The communication ended, and Yevlov, Fomin, and even the staff officers who were in the command headquarters learned about the new situation at the front.

Yevlov stood on the wall of the map with a wooden stick, pointed to Loyev's location, and expressed his opinion.

"Berekov, I vaguely feel that this enemy shelling is very strange!"

"Strange?" Yang Mingzhi also walked over, with a smile on his face: "Hehe, thank you for your high opinion." ”

"High theory? Don't dare to be! It's just a little speculation. ”

Yevlov prides himself on being no longer a reckless man, and since his promotion to the rank of major general, he no longer dares to be reckless. In particular, Yerentina's education on the couch made Yevlov have to use his brain more, for example, when directing operations, he has to empathize more.

"Berekov, the enemy's shelling is still very unusual. Are they not afraid of the retaliation of our army? They are already surrounded, and if my troops are surrounded, I will find a way to break out. Before breaking through, I would first make the artillery open a gap, and then the infantry would charge.

What about our enemies? They're just shelling. I have to say that their artillery is very accurate, which shows that they are fully aware of the position of our position. The shelling is over, and our troops did not encounter a breakthrough from the enemy, why is that? ”

"Why? I don't know? Yang Mingzhi pinched his waist and teased: "I think the Germans should also fight back." We are like an iron bucket, and the enemy is the rabbit in the bucket. We keep teasing and abusing this rabbit, can it not be in a hurry? Rabbits bite when they're in a hurry! ”

This analogy was a joke, and the staff officers couldn't help but cover half of their faces, while Fuming simply smiled on his face.

Yevlov did not find it funny, he continued: "In my opinion, there are only two possibilities for the enemy, first, to retaliate with shelling as if they were angry, after all, we have been harassing them. Second, what you hoped for has finally happened! That is, the Germans sent reinforcements. ”

"Oh? You go on! ”

Yevlov's sticks then instructed cities like Gomel and Lechtsa.

"You see, Lechtsa is only forty kilometers away from Loyev. As we all know, the Germans built a defensive line on the outskirts of the city, and the Germans stationed troops there, so that the enemy was actually more than 30 kilometers away from Loyev.

At such a close distance, even if the road conditions may be bad, the Germans can march to the city of Loyev in one day and engage our besieging troops!

I'm very worried about such a situation right now! ”

Yang Mingzhi, who was still soothing and satisfied that Yevlov was also talking, suddenly stomped his foot fiercely.

"Oops! My comrade Major General, your analysis really makes some sense. You mean, the Germans may have received reinforcements from the enemy yesterday and dared to retaliate against us early in the morning! If the enemy's reinforcements had set out this morning, wouldn't our army have been able to meet them as soon as the evening? ”

"That's exactly what I do!"

"Oops! It's terrible! Yang Mingzhi hurriedly turned around and returned to the map table, looked at the more detailed map of the region, bit his fingers, and began to stare and ponder.

Yevlov and Fomin also surrounded them, waiting for a new decision from their general.

When Yang Mingzhi looked at the map, he paid special attention to the wooden blocks on it. On the map, the block of wood smeared with red ink is your own troops, and the one with black ink is the enemy.

On the map, Loyev is surrounded by four red wooden blocks, which are Balzen's front-line troops.

This was followed by two larger red blocks, one towards Homnitch and one northward on the left bank of the river. This is the second echelon of the Soviet army, which is not only powerful, but also has amazing logistical supplies.

Yang Mingzhi, who had been lying at the desk for a while, raised his head suddenly and called out loudly: "Correspondent! Hurry up and report! ”

"Here!" A female correspondent appeared instantly.

"Send me a telegram to the main forces of the 1st and 2nd regiments of the 284th Division and the paratrooper brigade, ordering them to report their positions."

"Yes!"

After ten minutes of waiting, the positions of the three regiments of the second echelon were corrected on the map.

It was almost noon on the 23rd, and the two regiments of the 284th Division were about to arrive in Homnich, and the paratrooper brigade was delayed in crossing the river, and they would also join Rechev on the left bank of the river at about two o'clock in the afternoon.

After getting such a result, Yang Mingzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He said to Yevlov: "Now, I am no longer worried about the rapid reinforcement of the enemy. If you look at the position of our paratrooper brigade, Tapunov will soon be able to rendezvous with Rychev, so that our army has a regiment-sized unit on the east and west sides of the river, with a front-line strength of 5,000 men, and it is well equipped. How many enemies come, I don't have to worry anymore! ”

"But, just now I thought you were still worried." Yevlov asked with a smile.

"I'm worried about one thing, it's not all your analysis. Of course, your analysis is probably true, and if I were a German commander and learned that the front stronghold was surrounded, I would have to save it. It's just that I will think of some special ways to rescue, such as directly sending troops to attack the opponent's core, forcing the enemy's besieging troops to withdraw, and then the attacking troops will retreat.

I don't think the Germans will be as resourceful as I am, they should be like a herd of wild boars on a rampage, going head-to-head with our army! The enemies we face are all too familiar to you.

The 707th Division, the 722nd Division, this group of defeated generals had better come to attack, so that we can take the initiative to attack! ”

Judging from the map, if the Germans attacked the heart of the swampland, they would be discovered by Soviet sentries near the Homnych station.

Yang Mingzhi also hoped that this group of Germans could be smarter, but every time their tactics were old-fashioned, they would go where there was a fire and put out the fire, and they were always led by their noses and slapped in the face.

The Germans will definitely come up with reinforcements.

Yang Mingzhi raised his head and shouted: "Correspondent! Come here! ”

"Here!"

"Give it to me...... Never mind. I'll go directly to the communication room, and you will immediately communicate with the front-line troops, and I will communicate with the front-line commander in plain language! ”

Yang Mingzhi, Yevlov, and thousands of soldiers and civilians, everyone thinks that the current main enemy of the guerrilla republic is the enemy of the formation, and the German 707th and 722nd divisions are a bunch of stupid people, and they are full of confidence in fighting them.

However, the water is impermanent, maybe after two months of cultivation, the combat effectiveness of these enemies will increase?

Yang Mingzhi despised their stupidity over and over again, and was also worried that he would make the mistake of underestimating the enemy.

He did make mistakes, for example, this time because of his excessive self-confidence, he ignored the possibility of a German artillery counterattack. Although the Soviet casualties were small, it was enough for him and the soldiers on the front line to face themselves and build a defensive line.

Balzen immediately communicated with Yang Mingzhi, and the signal between them was clear, as if they were on the phone.

Balzen also thought that the commander was asking about the gunboat transporting the wounded: "General, rest assured, the wounded are about to arrive at the Missy Ferry, you just need to get your truck ready." ”

"The trucks are already in place, and there are still some freshly caught catfish and sea bass at the Missy Ferry, and the gunboats will go up the river and deliver them to you soon. Now let's get down to business, the command research believes that the enemy may have gone south! The enemy may move faster than we estimated, and they are likely to reach the outskirts of Homnich this evening!

Geothermal heat is likely to move south along the right bank of the Dnieper, and I order you to build a field offensive at once! You have only one mission, no matter how many enemies come, you must stop them from rescuing Loyev! ”

The situation suddenly became tense, and Balzen was still thinking about continuing to harass the enemy in the city with his artillery, and now he had to set out for the second phase of the operation!