Chapter 150: The Germans are furious

The two motorized infantry regiments ordered to immediately support the city of Cheroby, and they advanced along the road, but many events were delayed because of the darkness of the night.

"Just a group of guerrillas, stragglers are also attacking a city, really the garrison is a group of rice buckets?" A regimental commander spoke contemptuously to himself, and his attitude did not take the Soviet army seriously at all.

Perhaps it was because he had not encountered what had happened to the 707th Division, which had been transferred to the country to recuperate immediately after suffering heavy losses, and some of the information they had obtained was recorded. Because the people who attacked them were completely different from ordinary Soviet soldiers, and their clothing, especially leggings, was reminiscent of the First World War.

The two regiments were on their way to reinforcements, and at a great distance they saw the fire burning in the direction of Cherobi. The firelight burns the space red, the light illuminates the earth, and the more you advance, the better the visibility.

However, such a fire also illustrates a simple message - the city of Cherobi is on fire.

They were thwarted by the fire, and the whole city was burning. Since the deflagration of the fuel warehouse, the burning gasoline has flowed all the way into the river, and the fuel has floated on the Dnieper, forming clusters of burning flames, beautiful and cruel.

Warehouses with large quantities of grain were also set on fire, and wheat flour was burning. And the most terrifying thing is naturally the ammunition warehouse, fortunately, the Chenobie did not pile up heavy artillery shells for the time being, only a large number of small-caliber shells were detonated, and even so, the explosion caused very serious damage.

A large number of German soldiers who did not have time to evacuate were stopped by the raging fire, and even the commander of the German garrison was not spared, he and a group of civil servants were trapped and did not even see a way out.

Everywhere burned, his anger was directed at the puppet mayor Igorsky, and he simply and brutally executed the execution.

Having surrendered to the Germans in exchange for his own life and that of his family, the Soviet Union looked like it was about to end, and Igor begged for his life, never expecting that war would suddenly befall this small city. He also felt that the city was attacked by a guerrilla force until his death, and finally died inexplicably.

He was there to protect his family, and they were also buried in the fire. The fire quickly spiraled out of control, and all the Soviets who did not evacuate died, including many German soldiers, and were charred corpses.

All the German secretaries in charge of the conquered city died, and the fire burned for four days, only to be extinguished by heavy rain on the fifth day.

At this point, the reinforcements waited on the outskirts of the city for four whole days, and they received orders to reinforce the defenders to eliminate the attackers, but as a result, not a single enemy was seen, but some of the fleeing Soviets were captured.

In the spirit of the fear that there would be attackers who would infiltrate and the factor of venting anger, the Germans did not hesitate to kill them all.

But what about the attackers? A group of guerrillas? No! How can the guerrillas have such great ability, a group of stragglers, but only the guerrilla fighters in southeastern Belarus are the strongest and the most rampant activities.

October 20, the fifth day after the attack, was the point in time. The fire in the city of Cherobi was extinguished, the Germans suffered heavy losses here, and in the distance, the German Army Group Center broke through the Vyazma line and stormed the Soviet Bryansk group, and an encirclement was formed.

Now, Yang Mingzhi's old troops, only a few of the North-Western Front returned to the rear after suffering a crushing defeat, and that Kuznetsov led 30,000 people back, and he and the troops who escaped the encirclement, and the reserves of the Front completed a new reorganization, and formed the New Western Front, and Zhukov was appointed commander of the Front.

He immediately set about building a defensive line on the Volokolamsk-Mozhaisk-Lesser Yaroslavets-Kaluga line, although the troops were somewhat stretched, but in addition to mobilizing active forces to the front, a large number of young men were coming from the rear, and although these mobilized troops had only received a short period of military training, the helpless battle situation could only make them bite the bullet.

Fortunately, it rained. In autumn, the rain in the eastern part of the Soviet Union often fell for several days at a time, and when the cold Arctic snap moved south, the rain immediately turned into heavy snow. The roads began to get muddy, which was a disaster for both Soviet and German logistics. Many roads turned into mud pools, the German advance slowed down, and the Soviet reinforcement efficiency decreased.

Fortunately, the Soviet Union had a huge depth, and as long as it seized the time, the German army was not invincible.

Now that men are on the battlefield, women are often no exception, and more women are building trenches and defensive lines, and the war has completely turned into a people's war.

It was precisely because the war turned into a people's war that the German army had to face the sudden appearance of a large number of partisans. Many villages outside Chenobi were quickly taken over by the Germans, who, under the guise of partisans, had captured the entire village. Then they were massacred, young and old, and according to their logic, the soil on which the guerrillas survived was these villages.

It was they who gave the guerrillas the necessary provisions, so creating a no-man's land was the easiest way to combat guerrilla warfare.

The massacre was going on, and according to Goebel's theory, "the Slavic inferior peoples must be exterminated, and the land after their disappearance is naturally the living space of the German nation." "Too much blood blinded people's reason, so that the Wehrmacht, which should have had more conscience, was as brutal as the SS, and completely bestial triumphed over reason.

When it rained, Yang Mingzhi's men had already crossed the Pripet River, but they didn't expect it to start raining the next day.

"This rain is estimated to fall for several days, even a dozen days. The Germans would never have imagined that their God would not help them. Yang Mingzhi leaned on the door frame and smoked, the rain dripping outside.

"Husband, come into the house quickly, it's cold, so keep warm."

"Alright! Little peach, you should also pay attention to keeping warm. ”

Yang Mingzhi entered the house, he really knew the future direction. As a traverser, the power of his little butterfly to change is minimal, especially since the weather is not at all possible for mortals to change. This time it will rain for a long time, and the logistics of the German army will go crazy, and the group of people who made the battle plan, including Hitler himself, will go crazy.

The Battle of Chenobi was a great victory, the bridge was blown up, and the city was in flames. The joy of victory was not spoiled by the autumn rains, and as for the sacrificed comrades, the warriors had long been accustomed to it. Because since you are a soldier, every battle may be a warrior, and it is precisely the glory of a soldier to die in the way of the charge, or to shed the last drop of blood in the defending position.

Many people were rewarded for this battle. Because of the scarcity of supplies, the warriors were rewarded with nothing more than clean clothing and more rations in kind. Their achievements are also recorded, according to Yang Mingzhi's words: "No matter whether you can fight until the war is victorious, all of your merits must be recorded, this is your glorious certificate, and it must be handed over to the country after the war, and the leader will not treat those who defend the country badly." ”

Therefore, Natasha and others, because they were not afraid of artillery fire and the enemy's armored train, attracted firepower, and this tactical feint was the key to victory in the battle. Then there were the soldiers of the artillery company, and the personnel of the arsenal who made picric acid bombs.

In addition to the celebrations, the troops immediately began to work on flood prevention measures, and warehouse inspections became more frequent. Unfortunately, many potatoes either become moldy or sprout, and they have to be used to feed livestock and poultry.

"Grain in the Soviet Union is always in a bad granary, and it is really difficult to preserve grain in such difficult conditions." Yang Mingzhi had no choice but to complain, and the only way to compensate was to look forward to the new season of potatoes to survive October, and dig them out in November anyway, even if they are small, they can still be satisfied.

When everyone was busy with flood prevention projects, the defense line on the west bank of the Pripet River, many troops were drawn to come. By this time the river had already risen, and the troops built pontoon bridges for traffic. It seemed that the Germans had no inclination to retaliate at all, and the militia and reserves, which were originally ready to fight, immediately engaged in something else.

Yang Mingzhi prayed in his heart that the Germans had better not foolishly launch an offensive.

On the other hand, the Cherobi was certainly in ruins, and the piers of the bridge were blown off and the entire bridge was unusable, which greatly shocked the occupied Ukrainian German army. Because this attack was without warning, it was a masterpiece of the formation army group in terms of the results.

They found a large number of dead bodies in the rubble, many of which had been turned into char. However, they found some canoes on the riverside, which were very unusual. Some of the dead bodies were also investigated, and the presence of leggings resurfaced.

This directly reminded the Germans of the experience of the German 707th Division in Belarus, where Soviet soldiers would not tie their calves with strips of cloth. As for what appears now, it can only be said that Cherobi was also attacked by the same Soviet army, and the focus suddenly fell on the swampy area where Belarus and Ukraine meet.

The Germans could even be sure that this muddy wetland and forested area must have gathered a large number of partisans, and a large number of Soviet troops had poured into it. From previous experience, the Soviet authorities were sending a large number of partisan formations to the rear, and it was clear that the Pripet Marshes had become a base for the partisans, so it is not surprising that the war was waged in a structured manner.

However, what about the situation? The German command really did not have time to take care of these problems, let alone the forces to sweep Belarus. The goal is still to capture Moscow, and the security war can only be put aside for the time being.

However, the German army immediately made adjustments, in addition to strengthening supervision in various strongholds, and went to various villages to supervise them, establish pro-German organizations, and cultivate Russians who opposed Stalin. Establish no-man's land in areas where guerrilla activities are active, strictly control the economy, and prohibit the flow of any daily necessities, medicines, and weapons raw materials to guerrilla areas.

The Germans immediately began to do so, and all the villages around Cherobi were destroyed, and the area around the Moziri-Lechica road had literally become a no-man's land.

Even in the rainy season, the atrocities of the German army intensified, and soon this information was sent to the headquarters of the 284th Division - and the Germans were even more brutal. (To be continued.) )