Before the commendation meeting began, Balzen led his subordinates, along with a large number of militiamen, and rushed to the ruins of Homnich with tools. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The troops he led, the reconnaissance company directly under him, and some soldiers of the guard company, had more than 100 soldiers.

The militia also dispatched 200 men, whose main job was to smash the wall with a sledgehammer and remove the steel from it.

There were also more than a dozen people in the team, and they were stationed in Homnich to set up an early warning observation post. At the same time, at the moment these people are in the hands of the radio station of the operational troops.

The temperature is a little warmer, and the air is a little warmer at 3 p.m. The snow began to melt, but it quickly froze into ice at night, and this environment was not as good as the heavy snow, and the march on the ice field had to ask for a horse-drawn sleigh!

More than 300 people carried a lot of baggage, and there should not be many good buildings left in the city of Khomnich, and the vast number of soldiers had to sleep in the open.

The purpose of his trip was twofold, one was to order the troops directly under him to sort out the battlefield again and take away what could be used. The other is to order the militia to smash the wall, which is the most important thing.

It is a pity that they could not attend the commendation meeting on the morning of their departure, and the order must not be disobeyed!

The whole army arrived in Homnich after a two-day trek, and in addition to the personnel, the troops had 200 horses and a large number of empty sleds.

At noon the next day, Balzen finally reached the outskirts of Homnich, and he ordered the troops to stop immediately.

"Order a group of sharp soldiers to come forward and reconnoitre, and stay vigilant. Others are also ready for battle! ”

This order, as if Homnitch was still occupied by German troops.

In fact, there is such a possibility, the German army attacking this city is supposed to have withdrawn, will they leave a small number of people to continue the defense? "Anyway, Berekov claims that Khomnich is now empty, and some are corpses." Balzen is so thinking, it is better to investigate it just in case.

A squad of Soviet troops bowed forward, they spread out as much as they could, and as they approached the city, the pace slowed.

Balzen held his telescope high and stared at their movements, and said to himself: "It seems that the deputy division commander is really right, the enemy really fled?" ”

This squad of Soviet troops did not meet any resistance, and they easily entered the city.

If the squad is attacked, the sound of gunfire is the best alarm. But no!

After a while, a figure was seen in Balzen's telescope, and one of the men of that squad was waving his arms, beckoning the troops to advance.

"All the army, keep moving! Homnich is safe, it's me who is too worried! ”

Balzen gave the order, and the mighty army, which was carrying a heavy load, continued to advance. Because he was safe, he himself rode on a tall horse, like a cavalry warrior.

This feeling was infinitely good, and he said to a few warriors around him who were also riding horses: "Have you all heard about it? The head of the village of Black Soil, then Vomansky. This man had a plan to organize the cavalry troops, as we do now. ”

The soldiers didn't have to worry so much, and only the officers could talk to the village chief.

A squad leader named Khabarov said: "I don't know. But he's going to form cavalry, what's the use of that? Isn't cavalry obsolete in this day and age? ”

"Maybe! I thought so too! In the face of enemy tanks and fighters, the sabers and spears of the cavalry were useless. Unless there is a point, Volmansky can turn cavalry units into mounted infantry. After all, the mobility of the cavalry is still there. "Balzen's cognition coincides with Yang Mingzhi, perhaps anyone with a little common sense will know that it is really stupid to let the cavalry's saber cut the tank.

Italian journalists added fuel to the description of Polish cavalry cutting German tanks, a view endorsed by the Poles in order to express their grief and indignation to the world. Perhaps the wheels of tanks and armored vehicles are the wheels of the times, and the era of cavalry is gone with these. That is, the officers of the Soviet Army, led by Budyonny, insisted on retaining such a huge unit as the cavalry division for the sake of feelings or honor.

But their persistence will eventually be woken up by reality, in the battles in Belarus and in the battles in Ukraine, these cavalry have achieved a role, that is, they have become dismounted infantry. Lacking heavy weapons, their combat effectiveness is really worrisome.

Balzen and a few soldiers teased Kung Fu that the troops had entered Homnich.

Most of the warriors were not tired at all, and they sat on sleighs, guarding the baggage of their future garrison and life.

Horse-drawn sleighs pass past the battlefield where they fought fiercely just ten days ago, where the craters are still there, and some human remains are still scattered on the ground. It was the corpse of the German army, which had not been collected in time, and the low temperature had made the corpse like a rock of ice, and they had become one with the earth.

Many of the militia were asked to stay in the village of Heitu, awaiting further orders. They had never experienced a battle, and seeing the battlefield without gunpowder smoke, the devastation of the land and the city, all proved the fierceness of the battle.

If you leave it up to the individual to choose, it's so right not to come here to fight! Most of them had seen Roshakov leading his troops into the village of Black Earth, but what they had seen was not a radiant victorious army. Everyone is very festive, and more helpless, even indifferent.

A large number of wounded soldiers also returned, and the troops were also seriously understaffed. Those who did not come back were buried in Homnich, where are their graves? Balzen is not clear.

He dismounted, stood in the ruins of the city, and his first words were: "This resistance battle is really tragic enough." ”

There are not many good buildings in Homnich, there are a lot of bricks and rubble on the ground, and there are a dozen shocking craters in the city, without him, which are bombarded by heavy artillery.

He ordered: "The whole army, including the militia, immediately begin to survey the whole city, searching for houses that can be inhabited, and then begin to camp." ”

The order was given, and the fighters went into action. At this time, the Soviet squad that entered the city early, the squad leader trotted all the way in front of Balzen, and his expression was very panicked.

"What's going on? Did you find out about the Germans? Or something else? ”

This one took a few deep breaths and said slowly, "Company commander, you'd better come and take a look at this!" It's shocking! ”

Because Balzen's troops entered from the south of Homnitch, they saw the corpses of the Germans, who were the flanks of the enemy's attack, routed by the Soviets. This was not the whole battlefield, the heaviest battles took place in the northern part of the city.

Balzen walked along the rubble-strewn road, with a few bullet holes, and a crooked road sign indicating that this was Gorky Boulevard.

The further he went, the more rubble there became, and finally he stood in the outermost building of the city, revealing in front of him the remains of a larger-scale battlefield, which was shocking.

Balzen and his entourage were all stunned, there was a large amount of wreckage of armored vehicles, and on the wide frontage, there were clearly human corpses. That must also be the German army! The number was unexpectedly huge, and apparently later the Soviets abandoned Khomnich and withdrew, and everyone was guilty of collecting the enemy's corpses, but only taking what could be used. Obviously, the Germans did not collect the bodies of the dead soldiers after touching them.

The air was clear, the visibility was far away, and Balzen raised his binoculars to scan, and suddenly, in the distance, something black was there. He adjusted his focus and realized that it was not a strange object, but a cannon with the muzzle pointing towards the city.

"Danger! Is that the enemy's artillery? "Almost instinctively, he almost crawled to the ground, as if reflexively, dodging the shells that might come his way.

The result was naturally no, it was his nervous overtension. A soldier supported the commander and said, "Company commander, the enemy has withdrawn, and those artillery pieces were obviously abandoned by the enemy." ”

"Maybe." Balzen felt a little embarrassed, and he held his hat, "I'll have to send a team to investigate in a moment." Now let's set up camp. (To be continued.) )