The personnel changes on the German side, and the army changed its defense, and the Soviet troops in the swamp did not notice it. www.biquge.info Timoshenko commanded the Southwestern Front Army, cooperated with the Southern Front, and millions of troops resisted one after another, and some areas made certain breakthroughs and counterattacks, and the current overall war situation was still very unfavorable to the Soviet army.

The fighting in Crimea is as it has been in history, the Soviet army is losing and retreating, and some new weapons and equipment troops are still unable to complete the quantitative change into qualitative change.

Timoshenko stared solemnly around the sand table, a topographical map of the Soviet Union in the northern part of the Black Sea, which was covered with black flags and red flags. From the perspective of the overall situation, the strategic focus of the German army on the macro level has obviously shifted southward.

At this time, Tupikov finally received the latest battle report from the swamp, which was inspiring. He looked at it hastily, his heart thumped, and he ran to the office with a gust of wind.

"You're so flustered! Could it be that we are defending Crimea and have a favorable war situation? Timoshenko reminded him to pay attention to his appearance.

However, this man was not more reserved, he walked straight over with the document and said: "It is indeed a good piece of information, but it is not our encirclement of Crimea. The latest results of our first infantry division, to be exact. ”

"An infantry division? We now command dozens of divisions! I really hope that all the divisions will have a report of victory. His implication was nothing else, that the victories that a division could achieve were extremely limited, and that as the headquarters of the Front, it was necessary to coordinate all the troops and complete the strategic victory.

Take a closer look at Tupikov, and his radiant appearance is confusing. Timoshenko immediately asked, "If a division has achieved a remarkable victory, it should be commended, tell me the number of this division, and the name of their division commander." ”

"Just look at it, and it's definitely interesting to you."

Timoshenko, who was suspicious, took over the information, and he easily saw the words "284th Guards Infantry Division", and suddenly his brain buzzed, and the blood in his body also surged.

"This infantry division remained in the swamps, and in previous battles they frequently attacked the enemy's rear, and the results achieved were not insignificant."

Tupikov excitedly answered: "After all, this unit has the title of Guard, and your predecessor, who has already sacrificed, likes them very much, and even told me that if all the divisions under his command had even half of their combat effectiveness, the war in Ukraine would not have become what it is today." ”

This division was famous among the Soviet Army, because they independently defeated a German panzer division at the beginning of the war, and the rocket-boosted grenade that made a great achievement was actually invented by him, and new weapons began to equip the troops.

But as the scale of the war expanded, a large number of heroic units sang, and the name of the 284th Division soon faded.

Timoshenko continued to look at the document, and the numbers here were clearly written - 7,000 enemy annihilated.

Alert, he immediately frowned and questioned Tupikov: "You made me believe that this Guards attacked the enemy's division headquarters, I believe it." Because I resent the atrocities of my enemies, and because I was driven by hunger to eat the corpses of my enemies, I also believe. But the remnants of their army recovered their strength by absorbing the militia and stragglers of various units, and then carried out a large-scale battle, what is the second battle of Homnitch, in which 7,000 enemies were annihilated, and their own casualties were only 1,700! How do I believe this?! Even if they, Yevlov and Berekov are Heroes of the Soviet Union, they can't make such a big joke on me! ”

Tupikov pouted: "It seems that you know them very well. Including the names of the division commander and the division chief of staff. ”

"Of course!" Timoshenko recalled a few months ago, "It was still winter, and this army had achieved great results, and we risked airdropping supplies for it in late autumn, and in the following battle, two enemy infantry regiments were defeated, and they also paid a lot of losses. How long has the war passed, less than two months! They fought on a much larger scale again, and this time the enemy lost seven thousand people! Such a high-intensity battle, it was actually completed by them? ”

"It sounds far-fetched, like a fantasy." Tupikov approached, took the piece of information, and pointed to a few lines of text. "Let's take a closer look, this information was admitted by our Gomel city committee personnel."

In terms of military planning, Timoshenko's ability is far stronger than Tupikov's, and this man is also guilty of meritorious service, and he knows that his strategy with Timoshenko is tantamount to an axe. Therefore, his responsibility is more focused on the collection of intelligence, finding the advantage in the massive amount of intelligence, and then adjusting the deployment of the army.

At the beginning of February, faced with an increasingly deteriorating situation, the Gomel underground city committee decided to lead the evacuation of the organization's members. Where to retreat? One option is to the northward to the partisan zone of Babruisk or Slutsk, and the other to the south to the Pripyat swamps. The situation in the guerrilla areas was just as bad as the situation in the guerrilla areas was just as bad as the German occupation forces in the north, as the armies of the client states and the puppet armies intensified the liquidation of the partisans.

The Gomel city committee had already received information that Tupikov had decided to go south to the swamp, because it was not important to the Southwestern Front, and Tupikov did not talk about it.

Now he is resolute in shaking it out. "The Gomel city committee is completely legal, they have already entered their partisan zone under the escort of the 284 Division."

Timoshenko nodded, officials can't say good things for soldiers, they have always had one thing to say.

Tupikov continued: "Our eyes are always on places like Odessa, Savastopol and Kharkov, and it is really easy to lose sight of this 284 Guards Division, which has been assigned to us. They are not a rabble at all, since last December they were able to defeat the offensive of two regiments of the Germans, this time four regiments! In my opinion, the division commander Yevlov and the chief of staff Berekov are rare talents for us. If they have 20,000 troops under their command, I am afraid that the enemy's rear will really quickly erode! ”

There will always be many miracles in military history, Timoshenko recalls a lot, he still remembers that he once promised the 284th Division to continue the airdrop, almost half a year has passed, and his promise has not been fulfilled at all. It is rare that in such a difficult environment of war behind enemy lines, they can still create military miracles on their own.

Take a closer look at this information, the certificate of the Gomel City Committee is written in black and white, plus the guarantee of the 284th Division. He didn't believe it at first, thinking it was bragging, and then he believes it to some extent now.

They said in intelligence that the operation collected thousands of enemy steel helmets, more than 6,000 soldiers' dog tags, and thousands of guns of various types, including more than 400 general-purpose machine guns. If calculated according to such a statistical calculation of battle results, it is not impossible for them to destroy 7,000 enemies. ”

"But it's incredible that they only suffered 1,700 casualties, right?" Tupikov smiled.

"Of course!" When I think of the casualties, this is the eternal pain of Timoshenko. If you think about it carefully, the current regular troops of the Soviet Army are different from the patchwork troops of the 284th Division. "Our soldiers were probably farmers or city workers a month ago, and they received only the simplest military physical training, and they could basically walk in a queue, and each person in target training probably only fired a few bullets. Relying on such soldiers, the casualties are bound to be huge! Unless the 284th Division has a way to quickly train ordinary people into excellent soldiers. ”

Tupikov did not know how they managed to train ordinary villagers into the most elite troops, but in terms of casualties, there were only 1,200 of them killed (including those who were transported home). The casualty ratio is amazing, which shows that its combat effectiveness is so strong!

Tupikov said: "Now I don't think we should dwell on whether the results of this army have an element of water injection and boasting, but think about the next countermeasures." As far as I know the latest information, the Germans have moved their troops in the south of White Russia, which does not mean that the enemy's infantry divisions in the swampy area have indeed suffered heavy losses, because this is the only reason that will force them to withdraw immediately. ”

Timoshenko nodded: "You arrange someone to do the intelligence work, I have to find out what is really going on in southern Belarus!" (To be continued.) )