Chapter 938: A Fair Duel
After Dennis reported more detailed information, another reconnaissance team with some heavy casualties returned to the station. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info They first encountered a mine, and they were directly blown up, and one person turned on his back, and then he was ambushed by a German patrol group, but the Germans did not pursue them with a small number of people, and these remaining people were able to escape back with half their lives.
However, their sacrifice was not without merit, which also proved Andrei's statement that the mines were arranged in a strip pattern, and Natalia also decided to clear the mines first, taking into account the advice provided by Andrei.
However, whether it is the 217 squad or this infantry unit, there is no large-scale demining equipment, because Xia Bing found that the German army has laid a large number of mines and a wide variety, the individual demining equipment is obviously useless, in addition to the use of violent methods to forcibly clear mines, the remaining methods are too risky.
Natalia immediately asked Anton to pass the order and let the infantry prepare detonators for demining, after all, compared to long-range fire, this detonator demining method is much cleaner, which is a profound lesson for Natalia.
On the other hand, due to the mine belt, she changed the deployment position of the 217 squad. If the enemy is interested in a peripheral battle with them, then Natalia will not be so hard-hitting. The reason for this is only because Natalia has not been able to gain all the trust of the major, and they agreed that after Natalia surrounds the German army, the major will lead a large force of infantry to carry out a general attack, and such a combat plan is obviously not suitable for fighting with the enemy at the beginning of the battle.
However, Natalia was not without its advantages - since the Germans had set up a narrow strip of mines, they would have to send a large number of troops to guard it, and if the Soviets were fast enough, they could make a gap before the Germans could successfully assemble. And as long as this gap is maintained in the subsequent battles, then victory is not far from them.
Although the addition of the mine belt changed the tide of the battle, Natalia only made a few small adjustments to complete the new tactical deployment. Especially for friendly infantry, Natalia has barely changed the way they fight, and more changes are reflected in the 217 squad, after all, they are the heart of this battle.
Although Natalia pays more attention to tactical deployment than Andrei, she is not as mother-in-law as Anton, and when everything is ready to stop, Natalia directly gives the order to set off. Tanks, infantry, and artillery followed their own lines of advance, rapidly advancing towards the German garrison......
And at this time, on the side of the German army, the vigilance of most people was not very strong. On the one hand, because the Soviet army has been beaten by them before, and now it is estimated that they do not even have the strength to fight back, although the pursuing troops finally encountered an ambush, but it is estimated that the Soviet army finally resisted desperately, if they really let them counterattack, all the German soldiers here are confident that they will be repelled again.
On the other hand, judging from the battle that came from the mine belt not long ago, the Soviet army should have just learned about its existence, and after the reconnaissance team of the bombed man turned on his back and turned on his horse, it will inevitably hit the morale of the Soviet army, which makes them feel even more at ease.
Of course, not everyone is so happy. Some of them were angry, and the vast majority of them were angry because of the armored squad from the 47th Division -- after the failure of the pursuit, the infantry and the commanders of the other armored squads planned to take advantage of the fact that the Soviet troops had not yet breathed their breath to launch a surprise attack in the last period of time, and use all their forces to directly defeat the Soviet troops.
But no matter what they said, the commander from the 47th Division did not agree with their plan, on the grounds that a Soviet tank squad was lurking in the shadows, and rash action would only cause the whole unit to suffer a big loss. Of course, the rest of the people who were on the rise of victory were completely dismissive of this, believing that even if the Soviets had an armored squad in ambush. As long as they are vigilant this time and use all their forces to deal with it, there is nothing to fear. On the contrary, if the Soviets were allowed to take a breath, maybe they would really fight back.
However, in the end, because the Leopard squad, which was a key combat force, had no intention of participating in the war, and had to give up this 'excellent' opportunity to defeat the Soviet army. The Germans, who switched to a defensive position, first had a calm night, and most of the speculations of a Soviet retaliatory strike did not take place. Of course, they are not afraid of night attacks, but look forward to them, because no matter how good their eyesight is, it is impossible to find those hidden mines at night, as long as the Soviet army launches a night attack, it will definitely cause heavy casualties because of the mine belt. However, what they will not know is that the main reason why the Soviets did not launch a night attack was because Andrei had increased his vigilance in this regard, but this vigilance was directed against the Leopard squad, not them.
After entering the second day, most of the German army did not think that the Soviet army would attack, but they had scared away the Soviet army through blitzkrieg, and they naturally knew that this place was not dangerous to defend, and if they waited until the Soviet army hit in front of them, then there would be no way to resist, so they still sent a lot of troops to patrol the perimeter, striving to find the Soviet army at the first time, and try to engage it on the periphery.
Although the Leopard team did not raise any objections to this tactic, they were still so maverick and did not obey the dispatch of the large army too much, but found a few key positions to wait. As their commander said, their goal was simple, to annihilate or inflict heavy damage on the Soviet tank squad, so as to completely eliminate the core of the Soviet counterattack.
Perhaps no one in the German army took his words seriously, but in fact his words hit the nail on the head of the battle, and if Anton or Natalia heard them, they would certainly be amazed by it.
However, in fact, the two armored squads that are the core of this battle have their own difficulties, but it is also their fairness to fight in the same limitations, but it is a pity that the double-engine commander who is the opponent will not know such a good thing...... (To be continued.) )