"The war has finally begun, and it is very different from what we planned!" Yevlov was nervous inside. Fortunately, his close comrades suddenly formulated a strategy. Summit 23S.
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Yang Mingzhi suppressed his inner excitement, "It's very different from my plan. But this change is not a bad thing. I guess the German army has divided its forces. Instead of three divisions attacking Lechicha in an all-out way, we have
Chance."
That said, Yang Mingzhi had no idea that the three divisions of the German Army had their own tasks. Their ambitions were so great that they planned to eliminate the Soviet army north of Liechica in one package.
However, in his opinion, there was a high probability that the German army was aiming at the swamp.
The main force of the German army should still be attacking Lechica, so how many enemies did Homnich report? Yang Mingzhi estimated that there was at least one division and at most two divisions.
There are only 10,000 people in Homnich, and the main force is the Kovpak Corps, whose combat effectiveness is unknown to Yang Mingzhi. In this way, ordering the troops to retreat proactively is a strategy of retreating before advancing. The troops retreated five kilometers. If the German army arrived,
After Homnich, if they continue to move south, the guerrilla republic will have no choice but to start a general mobilization of the people.
At present, the various militiamen of the three collective farms in the swamp have as many as 20,000 troops. There are also troops such as the 21st Guerrilla Brigade that have received formal military training. If the German army wants to go south, even if it is not blocked, it will have to march all the way.
It took one day to enter the three major collective farms, which gave the Soviet army plenty of time to react.
Salinchkin decisively opposed Yang Mingzhi's idea.
"We don't know if the German army is aiming here. Since this possibility is very high, it is more appropriate to prepare early than to prepare after the troops arrive at the city." Salinchkin's attitude was to immediately order all arriving refugees to head to the southern forest area.
The refugees were evacuated from the sulfur mining area, and the refugees lurked in the forest, basically able to escape from the battlefield to avoid military disasters. As for various militiamen, they launched defenses on the spot.
"We recruited 6,000 people among the refugees. Most of them were young women who could be armed and fight. I also approved five hundred children to join the Lenin Communist Youth League. They must become brave fighters. In the warehouse
There is also a large amount of captured weapons stored, and we must arm these people immediately."
"Them? There are also a group of women?" Yang Mingzhi stroked his head. It takes at least three months for a civilian to train to become a qualified soldier, especially the training of female soldiers. It takes a little longer. It is expected that a woman who has just escaped from the war will suddenly change.
As a female soldier, any soldier would think this is wishful thinking.
Since Salinchkin insisted, Yang Mingzhi ignored it and agreed to the decision.
"At least give them weapons and you have to find a way to teach them within a day how to shoot and how to shoot without hurting themselves."
Salinchkin quickly said: "I will. These people will eventually become soldiers and even be incorporated into the female corps fighting on the front line. They must understand their responsibilities, otherwise... they will be traitors to the motherland."
The evacuation began immediately after the emergency meeting. The entire Blacksmith Village, Black Earth Village, and Catfish Village carried out general mobilization. All arriving refugees were required to evacuate to the mines in the south and into the forest. There were also more than 8,000 militiamen carrying a large amount of supplies.
Men withdraw.
The supplies taken away by the militia were mainly food, after all, the refugees needed to eat. The other bulk supplies were firearms and ammunition. These supplies were strictly guarded by members of the Communist Youth League, and Yelentina became the first person in charge.
In addition, hospitals and arsenals are also within the scope of transfer. They are key departments, and Yang Mingzhi did not hesitate at all on this issue. If hospitals and arsenals are unfortunately involved in the war, the guerrilla republic will really have no stamina, let alone himself.
My wife is also a doctor.
In terms of the transfer of personnel and materials, Salinchkin and Lyudbalev were fully responsible. They were very accomplished and really made Yang Mingzhi have no worries. The speed of the action made Yang Mingzhi feel a little relieved, but it took more than ten years.
Not long after two o'clock, telegrams from Lechica came one after another.
The content of the telegram was terrifying. The German army was bombing Lechica indiscriminately.
The telegrams were mainly sent by the independent regiment deployed in the forest south of the city. Two independent regiments on the left bank of the river also sent telegrams with the same content. Over there, Lechica was undergoing fierce bombing!
The emergency meeting only ended for half an hour, and the main personnel did not leave. A new meeting started immediately.
But what's the point of having a meeting? Lechica was indeed attacked by the German army. According to the German army's offensive routine, after the artillery bombardment, the infantry charged.
Everyone was nervous, but everyone was silent.
After five minutes of silence, Yang Mingzhi took the initiative to speak: "Don't worry, haven't we expected all this? They are being bombarded indiscriminately. As long as we can withstand this bombardment, we will..."
"But! We haven't received the telegram from the 284th Division's First Regiment and Second Regiment yet!" Yevlov said nervously, "If something happens to them, the city will lose control."
Yang Mingzhi shouted without warning: "They are absolutely fine!"
But he also knew that how could these two elites be safe and sound? What is said now are all speculations from the rear about the front line. Perhaps they had to interrupt communications due to the shelling. It is also possible that the correspondents were wiped out in the shelling.
In this way, it was not until half past twelve that a telegram from Lavrenti finally brought life to the dead headquarters.
"Our army encountered violent shelling, but our casualties were not serious! Lavrenti Jishu."
This telegram was very brief, but its content was like a reassurance. Although he did not know the specific situation on the front line, Yang Mingzhi optimistically believed that their situation was not very bad.
In fact, the current situation in Lechica is very bad. Countless artillery shells whizzed past the heads of the Soviet troops. Lechica was like a boiling oil pot, and like a huge amount of magma spewing from the ground. The whole city was rising.
The terrifying smoke and dust rose sharply under the heat of the violent explosion and became a terrifying smoke column.
The number of defenders in the city is indeed small, and only some key areas are currently left with human handlers.
The shelling started. In fact, 149.1 mm caliber artillery shells hit the city, and the concrete buildings were beginning to collapse on a large scale. The defenders had prepared some cellars as anti-cannon holes, but many of the defenders were killed before they even entered the cellars.
Or they were killed by falling rocks.
The other place that was heavily bombarded was the outermost line of defense deployed by Lavrenti. Because that was the area of fierce fighting in the morning, it was natural for it to be heavily bombarded at noon.
Only a small number of artillery shells fell into the Soviet second line of defense. The artillery shells that were already bombing the city accidentally fell prematurely.
When the bombardment lasts for thirty minutes, the overheated German gun barrels need a period of cooling. After cooling, the prescribed number of shells will be fired.
After half an hour of shelling, Raff suffered more than 300 casualties in a row. A large number of people were actually hit by rubble falling from the sky. It is completely reasonable for them to be killed by rocks falling from two to three hundred meters. The rocks seemed to be densely packed.
The concrete hitting the shells caused twice as many casualties as the number of people killed and injured directly by shell shrapnel and shock waves!
Soldiers wailed in the trenches, and some suddenly picked up shovels and dug on the sides of the trenches. Some people were buried alive by the splashed soil. Their comrades pulled them out, but their helmets were hit by bricks falling from the sky, causing severe concussion and death.
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During the bombardment, Lavrenti sent a telegram. Although the content was brief, his strong determination was undoubtedly revealed. After the German artillery fire ceased, he conducted a surprise head count and saw that most of the soldiers were still alive. Apart from being relieved, he just wanted to command the headquarters.
Send another detailed report.
"Commander, go to the front and tell the brothers that the German infantry will launch an attack soon. Inform all battalion commanders to start the second mission."
Lavrenti believed that the German shelling was over. Yes, he had just experienced a terrible and shocking shelling, and many buildings in Lechica behind him had collapsed. The next step was to retreat and "invite" the Germans
Entering the city allowed the Soviet troops who retreated into the city first to seize the opportunity to kill the enemy first.
However, Lavrenti and Roshakov reluctantly abandoned the bodies of the fallen soldiers and led their troops to retreat, when the second round of German shelling began again.
"You bastards! You are not following common sense! It has already been blown up once, why do you want to blow it up again?!" Rafe, who was lying in the traffic ditch again in an instant, yelled loudly.
A large number of soldiers had no choice but to lie down in the trenches. This time, because everyone was prepared, they already lay down and started digging holes desperately to avoid the large amount of gravel that was about to fall. The trenches had been reinforced with wood before, and even had a wooden roof.
, a machine gun fortress with a layer of soil attached, became the best shelter at this time. Although a large number of casualties would occur once a shell was eaten, a squad of soldiers hid in a small fortress.
The second round of shelling was to shoot the remaining shells. In order to prevent the temperature of the gun barrel from being too high, the frequency of shelling was also reduced. Only 110 guns fired in the direction of Lechica, even if each gun
A cannon fires once every two minutes, which is equivalent to one round per second. In terms of firepower density, it is indeed amazing.
Finally, the shelling calmed down at 1:20 p.m.
"Damn it, there shouldn't be a third round of bombardment! Are the Germans planning to completely blow up Rechica, just like Homnich?" Lavrenti, who felt uncomfortable all over, suddenly didn't know what to do.
He unexpectedly sent a telegram to the headquarters, reporting the fact that the troops were actually subjected to two rounds of fierce shelling.
Yang Mingzhi was indeed panicked. If the Germans had a third round of bombardment, wouldn't it be okay if the main force of the troops were withdrawn now and they would be bombed? But, could the Germans have a miracle and have unlimited ammunition? Bah!
At this moment, Yang Mingzhi decided to take a gamble. He issued an order, and the troops outside the city immediately withdrew into the city, seizing the time to transform the ruins into firepower points. If the Germans had a third round of shelling, they would carry it.
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Thick smoke billowed from Lechica, but fortunately there was always a breeze, and the smoke was slowly dissipating. The splashing of gravel finally stopped, and the Soviet army at the last line of defense began a full retreat.
Because the distance was quite far, the Soviet army retreated mainly along the communication trenches. The German scouts did not find a large number of armed men and quickly reached the city.
Even the division commander Gnus himself, who was observing with a high-power telescope, was so happy with the billowing smoke of Lechica that he did not notice the large number of Soviet troops entering the city. Instead, he believed that the 6,000-round howitzer not only hit the city
The Soviet defenders outside gave a fatal blow, and the defenders inside the city were reduced to powder along with most of the buildings.
The deputy division commander standing next to him said with some worry: "We have demonstrated artillery firepower that far exceeds that of ordinary troops. Perhaps in the entire army, our performance today is also unique. But if we do this, don't we also destroy the train station?"
Is it completely destroyed? It will take a lot of time to repair the railway there."
Genus did not take it seriously: "Karl, you are thinking too much. We are a combat force. We only need to annihilate the enemy. The engineering force will be responsible for post-war construction. Now that the artillery has ended its offensive, it is the infantry that has advanced."
After that, he looked at his watch, "Two o'clock sharp! Three main battle infantry regiments and all armored vehicles rushed directly into the city. Annihilate all remaining enemies as quickly as possible."
As a result, the German army actually gave the Soviet army forty minutes to prepare. In fact, the German army was already moving quite quickly. After general firepower preparation, it would often take two hours before a large-scale infantry attack. After all,
The reason is that the attacking troops also need time to make all preparations.
Although this will give the enemy some breathing space, how many enemies will survive under the bombardment of six thousand artillery shells? Gnus has already had an idea in his mind. Three infantry regiments entered the city with a pincer offensive, directly cutting off the Soviet army's last attack.
The escape route for the defeated troops. The 370th Division will single-handedly eliminate the city defenders. In this way, he can report the victory to the army commander and also inform the 371st Division to terminate the operation.
Genus had such a fantasy, but he greatly overestimated the power of his artillery, wishfully thinking that the artillery solved all the troubles!
Including the second round of shelling, the Soviet casualties were close to 900! In fact, in the Soviet army, ordinary troops faced such heavy losses. Without strict teaching and supervision from grassroots political commissars, morale would have collapsed.
Besides, among the nine hundred casualties, in the emergency statistics, the wounded who could continue to fight were not included in the statistics at all. After the troops were counted, there were really only 3,100 people who could continue to run and fight with guns.
So if the statistics are more stringent, the total casualties could be as high as 1,500 people!
This was what Yang Mingzhi was most worried about, so he endured the inevitable huge casualties and deployed the most elite troops to defend the city. If the people defending the city were the Independent Regiment, they would never survive the first round of shelling.
Indeed, the two independent regiments hiding in the forest were completely stunned by the battlefield with heavy artillery fire not far away. Many people were so frightened that they peed their pants. They quickly woke up from their fear because they saw that not far away,
There was a line of German troops attacking the city in a mighty manner. Specifically, this group of enemies obviously planned to outflank the city from the south.
The two commanders of the independent regiment, Peronisky and Tchaikov noticed this situation and immediately sent a battle warning to the city.
At the same time, the two regiments in the city have clearly realized what they are facing!
Hiding in a half-collapsed building, Lavrenti marked the current enemy and enemy situations on a brief city map he drew himself based on the intelligence he collected.
"The Germans still have the same old tactics. The artillery bombards the infantry and charges forward. Even the infantry tactics remain unchanged. It's still a pincer offensive."
Yevgeny grimaced: "The Germans may have thought that we were all killed. We did suffer a lot of casualties. Only 3,000 brothers can still fight. Many of them still endure the pain and fight."
"No! We still have nearly three thousand brothers in the south of the city. Although the weapons and equipment of their independent regiment are not good, their presence can at least contain the enemy."
"Then, order them to fight immediately? Attack as soon as the enemy appears?!"
"No!" Lavrenti flatly refused, "We have to use strategy in this battle. We have experienced unprecedented shelling. Look at this city, there are collapsed buildings everywhere. The Germans must have thought that we were dead and we were following their lead.
The idea is to put the enemy into the city, launch a sudden attack at the right time, and strive to severely damage the enemy as soon as possible!"