Five Hundred and Twelve Forward

"We must seize the most favorable position before the Soviet generals gather up these rout troops." Guderian stared at the map in front of him, and said to the staff: "Which troops are here and here? Can we continue to attack?"

On the huge map, the German army re-named all the towns with code names after sorting out and summarizing in the later stage, which is also convenient for the confidentiality of the radio communications of the grassroots troops. At this moment, the town that Rennes paid attention to was also being watched by Guderian. The code name of this town was Y107.

Usually he wouldn't ask this question, but now his troops have been scattered, and many frontline troops really have no offensive strength. Most of the assaults happen at the battalion or company level, which is very difficult for a group army. It is simply unimaginable.

So he opened his mouth to confirm the actual situation of his troops there. He must ensure that these troops are capable of protecting themselves before ordering them to attack, right? If you order an attack casually, in case there is only one company of troops there, isn't this a joke?

"Report, there is a tank company of the 502 Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion, and a special unit composed of a grenadier battalion." A staff officer pointed to the map and replied to Guderian: "But they are scattered in a few kilometers long. area, it seems impossible to mobilize troops to attack."

"The troops of the 3rd Division of the SS?" Guderian nodded, and then continued to look at the map. The small town in his eyes is really attractive. If the German army can control it, all subsequent operations will become extremely simple.

He turned around, walked to the desk of the headquarters, grabbed the phone, and then said: "Please connect me with the headquarters of the 1st Armored Army, yes, I am Guderian... Draw a troop , is there any difficulty in capturing the town code-named Y107 for me?"

If your boss asks you what difficulties you have, this time is definitely not for you to cry about your various difficulties, but for you to hold back your tears and say the answer that is not difficult. The 1st Armored Army is Guderian's old army, so it is naturally impossible to embarrass his old army commander, so the task of capturing the small town of Y107 was immediately agreed.

The matter was as simple as that when we arrived at the headquarters of the 1st Armored Army, where it is now a mess. The positions of various troops are being repeatedly confirmed, and the counterattacks of the Soviet Red Army in some areas are also being summarized and processed. Of course, there are also supplies and air supplies. The contact of support, the list of fallen soldiers and the final statistics.

As for the problem of capturing a small town, which is not on the table, it is obviously the safest thing to hand it over to a division. So the military department directly called the division headquarters of the 3rd SS Armored Division.

As a general who can't fight, Frick, the commander of the 3rd SS Panzer Division, is known as the logistics general of the 1st Panzer Army. He is famous for taking advantage of several geniuses, and his troops are almost the most well-supplied in the entire g group army.

His men eat the best food in the army, use the most abundant ammunition, and even have a lot more tents than other troops-of course, in return, the 3rd SS Armored Division is almost the same as the G Group Army One of the most capable troops in the field, a large group of aces such as Ryan Marcus was born.

This army has conquered various towns, so when Flick received a call from the army commander ordering him to capture the small town of Y107, he agreed to the army commander's request without hesitation, and then made a promise to the army commander : "Don't worry, general, I guarantee that it will be occupied by the 3rd Armored Division, there will be no problem!"

It wasn't until he hung up the phone and looked at the position of his troops on the map again that he realized what the order to attack meant to the entire 3rd Armored Division. He looked at his staff officer dumbfounded, hoping that the young major who had just been transferred could turn into a little Maoqi in the next second.

"Deploy some troops to reinforce it." The young staff officer held back for a long time before choking out this sentence. If he had the talent to know the world, he would have gone to the residence of the head of state to recommend himself, okay? Wasn't the later Master Augustus the one who came from behind and became Germany's number two man?

Frick sighed helplessly. If he had extra troops, would he still need to ask the combat staff? Just directly support the frontline troops to fight over. This method is known to all fools, let alone a general: "There are almost no support troops that can be used now."

"Call the head of the 3rd Regiment and let him find a way." The staff thought for a while and finally came up with a more feasible solution. After all, attacking towns is not fighting in the wild, so the 1st and 2nd armored regiments don't need to deploy troops, so the only thing left is the 3rd armored grenadier regiment.

Flick nodded, picked up the phone and wanted to call the regiment headquarters of the 3rd regiment: "Is there any difficulty in taking down the town y107?"

"Master, are you kidding me? Attacking in this situation? I'm not pessimistic, sir...the Soviet Red Army just didn't counterattack. Once they start counterattacking, our defense line will collapse." In the division, everyone is considered to be fighting on the front line There is no need to play bureaucratic tricks. They are all people who live with their heads tied on their belts. Of course, if there are any difficulties, tell the truth: "Let me deploy troops, there are really no more!"

"Can't it be deployed at all? One company will do it!" Frick is crazy. His division has been winding for many kilometers, and tens of thousands of soldiers can't be deployed. 100 people.

"..." After a moment of silence, the head of the 3rd regiment finally spoke: "I can try a company, but it should not be enough."

"It doesn't matter if you are dissatisfied! You just need to have combat power!" Flick nodded quickly, he was afraid that if he hesitated for a moment, the dissatisfied company in front of him would disappear.

Putting down the phone, the commander of the 3rd regiment called the battalion commander of the 1st battalion and explained to him the combat mission of support. The poor battalion commander looked for the company commander of the 3rd company with a sad face, and asked him to take his men down to find the special mixed unit of the German front line. The company commander collected all the ammunition he could find and went up with 73 of his men.

Therefore, the highest decision of the general headquarters of the G Group Army, the combat order to capture the small town of Y107, was pushed back and forth, and after passing through the army commander, division commander, regiment commander and battalion commander, it was handed over to a small company commander to execute— —This story tells everyone that even if you are the boss of a head office, the person who will go to implement your decision is probably not even a team leader, so don't be superstitious about your own orders.

At this time, Rennes was discussing with the grenadier company commander in charge of covering him the battle plan for attacking the small town of Y107. They don't know that their superiors have issued an order to attack, which shows how strong the grassroots German commanders' grasp and experience of the battlefield situation are.

In many cases, the German army often does not need to wait for high-level combat orders, and spontaneously organizes local tactics. This reduces the reaction time of the German army in another aspect, and also greatly reduces the casualties of the troops.

"Not counting the soldiers escorting the prisoners, I can dispatch up to 60 people to support your attack. Counting your first tank, to be honest, our number of troops is seriously insufficient." The company commander looked at the gun in Ren's hand. Map frowned and said: "My people can organize fire support on the periphery, but if the Soviets deploy troops to fight house by house, we will be driven out of the town."

Ren nodded, and things were similar to what he imagined: "Our offensive is based on the premise that the Soviets have not deployed large-scale troops in the town. If they have completed their defensive deployment, we will retreat immediately."

Soon, as the afternoon sun slanted, Marcus's No. 112 and No. 115 tanks rushed back to the battlefield. Following these two tanks, there were 50 dusty German soldiers. After these soldiers entered the village, they started cooking together. It could be seen that they were exhausted after a battle.

Marcus agrees with the idea of ​​attacking the town of Y107. He is a typical belligerent, and he belongs to the kind of character who is afraid that things will not be big. The commander of the No. 115 tank also agreed with Ryan's idea. After all, the impression of God of War that Ryan left on him was really deep.

After a while, the German army came to reinforce their infantry, and the order to attack was really confirmed. Rennes and the two company commanders confirmed the tactics and decided to use a nighttime raid method for a sneak attack.

"I still didn't expect that since we were ordered to attack, why did we only send 70 soldiers to reinforce it?" Ren was obviously very dissatisfied with the above decision. It was one thing for him to attack actively, but another to be ordered to attack ——Since you let us attack, at least you have to give us troops, right? As a result, 70 people were sent? Enough for what?

"We don't want to come either, but that's the order from above." The company commander who just arrived also felt innocent: "If the Soviets really set up a defensive position, what's the difference between us and our death?"

Ren sighed helplessly: "Then fight smarter. We will act at night. If there is any problem, we will return immediately."

The two infantry company commanders nodded quickly. A tank and several armored vehicles were parked outside as a cover for firepower. They used machine guns and cannons to drive the Soviet Red Army out of the garrison house in the town, and then the grenadiers attacked suddenly, hitting one of the Soviets. caught off guard.

So everyone had a good rest for a few hours, and in the evening, the rested troops set out to move towards their target town y107. Before they set off, they got good news, that is, the air force deliberately added the small town of Y107 in the last batch of bombing targets of the day, which is now almost in ruins.