In terms of the power of life and death of the troops, Army Commander Wagner has extremely high power. ()() | (8)
He very much hoped that all the troops under his command could go to the front line to fight the Soviets, but he had no choice because the soldiers on hand were all of inferior quality. Their combat effectiveness was inevitably poor. What was worse, many heavy weapons were withdrawn into the hands of friendly forces on the front line.
Some newly formed troops were incorporated into this group army, and their equipment was even worse. Many Polish and French weapons were captured and put into use. The general machine gun equipment was reduced and replaced by a large number of Czech products, such as the famous ones in China.
ZB26.
And because the main duty of these troops is to defend the rear, it is no longer suitable to widely equip the mobile and flexible mg34. The captured Soviet-made m191o Maxim machine gun, ZB57 Czech heavy machine gun equipped the troops, and even a large number of old mg13.
Such weapons are difficult to fulfill on the Eastern Front. The Soviets have begun to use a large number of T3476 tanks with stronger comprehensive capabilities to replace the thin-skinned and large-filled T26s. In order to deal with these troubles, No. 3 and No. 4 had to use various
Increase the thickness of your armor by welding on tracks, for example.
To make matters worse, the RPGs and rocket launchers used by the Soviets as defensive weapons greatly offset the impact of the German blitzkrieg.
Both sides are using the latest rocket-propelled grenade weapons used in the war. Its attack power is indeed so strong that the advantage of tanks in the war is greatly reduced. This may not be a big problem for the Soviets, but for the Germans,
The blitzkrieg may collapse as a result.
The Eastern Front is already far away from Belarus. Army Commander Wagner still has to refocus his attention on the military management of the area under his jurisdiction, namely the area south of Babruisk.
The 715th Division and the 722nd Division were severely damaged, and the former had very few troops left. Its division commander Schultz had also been ill recently. He knew that this man must be anxious and sick. "The 707th Division was attacked by the Soviet army, and the division headquarters was attacked.
The commander of the destroyed division was killed! Now the 715th Division is almost going to follow in his footsteps!"
The fact that the battle situation is like this cannot be said to be due to the disadvantages of the frontline officers and soldiers. If we say that their combat effectiveness is inferior, there is also a feat of a regiment of the 722nd Division, fighting to the last soldier to cover the retreating troops. What surprised him was that, logically speaking, a regiment
He could hold on to the defensive line for several days, but in just one day he was defeated and the entire army was wiped out.
"The enemy's fighting power is very strong. There is a fundamental difference between the 284th Guards Division and the rabble!" The so-called rabble he refers to are a series of units established by the Soviet Union to deal with guerrilla warfare, such as large-scale guerrilla regiments, guerrilla brigades,
Their combat mode is still a conventional war. They are small-scale and can be described as stragglers. Judging from the reports, they attack the German army, but they also attack their own citizens. It is very appropriate to describe them as bandits.
Only the Soviets in the swamps were a sore, and after learning from the painful experience, Wagner did not want to punish the army stationed on the road. He believed that once Dietrich and the two division commanders were arrested, it would only plunge the already panic-stricken troops into further chaos. He might as well simply
Let the other two healthy 847th Division and 8o5th Division lose their will to fight.
When the army loses morale, the war cannot go on at all.
Therefore, Wagenerb ordered: The 715th Division immediately returned to the rear to rest and recuperate, the 722nd Division's garrison mission remained unchanged, and the 847th Division and the 8o5th Division held fast to their positions. The gap in the defense line was filled with fire from the 7o7th Division that had completed its rest and recuperation.
This troop mobilization order was approved by John Kubet. The reason why he was able to make the decision so quickly was also because the message sent to Berlin was quickly responded to.
Hitler was very busy now. He was planning a great expedition with his generals. Little did Yuan know that in the small swamps of southern Belarus, there was a man who knew all about his long-term plan.
The German army must drive straight in from the south and occupy the grain producing areas, oil producing areas and industrial core of the Soviet Union, which can also force the Soviet Union to defeat. To achieve this goal, the German army must launch a fierce offensive in the south and attack all the way eastward to Asia.
Therefore, the information about the defeat of southern Belarus disappeared in the massive frontline information, and Yuan Ying was overwhelmed. He really couldn't afford to worry about the stupid things the second-line troops committed. However, the troops were indeed defeated. The loss of 7,000 people was not an unacceptable loss on the front line.
But such losses were actually accomplished by the guerrillas.
Yuan refused to believe that this victory came from the 284th Guards Division, because his beloved SS Imperial Division had already announced that it had eliminated this Soviet ace six months ago!
He gave an order to John Kube: "You are my human representative in Belarus, and you are my incarnation in Belarus. The order given to you is to create a stable rear area, and you have full authority on how to complete this task."
With such an order, John Cube went about it boldly.
The Wehrmacht also had to listen to the dispatches of the Nazi Party, and the almost bald John Kube was the top boss. The troop mobilization started immediately, but considering the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army in the swamp, he also had to worry about Army Commander Wagner.
The shortage of troops is a big problem. It takes a lot of time to transfer new troops from Germany. There is probably only one way to solve this problem, which is to send the "Eastern Battalion" to Wagner, and then send it to the front line of the highway to garrison.
Most of these people were made up of rebellious Soviet prisoners of war, and many of them were not of Soviet or Belarusian nationality. After the three Baltic countries were forcibly occupied by the Soviet Union, it was impossible for the locals to accept Soviet rule instantly, but many local people were forced to join the Soviet army.
Germany occupied this place and gave the prisoners of war two choices: die or join the puppet army. They decisively agreed to the latter, and a large number of Eastern Battalions were established.
There are also many Belarusians in these Eastern battalions, to be precise, they are Belarusian nationalists and Poles. The scale of the war is getting larger and larger. These troops, which are more used as logistics troops, are also sent to the front line to make up for the losses of German troops.
gap.
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Schultz, who was still suffering from a severe cold, finally received the order from his superiors. Swager walked to his bed with a smile on his face and said: "Friends, our superiors did not punish us. The situation in this battle is very complicated, and the military court
They won't cause any trouble for us, but our 715th Division is about to withdraw its defenses."
This was completely beyond Schultz's expectations. After coughing for a while, he said with a wry smile: "I thought we were all going to be shot. Maybe it was because I had served the Third Reich for so long that my sin was pardoned."
Maybe I will be retired early after being transferred to defense."
"Who knows! Anyway, we will retreat to Babruisk to rest."
It was a relatively large city. Schulz thought for a while and realized that he had been in the forest for several months. "Okay, now that we have left, who will take over our vacancy?"
"It's the 707th Division, the unit we took over before! This division has regained its strength." Swag paused for a while and continued: "In addition, ten Eastern Battalions will also be deployed here."
"Eastern Battalion?! That rabble!?" Schultz was not optimistic about the Eastern Battalion at all. Such troops were initially privately recruited by frontline troops. Later, this illegal behavior was recognized by the Yuan Dynasty, and it became a perfect "mercenary"
"Soldier Recruitment" system.
Such troops have very poor combat effectiveness. After all, they have no faith at all. "Our soldiers of the Third Reich fought to build Greater Germany. What about these Eastern Battalions? They betrayed the Russians and Stalin. Now how can we ensure that they will not
Betray us."
"This is what the superiors want! Don't worry. We have been fighting hard here for a long time. The soldiers are exhausted and should retreat to the rear to rest."
Schulz breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at his old friend, and sighed in his heart: "Swager, we all participated in the World War 20 years ago, and our Germany was defeated. Now this is our revenge.
The war has reached this stage, and I am very worried that we will be defeated again! When we start to rearm prisoners of war to serve us, it probably means that the strength of the German army is no longer what it used to be."
"Shut up! These failed remarks will be heard by the Gestapo. Even if the front army does not want to depose us, these remarks will send us to the Dachau concentration camp!"
Schultz looked haggard, smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Who knows the future? Just take it one step at a time." (To be continued.) 8