After a brutal battle, people crossed the road smoothly, and everyone did not dare to slack off, because the troops were still advancing, and falling behind was equivalent to death. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The troops advanced very fast, and Balzen and the others were very worried about encountering the German pursuers again, in addition to ordering the soldiers to move forward quickly, they also ordered everyone not to leave any clues.

But how is this possible? A team of hundreds of people will at least leave footprints, and the blood on the ground of the wounded will also expose the entire team.

The German pursuers found many traces, but they did not rush to continue the pursuit, because the more than 100 men were already far away from the road. They are all lightly armed and have no ability to sleep in the forest at all.

Even if the climate starts to warm up a little bit, the night temperature is no longer aggressive after the cold snap recedes. Temperatures tend to stay at minus 1 degree, and this low temperature can still freeze people to death.

Seeing that the sun was beginning to set westward, the pursuers simply retreated, and they also returned with intelligence.

The Germans' actions exceeded Balzen's expectations. Everyone never expected that the enemy would follow the entire army for several hours, and if they had gone faster, the encounter would have happened again!

It was luck that favored those who had just finished the battle, and as the sun went down, Balzen ordered the troops to stop.

"Everyone began to set up camp, no bonfires were allowed, and everyone ate dry food. Individual squad leaders, partisan officers, count their own casualties! ”

The majority of the soldiers basically carried their own bedding, and a set of blankets was enough to dispel the cold. The surviving fighters began to set up camp, and the officers began to count the casualties one by one.

All those who left the group were already dead, and the rest of the people gathered together, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that there were many fewer people.

The casualties were counted very quickly, and each team checked itself to know who was not in the team, and the shocking information was immediately counted.

Tchaikov was so surprised by the casualties that he took a notebook and recorded the losses of his various partisan squads, and when summed up, there were 420 casualties in this battle!

What is this concept? Almost half of them were killed! He didn't have time to count the results after the battle, but he didn't expect that after the statistics, the casualties were almost unacceptable.

However, in terms of the overall condition of the Soviet army, this casualty ratio turned out to be not bad! The enemy, together with the armoured vehicle crew, had a total strength of about one hundred and seventy men, and all of them were wiped out. The Soviets lost 430 deaths, a mortality rate of 3:1. You know, the loss ratio of the two sides is as high as 9:1 on the macro level! In the end, it was a victory, but it was also a tragic victory, and no one was elated.

"If this kind of fighting continues, my guerrilla brigade will be wiped out. Then I should have killed myself. Tchaikov handed over the results to Balzen with a heavy heart, and as expected, Balzen was stunned.

"Why are the casualties so big?! It's amazing! Balzen sat on the snow, looking at the cold numbers. He raised his head with a look of regret, "Tchaikov, maybe I was wrong when I ordered the whole army to charge!" There must have been a lot of people who died on the way to the charge. ”

"But what's the solution?" Tchaikov shrugged, "Knowing that the enemy has built a bunker, the soldiers must also charge, and this is our fate as soldiers." Besides, the attack was a unanimous decision of the warriors, who were ready to die in battle. ”

Balzen did not continue to discuss the morale or consciousness, but saw the sacrifice of four hundred and thirty men, and the wounded of fifty. Nearly half of the men were incapacitated in this battle, and the troops were exhausted.

He couldn't help but ask himself, how would he command if the deputy division commander was here? Maybe it's a more flexible offense.

"These friendly brothers used very traditional infantry tactics, the soldiers were poorly trained, the battlefield skills were poor, and in the end, it turned into white-knuckle warfare, and it was reasonable to suffer heavy losses." Balzen summed it up for himself, after all, people are dead, and the rest have to continue to live.

Therefore, as soon as he and Tchaikov and Lyudbalev worked together, they immediately held a meeting to formulate a plan for future actions.

Here, Lyudbalev made several key demands: "We must safely enter the area controlled by the 284th Division, and I will communicate with the 284th Division immediately, and I do not want to encounter any more German resistance." ”

The second of these three problems is the simplest, which is to set up an antenna at the top of the tree, and the radio station on the ground immediately contacts the division headquarters. As for the remaining two problems, Balzen did not dare to guarantee that he would not encounter the Germans.

"Maybe we should get in touch with our division, report our losses, and ask them for help." Balzen's idea was immediately recognized.

So, the monkey-like Maxim climbed to the top of the tree with an antenna. In white-knuckle combat, he may have been too nimble, and he was able to dodge under the enemy's dagger sapper shovel attack without being injured at all.

The radio station was quickly set up, followed by the transmission of Morse code. The hand-cranked generator rotated desperately, and the power of the radio station was adjusted to the maximum.

At the same time, in the radio room of the 284th Division's headquarters in the swamp, the garrison personnel immediately received a signal from afar. The code was transcribed and soon translated into text. At the time of translation, the radioman was also surprised, because the information clearly stated that the reconnaissance company and the Gomel city committee and other personnel were met with a tragic resistance by the Germans, and nearly half of the troops were lost!

This report was immediately sent to the division headquarters, which made Yang Mingzhi and Yevlov, who were reorganizing the army and preparing for the march, have to rush back in a hurry.

Yevlov grabbed the report and shuddered. He frowned and turned his head, and said to Yang Mingzhi: "Everything really makes you right!" We prayed here that they wouldn't run into an enemy, but we did it today. It's good to be able to beat them, but unfortunately, it's a pyrrhic victory! ”

Yang Mingzhi took the report, and he saw the exact casualties. "With the addition of our reconnaissance company, the number of the team is 1,300 people, and there are only a few hundred people who can really fight, and they have also allocated manpower to protect women and children. Such a victory is not worth celebrating, we are simply defeated in terms of casualties! ”

The two immediately went to the map wall, and according to the approximate location marked in the report, Yang Mingzhi drew a circle here with a pencil, which, together with the previous drawing, formed a road map for the reconnaissance company's operations.

Seeing that Yang Mingzhi had already begun to think, Yevlov asked anxiously: "Now that they are starting to go south, what do you think, Berekov." What are the likelihood that the enemy you are talking about will pursue them? ”

"Possibility? One hundred percent, of course. As he spoke, Yang Mingzhi pointed to the location where the battle took place, "My comrade division commander, it should not be an accident that our army encountered the enemy when it broke through the road. According to my analysis, it is unlikely that they will either be stationed here and wait for us to fall into the net, but we will collide with them again. On the other hand, they have stepped up their precautions and formed a long formation on the road so that we can be spotted from any breakthrough. ”

In Yevlov's opinion, the words of the chief of staff are the truth. What he said did make a lot of sense, and the Germans were ready. Coupled with the previous intelligence, the enemy is really going crazy and wants to eat the reconnaissance company! After all, their airfield was destroyed by a-for-tat.

Yang Mingzhi thought about it carefully, and suddenly became worried, as if a big war was coming.

Before the two returned to the table, Yang Mingzhi brought up the previous battle of Homnitch.

"Why did that war become a big war? It is not because of the strategic position of Khomnich that what was originally a battle at the battalion level was forcibly turned into a brigade level. The impact of this battle continues to this day, and I think that the reason why we let Balzen take a military risk is also based on the Battle of Homnich. In my opinion, the enemy will not fail to react to the destruction of their airfield, because this incident showed the enemy that even if the Soviet airfield is blown up, the Soviet army can quickly retaliate! ”

"So, they're going to attack on a large scale?" Yevlov only felt a chill all over his body, and the attitude of the chief of staff in front of him was even more worrying.

"That's right, the enemy will either go crazy and annihilate our reconnaissance company and the Gomel city committee, or they will simply go south and take full revenge on the swamp."

"So which do you think is more likely?" Yevlov continued to ask.

"The former, of course. So, I'm going to have to take more people with me this time. Here, Yang Mingzhi temporarily decided to bring a reinforced regiment, that is, two more battalions from the three battalions, and if the artillery is included, the total strength will be as high as 3,500 people!

Yang Mingzhi decided so, Yevlov did not object, he patted the old man on the shoulder: "Berekov, the victory depends on you." We must rescue the comrades of the Gomel City Committee, the Tchaikov brigade, and our reconnaissance company. ”

"Of course! We still send them a report right away and tell them our plan of action. The most important thing is to make sure that they move along the Dnieper so that we can divide it! ”

"Okay, I'll do it!" Yevlov immediately began to write a draft, and Yang Mingzhi continued to train the troops non-stop. Lavrendi and Evgeny had arrived, as had Joshua's women's camp. As the situation changed, Vasiliyev's Jewish battalion and Nineli's militia battalion were also added.

This huge team is scheduled to act urgently the next day! Tonight, Yang Mingzhi will check the situation of each unit again, and then hurry home to comfort his wife.

After all, this is a war, and this operation may turn into a new war! Or? Bring her with you in this battle? As a military doctor?

Yang Mingzhi thought about it, this is not impossible. That girl probably likes Natasha more than herself, and it is also humane for the two sisters to meet earlier. Text (To be continued.) )