The battle was over, and the battlefield was in a mess. The village was full of corpses, mainly those of the German soldiers.
Yang Mingzhi only felt dizzy, as if the soldiers had left no survivors at all. Some of these fallen corpses were caused by multiple gunshot wounds, and some were killed by explosions. During the battle, secret weapons were put into actual combat, and those steel pipes fired
The light rockets that came out look really good.
This kind of weapon can at least kill enemy combatants. As for tanks and armored vehicles, the effect is not good.
He and the soldiers walked to the scene where the villagers were executed. The situation here was also very bad.
When the villagers saw that it was their own people who were coming, many of them hugged the soldiers and cried loudly, and some cursed, saying that they had arrived too late.
Yes, it was a little late. Yang Mingzhi looked at the corpses on the ground. The enemy had just fired at the crowd indiscriminately. Among them were old people and children. Some of the wounded were covering their injured parts and groaning in pain.
"Military doctor! Military doctor?" Yang Mingzhi shouted loudly. After a while, several female soldiers with red cross armbands on their shoulders came.
"Why are you so slow? Our compatriots are bleeding." Yang Mingzhi was a little excited.
"However, if our soldiers are injured on the charge, we must treat them first."
Yang Mingzhi hesitated for a moment, but what he said was right. "Where is Besica? She is also a military doctor. Call me over."
The female soldier replied helplessly: "Besika, she and Natasha have already started to rescue the wounded soldiers."
At this time, Elena passed by, trying to remain calm.
"You men are always easily agitated. It is their duty to rescue wounded soldiers, and then to rescue ordinary citizens." Yelenkina patted Yang Mingzhi on the shoulder, "You, you should calm down with your soldiers first.
, the rest should be left to me."
Yang Mingzhi nodded. After all, Yelenkina was in charge of things other than fighting. Now that the fighting is over, it's time to clean up the battlefield immediately.
A battalion of troops maintained vigilance around the village, and inside the village, soldiers began to clear the battlefield.
Everything was just like Yang Mingzhi's initial request. The soldiers were collecting some useful things. Yelenkina also ignored the situation and announced to the surviving villagers that some of their belongings had been requisitioned.
Perhaps only the Eighth Route Army would not take every step from the masses. In the Soviet Union, Lenin formulated the Army-First policy under war conditions. Now that the Soviet-German war broke out, the Soviet Army still launched the Army-First policy.
The surviving villagers understood this, and they did not dare to disobey their great motherland and allowed the soldiers to take the bedding and fur clothes out of the houses and pile them on the ground.
While the soldiers were busy at work, Yang Mingzhi seemed to be very free. He and the officers gathered together and smoked cigarettes.
Balzen was a little nervous. His rash attack was indeed not the commander's order, and the commander did not get angry, so he asked weakly.
After hearing this, Yang Mingzhi blew out a bunch of smoke rings. "Barzen, as for you not attacking according to my order, this kind of thing is indeed against the regulations. But judging from the results, your unauthorized attack really saved a lot of lives."
The lives of the villagers. I am a very flexible person, don’t think of me as some pedantic general. You and your soldiers attacked decisively, catching the enemy by surprise, and we ended the battle quickly. This cannot be said to be a mistake, or,
You seized the opportunity. Judging from the results, this was a successful surprise attack."
After hearing this, Balzen breathed a sigh of relief and continued to ask: "But if the large army is also present, we can make a better strategy, so maybe we can have fewer casualties."
Yang Mingzhi shook his head: "There are casualties in wars, and it is an honor for us to die on our own land. Besides, if we start late, I will face the corpses of more than a hundred villagers."
Yang Mingzhi handed Balzen a cigarette and made some explanations to the gathered officers.
Therefore, wisdom and stupidity are often just a matter of thought. Yang Mingzhi did not encourage his subordinates to think that the general would not accept his fate, but asked them to keep their eyes wide open and look for opportunities. Here is the difference between wit and recklessness.
The officers listened incomprehensively, and Yang Mingzhi scratched his head. "Forget it, you should just follow the order. I will make a more detailed action plan in the future."
On the other hand, comforting the villagers has begun, and Yelentina is an expert in this field.
Yang Mingzhi felt that he had rested enough. He saw that the soldiers were still looking for useful things everywhere. "Really, my soldiers searched too carefully."
Complaints are complaints, the soldiers removed all the backpacks of the German soldiers. These backpacks contained their personal belongings, military rations, water bottles, engineer shovels, and circled quilts. These are standard equipment for German soldiers, and they also have a metal
The cylinder is actually a gas mask system.
Perhaps the Germans were overly concerned about this. None of the parties to the war used chemical weapons on a large scale. If the Soviet Union and Germany took the lead, the Soviet Union had a huge reserve of poison gas in its warehouses. In the end, the European war did not turn into a war.
Fight the scene where chlorine gas is floating everywhere.
The collected supplies were placed in a small open space in the village, where the bodies of the victims were also neatly placed.
"Sir, six of our troops were killed and twenty were injured. Thirty villagers were killed and twenty-five were injured."
Yang Mingzhi frowned, there were still soldiers who died in this battle. Of course, judging from the results, it was a complete victory, but the price of victory was another - ammunition. Grenades and light rockets consumed a lot, as did bullets.
However, these were not problems. The troops eliminated more than 180 enemies and prevented their escape. The forest was densely covered, and the sound of gunfire was difficult to spread far, so the operation was still quite secretive.
But the troops still met the villagers. Now that these people have discovered them, it is impossible to put them in such dire straits. How to resettle them is the responsibility of Yelentina.
"Send them all to the swamp. These people are all old and weak, and the young ones are also women. The young people can be trained as young soldiers, the young women as female soldiers, and the middle-aged and elderly people can also help."
Yang Mingzhi completely agreed. "I'll do as you say, but I really want to know who the Germans are going to hang."
Yelentina listened and smiled: "Of course they are guerrillas. But they are not pure guerrillas. A few months ago, they were also regular soldiers of the Soviet army."
Yang Mingzhi was shocked: "Could it be that the enemy came to capture the guerrillas, so they came here and chose to massacre them?"
Soon, Yelentina brought two people over. They were in ragged clothes, and their shoes could be seen as military shoes. When they saw the uniformed officers, the two people immediately saluted the military salute and reported their serial numbers.
Yang Mingzhi nodded: "I know that these two divisions were separated like us, so you are conducting guerrilla warfare here."
"Yes, sir, our team is hidden in this forest. There are more than sixty people!"
"What! You still have more than sixty people!"
The two men talked about their experiences. After the troops were broken up, everyone fled in all directions. Some soldiers gathered together to form a small force and used guerrilla warfare to attack the enemy. The locals sympathized with these soldiers and also hated the invaders very much.
This time the village suffered retaliation for harboring the guerrillas. The German troops from Qingxiang entered the village to search, and any villagers who encountered obstruction were shot. In this way, the villagers tolerated it and prayed that the enemy would not uncover the hidden guerrillas.
However, the Germans still succeeded, so they carried out public hangings. In fact, the Germans did not intend to kill all the villagers. They still needed to keep the villagers, who would be useful in the future.
Yang Mingzhi nodded vigorously, and suddenly someone asked: "More than ten days ago, there was a big explosion in the East. Were you responsible for that battle?"
"Yes, our 284th Guards Division did it." Yang Mingzhi said proudly.
"It turns out it's true! It turns out there really is a huge team like you still staying in Belarus!"
Yang Mingzhi didn't talk too much to this man, so forget about bragging. Now he only had a few simple questions. "Listen, comrade, since you have been fighting this group of enemies for a long time, which part of the German army are they?"
"
"It's the 707th Division of the German Army. They are responsible for the security in this area. They are typical security divisions. Last time you attacked them, you killed at least a thousand of them."
Yang Mingzhi nodded. If he had known about the actions of the German 707th Division in Belarus in the history of that dimension, he would not be as calm as he is now.
"Okay, comrade, you have also seen our huge troops. I am Berekov, deputy commander of the 284th Guards Division. This time we are going to attack the German army again. Are your guerrilla friends willing to join us?
"
The two of them asked to join almost without thinking, claiming to be familiar with geography. This was a rare guide, and Yang Mingzhi and Yelentina both supported it after exchanging opinions.
Therefore, the army made a temporary decision and assigned a hundred soldiers and ten war horses to load the supplies captured in this battle and retreat to the swamp. The surviving villagers followed the car, and they urgently transformed their carts into carriages.
More. Here, the most important thing is the more than one hundred quilts taken from the backpacks of German soldiers, and the more than one hundred pairs of good rubber-soled shoes.
The troops were divided, and those with lower combat effectiveness were evacuated. After the troop strength was reduced, the vitality was not reduced much.
The troops had to continue their march, and the rescued guerrillas were eager to join their ranks and then merge into one group to continue fighting.
Perhaps something like this will happen again in the future, and guerrilla groups of all sizes will eventually join forces one after another and eventually become a powerful force, and even a guerrilla republic, a union republic even recognized by Stalin.