The militiamen discovered the advancing German army yesterday. These people did not rush to attack Homnage that day because the sky was getting darker and the cold night was coming, so they had to camp in the wilderness.★
Holstaufen ordered his men to attack Homnich at sunrise the next day.
He warned his men, pointing to the incomplete ruins and said: "That's where the enemy is stationed. Even if the city turns into ruins, Homnich is still a strategic focus. We must seize control and kill all the enemy defenders."
The army has no mercy!"
A large number of soldiers were about to participate in the siege. This was their first formal battle. Everyone was so excited that many people were so excited that they could not sleep that night.
The German camp undoubtedly gave the militiamen in Homnage valuable time.
At Christmas time, the total number of militiamen and regular soldiers staying in the ruins was about 200. It was a pity that they could not return to the military camp to spend Christmas, but they still sorted out a large number of scrap steel bars, which were also in the ruins.
Some furniture was found. This Christmas, they had fun in the ruins.
Just after the festival, the Germans came knocking on the door, and the militiamen were very unwilling.
"We are ordered to collect metal materials for making weapons here. If the enemy disrupts the progress, it will have an impact on the entire army." A militiaman revealed the important impact of the German attack. Soon, the majority of militiamen understood that Home
Nicki, in its importance as a sentry.
It must not be lost here! At least it must not be lost until all the steel bars have been transported away!
As a result, the squad leader Alexander among the dozen Soviet regular soldiers who were originally in charge of the Homnich post was immediately elected as the commander.
That night, in the ruins of Homnage, two hundred people put down their hammers and picked up weapons. Everyone gathered in the city square and expressed the exact same long-cherished wish - to defend the city.
The public opinion cannot be violated. Alexander was elected as the commander by everyone. Now it is impossible to refuse even if he wants to, so he has to bite the bullet.
He stood on a high place and said: "Comrades, this group of enemies is coming fiercely, their weapons and equipment are also very powerful, and they have more troops. We stand here and what awaits all of us is probably a glorious death!"
"Should we not fight if we have poor weapons and equipment? Should we not resist if we have fewer troops? My motive for joining the army is very simple, just to fight. My family members were all killed by the Germans. Even if I died in the battle, many others would be killed.
Avenge my family!" a militiaman shouted at the top of his lungs.
This man's call is just a microcosm of the vast militia. Most of these militia fighters are not from Black Earth Village. They also fled into the swamp from other places and were later assigned to Black Earth Village.
These men are physically strong enough, so they have a strong motivation to escape. After settling down, revenge becomes the reason for their survival. The time to survive is enough, and then they will fight!
The military morale of the majority of soldiers has been steadfast, and Alexander decided to be a hero for once. He would know how to fight with the entire militia unit, especially dividing the troops into squad-based groups to conduct mobile operations in the city.
According to the tradition of the light infantry of the 284th Division, even the militiamen carried a lot of grenades. Some of them were captured from Germany, some were from the Soviet Union, and many were self-produced by the blacksmith village. They were added with picric acid and fragments made from shells.
, its power is the greatest.
Two hundred people were divided into twenty fighting groups.
Alexander knew that his troops were too small, and the positional warfare mode of the Homnich defensive battle that Roshakov had carried out before could not be carried out at all. With a small number of troops, he could only use more mobile tactics.
Looking at the ruins around him, a plan quickly came to mind.
That night, Alexander worried all the squad leaders and ordered: "The battle will theoretically start tomorrow. If we continue to fight in the trenches left over from the previous battle, it will be like hitting an egg with a stone. Our army is poorly equipped and must be excited and flexible. Only by relying on a large number of bunker operations can we turn disadvantages into advantages."
Alexander's method was to let the enemy in, and when the Germans were confident enough to enter the city and let their guard down, the troops would then open fire and throw grenades from the ruins.
This plan seems a bit unheroic, because Lao Maozi's thinking is always the same. When encountering resistance, the iron rod sweeps across, and the resistance increases and the iron bar becomes thicker. Maozi's habit is still to confront the strong.
If it were in the past, Alexander would still be stubborn. Because as the chief of staff of the 284th Division, his strategies and tactics are famous for their flexibility, especially the guerrilla warfare strategy popularized to all soldiers, that is, the Chinese translation of the sixteen-character mantra Came here.
"Comrade Berekov warned us that when the enemy attacks, we retreat, and when the enemy is stationed, we harass them. When the enemy relaxes their vigilance, it is the time for us to attack." Alexander relayed the words of the deputy division commander and chief of staff, and there was no one in the militia. Do not treat this as a Bible. Of course, this is indeed the essence of guerrilla tactics, but it does not match the traditional Soviet strategy.
Therefore, during the war mobilization that night, Alexander almost transformed Homnich into Grozny fifty years later. Once the German army entered the ruins of the city, they would encounter criss-crossing three-dimensional attacks from all directions.
Twenty combat groups took action immediately, and Alexander led the sentry squad as the center to control the entire army. In order to be able to fight, he deliberately notified the swamps until dawn, saying that the war was imminent.
In fact, they are ready for war.
Daylight gradually arrived, and Yang Mingzhi immediately began mobilizing for war. On the outskirts of Homnage, the German army also began intensive operations.
Battalion Commander Holstaufen led his infantry battalion and temporarily abandoned all debris. The soldiers marched forward carrying only weapons and ammunition. They advanced on the snow, hoping to capture the city with just one charge.
Of course, according to custom, the German army also had to prepare for artillery fire. They carried four Type 67 mortars on this trip. This weapon was not as good as the Soviet army's 120mm big ones, but it was still effective when used intensively.
The bombardment started soon, and the bombs hit the ruins of Homnich like hailstones. Bricks and rubble suddenly flew everywhere, but Alexander ordered his men to crawl into the gaps in the ruins like mice, and he himself even got into the cracks. Went into the basement.
When a whistling sound came from the sky, everyone disappeared in a flash. Despite the continuous bombardment by mortar shells, the Soviet army, even the militiamen, was lucky to be unscathed, not even injured.
But Holstaufen and his vast number of soldiers were greatly encouraged, "These stupid Slavic barbarians, a large number of them should be killed this time!" He said to himself and ordered the whole army to attack, and the soldiers were also helpless. The explosion dust clouds rising in the distance are inspiring.
The violence of this war was so spectacular. The German soldiers shouted and advanced in skirmish lines. And very fortunately, they encountered no resistance at all.
This is very abnormal. The German army was originally worried that the enemy would rely on fortifications to counterattack, but this did not happen at all. Did the Soviets have escaped? Holstaufen did not expect that much. He also entered with his own people and had already been bombed.
The ruins covered the city with a layer of ice and snow.
Just entering the outskirts of the city, a large number of bombed-out buildings appeared in front of us. It was completely unexpected that this city was also very beautiful before the war.
This is a residential house with a lot of furniture behind the collapsed walls. This is the first time Holstaufen has seen these scenes. This is completely different from the raids on Soviet villages, because this is a city in ruins, and this operation is also his.
Troops participated in the battle for a city for the first time (even though it was a small city).
The dust from the mortar bombing just now gradually fell to the ground, and some of the snow had been dyed black, but as the explosions passed, the city became really quiet.
The only noise was the chatter of German soldiers, which was so unnatural and even creepy.
A squad of German soldiers suddenly ran to Holstaufen and said: "Report sir! There are artillery in front, but it is very strange. These artillery are models of our army! This is incredible, why are they in the city!"
"Is there such a thing?" Holstaufen followed these soldiers and saw those familiar artillery. Yes, these were indeed equipped by the German army. "These should be the artillery brought by the 715th Division when they attacked before. They were actually killed by the Soviet Union."
People have moved to the city. But why don't they use it to beat us?" Seeing these people running away, Holstaufen had to take a breath. Well, the air was already very cold. These people with a 120 mm caliber
Man, with one shot, people with a radius of fifteen meters will definitely be torn apart by the shock wave. Even people with a radius of thirty meters can still be injured internally by the shock wave.
"Maybe these Soviets don't know how to use our artillery at all." Holstaufen joked bitterly.
In fact, it is very simple. These artillery were originally intended to be transported to the blacksmith village for disassembly, the barrels were used to make short-barreled guns, and the other parts were recycled. If the enemy did not attack, they would be transported away by Balzen who came again.
But the German howitzers appeared in places they shouldn't have appeared. The city was so quiet, and all signs pointed to something strange here.
Holstaufen ordered: "Rubas, Friedrich, send your people to check these artillery."
Two squads of German troops were ordered to inspect, but they didn't know how the artillery could not be cut out?!
When these soldiers were checking, they accidentally touched the fuse of the grenade. When some careful people saw the white smoke rising, a terrifying thought came to their mind.
Suddenly, there were explosions everywhere, and Barus and Friedrich's squad were killed and half wounded in an instant.
And this turned out to be the signal for Alexander's ambush to begin. Suddenly, the German troops entering the city encountered fire from all directions. A large number of grenades were thrown from the ruins, followed by intensive gunfire! (To be continued.)