Chapter 565: Hound Search
In the early morning, fog covers the land. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Balzen never had any good dreams again, almost closed his eyes and opened them again until daylight.
Throughout the night, the soldiers never found the escaped prisoners, probably because they just stayed there and stared around like owls.
Balzen had received reports of all that had been uneventful, and it was estimated that there was no new information about the interrogation of the twenty men, and Asanov and Semyon had already said too much.
After dawn, he finally saw all the escaped prisoners of war, and all of them were in a bad situation. It is conceivable that they did not have a good guarantee of food in the prisoner of war camp, and compared to the fat and round muscles of the soldiers of the reconnaissance company, this group of people was simply weak.
Increasing the number of troops does increase combat effectiveness, but these people are not able to withstand intense combat. At this moment, Balzen couldn't help but have more doubts about the escape plan of the remaining prisoners of war - with this weak appearance, can it really succeed?
Everything will have to be found out in a few days, and maybe the timing of their escape plans will change.
In the forest, Balzen only felt that he had been caught up in a very large incident. "The prisoners of war are going to flee, the airdrop supplies and paratroopers from the higher authorities are coming soon, and more than a thousand people are going to the front, this is simply a new battle!"
The reason why the previous battles did not continue to expand was because of logistical problems, that is, the consumption of ammunition was too large! Balzen regretted that he did not take the opportunity to chase and fight, as if the Germans were fleeing in disarray, which was really rare, and the great opportunity was in front of them, but because of the lack of stamina of the army, they watched them escape.
More than 1,000 soldiers died, but a few days later, more than 2,000 paratroopers fell from the sky with a large amount of supplies.
"Could it be that the commander asked me to lead the two most elite battalions, and was allowed to move freely, to encourage me to start a war?" If Balzen thinks about it again, he should not be so reckless. In any case, there are large-caliber artillery in the enemy's positions, and once they find the coordinates of the hiding place of the troops, the shelling will take everyone away in waves!
Therefore, the reconnaissance company simply continued to rest on the spot, and the rescued people also hurriedly ate dry food to regain their strength.
According to past experience, the two reinforced battalions advanced at the fastest speed, and they had to arrive the day after tomorrow, so that they could arrive before the prisoners of war escaped. Those people set their actions in the early hours of the morning, and there was still a great possibility of a successful escape under the cover of night, and if the enemy counterattacked, it happened that the ambushed troops could beat the Germans severely!
Balzen couldn't help but admire his strategy, so he boasted to the three platoon commanders: "The deputy division commander said that he wanted to learn war in war, and I think I have been with him for a long time, and I have been contaminated with a lot of command art. ”
"That's it! Yesterday the company commander handled it very well, and the enemy should not think that there was a group of Soviet troops directly in front of them. The second platoon leader said, taking a puff of his cigarette.
As he spoke, Balzen heard another voice. "I hope so, I hope so, our priority is still to wait!"
The reconnaissance company formed a ring defense system, and the sentinels were far away from the defensive line, and some even climbed the trees as secret sentinels.
The woods in the morning were quiet, the soldiers who had calmed down were bored, the recreation of the deep front was forbidden, and the soldiers had only one task - to guard their posts.
But a hint of noise broke all the silence, and a soldier who climbed to the top of the tall red pine perfectly hid himself, and he faintly heard the sound of the dog and immediately became refreshed.
Then it was not only the barking of dogs, but also the shouting of people, and he clearly heard that it was German!
The soldier soon saw the real scene, three people in Soviet cotton clothes were running out of breath, and after a while, there was about a squad of German soldiers, leading the wolf dog and begging to chase after him.
Presumably thinking they couldn't catch up, a German soldier raised his gun and fired at the fleeing prisoners of war. One person did it, and the rest followed suit.
Frequent gunfire broke all the silence, after all, the position of the sentry was less than a kilometer away from the line of defense of the reconnaissance company.
Balzen and his men were bored and could only pass the time chatting and smoking, when the sudden and frequent gunshots, almost all of them came at the same time to fight a carp, and they cheered up, and everywhere there was the sound of bullets.
"Hell! The Germans have spotted us? Balzen held up the binoculars, for he could not see anything because of the obscuration of the tree trunk.
Compared with the well-trained appearance of the reconnaissance company, some of the newly rescued prisoners of war had obviously received a very serious stimulus before, and a small camp roar actually occurred.
Two men were screaming like they were crazy, even trying to snatch the guns of the soldiers who were stopping their shouting!
"Damn! It's going to kill us. The long line frowned, the noise would be exposed at this most critical juncture! He pulled out the dagger very cold-bloodedly, and cut the throats of the two crazy people, and solved it all in blood.
Balzen did not want this, but because the shouts of the two idiots drew the Germans in, a firefight was inevitable.
It's a pity that he has to fight if he doesn't want to!
After a while, outside the line of the reconnaissance company, two men in Soviet cotton jackets were running wildly, and soon behind them appeared Germans, in addition to the sound of gunfire, the roar of people and the barking of hounds.
Balzen was taken aback at the sight of the black German Shepherd. He ordered: "Comrades! Fighting is inevitable, the Germans are rushing towards us! Now fire! Kill that damn dog, too! ”
In an instant, the guns were fired, and with the absolute superiority of the troops, the reconnaissance company only released a platoon of guns at a leisurely time, and the unprepared Germans were shot and fell to the ground, along with the ferocious hound.
The two men who were being chased were dumbfounded, and several soldiers rushed forward, and sharp spears were aimed at them.
The battle was over in just twenty seconds, but Balzen didn't delay at all, he felt like he understood what was happening. "The Germans have begun to capture prisoners of war, and our fight is completely exposed! Everyone quickly cleaned up the battlefield and retreated immediately! ”
The reconnaissance company did its job cleanly, including the sentinels on the periphery. The Germans had their weapons and ammunition taken, and the entire reconnaissance company was leaving.
Suddenly, the dead dog plunged Balzen into great concern.
"Comrades, slow down, you clean and forcibly rip off the cotton clothes of the group of people who have just been rescued, and no one can pull them off!"
"Why?!" The second platoon is incomprehensible!
"I told you to do it, just go quickly! Don't grind! Balzen roared, "Are you letting their hounds keep following us?" The smell of the clothes of those prisoners of war was too strong! ”
The soldiers suddenly realized that the prisoners of war had been stripped of their shirts and trousers, and only their shoes were still on their bodies.
But the clothes were still too thin, so the tweed coats of the Germans were stripped from the corpses, but unfortunately ten people still wore very little.
Balzen no longer cared about so much, and now the whole company had only one thing to do - to withdraw.