During the Soviet Patriotic War, the German army treated Soviet prisoners of war very simply and roughly. The wounded Soviet soldiers were usually executed on the spot. The German army occupied the Soviet field hospital and immediately began to massacre. As for uninjured prisoners, the German army would first ask the political commissar, Soviet
Communists, Jews and Gypsies were separated and shot on the spot.
The German army's concept of the Soviet army is that these Soviet soldiers can fight well only under the leadership of political commissars and officers. Without these, the soldiers will be scattered, like a group of weak chickens, or a group of cowardly sheep. Then
Furthermore, the Soviet Union did not participate in the Geneva Convention, and the captured personnel did not enjoy the treatment of prisoners of war.
After the war began, the Germans never expected that they would win three major victories: 400,000 prisoners of war in Belarus, 700,000 prisoners of war in Kiev, and 700,000 prisoners of war in Vyazma. By December of the war, the Germans captured
There were more than two million prisoners of war. For these people, the Nazi authorities had not yet been dazzled by the ideology of the National Society.
Slavs will be transported as coolies to the rear areas, even to the German mainland. They will be engaged in the most dangerous jobs, such as mining and coal digging.
Balzen was the first to arrive at the road line. He deployed his troops and immediately launched an investigation.
He ordered: "All of you must be alert at each post. When the enemy's transport vehicles pass by your posts, you must record them. The number of enemy vehicles, personnel, and even weapons and equipment must be clearly counted."
Balzen did this to fulfill the obligation of a scout. As a scout, he should try to find out the enemy's situation in the shortest possible time. In only one day, how many enemies passed by on this road all day?
This will be an important data reference for future battles.
The soldiers were lying in ambush in the snow, and they were well hidden in their white cloths.
There are some small woods around the ambush site. This is a relatively narrow place where the road is relatively narrow. It is ideal for large troops to set up an ambush. At that time, the combat soldiers can hide in the woods, and then open fire with light and heavy fire to easily cover the enemy.
At nine o'clock in the morning, more than 20 trucks with red cross canvases passed by, and the soldiers even saw women in the trucks - they were medical staff, taking care of the wounded.
Balzen raised his telescope, and he could see very clearly. How many wounded people could be transported by one truck? He estimated that there must be twenty. This time, nearly a battalion of wounded people could be transported.
At eleven o'clock, there was another medical convoy, this time with up to forty trucks.
"The Germans must have suffered a big loss in Moscow, why not transport the wounded in such a large number." Balzen said to himself, and the soldiers around him suddenly became full of confidence.
"It seems that our counterattack has really worked, and these invaders will also taste defeat." A soldier said.
"They will fail sooner or later. Inform all the sentries that they are not allowed to be exposed today, let alone shoot. We are not allowed to disturb the enemy at any time. We only need to monitor."
The scouts lay quietly on the snow and recorded silently. Until two o'clock in the afternoon, about a company of German soldiers were actually escorting a battalion of Soviet prisoners of war.
Regarding the prisoners of war, the scouts had already seen it yesterday. Everyone wanted to rescue them, but they were ordered not to interfere.
Balzen once again ordered the ordering soldiers to go over and explain the discipline.
He held up his binoculars and stared at these dejected prisoners of war, and couldn't help but sigh: "Look at this, if they died in battle, they would be martyrs, but in the end they became prisoners. If we rescue them, we can still go to the battlefield again to wash away the stain.
But there is nothing we can do. I am afraid that many of these people will die in German prisoner-of-war camps." Balzen spat again. "Really, fighting to the death is worse than being a coward."
The Soviet soldiers were very conflicted about these prisoners of war. On the one hand, they wanted to rescue them and become their comrades to continue fighting. On the other hand, they surrendered in the end and were cowards, which was despicable.
This is just a battalion of prisoners of war. Intelligence shows that 4,000 prisoners of war will pass through this highway tomorrow or the day after. They may be escorted together or divided into several groups. Gomel’s underground party is doing a good job.
The basic time for the German army to transport prisoners of war has been set.
When the war in Homnich started, Gomel received the news immediately. The underground municipal committee was very nervous and worried that the escort situation would change. As a result, the intelligence personnel learned that the escort was still carried out on time.
"I really don't understand what the 284th Division is doing. They captured Homnich at this time, and the Germans still escorted the prisoners on time. They claimed that they would rescue the prisoners, is this what they meant?" The underground mayor was puzzled.
Explanation: He and his colleagues had not yet thought that this was actually a tactic.
The troops led by Yang Mingzhi hurried on their way, and finally caught up with Balzen's men after the sun went down.
Several scouts saluted excitedly: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, you are finally here!"
"Yes, we are here. Quickly lead me to see your company commander."
The two met in the woods. Balzen didn't say any polite words and directly handed the notebook into Yang Mingzhi's hands. The light was very dark at night and the moon was in the sky, so it was still difficult for Yang Mingzhi to read the notes in the notebook clearly.
Upon seeing this, Balzen immediately found a large stall, and the two cats were under a blanket.
"Haha, it seems that I have become a scout like you." Yang Mingzhi joked.
"There is no way, we need these in order to hide. I hope our large army will not light a fire tonight, let alone shout loudly. The German army will march at night!"
"Don't worry, I understand these situations and the soldiers will abide by discipline."
Balzen smiled and turned on the flashlight. Yang Mingzhi flipped through the notebook. On the last page, this was the reconnaissance company's investigation data during the day.
"There are quite a lot of enemy convoys!" Yang Mingzhi sighed, "Two convoys transporting the wounded in the morning, escorting prisoners of war three times in the afternoon, and another convoy transporting the wounded."
"Yes, there will be more tonight, please turn to the previous page."
What Yang Mingzhi saw was the record from last night. The scouts had been watching all night. The German army had three convoys at night. They were driving with their headlights on. Yang Mingzhi closed the notebook and asked, "These are all you have."
record of?"
"Yes, sir!"
"Very good, the record is of great reference value. Now I have just received the exact information. Tomorrow morning, the German army will escort the prisoners of war out of Gomel in great force. The destination is Poland, and they will be transferred to Mozyr.
Take a train from the northwest to the German mainland. We have always agreed to Gomel's request, but we have never revealed the battle plan. I think the war in Homnich has stunned the enemy, and tomorrow is the time for us to rescue the prisoners of war. You
Order your people to start preparations immediately!"
Balzen was very excited. Finally, we were going to fight again. The soldiers were already going crazy. They could let the Germans vent their frustrations.
Yang Mingzhi immediately organized a meeting of all company-level commanders and issued combat orders.
"Our ambush is arranged according to the outposts set up by Balzen before. Yevgeny, your people are on the west side, and the Maxim heavy machine gun belongs to you. Lavrenti, on the east side of your battalion, the ZB57 heavy machine gun belongs to you. Joshua, your
The female battalion follows me in the middle. The remaining members of the guard company are separated from the reconnaissance company, and there is also the youth battalion, guarding the center with me."
The soldiers immediately began to take action. Each of the three battalions had two radios for communication with each other. They had already begun to take action, including female soldiers, and began to assemble a defense line on the spot.
To Yang Mingzhi's relief, these women were well trained and could dig foxholes and build simple fortifications without any problems.
Yang Mingzhi didn't have to hold the shovel himself. He also stopped his two girls from moving. "Besika, Natasha, you eat something quickly. I'll leave the digging of holes to the guard company. You eat right away."
Get dry food and get ready for bed. You will be of great use in tomorrow's battle to rescue prisoners of war."
The two looked at each other and smiled, with the shovel still on the ground. They were indeed very tired. They had been sitting on the sled all day and the fatigue of traveling and traveling was very difficult. Yang Mingzhi naturally sat down and had dinner with them. There were also some bread and canned food.