Just by blowing up the rails, the Germans would naturally have a way to quickly repair them. Railway transportation in this era was backward, the locomotives were generally steam locomotives, and the rails were just a mixture of rails and sleepers. The so-called sleepers were also real wood!
As long as the moving train is attacked and the entire train is derailed, with the whole train lying on the rails, the Germans will be exhausted from the huge cleanup work! Especially the heavy front locomotive, transporting him away will be very time-consuming and laborious!
Looking at the map, Yang Mingzhi said: "The railway in Mozyr will be connected all the way to Kiev. It is an important railway line! If it remains interrupted for a long time, the German army's supplies will not be transported to Kiev through this line."
"Moreover, it is a two-way street!" Peronisky added, "If we blow up the railway in one attack, we can cut off its north-south traffic. For this reason, the German army had to choose a detour. Especially the goods transported from Minsk, they
Unless you choose to turn west in Mozyr and travel along the Pripet River until Pinsk and then enter Ukraine!
In this way, if I were the German army, I would choose not to take this route. From Minsk, the supplies from Vilnius will go south through the city southwest of Minsk, Baranovichi!
Therefore, if we can blow up the Mozyr-Chenobi railway section for a long time, the German army's strategic transportation will also have to make major adjustments!"
His statement was astonishing. Yang Mingzhi’s face was glued to the map. These red and blue stripes were traffic lines. Everything was as he said. As long as one section of the railway could not be used, the Germans would have to
Going in circles!
This circle will be particularly astonishing. Through regular measurement, the German army had to travel an extra 300 kilometers to transport supplies from Minsk to Kiev!
What is this concept? The fastest speed of a steam locomotive in this time and space is only sixty kilometers per hour. Considering that the German army had to face the harassment of guerrillas, they would not move so fast. Their actual speed was only forty kilometers per hour.
About 300 kilometers more, which is equivalent to an extra seven hours of delay!
Yang Mingzhi stood up straight, his heart unable to calm down for a long time.
"Peronisky, you are not an easy guerrilla leader! I think you have the potential to be a staff officer! Now I understand that our attack on the railway system has such a big effect!"
"That's not all!" Peronisky pointed to some nodes of the Pripet River and the Dnieper River with a smile, "There must be bridges in these areas! They are iron bridges and can only be broken by using a large amount of explosives!
We didn't have such strength in the past! Now I believe our army already has this strength."
"Of course we have it! Last year we bombed the railway bridge over Chernobyl, which already reduced the German transport capacity!" Yang Mingzhi paused and said to himself: "This time my plan can be revised. I
We have to destroy the railway and rescue the prisoners of war. The two plans must be executed together!"
Peronisky was in a very excited mood. As an old guy who had been fighting guerrillas for nearly a year, he had long been holding back his revenge!
He said with praise: "After all, you are the commander of the army! You have the right to order such a task, but our 63rd Army is still at the size of a division. What our army needs is a large number of troops.
You gave me the establishment of an independent battalion. Of course I don’t want to be just a battalion commander! Those rescued prisoners of war, I hope the military commander can also share some of them with me. In the end, my battalion expanded rapidly and I was successfully promoted. By the time
The army has really reached the standard size of a group army, and I am willing to be a regiment commander under you!"
This flattery makes Yang Mingzhi very comfortable.
In the current situation, my lieutenant general is really unworthy of his reputation, unless the army really has a hundred thousand troops! Instead of hoping that the refugees who will escape will have a large number of young men, it is better to go directly to the prisoner of war camp to rob people!
Yang Mingzhi said with satisfaction: "So, you, Comrade Peronisky, must be my guide in this battle! As long as this operation is done well, all the prisoners of war rescued will be given to you. If a thousand people are rescued, I will immediately ban you."
Be the leader!"
"This... Commander, are you kidding me?" Peronisky's lips trembled in surprise.
"How could it be a joke? I am the commander! Now is the time to hire people, and the strategic plan you just made has impressed me!" Yang Mingzhi patted him on the shoulder three times: "That's it! I'm looking forward to your performance!
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In just one morning, Yang Mingzhi's next step was completely determined in his mind.
The Mozyr-Chenoby Railway on the map is actually so important. Just like blowing up a bridge, explosives are not randomly planted. They must be buried in important load-bearing bridge piers, so that the entire bridge can be destroyed with a small amount of explosives.
The same goes for the so-called destruction of the German railway system! Frequent attacks on this section will drive the German logistics department crazy! So much so that all material transportation from Belarus to Ukraine will encounter major obstacles.
More importantly, the second Battle of Kharkov in history is about to break out. Let’s not talk about how the Soviet army fought in this battle in this time and space. In short, the German army must desperately increase its troops, so it is very likely that according to the original history
The direction of the war eventually led to the Battle of Stalingrad, that is, a great battle from the Don River Valley to the Caucasus Mountains.
In order to fight, the German army must gather a large amount of supplies. The military supplies they collected from Belarus will be continuously transported to Ukraine.
From a geographical point of view, there are only two lines of railway transportation between Belarus and Ukraine. Destroying the railway at the Mozyr-Chenobi node is not equivalent to breaking an arm of the German army?
Obviously, this operation seems to be a general guerrilla behavior of bombing railways. If railway bombing can be regarded as a "daily task", it can trigger a qualitative change!
In any case, the 63rd Army currently belongs to the Southwest Front's order of battle! Reducing the logistics efficiency of the German army will indirectly enhance the offensive of the Front Army!
This broken railway line really cannot be destroyed without blowing up!
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At lunch, Yang Mingzhi couldn't bear to eat anymore. After figuring out the strategic and tactical plans, he immediately sat down at the desk, took out his notebook and started making plans.
The combat mission requirements were written out one by one, and as usual he wrote them in great detail.
Naturally, the battle was no longer just as simple as attacking the railway. The Leopovka mentioned by Peronisky was also written in the strategic plan. And capturing the German concentration camp was the final combat mission.
Everything seems to be going well, but the final attack on Leopovka is still too close to Mozyr! There are many German troops stationed here now! What is their strength? Will it be like before?
Attracting the Germans to mobilize in full force?
The 63rd Army is not afraid of battles, it is afraid of untimely and too large-scale battles!
"No! In order to prevent the battle from expanding, I still have to make a plan! If tens of thousands of people are organized to fight again, I have to find a way to eliminate all the invading enemies. If the enemy is too close to the village, I must also think of evacuation.
People’s affairs…”
Yang Mingzhi immersed himself in writing meticulously, and the way he neglected food and sleep had to worry the commander and staff.
I don't know when, a piece of bread and a glass of milk were placed on his desk. This was made by Sorkina. The woman was surprised that her superior was completely unaware of all this! She had to go there in anger.
to the cafeteria.
Yang Mingzhi finally completed his brief combat mission charter, and even made a brief plan for the candidates to participate in the operation!
"Oh! There's only one military meeting left!" Yang Mingzhi stretched his body comfortably and suddenly saw the delicacies on the table. He didn't need to guess too much to know who sent it.