Four regiments went south to fight, but the war turned into a large-scale battle. In this battle, the German 715th Division lost the most troops. Four thousand of its most elite soldiers were either killed or missing. The situation of the 722nd Division next door was also the same.
It was equally bad, one of the two regiments was crippled, and the other was completely wiped out.
After the battle, the 722nd Division took the lead in sending troops into the previous battlefield to conduct reconnaissance. What they saw was a devastated battlefield, as well as piled-up corpses of soldiers. Shockingly, these were all corpses of German soldiers. The bodies smelled as the temperature rose.
It's spreading, and some scavengers are already munching on the carcasses.
This small group of scouts quickly took photos of the scene and quickly retreated to the division headquarters.
The commanders of the two divisions, Schulz and Florid, suffered a heavy blow, especially Schulz. His army was reduced from a behemoth of 15,000 men to an average strength after several battles.
.Look at the currently available uninjured and capable soldiers, there are only 6,000.
What can we do? A majestic infantry division has simply become an infantry brigade.
After the battle ended, the original battle plan was to attack in one go and kill the Chaikov guerrilla brigade and the fleeing Soviet Gomel Municipal Committee members. However, it turned out that this seemed to be a trap for the German army.
Schulz's condition was very bad these days. He was so sad and angry that he didn't even have time to worry about the punishment from his superiors. A huge infantry division was almost killed in his hands, and he had the urge to commit suicide by shooting himself.
Anxiety and cold hit him at the same time, and he fell ill. The overall situation of the 715th Division was temporarily represented by Chief of Staff Sverin. This short man also had no good solution. The Army Group already knew all this. Instead of worrying about going to a military court, they
It's better to think about why the Soviets are so powerful in combat. He really couldn't figure it out. Are these guys hiding in the forest all gods of war?!
The German army stationed on the Mozyr-Gomel highway was a corps with four divisions under its jurisdiction. Corps Commander Dietrich had to face the reality that his two main divisions suffered heavy losses. This was not only
The problem is that their combat effectiveness has plummeted, but whether they can hold on to their position.
Above him is the headquarters of the Army Group in Belarus, and the top Nazi Party leader in Belarus, John Kube. These people all hope to wipe out the guerrillas in southern Belarus, and this combat operation was also authorized by them.
The result of the war was a disastrous defeat, with as many as 3,000 people killed and missing. Intelligence from Kiev also showed that fishermen and patrol boats salvaged many bloated human corpses from the river, and after identification they turned out to be German!
Looking back on the battle situation throughout February, it seems as if the German army was being led by this group of guerrillas.
In order to retaliate against the Soviets' previous large-scale military operations against the 707th Division and the 715th Division, the Air Force launched a retaliatory air strike against the enemy. Unexpectedly, this actually blew up a hornet's nest!
The enemy retaliated decisively. Intelligence revealed that they attacked the airport with only a small number of troops. Air Force Captain Koch lost all his planes and had to find reinforcements with a few remaining soldiers in the ice and snow to save his life.
At the same time, the Gomel Municipal Committee of the Soviet Union was finally exposed, and a large guerrilla group also revealed its true colors in Lushan. The original battle plan was to eliminate these people to stimulate the morale of the rear bandits, but the scale of the war intensified!
Dietrich simply did not want to believe such a result. The German army lost 7,000 men in the war! The reports of the 715th Division and the 722nd Division were not concealed, and he was also aware of the changes in the war situation. Due to the guerrilla activities everywhere,
, other troops were harassed and exhausted, and the front army had no time to take into account the situation in southern Belarus. Furthermore, who would believe that four regiments plus a reinforced mechanized battalion could suffer a catastrophic defeat in just a few days?!
"Even if you go to the wall of the military court, I will admit it!" Dietrich admitted. He just wanted to know who he was fighting. No, the intelligence collected by the 715th Division stated that the Soviet 284th
The name of the infantry division.
In line with the rigor of the Germans and the honor of the Junker nobility, Dietrich truthfully wrote a battle report and handed it over to the army group. The document soon reached the hands of John Kube who lived in Minsk.
The top representative of the Nazi Party in Belarus, his most critical task is to manage the occupied area. A safe and stable rear is the best guarantee to support frontline operations. John Kube has been under great pressure recently, and he himself
It's the Mediterranean, and my hair loss has become more and more serious recently.
When he saw this terrible battle report, he was instantly furious, and he couldn't help shouting out the unhappiness in his heart: "The SS's bastard only knows how to kill people in the street, so that the people in the occupied areas are always against me! There are always
One day, all the people who had surrendered to us turned against us, picked up the weapons and uniforms we gave us, and started shooting at our backs! There were also these idiots in the Wehrmacht, who had high-quality weapons bought with Reichsmarks, but their combat effectiveness was poor.
There are not even enough Poles! You dispatched 11,000 people, but 7,000 died in the battle! Are those guerrillas the gods of war?!"
The roar echoed in the office, and none of his subordinates dared to answer the question. You must know that given the current situation, no matter where the battlefield is, seven thousand people have been killed in a few days, which is a huge loss! The entire German army is purely composed of Germans
The maximum number of combat troops in China is four million, and there are three million such troops on the Eastern Front.
Behind the seven thousand killed and missing, there were probably tens of thousands of casualties. Such a failure was actually caused by a group of guerrillas!
After his subordinates read the report, someone reminded him that the enemy might not be ordinary guerrillas.
John Kube opened his eyes wide again and finally saw the name clearly.
"The 284th Infantry Division? This is an organic unit. Did the Soviets leave such a unit in the rear just to target us? Come on! Investigate this unit thoroughly!"
It doesn’t matter if you don’t check it. I just simply investigated the previous battle information of the German army and easily found the name of the 284th Division. According to the deciphered Soviet intelligence, this unit seems to have been added to the title of Guards a few months ago.
After careful investigation, it was discovered that this unit had not retreated to the rear at all. In other words, since this unit had obtained the title of Guards, it was not eliminated by the Germans, nor was it sent to the Soviet Union, nor was it used during the attack on Moscow.
, appeared on the list of enemy blocking troops.
Everything seems to be connected together. In the past six months, the Mozyr-Gomel road has been filled with bloodshed. This road that was supposed to be used as a frontline supply depot has become a nightmare!
After all, the 284th Guards Division miraculously defeated an armored division in the initial battle, and also defeated a Romanian division during the retreat. Although it is not clear how much combat effectiveness this unit still has after serious reduction in strength, at least when it has sufficient strength, it is simply
The ace in the Soviet army.
After thinking about it, John Cube could only say to his subordinates: "Now I can only write to Yuan truthfully. The Soviet 284th Division that he hated has appeared! The Imperial Division did not eliminate them, or there are fish that slipped through the net.
They fled to the Pripet Swamp. They regained their strength there, and their combat power has surpassed one or even two security divisions!"
He was a representative of the Nazi Party and the top leader under the occupation of Belarus. No one dared to object to his letter no matter how he wrote it.
Some people also raised questions about what to do with the defeated commander.
John Kube thought for a while, and just told his subordinates calmly: "Let the field Gestapo and the military court handle it. Let the Army Commander Wagner decide for himself whether his people who are his losers should be dismissed on the spot or continue to be in office, or not according to his wishes."