Lawrence felt very good about himself now, and the regimental chief of staff seemed not to understand his intentions at all. Fastest update He became more confident and continued: "Everyone now understands the search team's investigation results! We can already conclude that the Russians
Start taking action, I believe this is their reconnaissance force, and they are likely to attack in large numbers in the future! Because of the obstacles of the woods, it will be too late when we discover them! So I thought of a way to cut down the trees. We need a long enough
The buffer should be one kilometer long!"
This idea provides a new idea for defensive operations. Haldeman pondered for a while and said: "It is very difficult for a rifle to hit a target six hundred meters away. Only a sniper-type rifle can hit it, or the machine gun can pour more bullets."
Improve the hit rate. If it is difficult for us to hit the enemy at such a long distance, then it will be difficult for the enemy to cause much damage to us."
Because of the cover of the forest, German troops everywhere were troubled by the surging Soviet guerrilla movement. The simplest and crudest way to deal with this was to kill all suspected people, or to focus on defending key locations.
Lawrence continued: "My superiors asked me to dig trenches to build permanent defenses. We can dig trenches according to the war model twenty years ago, so that we can deal well with those guys who lack heavy artillery."
In fact, in the previous battle report, the Soviet army in the swamp frequently used artillery bombardment. Their operations were very flexible, so they allowed the German army to suddenly attack while they were marching and resting, thus achieving huge damage. Once the German army set up their positions, those artillery bombardments could
The results achieved were much worse.
Regarding what kind of weapons the Soviets have mastered, the regiment leader Lotharheim still lacks understanding. In short, he must remain vigilant and pay attention to them now.
It is not difficult to dig the trenches deeper and establish a trench combat system. If it is difficult, it is to cut down the forest up to 500 meters in depth.
Losaheim thought of Verdun during World War I. It was a meat grinder, and half a million soldiers of the Second Empire died. It was because the woods were blown up, the ground was full of mud ponds and bomb craters, and the British and French positions were set up.
A large number of Luzhai barbed wire fences were built. On the long offensive road, the German soldiers had to face various obstacles before they could rush to the opposite position and start a bloody battle, but most of the soldiers were bound to lose their lives on the charge.
Therefore, because of the special nature of trench warfare, the joke of All Quiet on the Western Front came about.
The more Losaheim thought about it, the more it made sense. "We sent people to cut down the trees as much as possible, and let the trunks lie on the ground, directly acting as obstacles. I heard that our army attacked Moscow a few months ago, and the Soviets were doing the same thing.
, the tank unit did encounter some obstacles. Since the enemy can do this, so can we.
Once the enemy launches an attack, they must send troops to rush over, so that our army can wait and see. When they try to pass the tree trunk obstacle, our artillery fire will be able to hit it! Let them taste what is called the love of 155 mm caliber."
Losaheim's eyes were shining brightly. He was really afraid that his superiors would give orders to enter the forest and fight directly into the hinterland of the swamp to fight the Soviets. Fortunately, the current task was to build defense lines around the highway and protect the communication lines. As long as he could
To achieve this, no matter how deep the trench is dug, what?
Lawrence's proposal was quickly unanimously approved by the participants, and the differences were only in how to cut down trees and strengthen defenses.
For the dense subarctic virgin forests in Belarus, tall, thick and very dense red pine trees, relying on axe-cutting and two-man sawing is time-consuming, labor-intensive and inefficient. Relying on the installation of explosives for blasting has become the best solution.
This meeting lasted for several hours. Due to the exposure of the Soviet army, the tension on the front line was even higher than before. Relying on digging deep into the ground, building a large number of wooden pile obstacles, pulling barbed wire and logging, the defense was made stronger. This is Lothar
Heim relishes the hesitation and lacks mines, and he can't quite rest easy yet.
Before reporting the new situation to his superiors, he first assigned all the attached Eastern Battalion soldiers to go cut wood to replace the group of prisoners of war. Still worried that the Soviets would intervene with arms, the Eastern Battalion advanced fully armed, including carrying some explosives.
The order was arranged, and only three important officers from the regiment remained in this semi-crypt headquarters.
"It seems that we will all be gophers in the future. Everything seems to be back to World War I, when I was a child!" Losaheim joked while picking up a glass of red wine.
"Yes, digging in the ground to be a mole is better than entering the forest. To be honest, our soldiers have never received training in forest warfare." The deputy commander said.
"More than this, we have to solve the problem of prisoners of war. I didn't expect that a lot of them would escape when we asked them to cut trees. They were actually planning to escape!" The wine glass was placed hard on the table, and the scarlet wine was spilled.
So many that the map on the desk was stained red.
The Pripet Swamp area happened to be dyed red. Losaheim lowered his head and couldn't help but sigh: "Damn swamp, plus the previous losses of our 707th Division, our total casualties are almost 20,000! That's it!
These damn Soviets caused it. When we attacked them, the price we paid was unbelievable. They are all gods of war?!"
"I don't know if they are war gods, but they are more prepared, and their operations are very targeted, trying every means to harm our soldiers." Because Haldeman is only the chief of staff of a regiment, his right to speak is at the division headquarters.
Extremely limited. He does not pretend to be a strategist, at least he has some unique insights.
"Now is definitely not a good day to attack. There are too many swamps and muddy ponds there. Our biggest disadvantage is that we don't know the terrain well. Only by changing the terrain to our advantage can our army gain the advantage."
"So you also very much support Lawrence's opinion. That man has fought with the Soviets many times at close range, and his words are more useful for reference." Having said this, Losaheim had some more thoughts about life. He looked at the group headquarters.
The other two said, "In fact, Lawrence could hold a higher position, but because he was almost captured and lost important cargo due to a mistake, his path to promotion was basically cut off!"
"Let's not talk about that guy for now." Haldeman interrupted the group leader and asked him to continue. I'm afraid Lawrence can serve as a consultant! It is true that that person really stole the spotlight in today's meeting, so Huo Huo
Deman was a little unhappy, why didn't I think of this idea?
He continued: "Let's continue talking about prisoners of war. In the prisoner of war camp, the informant I arranged sent intelligence in the early morning. Among the prisoners of war who escaped, some had contact with the guerrillas. So what is our enemy like?
We can obtain first-hand information through interrogation."
"There is such a thing?!" Losaheim was quite surprised. "Then why are you still standing there? Even if you use pliers to pry open the prisoner's mouth, this information must be examined. This is particularly important information. I have to
Report to the division headquarters!" (To be continued..) rw