Chapter 952 The German Army Stationed in Bai Niu Village
On the map, a junction of two streams caught Yang Mingzhi's attention. The order given to all non-combatants required them to move to this point to rest and wait.
Yang Mingzhi estimated that even if he fought thousands of enemies, the fighting would not last long. The biggest purpose of this operation was to rescue the prisoners of war, and the secondary task was to eliminate the enemy's effective forces as much as possible. Even if the former's combat goal was not
To achieve this, we must also eliminate the enemy as much as possible.
All non-combatants have set off, and the combat troops led by Yang Mingzhi have also begun a new journey.
He was very glad that he had not attacked rashly, that he had encountered a hidden resistance army, and that he had met a powerful enemy.
Even if the enemy controls a road, the map shows that it is not an important communication line. Belarus's road transportation network is already very poor, and good-quality roads are mainly in the north. The southern part of this union republic is almost covered by virgin forest.
The strategic value of the road controlled by the German army is very limited, and its existence can only serve as an auxiliary to the German army.
On the map, the standard German villages and strongholds are very scattered compared to the vast forests. This allows the guerrillas to make good use of the landforms here, and the German troops have to gather around each stronghold.
Balzen led the reconnaissance battalion to dispatch before the main force as usual. They formed a huge search net and advanced towards Bainiu Village.
The reconnaissance battalion has contributed a large amount of rations, ammunition, and even a company of troops to escort the evacuation of non-combatants. In this way, the combat effectiveness of this battalion has declined greatly. With high morale, the soldiers are fearless.
There are still just over 400 men left in the army, and Balzen is full of confidence. At least some of his men still have RPGs available. With this kind of weapon, it is a complete tactical crushing against poorly equipped enemies.
He received an order that the reconnaissance company must dare to go to the outskirts of Bainiu Village before dark and immediately investigate the enemy's situation.
The target is on their way, and they are approaching quietly.
So, what about the enemy?
The German army did transform Bainiu Village. Originally, this village was a common village hidden in the forest in Belarus. Before the war, its population was just over a hundred people, and its farmhouses and cultivated land were therefore very limited.
After the war broke out, the German army advanced along the discovered dirt road and immediately occupied the village after passing by it. They first searched for the Jews and provided supplies on the spot. The German army did not find the Jews, but shot anyone who dared to oppose them in grabbing food.
Like villages of all sizes in Belarus, the German army immediately identified a village chief after taking control of it.
Now, the whole of Belarus can be said to have fallen. The German army took away the villagers of Bainiu Village and eliminated some people who did not want to leave. All this is because they discovered the huge value of this village-it can be transformed into a prisoner of war camp.
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The village is surrounded by tall trees, and timber resources have always been needed by the army. The village is adjacent to the highway, and transportation is also very convenient.
At the beginning, the officers and soldiers of the 734th Division stationed in this area carried axes to cut down trees and build new strongholds. As the first batch of prisoners of war were sent over, the logging work was naturally handed over to these people. As long as they were promised food, they worked very hard.
Work. After all, anyone who is unwilling to cooperate will be shot directly.
As a result, the area of Bainiu Village became larger and larger, and the number of prisoners of war living there exceeded 2,000. With such a large number of people, and the fact that guerrillas were indeed hidden in this forest, puppet troops were also stationed here under the pressure of clearance.
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The German 734th Infantry Division is a security force, so their equipment is average, with few heavy weapons and not many machine guns. Most of the soldiers are equipped with Mauser rifles produced in 1941.
As for the puppet troops, the "Oriental Volunteers", there is a battalion of puppet troops stationed here. They are Poles recruited in the occupied Belarusian territory, with a strength of 500.
Before 1939, the land west of Pinsk was Polish territory. When Poland was attacked by the Soviet Union and Germany, western Poland became part of Belarus. The Poles hated the Soviet Union more than they hated Germany. That was a conflict that lasted for five hundred years.
national hatred!
They were happy to take care of and supervise the work of Soviet prisoners of war, but their weapons and equipment were more ordinary. Five hundred people only had 500 Mosin Nagants, and the ammunition was only a basic amount.
As for Medvedev's claim that he saw these enemies possess two tanks, and some half-track armored vehicles. They do exist!
In the early days of the war, the German army retained a large number of Panzer 1 and Panzer 2 tanks. These early tanks had been following the more powerful Panzer III tanks in the offensive. When the war became more intense and new anti-tank weapons appeared, these tanks
Had to withdraw from the second line.
Both of these two No. 2 tanks have a 37mm gun, and their greatest use has now changed from combat to being tractors - responsible for pulling overturned trees.
As for the situation in Bainiu Village, Balzen and Yang Mingzhi have no idea. Since the German army has heavy weapons and a large number of troops, it may be a fierce battle in the future.
Yang Mingzhi’s high priority is very correct! Langemann, the German battalion commander stationed in Bainiu Village, received the order from the division commander. In fact, because the entire division was dispersed and the enemy’s situation was unclear, the German army could only order troops from various places to stay in their own defense area.
alert.
The originally somewhat lazy German army was ordered to set up a defensive line to defend their stronghold. After all, they had nothing to do except this.
Langemann did not think that he would be attacked by guerrillas. The total number of combatants under his command was more than a thousand. The two tanks used as tractors were re-armed, but they only had ten rounds of shells. He even sent five tanks to
Half-track armored vehicles serve as mobile firepower for ready support.
The defense line was built in strict accordance with German army regulations, except that the people who dug the trenches became prisoners of war.
These poor Russians, they think that the war is imminent, as if the large forces have already fought back, otherwise the German army would not force themselves to dig trenches. The trenches are not just as simple as digging holes, they also require reinforcements with wooden poles, Z
The font-shaped trench completely surrounded the concentration camp, with a large number of wooden stakes nailed to the outside of the trench and a barbed wire fence!
The German army is usually very rigorous in doing things, and Langerman basically completed it in one day. He proudly reported to his regimental commander that he had repaired the defense line and that the prisoners of war were well taken care of.
His superiors gave him no praise, but only warnings of multiple serious attacks.
"These guerrillas are coming with great force! Are they really coming from the swamp? Impossible, the straight-line distance is nearly a hundred kilometers!" Langerman must obey the orders of his superiors. The superiors also
The attack was described as very serious, and he had to be more vigilant.
One of the targets of the enemy's attack was the prisoner-of-war camp, and they wanted to rescue the captured personnel! One of the places attacked was more than 30 kilometers away from Bainiu Village.
After the prisoners of war completed their work, they were strictly confined in the prisoner of war camp. In order to stabilize the prisoners of war, they shot more than a dozen people with so-called anti-German tendencies, hoping that this would make the prisoners of war fearful.
Langemann's battalion and the puppet battalion were so ready for battle that a portion of them spent the night in the trenches after learning of the latest attack.
The new day seemed to be uneventful. Throughout the morning and afternoon, the Germans found nothing. The German soldiers guarding the trenches became increasingly tired. In the forest where their guns were aimed, only the birds were chirping alone.
When night fell, the soldiers who were patrolling the forest outside Bainiu Village also returned.
If the German battalion commander Langemann made the biggest mistake, it was undoubtedly this!