Chapter 702: Cavalry vs. Tanks
The small town of Izpica, located along Highway 17, is thriving because of this main road. It's just that he is not as important as Krasner because of the road to Cheum. Due to its proximity to Zamošić (less than 30 km), it has not been able to develop into a larger town.
However, although Izpica did not receive much attention, the town's agricultural products were quickly purchased and sold in the city because of the good development of the roads. So the residents of the town are living a decent life.
Only such a day was broken, and the day after the outbreak of the war, a Romanian army, driving tanks and armored vehicles, came to the town, and they routed the local police and militia and occupied the town. Frightened, the residents had to hide in their houses and secretly look at the intruders.
And the residents were looking at the 2nd Search Team of the 3rd Armored Division. This search team is responsible for reconnoitring the enemy and carrying out the task of attacking the front station. For this purpose, they are equipped with 4 R221 wheeled armored vehicles, 4 R231 wheeled armored vehicles, 2 R10 tanks, as well as trucks, motorcycles and other vehicles.
Among them, the R221 is a four-wheeled light armored vehicle, which weighs only 6 tons, has an armor thickness of 8-12 mm, is equipped with a 12.7 large-caliber machine gun, and can reach a speed of 80 kilometers per hour.
The R231 is an eight-wheeled heavy armored vehicle, with a total weight of 12 tons, 35-12 mm armor, and a 37 mm gun, which can cause damage to all enemy armored vehicles and light tanks, making it a sharp weapon suitable for small-scale sudden battles.
This is also the result of Volkswagen's many years of deep cultivation of trucks. Although Volkswagen has been fighting with other car companies in the passenger car market in recent years, Volkswagen is still a standout in the cargo truck market.
Because this car is the most practical performance, the failure rate, how much fuel consumption per 100 meters, and how much load are clear, Volkswagen is not afraid of other people's competition by virtue of its accumulation over the years. Renault, Mercedes-Benz, and Fiat have all fought with Volkswagen in the freight truck market before, but they have all been beaten by Volkswagen's exceptionally good freight vehicles. It can be said that in Europe, Volkswagen Cargo is synonymous with excellent and reliable.
And now Captain Martin Lehmann, who is leading the search team, is taking field notes. Today we occupied the small town of Izpica and routed the resistance of the police and local militia. We lost one person, slightly wounded two, killed 43 opponents, and the opponent was driven away by us.
Just as Martin Lehmann was taking notes seriously, the roar of vehicles came from far and near, and he saw that the reconnaissance team he had sent had rushed back. However, they were in a bad state, only two of the three R221 armored vehicles came back, only two of the five motorcycles came back, and many of them had blood stains on them.
"Have you encountered an enemy?"
Martin Lehmann, who didn't care to record the battle, immediately ran out to inquire about the reason, only to see Second Lieutenant Feller, who commanded the unit, get out of an armored car.
"Report, Captain, we were attacked by a large battalion of enemy cavalry, and you saw it."
Martin Lehmann frowned when he heard his subordinate's answer. "Tell me the details of the battle."
"Yes, Captain."
In the account of Second Lieutenant Phile, they encountered Polish cavalry in a front village called Polk, but at that time they only encountered more than a dozen cavalrymen, and Ensign Phil saw that the other side was small and wanted to take the opportunity to destroy the other party.
As a result, it was indeed as he thought at first, the more than a dozen Polish cavalrymen did want to run when they saw the detachment of the second lieutenant Feller, but where were the opponents of the wheels with four legs, and after being caught up by the detachment, the fire output was output, and all but two cavalrymen escaped by using the woods, and all the others were wiped out.
And just when Ensign Phil wanted to return, he suddenly encountered a Polish brigade of cavalry, and there were armored vehicles mixed in with it.
Second Lieutenant Phil saw that the situation was not good and tried to slip away, but was chased and beaten by the enemy. Three R221 armored vehicles, one was lost, and five motorcycles, unprotected, lost two, only to escape the enemy's pursuit.
For Martin Lehmann, he no longer cares about the losses suffered by his men. It's not that he's cold-blooded, but that there is no room for too much emotion on the battlefield, especially as an officer, if you can't be hard-hearted, you don't deserve to be an officer, because emotionally acting will only harm more of your subordinates.
"You mean, the enemy should have no less than 400 troops? Basically cavalry and armored vehicles? ”
In the face of the inquiries of his immediate superiors, Ensign Phil naturally did not dare to conceal it. "Yes, I can confirm that there were about three cavalry companies and five armored vehicles chasing us, models like WZ34s."
After hearing Ensign Phile's affirmative answer, Martin Lehmann already had a basic judgment. And at this time, Ensign Feller said something more, which caught his attention.
"When I was about to evacuate, I saw a jackal?"
Ensign Phile's words made Martin Lehmann immediately pull the other party down and asked. "Are you sure you see that?"
In the face of Martin Lehmann's inquiring words, Ensign Phil was anti-Semitic and did not dare to confirm it. "We were turning an inner bay at the time, and when I was observing the opponent's troop deployment, I accidentally saw a vehicle in the distance of the road that looked very much like a jackal tank. The main thing is that the jackal's turret is so recognizable that I can't forget it as soon as I see it. If I want to be sure, I can't say. ”
"Alright, you can take the soldiers down and bandage them first, maybe we will have a battle to fight later."
Second Lieutenant Feller's words, Martin Lehmann understands very well, the spirit on the battlefield is extremely tense, and sometimes it is easy to forget after watching it, unless it is a matter of life and death. The focus of Second Lieutenant Phile at that time should have been on the Polish cavalry that pursued them, not on distant figures.
Although Ensign Phil did not confirm in his words, Martin Lehmann was almost able to confirm that it should have been a Polish cavalry brigade. Because of the current copy of the jackal, Poland can only be equipped with their cavalry brigades, which he learned about the Polish army information issued by his superiors before the war.
Now a cavalry brigade was galloping towards them, and he needed to report the situation immediately.
In addition, he also planned to use this place to block the incoming Polish cavalry and buy time for the troops to deploy.
Thinking of this, he immediately called the herald. "Now I order, occupy all houses at once, in preparation for the coming engagement."
There was no way he could do it now but talk about the Poles being driven out of their houses, but he was not going to drive them out, but to keep them in the watchful eye, after all, these people were more familiar with the town than he was, and the Belt and Road Party was more uncomfortable for himself in a disadvantaged position.
At his command, the town was immediately caught in a state of panic, and the Romanian soldiers drove all the inhabitants into the church. This made them think that these Romanian invaders wanted to slaughter them, and for a while they cried and grabbed the ground, and they couldn't persuade them. It wasn't until the soldiers told them to shut up or kill them all that the Poles quickly shut up.