Chapter 591 The Soviet Army is afraid of losing the forest cover
Compared with traditional logging methods, relying on shelling shock waves, more trees fell. But this special logging technique made the wood basically useless.
The wind gradually blew away the dust, and Lotharheim ordered the people who had torn it off to turn back and look for the wounded enemy who had not been killed.
Unfortunately, they found nothing except a large number of bullet casings.
Because the injured and sacrificed soldiers were all pulled away under Balzen's order, after the bombardment ended, the Soviet army had actually run very far.
After confirming that there was no danger, the German army and the Eastern Battalion began to clean the battlefield. They found a total of more than a hundred casualties, many of whom were in very bad condition!
Regardless of casualties, these people were all pulled back to the German positions and sent to field hospitals for emergency treatment. Unfortunately, most of them died soon after the rescue time was lost.
What's even worse, according to the field doctor's report, these wounded died tragically.
"Their driver was shot. There was a small hole in the chest, and there were many holes in the back. When I cut open the chest of a fallen soldier, it was unbelievable. He was obviously hit by just one bullet, and his internal organs were torn to pieces.
!" Similar reports were compiled by the field hospital and quickly sent to Losaheim.
The German commander was in a terrible mood, as if the Soviets were targeting this part of the defense line that he was responsible for, and the construction of friendly positions was hardly disturbed.
According to the statistics of the enemy's sneak attack, the German soldiers suffered 25 casualties and the Eastern Battalion soldiers suffered 81 casualties. Those who serve Germany can easily recruit as long as they are promised enough food. But the noble Germans*
*When people are injured in such an inexplicable way, the morale of the troops will collapse first!
Looking at the reports from the field hospital, it seems that the enemy used special bullets. Just hitting one bullet is equivalent to being hit by several bullets! This is because some surgeons recovered from the injured person’s thigh after being hit by a strong external force.
Five small metal pieces were suddenly discovered among the festering muscles.
Based on this situation, the only explanation is that the bullet was severely fragmented after hitting the human body!
These days are worrying. Losaheim's whole body was shaking. If such bullets existed, they would be more ferocious than full-power rifle bullets! The ultra-high-speed general-purpose machine gun can fire out ten rounds of bullets in one burst, which can make the target hit.
It is riddled with holes, and the enemy can achieve similar effects with just one bullet!
He could no longer sit still. Judging from the paper report alone, the number of casualties was as high as eighty. People from the Dongfang Battalion accounted for an overwhelming proportion here, as if the enemy was specifically targeting these people.
To make matters worse, the morale of the troops is now further depressed, but the logging operation still needs to be carried out. This is an order after all!
In the morning, Lotharheim had to summon all the main officers of the regiment to the regiment headquarters. As expected, no one was in a good mood today, only one or two looked sad.
The officers took their seats, and Lawrence had already sat next to Losaheim. Everyone knew that this man's status had been further improved.
Lotharheim briefly explained what happened in the morning, but everyone already understood it.
He held up an empty water glass and quietly whispered to the table, with a look of disapproval on his face and growled: "The Soviets are a group of poisonous snakes! They always hide, bite us suddenly and then disappear suddenly! We have poured so many artillery shells, except for destroying some numbers,
We created some forest fires, but the enemy suffered no losses! Today we suffered another humiliation, and we must think of countermeasures!"
Countermeasures? What other countermeasures can there be? Everyone looked at each other in confusion, and finally all their eyes were directed at Lawrence.
"Me? Are you all looking at me?" Lawrence was stunned.
Losaheim turned his head and asked: "Since you proposed the logging plan, and now there is a problem, it would be unreasonable for you to say that there is no way."
"But..." Lawrence paused again. At this juncture, he couldn't say that he had nothing to do. What to do?! What to do?! He closed his eyes and was quiet for more than ten seconds. In the eyes of everyone, he seemed to be thinking of a clever plan.
generally.
Losaheim continued to ask: "How is it? Do you have any idea? If not, forget it. These Soviets are very difficult to deal with. Given the strength of our regiment, if we have the ability to defeat them, we still need to repair here.
Line of defense?”
The regimental leader's tone simply said that he had given up on treatment, and simply continued to implement the division's tortoise policy. He said slowly: "Today, when we encountered this incident during our step-by-step logging, I will report it to my superiors. This logging plan is not reliable.
Spectrum."
Having said this, he turned his eyes to Lawrence. "I will apply to cancel your plan on our defense line. Once the division commander gets angry, let him scold me alone!"
Lawrence was moved and stood up: "No! Captain! I proposed the logging plan, and I will be responsible for any problems that arise!"
"You can't afford this responsibility! The logging plan has been suspended. Give me the blame for being timid and not good at fighting! Our division is already weak in combat anyway!"
Since Losaheim had impersonated Lawrence's suggestion and made the division think that he was the one who proposed the logging plan, and since he was also responsible for any problems that arose, he was not that bad in terms of his integrity.
Poor Lawrence thought he was the one who set the trap, but he never felt that the plan was a failure.
"Captain! Since you have to report to the division headquarters, you must not apply to stop logging! If we stop, wouldn't we fall into the enemy's plan!" Lawrence's words made the confused Losaheim's eyes light up.
"You! Keep talking."
"Okay." Lawrence's mind is very clear now: "Although I haven't thought of a good way to prevent the enemy from sneak attacks, currently logging is still the best way. This time the enemy attack is still based on the cover of the forest.
, they started sneak attacks on the second day after we launched the operation, doesn’t it mean that they are afraid? They are too worried about losing the cover of the forest. Once the convenience of the terrain and environment is lost, the advantage will be gone. When it comes to positional warfare, we are really worthy of it.
them……"
When he said this, Losaheim immediately gave up his previous thoughts. He stared wide-eyed and couldn't help but said frankly: "You are really good! Our army suddenly lost a hundred people in an attack. Not only is it not bad when it comes to your mouth
, and it turned out to be a good thing! It shows that our logging operations are directly hitting the Soviet Union’s vital points!"
Although many officers did not like Lawrence, because of his remarks, to be fair, what he said did make sense. Although it could not solve any practical problems, it could at least win some face for the troops.
On the afternoon of March 29, the Dongfang Battalion soldiers who were torn off without any injuries were ordered to go logging.
They acted cautiously, fearing that they would be caught off guard by the Soviets again. Lotharheim knew the psychology of these people, so he ordered the artillery to fire at the distant forest every five minutes. This was to show off force and embolden the loggers, because
The rumble of gunfire can be heard for dozens of miles around...