Chapter 144: Waterways go hand in hand
The battle plan was quickly decided, and the battalion commanders understood the specific content of the plan. After they returned, they immediately mobilized for war, and when they learned that only two battalions were the main force in the entire main attack plan, they immediately complained.
With the exception of those two battalions, the rest of the troops were complaining. "Is it because it is a unit that the deputy division commander has been in command for a long time, so he can't trust others?" Such complaints are endless, and the remarks reach Yang Mingzhi's ears, which is completely expected.
Because, as the rumor said, this is the reason why Yang Mingzhi needed those two battalions -- because many of the people in these two battalions were veterans who had fought all the way with him. In this battle, you must use elite soldiers and strong generals to quickly deliver a fatal blow to the enemy like a lancet and then quickly retreat.
But it can't be said so bluntly, just because many troops won't be involved in assists doesn't mean they'll be out of the war. This operation was actually the intention of the front army, and although the whole army had only more than 5,000 combatants, it was still necessary to attack as a whole. Those who did not follow Yang Mingzhi all the way south took a defensive position in the swamp, and could quickly help if the situation changed.
After the battalion commanders and political commissars passed on the explanations of the division headquarters, the dissatisfaction slowly subsided.
Time was running out, and the troops quickly began training. Originally, except for the assist battalion, people from other battalions would not go to the front line, but the real demand is here, and there are still some people who can participate in the front-line battle with honor.
Yang Mingzhi's favorite two battalion commanders, Ravlianj and Yevgeny, their earliest subordinates, were also very resolute in carrying out orders.
He gave the two of them the most direct orders. "The strategic point of this battle is to be fast, and every one of your men must be well-equipped, must have a stubborn will, and have crazy firepower. We must completely suppress the enemy's fire while fighting, and there is only one goal - to destroy the railway station. I will be very cruel in this battle, and everyone must be prepared to die. Because we are quick to solve the problem, if the wounded can't do their best to withdraw from the battlefield, there is really only death. ”
Yang Mingzhi's expression was very serious when he spoke, and the two battalion commanders still had the honor of participating in the main attack in their hearts, and they suddenly had a trace of concern when the deputy division commander said this. If you are injured and can't take the initiative to evacuate, it really becomes a burden. Soldiers must have this awareness, and must not add to the blockage of the large army, and even give themselves the last shot when necessary.
The war was brutal, and even if the wounded were treated, it took a lot of time, and there were casualties in this kind of raid, and the soldiers had to resign themselves to fate.
Yang Mingzhi didn't care about this, he had to lead the most elite soldiers forward. Therefore, the weaker quality of Lavrenty and Yevgeny's troops, such as the wounded and sick who returned to the unit, as well as the soldiers who were inserted into other companies, and even the fully trained militia, had to be brushed out.
The main attack of this battle should be small and precise, and it is best to have all veterans who have been in a hundred battles, so as to avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
As for who the veterans were, the troops could find out at a glance, and soon, the veterans selected by each battalion were temporarily incorporated into the battle sequence of the main attack, which took only a few hours. These people even participate in the operation on their behalf as representatives of the original troops, all for the sake of honor, they will behave more competently.
Towards evening, all the troops involved in the main attack, in addition to the two infantry battalions, also included a guard, reconnaissance, and artillery companies. These 1,600 people were the object of envy, and everyone lined up on the airfield in a company unit.
"1,600 students, if it is a high school in China in the future, this is less than the total number of students in one grade, at most the number of sixteen classes." Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but sweat, he was in the school field, and he was scanning everyone on the temporary platform. The whole army is in front of you, and there are really not many troops.
In this operation, Yang Mingzhi and Yelenkina still served as operational commanders, and went to the front line as commanders of the troops, while Yevlov and Fumin were still in charge of the rear.
Yang Mingzhi read the speech with gusto, and some of Yerenkina's words mobilized morale.
In the speech, Yang Mingzhi's words caused an uproar, because the artillery company had artillery this time!
After the mobilization meeting, the fighters quickly returned to their barracks and began the final preparations, while the battalion commanders and company commanders were left behind and went to the division headquarters for a military meeting.
In the divisional office, the desk was removed and a map hung on the wall. As you can see, the map has been drawn with various arrows in pencil and a lot of text written next to it.
"Okay, now you're looking at the operational map of our operation." Yevlov said to everyone. "You people are the ones who are chosen, because you and your men represent the highest combat strength of the 284th Division. This is both an honor and a pressure, and everyone must resolutely complete the task plan. Now the deputy division commander will give you the details of the mission. ”
Yang Mingzhi looked at Yevlov, paused, and stood under the map.
"Well, comrades, as you can see, the battle plan is marked on the map. In this battle, I led the guard company and two main attack battalions through the forest and went straight to Cheroby. In this battle, as I said earlier, our only artillery will be sorted. ”
"Really? The tank gun that was removed from the tank, it was just a 37 gun, did we really use that? ”
"Of course!" Yang Mingzhi showed a smile as if he was sure to win, "Everyone here was questioning just now, yes, a 37 mm gun can be anti-tank at most, how useful can it be?" I think you have forgotten that we have picric acid, and the cannonball we use has been modified with picric acid, and the power has increased a lot. Maybe you will also think that the forest is going forward, how to transport this cannon. This is not a problem either, the artillery can be disassembled, and in case of difficult terrain, eight fighters are allowed to carry the main body of the artillery forward. ”
These words greatly dispelled everyone's concerns, and the artillery company felt much more at ease. They will carry ten mortars and this 37 guns in this battle, and the longest-range is naturally these 37 guns.
Yang Mingzhi said even more jokingly: "Our only artillery has many functions, and it can even hit the enemy's locomotive from a distance, as long as the steam boiler is destroyed, the train will be scrapped." The core of the front of the car is the boiler, and we can focus on it. ”
After saying this, Yang Mingzhi immediately pointed to the arrow in another direction on the map on the wall, and said, "Balzen, this is my difficult task for you and your subordinates. ”
"Me? Tough task! I think it's in the middle of the river! Is this to make us attack from the river? ”
"Not at all." Yang Mingzhi said confidently.
Balzen's reconnaissance company was slightly expanded, and the strength exceeded a hundred.
Scouts tend to be the most astute people in the army, they don't need to be very strong, but they need to have a vigilant heart, can quickly perceive the anomalies of the battlefield, and many people can tinker with the radio, quite a lot of people will also have some drawing skills, sketching level is superb and can quickly draw down the enemy's deployment information.
During this military operation, Balzen was ordered to no longer reconnoiter on land. They had their latest mission - to move forward on the river.
"Your men are to equip their canoes, and you are now moving along the river, and after receiving my orders, put the canoes down and go down the river. Theoretically, you'd arrive at the Cherobie Railway Bridge at night, with no other mission than blowing it up. ”
"But! I'm not an expert on blasting at all, and my knowledge of the bridge is limited. Balzen was concerned.
"None of this is a problem." Yevlov said, and then handed over a document.
Yang Mingzhi was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked what this was.
Yevlov shook his head and smiled, "This is information provided by an insider, we have more than 10,000 people living here, and some refugees from the south know the city of Cherobi very well." This document is the plan of the small city, and we should have a clearer idea of the goal than your enthusiasm. ”
I really didn't expect to be criticized by this Yevlov here, and he really knew that he would not be defeated in a hundred battles, and Yang Mingzhi admitted that this military operation was the request of the front army, and it was completely to catch ducks on the shelves. I only have a very brief map, and I don't even know the specific streets of the Chenobi, except that the train station is close to the river. Considering that the train station is a large area, it must be easy to distinguish.
The document was handed to Balzen first, and he looked at it and determined the location of the railway bridge, and even a few piers. But the question followed, "I'm sorry, I'm a military man, not a blasting expert at all." I'm curious to know how I should accomplish the task you've given me. "Blowing up the bridge, of course!" Yang Mingzhi said, "You only need to pile all the explosives on one pier." We can put in more than ten kilograms of picric acid explosives this time, and some *** detached from shells, even if you and I are not experts in explosives, as long as we concentrate the explosives on one pier, it is enough to blow up the bridge. ”
What is the power of ten kilograms of picric acid, Balzen doesn't know very well, if it is ten kilograms of ***, it is really enough to blow up this small bridge. What's more, even if the bombing continues, one less pier will make the bridge a dangerous bridge, and the enemy's train counterparts will exert tremendous pressure, which can easily lead to the destruction of the entire bridge. Therefore, the German army had to work hard to repair the bombing and wounding, and even abandoned the Chenobi, a railway hub for eastward transportation, and completely diverted to Kiev.
Balzen understood the task, and this time he would quietly plant a large amount of explosives on the railway bridge, and then detonate it with an electric shock. When the main attacking force in ambush fired a flare when the battle began, so Balzen activated the detonator, and his men quickly retreated.
It sounds like a seamless battle plan, but in order to prevent possible dangers, you need to take precautions.
The officers who participated in the main attack left, and the troops in charge of the response, the officers came to the division headquarters.
Yang Mingzhi saw that they were still a little dissatisfied, and hurriedly said, "Don't think that the battle has nothing to do with you. Now you have military operations as well, and the rest of the troops will be deployed in the forests on the west bank of the Pripet, with sentry posts and machine-gun forts, and reconnaissance units further on the periphery. In this battle, tank units will also participate, and if necessary, our only fighter will also take to the air to fight. ”
The reason for this request is still the fear of retaliation from the enemy. The Chenoby was very close to the swamp, and at the speed of the Germans, they could reach the edge of the swamp in three days at the earliest. If they do, then beat them up in the forest.
On the last day requested by the commander of the Front, the fighters involved in the operation basically completed the internal affairs. The soldiers received their ammunition and their guns were serviced.
The main attacking force was well-armed, mainly armed with submachine guns and machine guns, as well as a large number of semi-automatic rifles, and even quite a few anti-tank guns. Each soldier was equipped with two base ammunition, as well as a number of rockets.
The soldiers of the 284th Division were well aware of the great differences between themselves and their neighbors in the way they fought with their neighbors, such as the extensive use of bazookas (of course, the actual use was still very primitive, as if it were a modified nineteenth-century rocket). Many veterans know the kind of weapon invented by Yang Mingzhi in the first place, but the designer is here, but it is difficult for a woman to cook without rice), as well as special offensive formations and leggings.
These characteristics are very strange, but they make the troops win all the time after being commanded by this Berekov, and I am afraid these are the key to victory.
Everyone is in a very good mood, looking forward to tomorrow's start.
On this day, Yang Mingzhi finally accompanied his wife, because he was worried about his husband and angry that he could not participate in the action, star fruit was very depressed. Yang Mingzhi still regarded his wife's performance as a kind of menstrual melancholy, so he asked her to do a good job obediently, kneading in circles on his wife's lower abdomen.
"Alas, I'm really worried about you!" Carambola enjoyed it, and suddenly popped out such a sentence.
"Yes. You don't have to think about this kind of thing, don't even think about anything, if God wants to destroy me, no one can stop it. If I survive to fight, it doesn't matter what kind of danger there is. So what do you believe in that? Yang Mingzhi was very close, leaning on her shoulder, and couldn't help but bite her earlobe.
"Well, it's a little itchy."
Carambola gasped for a while, and her mood was a little better.
"If I had to choose, it would be the latter. I, a weak woman, can't influence your decision, deputy division commander, I'm just a small soldier, or a small soldier that belongs to you. ”
"Of course!" Yang Mingzhi was happy, and immediately threw the lovely person on the bed and kissed each other. He made an oath that even affection would not be boundary, and the star fruit curled up like a kitten, and wanted to give himself all to this only relative. At this moment, she was very happy, and she also forgot about the little jealousy she had for Natasha before.
That girl can go into battle, even as a female sniper, and even make a cameo appearance as a hygienist. She completely replaced herself, just because this belly is not angry, this juncture came to the aunt. But what's the solution, who is called a woman?!
Star fruit had no choice but to seriously prepare the equipment for her husband to set off.
"I seem to be the general of ancient times, and you are the general's wife." At night, Yang Mingzhi quietly watched what his wife was preparing for him.
"Isn't that right, my general, that I was your wife?"
"yes, it's really hard for you this time."
"Nothing, that's what I'm supposed to do." As she spoke, star fruit stuffed two cans into her husband's backpack. "This is the prize given to me last time, and sure enough, you eat better."
"Okay, I'm completely obedient."
Carambola also said a lot while tidying up, and Yang Mingzhi listened honestly. This girl also has a natural mother's temperament, as if she is her son, and she says a lot of caring words. Such a woman is very cute, Yang Mingzhi did not refute it at all, this nagging warmth must be enjoyed at this moment. (To be continued.) )