Chapter five hundred and sixty-six ways to deal with the Soviet attack
Two German patrols, soldiers leading dogs, quickly moved towards the place where the gunshots were heard. Fastest update
It was not unusual to catch the prisoners of war who escaped yesterday in the forest, but the sound of the gunfire was too inappropriate. Because it was not a few sporadic sounds, the patrol soldiers clearly heard the continuous firing of machine guns.
At ten o'clock in the morning, more than a dozen German search teams were ordered to enter the forest to search. They were organized into squads, and each team carried a hound. Dog noses are much more sensitive than human noses. After asking about the cotton-padded clothes of the prisoners of war, they determined
direction of pursuit.
Twenty people arrived at the shooting scene one after another. At this moment, they were already five kilometers away from the position!
This place has turned into a small battlefield. During the search, they found a shot prisoner of war. As the hounds pursued him, they saw a search team whose entire body was killed.
The German soldiers were shocked. They found the bodies of ten people, all of whom were obviously Germans. Only the dog tags, weapons and ammunition, and even their clothes had been taken away. This scene could not help but worry some veterans in the team.
, "Hell, we met that troop."
Suddenly, a fear dominated by death permeated the hearts of these people. This fear spread and guns were pointed all around. The ten people who came first almost opened fire on another search team that followed!
The soldiers calmed down for a while before starting to inspect the battlefield. They pulled together the bodies, including the dead hound.
At this point, the hounds with sensitive noses stopped chasing, but they found the cotton clothes that exuded the smell of "prisoner of war camp". Their noses failed, and now the German soldiers concluded that a short ambush took place here, and the attackers killed
A whole squad of soldiers put on new clothes and left!
At this moment, it turned out that the real German officers and soldiers faintly heard gunshots in the forest.
Regiment leader Herzmann, chief of staff Haldeman and others were all waiting for news from the search team. Their ears were sharper than others. Haldeman was now more confident. He squatted in the trench and stared at the periscope with all his strength.
The regiment leader said: "Now I can conclude that the abnormal noise is the sound of gunfire. When our people set out, no one carried a machine gun. The gunfire was too dense! The Soviet guerrillas have been exposed."
Cold sweat broke out on Losaheim's forehead. He was a veteran of the 707th Division! This infantry division suffered heavy losses a few months ago. After the troops were rested, his position was also improved. The original Losaheim was nothing more than
He is a company commander.
Whether this person has the ability to command an infantry regiment is questionable. At least as a former grassroots officer, he has actually experienced cruel wars.
He sighed: "We have to come into contact with them sooner or later. I pray that those bastards can be quiet. Obviously they have already deployed people under our noses."
"There is nothing we can do about it. We are building a long line of defense here, and those people will not watch helplessly as our iron walls seal them off! I am very worried..." Haldeman did not continue.
Lotharheim turned his head abruptly. He still wanted to say a few words, but saw that his old friend was hesitant to speak.
The Soviet 284th Infantry Division was like a strange flower blooming in the Pripet Swamp. Three German infantry divisions paid a huge price. The 707th Division did not want to make the same mistake again. Regarding the situation of its infantry regiment in the future, Lotharheim became more and more concerned.
Getting worried.
Soon, the telegram from the forest reached the regiment headquarters, and now Losaheim finally fully understood what happened in the forest.
A search team may have had an encounter with Soviet guerrillas, but the result was shocking. An infantry squad was wiped out. The reason why it was concluded that the Soviet army had done something good was because many Soviet-made weapons were found in this area.
of bullet casings.
Therefore, all search teams were ordered to withdraw completely, and the capture of prisoners was suspended. Compared with this, the intelligence of discovering Soviet armed personnel was the most important!
However, many search teams still captured individual prisoners of war who had escaped before, and immediately retreated with their search insights after being summarily executed.
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An emergency meeting was held, and all battalion commanders and all staff members were notified at the infantry regiment's frontline headquarters in the semi-crypt.
Losaheim faced the people sitting neatly with solemn eyes. He said in his rich voice: "Gentlemen, our search teams have come back one after another, except for one! Because they have been captured.
The Soviets were killed! What you just heard was indeed gunfire, enemy gunfire."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was completely in high spirits. These battalion commanders were all veterans of the 707th Division. For them, they were all lucky to have survived! For example, the lucky Lawrence survived the attack while escorting the goods.
He was lucky to survive all kinds of battles and his life was saved. But in terms of his position, his luck was much worse. Losaheim, who was originally the company commander, became the regiment commander, and he was still a battalion commander...
Lotharheim still had a sullen face, and he had to talk about the bad things in the past.
Just like opening scars, war, casualties, humiliation, iron and blood, are like a slideshow, unfolding in everyone's mind scene by scene. During the rest moment, the 707th Division suffered huge casualties, no difference compared to the previous pass.
The honor gained by massacring villagers and taking credit for killing good people has become a thing of the past in an instant. It is best to describe it as "the shame of the Third Reich".
Therefore, many recruits complained a lot when they were assigned to this unit. Fortunately, the guerrillas in that swamp were really "supernatural". Not only did the two infantry divisions suffer heavy losses, but those madmen actually attacked the city...
In the past, they were all bad meetings. Losaheim patted the table and said: "Gentlemen, we have all experienced previous failures. Our friendly forces always think that the guerrillas are just a group of stragglers. How effective they are in combat depends only on
We know best. You have seen that in a short encounter, one of our infantry squads was all killed in an instant. Their combat effectiveness is really strong.
Just over a month ago, the airport deployed in this area was destroyed by a small group of enemies. Whether you believe it or not, this is reality!
The enemy has already come, and they are hiding in the forest. Gentlemen, you must prepare for battle now! We at the front line may have to go through a bloody battle."
Not everyone is bitter about previous failures. In any case, today's 707th Division is not weak.
Lawrence stood up and said: "Captain, if it is a forest battle, we may not be able to attack the enemy very well. They are very good at sneak attacks or forest combat. The reason is that the woods are dense and they have excellent hiding places, so the battle is always
It started suddenly at a very short distance, and our people died without any time to prepare!"
His summary was easily recognized by junior officers, and Losaheim completely believed it was right. "Go on, do you have any new insights?"
Lawrence actually looked down on this Lotharheim from the bottom of his heart, just because this man could brag, received a high education, and talked about military tactics one after another. His true talent and knowledge were not reflected in the previous battles. On the contrary, Lawrence
But I always thought that my talents were buried.
So now is his chance to show off!
"Yes, I have some opinions. I believe that the enemy will try to break through our defense line no matter what, but it is unknown whether we will seek a breakthrough point in the area under our regiment's jurisdiction. At least we must be prepared to deal with such an incident once it occurs. We now add
We have several large-caliber artillery pieces, and many 75mm artillery fire points have been set up on the front lines. In terms of positional warfare, our combat effectiveness is not weak. Are those flesh-and-blood Soviets going to risk being massacred to attack our positions?
?”
"Of course they can't be so stupid!" Losaheim smiled slightly, his expression relaxed.
But Lawrence still looked calm. "No! They have a chance now! Because the farthest distance from the position to the forest is only 500 meters! Such a distance can be covered by a lightly-armed soldier in two minutes! What's going on?
Everyone, you can do it!"
"Keep talking!" Haldeman said quickly. (To be continued...) rw