The historical trend has shifted slightly, but there has been no significant change at the macro level.
According to Hitler's "Order No. 20", he divided the battlefield by the Pripet Swamp. In the north of the swamp, Army Group Center and Army Group North were assembled. The task was to occupy the entire territory of the original Poland, and then occupy the three Baltic countries and Belarus.
Completely eliminate the Soviet Western Front and Baltic forces, and simultaneously occupy large cities such as Leningrad, Kronstadt, and Minsk, thereby providing conditions for powerful mobile forces to attack Moscow. All this must be done quickly after the Soviet army is defeated by the blitzkrieg Collapse will be effective. The current trend of history is moving step by step according to Hitler's plan.
But Guderian was undoubtedly too anxious. He was heading towards Smolensk and encountered some resistance from the Soviet army along the way. These were not decisive, and his troops were still running wildly.
Therefore, even if he moved the Imperial Division to the rear to follow the Führer's arrangements to intercept the Soviet troops waiting for an opportunity to break out, he himself still led the elite and a small number of slave country troops to continue to advance until Hitler issued the final order requiring all his troops to turn around and complete the Ukrainian Great encirclement. But these are things that will happen later.
Yang Mingzhi's troops followed everyone through the forest, and it was a long-distance march. This was somewhat like a long march.
He ordered his wife to follow him, and even wanted to tie the star fruit with a rope to prevent her from getting lost.
Yang Tao still cares about his wounded soldiers. Those patients really need to be taken care of.
Yang Mingzhi knew that she was very unhappy, and immediately issued an order, "As the temporary deputy commander of the 284th Guards Division, I order Comrade Yang Tao, the health worker, that you must obey my command."
The girl immediately became happy when she heard this request. Yang Mingzhi immediately changed his tone: "In the end, I'm still worried about you. You are my only relative, and there are SS soldiers outside this forest. They have nothing to do with the Japanese devils." The difference is that we will use the most cruel methods."
After saying this, Yang Tao felt a hint of fear and subconsciously looked into the distance, as if the enemy was lurking.
Yang Mingzhi's intention has been completed, and he also cares about his wife very much. This little girl weighs a hundred pounds on her head, so he carries her on his back when he is tired from walking. In short, he cannot fall behind.
In the previous battles, the 284th Division consumed a lot of ammunition. Modern warfare is very demanding on logistics. Although the Soviet Union does not lack mandatory ammunition, it is just that there has been no official replenishment of combat weapons and food for more than ten days. If there is, it will be picked up and killed. Soldiers were stained with blood or captured German weapons.
In addition to the loss of ammunition, the consumption of personnel was even more serious. Among the more than 200 wounded soldiers, there were several seriously injured soldiers. They chose to commit suicide very tragically, so as not to hinder the larger army. Of course, more seriously injured people could be saved, and the stretcher bearers were very capable. Cherish their lives.
Many wounded soldiers could no longer obtain enough gauze, so they had to wrap their wounds with cloth strips. Some had bullets in their arms and legs, with severe penetrating wounds. These people were allowed to ride on the last war horses, and some were carried on stretchers. of.
Yang Mingzhi was very pleased that the only advantage of the ammunition consumption was that the soldiers' burden was reduced and everyone could carry more food.
The overall marching speed of the team is not very fast, and it is even more difficult to walk through the forest. Yang Mingzhi looked at the sky. At least it has not rained yet, otherwise it will be a new challenge.
At the same time, the remaining troops of the Führer Regiment quickly withdrew from the forest, and they rushed towards the Imperial Division's station on the forest side.
This unit has been crippled by the Soviet army, and with the scattered troops withdrawing from the forest, there are only less than a thousand people left in the entire regiment.
The huge loss made the division commander furious and lost his temper with the regimental commander who looked horrified with soot.
"You have lost all face to the Third Reich. Your mission is to detect the enemy, but you didn't expect that you would be ambushed by the Soviets."
Ottokum was in trouble and couldn't tell, so he tried to defend himself: "It was you who gave the order to send reinforcements to the place where we first fought. My subordinates and I completed the task truthfully. If there is a responsibility, the division commander is also responsible."
General Paul Hausser, commander of the Imperial Division. This was the most serious defeat he had suffered since taking up this position. Half of his elite troops were wiped out by the Soviets, and the structure of the Führer Regiment had been crippled.
Ottokum continued to explain what he encountered. What they encountered was indeed the main force of the Soviet army. The number was huge and could not be defeated by a regiment of more than 2,000 men.
He mentioned special weapons encountered in the war.
"Our armored vehicles invaded the village and fought fiercely with the Soviet troops at close range. They were no match for our artillery. However, the Soviets used a special weapon and our armored vehicles were vulnerable. I think even tanks,
Even if you are attacked by such a weapon, you will suffer a disastrous defeat."
After hearing this, the division commander suddenly thought of the collapse of the 14th Armored Division. He immediately stood next to the map on the table and pointed at Rosaskaya with his white-gloved right hand.
"Kum, tell me, what are the enemy's special weapons like?"
"Uh... I think it's like a rocket. It was emitted from the forest, with a white tail flame, and exploded quickly after hitting our vehicle. What's puzzling is that the vehicle exploded brutally. It seems that this weapon has connotations
A lot of high explosives."
The division commander understood immediately upon hearing this, and he looked at Autocum with excitement.
"As expected, what you encountered was the Soviet 284th Guards Infantry Division. This unit is very powerful."
"Very powerful? According to this title, it is just an infantry division."
"That's them." The division commander lit a cigarette and looked at Koum. "This unit was ordered by the head of state to be eliminated. But Huot ordered the troops to capture Minsk first, and sent troops to hold back the infantry division. As a result, it was held back.
The mission was not completed. This unit launched a counterattack against our army. When the armored units were preparing to attack them from behind, we only found some wounded soldiers on their position."
"So they fled."
"Yes! They have a special weapon, and we must destroy them. Think about it, once this weapon is generally mastered by the Soviets, it will be a fatal blow to us. I must inform the head of state immediately."
Paul Hausser ordered the entire division and neighboring troops to continue to defend the forest. Ottokum suffered a serious defeat and his troops were ordered to reorganize in the camp.
The intelligence was reported directly to Hitler through the division commander. Berlin was furious about the Soviet Union's mastery of special weapons. "One KV tank caused us a major setback. Now the Soviets have a new type of rocket weapon. We must resolutely occupy
Leningrad, and the total destruction of this Soviet force. Even if they are in the forest, we must destroy them."
Hitler gave the Imperial Division new orders. Since Guderian's large forces were still mainly concentrated on the road to attack Smolensk, the German forces in the forest border southwest of Minsk were very weak.
"Order the two Romanian divisions to move closer to the Imperial Division immediately, and order Army Group South to mobilize the troops to move north from the swamp. We must control the enemy in the forest. Even if we cannot completely annihilate the enemy, we must trap them in the forest."
Kuznetsov's large forces had no idea of the reaction of the German top brass. To make matters worse, their contact with Moscow was also interrupted.
Some troops of the Southwest Front withdrew to the Soviet-controlled areas, and most of them had been captured by the Germans. Pavlov committed suicide and ended his life hastily. The entire Minsk Campaign was deemed a complete failure. Even though there were many heroic soldiers in the war, even
For such a magical unit as the 284th Guards Infantry Division, almost all of them were considered missing or captured.
Stalin was angry and immediately began to punish the losers. Many senior commanders who withdrew with the troops were arrested. Stalin executed many people for this matter in history, and the same is true in the new dimension.
The German army achieved astonishing results within three weeks of the war. Army Group Center occupied almost the entire territory of Belarus. However, the progress of the Northern Army Group and the Southern Army Group on the two fronts was unsatisfactory.
They did not capture St. Petersburg, and their campaign in Ukraine was not yet able to swallow up millions of Soviet troops.
Yang Mingzhi foresaw that the Soviet army's encirclement of Ukraine was about to begin, and it was necessary to seize time to pass through the swamp, otherwise the troops would meet Guderian's main force heading south.