Chapter 591: The Soviet Army is Afraid of Losing Forest Cover

More trees fell than traditional logging methods, relying on shelling shock waves. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info is just such a special logging technique that makes the wood basically useless.

As the wind blew away the dust, Lothaheim ordered the ripped men to turn back and look for the wounded enemy who had not been killed.

Unfortunately, they found nothing but a large number of shells.

Because the wounded and sacrificed fighters were all pulled away by Balzen's order, and after the shelling was over, the Soviet troops were actually running far away.

After confirming that there was no danger, the Germans and the Eastern Battalion began to clean up the battlefield, and they found more than a hundred casualties, many of whom were in terrible condition!

Regardless of casualties, these people were pulled back to the German positions as best they could, and they were taken to field hospitals for emergency treatment. But unfortunately, most of them lost the time to help and died soon after.

To make matters worse, the wounded died tragically according to the reports of the field doctors.

"They were shot in the drive, with a small hole in the chest and multiple holes in the back. When I cut open the chest of a fallen soldier, I couldn't believe that he had obviously only been hit by a bullet, and his internal organs were torn apart! Similar reports were compiled by the field hospital, and they were soon all sent to Lothaheim.

The German commander was in a terrible mood, as if the Soviets were targeting this part of the line of defense for which they were responsible, and the construction of friendly positions was hardly disturbed.

In this sneak attack of the enemy, after the troops were counted, the German soldiers suffered 25 casualties, and the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion suffered 81 casualties. Those who served Germany could easily raise money if they were promised enough food. But the noble German servicemen were so inexplicably injured, and the morale of the troops would be the first to collapse!

Looking at the report of the field hospital, it seems that the enemy used special bullets, and just one shot is equivalent to being hit by several bullets! Because the surgeon found five small pieces of metal in the ulcerated muscles of the wounded man's thigh that had been hit by a strong external force.

Based on this situation, the only explanation is that the bullet had a serious fragmentation after hitting the human body!

It was a worrying year, and Lotharheim trembled all over, and if such a bullet existed, it would be more ferocious than a full-powered rifle bullet! The ultra-high rate of fire general-purpose machine gun can shoot ten rounds in one burst, which can achieve a thousand holes in the target, while the enemy can achieve a similar effect with one bullet!

He could no longer sit still, and judging from the reports on paper alone, the death toll among the casualties was as high as eighty, and the men of the Eastern Battalion here accounted for an absolute proportion, as if the enemy was fighting these people.

To make matters worse, the morale of the troops is now further undermined, but the logging operation still has to be carried out, and this is an order after all!

In the morning, he Lothaim had to summon the main officers of the regiment to the regimental headquarters. As expected, no one is in a good mood today, one or two with sad faces.

The officers took their seats, and Lawrence was already seated next to Lothaheim. Everyone knows that this man's status has been further enhanced.

What happened in the morning, Lotharheim briefly explained, in fact, everyone already understood.

He quietly held an empty water glass on the table, and roared with a dissatisfied face: "The Soviets are a group of poisonous snakes!" They are always hiding, suddenly biting us and then suddenly disappearing! We poured so many shells, except for blowing up some numbers, creating some forest fires, and the enemy lost nothing! Today we are in disgrace again, and we must think of a countermeasure! ”

Countermeasure? What else can be done? Everyone looked at each other, and finally their eyes turned to Lawrence.

"Me? You're all looking at me? Lawrence was stunned.

Lotharheim turned his head and asked, "Since you proposed the logging plan, and now there is a problem, if you say that there is no way, you can't say it." ”

"But......" Lawrence paused again, and at this juncture he could not say that he could do nothing. What to do?! What to do?! He closed his eyes and was silent for more than ten seconds, as if he was thinking of a clever plan in the eyes of everyone.

Lotharheim continued: "How?" Is there anything you can do? If it doesn't work, forget it. These Soviets are very difficult, as far as the strength of our regiment is poor, if we have the ability to defeat them, we still need to build a defensive line here? ”

The regiment commander's tone was to say that he had given up treatment, and simply continued to thoroughly implement the turtle policy of the division headquarters, and he said slowly: "Today, we have encountered this incident in a step-by-step logging, and I will report it to my superiors." This logging plan is not reliable. ”

With that, his gaze turned to Lawrence. "I'll apply to cancel your plan in our line of defense, and once the division commander gets angry, let him scold me alone!"

Lawrence was moved to stand up: "No! Head! I came up with the logging plan, and I am responsible for the problem! ”

"You can't afford it! The logging plan is suspended, and the infamy of being cowardly and unwarlike will be given to me! Anyway, our division is already weak! ”

Since Lothaheim impersonated Lawrence's suggestion and made the division think that he had proposed the logging plan, and since he was responsible for the problems, he was not extremely bad on the issue of integrity.

Poor Lawrence thought he had poked the basket, but he never felt that the plan had failed.

"Captain! Since you have to report to the divisional headquarters, you must not apply to stop logging! If we stop, we'll be fooling the enemy! Lawrence's words lit up in the eyes of the confused Lothaheim.

"You! Go on. ”

"Okay." Lawrence's mind is now very clear: "Although I can't think of a good way to keep the enemy from sneaking up, logging is still the best way to do it. This attack was still launched by the enemy under the cover of the forest, and they started to attack the day after we launched the operation, doesn't it mean that they are afraid? They are too worried about losing the cover of the forest, and once they lose the convenience of the terrain environment, the advantage will be lost. When it comes to positional warfare, we really don't deserve them......"

As soon as he said this, Lotharheim immediately dispelled the idea just now, he stared at the big eyes, and couldn't help but say frankly: "You really can!" Our army was attacked and suddenly lost a hundred people, and in your mouth this is not only bad, but it has become a good thing! It shows that our logging operation is simply a direct hit on the Soviets! ”

Although many officers did not like Lawrence, because of his remarks, it is fair to say that what he said did make sense, although it could not solve any practical problems, at least it could win some face for the troops.

On the afternoon of 29 March, the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion, who had been torn off unscathed, were ordered to go to the logging.

They acted cautiously, for fear of being caught off guard by the Soviets again. Lothaheim knew the psychology of these people, so he ordered the artillerymen to fire at the distant forest every five minutes, which was a show of force and a bulwark to embolden the lumberjacks, because the rumbling of artillery could be heard for dozens of miles.