no danger." Then.
, he whispered to Paul: "Sir, pilot, please don't go. Since you know something about the enemy, you can serve as my adjutant."
"Don't call me pilot. I have the rank of colonel. You can call me Paul and I'll be happy to."
"Okay, Paul, I hope we all finish this mission alive."
Those soldiers took the risk to leave their positions. They moved very quickly and sneakily. They took away their weapons, collected some ammunition, and ran away.
These actions of the German army were clearly seen by the Soviet scouts in the distance. Balzen sent these battle-experienced scouts to record the German army's actions of picking up corpses.
The intelligence was transmitted to the hidden Soviet frontline command post. Together with the intelligence, it caused a discussion on the spot and inevitably led to the misjudgment of frontline commander Lavrenti.