Chapter 1330 The German Army's New Plan
The four pilots involved in the operation all said that they saw two huge mushroom clouds rising from Loev. Their words were somewhat different from each other, and they were really serious, just like Loev had been blown to the ground!
Koch believed that what his subordinates said was true and was also very worried about his subordinates' lives.
He complained for a while: "The stupid 722nd Division has been in charge of the position for two months, and he has to send heavy troops to rob Loev. It is not that important. Now, with the defenders in the city, their losses are only 6,000!"
Koch's secret complaints were fine. In this battle, the 722nd Division was indeed a loss of troops and generals. I am afraid that the militants of the entire division will be reimbursed in this battle. The rest must have strengthened its belief that it will not come out of the trench.
Can the tactics of fighting work? Bah!
Koch actually didn't want his subordinates to perform the third airdrop mission today. He really couldn't disobey the military order. Koch ordered his subordinates with his German rigorous order: "You must perform your final airdrop at 6 pm and must complete the mission, otherwise you and I will be questioned by the military court."
In this way, Paul could only bite the bullet and continue to fight his life.
Fortunately, luck was still on Paul's side, because the extremely abnormal airdrop operation of the German Air Force made Yang Mingzhi fall into deep thought. The German army was obviously fighting desperately to Pauloev's defender, which shows the important strategic position here. Yang Mingzhi therefore added orders and ordered the front-line troops to not fight back as long as the enemy planes did not attack.
Barcen and other troops implemented the order well. As the enemy planes returned, the whole world fell into dusk. June 27 passed so fiercely?
No! Of course not!
The world was not in the tranquility of the night, and Yang Mingzhi had reason to believe that the German army was preparing for new rescue operations, otherwise they would not have been frantically replenishing supplies to Loev.
Since the Second Regiment of the Independent Regiment was unable to mine properly due to frequent air defense alarms, it simply suspended its work. Both Independent Regiments received orders for emergency transfers, and they began to collect weapons and ammunition in the evening and were ordered to start early in the morning on June 28.
The first regiment of the Independent Regiment, namely the Peronisky regiment, advanced towards the Homnis Station. The second regiment of the Independent Regiment, namely the Medvedev regiment, arrived on the left bank of the river at the Misi Ferry Crossing.
The battle will consume a lot of ammunition, and the ammunition reserved by the Soviet army is to deal with this moment. Rather than saying that the two independent regiments are going to the front line to fight, they are taking over the logistics of the front line. They will drive away a large number of carriages, among which the most loaded are shells and bullets.
Yang Mingzhi personally inspected all the catfish and flying fish rockets in stock. Especially the former, a civilian transport team will transport 30 catfish rockets to the front line of Loev in the morning of June 28. Especially the ten of them, the warhead is high-energy fuel, and they are Yang Mingzhi's killer cloud explosion bombs. In order to make a great contribution, try to kill as many enemies as possible and sacrifice less. Yang Mingzhi also fought!
Yang Mingzhi was very worried that this battle would trigger a new regional decisive battle. If a war was indeed inevitable, why not expand the results as much as possible, or even destroy the 722nd Division in front of him, and then take the initiative to attack Gomel?
His bold idea was immediately supported by Yevlov, who wanted to "explode the North" immediately, and his idea attracted the personal visit of Lyudebalev and Salinchikin. At the meeting on the night of the 27th, all parties explained their ideas and analyzed the enemy situation.
Because he defeated the enemy, his pride was hard to avoid spreading. Even a general who was known for his calmness, who became a little overconfident.
The scheming Salinchkin noticed everyone's excessive optimism and poured cold water on some inappropriate ones.
"I think you are still too optimistic. Our ultimate goal is to attack Gomel? I always feel it is too far away. Gomel is an important town in southern Belarus after all. As long as our army appears in large numbers outside the city, it will definitely lead to a large-scale counterattack from the enemy! I don't think we can launch a massive offensive campaign with just one thousand combat troops."
Yang Mingzhi had to listen carefully to the words of this Stalin Commissioner. He thought about it for a moment, and he lacked the potential for the blind attacking troops! The powerful combat effectiveness of the 63rd Army was actually based on abundant ammunition and medicine resources, especially on the recoil-free shells and RPG missiles with firepower. Once the two were sold out, the combat effectiveness of the troops plummeted.
The meeting lasted until midnight on the 27th and the meeting ended until everyone could hardly hold on.
The meeting at least rectified the atmosphere, and the blind optimistic atmosphere that permeated the command center disappeared a little, and Yang Mingzhi also woke up completely and prepared for a new round of siege and aid.
Then, the German army really wanted to break the siege of Loev like crazy.
That's of course, why didn't the German army save it?
In fact, on the night of the 26th, the commander of the 722nd Division reported his failure to his superior army commander Wagner, and the senior German army leaders immediately began to discuss.
The German intelligence department not only knew that the Soviet troops entrenched in the Pripet swamp, but its official number was the 63rd Army Group, which basically constituted the Soviet army, the 284th Guard Division and the 233rd Airborne Brigade of the Soviet Army. The 284th Guard Division is a mortal enemy of the German army, and its combat effectiveness is indeed amazing. Now that the Soviet army has dropped elite paratroopers in air, wouldn’t it be like a tiger?
Therefore, after the meeting, the German army faced the new defeat of the 722nd Division. The commander of the German army directly asked William Kube, the highest commander of the Nazis in Belarus, to ask for his opinion.
William Kube's attitude was very firm. His original words were: "We must eradicate the gangsters in the swamp. Only in this way can Belarus truly become a stable rear."
Currently, there are four major guerrillas active in Belarus. In addition to the 63rd Army of the Soviet Army, which is more suitable for the regular army, there are also guerrillas named Red October and the Tsgang people, whose main activity is in Mogilev. The last one is called "Swan Lake", which mainly operates in Vitebsk. In addition to the former who is violently strong, the other combat power is average, but its strength is strong and very good at winning over local people.
If the Soviet army in the swamps was a sharp knife that often cuts flesh, other guerrillas were like poison. The former could always destroy a large number of German troops at one time, while the latter two caused the German army in a large area to collapse.
In William Kube's opinion, what he should do most is to find a way to get rid of the 63rd Soviet Army entrenched in the southern swamps. Not only is this strongest unit, but it is also because it is very difficult to go deep into the swamps to encircle them in summer and winter.
This time, unlike in the past, they actually dared to besiege Royev. Look at this situation, they have the intention of taking the initiative to seek the main force of the German army to fight.
Are they so arrogant? However, reality forced William Kube to take the initiative. He not only wanted to transform Belarus into a stable rear, but also to ensure Belarus' railway system. Now, that force cut off a railway branch line that is very important to the German army at present, making the already stretched railway capacity even more embarrassing. Besides, the guerrillas that frequently bomb railways are basically the 63rd Army.
It's time to launch a thunder strike!
William Kube knew that he had to find some elite troops, the 707th Division and the 722nd Division, such idiot troops who had done many times to kill and make achievements, and they should defend well! The so-called elite troops, isn't there a single unit in the city of Lechcha? Let the armed SS, the infantry regiment composed of all French Germans, namely the Blüchel regiment, be it time for them to show their skills.
It is certainly not possible to just let these more than two thousand people advance. The German army's troops were indeed not very sufficient. Sending some Eastern battalions troops was too bad.
After thinking about it, William Kube thought of a move. He pulled out his troops from his existing troops and then sought help from troops outside Belarus.
In this way, William Kube quickly contacted Marshal Bok of the B Army Group, and eventually he received assistance from the German army in the south. That is, the 634th Division, which was responsible for controlling Chernigov and its surrounding areas. Due to its unfavorable governance, it was transferred to Gorodnia in the north, where Chernigov was governed by the new troops.
The 634th Division was sure that it was naturally the responsibility of the Soviet army in the swamp, so after the superiors issued such an appointment, their division commanders were really unsuccessful.
In this way, William Kube and his generals were planning an offensive of 20,000 troops to defeat the so-called 63rd Soviet Army with one blow.
Chapter completed!