Yang Mingzhi was waiting for the arrival of medical personnel. Before doing so, he ordered the troops to quickly clean the battlefield.
The enemy was the SS, and their military caps and collar badges were all skulls. The soldiers took off these badges and collected them to annihilate an SS unit. The gold content of this victory was very high.
At the same time, there were also some soldiers venting their personal anger. They did not hesitate to insult the bodies of these dead enemies. Yang Mingzhi did not interfere. War will turn people into beasts. The anger in the hearts of the soldiers must be vented, so just let them
Cut the enemy's corpse into pieces and bury it with the mud to serve as "fertilizer for the crops."
In the morning, medical personnel arrived one after another, and the lightly wounded were treated on the spot. The seriously injured were supported and retreated with the large troops.
When Yang Tao saw her husband, his appearance had not changed and he was not injured in the battle.
"Xiao Tao, I leave all the treatment of the wounded soldiers to you."
"Yes. Husband, I will do it well."
Yang Mingzhi pinched his wife's chin. She also came over on foot. "Thank you very much. We will definitely exchange fire with the enemy in the future. You and your companions should still do medical treatment and try to avoid contact with the enemy."
Yang Tao knows all this, and the fighting method she faces now is exactly the same as when she fought against the Japs back then.
In addition to burying the corpses of the enemy, the soldiers also found the corpses of the murdered villagers. After burying them together, they took some daily necessities and the troops immediately retreated. Yang Mingzhi saw that some soldiers actually took off their German helmets. It is said that
This thing is not bad as a cooking pot. Some people even took off the enemy's military boots and replaced the worn ones.
Yang Mingzhi ordered that all the enemy weapons that could be used be taken away. After all, many people in the militia were still unarmed.
On the other hand, other troops of the German Imperial Division penetrated into the forest and they became aware of the fighting.
The Führer Regiment was in the forest. Two thousand people were divided into several small teams and searched for the Russians along the forest road. They brought a radio with them. Since the sound of gunfire echoed in the mountains and forests that night, the head of the regiment immediately contacted several small teams.
Otto Koum, the leader of the Führer Regiment, led his troops to end the siege of Minsk in his original plane, and then led his troops to participate in the attack on Smolensk. More than 2,000 people were defeated until only 65 people were left. The battle in this plane happened.
After a change, he was ordered to enter the forest northwest of Babruisk to look for Soviet troops.
He was very resistant to this order at first. The search for mountains should be left to third-rate security guards, not the elite SS. In order to vent his anger and implement Hitler's order, he ordered his troops to massacre all Russians they encountered indiscriminately.
people.
Now that he could no longer contact his troops, and coupled with a series of intensive gunfire, he realized that the Soviet army's breakout from the forest had happened as predicted by the division commander.
He initially judged that the Soviet army had attacked the "Rosaskaya Village" marked on the map, where two companies were temporarily resting.
"Go and report to the division headquarters that our army has discovered traces of the Soviet army. Our army will arrive on the battlefield immediately to search and annihilate this Soviet army." After the message was sent, Ottokum felt that he would make a contribution now.
The SS is a die-hard loyalist to Hitler, and the skull and crossbones badge has been continued from the Prussian era to this day. Its meaning is to fight to the death. The Führer Regiment has a very strong sense of combat, which is where Ottocum's confidence lies. "Command all searches."
The troops are gathering towards the village of Rosaskaya. But we try not to take the road on this trip to be careful of enemy ambush."
He had already guessed that this Soviet army must have a large number of people. Since they could not contact the two companies, it was very likely that the troops were in danger, and the Soviet army must have adopted ambush tactics.
At the same time, the Soviet army returned from victory with the joy of victory. A large number of captured German weapons and skull Peugeot badges were displayed in front of Yevlov.
Yevlov immediately smoked his cigarette and looked at the trophies with joy. "Go ahead, call the militia. Now they have weapons."
After statistics, there are 133 K98s, 20 MP38s, and two MG34 general-purpose machine guns, with enough bullets of all kinds. Food is very precious, and many soldiers also found personal belongings and military rations from the Germans. Yang Ming Zhie
Interestingly, he also threw a pack of German cigarettes to Yevlov.
The old guy accepted it without hesitation. He ordered the soldiers to hand over all the canned meat and biscuits found in the search. Some soldiers wanted to improve their food and refused to hand it over, but Yelentina came to mediate.
"Soldiers, there will be bread and butter. We are in a very difficult situation now, but you are still very healthy. We also have a large number of wounded soldiers and children, who are in greatest need of nutrients. For our compatriots, I hope
You remember your identity as a great Red Army soldier."
Yevlov also said this, but because he was not the division commander Pugachev. A regimental commander concurrently served as the division commander, many people were dissatisfied. It was Yelentina who revealed her identity as a member of the NKVD
, forcing the soldiers to come as they were going.
Yevlov must explain to Yang Mingzhi that he cannot actually control the entire army.
"There are soldiers from the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments here, as well as surviving artillery regiment infantry. Some survivors of the anti-tank gun battalion volunteered to join your special anti-tank battalion. Others really have their own agendas. Many soldiers hope that Ku
Znedov's troops quickly entered the forest so that everyone could join forces and break out of the encirclement."
Yang Mingzhi lit a cigarette for him, and the two sat together and blew smoke rings.
"Yevlov, let's think about it now. We have wiped out a small group of SS troops and our position has been exposed. The enemy will definitely attack us soon. Our total strength is three thousand, which is a large number.
.I don’t know how many Germans there are, but they must be deployed outside the forest, and their purpose is to block the breakthrough of our large army."
"So we are in great danger now?" Yevlov asked.
"Yes, the German army will surround us. We can either continue to retreat or defend on the spot."
"what is your opinion?"
"Defend in place and wait for work. The Germans may take the road to Rosaskaya for investigation, or they may directly operate in the forest. We must organize a defense line from our current location to Rosaskaya. Or we can all move to that village
Organize defense.”
Yevlov immediately ordered a meeting of all junior officers. He immediately reported the seriousness of the situation and emphasized: "The fact that the enemy can enter the forest arrogantly shows that they have a lot of troops. I think everyone is tired of marching for so many days.
, why not arm yourself and do something big."
The officers whispered to each other, and one man stood up and said loudly: "Isn't it what we should do to hide in Tibet? If you ask me, just walk out of the forest and fight the Germans. Even if we die in battle, we will be worthy of our motherland."
Yang Mingzhi quickly waved his hand and asked this agitated man to sit down. "You are desperate for adventurism. If we had fought to the death, we would have died long ago. Listen, it was obviously because we were competitive that we lost the position, and of course we avoided it.
Just like those three divisions, the whole army ended up being annihilated. We survived only to temporarily rely on the forest to gather strength. Now that the German army is under our noses, their number will definitely not be very large. We will destroy them, which is worthy of the motherland."
Yang Mingzhi continued to emphasize: "We did not complete the task of guarding Minsk. The commander of the front army committed suicide and died for his country to completely escape all this. He bears direct responsibility, and we are also responsible. In order to wash away our guilt, we must kill more Nazis. Now the enemy
They plan to destroy us, and we don’t want it.”
After saying this, everyone felt that it made sense. To be honest, ordinary soldiers did not intend to continue hiding in Tibet. Marching in the forest was not comfortable. If they had to die in battle, the opportunity was right in front of them. Yevlov looked at everyone: "Comrades
, the enemy in front of us is Hitler's minions, probably one of the most elite SS troops, perhaps tens of thousands in number. Our Belekov is very good at fighting in the forest, and I hope it will be him who will take temporary command afterwards.
"
The command was handed over to a Chinese, and many officers did not accept it emotionally. Yang Mingzhi pointed out his own achievements to shut them up, "It was my troops that annihilated the German tank regiment, and it was my people who killed the armored division commander."
, it was me who guided everyone to evacuate to the forest to preserve their strength."
Now Yang Mingzhi has a heavy burden on his shoulders. Yelentina supports him and Yevlov supports him. Others have no choice but to keep their doubts in their hearts and bite the bullet and listen to the Chinese.
Yang Mingzhi ordered the troops to turn back and set up defenses around the village of Rosaskaya. The troops were divided into three large groups, each with a thousand people. Two troops blocked the ring defenses outside the village, and he led the core troops to guard the village gate.
A "field hospital" and militiamen followed the core force, and assigned a company of soldiers to help with the defense.
Yang Mingzhi also sent some snipers, who were ordered to climb trees to monitor. These people were physical scouts, and they would fire immediately if they discovered the German army. If there were portable walkie-talkies in this era, the snipers could immediately report their location when they found the German army. It is a pity that the times
In this way, he could only order the soldiers to climb trees to monitor like crazy Japanese, and said: "As soon as you know the enemy's movements, shoot immediately, then quickly get down the tree and report to the nearest friendly troops."
The team rested for a while and then set off again. Some soldiers complained that it would be better to be stationed directly in Rosaskaya, so they would have to walk an extra 16 kilometers. The military orders were overwhelming, and the soldiers consumed a lot of energy. In the evening, the troops arrived at the village.
.
Some soldiers began to dig fortifications in the village, and some soldiers hid in farmhouses and set up machine gun positions.
Because the German troops could arrive here from anywhere, large troops on the low hills on both sides dug foxholes and built machine gun and mortar positions. A company of troops was deployed on both sides of the road into the village. If the German troops entered the village, they would be
The German troops were ordered to enter the village and attack from behind.
The field hospital was arranged directly behind the core defense group, and Yang Mingzhi decided to lead the main force to personally take care of the wounded soldiers. It was reassuring to have his wife staying not far away. At the same time, the wounded soldiers and militiamen who had suffered minor injuries were assisted when necessary.
You can also go into battle immediately and use captured German weapons to fight.