Henschel and his men were unaware of the danger. As night fell, the group could no longer cheer up.{(
The cold made them lazy, and they even forgot that they were in an area where guerrillas were active. This place was far away from the core area controlled by the German army, and every step forward was dangerous.
The snow has stopped falling, the moon breaks through the dark clouds, and the bright moonlight shines on the white land. Although it is not daytime, the visibility at night is okay.
The Germans and their servants, most of the more than 500 people, got into shacks in the snow to rest. Only a few people collected some branches and sprinkled gasoline on them to light a fire to keep warm.
Therefore, the German firelight literally informed their position in the darkness.
The time had entered the early hours of the morning, and the German troops were sleeping soundly. Lavrenti led their men to approach the target little by little, and reached the appropriate position at 11 o'clock in the evening.
"Everyone spread out and formed a triangular square formation. The artillery company immediately set up a position, and everyone waited for orders!"
As soon as the order was given, the soldiers immediately took action. The noise of the wind concealed the soldiers' actions, and some of them were also wrapped in white linen cloaks, which served as some disguise.
Lavrenti raised the telescope. Because of the moonlight, it didn't matter if the light was dim. He could still clearly see the enemy's camp in the distance.
"These people are so insensitive and careless. The deputy division commander really attaches great importance to them. If he saw the enemy like this, he would probably be able to finish them off with a single charge!"
"How about, battalion commander, we simply attack directly?"
"No! We must obey the order." Lavrenti put away the telescope and said to the eager tactic.
In his heart, he wished he could just go it alone. But that would be a violation of military discipline, and the result would be to be shot, which was absolutely unacceptable.
He called his three company commanders to his side to arrange tasks for a while.
"It is now half past midnight, and the battle will start at three in the morning. We have all checked our watches. When the artillery launches the bombardment first, all of you will fire. For the first company, you are responsible for the left wing, for the second company, you are responsible for the right wing, and for the third company, you are responsible for the right wing.
Middle road. I will lead the battalion to guard the artillery company here."
The three company commanders all understood and immediately started their mission.
Lavrenti was very clear about the situation in the Д23 area, which was where the enemy retreated. He explained the details of the mission clearly, and the three companies understood their specific tasks. That is, the soldiers opened fire along with the artillery and only used long-range attacks to attack the enemy.
.As long as you beat the enemy into a mess, they are likely to return along the same path (after all, this is the path the enemy knows best), thus catching them off guard.
The accompanying radio operator immediately reported to Yang Mingzhi that he was wearing a cotton coat and curled up in a woolen blanket to sleep.
This is the case for all Soviet soldiers. The blanket dropped from the air is extremely warm. Considering the outdoor environment of minus 18 degrees Celsius, it must be like spring inside the blanket.
The radio operator gently patted Yang Mingzhi awake. "Deputy division commander! Deputy division commander! The first battalion has occupied the position and is ready for battle."
"Oh. What time is it now?"
"It's almost one o'clock in the morning."
Yang Mingzhi immediately woke up, rubbed his eyes and sat up. He had slept for several hours, as had most of the soldiers. For such a field battle, the soldiers would be in good mental condition.
He captured a few soldiers and said: "Go and inform everyone! Wake up all of us, eat dry food and drink water quickly, check the weapons and ammunition again, and wait for the battle to break out."
The soldiers responsible for delivering the order immediately started running in the snow. Soon, the soldiers woke up lazily. Some people were yawning, and some were drinking water. As soon as a cold north wind passed by, everyone felt miserable.
Immediately he became energetic and quickly put his house in order.
Yang Mingzhi gently woke up the two girls. Yang Tao and Natasha, they were like sisters and made a good sniper combination during battle.
"Get up quickly now and don't covet warmth. There will be a war soon. We will rush over and there will even be hand-to-hand combat."
As soon as they heard the word hand-to-hand combat, the two of them immediately became nervous. Coupled with the cold, their fatigue was swept away.
The soldiers are getting ready for battle, time is passing by, and the battle is about to break out.
On the other side, Lavrenti looked anxiously at his watch. The second hand was blinking. The time was getting closer and closer, and he was getting more and more nervous. He saw that the artilleryman was checking the fuses of the mortar shells, and all the warheads were actually there.
They were painted with yellow paint and placed neatly one by one.
"Are we preparing only picric acid shells for this battle?" Lavrenti asked the company commander Doronin.
"Yes, this kind of shell is more powerful and even has some tear-jerking effects."
"So these were all arranged by the deputy division commander?"
"That's right, that's why we have such a tactical arrangement. If we fire a gun, the enemy will definitely suffer huge casualties. Then we can harvest the fruits together." Doronin smiled, "In this battle, the deputy division commander hopes
We have nothing to lose."
If it was picric acid, it was an explosive more powerful than bombs. Lavrenti could foresee the tragedy for the enemy after the artillery fire covered it. If all the enemies were killed by the artillery fire, what would our army lose? And the time has finally come.
"Every artillery unit, prepare!" As the wind blew, Doronin gave an order to all mortar soldiers.
"Completed on the 1st"
"Completed on the 2nd"
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Doronin saw that all the elements were ready. He looked at the time and saw that the second hand was about to reach three o'clock in the morning.
Lavrenti had handed over the starting point of the battle to Doronin, and his shells were the battle signal.
"Attention, every gun, fire a salvo of shells!"
The shooters picked up a shell one after another, put the tail fin on the muzzle, and waited for the company commander's order.
"oгohb!"
Doronin waved his hand, and ten mortars fired. There was a crisp sound, and the shells hit the enemy's camp with a sharp sound.
Henschel of the German army was awakened by the noise. He was so sleepy that before he could understand the situation, the explosion had already occurred.
Because enemies gather together to camp together to stay warm. There is also an inexplicable fear in the wilderness on snowy nights, and people subconsciously want to get together. Unfortunately, the danger is really coming. It is not a beast, but a
A group of cannonballs.
Because these small-caliber mortars are filled with picric acid, they explode extremely fast. The air waves they set off knocked over many sleeping people. Some unlucky ones were hit directly and torn apart by the air waves, and some were lucky.
Some only had their limbs torn apart. Others were hit by fragments, fell to the ground in pain, vomited blood, and completely lost their ability to fight.
"Second be prepared!"
"oгohb!"
The second round of strikes came, and at the same time there was intensive gunfire not far away.
Lavrenti's battalion was equipped with some mg34 general-purpose machine guns, which were weapons of the Germans, so they also obtained some flash bombs. The green flash bullets cut through the night, and in the dim light, the machine guns seemed to shoot like
It's a laser or general-purpose machine gun that fires exaggeratedly, and bullets are thrown into the enemy's camp intensively.
Many guys who had recovered were surprised to find that they were in a very disadvantageous position, and there were inexplicable guys attacking in the dark. Especially the German soldiers led by Henschel, those green lights were so puzzling.
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Henschel didn't understand. "Do the friendly forces regard me as a Soviet guerrilla?! Order the soldiers to fight back immediately!"
However, he hoped to fight back, but his men had suffered heavy casualties. These Soviet traitors recruited had no fighting ability and fighting will, because they had no faith at all, and they were just trying to survive or make a living, not for anything.
What a lofty goal.
Doronin's artillery battery fired forty shells, and coupled with the shooting of Lavrenti's men, the enemy suffered huge losses. Because of the confusion, the enemy did not make a similar counterattack. They were firing guns everywhere. Could it be that they were trying to kill Tiansheng?
s plane?
The planned artillery shells had been fired. Lavrenti immediately ordered the soldiers to stop and ordered the telegraph operator: "Now call the deputy division commander. The mission has been completed. The troops have moved to area Дo23."
A green signal bomb flew high into the sky. The large army led by Yang Mingzhi became completely vigilant after hearing the sound of artillery fire. Now that the clear message of the radio station has been received, there is another signal bomb in the sky.
Yang Mingzhi immediately gathered all the soldiers together. "Now! All of you will check your firearms for the last time. All of you will have your spears stabbed. If you don't have any, prepare your engineering shovels. We will attack now! For the sake of victory, move forward!" (To be continued.) 8