Chapter 234: Who Wins and Who Loses (1)
The sun was rising in the east, and the night of chaos was finally over. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Groups of Soviet soldiers marched in line toward a makeshift prisoner of war camp, flanked by Polish soldiers with rifles and staring at them.
"Koval, thanks to you for detonating the enemy's ammunition depot last night!" Lieutenant Colonel Tadeusz patted Kowald on the arm and said.
"God forbid! Good luck this time! Koval said modestly, "How is General Shimigvi?" ”
"There is no danger!" Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to report, come with me?" ”
"I just want to go too." Koval agreed.
Lieutenant Colonel Koval and Tadeush stepped on a messy wheat field and walked towards the position of the 7th Infantry Regiment.
Along the way, Polish soldiers repaired various fortifications, treated the wounded, and mobilized troops. Some prisoners were carrying the bodies of the dead on both sides on the battlefield, the Soviet soldiers were hastily thrown into a large pit, and the bodies of the Polish soldiers were placed separately according to the individual units.
There were also units with machine guns guarding the enemy forces in Fort Dina.
Walking to the position of the 7th Infantry Regiment, there was a noisy reprimand from inside.
Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush walked over heavily.
"Go back at once, get your troops in order, and get your men back from the woods for me." General Himigvi said coldly.
"Yes, sir." Several battalion commanders of the 8th Infantry Regiment immediately agreed. , bowed his head and walked past the two of them.
"Well, Tadeush, Kovar, sit down!" General Himigvi put away the anger on his face and said kindly.
"Yes, sir." The two of them immediately sat down on two wooden piers.
"It's fucking strange that the Eighth Infantry Regiment found 500 corpses, and that the nearly 4,000-strong troops now have found less than 2,000 in total, including the wounded." General Himigvi said angrily: "These guys scattered and fled as soon as they encountered the enemy, and they did not have the slightest time to contain the enemy army, and they did not have time to adjust the deployment of the troops. This near-defeat was the mistake of the 8th Infantry Regiment. ”
"The rout of the 8th Infantry Regiment was too rapid." Lieutenant Colonel Tadeusz chimed in: "But where is Commander Anthony?" ”
"No one has seen his whereabouts, who knows if he is dead or alive? Don't know which corner to hide? General Himigvi said angrily.
"Maybe he's injured, it's so chaotic now, and the battlefield hasn't been cleaned clearly." Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush said.
"Report to the general, a headless corpse has been found, it may be Lieutenant Colonel Anthony, I need you to confirm it." A staff officer ran over and reported.
General Shimigvi walked outside with the two of them.
A mangled headless corpse lay on the ground, ragged, stained with blood and dirt, and a thigh that had been blown off by something.
A group of officers circled around him, and General Shimigvi walked to the side.
"General, in my opinion, this is Lieutenant Colonel Anthony." Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush said: "His shoes are a little bigger than the average person, and combined with the height of his stature, it is almost certain." ”
"Hey, I didn't expect him to die so miserably!" General Himigvi sighed in a low voice: "Forget about the matter of the 7th Infantry Regiment! ”
"Although the 7th Infantry Regiment did not fight well yesterday, no one expected that the Soviet troops would hide their cavalry until this critical moment." Lieutenant Colonel Tadeusz reassured: "Fortunately, the casualties of the 7th Infantry Regiment are not large, which can be regarded as a great luck in misfortune. ”
"Fortunately, one by one, they either ran fast and fled into the dense forest, or they had good eyesight and hid in the wheat field and pretended to be dead, which was really a shame. Three of the four battalion commanders who ran over just now used this trick to survive. General Himigvi said softly with sarcasm: "Without your timely support and defeat of the Soviet troops, they would not have escaped the pursuit of the Soviet troops." Either starved to death in the jungle or was killed by Soviet cavalry. ”
"Sir, Fort Dina has not yet been taken, and although we had several hundred enemy troops last night, thousands of enemy troops had fled into Fort Lidina, and some of the remnants of the city of Daugavpils had retreated. I wonder what the general has arranged? Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush asked.
"Although we won last night, it was also a muddled battle. Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush, how many enemy troops did you kill last night? How many prisoners were taken there? General Shimigwe asked.
"About 4,000 Soviet soldiers were killed, 2,000 were captured, and hundreds of wounded were among them." Lieutenant Colonel Tadeusz said a little embarrassedly: "Our army fought hard for a long time last night, and we have to watch out for the enemy troops in Dina Fort to fight again, and we really don't have much strength to chase those Soviet deserters. ”
"Where are you, Koval?"
"There were only a little more than a thousand enemy corpses, and only five hundred prisoners were captured. On the big night, without paying attention, these guys slipped out of the wheat field. It was so close to Daugavpils that most of them were back in the city now, and there was no way to continue the hunt. Koval also said depressedly.
"Together with the 1,500 corpses and 1,000 prisoners in front of the 3rd Infantry Division, we have killed a total of 6,500 enemies and captured 3,500 prisoners, a total of 10,000." General Shimigvi carefully analyzed.
"Part of the enemy's rout went to Fort Dina, about three or five thousand men, and part fled back to Daugavpils, about ten thousand men." Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush added.
"Although there are many people in the Soviet troops who have been brought in to serve as soldiers on a temporary basis, we cannot continue to consume lives with them. Last night our army suffered two thousand casualties, and the courage of the 8th Infantry Regiment was lost. Let me think about it again. General Himigvi hesitated and said, "Koval, the movement you made yesterday was very scary, can you tell me more about it?" ”
"Yes, sir." Koval immediately gave a detailed account of his actions.
"So there's no food in the city of Daugavpils?" After hearing this, General Himigvi pondered for a long time and suddenly asked.
"Yes, sir." "Unless there are other grain depots, the food in the city won't last a few days," Koval said. ”
"It seems that we don't have to fight this battle to win it." General Himigvi said with a sudden smile.
"How?" Lieutenant Colonel Tadeush asked curiously.
General Shimigvi and Koval looked at him and smiled softly.
Lieutenant Colonel Tadeusz also laughed brightly.
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