Chapter 431: The Third Army of the Soviet Army
During the cleaning of the battlefield, the Soviet army found some very special military equipment. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yang Mingzhi identified this as a night vision device, with the battery mounted on the MG34's triangular mount, its scope becoming particularly large, and an infrared headlight. Its appearance made many fighters curious, but Yang Mingzhi said that it was not surprising.
"It's this weapon that caused the early exposure of the night raid, and we brought them back and maybe we could use them later!" Yang Mingzhi's explanation also made everyone less curious, it is a good device after all, and after obtaining it, the possible night sneak attack of the German army may also be warned in advance.
This equipment, along with a large amount of captured supplies and a large number of wounded soldiers, retreated early to the swamp under the escort of a few soldiers.
They marched in the moonlight, and finally reached the outskirts of the marsh in the morning.
All the members of the Gomel city committee were safe, and they arrived at the blacksmith village under the escort of the militia, and were immediately stunned by the scene.
When he saw Yevlov himself, Lyudbalev's trembling hands clenched him tightly, and his mouth muttered: "It's not easy, I really didn't expect your camp to be so huge, and this place is about to develop into a small city!" β
"Maybe the war is won, and a city will be built here." Yevlov had a polite conversation with him, and the rest was left to the commissar Yelentina, who was responsible for the aftermath of the Gomel city committee personnel.
Yevlov had to do his own business, he had to personally supervise the soldiers in counting the spoils of war, as well as giving some consolation to the wounded.
There were many wounded soldiers, and the women in the village who had not yet been evacuated gradually gathered to find out, and also tried to help them, and even found their own relatives and families among the wounded.
Some women have found their sons or husbands, and the soldiers who maintain order cannot stop those who are out of control. They hugged the wounded and wept bitterly until doctors and nurses arrived and took them all away.
Yevlov believed that in the coming days, as the scale of the battle grew, more wounded soldiers would be sent! In the future, the workload of the hospital will be greater, and the doctors will also be tired and sick because of this.
"Alas, this battle may be going to drain all of our combat power!" Yevlov shook his head, he did not want to throw all his forces into the battlefield, but unfortunately the situation was getting more and more serious.
The scale of the battle has expanded, and everything is moving towards great benefits. The Germans sent four regiments, only to be defeated by three. Judging by the first shipments of captured supplies, there were hundreds of Mauser rifles alone. The enemy will not obediently take out their weapons, and they can only be captured if they are destroyed, which shows that the scale of the war at that time was very large!
There was also a German prisoner in the returning crowd, and to Yevlov's surprise, this guy named Nicklaus actually commanded a reinforced armored battalion, and the officer's knowledge of the information must have been of great help to the situation of the battle.
Interrogated overnight by Yerentina's subordinates, this Nicholas was so afraid of torture that he simply chose to cooperate. The grumpy warrior stopped beating and offered bread and milk instead, and the contrast shook him completely.
In this way, Yevlov finally figured out the movements of the four German infantry regiments, and also determined which three regiments his troops had defeated in the day's fighting.
On the large map of the area on the wall of the division headquarters, the latest battle dynamics are marked in pencil. Yevlov and several staff officers were surprised to see that perhaps their own troops could create an encirclement.
"In the past, our army's offensive was a completely frontal attack, evaluating the strong strength to suppress the enemy. This is the world's mainstream method of warfare, but in guerrilla warfare supervised by the deputy division commander, we are completely able to use mobility to surround the enemy and then destroy it all. A staff officer imagined.
Yevlov gave him a blank look: "Potsev, your idea is too naΓ―ve. I'm afraid Berekov wouldn't think that he could surround and destroy the enemy with 10,000 people like this! β
"But maybe the deputy division commander will take advantage of the river!" This staff officer named Poltsev was only one of the many "miscellaneous" personnel of the division headquarters, and he and his men mingled more with Yang Mingzhi, and they also learned some philosophy of war. "Today our fishermen found some floating corpses of men in the Dnieper, all of them wearing only underwear, I am afraid that they are the people of the captured Nicklaus."
This attracted the attention of Yevlov, and the interrogation was a confession by Niklaus, and many of his troops did not want to fight on their backs, so they took off their clothes and jumped into the water, and as a result, many people froze to death!
The staff officer continued: "Maybe the deputy division commander can also integrate the forces on the front line a little more. The enemy's combat effectiveness also doesn't look strong, we can't give them a chance to rest, the deputy division commander will definitely pursue greater damage, then driving the enemy down the river is an excellent choice! It's good to at least catch up with some of it. β
Hearing this, Yevlov stared at the map even more, and couldn't help but say: "I still think that there are too few troops!" β
"Then we can only send the last troops up!"
"That's the only way! We can send four more battalions! Yevlov stamped his foot, reinforcing his determination.
This was the third unit organized by the Soviet army in the swamps, two of the four battalions were women, and the other two were previously rescued prisoners of war.
The mobilization order was immediately given, and the women put down their hands and gathered urgently. These 1,000 women were all war refugees, some separated from their families, and some with entire families gone. They have only hatred for their enemies, and with basic military training, they can theoretically turn hatred into combat effectiveness.
The female soldiers were the first to assemble, dressed in men's clothes and receiving weapons in the open field of the blacksmith village.
Interestingly, they were receiving the loot they had just captured. These were the rifles and machine guns of the Nicklaus troops, and they were directly distributed to the female soldiers, and the helmets were also distributed.
These two battalions are moral, and they can adapt to such weapons, but they will have to go on a long march next, and many of them lack confidence.
At this time, with Yerentina sending the political appointee, the entire army instantly had a backbone. "You've gone through target shooting and marching training, and even simulated actual combat training, and everyone has done it. This is your first time fighting, and it should be done without a hitch! The political commissars repeated these meanings frequently, and the female soldiers became enthusiastic about fighting.
As for the other two battalions, perhaps because of trust issues, they have not carried out military operations. Being in the reserve for a long time was tiresome, and the soldiers knew that they had been captured by the Germans, and it was not that simple.
The scale of the war has expanded, and they have been urgently mobilized, which is both an opportunity and a challenge.
It's just that these four battalions were dispatched, and Yevlov still felt that it was not enough, and he decisively remembered that there were still three tanks in the troops!
Among the captured supplies were eye-watering trucks and jeeps, which were largely credited to the rapid arrival of wounded soldiers. What's even more gratifying is that the Germans left behind a lot of oil drums filled with gasoline, a total of twenty barrels, and received three tons of gasoline!
With a fuel tank, you can't just drag racing!
So in this unit, Chekov's tank platoon was incorporated to enhance the combat effectiveness of this unit.
The soldiers began to assemble, men and women, all with bags on their backs and guns on their backs. They lined up in unison, much to Yevlov's eyes. He hadn't announced who would be the commander of the unit, and the last bold decision came to mind - this is equivalent to an infantry regiment, why can't I be the commander of this regiment?! (To be continued.) )