Because of the information sharing, the 722nd Division also received an interesting piece of information from the friendly 707th Division.

Just a week ago, friendly lines found the wreckage of a rocket with a small parachute, and no one knows what it was used for. However, there is a rumor that the continuous rain in early June was the work of the Russians in the swamps, who used technical means to cause severe rainfall.

If the German line of defense with machine guns and concrete pillboxes is a wall to suppress the Soviet troops. Then the swampy Soviet army created rain and turned the already muddy swampy area into a simple swamp country, which is a natural barrier.

If they did not interfere with each other, the 707th Division and the 722nd Division would have had a very good time.

The battle of Loyev finally alerted the Germans, and at the military meeting, Florid did not hesitate to bring up the matter of the mysterious rocket wreckage.

"It's clear that the Russians are always doing things that we don't know about, and we don't understand the tactical intentions of the Russians at all. They surrounded Loyev but did not occupy it, and there was a huge conspiracy in this. I think that the Russians are really looking for a decisive battle with us, so they lure us with the siege of Loyev. ”

"In that case, let's fight!" A regimental commander with a strong temperament stood up.

Floride waved his hand: "Quetzal, you sit down first." ”

The righteous indignation of the regimental commander also shocked Florid. Why? At one point, he thought that his troops would be afraid of the enemy because of heavy losses in personnel. Obviously, he himself was too worried?

However, courage is only part of the reason for the victory, and Flored did not believe in spiritual fanaticism to bring victory, he believed in good weapons.

After all, today's 722nd Division, although the regular German soldiers have not recovered the original 15,000 people. However, with the addition of the Dongfang Battalion, the various armed forces at the disposal of the division reached 16,000 men.

In terms of combat effectiveness, Flored thought that the people of the Eastern Battalion were very good as logistics soldiers. Fight? It's too difficult for them.

Flored also had some advanced weapons, namely five No. 4 tanks, ten No. 3 tanks, and even twenty T26s that were captured and restored to normal work that were currently used as tractors.

Tanks No. 4 and No. 3 were damaged from the front line, and they were no longer considered suitable for front-line combat, so they were sent to the rear and became a sharp weapon in the crusade against the guerrillas. Because of the very rampant partisan activity of the Soviet army near the Pripet swamps, the Belarusian garrison of the German army was allocated so many heavy weapons to the 722 division.

They gave Florid a lot of self-confidence, and now with the help of the air force, if it was purely defensive, he really did not deserve the Russians.

However, let the Germans attack, Florid's reluctance was a hundred.

The military council did not discuss a reasonable solution, but the crisis of Loyev was in front of him, what else could Florid do?

"Forget it! Gentlemen, dismiss the meeting, I can only obey the orders of the commander of the army group in this matter! If the order given to us was to organize an attack, we would have to march! I reckon that as long as I report on this, the march is inevitable. So, Quetzal. ”

"In!"

"Since you're willing to attack, get ready!"

"Yes!"

If Loyev had informed the army group of troops, the commander would have ordered the troops to reinforce them. In a short time Florid's rhetoric was ready, and his idea was simple: the German forces must be kept to an acceptable level.

On the other side, Wagner, the commander of the German army group in charge of garrisoning southern Belarus, has not been in a good mood for months.

The front line needed a lot of supplies, and he had to scavenge the locals for food, cloth, and even hire them to work for the German army.

Don't try to force the locals to work on farms and factories by force, it's impossible! Force can only make them fearful for a while, and soon, they will find a way to escape and become guerrillas! Over the past few months, many small groups of partisans in Belarus have disappeared through high-pressure encirclement and suppression, and in the end only a few large partisan groups remain.

Summing up the gains and losses of the liquidation over the past few months, Wagner realized that the simple iron-blooded pressure did not put an end to the sabotage actions of the guerrillas, but allowed the soldiers below to kill many innocent people.

He also received many reports that out-of-control German officers and soldiers had affairs with local women during the liquidation process. He also realized that in the many indiscriminate massacres of villagers, the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion had become the biggest executioners, but the Germans had to pay for these acts.

The Germans eliminated many partisans in the area north of the Moziri-Gomel road, but south of the road it was the partisans.

No! On the map, that area has been marked as "Soviet 63rd Army".

Wagner genuinely hoped that his troops would be able to eliminate this so-called army group, but the fact was that the troops had to establish a defensive line to guarantee that the area north of the road was under the absolute control of the Germans. Of course, he also knew that the Russians would not rest on their laurels.

Their courage to fight the Romanians on the right bank of the Dnieper shows that they are actively expanding their influence.

If you don't make it, a new round of war with them is in the near future.

Based on this mentality, Wagner recruited a group of Stalin-haters in his military administration and selected anti-Bolsheviks in the prisoner-of-war camps. The Belarusians who were willing to serve the Germans were nothing more than the children of landlords, merchants, and people who were forced to make ends meet, who were persecuted in the early days of the USSR.

Wherever there is a place to occupy the area, there is no shortage of soldiers from the puppet army. This army group currently has four divisions under its command, and one aviation group follows orders.

So how many puppet troops of the Eastern Battalion were there in the service of the German army?

A whole five regiments!

The Eastern Battalion is the general name of the puppet army, and now the Berlin side has allowed the occupation to establish a professional puppet army unit, and their current maximum strength is the regiment, according to its role, so it is called the police regiment.

The level of equipment of each police regiment was far inferior to that of the German infantry regiments, even if the strength was about the same. Most of them wore Czech military uniforms or monochrome uniforms. Its most striking features are the black boat-shaped cap on its head, no one wearing a helmet, and the white armband on the right arm of its junior officer, which is printed in German - Locals in the service of Germany.

The puppet army of five regiments was equivalent to adding a division to the local defenders, and in the eyes of the Germans, this group of people was mere cannon fodder. They were largely deployed in areas relatively close to the road to assist the Germans in defending the line of communication.

So when the army group command received an urgent telegram from the 722nd Division, Wagner's attitude was very direct: "Loyev is in your defense area, that is the sword of the heart of the Russians in the swamp, you must send troops to recapture it." ”

The 722nd Division also gave an explanation at the first time, and Florid's attitude was also very straightforward: "In this battle, the Russians must be prepared, if our troops send a large army to rescue, they may fall into some kind of trap of the enemy." ”

What is the battle situation in Loyev, Wagner, as the commander of the army group, can only judge from the limited intelligence, and Wagner is very clear about what the 722nd Division is afraid of.

He sent his last telegram: "In this battle, you will send a regiment, and the fifth regiment of the police regiment will also be under your command. The two regiments launched the rescue of Loyev no later than June 24, and the besieging troops must be rescued! ”