Chapter 583: Out of the Cannon Range
Of the more than 200 captives, only one survived, and this man was also a German-Polish, and the reason why he also wore Soviet cotton clothes was indeed because he had joined the Red Army. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
This kind of person is naturally going to be shot with one shot, even if he has all kinds of helplessness, so many people have died in this war, who is not helpless? However, Balzen did not act so early to kill, and first heard what information he could confess.
So he said to him: "You were a member of the Red Army and know our policy towards traitors. These are extraordinary times, if you don't want to die then cooperate well, I want to hear information that interests me, and if you say it, I will consider sparing your life. ”
The Red Army was not allowed to surrender, it was not allowed to rebel, and for traitors, every soldier had the right to be executed on the spot. In order to survive, this person hurried to tell what she knew.
In fact, Balzen is still in a very good mood today, Asanov said that a number of Eastern battalions serving Germany have joined the German army, and today they exchanged arms with these people, and after a short conflict, their essence of fighting was exposed.
This man, John Kotarsky, gave a complete confession of the details of the Eastern Battalion. He claimed that the 707th Division had at least ten Eastern Battalions under its command, and that more of these troops would be sent to this side in the future. Therefore, this German infantry regiment, which confronted Yang Mingzhi's Soviet army head-on, mastered two Eastern battalions, and they were organized according to the battalion, so the total strength of the enemy was more than 3,000 people.
Asanov only said the composition of the Vostok battalion, and their details are not clear. Now the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion personally reported their details, what an unexpected surprise.
This pleased Balzen, who called Lavrenty and Evgeny and asked: "You can help me get an idea, I think this man's confession is very valuable, what do you do with him?" Is it to stay? ”
Just now, these two cold-blooded guys had just commanded their subordinates to execute the group of captives who were already unarmed, the smell of blood was in the air, and the scene also stimulated the nerves of the two.
Looking at the guy who knelt on the ground and prayed, the hearts of the two couldn't help but soften.
Balzen was keenly aware of the change in the old man's mentality, and said: "If you don't say it, you just acquiesce, then let's leave this person's life for the time being." ”
"That's fine, he may still know some information, and we are not professional interrogators after all." In the future, let's escort this person back and let the political commissar interrogate him properly! ”
The idea was so good that Balzen gave it his go.
In this encounter, the retreating Eastern Battalion suffered almost a hundred casualties in the battle (the surviving ones were assassinated by the Soviet troops who collected the trophies), and the slaughtered two hundred. Their losses were actually quite large, compared to the losses of the Soviet troops, which were much smaller.
Twenty-two people were killed in the battle, and thirty-five others were wounded to varying degrees. These casualties were bearable, but all three officers knew that their soldiers were all veterans and could be squad leaders in the new unit. Their casualties were indeed another serious loss for the troops.
Balzen ordered the troops to take away all the weapons and ammunition they could use, and the casualties and soldiers were taken away alive or dead, and the whole army continued to retreat five kilometers south before stopping.
A soldier who was good at climbing trees hung the antenna on the top of the tall red pine again, and it was already nine o'clock in the morning, and the division headquarters received the latest information.
Yang Mingzhi and the others rested for two or three hours, and after recovering a little, when they learned of this explosive incident that happened early in the morning, every pore of sweat stood up.
Yevlov laughed excitedly: "Their 707th Division is really still a bunch of idiots, how bold they are to let a group of guys from the Eastern Battalion attack us." Their inferior combat effectiveness has been exposed, so that we have three hundred more guns. ”
Yang Mingzhi said casually: "For the Dongfang Battalion, the poor combat effectiveness of this group of puppet troops is certain, but we also suffered a hundred casualties in this battle, and I am more concerned about this." ”
Yevlov waved his hand, "We can tolerate this kind of casualties, if it weren't for the enemy's use of artillery, our losses would be even smaller." ”
Yerentina knocked on the table, and the two men spoke. She hurriedly said: "Now we are discussing the current problem specifically, Balzen's reconnaissance this time has gained a good harvest, the bottom of the enemy in front of us is more thorough, and the rest is what to do." Today is March 26th, and the airdrop from the superior will arrive in five days! That's the most important thing! ”
"Yes, yes, we really need to avoid a head-on confrontation with the enemy now." Yang Mingzhi said: "In fact, many times it is not us who take the initiative to attack, it is clear that the enemy is pressing step by step, and we are forced to launch a counterattack at an inopportune moment, such as this time." Balzen did a good job this time, and he should have avoided further irritating the enemy. ”
The exhausted trio discussed and agreed to congratulate Balzen on his victory this morning, and the order did not change. In addition to digging pits on the spot for burial and sending back wounded soldiers, the others still built a defensive line in the forest. There was also only one additional order, that is, the line of defense must be built outside the range of 155 mm guns, and whether the Germans had such artillery or not, it was carried out according to the order.
Balzen and the others could actually anticipate what kind of orders the division headquarters would send back, and in the new resting grounds, new defensive lines were already being built.
The defensive line, which had been planned to be carefully constructed, had to be abandoned because it might be within the range of enemy fire. Needless to say, whether there is a 155-mm cannon or not, the distance of fifteen kilometers is indeed quite safe.
The order of the division headquarters was transmitted intact, and Balzen and the other three immediately held a small meeting.
"We now have more weapons and ammunition, the gun is Mosin Nagant and the ammunition is 7.62 mm, which is better than our reloads," Evgeny said. ”
In this regard, Lavrenj has a different view. "In fact, the lethality of the new bullets made by the deputy division commander and others belongs to the sword going sideways, and my people reported that the enemy's corpse was very terrifying, and a bullet hit it head-on, and the wound on the back was bigger than before, and even more than one wound, and it was obvious that the bullet was broken. This is what the deputy division commander is after! It's like one bullet being used as two. ”
Balzen was taken aback because the incident had not been reported to his superiors. In view of the peculiarities of forest warfare, reloading bullets can maintain quite good accuracy within fifty meters, and it is not so good if they exceed a hundred meters! The newly reloaded bullets in the arsenal are all added with special condiments, which is said to further sacrifice accuracy and obtain some strange killing methods.
This kind of warhead, which hits the human body and is fragile, is easier to achieve a fatal hit on the torso!
"I'll report this matter to the division headquarters later, and let's replan our respective defense lines now. We will have to stay in the forest for the next few days, and we will have to plan for our daily lives and possible battles in the future. Balzen said.