As in the original plane, Romania and Nazi Germany stood together. On the Eastern Front, as soon as the war began, Romania sent its Third Army and Fourth Army to the battlefield. They accompanied the German Army Group South to attack Ukraine.
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Before the start of World War II, Romania was still a de jure feudal monarchy. King Michael I and Marshal Antonescu were in cahoots with each other. At a banquet, Hitler revealed his plan to invade the Soviet Union and stated that once war broke out, as long as Romania sent troops,
The land on the west bank of the Dnieper River would be obtained by Romania. Driven by this huge temptation, Romania began to mobilize for war, so the king sent the country's elite troops to the eastern battlefield.
Therefore, Hitler ordered two Romanian divisions to support the Imperial Division, which was part of the Romanian Third Army.
These two divisions can be regarded as the elite troops of the Romanians. They tried their best to make this army seem to have completed motorization. Even so, there are still many mules and horses in the army.
Throughout World War II, only a few countries have fully motorized their armies. Even the arrogant Nazi Germany only had twenty years to rise, and its military development only started in 1933. Motorized transportation could not
To meet the consumption of the army, the German army still needed a large number of mules and horses for transportation, and the situation of its slave countries was even worse than before.
In Yang Mingzhi's view, there were so many servants of the German army that they would naturally become like chickens and dogs when they started fighting. "The Romanians were just driven to the battlefield by their king, and they fought just to satisfy the king and the king."
The selfish desires of the generals. We are different. We are protecting our homeland and our country. We are not only defending our land, but also our people." Yang Mingzhi encouraged the soldiers, and the morale of the troops directly under him was high.
Many soldiers are very unfamiliar with Romania. In short, that guy is willing to partner with the Germans, which is not a good thing after all.
Yang Mingzhi decisively changed the interpretation of the meaning of battle by using a classic Chinese saying. "When a friend comes, there is vodka. If the jackal comes, he will be greeted with shotguns." The slogan was easy to understand, and the soldiers immediately prepared for war.
The city of Mozyr is being stepped up its defenses, as if the Romanians who have yet to be seen must come back to attack.
But Kuznetsov thought carefully. He estimated that the enemy must pass through this city. After all, there is a very important bridge here. He urged his subordinates not to underestimate the enemy. Even if the enemy did not attack here, the troops should still be stationed here and know their own side.
The large army and the vast majority of peaceful residents retreated to the Pripyat swamps.
It was already mid-July, and Yang Mingzhi estimated that fighting might still be carried out sporadically in the Minsk encirclement. It was undeniable that hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops had been captured, and the next step for the German army was to move south along the Dnieper River.
Soviet troops besieging Ukraine.
In the early morning, the large troops began to retreat. The captured German troops could be driven into the car, and a large amount of goods were thrown on them. Many wounded soldiers also chose to leave by car. Food, weapons and ammunition, as long as they could be taken away, were taken away. Some soldiers
It was replaced with German equipment and supplemented with German-made ammunition.
Early in the morning, the dispatch field was busy. Yang Mingzhi held his wife in his arms and looked at the soldiers stacking the goods. He also saw that the "field hospital" was also being evacuated, and some wounded soldiers lying on stretchers were put on trucks.
"Husband, if they retreated in such a grand manner, they probably wouldn't encounter enemy air attacks along the way."
"It shouldn't be wrong, the German planes are busy. Besides, they are air raids and bombings on our side." Yang Mingzhi hugged his wife tightly, "Actually, you should also evacuate with them. It's too difficult for us gentlemen to fight.
This is not something you, a girl, should bear."
Yang Tao shook his head, "How is this possible? They say war makes women go away, but how can I actually go away? Brother, you are my only relative in this world, how can I be willing to leave you."
Yang Mingzhi smiled slightly, this woman was very dedicated and she couldn't live up to it. "Let's go, let's go, they are going to retreat, and our remaining troops have to step up city defense construction.
To be honest, Mozyr is indeed a small city, with a population of just over 10,000 before the war. The most beautiful thing in the city is the municipal building. There are several wood processing factories and a small machinery manufacturing factory in the city.
And some light industrial factories. The power here is basically interrupted, and the lack of coal has caused the thermal power generation units to be shut down.
Kuznetsov led more than 10,000 people to defend the city, and the remaining troops of the 284th Guards Division joined the defenders.
"Now we have captured ten 88mm howitzers, two 150mm howitzers, twenty half-track armored vehicles, and more than forty other mortars." The statistician reported the results to Kuznetsov himself, but
Defense planning will be a joint participation of all generals.
As a factor in the Great Purge, most of Kuznetsov’s generals were promoted quickly, and there was not a single one like him who had attended a regular military academy. So the opinions of Berekov and our Yang Mingzhi became quite important.
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Since the 284th Guards Division can defeat many German troops, it is not a problem to defeat the potential Romanian army. Most military officers have this understanding.
This was suspected of rushing the market, so Yang Mingzhi had no choice but to take it. He had only been a soldier, read some military works, and had knowledge of the history of World War II. This was his advantage.
Since the battle can easily turn into a city station, the battlefield is best placed on the periphery. It is impossible to turn this into Stalingrad, nor can it turn into Grozny. The city is too small to allow large troops to spread out.
"I think the main directions for our defense are the south and west. The Romanians cannot be too far to the east, because the large German troops have not yet passed. We should put heavy firepower in these two directions. As for our bridges,
This place also needs to be defended, so we don’t need too many troops.”
Here, Yang Mingzhi suggested that the mortar troops should move flexibly. As fire support troops, they should quickly adjust their positions based on actual combat needs. He also raised a very pointed question: "I think the Romanians would never have imagined that Mozyr had been liberated by our army.
With the carefree nature of that group of people, they must have marched forward in an orderly and majestic manner, which gave us a huge opportunity."
While the other officers were thinking, Kuznetsov suddenly understood.
"Berekov, your idea is to form a special force to attack the enemy on the march?"
Yang Mingzhi shook his head, "Not entirely. We can take advantage of the woods and bushes to send out troops to form combat teams. Perhaps a team only has one platoon of troops. Everyone lies in ambush and is caught off guard when the enemy passes by. When the enemy starts
To counterattack, the team immediately broke away from the battle and moved to a new position to continue blocking the Germans."
This was completely a Sparrow War routine, but the old guys were too pedantic. Kuznetsov did not take such risks, and with the opposition of many military officers, the plan was compromised.
He only sent the following people to act as "skirmishers" in front of the formation. According to the traditional view, Yang Mingzhi's method of fighting was pure nonsense. The troops still had to build fortifications and engage in positional warfare in an upright manner.
Yang Mingzhi shrugged, "If it were my troops, I would definitely let them attack flexibly. Instead of waiting passively, it is better to actively look for the enemy and catch him off guard when something happens to him."
Kuznetsov patted Yang Mingzhi on the shoulder: "Berekov, there will be bread. Wait until you have your own army before taking command. Now I am the commander-in-chief of this army. I dare not take risks."
Yang Mingzhi expressed his understanding, and many of his suggestions were adopted. The rest was to deploy defenses.
The reconnaissance force has left Mozyr for more than 20 kilometers and is in radio contact with each other. These people are paying close attention to the movement of the ground, and some even put their ears to the ground, trying to sense the vibrations of the ground to judge the clues of the movement of the enemy's large forces.
Yang Mingzhi had a strong premonition that after today, the enemy would definitely appear the next day.
He checked his men and found that the Special Anti-Tank Battalion had been replenished. Only this battalion in the entire 284th Division had the full organizational structure. Yevlov even ridiculed that as the temporary division commander, the troops he had on hand were not as good as his own battalion commander. Of course, Yang
Mingzhi was also under his command. In fact, the remnants of the entire division were actually under the control of this Chinese.
The evacuated people had already left Mozyri and were walking on the dirt road with a large amount of luggage.
The autumn rain season that Yang Mingzhi knew has not yet arrived, and when that time comes, the German army's logistical nightmare will immediately become apparent. Now that the land is hard, the German armored forces can look down upon them.
Artillery was deployed to the outskirts of the city to block defensive positions. Soldiers built sandbags and even pushed the artillery into groves to camouflage it.
88 gun, which is the pride of the Germans. In the future, this kind of artillery was used as a tank gun, and the Tiger tank came into being. It really destroyed a Soviet tank with one shot, forcing the Soviet army and the Allied forces on the Western Front to often need special
34 Hai and Xie Mantou Hai went to exchange with the Germans, and the battle loss ratio was extremely exaggerated.
So the Romanians came, and what awaited them was devastating precision artillery fire.
As expected, the scout did send a telegram. It was already evening, and the military headquarters was immediately busy.
Yang Mingzhi just wanted to rest early and hold his beloved wife in his arms to enjoy the happiness before the war. The soldiers hurried over and asked him to go to the military headquarters for a meeting.
Kuznetsov moved the headquarters to the municipal building. When Yang Mingzhi arrived, all the officers who were due to come were overdue. Everyone stood around the table, and a large map was laid out, with stones already placed on it.
"Comrades, everything was said by Frankenstein. The Romanians are moving closer to us. Our multiple groups of scouts found the enemy. Their flags are completely different from the Germans. They must be slave ** troops."
"Since they dare to come, beat them to pieces!" an officer said impassionedly.
"Constantsa, courage is good, but thorough preparation is the key to victory. Our scouts found that they are camping, and they will arrive in Mozyr tomorrow at the earliest. There are a small number of tanks in their team, and there will be more armored vehicles.
More. But compared to the Germans, their heavy weapons are still too few."
This simple meeting was just about how to respond to the enemy. The officers had no other objections. The war should be carried out according to the previous plan. The soldiers had dug many foxholes and set up machine gun positions.
When asked if he had any objections, Yang Mingzhi suddenly had an idea. He held the table excitedly. "Comrades, I have an excellent idea."
Everyone was listening attentively, and Yang Mingzhi looked at everyone. The location of the Romanians was represented by stones on the map. He also took out a stone and scratched it back and forth on the map. In fact, this was a sand table deduction.
"I hope we can make full use of the captured half-track armored vehicles. This is the equipment of the German army, and we can perfectly carry out tactical deception..."
Yang Mingzhi's idea greatly interested almost all the officers present. Even a fool knew that those half-track armored vehicles must represent the German army.
"When the battle started, the Romanians were suddenly attacked by our army. They were already launching a massive attack on our army. After all, the enemy was much worse than the German army. They could not defeat our defense line. When they were about to retreat, our army suddenly came out from the flanks.
A bunch of half-track armored vehicles, they must have thought they had encountered German troops. They would not have been wary, and then they were fired at by machine guns. At that time, it was a double blow to the Romanian troops, both psychologically and physically."
The officers just thought this tactic was interesting because it caught them by surprise, but Kuznetsov saw a way around it because this tactic was very typical.
"Berekov, just do as you say. As the commander, I will be the first to support you. You are not a simple Chinese. When two armies are facing each other, one side cannot support anymore and begins to withdraw. The cavalry quickly attacks and kills a large number of effective forces. It is simple and crude but
Very efficient, I like it.”
Yang Mingzhi smiled. This tactic was almost a classic tactic from the era of queuing to kill. In the new era, armored vehicles are the new cavalry. He was already looking forward to the arrival of a new day, when what awaited the Romanians was an unprepared attack.
What's even more shameful is that the Soviet army will quickly withdraw after the victory, and the bridge will be blown up by the way. When the Romanian army is severely disabled, the worries of the large force retreating will no longer exist.