Chapter 282 The German army has increased its troops
The various guerrilla groups in the Soviet Union basically came under the direct control of the Soviet authorities in early 1942.
The authorities sent some "guerrilla experts" into these guerrilla groups so that they were no longer stragglers. Some active Soviet troops also entered enemy-occupied areas in small teams and rapidly developed their ranks there.
However, are these so-called experts really experts?
No! They have absolutely no idea what guerrilla warfare is. In line with the principle of persisting in completing their tasks, these guerrillas must attack mechanically, as if they are elite soldiers of the regular army who have experienced hundreds of battles. In fact, many of them may have been villagers a few days ago.
They are just mobilization soldiers who picked up rifles.
"This is simply a way to die. Such a battle is meaningless." Mendolev refused to carry out the task of storming the German bunker, and instead blew up a section of the German railway.
There was no other reason. His men were just light infantry equipped with rifles, and they didn't even have grenades. Even though the political commissar pressed a pistol on his head, Mendolev did not execute this order that was destined to turn into a massacre. In the end, he
He was shot for refusing to carry out orders.
If the positional warfare model is applied arbitrarily to guerrilla warfare in this way, these political commissars who have penetrated into enemy-occupied areas will still do things in the same old way, and the guerrilla movement is destined not to make great progress.
But in Pripet Swamp, Jelentina no longer decisively held a pistol and led a group of professors and students to the battlefield to die in order to complete the mission as she did half a year ago.
She learned real guerrilla warfare tactics from the Chinese Yang Mingzhi, also known as Berekov.
If verbal theories are difficult to convince people, Yang Mingzhi conquered this woman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs with one huge victory after another.
Similarly, Timoshenko, the commander of the Southwest Front, really liked this army. He was a strategist himself and had anticipated the outbreak of this war early. He could not stop Stalin's series of fantasies about Hitler before the war started. Now he
He has control over a front army, the lives of millions of soldiers, a large amount of military equipment, and the power to formulate campaign plans.
Therefore, he has the right to issue orders directly to the 284th Guards Division, instead of being the commander-in-chief of the guerrilla movement. This is the reason why Yang Mingzhi has extremely high autonomy here. In addition, after supplies were temporarily suspended because the front line was too far, the 284th Division
They must be self-reliant. There are more than 10,000 people in three collective farms, equivalent to the strength of three integrated infantry regiments. They must solve a series of life and combat problems by themselves within a certain period of time.
In a sense, the area controlled by the 284th Division, which was surrounded by the Germans and turned into an isolated island, almost became a separatist regime.
This is still the Soviet Union. It is like a cancer, a malignant sore that has been growing and growing viciously in the rear of the German army.
There is a very powerful Soviet guerrilla group in the Pripet Swamp. They are labeled as the "Swamp Guerrilla Brigade", but their specific location is still somewhat vague.
Since the large-scale fighting broke out on the Mozyr-Lechica-Gomel road, the German army has strengthened the management of the road. The German army hates these guerrillas. From a macro perspective, the guerrilla war in the entire Belarus is going on.
It is developing towards an increasingly severe angle.
The 707th Division suffered a disastrous attack by the guerrillas and became the laughing stock of the German army. But when it came to the 715th Division, this unit also suffered serious losses. The guerrillas were even able to break into well-defended cities and kill Nazi Party representatives. This
Next, the 722nd Division, which is the latest to be stationed here, has to reconsider its position.
During this period, the Soviet Union launched the Battle of Rzhev-Sechevka. For the German army, the Soviet attack was very fierce. They had to defend the Vyazma line. The German army sent the defensive genius Model, and the battle was in full swing.
of the outbreak.
In order to avoid a recurrence of trouble, the German army deployed an additional division to defend the communication line in southern Belarus.
The composition of the German 722nd Division is very similar to that of the 715th Division. They are also newly formed units with mostly recruits, most of whom are only young people in their early twenties.
Such soldiers should be full of energy, but after hearing what happened to this highway in the past six months, they have to worry about their future.
This unit was stationed on the Lechica-Gomel road line. Based on the lessons learned from the battle, they immediately began to sweep the nearby forests, and the massacre occurred again.
The Gomel Underground Municipal Committee sent an urgent telegram to the Marshland. The new situation surprised Yang Mingzhi and others, and an emergency meeting was held at the new division headquarters.
Yevlov had a sullen face, unable to calm down in his heart, so he simply leaned on the desk and stared at Yang Mingzhi and Yelentina.
"This is very bad news. Our enemy is not only the 715th Division, but now there is also the 722nd Division. This new force is very barbaric, and they have also begun to engage in massacres!"
"Is this weird? If these Germans are really kind, that would be incredible!" Yelentina pouted and turned to ask Yang Mingzhi, "Berekov, what do you think? We have more enemies.
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"How else can I see it? I would rather know where their station is and what mission they are performing. The German army will definitely start to gather troops and then carry out a large-scale raid on our place!"
This was just a small association for Yang Mingzhi, but it made Yevlov very worried.
"If there is no think tank like Belekov, then I am just a warrior with no intelligence." Yevlov summed it up well for himself. He winked and everyone gathered in front of the regional map on the wall.
"The enemy is here! This section of the highway." Yevlov pointed.
"So there are two divisions in front of us. They seem to be forming an iron chain and locking us here." Yang Mingzhi saw some clues. From Mozyr to Gomel, two German divisions were stationed.
, even if they don't attack south, they can still prevent the 284th Division from going north to a great extent.
The highway continues to extend eastward and you can reach Bryansk.
The current location of the 284th Division starts from the Blacksmith Village. After crossing the Dnieper River in the east, it enters the northern edge of Ukraine. The nearest city is not very small, and there is already Chernikov.
"The enemy's purpose is to encircle us, rather than prepare to gather forces to attack our army?" Yevlov asked eagerly.
Yang Mingzhi thought he saw some clues, and he warned with humility: "Perhaps we don't need to over-interpret the important information given to us by the Gomel Municipal Committee. The German army has indeed increased its troops, and they are obviously increasing road defense. Again
Or they don’t have the luxury of attacking us at the moment because the German army deliberately hid in this swamp from the beginning of their attack. Indeed, they still use this as a dividing line to distinguish Army Group Center and Army Group South. The reason is so simple.
The many muddy areas we have here are a strategic disaster for the German army."
"But for us, this is paradise, isn't it?" Yelentina smiled.
"That's right, we lack heavy equipment, and we are the most professional force in guerrilla warfare. Furthermore, we know how to use regular positional warfare. We don't need to be afraid if the enemy increases its strength. Our army has always been small and powerful."
After hearing what Yang Mingzhi said, Yevlov felt an inexplicable sense of security in his heart.
"It's great, I don't have to worry about anything now." Yevlov patted Yang Mingzhi on the shoulder. This trust is very heavy, and it also means great responsibility.
Yang Mingzhi quickly shook his head and continued: "Our life now is relatively peaceful, especially around Christmas when our army has no military operations. But we live in a peaceful environment, and we must also think that war will break out at any time. The German army is real
There are more troops here, we can't turn a blind eye, on the contrary, we have to test them. If this group of people has a very high combat effectiveness, then we must take countermeasures! In order to be prepared for the worst case scenario.
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Yevlov nodded: "Presumably you still plan to send Balzen and lead the scouts to test it again. How many prisoners should you capture?"
"This is a way!" Yelentina said quickly, "I will interrogate the enemy, and the information I get will be very important to us."
Seeing that the opinions of these two people were clear, Yang Mingzhi shrugged: "Since everyone agrees with our tentative action, then I will formulate an action plan and let Balzen lead the people up?"
"Go quickly!" Yevlov said, "We may be able to put the recoilless rifle into actual combat for the first time!" (To be continued.) u