Chapter 836: Red Flag (II)

"Are you going to fight us to the end?" A German captain held a telescope, and in his tube, a bright red flag was fluttering in the gray air, giving people a sense of solemnity. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Beside him, a sergeant said, "Although they are far less manned than us, the explosives under the bridge still can't be solved." I asked the knowledgeable to take a look yesterday, and the explosives under the bridge can not only blow up the entire bridge, but even directly blow up the people on the bridge into the sky, if not ruled out......"

"Humph! What can you do if you are afraid?! The captain looked at the sergeant with an unhappy expression and said, "Could it be that our battalion troops have stopped these two groups of explosives?" It would be a big joke if it got out! ”

"However, our troops ......" Although he was still insisting on his opinion, the sergeant's confidence was gone, and he could only speak in a very low tone.

"If the bridge is broken, it can be repaired again, but if the morale is lost, it can't be recovered!" The captain said this angrily, and as soon as this sentence came out, the most ugly face was not the sergeant, but the commander of the two battalions that had been responsible for attacking the village. There was no doubt that the morale of the two battalions had been completely destroyed, and in the preparation of this morning, the soldiers of both of their battalions had communicated these things through the time of cooperation with the fighters of the other battalions, which had led to a decline in the morale of the entire German army, which was why the captain was quite angry.

Unlike those young officers who came out of the military academy, he was a veteran of World War I, but after the war he was forced to return to the countryside due to military problems, and when World War II began, he decided to devote himself to serving his country without hesitation. Compared with the stubborn calculations of those young people, he pays more attention to morale, which also makes him loved by many subordinates, but this kind of temperament does not deal with his superiors, so the promotion is far away.

As for this battle, he initially received an order to pass through the village occupied by friendly troops at night, and then go directly into the interior of the Soviet army, and make a nail there to firmly contain the Soviet army. But now it seems that because of the defeat of the advance troops, the effect of this operation was almost completely reversed, and several of their battalions were actually pinned down by the troops of one battalion of the Soviet army.

Of course, he still attached great importance to the explosives under the bridge, after all, it was a matter of the battle itself and the passage of several subsequent battalions. Just yesterday, he and several commanders worked out a fairly good night attack tactic, hoping to directly dismantle the explosives arranged by the Soviet army, and they were even ready to launch an attack directly with a large force in the case of an effective group.

However, although the night attack did keep Andre, who was fully prepared, busy for a while, the final result was a failure after all, and if he hadn't deliberately suppressed the news of this defeat, I am afraid that it would have had a major impact on the already somewhat low morale.

As for now, he doesn't care much about the explosives. In the previous tactical exchange, he had fully explained his tactics - to launch an all-out onslaught, using the advantage of troops to launch a three-dimensional offensive to directly raze the entire village, even if the bridge was blown up, they would spend an extra day repairing the bridge, and if this battle could not be won, then they would be delayed for more than a day.

While most of the other commanders weren't particularly happy with his tactics, none of them said anything, not because they didn't have tactics themselves, not because they thought his tactics were better than their own, but because they were afraid to take responsibility!

In the eyes of most commanders, although this battle has a huge advantage in terms of troops, it is not so simple to simply pull out the fangs of the Soviet army. Since the Soviets were so desperate to defend the explosives, it seemed that it would be quite difficult to take the entire village while keeping the two bridges. And even if, as he said, the bridge can be repaired again if it is blown up, their time has already been delayed, and if they delay it any longer, they will definitely be punished from above. And to put it mildly, there is even the possibility that the action itself will be exposed.

And now it seems that the commander of the advance force is responsible for this failure, but this is also in the absence of obvious mishandling. If they take the initiative to ask for help at this time, as long as they encounter some small setbacks, they may be caught on fire and lead to ruin, which is not what they want. So now there can be a 'dumb melon' who comes out, they can't be more happy, although they may also have a certain responsibility if they don't raise objections, but it's better than this angry 'stupid hat'.

There was a shower before sunrise and now it's going to rain again, which isn't good news for him. Although the heavy rain may have had some benefit for the Germans - it was easier to operate in concealment. But the heavy rain also brought a depressing atmosphere to the soldiers, which was undoubtedly worse for the German army, whose morale had been declining before the start of the war.

At this time, a bright red flag was raised on the side of the Soviet troops. He knew that the atmosphere on either side was definitely not good, and although the Soviet side had won one battle after another, the situation in front of them was so desperate. And this red flag was raised at this time, on the one hand, to boost their own morale, and on the other hand, the reason for placing it in such a place must have been deliberately placed on their display to the German army, and this kind of naked spiritual provocation seemed to him to be unbearable in any case.

"Herald artillery! Blow up that broken flag for me first! He shouted at the herald on the side. The other officers on the side looked at him with an expression of looking at him, and someone even said: "Our shells are still very precious, what do you mean by bombing a flag that has no lethality?" ”

"Hairy boy! What do you know? He replied angrily: "The Soviets have pulled on our heads, do you want me to endure it like this?" ”

"Unreasonable!" Hearing him say this, the officer didn't want to have any more communication with this 'unlucky guy' after this battle, and turned away directly, leaving him alone looking at the village in the distance with a serious expression...... (To be continued.) )