A new Soviet defensive line was being built, and the fighters began a new round of digging and cutting down trees. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In previous operations, ammunition consumption was not serious, and because a batch of weapons and ammunition was captured, logistical support problems were not great.

The Soviets did not need to dig pits to build trench defenses like the Germans, they only needed to build large and small foxholes in the forest. Small trees were cut down, and large trees were cut off only thick branches, from which machine gun emplacements were formed along with the dirt. The whole force was also scattered, and the width of its defense was up to two kilometers! In terms of plan, the defense line was to be divided into three layers, with the headquarters at the rear.

After the troops settled down, Balzen sent a platoon of Lavrenj north, and their mission was twofold, one to act as a sentry and the other to clean up the previous battlefield.

These thirty people will go straight to the battlefield where the previous frenzied firefight was blown into a sea of fire. They were mentally prepared for another encounter with the Germans, so the equipment of this squad was quite excellent.

They set out on the morning of 27 March, and the whole platoon headed north, and their destination was very recognizable, and they reached their target at only 9 a.m.

Everything was indeed expected, and a small group of German troops was also cleaning up the battlefield. After a brief exchange of fire, the two armies immediately retreated, and soon the battlefield was shelled again with craters and char.

Just four or five kilometers away from the German position, the regimental commander Lothaheim could only make a big fuss about the battle situation.

Two eastern battalions entered the forest, and more than a thousand people came back, only seven hundred, and each of them was in a terrible state of mind and body. Lawrence's infantry battalion suffered small losses, and fighting for half a day in a daze was nothing more than a waste of bullets, and it also added a coward's reputation. As for those who use as bait, the losses are great. A little calculation, the casualties of the troops plus the number of troops at least four hundred.

The 707th Division was transferred here, and there were such losses in the first contact with the enemy, even if seventy percent of the losses came from the Eastern Battalion. Even so, the casualty situation is too bad!

Now, the Soviets have killed back! Actually encountered the troops who cleaned up the battlefield.

Lothaheim gave the order to bombard! Looking at the smoke and dust rising from the forest in the distance, the tension finally calmed down. Putting down his glasses, he said to himself with relief: "Now you know how powerful we are!" If you want to take a step forward, you will be killed by our artillery fire! ”

As the regiment commander, he knew that this "fishing operation" was a complete failure, not to mention the loss of troops, and the morale of the troops was also seriously damaged.

The division commander Herzman was angry, he reprimanded angrily on the other end of the phone for a long time, and Lothaheim could only listen to his superiors vent his emotions without saying a word. The next order was very simple, that is, all military orders of the German troops at the front were subject to the division headquarters!

The smoke and dust from the shelling were gradually being blown away by the wind, and Lothaheim returned to his forward command in the semi-crypt. The battle plan failed, and the anger against Lawrence was greatly dissipated. At present, the chief of staff of the regiment is still recovering from his wounds, and his condition is very bad.

The troops lacked a good regimental chief of staff, and at this critical moment, Lothaheim had no choice but to bring Lawrence over.

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For Lawrence, he has really come across a life opportunity. There are very few staff officers in an infantry regiment, and even fewer excellent staff officers who are strategic and really understand the army. Lawrence prides himself on being a bit resourceful, and now that he has been promoted by the regiment commander, of course he has to show himself well.

A new military meeting was urgently convened after the bombardment, and Lawrence rushed over, and Lotharheim announced in front of many people that he had temporarily dismantled Haldeman's work!

This room was already a little cold, and the atmosphere became even colder after saying this. After a moment of silence, a staff officer stood up sharply, pointed at Lawrence's nose and said with a disdainful expression: "The chief of staff is still alive!" Even if you choose the temporary chief of staff, you can't choose who will be his turn! He's a famous fool who failed three times and twice! Is there no one left in our infantry regiment?! ”

"That's right!" Another stood up and shouted, "If his men had been braver yesterday, and the enemy would have fled calmly?" The losses of the 1st battalion were small, his so-called serious losses were simply nonsense, he was cowardly! ”

This is simply a wall to the ground, and everyone expressed fierce dissatisfaction with the decision of the regiment commander.

But, this is an order! Against Lawrence were a group of battalion commanders and several staff officers. Including the battalion commander of the Eastern Battalion, these two also pointed the finger at Lawrence himself. "If you had been brave, the enemy would not have withdrawn. There will be no huge loss when it is our turn! The best weapon has been given to you, you represent the Third Reich, but you are really disgraced to the Empire! ”

Faced with the overwhelming accusations, Lawrence kept silent. It's not that he was speechless, the chief and deputy heads of the regiment didn't speak, and this group of people could only bark wildly.

Lotharheim slapped the table in anger, and the lid of the teacup was shaken off.

"Enough! This operation was a miscalculation, and if there is responsibility, it is also my responsibility. I actually listened to the plan of the prisoner of war, and that damned prisoner of war even killed and wounded our regimental chief of staff! I'm all suspecting now that all this is a ploy by the Soviets on the other side, and we've been fooled stupidly. Now the order given to us by the division headquarters is very simple, everyone is like a turtle, holding the position to the death. We are not allowed to organize troops to attack!

Lawrence is not a scapegoat for the failure of this operation, and it seems to me that he is a little wise at the moment, are you people just going to abuse endlessly?! ”

Seeing that the regiment commander was angry, the rest of the people just had to shut up. In fact, most people know that the regiment commander does not like Lawrence, the commander of the first battalion, this is an old man from the 707th Division, who has failed many missions, and he is a lucky guy who can't be killed. How did he survive? Only the soles of his feet can be understood when he is quickly greased, so he has the title of coward.

Lawrence was sprayed for a long time, and his mood was like a pressure cooker about to explode, but fortunately, the regiment commander spoke for himself, and the pressure was relieved.

He calmly smiled and said, "No matter what you think of me, at least my battalion suffered the least casualties in this failed operation. Now the chief of staff wants to continue to recuperate from his wounds, and the rest of the tactical planning regiment commander asked me to come, but at first I refused. But this is his decision, and I can only accept my fate, because it is just an order! ”

It is true that the army does not need democracy, the order of the regiment commander is an absolute order, and disobedience is against military regulations.

Lawrence also knew that the reason why he was able to take the position was that the infantry regiment had no brains!

So he temporarily sat down in the work of the chief of staff of the regiment, and the first thing he did was to change the current means of defense.

In addition to lifting Lawrence up, the meeting was also a discussion of a new defense policy. Lawrence naturally put forward his "logging plan".

The so-called "logging plan" is to clear the forest by logging trees, no matter what method is used, to bring down the trees as quickly as possible, so that unemployment is open and the enemy has nowhere to hide.

Although this plan was more or less difficult to execute, the position was too close to the forest for the enemy to move even within the range of a rifle! This very real threat to the German army was hated by Lothaheim.

There were many voices of opposition, and Lotahim finally decided on a new policy. "Now everyone shut up, everyone in the Eastern Battalion, order all to go to the lumberjacks, the first battalion and the second battalion, the officers and soldiers bring explosives to me to blow up the trees!"