Communication with the command was connected, and Balzen shouted hoarsely: "Report to the commander, the enemy has appeared five kilometers north of our defense line, please give an order for battle!" ”

Yang Mingzhi's heart tightened when he heard this, "How many enemies are there?" Unarmed? ”

"There was probably more than a regiment, and the scouts also found tanks."

The Germans actually sent tanks? Where did their tanks come from? Yang Mingzhi didn't have time to think about it, anyway, the anti-tank capabilities of the front-line troops were very strong. He calmly replied with one word: action!

He hurried out of the communication room and shouted: "Comrades! The arrival of enemy reinforcements has begun, and everyone is in action! ”

Several senior military officers, led by Yang Mingzhi, were entrenched in front of the map table in the office. On the table, two black wooden blocks indicate the enemy's position, and looking at the whole situation, the enemy must fight with Balzen's department.

The battle may have already begun, and in this way, this group of enemies will be entangled with Balzen's troops, and with such a situation, the encirclement can be achieved in one day!

Yang Mingzhi immediately gave the order.

"Signal Corps"

"Here!" Several correspondents walked out.

"Send a telegram to the 1st Regiment of the 284th Division and the 2nd Regiment of the 284th Division, the cavalry battalion, ordering them to immediately move from Khomnich, advance to the forest northwest of the city of Loyev, and lay an ambush on the spot."

"Yes!"

"Send a telegram to the 233rd Brigade of the Paratroopers, ordering them to advance to the northernmost point of the Deni Prazer Territory, to begin crossing the river after nightfall, and to deploy behind enemy lines."

"Yes!"

"Send a telegram to the 17th Guerrilla Brigade ordering them to hold the current line of defense. Send a telegram to the Homnich defenders and order them to watch out for other enemy reinforcements! ”

In addition to targeting the troops on the front line, Yang Mingzhi also mobilized the armed forces of the entire guerrilla republic. After all, the enemy dispatched tanks, which shows how much the enemy attaches importance to Loyev.

Will the enemy go crazy and attack in a big way, launching a third large-scale encirclement and suppression? This is not yet known. With the attitude of preferring to believe what they have and not what they don't have, the reserve forces quickly began to mobilize, and eventually, there will be nearly 10,000 reserve troops, and a total of 20,000 combat troops, which can be thrown into this big war.

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The Germans never expected that as soon as they were detected by the Soviet army, the Soviet troops they were facing began to act in full force. The regiment commander Getzal was actually in a very good mood, he had nearly 5,000 people on hand and more than a dozen tanks. As long as the army charges in one group, won't the siege of Loyev be solved?

He was so eager for meritorious service that he was eager for quick success.

He ordered the police regiment to be the pioneer, with the tank units in it and the Germans in the rear. Such a formation is clearly to make the police regiment cannon fodder once the battle is engaged. After all, the police regiment was made up of locals, and Gertzal didn't want any more casualties among the German soldiers.

However, his long-cherished wish was soon destroyed by a shocking attack.

The Germans marched in a narrow marching formation, with the police regiment at the vanguard of the army, only five kilometres from Balzen's position.

The plains along the riverside become more and more winding due to the course of the river, and the distance in a straight line is five kilometers, but in reality it takes eight or nine kilometers to walk. Although Quetzal was eager for quick success, he did not forget to send scouts. Some of the scouts entered the forest, and more advanced on the plains.

These scouts walked in a swaggering manner, far apart from each other. They're all very eye-catching guys, and if you go to an enemy line, you can spot them outside of enemy mortar fire!

However, these scouts did not enter the eastern part of the Deni Praze land, and their every move was discovered by the scouts of the Soviet paratrooper brigade, who were lying in ambush in the grass and covered with reeds.

The sentries of the paratrooper brigade quickly went ashore, and soon the presence of German scouts informed Balzen of the situation.

At this moment, Balzen, who was deep in the front line, had already received permission to fight from the command, and as soon as he heard that the enemy's scouts were about to touch him, he threw away the cigarette in his mouth fiercely. "Alright, now it's time to fight! Heralds! ”

"Yes!" Five people stood beside him.

"You immediately notify your troops, prepare for battle, spot enemy scouts, and immediately open fire."

The heralds were about to turn around and leave, but Balzen stopped them: "Don't worry, give me all the rocket artillery teams in a hurry, take the river as the positive direction, and fire rockets at a range of five kilometers." One for each team! Launch now when you're ready! ”

At last, the battle was coming, and the soldiers who had nothing to do in the trenches came one by one with great enthusiasm.

The smoker snuffs out the half-smoked cigarette and stuffs it into his pocket. The fighters, who were counting the bullets and playing, stopped having fun, they took the grenade from their waists and placed it on the mound in front of them. Because they learned that the enemy had dispatched tanks, the RPGs of each infantry squad inserted the warheads into the launchers, and the reserve warheads were placed within reach.

Let's talk about the German scouts, the more they move forward, the softer their steps become. Soon, a shocking scene finally appeared in front of him.

Because, even a short-sighted person can see the river in the distance, and there is a large amount of smoke rising into the air.

The source of the smoke, of course, is not the Dnieper, but the city of Loyev on the riverside. The scouts knew they were about to reach their target, and as they listened, there was a roar in their ears.

It's the Russians! They are still shelling Loyev!

German scouts were also only two kilometers from Balzen's line and three kilometers from the city of Loyev. If it weren't for the woods, the German sentries would have discovered Loyev a long time ago, but now they don't know that they are about to touch the Soviet line.

Suddenly, the sentinels saw something rise from the ground in the distance, with a strong whistling sound, a black dot with a golden flame, and a large tail of white mist.

"It's rocket artillery!" An astonishing idea immediately came to their minds.

Some of the German scouts had radios with them, and in order to be able to report the news immediately, the radio was always on.

One of the scouts shouted hoarsely into the walkie-talkie: "Russians! The Russians are firing rockets at us! ”

Three kilometers away, Quetzal had just received the correspondent's phone and asked, "What did you find?" Supposedly there are also rocket artillery? What nonsense? ”

"Nope! Head! Russian rocket artillery, ah! They launched again! ”

The scout was waiting for the regimental commander to speak, only to hear a noise, and then the communication was cut off.

Because, Quetzal no longer needed to continue to question the scout, he did not believe that the Russians actually greeted him with rocket artillery, and only twenty seconds later, the Russian rocket artillery really killed.

Balzen did not know the exact location of the Germans, so he ordered his troops to open fire on the approximate position. After all, these rocket launchers are very powerful, and the strong shock wave can sweep over a large area, and the wind can shake a larger area.

The Soviets fired a total of six Catfish rockets, but none of them actually landed in the German marching formation. But this does not mean that they did not have any casualties, the Soviet army used the Dnieper River as a reference, thanks to the accuracy of the catfish rockets, five bombs fell on the wide river, exploding a violent splash, killing and killing a large number of fish.

There was only one bullet, which exploded on the right side of the German column, and the powerful shock wave and air wave blew down more than fifty people, even Quetzal himself, and his military cap was blown away.

That's why communications were suddenly interrupted, the correspondent of the radio station on his back fell to the ground, and the station's battery was thrown out.

Quetzal, who had just been in a good mood, had his heart fluttering wildly. He stood up covered in mud and quickly found his hat, and saw the panicked warriors everywhere, and he knew he had to sit still.

Bombarded by enemy rockets, are there any casualties? Thankfully, no one was injured, which also gave Quetzal a hint of the illusion that the Russians' rockets were bluffing?

He immediately gave the order, and the troops immediately switched to battle formation. In particular, he gave the police regiment an operational order: "Your troops immediately make a full breakthrough, and if you find the enemy, you will immediately fight, and try to advance to the city of Loyev as much as possible to help the defenders break out of the encirclement!" ”