Heroult had been sleeping very lightly these few days. Ever since the German army launched a counterattack a few days ago, he could no longer understand the direction of this battle!
After all, Heroult wasn't a pure military commander, so he wisely chose not to interfere with the battle planning and command work. Instead, he handed these tasks to others to handle, and he himself went to various garrison points as a secretary to inspect and sympathize with them.
However, Haruff was more timid. The places he went to were basically north of the Pena River, and none of them were on the other side of the river!
At this time, the main forces of the Soviets were on the south bank of the Pena River, so most of the troops left in the north were not combat troops, but logistics troops. Therefore, Helu's inspection and condolences were actually ineffective. Even if the morale of the logistics personnel in the rear was high and the battle was high, they could not go to the front line to turn the situation around.
As the German counterattack intensified, a large number of deserters began to appear on the front line.
The Soviets were no strangers to deserters. In every large-scale battle, there would always be soldiers who fled out of fear.
The Soviets recruited soldiers on a large scale across the country. As a result, the quality of the soldiers sent into the army was mixed, making it impossible to completely eliminate the phenomenon of fleeing on the battlefield.
However, it was impossible to leave this matter alone. Therefore, the strategy to deal with the deserters was very simple, which was to shoot them directly!
They would use their deaths to intimidate the soldiers who wanted to become deserters. They would let them know what would happen if they became deserters on the battlefield!
In the past few days, Helu had led the Public Order Squad and captured a large number of deserters. These deserters were all sent to the Pena River and shot.
In just five days, more than 8,000 deserters were captured. Half of them were successfully persuaded and returned to the battlefield. The remaining half were completely frightened by the enemy's attack and did not dare to continue to the front line. Therefore, they were naturally sent here and executed...
The appearance of a large number of deserters caused the hearts of the soldiers in the rear to waver.
People began to guess whether the situation at the front line was unfavorable to them. Otherwise, why would there be so many deserters during this period of time?
As for Heroult, he had a higher position, so he had access to more information. He also had a deeper understanding of the situation at the front line!
Now, it seemed that the situation on the front line was quite unfavorable for the Soviets. The places they had occupied before were all occupied by the German army. When the Soviets faced the German attack, they were quite clumsy. Not only could they not stop the German attack, but they could not even retreat safely.
Thus, every day, there would be news of a certain division or army being surrounded by the enemy in the battle reports!
At first, it was only a division or an army that was surrounded. Although the losses were not small, it was not a serious injury to the Soviets.
However, it didn't take long before legions or armies began to appear among the besieged Soviets!
The 1st Guards Tank Army, which had been in disarray since the beginning of the battle, naturally became the first victim.
When the troops were about to retreat to the city of Kursk, they were caught up and completely surrounded by the German army.
Then, under the heavy siege of several times the number of troops, they were bombarded by the German army with dense artillery fire, and then suffered a bombardment from the air force. Finally, when they ran out of ammunition and food, the German ground forces finally launched an attack.
At this time, Marshal Rossovsky, the commander of the front line of the Soviets, was in Kursk, and most of the Soviets were here.
However, the German army launched a general attack on the 1st Guards Tank Army right under the nose of the main Soviet forces, making it the first army to be completely destroyed in this battle.
After the destruction of the 1st Guards Tank Army, Harroux was deeply worried.
He realized that it might be very difficult for his side to win this battle!
However, when he was planning this battle, he had made a promise to the highest leader, Comrade Da Lin!
If he couldn't win, he would commit suicide on the battlefield to thank the world. He would never return to Furybear Sko as a loser!
After the defeat of the Kharikov counterattack, Marshal Tiemuxinge was dismissed after the defeat, but he escaped the disaster. Because of the general secretary's protection, he kept his official position.
However, if he failed again this time, it would probably be very difficult for him to escape this calamity!
The more he thought of this, the more uneasy Helu felt.
Helu looked at the time. It was only around 3:50 in the morning. He had woken up half an hour earlier than yesterday!
He sighed in his heart. He didn't plan to go back to sleep or anything like that. He definitely couldn't fall asleep. It was better to come out and enjoy the cold wind and wake up!
He thought about it, put on his coat, and began to walk along the Pena River.
Everything seemed quiet in the early hours of the morning on the Pena River.
When the battle was going on fiercely, there were still many vehicles crossing the river from the pontoon bridge on the Pena River every night to transport supplies to the frontlines.
However, not long ago, when the First Armored Army of the German Southern Army Group crossed the Soviets 'line of defense and appeared in the north of Kursk, this transportation route suddenly became depressed.
The situation on the battlefield began to deteriorate. The German army occupied a favorable position. As long as the First Armored Army continued to move west, they would have a chance to cut off the connection between the two armies.
At this moment, Marshal Rokossovsky was thinking about how to retreat and how to prevent being surrounded by the enemy. If he let the rear transport supplies to them, he would probably only benefit the enemy for nothing!
Therefore, the pontoon bridge on the Pena River gradually quieted down in the past few days.
Helu stood by the river, listening to the quiet water and staring at the pontoon bridge in a daze.
Suddenly, an orange light flashed past him.
Helu jumped in fright, and his eyes subconsciously followed the light.
Then, he saw the light crash into a pontoon bridge on the Pena River!
Boom!
The flames lit up the night sky!
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