It is impossible for all three infantry divisions of the German 100th Army to be entrenched in Mozyr. Summit 23S.
The city that was updated the fastest is too small. The main force of the 734th Division and a small number of officers and soldiers of the 700th Division are stationed near the city. The new 40,000-strong army, their abundant heavy equipment, and the mountains of various logistics supplies make the city unusually dense.
Crowded.
Because of doubts about local Belarusians, the last group of so-called "peaceful residents" in the city were also expelled. In fact, these civilians who cooperated with the German army were considered to have the possibility of rebellion and had to leave the city, even the last residents.
A police regiment was also ordered to be transferred to Bobruisk.
In this way, the small city Mozyr, located on both sides of the Dnieper River, completely became a huge military camp for the German army.
According to Army Commander Gunter's estimation, it would not be difficult for the troops to capture Liechicha. Numerous intelligence showed that the Soviet troops entrenched in Liechicha were very powerful. They defeated at least several German troops and caused a large number of casualties.
The Soviet army has indeed mastered some high-tech weapons, and its troop strength is larger than initially expected. These so-called guerrillas are already fighting with regular army personnel.
"If you keep harassing me like mosquitoes and flies, I will be very troubled. You are so confident that you want to fight me in a positional battle. My artillery will destroy your arrogance." The military commander despised the enemy so much, but
Don't dare to underestimate it either.
Moreover, capturing Lechicha is only part of the entire operation. The order given to me by my superiors is to capture Lechicha and cooperate with friendly forces to clear out all guerrillas in the huge area from Lechicha to Bobruisk. To put it more coldly,
, which is to kill all the Russians in the area, truly without distinction.
On the military train heading to Mozyr, Khante and his staff sat in a luxurious box to further analyze the future battle.
Judging from the current situation, the guerrillas are spreading like a malignant sore. Fortunately, their expansion trend has been curbed. This is probably due to logistical problems, but it may also be that their war potential has come to an end.
The roots of the guerrillas lie in the vast swamp a hundred kilometers south of Mozyr, where there is only mud and lakes. The dangerous environment makes it unsuitable for fighting. Perhaps only the Russians can survive in the mud like catfish.
To eliminate the guerrillas in the area, the "source of all evil" entrenched in the Pripet Swamp must be destroyed. The local garrison does not know that many military operations have suffered heavy losses and failed. "If I were the local garrison,
My army must wipe it out, otherwise there will be no peace at all." Khante could only think of giving up. His battlefield was in the Rzhev battlefield in the east.
Lechica is controlled by the Soviet army, and their logistical supplies basically rely on the long transportation lines of the Soviet army in the swamps. Presumably the main force is also in the city of Lechica. If they try their best to annihilate the city defenders, although they cannot be destroyed
It can also destroy the roots of the guerrillas and bring them to a standstill.
In order to achieve the tactical goal of a massacre in Lechitsa, the German army must dispatch superior troops, not only with more troops, but also with more heavy equipment.
Khante made a decision: the 370th Division and the 371st Division will gather all their forces after arriving in Mozyr and be prepared to recapture Lechica in one blow. After the 771th Division arrived in Mozyr, they walked north to reinforce Svetlo
Gorsk, the main force of the guerrillas participating in the suppression of activities outside the city.
The leading troops of the German 370th Division arrived at the Kalinkovich Railway Station in Mozyr safely on the evening of the 26th. Only the officers and soldiers of one regiment and their small weapons came first.
After the military train sent off the two thousand people, it immediately drove away along the northward railway to make room for the train behind it. Because at this moment, the Kalinkovich Railway Station no longer had a larger carrying capacity.
It is a small train station to begin with. At this time, there are still a large number of trains parked on the empty tracks, many military supplies have not even been unloaded, and there are even more than 20 fuel tank cars.
Starting from the evening of the 26th, military columns continued to arrive in the following hours.
The troops of the 734th Division and a small number of the 700th Division guarding Mozyr retreated in embarrassment from the troops that had penetrated the swamps, and their strength was still somewhat replenished. The pressure on these two divisions is currently very high, and the Soviet troops are marching along the defense line built by the Germans.
Attacking westward, the two sides finally stabilized more than 20 kilometers away from Lechica.
The infantry division especially strengthened the security of the western railway line in Mozyr and arranged a large number of patrol troops. The soldiers dispersed some sporadic guerrilla harassment, making the railway line quite safe.
In the early morning, Borisman, the commander of the 734th Division, was severely beaten by the Soviet guerrillas two months ago. Two months later, the still weak combat effectiveness of the unit left him speechless and went to see his superiors. Fortunately, the entire
The friendly forces in the region are all competing against each other. How can the 707th Division be so bad? There is also the 634th Division, which was reinforced from Ukraine and is known as the frontline combat force. It is said that it annihilated a huge guerrilla force and wiped out at least 5,000 people. The result was not almost
completely annihilated.
So, what is the situation of the 100th Division that participated in the French Campaign? Is it possible that they are still a bunch of scumbags?
The division commander remained suspicious, so after the first infantry regiment arrived, he met with the commander and deputy commander in person and started negotiations first.
Borisman could clearly feel the arrogance of the newcomers, as well as his dissatisfaction with the friendly forces guarding the place and the poor fighting situation.
"Are they another group of arrogant guys? Don't they know that all the armored SS troops were wiped out?" Borisman drank a few cups of coffee and maintained strong energy. At one o'clock in the morning on the 27th,
, and waited until the belatedly arrived commander of the 370th Division, William Genus.
Borisman is quite familiar with the equipment of the three reinforcement divisions. As long as he goes to the train station to see in person, a large number of howitzers are pushed off the train and heavy assault guns are driven down. No matter how you look at it, this unit is uniform.
An elite branch.
The commander of the 370th Division is also very energetic. Even though it is one o'clock in the morning, this blond man in his thirties is still full of energy.
After a polite exchange of blows, Gnus immediately got to the point.
"I heard that our enemy's combat effectiveness was very strong. In any case, they occupied Lechica and caused the railway line to collapse. Our reinforcements to the Fourth and Ninth Army's logistics lines were severely weakened. We waited until the 317th Division was fully
Once we arrive, we will launch a full-scale attack. What do you think?"
"That's great!" This is the best news Borisman has received since the new battle broke out more than a month ago.
He didn't know how much the friendly forces knew about the swamps and the guerrillas operating in the huge area. At least he had fought many battles with this group of enemies, and he was currently providing a lot of detailed intelligence, which would definitely be helpful in future operations.
Prior to this, the 370 Division's understanding of the Soviet 63rd Army and the Red October Guerrilla Brigade was limited to official reports. In terms of propaganda to German soldiers, the propaganda department reasonably suppressed the German casualties and expanded the Soviet Union's
In fact, in the past month alone, the total casualties of the German and puppet troops have reached 30,000. As a result, in the propaganda, the 634th Division and the 707th Division only had "larger casualties" and "heavy losses".
It's the police force.
The entire Belarusian garrison was fighting on the front line of anti-guerrillas. Such propaganda made the soldiers believe that although Operation Ruhe failed, the German losses were not serious. Even a police regiment had a reason to rebel, that is, they were afraid of being used as cannon fodder.
Despicable rebellion.
The 370th Division believed this was true from top to bottom, but the statement made by the commander of the 734th Division made Borisman greatly worried about the future battle.
"Oh my God, their fighting power is so strong? You dispatched three regiments and were defeated in just twenty-four hours?"
"It's really unspeakable!" Borisman shook his head helplessly, "If it weren't for the rebellion of the police group, we might... Of course, even if they rebelled, the five thousand army would be defeated in less than a day. The Russians are very powerful in combat.
It’s unbelievable. Since your department and the 371st Division will be the main force attacking Lechichar, you must be aware of this fact. Your enemies are not stragglers, they are the elite of the Russians, evil villains deliberately placed in the swamps to harm us.
sore."
How strong the enemy is requires detailed combat analysis before we can draw a conclusion. The friendly division commander used a bunch of adjectives to basically express his own fear and had no more constructive significance.
His warning was worthy of consideration. Genus, the commander of the 370th Division, then went to the officers' hotel arranged by the friendly forces, and fell into a drowsy sleep with mixed feelings.
After all, Mozyr is a small city, and Kalinkovich Railway Station is even smaller. There are already 4,000 people stationed in the city, and 40,000 people will arrive here one after another. It simply does not have such a carrying capacity.
The vast majority of soldiers could only set up field tents in the open areas outside the city, dig pits and bury stoves to cook broth, and use the large amounts of black bread they brought with them as meals.
Military trains continued to arrive, and a large number of soldiers carried various weapons and got off the suffocating carriages. From Pinsk to Mozyr, it is 230 kilometers long. It takes at least five days to walk on foot, and it takes at least five days to walk by rail.
It was a matter of one day. Where could ordinary soldiers have luxury boxes? During the war, it was impossible for the German army to transport the more reliable domestic narrow-gauge carriages to Russia's wide-gauge railways.
The German soldiers, like the Soviet soldiers who participated in this war, were stuffed into simple carriages like livestock.
The boring journey finally ended in Mozyri. The soldiers who got off the bus ate in their respective camps and fell asleep after eating.
As a result, the intelligence provided by the Soviet underground resistance organization in Brest estimated that the earliest German attack date would be July 27, which was simply unrealistic.
What kind of superman are the German soldiers? The fatigue of traveling and traveling has made the soldiers' bones sore, and the quality of their food has been forced to decline. They may be chewing on brown bread that has been left for a long time, but it is not very delicious. It is said that these are shelf-stable breads.
, however, when the troops arrived on the 27th, many people had diarrhea and squatted in the toilet. Even the Pripet River that passed through the city had a faint stench.
Throughout the 27th, the German troops who arrived in Mozyr began to rest and reorganize, and the city turned into a huge military camp, so that any open space nearby was occupied by overwhelming tents.
In an empty city with hard soil to the north of the train station, a large number of assault guns, half-track armored vehicles, and motorcycles were neatly parked. The artillery was placed in another empty field. Until noon on the 27th, a convoy of road transport trucks,
Finally arrived at Mozyr dragging some 75mm howitzers.
By the evening of the 27th, most of the German 100th Army had successfully arrived in Mozyr safely, and the siege was about to begin.
The commander of the 734th Division, Borisman, met with the commander of the 100th Army, Han Te, at noon on the 27th. His military rank was one level lower than the one who came, and Borisman seemed respectful.
It was the same words he had said in the early morning, and Borisman said it to him again. As expected, Hangte seemed to attach great importance to future operations.
"According to our army's battle plan, of the three divisions under my command, two will attack Lechica and one will reinforce the 805th Division in the north. I will establish the headquarters in this city of Mozyr, and your 734th Division and the rest will
The officers and soldiers of the 700 Division will all obey my command."
The change in scheduling made Borisman a little stunned. Until the official document came out, he had to accept the leadership of his new boss. Maybe it was just as well. His old boss, General Wagner, was called a fool and he really didn't care.
However, the group army suffered more than 30,000 casualties. You must know that the German army successfully completed the huge "Friedkus" operation in late May with only 35,000 casualties. Of course, among the casualties in Belarus, there were
With 30% Eastern volunteers, the German army still suffered 20,000 casualties, but the general was not punished. It is really strange.
On the evening of the 27th, the German army held a formal "meeting on capturing Lechica and cleaning up the guerrillas."
Now, the current war situation between the Soviet Union and Germany on the sand table was directly reflected to all the officers participating in the meeting. From a macro perspective, the German army was clearly dominant, and Hang Te could not help but whisper. This was not a sudden change of attitude and contempt for the Soviet army.
Ridicule, but the current war situation is indeed beneficial to the German army.
Yang Mingzhi identified the current war situation as the new "Vitebsk Pocket" a few days ago, and Hang Te also saw it clearly.
The 734th Division truthfully stated a large number of details about the Soviet army, and the 100th Division was not afraid at all. Yes! There are a huge number of assault guns, armored vehicles, and even 150mm-caliber heavy artillery. Why does the Soviet army have the advantage?
With courage? No! The blast of shells and the charging "steel monster" would negate spiritual bravery.
The meeting lasted until the early morning of the 28th, and the 100th Division made a detailed war plan.
First: The 771st Division dropped all its howitzers, took the trucks, armored vehicles and assault guns belonging to the division, and moved in the direction of Svetlogorsk. In company units, it actively searched for the Soviet troops directly in the wilderness and forests.
The guerrillas have been discovered to shoot without mercy.
Second: On the morning of the 28th, the 370th Division advanced to the east along the existing defense line. It concentrated all the howitzers and corresponding artillery regiments of the infantry corps and temporarily incorporated them into the battle order of the 370th Division. After capturing Lechicha, the 370th Division
, detached a small number of troops to pursue the fleeing enemies. Departed a large number of troops to cross the river and reinforce Mozyri.
Third: On the morning of the 28th, the 371st Division advanced towards Homnich, a city southeast of Mozyr, occupied the forest of Homnich as quickly as possible, and fought all the way east to the banks of the Dnieper River. 734
The division dispatched an infantry regiment to follow the 371st Division. The troops established a horizontal line of defense to block enemy reinforcements coming from the difficult-to-escape area of Lechica and the swamps from the north.
This combat plan made Borisman speechless. The specific reasons for the failure of past crusade operations were largely due to the division of troops and rash advancement. Moreover, the enemy's combat effectiveness was indeed strong. The enemy was very strong and could not be used as an excuse for our own stupidity!
This time, the commander of the 100th Army is worthy of being a senior officer of the front-line combat troops, and the tactics he has set are truly vicious!
Macroscopically speaking, the German 100th Army formed three combat groups. Taking Mozyr as the starting point, they formed a 70-kilometer-long front from north to south, forming a large net and running toward the east to clean up the enemies they saw.
Borisman was very satisfied with this, but he still raised a suspicion: "We don't know how many Soviet troops there are in the swamp. If our army reaches Homnich, it will be a huge threat to the enemy's core area.
, our army is likely to encounter stubborn resistance."
"If that's the case, it's really what he wants!" Commander Hangte didn't have the slightest worry. If his troops could annihilate the swamp, the source of all evil, his contribution would be huge. However, he was not authorized to enter the swamp on his own initiative.
.Furthermore, the dangerous environment of the swamp will make it difficult for various field artillery and armored vehicles to move. Borisman has clearly stated this point when discussing the previous infiltration operations.
The mission of the so-called 371st Division is to form a defensive line, like a partition, to cut off the Soviet army's north-south communication, making the Soviet army north of Homnich and south of Svetlogorsk a real "caged bird."
After some explanations, no one had any doubts anymore, as if this battle could solve the problem of guerrillas in the swamp that had plagued the German army for a whole year.
Yang Mingzhi knew nothing about this vicious plan of the German army. But he was not unprepared. Kovpak's 6,000-strong army completely arrived at Homnich on the 27th.