Chapter 625 The reason why the German reinforcements are delayed
Hertzmann, the commander of the German 7o7 Division, could never believe that an infantry regiment under his command was defeated so quickly. They failed to hold on to their position at all and gave up their position under a fierce attack by the Soviet infantry.?
A huge fleet of Soviet aircraft had just passed overhead, and the headquarters of the 7o7 Division also received very complex intelligence.
First, Lotharheim reported to him that he had shot down several bombers. This unexpected good news suddenly made the nervous division headquarters feel happy.
However, bad news came one after another, that is, part of the huge defense line suffered a brutal air raid!
When the information about the "positional crisis" came from Lotharheim, Herzmann could no longer contact them.
"The enemy has dispatched so many planes. It's impossible for them to just poop on my head. We have now observed them flying eastward! It's really hard to figure out what these Soviets are doing." The confused Hertzman could only
Lying at the desk and looking at the map, the staff officer had already marked the approximate flight route of the Soviet aircraft with a pencil.
Division Chief of Staff Rostad was as depressed as his division commander: "Of course these Soviets can't come straight to us."
While they were discussing, there was a loud ticking sound in the radio room. A series of new information was finally delivered, and a staff officer reported to the officers: "The situation on the front line is now basically confirmed. The Soviets are indeed conducting air strikes. Bach's regiment and
The Lemberg regiment all observed a large number of enemy planes appearing in the distance of their defense line!"
The draft of the telegram was handed into the hands of the division commander. Hertzman frowned. He read the long note carefully and couldn't help but crumpled it into a ball. "These two guys still have time to send telegrams. Please connect them to me."
Telephone!"
At this point in time, Balzen and his troops had already arrived at the edge of the forest. They were waiting for the air raid to end and seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack.
Hertzman basically understood the situation. Even if Losaheim's regiment was not blown up into a "mining site" by a large number of aerial bombs, it would be too bad to be attacked by a group of fighter jets. He suddenly felt that this seemed to be an attempt to shoot down the bomber.
revenge.
"Maybe that's the case. What we need to do now is comprehensive air defense. Those bombers seem to have flown away, and we can't bear a large number of fighter jets equipped with heavy firepower to attack the ground," Rostad said.
"I understand what you mean, it makes sense!" Hertzman immediately issued an order for air defense for the entire division.
As a result, it was this order that unexpectedly gave Balzen a major strategic opportunity.
The vast number of German soldiers, some of whom were lying in the anti-aircraft bunkers in the trenches, were like marmots burrowing into holes. Heavy weapons were covered with camouflage nets, and some firearms had their tripods removed and were taken away from the position by soldiers.
Infantry artillery was even thrown into sandbags and some were even dragged into the forest.
If the Soviet army could gather a large number of troops to launch a fierce attack at this time, the German army would never be able to quickly launch a blockade. They might succeed in blocking the attack, but their losses would also be huge.
At this moment, Hertzman did not connect the previously identified group of Soviet troops hiding in the forest with this sudden air attack. Some staff also speculated whether this was a special fire preparation by the enemy.
Division Chief of Staff Rostad immediately rejected this inference. The so-called Soviet artillery preparations were completely impossible to be like this.
It was really because the headquarters of the 707 Division was unclear about the situation on the front line that Balzen had enough time to launch an attack.
The battle was really overwhelming, communications were cut off, and a large number of people from Lotharheim and the regiment were actually killed in the battle. The collapse of the command system directly led to the collapse of the entire regiment.
It was at this most critical moment, Lotharheim's last order before his death, that what happened to the front line commanded by the division headquarters.
What are the expressions of Herzmann and Rostad now? They are dumbfounded!
"The Soviets are really crazy! What are they doing? How many people are they hiding in the forest? Is this their active attack?" Hertzman pressed on a point on the map, "Order the artillery regiment, give it to me.
Bomb the front of Lotharheim's position and wipe out all the attacking enemies!"
"No!" Rostad quickly intervened to stop him.
"What? My chief of staff, why did you stop me at this time?"
"Of course I want to stop you! Are you willing to see our artillery blast our soldiers into the sky? They are still blocking, do you really believe that they will not be able to hold their position?"
In fact, the last telegram from the Lotharheim Regiment indeed claimed that the position was about to collapse and vigorously requested reinforcements to come in for reinforcements.
Hertzman calmed down a little. He was not the kind of character who could just put a stick on firewood. Several divisions had built defense lines to protect the highway, and their positions were being reinforced non-stop. Many machine gun fire points were simply made of concrete. Such solid defenses
, it could only be destroyed if the Soviet army dropped aerial bombs.
His attitude changed quickly. "Rostad, you are right! How could we not be able to stand the front? In terms of positional warfare, those cowards who only know how to crawl into the forest, how could they win our Third Reich in regular combat*
*Team?"
"So you shouldn't act too hastily. You must know that our position is very close to the forest, and the accuracy of the artillery mastered by our artillery is not as good as that of the front-line troops. The soldiers who joined us died from their own artillery fire. In this way, under the investigation of our superiors, our 7o7 Division is in
The reputation in the army will be damaged again."
Hertzman thought so. He circled around the table and muttered something.
In fact, this 7o7 Division is not incapable of fighting, but the previous series of failures basically stemmed from the enemy's sneak attacks. The only bloody battle was when the Soviet army sneak attacked the location of the division headquarters. After they succeeded, they fled immediately. The Soviet army left behind in that battle.
There were also a lot of corpses.
As far as positional warfare is concerned, the German army has natural confidence. At least on a macro level, the Soviet army's onslaught is always accompanied by huge casualties. They always let the soldiers charge. What's worse, the group of fanatical Slavic animals can really do it.
, shouting "Ula" and charging madly. The fighting enthusiasm is admirable, but the number of casualties is not good-looking.
But Hertzman also had to consider it from many aspects. In the half-hour he spent writing it, Balzen had already captured the first trench. With the help of snipers like Natasha, and the remaining
Under the focused attack of RPG, the enemy's firepower points were destroyed one by one.
The German army was defeated. It was so bad that the fleeing people had no time to send a telegram to the division headquarters.
What's even more tragic is that the front lines of the two neighboring regiments are equally long, separated by forests, and because they are actively avoiding things, it is very difficult to reinforce them.
Herzmann did issue a reinforcement order, but unfortunately his focus was now on the forest.
Rostad also expressed his opinion: "It is possible that the Soviet army has a lot of ambushed troops, and it is impossible for us to fully investigate the forest. If we fully support Losaheim, the other two regiments will be empty. Maybe
This is the enemy's conspiracy. Think about our former commander, who also died when his main troops were drawn away, and the division became the main attack direction of the Soviet army." 8