The defeat of the Battle of Minsk is already a certainty, just like the ending of the original plane.
The other thing was that because the Soviet army was better able to hold back the German army, the entire Army Group Center made major adjustments to its advance. They had already wasted a lot of time and now began to besiege the entire Soviet Western Front's besieged forces.
Therefore, the Sixth Mechanized Army fought against Hoth's Armored Division. The T-26 tanks in the army were no match for the Germans. They could rush into the German camp that had lost its tank troops and attack wantonly, but they were unable to face the advance of the German armored clusters.
, not to mention the German air force is also in action.
The Sixth Mechanized Army began to retreat towards Minsk after suffering heavy losses. During the retreat, they received the final order from the commander of the front army.
The battle had failed, everyone broke out on their own, and Minsk had fallen. So Pugachev's troops quickly encountered this friendly army. When the two armies met, they almost suffered accidental injuries. It was not until the red flags were raised at the same time that they could see each other's identities.
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Pugachev was eager to find the commander of this unit and explain his ideas. But he never saw the top commander of this unit. The commander had died in an enemy air strike, and a large number of people including the military political commissar were also killed.
people.
They were attacking Kuhn's troops before, and that guy had just been killed. Unexpectedly, it was his turn now.
Deputy Army Commander Mikhail was shocked when he saw Pugachev: "You are not supposed to be guarding Minsk, why are you here."
Pugachev also had many questions. "Shouldn't you be engaging in firefights with the German armored forces? Why would they attack our defense lines?"
After exchanging terms, the two sides finally understood that the German army wanted to destroy this Soviet army, but after capturing Minsk at that time.
At this moment, Rommel's troops came to their senses, and the tank troops began to advance into the encirclement. The entire Army Group Center was shrinking the encirclement, and a total of more than 300,000 Soviet troops, including Pugachev, were on the plan of annihilation.
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Fortunately, luck was temporarily on the side of the Soviet army. It started to rain after the evening of July 4th. In addition to the sudden drop in temperature, the muddy roads undoubtedly caused great trouble to the advancing Germans.
Yang Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, God gave him a few days to buffer.
After the reunification, the total strength of the troops reached 20,000. Many people in the army were exhausted, and some companies even experienced ammunition shortages.
In this situation, food and ammunition are extremely valuable.
Yang Mingzhi counted his men again. There were 400 people left in the entire special anti-tank battalion, plus five health workers including Yang Tao.
The whole battalion set up camp in the woods, and many of the other troops simply took shelter from the rain in tanks or even lay under the chassis of trucks.
Now because of the rain, Yang Tao is very worried about problems with the wounded soldiers. Yang Mingzhi built a tent with canvas (equipped on military trucks), and many wounded soldiers were placed here.
Yang Mingzhi looked at his soldiers. Some of them were lucky enough to be hit by bullets in the arms and the like. Because of the shortage of gauze, many people used torn clothes to wrap their wounds. It was raining heavily now, so it was too easy for something to happen.
He saw Yang Tao rummaging through the medical kit and walked over to caress his wife's shoulder. "How's it going? Did you consume too much medicine?"
"Yes, husband, we no longer have anti-inflammatory drugs. If the wounded soldier gets infected, there is really nothing I can do."
"Are others like this?"
"Well, the war was so brutal that our battalion's medicine had already been distributed to friendly forces. As a result, there is no more medicine in stock now."
The lack of medical treatment and medicine plagued the troops, coupled with the siege and the damn heavy rain. Everyone's morale became increasingly low. The Western Front abandoned everyone and allowed the soldiers to break out on their own. But everyone knew that the road to breakout was difficult.
Heavy.
"Husband, can we go out? I heard from the soldiers that there are enemies on all sides." Yang Tao looked at Yang Mingzhi, filled with worry. "Will the Germans be like the Japanese? Husband, if things get to that point, I
I hope you kill me first."
"Don't say that." Yang Mingzhi pinched her chin. The girl's worried look was very cute. "I promised you that we will definitely break out of the encirclement alive."
Yang Tao felt inexplicably relieved. Since the war broke out, her husband had always been unscathed in the hail of bullets. When he fought with the Japanese in China, his husband was also safe and sound. When his comrades were wiped out, he took him across the river. He was so lucky.
people.
Yang Mingzhi ordered his wife to continue checking the condition of the wounded soldiers, boil some hot water with gasoline, and at least boil the strips of cloth vigorously to sterilize them.
The heavy rain gradually turned into light rain in the afternoon of July 5th. The team had a good rest for the day, and many tired people regained some energy.
But the German army also came with it, and their air force arrived.
There was a violent roar in the sky, and the Stuka fleet discovered the Soviet target on the ground. The next step was to dive bomb.
Yang Mingzhi immediately ordered the entire battalion to run into the woods. Even though the woods were not big, there was still a high chance of escaping the air raid by hiding in them. In the crisis, he could no longer think about anything else. In addition to carrying weapons on his back, he hugged
After getting up, my wife and the team ran towards the woods.
Fortunately, for those who fled into the woods, they did not become the targets of German aircraft attacks. Because there were a large number of valuable targets outside the woods, tanks, and trucks. These heavy equipment were the Soviet army's last reliance. Try to destroy them as much as possible, and the Soviet Union
A general cannot escape even if he has wings.
The air raid lasted for more than ten minutes, and the camp was in chaos. Many sleeping soldiers were directly blown to pieces by the heavy bombs, and many others died from the explosion shock wave.
Pugachev, who was discussing with the deputy commander, was injured by the bomb. The violent explosion even blew him up. When he woke up, he was already lying on the dirt.
The air raid was over, and Yang Mingzhi hunched over and looked at the sky. Now that the Germans had complete control of the air, they could attack without restraint. This is the tragedy of the weak.
"Comrades, let's come out and see our comrades!" Yang Mingzhi pretended to be calm and said. When he walked out of the woods, everyone was faced with a mess.
The ground was littered with broken corpses, and there were many groans of wounded soldiers.
The enemy focused on bombing the core of this unit, and the headquarters of the Sixth Mechanized Army had been blown up.
"Pugachev, you must die." Yang Mingzhi thought to himself, and finally found the man, who was already dying.
The seriously injured Pugachev was dragged by the soldiers to an undestroyed tent. When Yang Mingzhi saw that his uniform was covered with blood, he must be in danger.
"Carambola!" Yang Mingzhi shouted loudly.
"Да!"
"Hurry up and check with the teacher."
In desperation, Yang Minzhi directly roared in Chinese. Yang Tao looked at Pugachev's wound calmly, took out a sharp knife and cut open the torn clothes. After washing the wound with water, he saw a spot about the size of the liver.
Deep wounds.
"Brother, he may not be able to survive anymore." Yang Tao looked at her husband desperately.
Yang Mingzhi also saw the wound clearly. This man had injured his liver and at least all his internal organs. At this time, Pugachev was beginning to lose consciousness. He raised his hands slightly and muttered something.
Yang Mingzhi put his ear to it, and Pugachev tried his best to speak: "Have we won this war?"
"We won and captured Berlin. On May 9, 1945, Germany was defeated and surrendered."
Pugachev smiled slightly. "Okay, go ahead and call Yevlov, if he is still alive."
During the air raid, Yevlov was lying on the ground but was lucky not to be killed. Now he was covered in mud, like a gopher that had just emerged from the soil.
He rushed to where the division commander was and faced the bleak results.
Pugachev tremblingly muttered: "Political Commissar Batykin is dead, and I will die soon. Now I appoint Yevlov as the division commander and Belekov as the deputy division commander. We have already suffered heavy losses.
The remaining troops hope that you will not attack the Germans foolishly. If you can save your strength by escaping into the forest, you can do it."
After Pugachev fell into bed, the commander of the 284th Guards Division was eventually killed in a German air strike.
But compared to the leaderless situation of the Sixth Mechanized Army, the command system of the 284th Division, which has a smaller number of people, at least still exists. In the end, the infantry division became its original size, with less than 3,000 people, and it was at most an infantry regiment. Yev
Love found the flag of the infantry division. This precious thing must not fall into the hands of the Germans.
The Sixth Mechanized Army had collapsed, and many troops were breaking out on their own. Yang Mingzhi looked at the direction in which they were retreating, and most of them were retreating toward the besieged troops, which numbered more than 270,000 people.
The group had just broken through the first German blockade and thought everything would be fine if they evacuated to Minsk, but now Minsk has also fallen. Kuznetsov is isolated and helpless, and they will eventually choose to retreat from the forest, but that will be a week later.
Many people left on their own, and they did not care about the wounded soldiers all over the ground. Yang Mingzhi had no choice. These seriously wounded soldiers had only one way to die. He discussed with Yevlov, and everyone in the infantry division had everything they could use on the battlefield.
, at least replenish ammunition and food.
The rain had stopped in the evening, so in order to avoid exposure, no bonfire was lit in the camp at night.
After the air raid, some trucks were abandoned on the battlefield, many of which were damaged but could still be driven.
Pugachev is dead, and Yevlov is unable to lead the overall situation by himself. He needs Berekov's help.
When it comes to how to get out of the predicament, Yang Mingzhi has already made a plan. "We should break out from the southwest, where there are dense forests for our troops to hide. We can set up camps there, or even use them as a base to continue to deal with the Germans."
Yevlov did not believe that this would be successful and immediately asked: "But how will you lead everyone there? Won't we encounter the enemy's army?"
"Probably not." Yang Mingzhi actually didn't dare to vouch for it. Guderian wanted to capture Moscow, and Hitler ordered him to participate in the siege of Minsk to complete the encirclement, but he should have sent a small number of troops to participate in the offensive.
"There are a lot of woods in our current geographical environment. We are no longer facing the plains outside Minsk. The capabilities of the German armored forces here are limited, and we can also make use of the woods. We rest during the day and move forward at night.
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Yang Mingzhi was determined to take advantage of the geographical advantages. There were a large number of woods around Moscow. They were still in the process of forming forests. During this period, there were a large number of small plains and some small villages.
"The supply issue we are most worried about is that if we can find some villages, we can immediately replenish supplies on the spot. Take everything that can be taken away."
Taking away citizens’ finances? Yevlov muttered, but Yang Mingzhi understood clearly. “Comrade Yevlov, I am Chinese but I am not a bad person. You don’t have to think that we are robbing our people. In fact,
I strongly believe that if the German army finds these villages on the way forward, they will kill everyone without hesitation."
Yevlov decided to obey Yang Mingzhi's decision, as he was better at commanding the army. For this reason, Yevlov solemnly promised: "Berekov, as long as you take our remaining soldiers to the forest and make them
After everyone settles down, you will be the one to direct our battle in the forest."
Yang Mingzhi nodded, a sense of responsibility welling up in his heart. "Okay, let's sleep until 0 o'clock and start beating. Remember, everyone brings everything useful."
The moon came out after the rain, and taking advantage of the moonlight, the last remaining officers and soldiers of the 284th Division, they took with them some people who were lucky enough to survive, such as the previously mobilized Minsk militia, the lone soldiers of the Sixth Mechanized Corps, and even the Cheka soldier
Girl Yelentina. Everyone had no choice and followed the troops one after another.
A lot of heavy equipment was abandoned, and everyone moved forward lightly, thinking about heading southwest.