On the evening of the 25th, both the Soviet Union and Germany were actively preparing. The German army could not figure out the location of the Soviet army, and believed that they only had a hundred people. The Soviet army could not figure out whether the prisoners of war would escape.
However, the German army was determined to fight the exposed Soviet army. Lawrence was particularly active in this regard. He knew the tactics of the Soviets and immediately held a meeting with the entire battalion of soldiers before going out.
These soldiers are mostly 22-year-old young people. They are tall, strong, and heroic. Unfortunately, this is their first real active attack after joining the army. They have not experienced the most brutal and bloody test. They are not prepared for the night that is about to unfold.
The offensive is full of expectations.
Many people are equipped with submachine guns and can shoot freely. The optimism has quickly spread to the entire camp.
Only Lawrence was not optimistic about the future. After the whole camp happily assembled, he gave orders with a straight face.
"Brothers, you don't understand the darkness of the night at all. Hidden in the forest over there is a group of wild beasts! They are a group of wild beasts that you have never seen before. They are best at hunting at night and specialize in hunting those who are exposed.
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Therefore, you must be more vigilant. Even if the Soviets only have a hundred people, their combat effectiveness is very strong. Now put aside your impression of the Russians, let me tell you, if you are careless in tonight's operation, you will
Will be buried in that dark forest!"
Lawrence said a lot of things that were from the bottom of his heart. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't say a lot of words, he really wanted to greet the leader and his family in front of his brothers. He said everything that needed to be said. He didn't care whether these optimistic soldiers understood it.
No, after all, people who have not experienced fierce battles will be frightened to a large extent by the first bloody battlefield. Becoming a veteran in the battlefield requires experience.
Tonight, the German army will put on a show. The appointed time is coming, and Lawrence Battalion, as the "fishermen", will take the lead in entering the forest to ambush according to the plan.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, such a team with a total strength of more than 500 people was taking a circuitous route into the forest. However, the German army's actions had been discovered by Soviet scouts. The reason was for no other reason than that Balzen felt that night vision goggles were particularly useful.
Therefore, a squad of scouts went directly to the edge of the forest to ambush.
When they saw a group of figures crossing the trench on the east side, they thought for a moment that they were escaped prisoners of war, and the radio immediately reported to the depths of the forest.
Balzen and others who were sleeping were immediately awakened. Suddenly, the whole army woke up soon.
Balzen was very confused when faced with the latest intelligence: "Did they change places and escape?"
"If the prisoners of war escape, who of you will believe that the German army will not shoot? We heard nothing on the radio!" Lavrenti specifically asked Balzen to pay attention, and the communication was currently in plain language.
It is impossible for a real prisoner of war to escape without causing waves. Therefore, those people are not prisoners of war at all! Balzen looked at his two old friends in surprise: "Comrades, I think those people are enemies!"
"Yes! It must be the enemy." Yevgeny couldn't help but pull out his pistol.
Is there any flaw in the intelligence? It turned out that the scouts on the front line were actually guarantying their lives. There was indeed a group of people moving quickly towards the forest. In just a few minutes, they all entered the forest. Those soldiers were all Balzen's men, and his subordinates had always been
There is one thing to say.
These conditions were completely different from what Asanov had previously discussed, so Balzen could conclude that the prisoner of war escape plan had failed.
Now he no longer had any doubts and hurriedly said to his comrades: "Comrades, the deputy division commander's worries have really come true. I guess the enemy is probably laying a trap. Those who enter the forest are the enemies. It's just what they want to do.
I can't figure it out."
"You still need to guess? The deputy division commander has already guessed it!" Lavrenti said immediately, "The deputy division commander said that there are three possibilities for what happened tonight. One of them is that the Germans escaped disguised as prisoners of war, lured us out, and then eliminated us.
But do they really think they have the ability to wipe out more than a thousand of us?"
Patting him on the shoulder, Yevgeny said: "If this is the case, it only means that the enemy is stupid. Or they simply don't know that our strength is four digits and that we are well-equipped."
The situation suddenly changed, and it was useless to continue nagging. Balzen immediately ordered to communicate with the division headquarters, and ordered the scouts to quickly change their positions and keep an eye on the enemy's movements.
After a while, the latest intelligence from the front line was transmitted to the division headquarters. Yang Mingzhi and others had already waited until after eleven o'clock, and he had to stay energetic until dawn.
The intelligence finally came. He never expected that the Germans would actually pull off such a trick. Yevlov was confused, but Yang Mingzhi understood a little better. A small group of Germans could not defeat thousands of elite Soviet troops. They must be doing something.
conspiracy.
He asserted: "I think the enemy wants to catch our fish, but their bait is too bad, too salty and not tasty at all, so we just don't fall for it."
"Then what do you think our army should do?" Yevlov asked.
"Keep calm, adjust your deployment, and continue to act as planned. We will take advantage of the situation."
So the next order Balzen received was to stand still and everything went according to plan, except for a slight adjustment in personnel. That is, the two wings, which originally had the same strength, had to be wary of possible battles because the forest on the right was mixed with German troops, and the strength should be
Lean to the right.
The soldiers were no longer sleepy. After receiving the revised order, the entire army began to advance towards the ambush.
In order to avoid being bombarded by German artillery fire, the entire semi-encircled defense line was actually very wide. Most of the soldiers were hidden in the forest, and a few were at the edge of the agreed meeting point.
Because of the addition of night vision devices, Lawrence's actions have been completely exposed, and at the same time, Losaheim's strategy has been exposed. The Soviet army also simply tried to use their tactics. Balzen believed that something big would happen tonight, from officers to ordinary soldiers.
Everyone is ready for battle.
In this dark forest, thousands of "hunters" were quietly ambush. Soldiers were not allowed to whisper, doze, or smoke, and even had to cover their mouths when they coughed.
The moon was high in the sky, the warm wind from the south was gently rustling the new leaves of the birch trees, and occasionally there was a bird song, and the whole world was extremely quiet.
Balzen covered his body with his battle cloak and stared at his watch with a small flashlight. Time was passing by little by little. He didn't know how Asanov was doing now. In short, the agreed time was two o'clock in the morning, and the time was exactly one.
This time is getting closer by the second.
When the minute hand passed two o'clock, nothing happened.
When the minute hand went another five minutes, Balzen was already impatient to wait.
Until the minute hand passed seven minutes, suddenly, bursts of gunshots came from the north, and from time to time, green flash bombs pierced the night sky, and the light was clearly visible.
The dormant warriors immediately felt as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood, and every one of them was bursting with adrenaline.
The sound of gunfire was really comforting. Balzen immediately reported to Lavrenti and Yevgeny: "Everyone is ready for battle! Once someone enters our field of vision in large numbers, fire immediately regardless of whether they are friends or foes!" 8