The troops led by Yang Mingzhi advanced all morning, and the army maintained two columns, each squad pulling its own sleigh, as if this was a unit responsible for baggage, and in fact everyone was very strong in combat. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Most of the heavy weapons of the troops went to Roshakov's department, because after their capture of Homnitch, a strong German counterattack was bound to follow.

However, Yang Mingzhi is not a lightly armed unit here, he has twenty small-caliber mortars. Mortars are only equipped by the Soviet army, and they are directly equipped to the company level, and each company has a mortar platoon, and its role in battle is equivalent to that of gun grenades in later generations. Since the airdrop, some mortars have been sent to the troops, along with a large number of matching shells.

In addition to this, the troops had a Maxim heavy machine gun and a captured Romanian ZB57 heavy machine gun. In the case of forest ambushes, heavy machine guns are no less powerful than heavy artillery. Not to mention that the troops are also armed with a large number of DP machine guns and MG34s, and even a few ZB26 Czech ones.

In addition to the 7.62 mm and 7.92 mm, the soldiers also carried 14.5 mm anti-tank guns.

Out of Yang Mingzhi's bad taste, since bullets can be reloaded, the warhead is often made of the best cast iron, which has a soft texture to hit the armored target weakly, and the lethal effect created by hitting people is terrifying.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Yang Mingzhi received a message from the direction of Homnich.

The radioman ran to Yang Mingzhi, who was at the head of the team, and handed over the headset and walkie-talkie to the deputy division commander.

"Report to the deputy division commander, this is a regimental call!"

Yang Mingzhi immediately brought a headset, and it was Roshakov who was speaking.

"Call the first regiment, here is the second regiment, receive it back."

"A lump received! Comrade Deputy Division Commander. "The battle for Khomnich is over, and our army has won a great victory." Thirty-two of our troops were killed, thirty were seriously wounded and could not fight, and Homnich was captured. More than 100 prisoners were captured and more than 200 people were rescued. We will transport the wounded, prisoners, etc. back to the barracks. ”

"Excellent! Well done! Now the time has come to test you, the enemy will surely fight back, and you build fortifications now! Remember, until you receive the order to retreat, you must defend Homnage! ”

Yang Mingzhi once again emphasized the next task, the battle of Homnich was over, the town was conquered, and the loss of troops was only more than 60 people. It seems that the high-intensity firepower and the night sneak attack have achieved amazing results in a two-pronged approach.

With their report, the development of the battle situation seems to be proceeding towards Yang Mingzhi's expectations.

Yang Mingzhi stopped and looked at the troops that continued to advance northeast, male and female soldiers pulling sleds, and some people simply sat on them. Because the snow is very slippery, it is enough for a few people to pull the sled, and ten people in a squad, often five people pull five people to rest, taking turns with each other, which ensures the physical strength of the troops.

However, children, Yang Mingzhi still has some worries about them, after all, they are not as good as adults in terms of age and physical strength.

He continued to watch until a silver bell called, still in Chinese.

"Alas! Little Peach, you just sit on the sleigh and don't go down to the ground? ”

"Nope. They said I was too short and that pulling the hemp rope would make me dodge. With that, the girl tilted her head and smiled.

This sleigh is pulled by a female soldier, and two young girls sit on it, it is star fruit and Natasha. Both men were wearing brown battle cloaks and white cloths at the moment. The two sat cross-legged, their parchment rifles in their arms. To keep warm, both men also wore sheepskin hats, and their fluffy wool fluttered on their heads.

Seeing that they were about to say a few words, the female soldiers stopped and stopped. One of them even asked, "Deputy division commander, what do you think of us?" We are not left behind at all. ”

Yang Mingzhi looked at these people, they were all militia troops, and this was the first time they had been on the battlefield. The recruits' fears don't seem to be there, perhaps because the simulated battlefield training is also aimed at them, and they are used to hearing explosions and seeing the rain of bullets, and people are relieved.

"So far, all of you have done well. In the past, I had some prejudice against you female soldiers, but now it seems that I was wrong. Yang Mingzhi deliberately said this, and the female soldiers were also cheap.

"That's it! We can also fight. Look at our little sister Natasha, who is already a combat hero. ”

Obviously, because of large-scale publicity, Natasha, a heroic sniper, has become a hero in the hearts of soldiers, she is a child and a woman, and this identity has directly become the pride of female soldiers. When a male soldier mocked the female soldier for being weak, the female soldier immediately took out her name and gaged them.

Marching in the snow, the temperature was cold at night, they did not complain, and their spirits were not bad, which made Yang Mingzhi feel very relieved. Their combat consciousness is very high, they are the "Red Women's Army", and they can also become the backbone of the army.

At the very front of the troops, it was the reconnaissance unit led by Balzen. Yang Mingzhi left a small number of soldiers of the guard company as personal guards, and the others were under the command of Balzen, and he led two hundred men to advance faster, in order to reach the ambush site as soon as possible.

Balzen actually arrived a day and a half early on the road from Lechtsa to Gomel, and the warriors were disguised in the snow. They didn't have many troops, so they hid in a small forest near the road. When he arrived at his destination, he immediately sent a report to Yang Mingzhi.

It was already evening, and Yang Mingzhi ordered: "You immediately monitor the highway, and send a part of the people along the highway east with the radio, and we must monitor a large section of the highway." ”

The expedition of the troops was underway, and the Gomel underground city committee did not know about it. They were still reporting on the situation of the prisoners of war, and repeatedly asked the 284th Division to rescue them. In this regard, the response of the troops was only "I know, I will rescue you", but the specific battle plan and time were not disclosed, as if the 284th Division did not care at all.

Therefore, the secrecy of this operation is very good, firstly, because of the paralysis and carelessness of the German army, and secondly, because outsiders do not know about the operation.

Balzen's headquarters immediately laid an ambush, and the soldiers became observers, and they took teams as units, each team was spaced one kilometer apart, and monitored the road for more than ten kilometers.

As the intelligence said, a large number of German troops were retreating along this road, and even at night, the German convoy was retreating westward with the headlights on. What exactly are they transporting? Huge red crosses were painted on the canvas sheds of each truck, which was the car in which they carried the wounded.

Similarly, there were prisoners of war who were escorted westward on foot, and fewer soldiers were escorted than the number of prisoners of war. It's a tickle to look at.

"These stupid people, there are more of you than the Germans, why don't you resist? Like a flock of sheep, easily controlled by a shepherd dog. Balzen was speechless, if he was captured, he would definitely resist to the end or even die, and he would not survive.

The intelligence of the discovery of the prisoners of war was reported to Yang Mingzhi.

Yang Mingzhi couldn't wait, and immediately asked the number of people, and the answer he got was that there was only one battalion of prisoners of war in this wave. Balzen's reply also revealed his disdain, which Yang Mingzhi could understand. They were Soviet soldiers, and the regulations forbade surrender, but they surrendered anyway, and now they are a flock of cowardly little sheep, or a herd of walking dead.

"Balzen, you continue to monitor. Gomel has just informed the division headquarters that a group of about 4,000 or 3,000 prisoners of war will be escorted by road, and you wait, we are almost at our destination. ”

This is the latest information in Gomel, and a large number of prisoners of war will be escorted on foot. Out of the arrogance of the Germans, the escort force consisted of only one battalion. These prisoners of war had lost the will to fight, and a small number of German soldiers were enough.

The escort troops are not from the 715th Division, they are ordinary Germans who followed the German army into the Soviet Union, as a war service, due to the needs of the war, they are now also organized into an army, and they gradually enter the defense area of the 715th Division as an escort team. Yang Mingzhi was not worried that Balzen and himself would be exposed, because the troops had been following the middle of nowhere.

Moreover, the enemy's forces should already be advancing in the direction of Homnich, and the control on both sides of the road will inevitably decrease, so what is the use of spotting large forces in time? In terms of troops, the Germans were already a de facto inferior.

The troops stepped up their efforts to meet Balzen before dark. (To be continued.) )