The rout of the Lothaim regiment, which had been retreating in the forest, had entered the forest and then dispersed in the direction of the positions of the friendly forces. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The same was true of Lawrence, who led more than 200 men, and his heavy weapons were lost, and the ammunition of each soldier could hardly withstand another high-intensity battle.

This infantry battalion fled five or six kilometers, and the farther north it went, the safer it was to know that it would be. After all, it will soon be on the road, where the cruising armored vehicles will be a formidable weapon, and the two divisions stationed in the north will be able to provide effective support as an important line of communication.

Exhausted, Lawrence was still holding the baby, believing that the child's mother had been killed by the Soviets. It was a German family who responded to the call to support the front line, but unfortunately the family's life was rested here, and only this child survived.

He didn't know the name of the child, but it was a German baby, and the little boy had a blob of golden fluff on his head.

As an officer, it's impossible to keep yourself doing babysitting work all the time! Lawrence brought in a soldier and ordered the man to take care of the child.

He looked at his watch and measured his speed, and felt that he had reached a safe enough place that if the Soviets continued to pursue, it would only mean that it was a group of people who wanted to kill themselves.

"It's very safe here! Let's rest in place! Defend the whole army! ”

When the order was given, the nervous warriors were like deflated balls, and the mood of the survivors was extremely bad compared to the physical exhaustion of the brutal defeat.

One of Lawrence's platoon commanders also managed to escape, and when he saw the battalion commander sitting dejectedly, he leaned over and took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket.

"Battalion commander! Suck one to suppress the shock. ”

As a result, Lawrence, who was extremely depressed, skillfully lit it and spit out a puff of green smoke, which can be regarded as resting the nervous heart.

But very badly, this cigarette was only halfway smoked, and a series of explosions were heard in the distance!

Many of the soldiers who were already napping stood up reflexively, and their nervous rifles were loaded with bolts, and the muzzles of their guns were aimed at the south.

The only resting place in the forest was a baby crying, but the German soldiers were unusually calm, and they were half-kneeling and lying on their stomachs like sculptures.

The explosions were dense and muffled, sounding like howitzer carpet bombardment.

Lawrence, who was nervous, relaxed his guard a little, and he shouted loudly at the nervous warriors: "Gentlemen, the enemy has not come!" It seems that our damn and stingy artillery has finally hit their shells. ”

"What's the use of that! We were still beaten like sons! The second platoon commander was deflated, and the submachine gun was thrown directly on the ground.

Yes, the result of the battle was the loss of positions, perhaps because the regimental headquarters was basically destroyed, and no one was responsible for the defeat after the commander died, so Lawrence basically understood that he was not guilty. But as a German soldier, this humiliation of defeat is not the first time that it has poked at the heart.

The German artillery was bombarding the positions of the Lothaim regiment, and they were not stingy with ammunition.

The two regiments under Herzman's command finally got the news of the front line from the mouth of the rout, the situation was very bad, and the position had been lost! The whole regiment, as well as the men of the Eastern Battalion and the workers who accompanied the army, were fleeing, and the black smoke from the burning camp became thicker and thicker.

The 10 most powerful SFH18 howitzers of the 707th Division were ordered to fire immediately, and Herzman and the rest of the division headquarters were annoyed. As the division commander, Herzman should have been more calm, but in the face of the Soviets' behavior of riding on his neck and, he roared hoarsely into the phone: "Artillery regiment, give me half of the shells in your stockpile, and the heavy artillery can't be stingy, and blow up the Soviets who are wantonly plundering our positions into ashes!" ”

Now there is no need to worry about accidental injury, those who are still alive have fled to friendly neighboring troops, and the long position has actually been torn open.

Rather than the defeat of the army, the Soviets took advantage of the situation to take advantage of the situation is the most important thing to pay attention to.

At the moment, Hertzman couldn't help touching his neck, and his mind was all about the experience of the former division commander and even the 715th Division. "These Soviets are too special, I don't know if they deliberately went deep alone and aimed at the division headquarters."

This inopportune remark made the staff officers shudder, and it is true that the total strength of the 707th Division after the reduction of the establishment is only a little more than 10,000! The location of the division headquarters is also defended by only one guard battalion, and the defense force is not strong.

The chief of staff of the division, in line with the principle of prudence, advised: "Perhaps we should avoid it, because today we have encountered a large-scale Soviet air force and their onslaught, and they are attacking us only at this point, and the current situation is ......."

"No one is allowed to leave!" Herzman immediately pulled out his pistol and slapped it on the table. "As the division commander, I order that no one is allowed to retreat! I will shoot the deserters directly, and the officers and men of the whole division must hold the line! ”

In this case, the chief of staff of the division, Rostad, did not say much more. "Alright! I take back my words, and if the enemy comes, we will accompany him to the end. ”

Herzman breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want to believe that his troops were too poor in combat and would collapse at the touch of a button, and it certainly made sense that Lothaheim's regiment was crushed by a focused attack, but there was certainly no army that could survive the carpet bombardment of 150 mm cannons.

The German artillery, which consisted mainly of ten large-caliber howitzers and a number of medium-caliber howitzers as supplements, did carpet bomb that position. The corpses of the dead Soviet and German soldiers were completely shattered, and even the wounded soldiers who were still dying of death were given a painful pleasure by this series of lightning strikes.

The artillery bombardment shook the sky, and the retreating Balzen troops were also taken aback, but this did not affect their retreat path.

The current Balzen is really glad for himself. "I ordered the troops to retreat quickly, otherwise if we let everyone plunder, my nearly 1,000 people will be wiped out!" Therefore, he was originally angry about the loss of many people in the attack, but now he has a smile. The artillery cover that the Germans should have had become an afterthought.

At the moment, theoretically, no one wants to go to the bombed position anymore, and Balzen just wants to return to the forest camp of the Soviet army as soon as possible. Only one man stepped forward, and he called on his troops to return to their positions.

That man was none other than Lawrence.

Standing on a collapsed tree trunk, he gathered the surviving warriors of the battalion and ordered: "Brothers, we cannot continue to retreat now. Now I order, the whole battalion marches south, back to our positions! ”

"But! Battalion commander, there are Soviets there! A soldier suddenly shouted.

As soon as the man's voice fell, he was replaced by a volley of anti-aircraft shots from the submachine gun. Lawrence raised a frown at his warrior, and the sound of gunfire shocked everyone.

"Are you going to be a hero, or are you going to be a coward? Even if the road ahead may be dangerous, brethren, now ask yourself if you are not guilty? Two of the three main battalions of the regiment have become cowards, do you have to follow in the footsteps? Or do we take the opportunity to recapture our own positions?