In the melee, Wolff was unable to report the details of the battle to his superiors. When Floride received the information, he was even completely confused about the situation.
He immediately stood in front of the map table at the division headquarters, staring at the updated army positions.
"The remnants of the two regiments of the 715th Division, as well as our Ludwig Regiment, are moving! Is the enemy pursuing them so fast? The combat effectiveness is very strong. Wolfe's intelligence is vague, they are already retreating!
"The chief of staff replied to the division commander.
"Yes, I know. But yesterday they ignored those three regiments. Today I can understand the fight with the enemy's pursuit. They told me that a reinforced regiment of three thousand people cannot stop the enemy's attack!"
"Perhaps we have still underestimated the enemy's combat effectiveness for a long time. Their designation was exposed. The Soviet 284th Infantry Division received the title of Guards when we attacked Minsk, but this unit did not withdraw to the Soviet Union, nor was it eliminated.
! They and the enemies who escaped from the encirclement went south, and then disappeared mysteriously. The SS did not wipe out them all as reported." The chief of staff leaned nervously on the table: "It's as if they stayed in the Pripet Swamp.
, then we have been fighting with this force for a long time! This is an elite force, and it is the only reason that can explain the failure of our operation."
"So our Wolfe is being besieged by the remnants of this division! How many people are there in them?"
"I don't know about that," the chief of staff said regretfully.
"If you don't know anything, go investigate. I want to know who we are fighting! Now we should continue to contact Wolfe."
However, the 722nd Division was unable to contact Wolfe who was breaking out at all. They seemed to have entered radio silence. In fact, the real reason was that the soldiers carrying the radio and the radio were penetrated!
Yang Mingzhi knew what kind of enemies were most valuable. In addition to officers and machine gunners, they were the guys who controlled the radios. He personally destroyed two radio stations and also sniped and killed the people carrying the radios.
Wolfe couldn't care less and led the last 1,400 men to retreat eastward.
Yang Mingzhi and Yevlov of the Soviet army advanced along the forest to the north and south, and Roshakov pursued from the west. The three troops formed an offensive concave surface and chased the enemy to the east.
Bullets were fired from the forest. These strikes were not precise, but they completely prevented the enemy from advancing towards the forest.
Yang Mingzhi himself advanced with the army and shot from time to time.
"The battle situation is unfolding according to my plan. The enemy will not enter the forest. They can only walk along the forest plain until they reach the bank of the river!" Yang Mingzhi said to himself with confidence, which made Yang Tao very happy.
At this time, Wolff only knew that heading east seemed to be the only safe direction. The two armies chased each other and fled. After running for ten kilometers, the road ended.
In front of Wolfe is a wetland. The ice and snow have melted a lot, and there are small ponds everywhere. These ponds are connected by small waterways, and there are some withered vegetation in the mud beside the ponds. The wetland is about 200 meters long.
In Xiangdong is the Dnieper River!
"Damn it! This is a dead end!" Only then did Wolff understand why the enemy was just pursuing them. It turned out that they wanted to drive the entire infantry regiment into a desperate situation.
This is not a normal war pattern at all. Looking at the soldiers who are exhausted due to running wildly, a sense of failure arises spontaneously.
One thousand and four hundred people crowded together by the river, and the enemy pursued them relentlessly. Gunfire broke out one after another, and from time to time, unlucky soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.
The entire German camp was in chaos, and most people were at a loss when faced with such a predicament. Most of these soldiers had never participated in regular combat, and they were not mentally prepared to participate in a bloody battle. Half of the 3,000-strong team was left.
, and faced with this desperate situation, people can only put all their hope in Wolfe.
The three main battalions under this regiment still exist, but the first battalion suffered the biggest blow and now only has more than a hundred people left!
The battalion commander asked Wolf without hesitation: "Commander! What should we do now? Should we organize a defense on the spot, or should we find a way to continue to break through?"
"Breakout? Where are we going to break out? Are we going to have to jump into the river and swim to the other side?" Wolf complained. Suddenly, he suddenly remembered what happened to the Nicholas Armored Battalion of the 715th Division! Suddenly he understood the enemy's tactics.
He showed his vicious nature and said viciously: "The enemy is like Satan. These barbarians are Mongolians at heart. They just want us to jump into the river! The river is at least five hundred meters wide, and the water is close to freezing! It's so big!
Some soldiers will drown due to loss of strength and body temperature. Even if they swim to the other side alive, they will freeze to death due to the cold!"
"Then what should we do?" A battalion commander looked embarrassed, "Do we have to fight with our backs to the river?"
"That's right! We have no retreat. We will definitely die if we swim in this climate! If we must die, I will fight to the death!"
Wolfe made his statement, and he also hopes that the soldiers will make their own decisions.
Some people boasted that they were good at swimming and immediately suggested to the group leader the possibility of swimming, but Wolfe, who had drawn his pistol, pressed his head against his head, and then a gunshot rang out.
This move immediately shocked the chaotic army, and many soldiers who were taking off their clothes were stunned on the spot.
Wolfe, with blood on his face, turned around and said to all the soldiers: "Gentlemen! This deserter has been shot by me. Is there anyone else who wants to escape? If anyone plans to escape through the water, I will shoot him immediately."
Those who still wanted to persuade the chief to calm down. At this moment, Wolfe continued to shout: "We are now backed by the river. It seems that we will be safe as long as we cross the river. In fact, this is the enemy's conspiracy. The river is cold and biting. Who of you
Are you confident that you can swim 500 meters in icy water? As a Teutonic warrior, only dying in battle is honorable. If you drown in the river like this, where is the honor? I have decided to die in battle here, and you must obey me!"
Wolfe also knew the truth of risking death and living later, but in fact there was no way out.
The majority of soldiers did not dare to disobey their commander's orders. The act of shooting deserters directly stabilized the morale of the army. History repeated itself here on the river bank. Last time, Niklaus only led 90 people to organize the direction. Naturally, the superior strength of the Soviet army was
They were defeated in one fell swoop. Wolfe now had 1,400 men. He quickly organized a new direction and believed that as long as he delayed as much time as possible, when night fell, the troops would have the possibility of escaping and ascending to heaven.
Yang Mingzhi, who was pursuing the chase, did not think that the enemy would dive like lemmings from the beginning. There was a high chance that the enemy would fight to the death. After his observation, the enemy had indeed begun to build fortifications, and the soldiers holding rifles had no time to dig foxholes.
, simply lie down on the ground and build a defense line.
Its machine gunners quickly began to fire in all directions, and some Soviet soldiers who charged too hard paid the price with their lives.
If we only rely on pure soldiers to attack like this, we will inevitably pay huge casualties. Yang Mingzhi immediately reported to Yevlov and Roshakov: "The enemy has begun to fight their last battle, and they have not dived! The battle situation has changed. We must gather our troops and wait for them.
When the artillery arrives, launch a fierce attack!" (To be continued.) 8