The Soviets abandoned their positions and ran away, leaving only a pile of corpses and a worthless trench. 23US.
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The 7th Division quickly received the news from Saffir, and now it was the division commander's turn to hesitate.
In the division headquarters, division commander Florid called all the staff officers and briefly said: "The enemy has fled, they must be retreating to the south! Now we have two options before us, one is to withdraw the entire army
, we continue to chase the other one.”
Choice! Another damn choice! These staff officers will never forget the tragedy two months ago. The chief of staff even said with emotion: "Those Soviets are too cunning. They are the most elite troops of the Soviet army. Just relying on us
We can't win at all, and I'm afraid we can't even bring those idiots from the 707th Division with us. So, let me just withdraw."
"Then what the chief of staff means is that the three battalions we sent just wandered into the forest for a circle, because the Soviets ran away and our security was lifted, so we are still squatting comfortably in our positions."
Naturally, the chief of staff heard the thorn in this statement and retorted. Unfortunately, he ordered the troops to retreat on the grounds of protecting the troops, but not many people accepted his decision.
The current staff of the 7th Division seems to be divided into two groups, and each has its own rhetoric. What's worse is that in the eyes of the division commander, both of their opinions are reasonable.
Floride knocked on the table to silence the noisy fellows.
"Okay, gentlemen, we suffered huge losses in the previous battle. The Chief of Staff was also concerned about the safety of our soldiers. How can you think that he was frightened by the enemy? But the Chief of Staff's suggestions are too conservative. If we end up eating
Losing this Soviet army will be very beneficial to our future."
"That's right! Division Commander, we must think about the future." The staff officer advised: "The enemy fought for a whole day, and the 707th Division consumed at least hundreds of them. The remaining Soviet troops must be in very bad physical condition. Even if
They are very familiar with the geography of this area, and they cannot travel very far at night. After all, if one person not only engages in high-intensity combat for dozens of hours but also does not sleep, their spirit will collapse first. By then, the total strength of our army will be as high as
Three thousand people are three or four times the number of the enemy. Although the quality of individual soldiers may be poor, the strength and weapons and equipment can still make up for it."
Originally, Florid was the main combatant, and the words of the friendly 707th Division spoke directly to his heart.
"We lost as many as 3,000 people last time! The bodies of the fallen soldiers piled up like mountains. If our German soldiers hadn't died too many, the superiors wouldn't have sent a large number of Eastern volunteers. All of this was done to worship the Soviet army.
As a matter of fact, now they are at their weakest, and we can just destroy them!"
"But! Commander, you should understand that the enemy's combat power is very fierce. If we send out three thousand people to destroy him, we must ask our superiors for orders." The chief of staff pleaded.
Although he was thinking about the entire infantry division, the current atmosphere was that the main war faction had the upper hand. There was no need for democracy in the army. The so-called military orders were overwhelming. Floride was too eager for revenge, so he simply came one this time.
Cut first and play later.
He reprimanded the chief of staff: "Freitag, you are still too conservative! Now I have decided that this opportunity must be seized! I will inform the people of the 707th Division now! This time we cannot be like last time.
, we waited until the 715th Division had already started fighting with the enemy, and then we sold it out. This time we must cooperate with new friendly forces!"
Seeing that he was so decisive, the chief of staff said no more. Maybe he was worrying too much? Judging from the current situation, the enemy's surprise attack in the morning was indeed very effective, but now it is at the end of its efforts.
He shrugged and finally relaxed: "Since everyone else is willing to fight, then I will support it. I hope we can really avenge our shame this time. But I still hope that the group army will know about our actions."
Floride also smiled and said, "The chief of staff also supported it. Our division is determined to win the battle. As for reporting to the superiors, we are in a tense situation. The invading enemy of our army exchanged fire, and the troops pursued the remnant enemy.
Enter the forest. In this way, as long as the superiors know that we finally won the battle, all sins and responsibilities will be wiped out!"
At this point, Florid couldn't help but reprimanded the friendly 707th Division for the stupid thing they had done in the past, which was to kill good people and take credit for their merits. He even emphasized that once they win this time, they will annihilate the elite Soviet army of 1,000 people left in Belarus.
The troops are of unparalleled value.
In this way, the 7th Division had already discussed it, and Floride informed the hesitant Hertzmann of the 707th Division about his decision to pursue the pursuit.
Unlike the word "war" that was shouted at the headquarters of the 7th Division, the 707th Division really fell into a larger-scale discussion. The reason is simply because this infantry division suffered the most casualties in today's battle!
Hertzman calculated carefully and found that Lotharheim's regiment was crippled. Although his battalion, led by the battalion commander named Lawrence, was the first to retake the position, the regiment proved that it was not completely wiped out. They still lost six people.
into an army.
As for Lemberg's and Bach's regiments, the casualties were also terrible.
Some staff officers were almost broken and fell into inferiority complex without hesitation. "Is it possible that the German soldiers in our division have withered away, and the remaining vacancies are filled by these Eastern volunteers of various nationalities? Is this still a German army?
?”
In grief and anger, only the main combat faction still urged the division commander to continue ordering the frontline troops to advance.
Putting aside the losses of troops and logistics problems, the 707th Division currently faces only two purely military problems. One is where the enemy is, and the other is whether to pursue or withdraw.
The first problem was not a problem at all. The frontline troops all had hunting dogs, and they were already eager to try. Fortunately, they were held by chains, otherwise they would all run away.
As for the second question, Hertzman and many staff members understand that it is difficult to maintain an absolute advantage over the enemy with their own troops alone. Currently, Hertzman only hopes that he can have a 100% certainty of victory.
Fight or retreat? Continuing to fight is risky. If we retreat, it will simply prove that the 707th Division is a fool and a coward from top to bottom!
Therefore, the commander of the 7th Division personally called. After Hertzman answered the call, he tentatively said: "Sir, the enemy just escaped. We have suffered too much loss today, so I think..." At this point, he deliberately hesitated.
stand up.
But Hertzman did not hesitate and yelled directly: "Do you, the 707th Division, want to always be cowards, or are you now going to take revenge with our 7th Division? You were confident about annihilating the enemy a few hours ago, why are you hesitant now?"
Now I can no longer take care of you, Commander Hertzman, please take care of yourself. If you are unwilling to pursue, then retreat and my people will continue to advance."
Being so aroused by him, Hertzman also became angry: "What did I do? The online conversation is not over yet! Now I clearly tell you that I will give orders to the frontline troops now, and we will cooperate to continue the pursuit! I don't believe it.
The Soviets are all supermen. When our army catches up with them, we will use our strength to annihilate them all!"
Before the phone call, the two division commanders were actually willing to continue fighting even when they doubted each other. After this heated conversation, the two of them were able to unite the front.
At this time, there is only one voice in the headquarters of the 707th Division, and that is battle! (To be continued...)