Chapter 1399 Ran Away From the Encirclement

General Weber is not that stupid. Going out to pursue the retreating enemies, the most important thing for him is to occupy the city. He came here for this goal.

As for those who retreated, there are naturally other troops to pursue, and it is not their turn to pursue.

The Soviets retreated.

In the past, the confrontation on both sides of the river in the city, the German army attacked several times without success, and now, when they crossed the river again, there was nothing on the opposite side.

Leohard's troops passed by rowing a rubber boat. The opposite side was empty. Last night, they all retreated?

Leohard's men came ashore, and immediately rushed towards the city, occupying those key departments!

At the same time, the news of the Soviets breaking out of the siege was quickly reported to the top.

Just behind the encirclement, Guderian was contemplating the map.

The Soviets ran away, and just when their encirclement was about to close, they ran away!

This tactic of encirclement has been tried and tested for a long time. From the beginning of the war to the present, the number of Soviet troops who have disappeared in their own encirclement has exceeded one million, but this time, it suddenly failed.

"The Soviets have figured out our style of play." Kluger said: "Our encirclement is too big this time, and our troops are somewhat insufficient. In swampy areas, our troops are not easy to deploy, especially due to the tenacity of the Soviets. The resistance resulted in the delay in closing the encirclement, and as a result, the Soviets broke through our opening that had not yet closed."

In the past, the Soviets did not adapt to their own style of play, and actually wanted to fight each other. After being surrounded, they broke out separately, and they all fell under the impact of their own side.

But now, the Soviets have stabilized from the initial panic. They have played well, and they can actually break through when they are unfavorable!

And Guderian also has a big appetite. The encirclement is too big this time, resulting in a lack of local troops, especially the swampy area here, which makes their advance quite slow.

"Order our air force to immediately search for traces of the breakout troops. In order to break through, they even threw away their heavy weapons, and they must not be able to run far. The air force delayed their actions. Our third armored group advanced rapidly, in Surround and annihilate them in the movement!"

Germany also has strong air power, and using the HS129 in the air is enough to cause a lot of trouble for their retreating troops, and then the ground troops will catch up and continue to eat them.

"Order the Second Armored Group to end the battle of Smolensk, and immediately head south, preparing to encircle Kyiv with the Southern Army Corps." Guderian continued to give orders.

They also have a new tactic, which is to go south to reinforce the South Army Corps and surround Kyiv!

Judging from this experience, if there are not enough troops in the encirclement, the enemy will still break through and run away. Only the army of Manstein in the south cannot complete this task.

The Central Route Army went south and caught them off guard!

Just doing this, I don't know if the last one to hit Moscow will be the North Road Army! Guderian looked at the map, he shook his head, he didn't care about his reputation, he had enough fame, and now he only cares about victory!

In this way, it is easy to have cover. They only think that they are advancing all the way east, who can know that their powerful army has already moved south, and they will be caught off guard!

The German army is also responding quickly. At this time, outside the encirclement, the various Soviet troops that have broken through are rapidly retreating to the east.

24th Army.

At the beginning, Brother Timoshen wanted to come with four army groups, intending to surround and eat a German armored division from the outside. As a result, there was no progress at all. Then, on their periphery, there were a lot of German troops came up and surrounded them.

Since then, their life has not been easy, and their hearts have sank as they watched Smolensk be completely surrounded by the Germans little by little.

Fortunately, the order to retreat finally arrived. In order to avoid being surrounded by the Germans, Comrade Stalin issued an order to retreat.

Fortunately, they also found a path in the swamp!

This is the territory of the Soviets, they have the advantage of the location, they are familiar with the environment here, and in the army, there are local people.

Stiav, a soldier in the 73rd Infantry Division of the 52nd Army of the 24th Army, was holding a long bamboo pole and exploring the path at the front.

The bamboo pole plunged into the swamp, testing the depth of the swamp, and then, his foot firmly stepped on it.

"Come on, everyone, this is the hardest part of the swamp to walk. After this part, we can go out." Stiaf shouted.

How to break out of the German encirclement is also a big problem.

If you take the normal route, you must be surrounded by large German troops and a large number of tanks. Such a breakout is simply a dead end. Even if you go out, you will be chased by the Germans all the way and eaten in one bite. , can't escape much.

The opening that never closed? There are more Soviet troops there, and the nearby troops are all planning to break out from there. When they arrive, they can't squeeze past. The Germans responded quickly, and they had no chance at all.

Therefore, they can only take a risk, walk this big swamp that no one has ever walked through, walk through this place, and get out successfully!

To do so, they threw away all their heavy equipment and hiked through the swamp here.

In fact, they don't have any heavy equipment either. They are an infantry army, and their subordinates are all infantry. The only heavy equipment is those heavy howitzers. No matter what direction they break through, they can't run away with the howitzers, so they have to throw them away.

Now, with their trousers rolled up, bare legs, stepping on the half-leg-deep swamp, walking slowly forward, with all their equipment on their heads, and everyone holding bamboo poles, stuck in the mud, slowly Walk forward slowly.

The entire army is a long queue. The people leading the team in front have passed the most difficult part of the swamp and can see the hard ground on the opposite side and the woods. As long as they enter there, they can easily run. Lost.

And the people behind have not yet entered the swamp.

"Okay, we are about to cross this swamp and reach the woods over there. Let's rest for a while." Stiav said.

Just as he was talking, suddenly, there was a rumbling roar above his head.

When they heard this voice, everyone raised their heads nervously and looked into the sky.

In the distance, a plane was flying slowly. When they saw the plane, everyone was stunned.

Frame, the German reconnaissance plane!