The reinforcements of the 7th Division are on the road. At this time, the setting sun is shining on the earth. It does not seem like a good time to advance troops at dusk. 23US.
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In order to reach their destination quickly, these people marched with standard equipment. The commander of this unit was a battalion commander named Safire. For no other reason than this person had experience fighting the 84th Division.
These 1,700 people ran very fast, and more importantly, the group of Estonians was not just a mob, because they were sincerely willing to cooperate with the German army.
The friendly forces have officially dispatched troops, and there was no delay in the process from their promise to dispatching troops.
Hertzman, who was leaning on the desk and staring at the map, said happily: "Now these Soviets are unable to fly. Although it is difficult to annihilate one of their troops, we will still succeed."
Although the chief of staff had some doubts, he still agreed: "As long as this Soviet army is wiped out by us, the power of the anti-German gangsters in Belarus will be greatly frustrated."
"I hope so, but it takes so much effort to eliminate just a thousand people. I'm afraid they still have an army of 10,000! We will still lose a lot of people."
"Maybe, maybe not." The chief of staff guessed: "I really don't believe that they are all elite troops. Logically, they must absorb a large number of local residents. As far as I know, a farmer must be trained into a soldier. Our army is temporarily
Is it possible for them, the Soviets, to have no less than twenty-four weeks? Maybe we are facing their elite troops, and as for other combat effectiveness, I'm afraid they are not very high."
This means that Herzman was really impatient to hear it, so he became more confident. He pressed on the red area on the map and said excitedly: "As long as our artillery blows up this place, even if their soldiers are of high quality, they will not
Stop the artillery bombardment! Now that our existing troops have exceeded three thousand, we will definitely succeed in tomorrow's offensive."
The chief of staff stepped forward and said: "In order to win tomorrow, we must remain fully vigilant tonight." He pointed to the area south of the target, "In some battlefields, the Soviet army's stubborn resistance is very fierce. We are now encircling
The same may be true for the enemy. But we cannot rule out the possibility that they will break through. With all due respect to the division commander, if they retreat to the south, we must stop them, otherwise we may not be able to wait for the bombardment tomorrow morning."
It sounds reasonable. Hertzman is also afraid that the cooked duck will fly away.
"What should we do? We have to prevent them from escaping, so you want me to send troops back to their rear. But now our troops are not strong, and reinforcements are still on the way."
"Then let's move our regular troops over first. Although the Dongfang Battalion's group is incompetent in combat effectiveness, they can still contain them from the front. By 6 p.m., the friendly troops who are marching in a hurry will be in position. By then, we will only need the German soldiers to
They can be surrounded by iron barrels instead of the current confrontation."
Hertzman felt justified and immediately ordered a change of tactics.
The German infantry battalions originally stationed on both wings of the Soviet position began to move, and the Soviet army immediately noticed the unusual behavior of the German troops.
Tokov considered before the battle that the enemy would adopt encirclement tactics, and they really did!
"No, the enemy is going to surround me to death! Once the encirclement is completed, it will be terrible! If my company's true identity is known to them, I will lose my chance of winning!" Now, Tokov looked at his watch, and there was still no time.
At half past six, it was still dawn, and the dim sunlight shone on the earth through the cover of tree trunks and leaves.
The order was to stick to eight, but the battle situation was changing.
He immediately ordered the telegraph operator: "Send a message to Balzen now, telling him that our army is being surrounded by superior German forces and requests an immediate breakout before the encirclement is completed."
This was a matter of life and death, and the telegraph operator did not dare to neglect it, so Balzen's large army, which was retreating south, received such a warning.
At this moment, Balzen considered that it was getting late, so he ordered the troops to stop and make corrections. They started marching at around one in the afternoon and kept as fast as possible. Unfortunately, the troops were too tired, and the quagmire that began to overflow in the swamp area became a big one.
There was a huge obstacle. The team was hampered by a large number of wounded, and it only took a few days to cover a mere ten kilometers. Even so, Balzen still ordered a rest, because he knew that the soldiers' limit was about to be reached.
As a result, he received Tokov's request to retreat at this time.
"What? The enemy is encircling you? Are you requesting a retreat? How many enemies are there? What is your current situation?"
Tokov truthfully reported that although the willpower of soldiers will become a powerful fighting force, there are no bullets in the barrel, and all courage is only the courage of an ordinary man. Tokov did not want the entire company to return to the west, and he did not want to be too straightforward.
The so-called whole company encountered an enemy attack of about the size of a regiment, and barely blocked the enemy despite consuming a lot of ammunition. The soldiers were very tired and there were not many bullets left. The whole company could hold off the enemy for the time being, but collapse was imminent.
Based on this situation and considering that it was getting dark, Balzen thought for a while and decided that the order from the division headquarters was to withdraw the troops and bring as many people back as possible.
It was an infantry company with a strong combat capability, and Yevgeny here also knew what happened to his people. For the sake of his comrades, and even the future interests of the army, Tokov must try his best to get out of danger.
But if we abandon our position now, the Germans may pursue us, which is a huge danger.
Balzen could no longer control so much and ordered: "I have approved your request to retreat. Now launch a breakout and move closer to my position. My position is..."
After receiving such an order, Tokov issued the breakout order without hesitation.
The majority of soldiers were actually watching what their company commander would do, because everyone knew that the enemy was trying to encircle the area. It was too close to the German army, and being encircled here would probably be the end of everyone by tomorrow at the latest.
Tokov issued an order to reorganize the armaments. After making sure that everything was ready, he gave the order and the entire company of soldiers jumped out of the trenches.
No one shouted "Ula", the whole company's officers and soldiers were running wildly, including some guys carrying injured comrades on their backs, and people carrying stretchers.
The submachine gunners were leading the way, killing people in their own way.
The Germans, who were unprepared for the Soviet breakout, did not immediately block the attack, perhaps because the soldiers could not immediately block the attack with strong firepower, or perhaps they were frightened in the previous battle.
At least some firepower still hit individual Soviet soldiers, which did not affect the evacuation of others. They were running wildly south, and those who were knocked down and injured were still trying to stop them as much as possible.
"No, the enemy is running away! Do they no longer want their position?" Speer held up his telescope and had no idea what the Soviets were doing.
On the other end of the radio, Drach emphasized that the enemy's troops were much larger than these people. "Perhaps part of the enemy is fleeing, and he may be interrupting our ongoing siege."
No matter what, the Soviet army was running south, and Speer immediately ordered his men to start pursuing them.
There was an infantry platoon that ran the fastest, but unfortunately they could not catch up with the enemy after chasing for a while. In the gun battle, these people could not take advantage, and they were gradually defeated and stopped moving forward.
The situation of the war changed dramatically again, and Herzmann had to ask Speer many times.
"Division Commander, there are at least a hundred Soviets running south. We are encircling them and are completely unprepared to stop the attack immediately. At least some of them still stay in the position."
"So what's going on with the Soviet positions now?" Hertzman asked loudly.
"There was no gunfire, it was extremely quiet! Those guys must be hiding!"
"Weren't you still having sporadic exchanges of fire with them just now? Why is it so quiet now that there is no human habitation?"
Speer didn't think much and still confirmed the division commander's speculation.
Rostad, the chief of staff on the side, had been listening to these words. Suddenly, a terrible thought came to his mind.
He tentatively asked the division commander: "I have a very bad premonition now. I'm afraid there are only a hundred people fighting against us. Now that they see that we are shrinking the encirclement, they simply ran away. I'm afraid their main force has already escaped."
Got it!"
"That can't be true!" Hertzman woke up in a daze. He turned over and asked, "Chief of Staff, do you believe what you say?"
"Maybe it's my nonsense, but isn't it Speer? The position is extremely quiet. Why don't we just do this and let the brave Eastern Volunteer Army make a tentative attack? There doesn't need to be many people, just a dozen people will do.
While there is still light in the sky, let’s go and find out.”
"Okay, let's do it!" Hertzman affirmed the decision while hesitating. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest
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