Chapter 222: Capture of Haniskaya Station
Lechitsa in World War II was a small city as it was after the war. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Before the outbreak of World War II, the city had only 20,000 residents, so the area of the city was not large. There are many rural villages in the surrounding area, but after all, it is close to marshland, the environment is a large area of forest, the population of the whole area is small, and the villages tend to be small.
The village of Haniskaya, which was occupied by the Germans soon after the start of the war.
The Soviet troops defending Lechtsa were simply unable to stop the iron hooves of the Germans, and the city fell, as did the surrounding villages.
In this village of Haniskaya, some of the villagers have fled and are missing, and after the German occupation began to carry out a "purge", the remaining villagers were all shot, so the village became a German military station.
A battalion of German troops was stationed here, and the soldiers at the nearby checkpoint returned to the village to recuperate. Some mule and horse convoys also use this place as a rest stop.
Before Yang Mingzhi decided to attack, there was already panic here.
The German battalion commander received a flurry of information, including orders from the division headquarters, to immediately put into combat readiness to meet the enemy who was approaching at any moment.
And he immediately added fuel to his fire, and ordered the soldiers: "The regular army of the enemy, hiding in the forest, is ready to attack Lechitsa, and according to the order of the division headquarters, we must hold the village of Haniskaya and the surrounding area!" ”
Suddenly, the soldiers blew up, they are logistics troops, and training is always a little loose because they are not combat units. Now that there is really going to be a war, many people are afraid. But an order is an order, and it must be executed!
On the same day, the Soviet defenders of Homnitsch crushed the attack of two German regiments, Yang Mingzhi's troops attacked several German checkpoints and annihilated a German company, Haniskaya's German troops urgently built fortifications, and the German garrison in Lechica also immediately took action, and even drove the citizens to build barricades in the city.
The Germans seemed to have foreseen that the Soviets would attack the village, and that the target would definitely be Lechicha.
But it was impossible for Yang Mingzhi to order his soldiers to run wild all the way and capture Haniskaya on this day, after all, soldiers were not superhuman. While fighting and advancing, the troops must rest.
After the sun set, the whole army rested in the woods, and Yang Mingzhi ordered Balzen's reconnaissance company: "You send people to advance first, ambush on the outskirts of the enemy's village, we are still the old way in this battle, attack at three o'clock at night!" ”
Balzen smiled and saluted, and then marched lightly with his troops.
Field warfare is the forte of this Soviet army, and the soldiers must rest well before the battle. All day, everyone was moving forward, and when the procession stopped, many people ate something, wrapped themselves in blankets and fell asleep.
The same is true for Yang Mingzhi, who plans to get up at twelve o'clock at night, and everyone should hurry up and rest.
When night fell, the forest was silent, only the sound of the wind loomed. The moon hung high in the sky, and visibility remained high at night as the snow had not melted.
Balzen's reconnaissance company had approached the enemy-occupied village, only to see that they had already built defensive positions.
"Our actions have finally been exposed, and the enemy has reacted." Balzen put away the binoculars and ordered: "Sasha, you quickly take out a pen and paper and draw a sketch of the enemy's defense!" ”
At the same time, the soldiers of this company were asked to lie in ambush in the woods, some to rest, and some to stay awake. If anyone sleeps and snores, stop it immediately.
Balzen waited for the arrival of the commander and the large army, until half past two in the morning, when Yang Mingzhi came.
He hunched his back and went straight to the front line of the wooded ambush, and got a sketch of the village's defenses.
"Hey, the enemy did set up some machine-gun forts, but there was no threat from the hastily built ones." As he spoke, Yang Mingzhi asked, "You have been scouting for hours, but the enemy patrol has not appeared?" ”
Balzen said: "There were, but the men were only patrolling around the village, and it seemed that they didn't have the courage to go into the forest. ”
"Maybe it's the fear of being attacked, the unknown in the dark is the most terrifying!" Yang Mingzhi nodded and picked up the telescope himself.
He needed to make sure that when he saw the enemy's machine-gun forts, were the defenders sleeping? There are also figures in the village, who are cooking around a bonfire in a gasoline can.
How to attack it, Yang Mingzhi knew in his heart. After conquering the unnamed village, the warriors found several oil drums, which were full of gasoline. It was really when someone was dozing off someone sent a pillow, and when he was worried that there was no oil for arson, the enemy brought gasoline to the door.
The soldiers filled the German military kettle with oil, with the aim of mass arson.
Yang Mingzhi personally reconnoitred and had a plan in his mind, and immediately ordered: "Ravlianji, your battalion is attacking from the left flank. Evgeny, your battalion is attacking from the right flank! I led the remaining fighters of the reconnaissance company and the guard company and went to the middle. The tactics are still the same as before, advance in an offensive formation, don't make too much noise, and start charging after entering about 400 meters. ”
"Yes!" The two spoke in unison.
The woods were more than a kilometer from the village to the village, and after the tables were crossed, the two battalions began to move, and the attacking soldiers were frozen at three o'clock.
Yang Mingzhi was no exception, Bobosha changed to a new bullet stock, and he said to the fighters on his side: "The battle will start in a while, all the fighters with submachine guns will open the way, and the accurate shooters will support the rear." Natasha, Besica, your mission is to prioritize shooting enemy machine gunners! ”
In the night raid battle, the 284th Division has already played perfectly. At three o'clock in the morning, a large number of German soldiers, wearing only underwear, were lying in the warm barracks and sitting in the spring and autumn dream, when suddenly a series of explosions occurred, followed by a fierce exchange of fire.
The Soviet soldiers began to move and entered the charging phase, but everyone remained silent.
It was also lucky, it seemed to be cold, and the Germans in several machine-gun forts slept deeply. It was not until their throats were pierced by the sudden gunshot of Soviet fighters that they realized the enemy attack, but it was too late for anything.
"It's really good, I took two fortresses in one go, and this battle will be won!" Yang Mingzhi was very excited in his heart, and the enemy seemed to be too negligent.
More than 100 people led by him walked in the middle, and Yang Mingzhi saw that the distance was about the same, so he ordered: "Besika, Natasha, you stop here and set up a sniper position immediately." ”
"What about you?" Carambola asked suddenly.
"Of course I'm ......" Suddenly, Yang Mingzhi remembered his promise. As a deputy division commander, he died too early. After thinking about it, there was really no need for me to rush up and fight the enemy in the streets. "Of course I'm staying, and I'll be with you." He called a dozen more guards and set up a headquarters here.
The battle had begun, and the German soldiers had been nervous for a day, and their muscles were exhausted from a long day's work, and everyone was sleeping soundly.
In the village, some sober German troops resisted, but they were quickly suppressed by the Soviets.
Moreover, the Soviet fighters were more creative, tying grenades and kettles filled with gasoline, which completely turned into a kind of gasoline bomb. In this way they threw at the enemy's barracks, and the explosion was accompanied by huge flames. Five minutes into the official combat zone, the village of Haniskaya has already burst into flames.
The flames intensified the chaos, and the panicked Germans were almost wearing nothing outside, and what they saw was the earth-shattering flames, while the shouts of Ulla echoed in their ears!
The Soviets attacked the place like a whirlwind, flames and bullets flew everywhere, and many German horses were also frightened, and they did not want to be burned to death and got out of the stables one by one, which further aggravated the chaos.
In this battle, Yang Mingzhi did not want to stay alive at all, the Soviet army surrounded the village, and more than 500 German troops had become turtles in the urn and were being grilled by the fire. More Germans fled than fought back, and many unarmed people were shot and killed by the Soviets.
The battle ended in just an hour, the gunfire grew weaker and weaker, and the Soviets slowly withdrew from the village.
It's not that the Soviets didn't want to take it, because the village was burning all the time, and something of value basically became a torch. Not to mention the people, the fallen military horses were also roasted to death.
The Soviets retreated back into the woods, and the vast number of soldiers still managed to get some good things - a little ammunition and a working general-purpose machine gun.
Joy came to the faces of the fighters, because the cost of casualties paid by the Soviets was very small. After a brief investigation, most of the people came back, and only more than 20 people died in total, and those who were injured were only slightly injured.
It was star fruit time, and she immediately began to bandage the wounded soldier. The girl and her temporary assistant, Natasha, were very capable and violent in helping the fighters remove the shrapnel and then bandage it.
The troops rested for a while, and Yang Mingzhi continued to order the way. "It's still very dangerous here, and when the enemy sees the red sky in the east, he must conclude that this is an enemy attack, and we must evacuate in case of emergency."
The day slowly dawned, because of the pouring of gasoline, and after the sun was rising, the fire of Haniskaya was still burning. The roasted horses had turned into black charcoal, the corpses of the German soldiers were also charred, and the entire station was in shambles. In this battle, the German army was completely annihilated, and they were completely powerless to resist the fierce blows of the Soviet army at the most exhausting moment.
At this point, the situation of Rechica was precarious, and everything seemed to prove the truth of the report of the 715th Division - the regular army in ambush of the Soviet army had moved. (To be continued.) )