Chapter five hundred and sixty second ambiguous speculation
But Haldeman had a different opinion.?
"It's really hard to explain why we suffered casualties just because the prisoners of war escaped. We found the bodies of three people in the forest, two of them from the Polish battalion, and the rest were our soldiers. And that
One of the most critical soldiers died of a gunshot wound, and the bullet directly shattered his head! Do you believe that all this was done by escaped prisoners of war?"
As soon as this statement came out, the leader Lotharheim had to rethink his previous reasoning.
He pinched his chin and fell into deep thought along with many others.
Are prisoners of war really so powerful? If they were really capable of killing people and escaping, they would have escaped long ago. But the group of prisoners of war were as weak as sheep. They scurried away when they heard the sound of gunshots. However, the result was still German soldiers in the forest.
The cause of death appears to be that the escaped prisoner of war seized the gun and killed the soldier.
Or maybe this reliable conclusion is completely wrong! Losaheim looked at the regiment chief of staff in surprise and asked: "Is it possible that this was actually done by the guerrillas?"
"It's very possible!" Haldeman said.
The 7o7 Division replenished its troops after being crippled, and the officers also changed. The soldiers are mainly new recruits, because the highest-quality soldiers have been selected by the front-line troops. They are fighting on the front line at the moment. The ones in the rear are all secondary troops.
Therefore, the 7o7 Division has regained its strength, but its combat effectiveness is actually not as good as before.
There are not many heavy weapons, and the soldiers lack combat experience. They all know that the troops they belong to are sent here, not only because this was their previous defense area, but also because a war just ended here, and the German army suffered heavy losses! Once upon a time
After the 7o7 Division suffered heavy losses, the 715 Division filled the vacancy. As a result, this division suffered even greater losses and could only repeat the mistakes of the 7o7 Division.
So Haldeman must think more, even if it tends to be unfounded.
He quoted the confession of a German soldier at that time: "When our soldiers were supervising the logging of prisoners of war, some footprints were found on the ground! You must know that we had not gone deep into the forest before, but the footprints were indeed stepped on by our military boots.
But the soldiers found other footprints, which were exactly the same as the shoes worn by the prisoners of war! Did these footprints appear out of thin air? So the soldiers led the prisoners of war to investigate, and the prisoners of war who had not been with us for a long time also went to investigate. The final result of the investigation was a gunshot
ring.
What is in the forest? Now, do you still think that everything today was caused by the escape of prisoners of war? I think we have been targeted by the guerrillas!"
Lotharheim was not trembling yet, but he was still quite frightened.
Ordinary soldiers only know that a series of wars took place here a month ago, the troops suffered heavy losses, and the guerrillas were very powerful. But as a "veteran" of the 7o7 Division, the pain of being dominated by explosions and fires last year is still vivid in my mind.
The German casualties were as high as 8,000, with more than 6,000 dead and missing. The enemy's number was also officially revealed. It was a Guards force, the 284th Guards Infantry Division of the Soviet Union. It was simply the ace unit in the war for production.
.They were originally completely wiped out, but like ghosts, they mysteriously disappeared on the outskirts of Minsk and reappeared hundreds of kilometers away in the Pripet Swamp.
According to the inference of the regiment's chief of staff, Soviet guerrillas were definitely involved in the afternoon incident. Haldeman even made a bold inference: "Our soldier who was shot in the head was not killed by an escaped prisoner of war, but by the guerrillas."
Sniper! If we send dogs to that area, we may be able to find clues. Or if we step up the interrogation of prisoners of war and question the soldiers present at the time, some details will definitely prove that the guerrillas are coming!"
"It must be the regular army of the Soviet Union!" Losaheim sighed deeply, his heart was beating fast, and his eyes were looking in the direction of the swamp. "We built positions just to defend against them. Contact will happen sooner or later.
Sir, I am really not sure whether this line of defense can stop them, but we must complete the tasks assigned by the front army. If they choose to attack now, we must be prepared."
The people at the regiment headquarters agreed very much with the regimental commander's pertinent opinion. The battalion commanders who came urgently couldn't help but ask themselves. Usually, the lives of the soldiers are quite comfortable. The defense lines built are in full compliance with the regulations. There are canteens, toilets, and bars here.
There is also a recreation room and even special services provided by Ukrainian women.
Even with these, it was difficult to conceal the tension of the soldiers. The forest not far away was filled with darkness. No one was willing to go deep there and was only willing to pour firepower into the forest.
Lotharheim issued an order to increase alert. Most recreational activities of the soldiers were terminated the next day. The number of soldiers keeping vigil at night also increased. The latest active infrared night vision devices were also installed on general-purpose machine guns, regardless of their performance.
At least it will improve morale.
Each battalion commander took the order and went to deploy. The only senior personnel in the regiment headquarters were the chief, deputy regimental commander and chief of staff.
Losaheim opened a bottle of red wine and three wine glasses, and the three of them calmed down to have a drink and sort out their logic.
Compared with Lao Maozi's rough vodka, the Germans still savored the beauty of this wine. When the mood calmed down, Haldeman said another thing.
"Gentlemen, my informants among the prisoners of war told me that they actually planned to escape."
Losaheim was startled and immediately put down his glass. "I haven't reported what happened in the afternoon to the division headquarters. Now you tell me that the prisoners of war planned to escape. Didn't they just do that in the afternoon? More than thirty people disappeared mysteriously! They went
It’s a forest.”
Haldeman shook his head: "No, I mean, actually, this group of people want to escape as a whole. They even have an escape route planned."
This aroused everyone's interest. In the frontline headquarters in this semi-crypt, there was a small map spread on the table. This was the area the infantry regiment was responsible for defending. Haldeman took a pencil and sketched out
He learned about the escape route of the prisoners of war and said: "Our prisoners of war participated in the construction of our positions. They know where the defenses are well-defended and where they are weak! This route is the safest. They will escape into the forest and finally to the swamp, where they will meet the Soviet army.
and."
The captain and deputy commander were completely unaware of this matter. Losaheim looked confused, and then turned into anger. The pen in his hand was broken and ink was spilled all over him. "These Russians, are they pretending to be obedient, but secretly they are
Are you showing evil intentions?!"
"That's right! You all know this now, and I deliberately kept it a secret. I just wanted to see what tricks those prisoners of war could do. In fact, it is very simple to prevent their escape. Those stupid Slavic pigs didn't expect that they would
Comrades who think they are loyal and eager for revenge have actually been betrayed by them! Now everything is under control. To prevent the escape, we can kill some people now to shock them." Haldeman was not complacent because of his confidence, because of the unexpected incident
Make everything a little more responsible.
Losaheim and Hausenfried wiped their heads. After all, five hundred prisoners of war escaped, which is not a small matter. "What to do now? The prisoners of war had a plan to escape. In the afternoon, they took advantage of the chaos and put it into practice. Some people really
Run away! Now you think that the guerrillas are operating in the forest, we..."
Seeing that the regiment leader did not have a backbone, Haldeman seemed to have some good ideas, but could not think of a brilliant countermeasure. He said helplessly: "Commander, please report to the division headquarters for the time being that the gun incident in the afternoon was a prisoner of war riot.
It's nothing more than causing riots. Please let me think carefully about whether there are guerrillas involved here."
Lotharheim nodded: "That's all we can do for the time being." 8