There has been a slight shift in the direction of history, but there has been no significant change at the macro level.

According to Hitler's "Order No. 20", he divided the battlefield into the Pripett Marsh, and in the northern part of the marsh was to assemble Army Group Center and Army Group North. The task was to occupy the entire territory of the former Poland, and then the three Baltic states and Belarus.

The complete elimination of the Western Front of the USSR and the Baltic Forces, and the simultaneous occupation of such large cities as Leningrad, Kronstadt, Minsk, thus providing conditions for an offensive of powerful mobile forces to Moscow. All this had to be done if the Soviet army was defeated by a blitzkrieg and quickly collapsed, and history is now proceeding according to Hitler's plan.

But Guderian was undoubtedly in a hurry, he was advancing in the direction of Smolensk, and along the way encountered some Soviet resistance, which was not decisive, and his troops were still running wildly.

So even if he transferred the Imperial Division to the rear, he obeyed the Führer's arrangement to intercept the Soviet troops who were waiting for an opportunity to break through. He continued to lead the elite and a small number of client state troops until Hitler gave the final order for all his troops to turn around and complete the encirclement of Ukraine. But that's all for later.

Yang Mingzhi's unit followed everyone through the forest, and it was a long-distance march, which had the meaning of a long march.

He ordered his wife to follow him, and even wanted to tie the star fruit with a rope to save it from getting lost.

Carambola is still very concerned about its wounded soldiers, and those patients need to be taken care of.

Yang Mingzhi knew that she was very unhappy, and immediately gave an order, "I order Comrade Carambola, a health officer, in my capacity as the temporary deputy commander of the 284th Guards Division, you must obey my command." ”

At first, when she heard this request, the girl was immediately happy, and Yang Mingzhi immediately changed her tone: "In the end, I'm still worried about you." You are my only relative, and outside this forest is all SS. There is no essential difference between them and the Japanese devils, and they will all take the most cruel measures against us. ”

Saying this, star fruit felt a trace of fear, and her eyes subconsciously looked into the distance, as if the enemy was lurking.

Yang Mingzhi's intention is completed, and he also cares about his wife very much. This little girl has a hundred pounds at most, and when she is tired, she carries her on her back, in short, she can't be left behind.

In the previous battle, the 284th Division consumed a very large amount of ammunition. Modern warfare is very logistical, and although the Soviet Union does not lack compulsory ammunition, it is just that there has been no formal replenishment of combat weapons and food for more than ten days. If there was, also to pick up the blood of the fallen soldiers, or to capture the weapons of the Germans.

In addition to the loss of ammunition, the consumption of personnel is even more serious. Among the more than 200 wounded soldiers, several were seriously wounded, and they chose to commit suicide very tragically, so-called not to hold back the large army. Of course, there are more seriously injured people who can still be saved, and stretcher bearers cherish their lives.

Many wounded soldiers were no longer able to get enough gauze, so they had to wrap their wounds in strips of cloth. Some were shot in the arm and leg and had severe penetrating wounds. These men were allowed to ride their last horses, and some were carried on stretchers.

Yang Mingzhi was very relieved that the only benefit of ammunition loss was that the soldiers' burdens were lightened and everyone could carry more food. 、

The overall march of the team was not very fast, and it was even more difficult to make their way through the forest. Yang Mingzhi looked at the sky, at least it hasn't rained yet, otherwise it will be a new challenge.

At the same time, the remnants of the Führer's regiment quickly withdrew from the forest, and they rushed to the station of the Imperial division on the forest side.

This unit had been crippled by the Soviets, and with the sporadic withdrawal of troops from the forest, the entire regiment was reduced to less than a thousand men.

The huge losses made the division commander angry and angry at the terrorized regiment commander with soot on his face.

"The face of the Third Reich has been lost to you, and your mission is to detect the enemy, but you didn't expect to be ambushed by the Soviets."

Otokum couldn't say anything, but he tried to justify: "It was you who gave the order to send us reinforcements to the place where we first fought, and my men and I completed the task truthfully. If there is responsibility, the division commander is also responsible. ”

Admiral Paul Hauser, commander of the Imperial Division. It was the worst setback he had suffered since assuming this position, as half of his elite troops had been wiped out by the Soviets and the Führer's regiment had been crippled.

Otokum went on to explain what had happened to him, and that they were indeed met by the main force of the Soviet army, which was too large to be defeated by a mere regiment of more than 2,000 men.

He mentions the special weapons he encountered during the war.

"Our armored vehicles stormed the village and fought fiercely at close range with the Soviets' troops, who were no match for our artillery. However, the Soviets used a special weapon, and our armored vehicles were vulnerable. I think even a tank would fail miserably in the event of an attack with such weapons. ”

When the division commander heard this, he suddenly remembered the collapse of the 14th Panzer Division, and he immediately stood next to the map on the table, and his white-gloved right hand pointed at Rosaskaya.

"Qom, tell me, what exactly is the enemy's special weapon?"

"Uh...... I think it's like a rocket, it comes out of the forest, it has a white tail flame, and it explodes quickly after hitting our vehicle. Puzzledly, there was a brutal explosion of the vehicle, and it seems that this weapon contained a large amount of high-energy explosives. ”

The division commander immediately understood, and he looked at Otokum with some excitement.

"As expected, you are encountering the Soviets' 284th Guards Infantry Division, which is very combat-ready."

"Powerful? Listening to this title, he is just an infantry division. ”

"That's them." The division commander lit a cigarette and looked at Qom, "This army must be eliminated by order of the Führer." Hotte, however, ordered his troops to capture Minsk first, and sent his troops to hold off the infantry division. As a result, the delayed task was not completed, and the unit counterattacked our troops, and when the armored units were ready to flank them from behind, we only found some wounded soldiers on their positions. ”

"So they fled."

"That's right! They have a special weapon, and we must destroy them. If you think about it, once this weapon is generally in the hands of the Soviets, it will be a fatal blow to us. I must inform the Führer immediately. ”

Paul Hauser ordered the entire division and friendly troops to continue the defense of the forest, and Otokum suffered a serious defeat and his troops were ordered to reorganize in the camp.

Information was reported directly to Hitler through the division commander, and Berlin was furious about the Soviet Union's mastery of special weapons. "A KV tank was a major setback for us, and now the Soviets have a new type of rocket weapon. We must resolutely occupy Leningrad and completely destroy this Soviet force. Even if they are in the forest, we must exterminate them. ”

Hitler gave new orders to the Reich divisions, and Guderian's large forces were still mainly concentrated on the roads to attack Smolensk, and the German forces in the area of the forest border southwest of Minsk were very weak.

"Order the two Romanian divisions to move at once in the direction of the Imperial division, order Army Group South to draw troops north from the marshes, and we must keep the enemy in the forest. Even if you can't destroy all the enemies, you have to trap them in the forest. ”

Kuznetsov's large forces were simply unaware of the reaction of the German leadership, and even worse, their communication with Moscow was interrupted.

Part of the forces of the South-Western Front had withdrawn to Soviet-controlled areas, while most of them had already been captured by the Germans. Pavlov committed suicide and hastily ended his life, and the entire Minsk campaign was already considered a complete failure. Even though there were many heroic soldiers in the war, even miraculous units such as the 284th Guards Infantry Division, almost all of them were considered missing or captured.

Stalin, enraged, immediately began to punish the losers, and many of the senior commanders who had withdrawn with the troops were arrested. Historically, Stalin executed many people for this purpose, and the same is true of the new plane.

The Germans achieved spectacular results within three weeks of the start of the war, with Army Group Center occupying almost all of Belarus. However, Army Group North and Army Group South advanced unsatisfactorily on two fronts.

They did not break through St. Petersburg, and their campaign in Ukraine was not yet able to swallow millions of Soviet troops.

Yang Mingzhi foresaw that the encirclement of the Soviet army in Ukraine was about to begin, and it was necessary to rush through the swamp in time, otherwise the troops would meet with Guderian's main force moving south.