The new objective of the battle was to attack the German-occupied town of Luvanka, which the Germans had used as a logistics hub, and it would be more strategic to blow it up than to destroy the enemy's living forces.

In this way, Yang Mingzhi needed an elite army to carry out this military adventure. He estimated that he would lead the most elite special anti-tank battalion and would definitely achieve outstanding results. But looking at their own people, the more than 600 directly subordinate troops still seem to be too few.

For this, he can only hope that the militia force is capable enough. In the end, more than 50 male militias were temporarily integrated into the regular army, and only about 700 troops actually participated in the operation.

Yang Mingzhi gave new orders to those who did not participate in the operation. "The rest of the militia should take away as much loot as possible, take away the canned food and flour that were captured, and discard the guns and ammunition that they can't take away. The same is true for all the young soldiers. ”

Yang Mingzhi temporarily decided that the junior battalion would be demoted to a company, and he really couldn't think of a more suitable candidate, and Kharkov continued to serve as the commander. He estimated that the young soldiers had already suffered huge losses in the battle, and that was enough for the children.

This unit has already tasted blood, they have already experienced the cruelty of war, and the rest can only continue to train. At least for a period of time, teenagers and girls should not appear on the front-line battlefield.

The retreating troops carried a large amount of supplies and began to retreat, and Yang Mingzhi pinched his waist and looked at their backs. It was only noon, and soon the enemy's new convoy would arrive, and the whole army would have to leave.

Fighters preparing to participate in a new military operation, some of them are eating, some are checking equipment.

Yang Mingzhi leaned on the tree, and beside him were two girls. Star fruit and Natasha, two young girls with sniper rifles in their arms, are nibbling on bread cubes.

"Drink some water when you eat, and don't choke." With that, Yang Mingzhi stood up.

The troops rested for twenty minutes at the end, after which they immediately marched east.

The new battle must use some heavy weapons, and what Yang Mingzhi can rely on at the moment is mortars. At the end of the battle, the artillery carried out an inventory, and in this battle they poured a total of seventy shells.

"It's actually seventy, how can it be so wasted! We carried a hundred of them this time. ”

Faced with the commander's questioning, the artilleryman truthfully explained: "This operation was originally an attack on the German convoy, and the amount of ammunition we carried was to complete a mission. Now to carry out a new mission, this is not the original plan. Besides, you ordered us to shoot as many shells as possible. ”

Yang Mingzhi knew that this was indeed his own order, and in order to annihilate the enemy, he attacked them with maximum firepower. Now the artillery has only thirty shells left, and the grenades are also consumed a lot. Nowadays there is no shortage of rifle cartridges, and those German soldiers carry a base number of ammunition, and through the capture, the ammunition of the soldiers is well replenished.

Yang Mingzhi's decision has not changed, and the troops are still going to attack the town of Luvanka.

"You bring all the ammunition and mortars, and it's enough to have some fire support."

He patted the artillery captain on the shoulder, and he was very serious about the people.

After the soldiers had eaten and sorted out their internal affairs, the army had to continue on its way. The team of more than 700 people, according to Yang Mingzhi's habits, these people are wrapped in leggings, as mountain light infantry, their mobility speed is very fast.

The attack on the town of Luwanka must be carried out with great speed, Yang Mingzhi has seen the map, and the army is thirty kilometers away from there. All warriors must be mentally prepared to reach the outskirts of the town before dark.

He had great confidence in his soldiers, who had already accumulated enough experience in fighting and marching in the forest. But the militia, they may be a little unbearable. Fortunately, Yerentina is not a vegetarian, and she has been urging the soldiers to move quickly, even urging the two children.

"Now you have to rely on yourself, too. Like a female warrior, she can't show weakness. Yang Mingzhi urged his wife, he was very pleased, after all, his wife was a person who had seen blood, and she was still a little stronger in her bones.

The march is at a speed of five kilometers per hour, which is neither fast nor slow, and you must know that the forced march is trotting all the way at a speed of ten kilometers per hour. Yang Mingzhi is very self-aware, and he estimates that he will not be able to break the world record of the 38th Army's running in the future, but most soldiers can still do it after running 30 kilometers safely in an afternoon.

The Germans could not have imagined that a Soviet army would secretly attack the town under the cover of the forest, and then attack suddenly. Yang Mingzhi was very confident, he guessed that his attack on the convoy had been exposed to the Germans, and perhaps at this moment the German army had sent people out of the "lair" to inspect the battlefield.

On the other hand, the follow-up convoy soon arrived on the battlefield, and they were terrified by the terrible scene. The news was immediately notified to the headquarters of the security division stationed in the town of Luvanka. Schneider, the division commander, was so angry that he roared into the phone: "Who attacked us?" Is it the Soviet Army? They attacked a convoy, and they must have a huge force. ”

"No, sir, they are indeed numerous, but they are guerrillas. The enemy also tied up two of our men, and they explained everything. ”

Schneider wondered, could it really be a partisan? Shouldn't guerrillas be a bunch of stragglers?

The follow-up convoy made some inspections, and they found that the enemy had taken everything they could, and the enemy was more like a group of hungry robbers. For example, the shoes on the corpses of the German soldiers, quite a few were taken away. Firearms and ammunition were largely removed, not even the belts of the armed forces, and some people's helmets were gone.

These performances seem to prove that this is a group of guerrillas and that they are desperately short of supplies.

Schneider still felt that this was still a bit strange, and he saw on the map that if a large force of Soviet partisans was active, then they must have been in the direction of the swamps. He nodded hard at the Pripett swamp on the map, "It must be here, it has no strategic value, it is very difficult to deploy troops, and it has become a safe haven for the Soviets." ”

But he also knew that the Führer had no interest in the swamp, and that his responsibility was only to stabilize a line of communication.

"Order the troops, divide two battalions and go with me to the battlefield to have a look."

As soon as his staff officer heard this, he immediately questioned the order. "Division commander, our troops have been very scattered, and the troops have been escorted soldiers, and now there are only more than 3,000 people in this Luwanka town. We have sent more than 1,000 people to check the battlefield for some military adventure. ”

Schneider looked at his staff officer with disdain. "You're still too cautious, we take the initiative, maybe this Soviet partisan army will attack us too. But they may continue to attack convoys, so that once our men report the situation, we can reach the battlefield as quickly as possible and annihilate this enemy. ”

In this way, in the afternoon, the commander of Schneider's first division also did the work of the battalion commander. His initiative to attack is more like a symbol, an escort force is completely annihilated, in order to stabilize morale, he takes the lead, and he has to use his actions to prove that the line of communication is still safe. Of course, if he encountered this group of Soviet partisans, he would destroy them all, and Schneider was very confident about this.

More than 1,000 people set out, very well equipped, but mostly on foot (vehicles were transporting goods).

Yang Mingzhi originally wanted to carry out a strategy to divert the tiger from the mountain, but the Germans helped him realize it.

As the Soviets weaved through the forest, the advance reconnaissance team kept a close eye on the condition of the road, and they encountered Lawrence and his gang, who were currently on the run.

The more than 100 German soldiers were so tired that they thought they had fled the war zone and sat down on the ground to rest.

Lawrence ordered the soldiers to defend in place and waited honestly. Because he knew that the follow-up convoy would definitely catch up, and at the same time, the division headquarters would also get the news, as long as they waited in place, friendly troops would arrive soon.

The Scout watched from afar.

"Eagle Eagle, I'm a lark, I found about a hundred German soldiers, and about a hundred German soldiers."

Hearing this situation on the radio, Yang Mingzhi became vigilant.

"Keep an eye out! That's it, the whole team is resting, it's over. ”

Yang Mingzhi gave the radio officer the order to continue listening, and the others took a temporary break. The large army has already run for more than ten kilometers, and it is time to rest for a while and drink some water.

At the same time, the scouts hid in the woods, holding binoculars and watching the Germans' every move. Suddenly, they discover something new.

"Deputy Division Commander! It's Germans! They say there are a large number of Germans! The telegraph operator shouted and even forgot about the self-cultivation of the telegrapher.

Yang Mingzhi was still checking his wife's feet just now, kneading it, and heard this. He trotted all the way in, listening to the report of the scout in the headset.

"It's actually at the battalion level, and it looks like there are more than a thousand people?!"

Yang Mingzhi realized that the matter was serious, and he immediately ordered the troops to prepare for battle, and then called the officers over.

Yerentina was puzzled, "There are so many Germans, did they come from the town of Luvanka?" ”

"Quite possibly! I estimate that there are not many troops in Luvanka Town at the moment, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime fighter for us! ”

"So what did you decide to do?" Yerentina asked.

"Of course you have to fight! But the aim is to delay them. After that, Yang Mingzhi looked at the company commander, "Ravlianji, give you a task to lead your people to harass this group of German troops." ”

"But there are many of them, and the number of troops I can lead is only two hundred."

"Enough! This is a very honorable task, Ravlendi, your troops are not allowed to fight to the death, and try to harass them so that they think that they are attacking a large force. Yang Mingzhi thought about it, this German army is here to see the battlefield, and I am afraid it is also an elite unit.

He made up his mind, the troops were divided, and the first company and the militia remained. "You are responsible for harassing the enemy, you must cherish your lives, it is better to lure them into the forest and destroy them slowly, you must drag them hard, and continue the battle into the night, and you must not let them go to support the town of Luvanka."

The commander of the first company saluted and said that he understood, and in this way, Yang Mingzhi would lead the second and third companies to continue to advance. The number of troops was reduced to only five hundred, and Yang Mingzhi felt that it was enough.

Although the troops are small, the equipment is still very complete, and the new battle is still a sneak attack at night, Yang Mingzhi is very confident.

Once the company remained, they would soon be engaged in the sparrow war. Ravrendi watched as the large force continued to rush eastward, and the battle belonging to the first company was about to begin.