Yang Mingzhi's offensive was launched at the same time as the parachute battalion. What he faced was not the barracks, but some special buildings!
These are heavy concrete buildings, and the explosion shock wave can be described as tickling them. Because these buildings are none other than the bodies of killing factories.
The firelight illuminated the entire Leopovka red, which was more effective than flares.
Yang Mingzhi waved his right fist and ordered the entire army to charge towards the building with the chimney. He himself, and even Natasha and Yang Tao, also joined the charge.
The girls roared in their high-pitched voices, clutching their rifles and followed behind the crazy man.
During this offensive, the Germans did not have any decent defensive measures at all. They just fired some shots randomly. It is not known whether anyone was injured.
Anyway, as long as there is abnormal fire in the direction of attack, it will be covered by fire.
The RPG players in the team first bombarded the enemy's machine gun fortress, regardless of whether there were enemies there. Under the firelight, the fortress surrounded by sandbags was clearly visible. The violent explosion caused by the missiles destroyed such a position. The machine guns were disabled and the fortress was lost.
significance.
All potential firepower points were blown up, and the attacking soldiers were no longer able to stop them. All personnel of the reconnaissance battalion began to enter the death camp.
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At this moment, in the night of Leopovka, a thick column of smoke gradually rose in the sky. It spread high into the sky and formed a huge black river. It covered the moon and starlight, and floated extremely slowly towards Mozyr.
The sound of gun explosions was already very low when it was heard fifteen kilometers away, but the dull vibration of the earth was felt by everyone.
The people living in the city got up one after another, and they suddenly saw that the sky in the west was illuminated red, as if the forest was on fire!
The headquarters of the German 734th Division is not in this city. What remains here is one of its logistics units and a large number of pseudo-military police. The Mozyr garrison, which was the first to observe the explosion and fire, quickly determined that the location of the accident was in the column.
Opovka. This is definitely not an accident. The soldiers clearly judged the sound of gunfire. It was a military attack!
It was just after two o'clock when Borisman, commander of the 734th Division, was awakened from his sleep by guards who broke into his dormitory.
He was still a little angry and scolded the panicked soldiers.
"What's going on? Knock before entering! Don't tell me those damn guerrillas bombed our railway in the middle of the night!"
The soldier, still frightened, replied: "It's an attack! They attacked Leopovka! It's very close to the west of Mozyr! It may have fallen!"
As if he had been stabbed in the butt by a needle, Borismann, who was wearing pajamas, jumped out of bed instantly. Without taking off his pajamas, he casually put on his coat and ran to the division command room.
Now, although various regiments are on alert, including several "Eastern Volunteer Battalions" and security police battalions serving the German army. Borisman learned that the attack occurred half an hour ago, and it is now half past two, although everyone is there
In deep sleep, it would be unrealistic to pick up all the combatants under his command!
But he has an obligation to send troops to the location of the attack!
More than a dozen staff officers, including the chief of staff, quickly gathered at the division headquarters. At first, everyone only thought that the guerrillas had attacked the railway or train. They did not realize the seriousness of the situation until the division commander himself explained the situation.
"Gentlemen, those damn bandits appeared out of nowhere in large numbers and suddenly attacked Leopovka, our prisoner of war transfer station, which is now in flames!
They attacked late at night, and I am even worried now that the spearhead of their attack is actually Mozyr! After all, it is only a dozen kilometers away from the city!"
"Impossible! How dare the guerrillas attack the city? What do they rely on? We have thousands of people stationed in Mozyr!" the chief of staff interrupted without hesitation.
"Yeah! I don't think so either, but they may already be taking action! Thinking about what we encountered yesterday, I now have reason to believe that the enemy has sent multiple troops to attack us! So, this effect can be achieved
, who else could it be?”
Suddenly, everyone's eyes were fixed on the huge regional map spread out on the huge table in the division headquarters. However, this detailed map was blank in the huge area where the Pripet River and the Dnieper River met. It was only marked in German.
The words "Russian 284th Infantry Division" were added.
Many staff members took a brief look at it, and they all made shocking and unanimous judgments.
Borisman held the table and said sadly: "Gentlemen, it seems that we have faced a huge crisis. The Russians have sent a large number of troops. They are no longer thinking about attacking in the direction of Gomel, but us! With Mo
Mozyri is the center of the area! I still don’t know what their combat purpose is? It may be to attack and destroy communication lines everywhere in our territory, or it may be to directly attack Mozyri!
These Russians are very cunning and very tenacious in combat. I think it is difficult to fight against them with our strength alone!
So, I am determined that we will not face them alone today!"
Borisman didn't have a very good idea. The Russian 284th Division, after studying many major local battles in southern Belarus over the past year, found that this unit had a special liking for night attacks, and their movement speed was also very fast!
They were also very good at guerrilla warfare in the forest, which was very detrimental to the German army.
Borisman immediately ordered his main regiment to get up immediately, rectify their equipment, and organize defenses in the defense area. One of the infantry regiments and the only artillery battalion rushed towards Mozyr as quickly as possible with their heavy equipment.
As for the defenders of Mozyr, this German division had a logistics force of 3,000 people. Their equipment was very poor. Even if they were only equipped with rifles, they were all mobilized. Originally, this city had a certain amount of city defense construction.
Machine guns and mortars have been set up at intersections. Some logistics troops have also set up temporary defensive positions outside the city, especially in the west of the city where the defense is strongest.
But Borisman also knows that with this kind of defense alone, if faced with a huge number of superior enemies, the defense will still be very difficult. He has to divide his troops and go straight to the burning Leopovka!
A police battalion used to combat guerrillas and ensure security in the occupied areas acted as cannon fodder. Their battalion commander was a Polish man, and most of his subordinates were Polish. In fact, this force was the former Polish Defense Force. They hated
Germany also hated the Soviet Union and was even more disdainful of the Jews. They did not want to suffer in prisoner of war camps, so they listened to Germany's propaganda against the Bolsheviks and cooperated with them to fight against the Soviet Union. This gave them a reason to continue fighting.
At three o'clock in the morning, the commander of the police battalion Rakovsky summoned his troops. He ignored the Germans who had already begun to defend the city, but pointed to the burning place in the west and shouted: "Gentlemen, the Russians are attacking.
That's our prisoner of war camp! The Russians are attacking there and they're going to rescue more Russians! Gentlemen! Once those damn Russians take up arms again, they're going to attack us! Now I've been authorized,
Let's rush there with the whole battalion and kill every Russian, even the prisoners! Now, follow me."
He thought his words were impassioned, and he didn't know how many of his subordinates could be moved. But one thing Rakovsky knew very well was that the Germans treated him and his more than 500 brothers as cannon fodder.
The Russians are coming with ferocity. Since they can hit Leopovka, the defenders there are not enough to feed the Russians. It would be even more dangerous to go there by yourself! Because there must be thousands of prisoners of war there! These prisoners of war picked up
How could hundreds of people of mine be able to deal with the weapons that were used to kill people?
At the same time, the astute Rakovsky also understood that the Germans sent him to fight basically as a show. The division commander never expected to defeat the enemy who was setting fire, and it was probably just a show in order to show him
The boss communicates.
So, what reason do you have for marching along the railway?
Therefore, this group of Poles deliberately slowed down their pace. They ran out of the city and fell into the darkness. At this point, Rakovsky immediately ordered to walk slowly! They were moving at a walking speed, and it would take a long time to reach their destination at such a slow pace.
It's dawn! They are doing things in such a leisurely manner to preserve their strength.