Chapter 590: The Raid in the Early Morning of March 29
"Good! Then let them continue to sleep soundly! Lavrenti said regretfully. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Forget it! Tomorrow, when a large number of enemies come to cut wood, we will take the opportunity to attack, and by then your submachine gun will not know how many enemies will be destroyed! Evgeny's so-called consolation raised Lavrenti's morale.
The retreat of 500 meters for the time being was for a surprise attack on the morning up.
The whole army turned around, and after two kilometers of attack, all the soldiers once again disappeared into the dense forest. One by two, they lay on the ground, quietly waiting for the dawn.
Some people are wiping their daggers and grinding their spears, and many more are cleaning their guns.
Forest warfare uses newly developed reloading shells with Novgomel characteristics, which often kill with a single hit, but the result is that a large amount of gunpowder burning residue clogs the rifling. The warrior could only cover the strip with sackcloth and rub the chamber back and forth.
Even so, the warriors who had laid in ambush were quiet. The birds in this area have long been scared away, and only the sound of the wind echoes in their ears.
Balzen wanted to make another report to the division headquarters, thinking that at this point in time, the superiors must be sleeping soundly. Just wait for a victory and then report back, and make your superiors happy in advance before the air surrender comes!
When I think of this, I am really tired and swept away! Balzen also began to check his equipment, this Bobosha who had been with him for a long time was already hungry and thirsty!
There are also two more strands of spare ammunition, and the situation with the other fighters should also be optimistic. The reloading ammunition can no longer be used for the third time, and anyway, the ammunition problem of the troops can be further alleviated after the airdrop, and the daytime combat will be a luxury.
Balzen began to quickly arrange the combat operation after dawn, that is, only the Germans and those of the Eastern Battalion, entered the lumberyard in large groups, and all marched in to carry out a surprise attack. Relying on strong firepower, some of them were killed, but the soldiers were not allowed to attack the enemy's positions. Having received the order to retreat, it was necessary to decisively leave the battlefield.
In short, the key to a battle plan is to act quickly, strike hard, and withdraw quickly.
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In the forest, more than a thousand pairs of eyes were wide open, and more than a thousand soldiers were vigilant with steel guns in their hands.
When dawn came, the morning horn came from the positions of the German troops in the distance. The Soviet soldiers who had been waiting for a long time were also cheered, which meant that the enemy was likely to make a move!
The most tense moment had come, Balzen called the telegraph operator directly, and now he was in charge of the walkie-talkie.
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"Topaz! Topaz! How is the situation, repeat. ”
"Granite! Everything works! Everything works fine, repeat. ”
A handful of scouts who remained at the lumberyard reported truthfully that although it was dawn, there was no trace of the enemy's large force.
The brief plain communication should not have been detected by the Germans, and Balzen was relieved of this. Now all he had to do was order all the fighters to load their bayonets, load their bullets, and prepare for a thunderous blow.
The German personnel who remained at the logging site woke up one after another, and they all looked quite lazy. The extinguished bonfire was rekindled and they began to cook breakfast for the day. Wisps of green smoke suddenly lit up in the lumberyards, and the Soviet soldiers on the opposite side could only continue to gnaw on dry food.
The morning was still quiet, and the morning mist filled the forest until half past seven in the morning.
The scouts vigilantly noticed that there was a situation in the German positions in the distance.
"Granite! The enemy is out! The enemy is out! Repeat! ”
The radio station, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly remembered, and Balzen held down the headset with a clever wit, and said vigilantly: "Granite understands! Topaz, keep scouting! Repeat. ”
"Topaz understands! Repeat. ”
It can be said that the Germans were indeed aware of the existence of Soviet units in the forest, which had always been large in strength and strong in combat, and they received orders to prohibit the invasion of the forest, and it was perfectly okay to carry out encroaching destruction of the forest.
Yesterday was the first day of logging, and the strong Hans were so tired that many people complained that night. "We are Germans, and these menial jobs should not be done by regular soldiers!" The Wehrmacht fought wars, but logging was not used for position building, which was completely contrary to their beliefs. Even if the logging plan was supported by the division commander, the low-level soldiers eventually resisted, because there was obviously a large group of auxiliary troops of the Eastern Battalion, and this time the rough work was contracted to them.
Therefore, most of the soldiers of the Eastern Battalion who came out of the German positions on the morning of the 29th were soldiers. They carried rifles and axes, axes were tools for work, and rifles were basically used for courage. It was accompanied by a battalion of German soldiers, who served as supervisors and on the other hand planted explosives to blow up trees.
A total of more than a thousand people walked out of the position, and Lothaheim also ordered the artillery to be ready for battle, after all, God knows where the enemy is, be prepared!
The enemy is in the middle of the day, and the scouts keep reporting. I saw that they were moving in a haphazard manner and heading towards different logging sites.
Balzen now concluded that the enemy's sense of precaution was still bad, and that the vast majority of them were from the Eastern Battalion, which made him even more confident. Now he changed the channel and ordered Lavrenty and Evgeny on both flanks: "The enemy is coming, get ready for battle!" Inform your soldiers to shoot the traitors first! ”
Soon the ordinary soldiers understood their task, and those guys who wore the same cotton clothes as themselves, but wore German steel helmets, must die immediately!
So, the loggers of the Eastern Battalion went to their respective posts, and the German soldiers who were overseers were scattered. The workers were soon put to work, and the Germans, who were in charge of blowing up the trees, immediately began to sort out the explosives.
Only the soldiers who were about to change shifts with the sentry continued to walk into the forest, relieved of their safety, but the time for the walk came to an abrupt end.
At Balzen's command, Lavrenti and Evgeny began to move, and the two groups of soldiers rushed out of the ambush like tigers pounced on them.
Hundreds of Soviet soldiers did not burst out with their proud Ulla roar, they ran calmly and calmly, and without saying a word, they first shot the German soldiers who went to change the guard, and then appeared very abruptly in front of the lumberjacks, and opened fire without hesitation!
The ruthless Soviet soldiers held the pitch-black machine guns, and the merciless bullets knocked down many people in an instant.
This sudden situation made many lumberjacks stunned for a moment, and when the bullets hit the flesh one after another, there was no need to think about any worries afterwards.
The two-kilometer-long attack front, the Soviet army was very well hidden, and this time it suddenly appeared, and the poorly prepared German troops were taken by surprise.
Fortunately, the soldiers of these Eastern Battalions were not all stupid, and when they heard the gunshots, they all fell to the ground, leaning on the trunks of the big trees that had not yet been pulled away.
The battle had already begun, and Lavrenti and Evgeny did not rush to the forefront. The two of them frequently reported the situation of the battle to Balzen at the command, but the current situation was not as smooth as he thought.
"How are you all lying on the ground, so how can we fight?" Balzen gritted his teeth, this battle must not be delayed for too long!
The Germans and the Vostok battalion retreated while counterattacking, and not far from the German positions, machine guns began to be projectile, after all, five hundred meters is not far away. They also have some large-caliber mortars, which are perfect for support firepower.
Shells had already begun to explode in the forest, and Soviet troops began to suffer casualties.
Balzen immediately ordered: "Ravlenty, Evgeny, the purpose of the battle has been achieved, now retreat immediately!" ”
The anxious Lavrenj didn't want to pull so quickly, and he inked on the walkie-talkie.
As soon as Balzen heard this, he became angry and roared: "Idiot! Are you here waiting to be blown away by their heavy artillery? ”
In fact, the Germans had this intention, and Lothaheim did not expect that the enemy would actually fight on a large scale early in the morning, and there was a great momentum of attacking the position, so it was just the right time to give full play to the German army's heavy firepower advantage! Artillery is being prepared.
The Soviets withdrew as fast as they could, and soon after the gunfire faded down, the rumbling of artillery was heard from the German positions, and the lumberyard was suddenly covered in a huge cloud of dust, dust and sawdust.
Balzen's heart was pounding, and he was still haunted by Loverjanj's love affair just now. "You guy, when you go back to your life, I must report to the deputy division commander for your untimely love war!"