286 The situation took a turn for the worse
When the Soviets' planes began to drop bombs on Baranovich, the 1st Huaxia Division, which was originally stationed in Baranovich, suddenly began to attack the encirclement, but it was not a situation of concentrating superior forces to break through, but attacking on all fronts, with no focus at all!
Moreover, the most important thing is that the 1st Huaxia Division did not even invest too many troops in the direction of the Soviet air defense positions, and it was even a little weak compared to the offensive in other directions. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
This situation on the battlefield obviously relieved the Soviet commander, who had always been worried that when the Luftwaffe appeared, the enemy surrounded in Baranovichi would definitely focus on the air defense position, so that the Luftwaffe could really launch air strikes against the Soviet army with impunity as soon as possible.
The Soviet command was constantly receiving new orders according to the situation on the battlefield, and they were adjusting their military deployment, but even if the German army did not focus on the west side of Baranovichi, the Soviet command still maintained a relatively strong force in front of the air defense positions on the west side.
The battle was very fierce, Li Ling's order was very simple, that is, to impact the enemy formation as much as possible, not to be afraid to engage the enemy at close range, although close combat is not conducive to the play of armored forces, but it is better than becoming a target of the Soviet Air Force.
The soldiers carried out Li Ling's meaning very well, and with the powerful impact of the tank, the motorized infantry soon rushed into the Soviet defense line and launched a close battle with the enemy.
Soon, the Soviet Air Force was completely unable to bomb the 1st Huaxia Division, and they had no choice but to hurriedly drop bombs on the city of Baranovichi and return in a huff.
At this point in the battle, it seems that everyone has decided that this is the moment to decide the outcome of the battle, which is like a string that has been tightened, and then this string will break, just see who gives enough pressure at this moment!
However, does Li Ling really plan to fight with the Soviets and fight to the death on the outskirts of Baranovich?
Obviously, Li Ling didn't have this plan, the Huaxia First Division was his heart, and he was not willing to put his troops into such a strangulation battle, he had other arrangements.
Just when the war was becoming more and more fierce and even a little tragic, when the Soviet Red Army had put all its reserves into the battlefield, when the bombers of the Soviet Air Force had just withdrawn from the battlefield, and the fighters could not hunt the German bombers because of anti-aircraft guns, Li Ling suddenly made an extremely bold move.
He ordered the troops on the east and south flanks of Baranovichi to shrink abruptly, retreat to the city of Baranovichi, and transfer part of the forces to the west and north, respectively.
The Soviet troops on the east and south sides pursued the victory, but they were stopped outside the city, while the pressure on the west and north sides increased greatly, and there was a faint sense of irresistibility, especially on the north side, the Tiger tanks of the Sixth Tank Brigade were even more like no one!
"Hmph, I knew that these Germans were attacking my air defense position, but fortunately I had a lot of troops left in front of the air defense position! Ordered, the troops located on the east side of Baranovichi went to the north of the city as soon as possible to reinforce them, and cut off the connection between the Germans outside the city and Baranovichi in one fell swoop. The troops located on the south side should divide one-third of their forces to fill the gap left by the transfer of troops on the east side, and then divide one-third of their forces to go to the front of the air defense positions, and they must block the Germans in front of the air defense positions, and they must not be allowed to move forward! ”
This was an order that was very plausible in any way and even had the opportunity to kill the German army, and it was conveyed immediately after concrete refinement.
However, when this order was issued, no one noticed that many soldiers in Soviet uniforms stood up again in the area south of Baranovich that had been beaten down by the 1st Huaxia Division and then abandoned again.
They looked very embarrassed, but not many people were hurt.
The commander of this group of soldiers seemed to be a somewhat timid and not very qualified comrade, and even when he was brought to a division commander, he did not dare to admit who he was under for fear of his previous 'command mistakes'.
However, the division commander did not pursue too much, after all, now that the battle was going on at the most critical moment, it was obviously not appropriate to punish an officer at this time, so the division commander directly ordered the timid officer to take his soldiers to the west side of Baranovichi for reinforcements, and warned him to shoot him on the spot if he behaved in fear of battle again.
The order had been given, and the timid officer seemed to have carried out the order, and the division commander was relieved to continue to organize his troops to maintain pressure on Baranovich's southern flank.
However, no one noticed that when this timid officer led his soldiers to the west side of Baranovic, his soldiers immediately dispersed into all the key areas of the entire defensive line.
Immediately afterwards, due to the sudden increase of Soviet troops to the north flank, those prominent German troops seemed to be afraid of being cut off from the retreat, and immediately began to retreat to the city, and the Soviets repelled the attack on the north side of the German army!
At the same time, the Germans, who were attacking the air defense positions, apparently had some scruples and slowed down the pace of the offensive, allowing the Soviet troops on the western flank, which were under great pressure, to breathe.
"The Germans can't stand it, they're shrinking, and it looks like they're going to shrink all the turtles into the city!"
"Haha, order the troops to launch a counteroffensive immediately, we will enter in one go before they can gain a firm foothold, and annihilate these Germans who only know how to eat potatoes! Oh, by the way, order each defense node to be sure to keep people in case of accidents! ”
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"Little comrade, I'll hand over the machine gun to you, you must take care of it!"
"But I want to kill the Germans too!"
"No, no, you are inexperienced, you stay behind to protect the air defense position, your role is even greater, and it is too dangerous to rush up, you may be sacrificed at any time, you must be our strong backing, you are still young, you can't go to death!"
"Thank you, thank you, comrade!"
Such a dialogue was staged at almost every Soviet defense node, and those young soldiers who had no combat experience were grateful to the veterans with snot and tears, and the veterans sighed in their hearts that the recruits were so easy to deceive, and rushing out at this time was a good opportunity to get military merits.
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However, at the same time, in Baranovichi City, Li Ling watched the staff officers constantly carry out standard combat maps, and the corners of his mouth raised an indescribable evil smile.