In the vast Ukrainian steppes, an unprecedented scale of encirclement and annihilation was underway. Guderian's troops continued to move south, cutting off the connection between the besieged Soviet troops and the follow-up troops.
The Soviet army has become a mess, and even the headquarters cannot communicate well with the various units. Many divisions are fighting independently. They often face German units that have concentrated superior forces. Even if they have as many as one million people, now
But it is surrounded by divisions.
A large number of Soviet soldiers surrendered, and the Ukrainian siege has entered its most critical moment.
But on the contrary, the war does not seem to have affected the swamps in the northernmost part of Ukraine. Perhaps because there is only a pile of mud, thatch and wild animals of no strategic value. Therefore, even if Yang Mingzhi and his guards
The 284th Division was hiding here, and the German base camp really didn't have time to kill all the Soviet guerrillas and defeated stragglers in Belarus.
In the evening, Yang Mingzhi led the guard company to the highway first and set up an ambush on the spot. Soon, the follow-up troops also arrived. More than 2,000 people set up defenses along the highway, and many of them were already knitting straw hats and giving themselves
More cover.
Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but yawn, and he called his two favorite battalion commanders.
"Lavrenti, Yevgeny, your two battalions go to the other side of the road and quickly set up an ambush. And send soldiers to lay mines on both sides of the road. We must achieve some results tomorrow."
The two obeyed the order and immediately led the soldiers across the road.
In the setting sun, the thatch on both sides of the road has already withered and turned yellow. By the time winter comes, there will be no trace of them. If there is an ambush, now is probably the last moment.
Jelientina didn't understand what Yang Mingzhi was going to do, but this man always had some strange tactics. She was still a little worried, so she came over to Yang Mingzhi who was inspecting the equipment with her lunch box.
Seeing her coming, Yang Mingzhi raised his head and smiled. Before he could speak, the woman asked first. "I remember that our original intention of fighting was to seize winter clothing. We want to collect some textiles that can keep out the cold, right? Don't we?
Are you still hoping for an ambush? I remember that you planned to capture the town of Kuta."
"Yes, but now we have encountered some situations." Yang Mingzhi asked her to sit down, at least while eating.
Various unexpected situations always occur in wars. Now there are two problems facing the attacking troops. First, how strong the German army is in the town of Kuta. Second, how many Soviet prisoners have they captured.
"Originally, I thought that we could still use a strategy to attract the enemies from Kuta Town. We would quickly enter and loot and then retreat urgently. Now our new friends told us that the German army's defense in Kuta Town was a bit strong. Again
The reconnaissance company discovered that the enemy was transporting prisoners."
"So, we have to temporarily put aside our plans?" Yelentina was a little disdainful.
Yang Mingzhi frowned. This Cheka woman had always behaved a little impatiently. Here, Yang Mingzhi made a promise to her, "The battle will continue. After all, our goal is to get winter clothes. We
We must have got part of it in that village, and maybe we can get it in other villages. If we think about the problem from the worst side, if the enemy massacres the village, we will naturally get the clothes and bedding of the citizens, so we actually pay a lot.
The plan can be completed at a small cost."
"Are you planning to avoid the Germans in Kuta Town?"
"Of course not!" Yang Mingzhi was afraid that this person would misunderstand, so he spoke twice as loudly.
Yelentina put down the lunch box. This box contained biscuits, which were hot and sweet. The woman sighed, "After all, you are the commander of the operation. I was overly worried. You never showed that
Cowardly behavior.”
Yang Mingzhi nodded happily. "It's good that you know. Now I have a new plan, that is, we must attack Kuta Town. Moreover, if they really hold many prisoners of war, we must find a way to rescue them.
Every one I can save is one. I have to let these unlucky guys go to the battlefield again, of course under our numbers."
In this way, Yelentina suddenly understood, "Berekov, now the battle plan has changed to rescuing people?"
"Yes! So we need to determine the situation first. Wait until tomorrow morning. Some German transport team will pass by. No matter what, if we fight for a while, we will definitely gain something."
In fact, Yang Mingzhi's temporary plan was to kill two birds with one stone. He very much hoped to obtain valuable information directly from the German army, so he would have to fight the enemy's transport troops. Furthermore, if this battle alerted the German army in Kuta Town, perhaps another
It's a good play that lures the tiger away from the mountain.
As night falls, the campsites in the forest are mottled with flames, and these fireworks are very small.
Yang Mingzhi knew very well that the German army was not good at night fighting. The armies of most countries in this era still believed that when night fell, even the fighting troops should sleep. Therefore, he was not worried that the flames would be noticed by the German army, so he gave some permission to the soldiers.
Soldiers really should eat some hot food.
The battle plan is very simple. Wire-type mines are buried on both sides of the road, which are actually hand grenades. The fuse of the grenade is pulled out and made into a tripper, so that when an enemy car runs over the tripper, it will explode.
In addition, lightweight rockets are very suitable for such short-range warfare, even better than mortars. More than twenty soldiers carrying steel pipes are ambushing in the grass. Each shooter is equipped with a radiator and a radiator.
The soldiers of the squad served as fire cover. They spent the night making disguises for themselves, each one looking like a fluffy haystack.
That night, Yang Mingzhi also gave orders to his wife and three other children. The girls were snipers, and the boy Kharkiv was ordered to learn combat experience.
Early in the morning, the soldiers entered the position early, and the reconnaissance company set up an observation post five hundred meters away from the ambush.
Yang Mingzhi unceremoniously pushed his sleeping wife up. "You children will enter fighting mode immediately. You have two minutes."
Yang Tao and others have been trained for a long time, and they all know the rules of the army. Soon, the two girls arranged their clothes and stood at attention, Natasha even carrying her anti-tank gun.
"Very good, only one minute and thirty seconds." Yang Mingzhi nodded with satisfaction. "Now you enter the sniper position immediately, and you only have to eat something."
It was already eight o'clock in the morning. Yang Mingzhi was wearing a big straw hat, and his sniper girls were even more exaggeratedly dressed. There was no camouflage net, so they had to use thatch instead. Most of the soldiers involved in the operation were like this. If these people lay down
It's really hard to detect in the grass.
There will definitely be a battle on this day. No orders are needed, and all the soldiers' nerves are tense.
The commander didn't say much, and the soldiers didn't whisper to each other. The soldiers on both sides of the road were fully armed, with their guns pointing toward the road, waiting for the enemy to arrive.
The quiet waiting seemed a bit boring. Yang Mingzhi always reminded his girls to be vigilant and asked Kharkiv to study hard.
After waiting no longer, the reconnaissance company sent out accurate information. At 9:30 in the morning, a convoy of five trucks came west from Dong. At the same time, the reconnaissance company reported a shocking information. There were two vehicles.
They did not seem to be German soldiers; they speculated that those were prisoners of war.
"What the hell, I don't want to blow up my friendly troops." Yang Mingzhi cursed angrily.
"Forget it, these guys did not carry out the leader's order and surrendered directly to the German army. Even if they were killed by the bomb, they deserved it." Yelentina corrected.
Yang Mingzhi had no time to talk nonsense with this woman holding a rifle, "You NKVD people are infinitely loyal to your leader, sometimes even cruelly. Whether these prisoners survive depends on whether they are lucky."
Five trucks were driving towards the ambush point, and the ambush soldiers held their breath.
Finally, a series of explosions occurred. These grenades made by Catfish Village were not very powerful, but they gave the truck driver a great shock. Many German soldiers escorting the truck were injured. They reacted very quickly and immediately entered combat mode.
But Yang Mingzhi definitely would not give them any more chances. The Soviet army ambushing in the grass suddenly used secret weapons, and twenty rockets flew towards the enemy truck, forming a new explosion. Soon, there was a new wave of
Rocket attack.
After the black powder exploded, thick war smoke was formed, and the surviving German troops were shooting indiscriminately in all directions.
Yang Mingzhi subconsciously held down his wife's head, and bullets flew over everyone's heads.
The battle has begun in an all-round way, and the wind quickly blows away the smoke. At this moment, the troops hiding in the grass launched a fierce attack on the enemy. The enemy was beaten hard by the powerful barrage, and some guys relied on vehicles to fight.
"Really, do you think you can avoid bullets by hiding behind the car door? Natasha, shoot me, Bessika, you are responsible for providing ammunition."
Natasha received this direct order and shot through the iron door of the car, killing the man who resisted.
The two girls cooperated very well. The anti-tank guns fired one after another. The powerful bullets were used to hit people. Those who were hit were all torn apart by the bullets and turned into a bloody mess.
The war is so intense. This anti-tank gun can achieve the level of "Buffett's Cannon", but it is not an anti-material sniper rifle.
Seeing that the time was right, Yang Mingzhi ordered his troops to charge, and the battle ended quickly.
The battlefield was in a mess, with black charcoal everywhere on the ground and trucks damaged by bombs. There were corpses everywhere on the ground, including German soldiers and Soviet prisoners. "It's really bad, our firepower was too strong, and there wasn't a single person left alive." Yang Mingzhi regretted.
said.
"Forget it, the battle is over, there is no point in feeling sorry for it." Yelentina said.
The troops bullied the small ones and instantly eliminated the escort convoy. After counting, it was obvious that they were transporting a group of prisoners of war. All the more than fifty German soldiers responsible for the escort were dead.
Yang Mingzhi called the officers together. "Everyone, please report whether there are any casualties in your troops."
Several people looked at me and I looked at you, all shaking their heads. Until Yevgeny raised his hand, "If that can be considered a casualty, then yes."
"Which one is that?"
"It's a burn. An unlucky guy was injured by the rocket's tail flame."
When Yang Mingzhi heard this, for some reason, a kind of absurd emotion came to his heart. "That man is really pitiful. If he hadn't been careless in this battle, we would have created a record of no casualties in the battle."