"Sir, can you give me a cigarette?"
Sitting diagonally opposite Stephenberg is a private of the National Defence Force. His childish face is full of mud and blood, and his eyes are full of fear. It may not be the first time for him to kill, but it is probably the first time for most officers and men here to kill at such close range!
Steven Berg threw the whole pack of cigarettes in the past. He obeyed Yuan’s call for cigarettes. For him, it is not an indispensable mental dependence or a hobby to make friends with colleagues and play football occasionally.
Because the paratroopers held out for two days and one night when they entered the position, the officers and men of the National Defence Force did not retreat, which led to the scene of the two sides fighting side by side. In fact, there was no significant difference between the two except the helmet style
"How old are you?" Stephenberg guessed in his heart that the other party was at most two years old.
Private Dongqing skillfully dropped another cigarette for his slightly older companion on the right hand side, and then carefully stuffed the remaining cigarette into his pocket.
"I joined the army last autumn! I am from Bavaria! "
Most German soldiers joined the army in autumn, even in wartime.
"I also came to Munich from Bavaria! Join the army for a year and a half! " The first class of the 6 th Army next to the cigarette finally spoke. Before that, he seemed to be saving his strength seriously.
"Oh, I was born in westfalen!" As usual, Steven Berg reported himself. Although there are many German countries, in the Yuan Dynasty, "One Germany" called on them to be brothers, regardless of each other, and their degree of unity far exceeded that of the era when they belonged to the Kaiser!
"You are a paratrooper! Did you fly from Germany? " The young private is very skillful in sniffing smoke.
"Uh-huh!" Stephenberg replied, "Skydiving in Koenigsberg!"
"handsome!" Private, although he praised the facial muscles, was very numb.
At this time, private first class with a small piece of mud on his head said, "Why don’t you just throw more tanks?"
Although Stephenberg knew the answer to this question, he didn’t say it directly. From the previous relatively chaotic night battle, he brought five No.4 tanks, which performed very well, especially in the past half hour, they formed a sniper team and killed less Soviet tanks.
Generally speaking, the German army is not short of heavy gliders and drop tanks. After nearly half a year’s supplement, they have been greatly expanded. Only the "Giant" has reached a surplus frame, and a mountain-type transport aircraft suitable for towing this glider has been successfully developed. There are also more than 100 tanks and three tanks belonging to the No.4 Army. These elite troops are fully under the command of the Fourth Army War Department and it is not easy to support the Sixth Army War! , clumsy
What really makes it difficult for the German army to rush to the eastern front in a short time is a key to the Mediterranean strategy. During the Crete war, the German army and the British-Greek Coalition forces are still fighting to the death on the island today. The German army has invested more than 20,000 soldiers and a large number of tanks to stay in German soil, and three paratroopers and tanks with a size less than one battalion can be deployed at any time. Half of them are still newly formed troops under the guidance of the teachers. Even the officers are not very confident!
"Poison, our reinforcements are coming!"
The sound quality of this sound is not pleasant to hear, but it is comparable to the sound of the sky for German officers and men in the trenches. People look forward to the rear of the position, dressed in the same clothes and carrying all kinds of combat equipment. Thousands of officers and men are coming on foot and entering the war zone. They have given up the marching column to prevent shelling and skirmisher lines. Dark green helmets and clean and tidy troops look so comfortable in the sun!
"It is to reinforce the 6 th Army troops by sea!" Steven Berg finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although his regiment killed and wounded a large number of enemies less than the old hours before and after entering the position, its own losses were also considerable. One regimental headquarters alone had an inscription on the staff officer. Two correspondents and two guards were injured and evacuated from the battlefield to kill them. On the contrary, the threat posed by the largest number of Soviet infantry was relatively small.
German officers and men haven’t been happy for a long time. A large number of Soviet war planes have come from the northeast. The southeast two directions converge, and when they appear in the German positions like dark clouds, the tense and depressing atmosphere that hangs over the German officers and men is afraid that people are unwilling to experience it for themselves. After overnight replenishment, the number of anti-aircraft guns on the German front is small, and they are roaring again. Various caliber machine guns and anti-aircraft guns are also trying to resist those Soviet planes that try to bomb and strafe at low altitude. In this case, Shaanxi No.4 mouth-dropping tanks, together with more than 10 tanks of the 6 th Army, are covered by camouflage nets and branches picked up by officers and men. They are hidden, but their huge bodies still stand out on the ground. Steven Berg, like others, watched as they played an important role in resisting the Soviet ground attack. One tank after another was hit by a roaring bomb or a series of machine shells in the center, but they could pray silently. With the increasing casualties, German officers and men simply gave up, saying that resisting a machine gun exposed to the ground because of continuous shooting was more likely to attract many fighters from the other side to "fight"!
It was not until the end of this brutal battle that a group of Messerschmidt and Hawk arrived in a dusty way. They were few in number, and the Soviet fleet seemed to deliberately avoid their frontal exchange of fire. They had already dropped their bombs and bombers and quickly turned around and flew away, leaving some fighters behind. Even if the German ace gathered here, I am afraid it would be difficult to do anything.
Returning to the front line, Stephenberg was heartbroken to see those tanks that were destroyed and injured by aerial bombs. At this time, one was still free to move, and the other was barely able to fix the battery.
"My emperor, what is that? Russian heavy artillery? Chef! Sir, please come and see. "Steven Berg’s deputy is from Baden. Captain Lescher is looking eastward at the edge of the trench. In that direction, the sloping hills are scattered with an amazing number of bodies. If it weren’t for the tank wreckage and scattered firearms and equipment, people would have missed it and came to the decisive battle of the cold weapon era.
The rumbling cannon reflects that the Soviet front is slowly moving in the distance. The Soviet Union is still tanks and armored vehicles. The Soviet Union does not resist the medium armored forces, but they seem to emphasize that tanks and infantry directly cooperate to avoid their tanks being trapped in the siege of German infantry. This time, the Soviet Union horizontally exhibited four or five very special guys in the tank queue. Although they have similar territory to tanks, they have a simple body with an unusually thick gun tube. If they have seen German self-propelled guns, it is not difficult to see that these guys are "Carl" Russian relatives at all!
In addition to the tenacious will of the defenders and elite equipment, the reinforced concrete fortifications at the fire support points are the most important factors. It turns out that they are enough to resist the Soviet general artillery attack, but they have not achieved practical results in the fire protection of Soviet bombers for two days.
Chapter 42 Artillery Doctrine
As far as thousands of Soviet officers are concerned, the meter-caliber Soviet threatening howitzer is not a secret weapon. Since it was developed in yo, they have frequently appeared in various national celebrations and military parades. The tractor is transformed into a tractor, and the auxiliary power guides these near-stewed big guys to travel every hour for the old kilometers, which gives people great visual and psychological shock!
As early as the mid-blade era, German military liaison officers stationed in the Soviet Union also witnessed this kind of weapon, but in the view of the commanders of the 6 th Army of the High Command, they are as good as the German "Karl’s artillery" in terms of range and power. It makes people feel that Hitler and Stalin’s dictators’ love for giant ship artillery is surprisingly similar!
The German fighter group did not affect the Soviet attack rhythm at all. A large number of anti-aircraft guns compiled a terrible fire net on the battlefield, followed by tanks, armored vehicles, and Soviet soldiers also organized short-range fire prevention with machine guns. In a short time, a German battlefield defense mode became a mess. Although the German pilots successfully parachuted, they had to accept the fate of Soviet prisoners of war as soon as they landed. The hedgehog remained, and the German fighters climbed again. When the fuel consumption was almost the same, they reluctantly flew in the direction of Germany.
The sky was silent, but the Soviet artillery fire didn’t stop at all. A large number of howitzers continued to fire from artillery positions deployed ten kilometers away, which made the hills where the German defense line was located finally shrouded in strong smoke and flying shrapnel. The high-explosive bombs with different calibers were amazing but could not directly penetrate the thick concrete fortifications. Those circular fortresses connected with each other through the tunnel became looming in the clouds at the foot of the Alps, among which the German officers and men left a few observation posts, and the rest were retreated, so as to avoid being directly shocked by the shells and maintain their fighting capacity to the maximum extent!
"I’m afraid we have to move a counterattack!" Seifert, the head of the first infantry regiment of the German army, located about 50 meters behind the first-line position, shouted, "Destroy those heavy guns and then return!"
"Good idea, but I’m afraid the Russians are waiting for us to do that!" Stephenberg responded greatly.
"That how to do? Once the battery is completely removed, we are the only way to hold the position. "seifert continued to poke his thick black finger at the battle map and simply marked that the infantry regiment is the oldest infantry unit in Germany and belongs to the basic division of the Wehrmacht. They were formed in Munich in the year of Roar and participated in every important military action, including the annexation of Austria.
Steven Berg, a young officer who has studied military equipment, thought for a moment and said, "As far as I know, the range of these heavy guns is not far. In Finland, they have to advance to a distance of several hundred meters to swing a precise strike!"
"Tanks, do you mean that the tank forces have a small-scale counterattack?" Severtelli nodded. "William still has a hidden tank to hide from, and you can add that one. We can send some infantry and anti-tank artillery to cover it." Stephenberg can continue to tear his throat in successive explosions. "We are ready to fight back, but let’s wait and see."
After simply agreeing on tactics, the two commanders respectively reached orders to their subordinates. Compared with the pressure on the German officers and men who were defending their positions, on the same morning, Major Schmeier and his assault troops just got a moment’s respite from an armed March that lasted more than three hours and spanned nearly 20 kilometers.
Located in the northeast of Torun fortress, There are only four members left in a small forest far away from the German front. Two paratroopers have finally temporarily hidden their tracks. In the Soviet-controlled area, sabotage has caused a large number of Soviet troops to chase and intercept. If it weren’t for the dark March in front of Lebanon, I’m afraid I would have been caught in a difficult battle. According to the feedback from the reconnaissance team and personal judgment on the situation, the winners of the Double Sword Silver Oak Knights Cross decisively gave up their original plan to break through the Soviet position and go to Torun. They first followed the river. Headed north for a certain distance, and then passed through a large jungle and two one-person villages in the dark. Although it is still uncertain whether it has jumped out of the Soviet search circle, there are no enemy troops in the vicinity for several kilometers!
For concealment, Schermer folded a short cigarette and chewed it in his mouth. Although he drank half a pot of water, he was still burning through the dense branches and leaves. The blue sky and white floating clouds were so beautiful, but from time to time he flew over the Soviet war factory nearby, which ruined the German officers and men’s enjoyment of nature. Sixth, you should know that millions of Soviet officers and men are currently hoarding less than the old 10,000 square kilometers of land in Kishan, Poland. More than half of them are struggling to attack the new German defense line, but the depth of the war and the supply area are exactly here!
"Sir! Sir, an officer carrying paratroopers came running from the north of the forest quickly. Although the officers and men were very alert, they were deeply tired, so most of them kept their rest posture, holding their heads up and grasping their weapons.
"A group of Russian tanks have just entered the village in the north of the forest. On the road leading to the east, we also saw many cars, some of which were behind their butts with cannons." The officer panted and reported the situation. He wore a knight’s cross, so the neckline buttons were still fastened, but his sleeves were rolled up high and the dark gray warfare system was obviously soaked with sweat.
"Russian supply team? Little Schmeier "spits tobacco leaves and shapeless scraps of paper to the ground" if only it were dark now "
Struggling to resist the physical and psychological trembling, Stephenberg lit a cigarette for himself and closed his eyes. Those young faces showed quite consistent expressions of surprise at the moment of their guns. They believed in thick bodies, but the front of the position was full of bodies. Did they still not see the cruelty and lethality of the war until the last moment? A quarter of the casualties of an army can be regarded as "heavy". The Italians will surrender in full, the French will surrender gracefully after being guaranteed, and the British may resist for a while. The Germans will also consider defending themselves when they lose hope. The SS soldiers are an exception, and their fanaticism is quite shocking!
