In the army, especially the grassroots soldiers, most people's thinking is to seize the opportunity to pursue the German army and fight fiercely.
Especially junior officers, their ideas are very radical. Such people can train soldiers into a group of "ferocious beasts". If the "reins" of political commissars and senior officers cannot fasten them, the consequences will be very troublesome.
The Soviet army is not the Japanese army, and the tradition of subordinates overcoming superiors does not exist at all. When necessary, grassroots political commissars can immediately punish soldiers who are too radical, and even directly enforce battlefield discipline without a military court trial.
By personally leading the troops in battle this time, Yang Mingzhi also fully understood the thoughts of the soldiers.
Their fighting will is very high, and they are not afraid of sacrifice, and even regard it as an honor. They are eager to fight, to kill the enemy, and even to kill prisoners of war cleanly.
During the nine days of fighting, they were either fighting or marching. No soldier complained, and everyone persisted until the end.
It is natural that this high fighting will exists in elite troops. However, the troops have absorbed too many militiamen. Whether these people can fight hard is unknown.
Yang Mingzhi bent over the desk and frowned slightly: "Comrades! Are we ready for a larger-scale battle? I think the answer for many people is yes.
We have been intensifying training throughout April, including militia troops, physical fitness, weapon control capabilities and team coordination. These techniques and tactics have been strengthened. Therefore, many people feel that our strength has greatly improved. It will be like the end of January to fight again.
In the battle, the enemy had already laid down 10,000 corpses and fled.
I think! This kind of thinking is too optimistic!
Comrades, our superiors will give us military tasks. Looking at all our actions over the past year, our combat methods are all surprise and mobile operations! We rely on our strong mobility and short-term super firepower to achieve something similar to
The combat effectiveness of the Blitzkrieg, which the German army was proud of.
Please note! This does not mean that we can be invincible by relying on this! Everyone must understand who our enemies are so far!
They are all second- or even third-line troops of the German army. These people bully some poorly equipped resistance organizations and villagers who can only resist with sticks. What's more, they are some puppet soldiers. Most of these traitors are here to eat.
Work your life for the Germans and run away as soon as the gunfire rings out!
Of course we can achieve great success against such an enemy, but if we use troops against Kiev, we must be aware that we are likely to encounter a key German attack!
The elite troops of the German army usually enter the Donbas Basin through the Kiev railway. Once they feel that Kiev is threatened, they will decisively send their elite troops north. At that time, we will have to fight the German army equipped with a large number of heavy artillery and bombers. At that time, we can still
Defeat them?"
After Yang Mingzhi finished speaking, he drank some water and looked at the stunned people in the audience.
His words were undoubtedly a slap in the face to a group of proud and complacent guys.
After all, the victories so far were all commanded by him, the commander of the group army and the former chief of staff of the 284th Division. He said that if you win, the battle will be a great victory. Now his attitude suddenly became a little pessimistic.
Salinchkin was completely unaware of this. Without raising his hand, he stood up from his seat and asked: "So, Comrade Berekov, your attitude is that once our superiors order us to carry out large-scale operations,
Regardless of whether the operation is successful or not, we will encounter strong retaliation from the German army?"
"Isn't it like this?" Yang Mingzhi glanced at him sideways, then looked at the people in the audience with bright eyes, raised his voice and continued: "Comrades, my speech in our meeting today is very important. As a superior,
After giving us the order to attack a certain target, I must formulate a detailed battle plan.
The battle against the city of Kharkiv will be huge, and its success means the liberation of the Donbas region. However, even if they achieve great success, we will not be able to enjoy the benefits of success. Because we have proved it with actions
The harm we pose to the German army, they will dispatch their most elite troops and weapons to encircle and suppress us!
As the commander of the group army, I must think about what will happen after the large-scale battle in the future! I have to order the officers sitting here and the representatives of the collective farms! Put away your inflated self-confidence, we must be prepared, this
June and July may be our most critical years!"
Representatives who originally participated in this meeting thought that the meeting was mainly about the discussion of the latest battle and the arrangements for the production of workers and peasants who came back from home. Then, the three collective farms discussed the distribution of the 8,000 people brought back.
After a heated discussion, the final battle and life went according to plan.
This is good, the commander of the group army has given a very serious warning. Is it inevitable that the troops will fight with the elite troops of the German army?
The joyful atmosphere of the establishment of the guerrilla republic and the victory of the battle was quickly dissipated by the immediate threat.
Stupid people are always immersed in the glory of the past and selectively ignore the dangers that are slowly approaching. Smart people focus on the future. Star Tao's words will make everyone immediately aware of the dangers in a month's time.
, as long as some people realize it, the next thing will be easy to handle.
The large conference room gradually became noisy. Some people were full of expectations for the hard battle, while others had to worry a lot. Novgomel is no longer what it used to be. There are too many pots and jars. It would be a pity if it was destroyed by the enemy.
"Everyone, please be quiet!" Yang Mingzhi's loud command silenced the venue again. "Comrades, if you have any questions, please raise your hands and stand up to speak."
The venue was quiet for a while, then the commander of the 233rd Paratrooper Brigade, Tepunov, raised his hand and stood up.
The brigade commander has always been a little annoyed that he did not get permission to go out for the battle that just ended, so he pretended to hold on to Novgomel with the remaining troops to guard against the enemy's counterattack. Unfortunately, if there had been a counterattack, the enemy would have taken action long ago!
As a result, the enemy was like a turtle with its head shrinking, and the sentries scattered in the forest found nothing.
Fortunately, most of his men returned safely, and a few soldiers were sacrificed, which had no impact on the organization of the entire army. Even the current casualties were so slight that he couldn't believe it!
The reason for all this was the use of new weapons in combat.
"Comrade Commander, I think even if the enemy's elite troops attack our army, we have the strength to fight them!"
Yang Mingzhi's eyes lit up, and after thinking about it for a while, he became a little unhappy: "Oh? The paratroopers are the elite of the Red Army. Of course they have the confidence to say such things, but..."
"Yes! Comrade Commander is not confident about ordinary soldiers, but we must see the reality that our army is currently equipped with a large number of excellent weapons." After saying this, Tepunov simply turned sideways and faced everyone present: "Comrade
Everyone! We all know that more than 8,000 people were rescued in this battle, and the enemy suffered heavy casualties. The main source of our casualties was diseases caused by being caught in the rain. Comrade Secretary just briefly explained the results of this battle
, most comrades don’t know the details.
I need to explain to you now! At the internal meeting of my 233rd brigade, the two battalion commanders who participated in the battle explained a shocking result! We only used a few rocket launchers to defeat the enemy's military camp, towering into the clouds.
The mushroom cloud is like a volcanic eruption. A large number of enemies are not killed by the explosion, but die from shock wave concussion, burning and suffocation!
The price we paid was the loss of several rockets, their barracks were blown down by the impact, the extreme heat killed the people inside, and hundreds of enemies died in an instant."
As soon as these words came out, the whole place trembled. Tepunov was first doubtful about this description of the battle. He believed that his two battalion commanders would not lie. This time he repeated their words and added more details.