The 715th Division, which suffered huge losses, dragged its tired body to Babruisk, and Scholz and Swagger, as division commanders and chiefs of staff, knew that they could not escape the blame, and that the order to keep their posts unchanged was simply an insult to themselves. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When they arrived at their destination, the expected thing finally happened. The two men were arrested, and because of a series of defeats, the division, under the leadership of Schulz, suffered a total of 8,000 casualties!

Even though this is a second-line unit, almost all of the casualties among the soldiers come from the fighting. Of course, there was an element of operational toughness that the enemy did not expect for such losses, and the blame was placed on the Soviets? This is nothing short of an insult to one's own incompetence. The German authorities decided that the command of the 715th Division was as stupid as a fat pig.

The two men came to arrest both men from military tribunals and the Gestapo in the field.

Schulz, who had recovered from his illness, together with Swagger, was ordered to rush to the headquarters of the army group to report, but entered the command office but did not see the commander. There was a group of Gestapo standing in this room, and they knew that this group of men in black with huge badges was not to be messed with. The army certainly has its own set of rules, but the army is now effectively controlled by the Nazi Party.

"Where's the commander? Why isn't he there? Swagger realized that something was wrong and asked loudly.

At this moment, a chubby Gestapo stepped forward, his leather boots rattling, and the Nazi armband on his arm, standing in front of the short Swagger in a majestic manner. Then he removed his collar badges, epaulettes, medals, and hats.

"Due to a series of failures on the battlefield, you have not completed the defense orders, and the lines of communication are not functioning properly. You have been relieved of all duties. ”

Scholz also suffered the same situation, he joined the army from the First World War, and at the end of the war, the army was disbanded, and he finally returned to the army after a while, reached the rank of division commander, was relieved of all duties, his face trembled, and he looked at the Gestapo with angry eyes.

"Why are you doing this? We received an order to withdraw the whole division to rest. My position and that of the Chief of Staff will not change, this is an order from the commander of the army group! Besides, you don't have the right to dismiss us, you're not soldiers! ”

"We can!" The man at the head of the Gestapo said coldly.

The man showed his identity and continued: "The documents have proved our identity, and we have the power to check anyone in the occupied territories and the territories to which we belong, even if you are of high rank. Moreover, what we are doing now is perfectly legitimate. ”

"Legal? I want to see the commander of the army group! I shed my blood for the Second Reich! I defend the line of defense for the Third Reich! There is no merit and hard work, I want to see the commander of the group army! ”

"Save your mind!" The man scolded, an angry expression written on his face. "I don't have time to talk to you two, whether it's merit or hard work, or crime, the court will give you a reasonable explanation. Now that the commander of the army group is inspecting the east, he really does not have time to see you. ”

As he spoke, the man took out another document and placed it in front of them. "This is an arrest warrant personally signed by our superiors, the 715th Division lost face for the Third Reich in the war, and we suspect that you have an inexplicable relationship with the enemy."

"What does this mean? Are you suspecting us of being traitors?! Swagger was furious, and his agitation was directly manifested in his body, and his overreaction was directly held down, and he was knocked on the calf by the Gestapo with a wooden stick.

"Attention! You have been relieved of all duties, and now you two are just ordinary privates, and I advise you to cooperate honestly! ”

The document bears the signature of the commander of the army group, as well as the name of the supreme representative of the Nazi Party in Belarus, John Kubey.

Swagger recognized the reality, and even if there were a thousand words of justification, he couldn't tell the group of men in black with armbands. They were loyal only to the Nazis, and in Belarus they were loyal only to John Kubet, who was a "feudal official".

"Alright, I'll go with you! I have confessed all the punishments, but you say that we have a relationship with the enemy, which is a slander against us! ”

"Whether it's slander or fact, the question will naturally be clarified."

Swagger stopped talking, and he glanced at Schultz, who had the same blank expression.

The soldiers of the 715 Division did not yet know that their division commander had been removed and was awaiting trial by a military court. An infantry division has grown from 15,000 men to 8,000 men. Such an idea of casualties led to the collapse of the troops all the time, and even the revocation of the number.

When the officers and men of this division came to Babruisk, they were greeted with disdainful words and looks from friendly troops. Throughout Belarus, the partisans intensified, and in most areas the Germans were able to suppress their sabotage, cutting off the guerrillas from supplies by means of bloody violence, or by controlling the most basic villages. Most of the hidden resisters were declining, except in the southern part of White Russia.

The 715th Division was stationed outside the city, and they were waiting for a new order. The regimental commanders and battalion commanders were ordered to stay in the camp and have enough bread and butter every day, and even a supply of cigarettes and alcohol.

Ordinary soldiers can't take care of so much, and the long battle is physically and mentally exhausting, so it is also beautiful to be able to lie down and rest, eat and drink, and forget the bloody battlefield for the time being.

But the officers have been vigilant, since the division commander went to the headquarters, he has not returned, and it is also the people from the headquarters who have given the order to rest. Rumor has it that the division commander and chief of staff have been arrested, and the army is temporarily under the management of the deputy division commander. The officers believed that this was all true, and that it was inconceivable that they would not be held accountable for a resounding defeat.

In the original Babruisk prison, prisoners could be pardoned for all crimes as long as they served Germany. Those who were sentenced by the Soviet authorities for criminal cases such as robbery and theft became Nazi minions (those who did not comply were shot). Today, the prison was a place for Jews, anti-German citizens of the city, captured partisans, and criminal soldiers of the German army.

Swagge and Schultz were held in a small cell, cramped like a tomb, and they already knew that the situation was gone.

Swagger couldn't help but lean against the wall, smiling bitterly to himself; "I also guess that the superiors are sorry for our talents, but they pity us for trying to resist the enemy's attack on the front line, and they won't punish us, but I didn't expect you and me to be imprisoned as soon as we get here."

"They are afraid that the army will be in trouble!" "If we were to be relieved of our duties early, it would have further undermined the morale of the army." From a military point of view, our smooth withdrawal to Babruisk was not a rout, and the 707th Division also safely took over our defensive line, and everything was done in an orderly manner, and the Soviets had absolutely no chance to fish in troubled waters. ”

Swagge shook his head: "It's all about this time, let's think about ourselves!" Think about how we can explain it to those high-ranking officers! According to their traditional beliefs, we could be shot. ”

"Even if you are dead! It can be regarded as a consolation for the fallen soldiers of our army! Schultz sat up.

Looking back on the history of the defense of southern Belarus to the present, the 715th Division has been fighting fiercely with the guerrillas. Now the identity of the enemy has been revealed, they are a Guard, a force that the Führer has ordered to be destroyed. Thinking of this, he suddenly had an idea.

"After all, we have lost too many people, and I am more than innocent. But we must tell the pedantic officers that the enemy is too good at special operations than we are, and that they are elusive in the forest, and that the more troops they throw in, will only bring more death. ”

Swagger nodded: "It's not just us who have suffered heavy losses, the 707th Division has been revised for half a year, and now it is facing the same Soviets, they can perform better than us?" I think their new division commander will still die on the battlefield. We have 300 divisions on the Eastern Front, and if each division encounters such a situation as ours, this war, the Third Reich, is doomed to failure. Fear! Failure is already ......"

"Say no more!" Schultz stopped him. "Watch out for the ears of the Gestapo."