Chapter 905: Barricades
The situation was much better than Yang Mingzhi thought, and in just three hours, when everyone saw the joint personnel sent by Tokov, it meant that the destination had arrived.
Facing the assembled and panting soldiers, Yang Mingzhi quickly ordered: "The whole army is ready for battle!" Rychev! Bondarev! Balzen! Follow me with your men and all your gear!
Joshua! Your men and non-combatants stay here and serve as tactical reserves!
Natasha! Bessica! Your sniper team comes to me lightly! ”
The battle will almost certainly break out when the German army ranks out, and it will be a one-sided "torture"!
Like hares, a group of soldiers walked through the grass more than a foot high with their backs hunched, and nearly 1,700 people lined up in a formation of nearly 500 meters. The morning sun was very dazzling, and the warriors took off their helmets that easily reflected the sun, and many simply put some grass on their tweed boat-shaped caps for camouflage.
The ambush was very similar to previous operations, Balzen showed ease of use, and the paratroopers who had at least learned how to fight ambushes during training were acceptable.
The Soviet army's earthy green military uniforms were not badly camouflaged here, and the soldiers brought out their various weapons one after another, and pointed their guns at the railway 200 meters away.
At this distance, the accuracy of the RPG against a large target such as a train can still be guaranteed, and there is always a chance to hit when used on a large scale.
But the most ferocious weapon is not it!
In the first battle, Balzen was given permission to open fire first. The three rocket artillery platoons under his command quickly assumed the firing position, that is, the folding tripod was firmly planted in the grass, and the short and thick launch tubes were stuck in the launch stand and bolted. When the launcher is ready, a rocket is loaded into the tube.
For the average soldier, the shape of this rocket launcher system is more like a recoilless gun, and even a soldier has to squat on its side, pull the trigger, and rely on the firing pin to start the primer to ignite the propellant.
It is also because, like, the rocket shooter is simply a part-time gunner.
Before the war, the officers had already blown the heavy firepower of this arsenal honorably, and now more than a thousand pairs of eyes were staring at the three thick pipes, hoping that the enemy would appear soon.
On the other hand, on the grass at the edge of the forest, Tokov had already come to the side of the prefect, Yang Mingzhi.
He reported: "Commander, just twenty minutes ago, a military column drove by from north to south, and when I woke up, I saw that it was a military column full of armored vehicles. And an hour earlier, a military column had passed from south to north, and the sentry said that the column was pulling a dozen wagons, and that no one had been pulling anything inside, perhaps a large amount of grain. ”
"Ship weapons south! Ship grain north! If it were the Germans, they would have done this very reasonably! ”
Yang Mingzhi nodded meaningfully, because the German army had occupied almost all of Ukraine, which was the granary of the Soviet Union, and after the various national warehouses of the authorities were occupied by the German army, the stored grain naturally had to be transported to where it was needed.
For example, transport to the north, delivery to the Vyazma front.
It is normal for the German army to move equipment southward, and the macro historical trend determines that the Soviet army will counterattack next month, and the regional situation is a powder keg that is about to explode, and it is impossible for the German army not to strengthen its defense. The latest tanks from German factories will undoubtedly pass through Poland and Belarus, and then be sent to the Donbas region through Ukraine, which is the best shortcut!
In the same way, such a transport route for the German army meant that it was necessary for the Soviet partisans to cut it off as much as possible!
Tokov truthfully reported his later discovery: "The German army trains from north to south were basically one train an hour, and even at night they did not stop. I was worried that their transport would be busier after dawn, probably passing by one in half an hour.
And there are a lot fewer military trains from south to north, maybe their dispatch is one every two hours. So according to speculation, in half an hour, the military column full of tanks will pass through here again! ”
"So, there's only half an hour left!" Yang Mingzhi frowned, realizing that time was running out. "It seems that we are about to prepare for battle, and in this battle, rocket artillery must send the enemy's train into the sea of fire!"
The words of the commander were so reverberating, and Tokov still didn't want to be so violent. He advised: "Sir! Maybe we can't afford to use rocket artillery that the arsenal has to produce at great expense! I have a plan, maybe with just a few bullets to solve the whole military column! ”
Yang Mingzhi's body was shocked: "There is still such a thing? ”
"Of course! The commander could have ordered the trees to be cut down urgently, so that large trunks full of leaves lay across the railroad tracks. It's best to put up a sign with the word stop written on it! I'm sure the military train will brake suddenly. ”
"So! We just have to make the enemy feel that there is a big mass of obstacles on the railway? Yang Mingzhi asked eagerly.
"He has a lot of point! Captains! "Peroniski came in and pointed out, with his full experience as a railroad worker, that the driver and stoker would never allow foreign objects on the tracks, whether in Germany or in Russia." Our guerrillas often sabotaged the enemy's railway lines, and if they really couldn't blow up the railroads, they would put obstacles on their knees, or even put iron blocks on the rails! Even if it doesn't derail the train, it can cause a huge bump in the road! ”
"He's a professional!" Tokov said happily: "So the German military column will definitely stop, and the German soldiers escorting the car are likely to get out of the car to clear the roadblock!" That's our chance! Our accurate marksmen were able to easily take out the exposed enemy, and with a single charge, the column was captured by us! ”
Yang Mingzhi understood what this guy meant, and his plan was slightly adjusted.
It's at least half an hour before the following military column arrives, and that's enough time to make a barricade!
More than 200 soldiers were mobilized, and the sapper axes cut down some small trees in the forest. Some monkey-like creatures even climbed to the treetops and cut down branches full of crisp broad leaves.
Under Yang Mingzhi's telescope, these more than 200 people ran to the railway like "leaf-cutting ants", holding branches. Through the barbed wire fence that protected the railway, they threw the branches out and piled them up on the rails in a haphazard manner.
A green hill was rapidly forming, and more than 200 people threw away all the debris in their hands, and the final barricade was more than two meters high.
"Hey, hey! That's amazing! I don't need to write any wooden signs, it's strange that the enemy doesn't stop when he sees such a barricade! ”
Looking at the military commander's excited look, Peroniski took the opportunity to say: "If the enemy were to use our Soviet locomotive, they would basically not have a railway cleaner, and they would not be able to clear this barricade!" ”
"Of course!" Yang Mingzhi, who was still holding the telescope to observe the grand occasion, said proudly: "I am not afraid of the enemy's stupid impact on this roadblock!" Let them come! My rocket launchers are always ready, and if they dare to collide, I will dare to fire! Explain that the enemy is still in a sea of fire! ”
Even if the Germans came up with the so-called "canned box alarm system", it seems to be just a bluff? Tokov did not find a single German patrol for even a night, and his report became the most critical reference for the whole army.
Yang Mingzhi didn't think much about it, looking at the geography here, he estimated that the German soldiers were too lazy to go deep into this forest! The environment here is too primitive, and there must have been no ambush time here for several months, and the Germans are also psychologically paralyzed.
In the crisp grass, more than a thousand people prepared an ambush, their rifles were stabbed, and they waited for the commander to give the order!