Sometimes, the long-term comfort makes the soldiers feel that the war cannot even break out. Around Badijinskaya, it has become a huge military camp. The soldiers cut down trees, dug trenches, built communication trenches, etc. It has entered June.
, the shadow of war did not appear.
Yang Mingzhi's daily job is to teach soldiers how to use new weapons. For actual combat needs, he even demonstrated it in public. After two operations, the mound used as a target was completely flattened. Obviously, this kind of weapon does not have anti-tank capabilities.
, their performance is somewhat similar to the heavy artillery in the division.
What's even more gratifying is that this weapon only needs one person to operate it. The only thing to note is that no one is allowed to stand behind the shooter.
Because the special anti-tank battalion did not have a fixed position, Pugachev's order to Yang Mingzhi was to "put out fires" at any time. Yang Mingzhi really couldn't stand the Soviet army's long snake formation. This model was later used in the Battle of Kursk
was canceled and replaced by "anti-tank strongholds". This was exactly what he told everyone in the division headquarters at the beginning that anti-tank guns must be used intensively.
Forget it, just do your own thing. Anyway, after the war begins, Minsk will have more time to organize defenses.
After the war begins, the troops responsible for guarding Minsk will be classified as the Northwestern Front, commanded by General Kuznetsov, who will later become Marshal Timoshenko.
But Yang Mingzhi was also very clear about the outcome of the war. Defeat was inevitable. The 284th Infantry Division might have been able to brutally slaughter the German armored soldiers in the early stages of the war because of its RPG weapons, but it would stop when the projectiles were exhausted. After that, it would either resist until death or follow suit.
The large forces retreated towards the capital.
Of course death is not an option, but Yang Mingzhi does not doubt the fighting will of these old men.
Seeing that his wife Yang Tao was still washing his clothes and making his bed, Yang Mingzhi felt mixed emotions when he thought that she would have to endure the same suffering as the Soviets in the future.
"Xiao Tao, please stop cleaning now and come to me."
Yang Mingzhi hugged his young wife and said, "I really pity you because I brought you to this place because of my own will."
"It doesn't matter, I just need to follow you. This is the Soviet Union, and we are all comrades in the Anti-Japanese Alliance."
"Comrade, but the war in the future will be like nothing you have ever seen. It is not the Japanese sweeps we have experienced, nor is it the Japanese with hundreds of people searching the mountains to arrest us. You have already seen it when we came, many armored tanks,
Let me tell you, the enemy will have five thousand of these iron bastards to crush them. We may not be able to resist them, and we may even die in the Soviet Union for the sake of the cause of communism and the fight against fascism in the world."
Yang Mingzhi told the worst case scenario from the beginning, but the girl just snuggled into her husband's arms.
"Husband, as long as you remember your promise. We will not die, and you will lead the troops back to our country and beat all the little devils to death."
She felt relieved when she thought of this, and Yang Mingzhi was very pleased. In any case, this girl was with the Anti-Japanese Alliance and fought with the Japanese for nearly a year. Although she had never fought with a gun, she was also a good fighter. At least she knew how to fight against the Japanese.
Protect yourself in war.
In the military camp, some villagers who had not left sold their milk to the soldiers, which Yang Mingzhi must buy. Because it is far away from Minsk, nutritional supplements are difficult to buy, and fresh milk and yogurt are already a luxury.
In the eyes of the soldiers, their battalion commander was squandering his allowance. He drank some milk, and his wife drank more. He even bought some boiled eggs and fed them to her. All in all, this behavior was unique enough.
Just like what he told the soldiers.
In decades of arduous wars, the Chinese Communist Party has summed up the infantry tactics of the three-by-three system. Three people form a combat team, and an infantry squad is deployed in an inverted triangle, and so on.
At this moment, the Soviet army is still doing the same thing. The combat team has three in the front and two in the back. The frontal firepower has been strengthened. As a result, the flanks are very bad. It is too easy for the large group to be outflanked and eaten by the enemy.
Yang Mingzhi's foresight could only be used on his small number of troops. He would not abuse the Soviet top brass for a lot of pigs who would only be loyal to Stalin and not fight. Therefore, the war would make them the first to see Marx.
As time entered in June, the Soviet Union had completed its military expansion, and the total number of troops in Eastern Europe exceeded five million. However, the Soviet army did not take the risk of sending a large number of troops directly to the border, because this might trigger a war early. Because even at this moment, it seemed that the German army was under attack.
An attack was imminent, but Stalin and the higher-ups still expressed hope for peace.
In early June, Pugachev saw the latest intelligence from the military headquarters. The German armored divisions and motorized divisions had moved to the border. This was completely inconsistent with the previous intelligence. Stalin decided to make a desperate move, just before the war began.
Eight days later, a piece of news from TASS was published in the Soviet newspaper Izvestia.
"According to the rumors published by foreign media that the Soviet-German war is about to break out, Soviet officials believe that these are nonsense..." The implication is that they hope that the Germans will return to the negotiating table, but Germany did not respond at all, and armored forces continued to build up to the east.
Therefore, Stalin finally made up his mind that war was inevitable, all armies were ready for war, and the red button was pressed.
New orders were issued, and Pugachev issued orders to the troops to immediately reorganize their armaments.
"Comrades, the leader ordered us that the war is about to begin, and we must defend the great motherland at all costs." This is what the soldiers have been waiting to hear for a long time. At this time, Pugachev also made up his mind to completely abandon his illusions and fully prepare for the war.
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At this moment, Yang Mingzhi also held a meeting with his soldiers. The number of soldiers has now expanded to 550, including auxiliary health workers such as his wife Yang Tao. This is all the soldiers he can currently command, and they are equipped with
Most RPG rocket launchers (a few are separated for auxiliary defense) are also equipped with anti-tank guns, anti-tank grenades, light machine guns, PPSH38 submachine guns and other weapons.
Because of Yang Mingzhi's bad taste, he even formed a professional sniper squad to shoot at the driver windows of enemy tanks.
Seeing that everyone had gathered, Yang Mingzhi held a trumpet rolled up with paper and shouted: "Soldiers, the war is about to begin. You must be mentally prepared. The weapons in your hands are unique among the six million people in the Soviet army."
.Every one of you has the potential to become a tank killer. As long as we destroy the German tanks, our position will be safe."
Hurray! Hurray! The soldiers shouted. The battalion commander was very confident, and the soldiers were also confident after seeing the experiments of their own weapons.
But Yang Mingzhi's so-called self-confidence is more of a cover-up, so he knows that when he tells the cruel reality, the political commissars will be the first to jump out unhappy, accusing it of being an act of cholera military morale. Fortunately, the special anti-tank battalion has
The political commissar had no use except talking nonsense and shouting slogans to excite the soldiers. But he knew that Pugachev could listen to his words.
The war was about to begin, and now Pugachev needed Belekov's predictions about the future too much. For this reason, he sent out political commissars. There were only two people in the division. He asked his Belekov to talk about some cruel topics.
He poured a glass of kvass and brought it to Yang Mingzhi. "Drink it, Comrade Berekov, I bought this from Minsk. It will be difficult to drink it again during the war."
Lao Maozi's national drinks of vodka and kvass made Yang Mingzhi feel that kvass was better. After drinking it in one gulp, he followed Pugachev's wishes and sighed.
Suddenly, the old man suddenly became serious: "Berekov, tell me, what will the future look like and how will the German army attack?"
Yang Mingzhi was also startled by the drastic change in this guy's expression, but when asked about the future, he had no choice but to speak. "Comrade Commander, you believe that I come from the future, but maybe many people will think of me when they know about my existence.
Lars****, the wizard of the Tsar. Now let me tell you the real history. The German army will attack at three o'clock in the morning on June 22. Five million troops and more than 5,000 armored vehicles will break through the border. We are simply unable to parry it."
As he spoke, Yang Mingzhi pointed in the direction of Minsk. "That will be one of the key offensive targets of the German army. We are the second ring of the entire Soviet defense line. Soon after the war begins, we will face the German armored cluster. If you ask me
, did we hold on? I can tell you, no!"
"Did we not resist the enemy's attack?"
Yang Mingzhi nodded. He walked under the hanging map and pointed. "Look here, this is the offensive direction of the German Army Group Center. The Army Group North to which we now belong will be defeated, and more than 500,000 people will be killed."
captive."
"No! Even if I die in battle, I will not be a prisoner!" Pugachev shouted.
Yang Mingzhi turned around and smiled: "Of course, I know the integrity of Comrade Commander. At the same time, I never intended to die or be captured."
Minsk is on the only road to Moscow. It is also a relatively large city and a transportation hub.
"Our enemy will be Marshal von Bock, the key point of the German army. His subordinates include Guderian, Holt and Rommel, all of whom are the best generals in the German army." Yang Mingzhi leaned on the table and looked at Pugachev: "
Comrade Division Commander, what we are facing is actually the most elite unit of the German army, and the battle in the future will be very difficult. Therefore, we are destined to suffer heavy losses. What awaits you, Division Commander, is to either choose to fight to the last man, or make a strategic retreat."
Pugachev was in a conflicted mood and gave up before fighting. "Be prepared for the worst, so you can deal with difficulties frankly. Is that what you mean?" he asked.
Yang Mingzhi really didn't think much about it. He was eager to have a fight with Guderian and use an RPG rocket launcher to give him a taste of the punishment of the Japanese. But he still had a great mission, how could he die in vain, so Yang Mingzhi set his sights on Minsk.
Surrounding geography.
"Comrade Division Commander, we should be able to stop the enemy's first round of attacks, but after that, as our anti-tank weapons were severely depleted, we were no longer able to continue the counterattack. Naturally, we were left with a mantis as a chariot. Therefore, Division Commander, you must make two preparations and choose
What kind of way to break out."
Yang Mingzhi gave two options. The first was to retreat with the large troops towards the capital, but it could easily lead to a rout. The second was to retreat into the forest west of Minsk, so Yang Mingzhi decisively came up with the second option.
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"Retreat and flight will inevitably occur. The entire front line will collapse. We will lose millions of front-line troops, but we defended the capital and annihilated 300,000 enemies. As for our 284th Division, after suffering heavy losses, I am afraid that
There is only one way to retreat to the forest."
At this moment, Pugachev was listening to the Chinese preaching. He seemed to be a military strategist. It seemed that there was no way to retreat to the forest. The German army would break through the neighboring troops and the 284th Infantry Division would be surrounded. Yang Mingzhi talked about why the Soviet Union
The armored troops are vulnerable, because the Soviet tanks are indeed vulnerable. The T-26 tanks have thin skin and big stuffing, and they will be massacred by enemy tanks. The only effective T-3476 and KV2 big heads, their deployment is either temporarily limited, or they are
Serious mechanical failure.
As for the enemy, they were mainly armored troops and had no time to care about the forest. After massacring the Soviet tanks, they continued to advance towards Moscow.
"As long as we retreat to the forest, we can settle down. After that, we will use the forest as a base with the troops who encountered the same situation. We will attack the Germans in enemy-occupied areas. This is my plan. At least we will not die in this way.
, we will not be known as deserters, and we can even achieve greater results, such as bombing railways everywhere and destroying the enemy's supply lines."
This is the so-called guerrilla warfare. Pugachev listened very seriously. Perhaps this is the most ideal choice.
"Okay, okay, you go down. I hope it won't be like that."
This Belekov really humiliated the Soviet army. Will the great Soviet Red Army suffer a shameful defeat? This kind of thing comes from the tone of this so-called future man, but it also seems very reasonable.
War was inevitable, and Pugachev looked at the map of the Soviet Union and fell into deep thought. In any case, the war had not yet begun, and everything was still unknown.