Rechica during World War II was a small city just like after the war. Before the outbreak of World War II, the city had only 20,000 residents, so the urban area was not large. There were many rural areas around it, but it was close to
The environment is a swamp and a large area of forest. The population in the entire area is not large, and the villages tend to be small.
The village of Khaniskaya was occupied by the Germans soon after the war began.
The Soviet troops defending Lechica were unable to stop the German army. The city fell, and the surrounding villages also fell one after another.
In this village of Khaniskaya, some villagers had fled and disappeared. After the German army occupied it, they began to carry out "cleansing". All the remaining villagers were shot, so this village became a German army station.
A battalion of German troops was stationed here. The soldiers at the nearby checkpoint returned to this village to rest after completing their defense change mission. Similarly, some mule and horse transport teams also used this place as a rest stop.
Before Yang Mingzhi decided to attack, people here were already panicking.
The German battalion commander received a series of intelligence, including orders from the division headquarters, and immediately entered a state of combat readiness to meet the enemy coming at any time.
And he immediately added fuel to the fire and ordered the soldiers: "The enemy's regular troops hiding in the forest are preparing to attack Lechica. According to the order of the division headquarters, we must defend the village of Haniskaya and the surrounding areas!"
Suddenly, the soldiers were furious. They were logistics troops, and their training was always a little lax because they were not combat troops. Now that a war was really going on, many people were afraid. But orders are orders, and they must be carried out even if they bite the bullet!
On the same day, Homnich's Soviet garrison defeated the attack of two German regiments. Yang Mingzhi's troops attacked several German checkpoints and annihilated a German company. Haniskaya's German troops urgently built fortifications.
The German garrison in Lechica also immediately took action and even ordered the citizens to build roadblocks in the city.
The German army seemed to have foresight and predicted that the Soviet army would attack this village, and its subsequent target was definitely Lechica.
But it was impossible for Yang Mingzhi to order his soldiers to run all the way and capture Khaniskaya on this day. After all, the soldiers were not supermen. While fighting and advancing, the troops had to rest and recuperate.
After the sun went down, the whole army rested in the woods. Yang Mingzhi ordered Balzen's reconnaissance company: "You send people to advance first and ambush outside the enemy's village. In this battle, we still use the old method, attack at three o'clock at night!"
Balzen smiled slightly, saluted the military salute, and immediately led the troops forward lightly.
Field battles are the specialty of this Soviet army, and the soldiers must have a good rest before fighting. Everyone was moving forward all day long. When the team stopped, many people ate something, wrapped themselves in blankets and fell asleep.
The same is true for Yang Mingzhi. He planned to get up at twelve o'clock at night, so everyone should take the time to rest.
As night falls, the forest is quiet, with only the faint sound of wind. The moon hangs high in the sky, and because the snow has not melted, visibility is still very high at night.
Balzen's reconnaissance company had approached the enemy-occupied village and saw that they had built defensive positions.
"Our actions have finally been exposed, and the enemy has responded." Balzen put away the telescope and ordered: "Sasha, quickly take out a pen and paper and sketch the enemy's defense situation!"
At the same time, the soldiers of this company were asked to lie in wait in the woods, with some resting and some staying awake. If anyone snores while sleeping, stop him immediately.
Balzen waited for the arrival of his superiors and large troops until Yang Mingzhi arrived at 2:30 in the morning.
He hunched his back and went directly to the first line of the ambush in the woods, and got the village's defense sketch in his hand.
"Hey, the enemy did set up some machine gun forts, but they were built in a hurry and they didn't pose a threat." After saying that, Yang Mingzhi asked: "You have been investigating for several hours, but the enemy's patrol team has not appeared?"
Balzen said: "They showed up, but those people were only patrolling around the village. It seems they didn't have the guts to enter the forest."
"Maybe it's because I'm afraid of being attacked. The unknown in the dark is the scariest thing!" Yang Mingzhi nodded and picked up the telescope himself.
He needed to confirm whether the defenders were sleeping in the enemy's few machine gun fortresses. There were also some human figures in the village, warming themselves around the bonfire of gasoline barrels.
Yang Mingzhi knew how to attack it. After capturing the unknown small village, the soldiers found several oil barrels, which were full of gasoline. It was true that someone gave him a pillow when he was dozing off, but he was worried about setting fire to it.
If you want oil, the enemy will bring gasoline to your door.
The soldiers used German military kettles and filled them with oil, with the aim of setting fires on a large scale.
Yang Mingzhi personally conducted the reconnaissance and had a good idea, and immediately ordered: "Lavlendi, your battalion attacks from the left wing. Yevgeny, your battalion attacks from the right wing! I will lead the remaining soldiers of the reconnaissance company and guard company to take the middle road.
.The tactics are still the same, advance in an offensive formation, don't make too much noise, and start charging after entering about 400 meters."
"Yes!" they both said in unison.
It was one kilometer from the woods to the village. After checking the watch, the two battalions began to take action, and the attacking soldiers stopped at three o'clock.
Yang Mingzhi was no exception. Natasha put on new ammunition. He said to the soldiers on his side: "The battle will begin soon. All soldiers carrying submachine guns will clear the way, and precision shooters will provide support from behind. Natasha, Besika
, your task is to give priority to shooting the enemy’s machine gunners!”
The 284th Division had become very skilled in the night attack battle. At three o'clock in the morning, a large number of German soldiers were lying in the warm barracks with only their underwear, sitting and dreaming. Suddenly, a series of explosions occurred, followed by fierce exchanges of fire.
The Soviet soldiers began to take action and entered the charging stage, but everyone remained silent.
Fortunately, it seemed that due to the cold, the German soldiers in several machine gun forts were sleeping deeply. They did not realize the enemy attack until their throats were pierced by the spears of the sudden Soviet soldiers, but it was too late.
"It's great. We captured two forts in one go. This battle is bound to be won!" Yang Mingzhi was very excited. It seemed that the enemy was too negligent.
More than a hundred people led by him walked in the middle. Seeing that the distance was about the same, Yang Mingzhi ordered: "Besika, Natasha, stop here and establish a sniper position immediately."
"What about you?" Yang Tao suddenly asked.
"Of course I am..." Suddenly, Yang Mingzhi remembered his promise. As a deputy division commander, he died too early and took the lead. After thinking about it, he really didn't need to rush up and fight the enemy in the streets. "Of course I stayed.
When we get off, I will stay with you." He called a dozen more guards and established a headquarters here.
The battle has begun. The German soldiers' nerves have been strained for a day, and their muscles are tired from working all day. This time everyone slept deeply.
In the village, some sober German troops still blocked the attack, but were quickly suppressed by the Soviet troops.
Moreover, the Soviet soldiers were more creative, tying grenades and kettles filled with gasoline together, which turned into a kind of gasoline bomb. They threw it at the enemy's barracks in this way, and the explosion was accompanied by huge flames. Officially
Within five minutes of the fighting, the village of Khaniskaya was already on fire.
The flames intensified the chaos. The hurried German troops were outdoors with almost nothing on. What they saw was shocking explosions of flames, and at the same time, the shouts of Ula echoed in their ears!
The Soviet army attacked here like a storm, with flames and bullets flying everywhere. Many German horses were also frightened. They did not want to be burned to death and escaped from the stables one by one, which further aggravated the chaos.
In this battle, Yang Mingzhi had no intention of leaving anyone alive. The Soviet army surrounded the village, and more than 500 German soldiers among them had become turtles in the urn and were being roasted by the fire. Rather than fighting back, more German soldiers chose to escape, and then left unarmed.
Many people were shot dead by Soviet troops.
The battle ended in just an hour. The gunfire became weaker and weaker, and the Soviet troops slowly withdrew from the village.
This is not because the Soviet army did not want to capture it, because the village was burning all the time, and valuable things were basically turned into torches. Not to mention people, the fallen horses and soldiers were also roasted to death.
The Soviet army retreated into the woods again, and the soldiers managed to get some good things - a few bullets and a general-purpose machine gun that could still be used.
Joy appeared on the faces of the soldiers, because in this battle, the Soviet army paid a very small price in casualties. After a brief investigation, most of them came back, and only more than 20 people died in total, and those who returned were only lightly injured.
hurt.
It was Carambola's time now, and she immediately began to bandage the wounded soldiers. The girl and her temporary assistant Natasha, both of whom were able and violent, helped the soldiers remove the shrapnel and then bandaged them.
The troops rested for a while, and Yang Mingzhi continued to give orders to move on. "It is still very dangerous here. When the enemy sees the red-hot sky in the east, they will definitely conclude that this is an enemy attack. We must evacuate to prepare for any eventuality."
The sky gradually dawned, because a large amount of gasoline was poured on it. After the sun first rose, the fire in Khaniskaya was still burning. The roasted horses had turned into black charcoal, and the corpses of the German soldiers were also carbonized. The entire military station was in a mess.
In the battle, the German army was completely wiped out. They encountered a fierce attack by the Soviet army at the most exhausted moment, and they were completely unable to parry.
At this point, Lechicha's situation is precarious, and everything seems to prove the authenticity of the 715th Division's report - the Soviet ambush regular army has taken action. (To be continued.) u