In the dark village of Valen, Chen Dao approached Major Schubert with a tired face, and Major Schubert not only had a tired face but also a hint of anger, and anyone who was woken up in a deep sleep might not be in a good mood.

"Someone struck a mine, it must have been those Polish cavalry who did it." Major Schubert said.

"We just assumed they would come, but we didn't expect them to actually come, and so quickly." Chen Dao said, turned on the flashlight and looked at his watch, "It's half past one, and there are at least 6 hours before dawn." ”

Major Schubert shook his head to dispel the last trace of sleepiness in his mind: "Our sweat has not flowed in vain, and the barbed wire and minefields we have set up can now come in handy." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, while the paratroopers of the 1st and 3rd Battalions were resting, Major Schubert hardened his heart and ordered the 2nd Battalion, which had not rested well for two days and two nights, to set up a defensive position near the village of Warang.

At that time, I saw the paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion walking and swaying one by one, but they were still mentally setting up barbed wire and laying mines. Chen Dao couldn't help but persuade Major Schubert to let the paratroopers rest overnight and start work again tomorrow morning, after all, the Polish cavalry was only an imaginary enemy and might not really appear, but was rejected by Major Schubert outright, on the grounds that sweat is better than blood.

The paratroopers were busy until 9 o'clock in the evening, and it was already more than 10 o'clock in the night after Major Schubert's acceptance of the fortifications was completed.

At 8:30 p.m., Student had set out with the 1st and 3rd Battalions, and now only 2 Battalions were on the defensive in the village of Valan, and after two days of fighting, the 2nd Battalion, which originally consisted of four companies, had been reduced to only 3 companies, and if Major Schubert relented for a moment during the day, he and the paratroopers of the 3 companies would face the Polish cavalry with an unknown number in the incomplete fortifications.

"The wounded have all been moved to the basement, and we just have to wait for the Poles to jump into the trap themselves." Chen Dao said.

Major Schubert nodded, and then issued a few orders, Chen Dao reached out and took off the MP38 submachine gun on his back, and followed Major Schubert towards the position north of the village of Valen.

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To the north of the village of Warang, Major General Lewandowski sat on his horse, his body rising and falling rhythmically with the trot of the horse, an instinct tempered by years of military career.

Frowning, Lewandowski pondered his strategy for tonight, only to find that he had no chance of winning. After the air raid, the cavalry artillery battalion, which originally had 12 75mm guns, now has only 3 guns capable of fighting, plus two 81mm mortars, which is all the heavy firepower it has, and it is tantamount to suicide to attack the village of Warang, which is defended by a regiment, with these five guns.

Remembering the information that the engineer company had just reported, they had dug up a total of 14 mines. The pressure on Lewandowski's heart is even greater.

Lewandowski was not an idiot, he did not think that the Germans wanted to stop their troops with these dozen mines, or at such a distance from the village of Valan; Of course, he would not be naïve enough to think that the Germans had a limited number of mines at hand and could only lay such an insignificant minefield.

There is only one answer, these mines are used by the Germans to warn, there must be German scouts in ambush near this minefield, and every move of themselves and their subordinates may have been reported to the German troops in the village of Valan, and they must have sharpened their "butcher knives" now waiting to be sent to their deaths.

Lewandowski sighed with a heavy face: "Hmph, those barbaric Germans, don't take me for an idiot, I won't let the Polish lads make senseless sacrifices." ”

One of the scouts approached Lewandowski and reported to him that the reconnaissance company had seen the village of Valen, and Lewandowski immediately ordered his troops to halt their march and then rode his horse and ran to the front of the group.

Lewandowski was taken to a dirt slope by the commander of the reconnaissance company, and with the help of starlight, Major General Lewandowski could faintly see the outline of a village through his telescope, where the Germans had apparently implemented light control, and the whole village was black and oppressive, without a trace of light.

Lewandowski calculated the distance, the village of Valang was about 1 km away from him, and looked at the nearby terrain, Lewandoforsky sneered a few times, and then ordered the cavalry to dismount and walk to set up a defensive position near the dirt slope.

He then sent reconnaissance companies to the flanks of the troops, searching for German scouts nearby.

The well-trained cavalry was deployed in less than half an hour, and Lewandowski looked at his watch, 2:40 a.m.

Lewandowski waved his hand in a dashing manner, and two 81-mm mortars that had been standing by behind the dirt slope opened fire at the same time, and a moment later, Lewandowski saw two flashes of fire from the village of Valan, and the sound of explosions was heard immediately.

Guided by the observation posts on the dirt slopes, two mortars adjusted their parameters, and two more shells were fired, this time without missing the shot, and both landed in the village of Valan.

After four shells, with the help of the fire of the explosion, Lewandowski faintly saw that there were cylinders erected near the village of Valan, and there were thin black lines between the cylinders and cylinders, and Lewandowski, who had participated in the First World War, immediately judged that it was a wooden stake and barbed wire.

Lewandowski couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he had made a wise choice, if he used his current strength to attack the German army in the village of Wallen, the corpses of countless Polish boys would be covered under those barbed wire alone.

Soon after, three 75-mm guns joined the bombardment of the village of Warang, also set up behind the slope and fired blindly under the guidance of an observation post at the top of the slope.

Lewandowski's plan was to use the cover of night to harass the German troops in the village of Wallan with artillery bombardment, so that they would know that there were Polish troops operating nearby, and they would not dare to attack the flank of the 14th Infantry Division with all their might, so as to achieve the goal of pinning them down and completing the task assigned to the Bodski Cavalry Brigade by their superiors.

Lewandowski still had a bit of luck in his heart, and he hoped that the German commander in the village of Valang was a hot-headed fellow, and if the German commander was so angry under the shelling that he could not hold back and send troops to attack, then the fortifications they set up around the village of Valang would be useless, and he could use the defensive battle to kill and wound a group of German soldiers and avenge the soldiers who died in the air raid.

I have to say that Lewandowski's plan was quite proper, but he missed a little, and the German army in the village of Valang had only one 2nd battalion of paratroopers that was not properly organized, not a regiment, and was not capable of attacking his troops at all.

In the village of Warang, Chen Dao and Major Schubert were blinded by the sudden artillery bombardment, and when the shelling first began, they thought it was a prelude to the Polish attack, and waited for the Polish cavalry to attack, but the cavalry charge they imagined did not appear, and some were just shells flying one after another.

After waiting for another ten minutes, the two men had already determined that the Poles were preparing to carry out the shelling to the end, and the wails of the wounded were heard from the nearby positions, and some paratroopers were wounded in the shelling.

Even more worrying than the casualties is the anxiety and uneasiness caused by the shelling to the paratroopers, how long will the shelling last? How many enemies are hidden around? What will they do next? These questions weighed on the hearts of the paratroopers like boulders.

Chen Dao and Major Schubert were lying in the trenches, and Major Schubert said: "Judging by the sound, there are two 81mm mortars and 75mm guns shelling us, and I don't know if this is all the artillery they have, or just a part of it." ”

Chen Dao asked anxiously, "What should we do next?" Do you just sit here and do nothing? ”

Major Schubert pointed to the north and said, "Do you see the fire over there?" ”

Chen Dao picked up the binoculars and looked north, and sure enough, he could see a faint firelight in the night in the north, and those fires flashed like stars embedded in the night.

"See, what are you going to do?" Chen Dao asked.

"I'm going to send a platoon to reconnoiter the enemy there," said Major Schubert, "Major Rosen, you go and gather our 81mm mortars, and we'll give them a few shells in return." ”

"Leave it to me." Chen Dao said and jumped out of the trench to carry out the order.

Ten minutes later, south of the village of Valan, after the artillery commanders used the light of the Polish artillery to mark and calculate the distance, the six 81-mm mortars of the 2nd Battalion roared and fired at the Polish artillery.

After the German mortars began to fire, Chen Dao's anxious mood gradually flashed his brows, but a strong urge to urinate welled up in his heart.

Hiding behind a half-collapsed bungalow, Chen Dao happily let go of the water. After releasing the water, Chen Dao put on his pants and fastened his belt in a comfortable mood, and walked towards the north of the village in the dark.

Turning the corner of the wall, Chen Dao had just walked less than ten meters, and a loud "boom" came from behind Chen Dao, and the explosion wave carried countless broken bricks and stones to Chen Dao's back, and Chen Dao fell to the ground in a standard posture of eating.

After a long time, Chen Dao got up from the ground trembling and looked back at the place where the bomb landed, which was the corner of the wall where he had just released water.

The brick wall that was originally about the same height as him was only half cut at this time, if he left a few seconds late, wouldn't he die untimely like that wall, the more Chen Dao thought about it, the more afraid he became.

After trembling for a while, a wave of anger was born in the fear in Chen Dao's heart, and he scolded the unknown Polish commander in his heart, "It's just that you don't play your cards according to common sense, and you dare to bombard me with shelling, this is the fifth time in three days."

With a sense of rage, Chen Dao found Major Schubert in the north of the village, who was listening to a report from a herald, and the platoon of paratroopers sent out to reconnoiter returned to the right flank of the Polish cavalry, confirming that the position of the Polish army was about a kilometer to the north, because it was dark and the view was poor, and it was impossible to judge the exact number of the enemy.

"Did you see the guns that attacked us?" Chen Dao asked.

The herald nodded.

"Are there any other guns around those guns?" Major Schubert asked.

"No, at least I don't see any other guns near those guns, but there are two armored vehicles." The herald said.

"Armored vehicles, as far as I know, only the headquarters of infantry divisions or cavalry brigades in the Polish army will have armored vehicles, is it a cavalry brigade near us?" Major Schubert quickly grasped the point.

"Even if they are a cavalry brigade and have no combat effectiveness now, those artillery pieces are proof of that." Chen Dao said.

"They don't have much combat effectiveness after being attacked by airstrikes, that's why they harass us with this kind of shelling, and I think we should take the initiative and kill them." Chen Dao continued.

Major Schubert thought for a while and made the decision to send a company to attack, but instead of attacking the Poles, he acted on the opportunity, and he gave the final decision on the battle to the commander of the 6th Company, who led the attack.

"I'll go too." Chen Dao said.

"Major Rosen, I suggest you stay in the village, it's safer here." Major Schubert knew the importance of His Excellency Chen Dao's "brother-in-law", and did not hesitate to stop him.

"Staying in the village is the real danger, I have just been shelled by the Poles." Chen Dao said indignantly, "The shell fell more than five meters away from me, if it wasn't for a wall, you could have given me a memorial service." ”

The two argued for a long time, Chen Dao insisted on going, and Major Schubert finally had no choice but to tell the commander of the 6th company to protect Chen Dao's safety.

After Chen Dao left, Major Schubert secretly vowed not to take on the task of being a bodyguard in the future, especially an uncooperative protected person like His Excellency "Brother-in-law".

After the order was issued, the paratroopers of the 6th Company began to assemble, and Chen Dao stood aside thinking about how to avenge the cannon.

Looking around the night, Chen Dao suddenly found that this kind of night was really not suitable for attacking, if he fired first, the flame of the muzzle of the gun would definitely expose the target, and when the time came, he didn't know which dark corner a bullet would kill him.

What if you don't attack? Is it just watching the Poles from the sidelines**? Chen Dao pondered hard.

After the 6th Company was assembled, the commander of the 6th Company walked up to Chen Dao and said, "Major, we are leaving." ”

"What did you decide to do when you found those Poles?" Chen Dao asked very modestly, after all, the decision of this battle rested with the commander of the 6th company.

"I need to go to the site and look at the terrain and the enemy's strength to decide, if the enemy has a large force, we will wait until dawn and then call the Air Force bombers to help."

"Dawn, bomber?" Chen Dao muttered, and an idea suddenly popped into his mind, the Polish cavalry on the opposite side had been subjected to air raids for a whole day, and their commander didn't know that the German bombing opportunities would come again after dawn? What will that Polish cavalry do before dawn?

Thinking of this, Chen Dao's eyes suddenly brightened, and he pulled the commander of the 6th company to the side, and after the two discussed, the paratroopers of the 6th company set off with 200 more mines in their hands.

Led by the herald, the 6th Company quickly found the advance platoon, and after the two sides converged, they began a rapid march north under the cover of night.

Sticking to the west side of the road, Chen Dao and the 6th Company traveled all the way north, and after communicating all the way, Chen Dao already knew that the commander of the 6th Company was surnamed Chopin.

After walking for more than half an hour, Captain Chopin suddenly stopped the team, pointed to the highway and said to Chen Dao: "Major, look here, the terrain on both sides of the highway is much higher than the highway, and it is a good place to ambush them, so we will ambush them here." ”

"Listen to you." Chen Dao said.

Captain Chopin gave the order, and the paratroopers of the 6th Company were busy, mines were buried in the ground, and foxholes appeared on both sides of the road.

Chen Dao took a sapper shovel and two paratroopers together to dig a foxhole that could accommodate three people, and after the foxhole was dug, the three jumped in.

Chen Dao watched as the two paratroopers set up a light machine gun facing the road, and he also put the ammunition on the MP38 rifle on the edge of the foxhole, and then the three of them sat down with their backs against the foxhole.

"You're Major Lawson?" One of the paratroopers asked in a whisper.

"You ・・・・・・" Chen Dao didn't expect anyone to recognize him.

I couldn't see my face clearly in the night, and when I heard that somewhat familiar voice, Chen Dao hesitated and asked, "Are you Corporal Steiner?" ”

"It's me, Major."

"It turned out to be an old friend." Chen Dao said, took out a pack of cigarettes, took out two and handed them to Corporal Steiner and the paratrooper next to him.

"This is Mayer Schumacher, Private 1st Class, from Hamburg." Corporal Steiner introduced.

"Hello, Major." Meyer said with a smile.

The three of them quickly mingled and chatted until the ambush position of the 6th Company was completed, and the three remained silent under the order, and peace returned to both sides of the road.

・・・・・・

Lewandowski looked at his watch, it was almost dawn, and in order to avoid the air raid, he had to order a retreat.

The cavalrymen withdrew from their positions one after another, carefully dodging the mortar-shells that fell from time to time, and then mounted their horses and began to retreat in whole formations.

Lewandowski ordered his men to hurry at the speed of a rapid march, and to be sure to rush back to the woods before dawn, where only a brigade of nearly 3,000 men could be hidden.

Lewandowski urged his troops to speed up and ponder what harassment tactics should be used next time, and the remaining shells were no longer enough to support this intensity of shelling.

After sending a reconnaissance company to reconnoiter the German army's defense situation after dawn and making a decision, Lewandowski had no choice but to adopt a conservative approach.

Lewandowski was thinking about it, and with a loud "boom", Lewandowski's body shook, and he subconsciously looked at the front of the team, and a black cylinder flew into the air in the firelight, which seemed to be a horse's leg.

Before Lewandowski could figure out why there were mines on the way to retreat, several dazzling flares flew out on the west side of the road, and at the same time as the flares were raised, more than 20 machine guns on the west side of the road opened fire at the same time, and the cavalrymen on the tall horses were knocked off their horses like syripped wheat, and the whole team was in chaos.

Lewandowski shouted: "Scatter, scatter, don't huddle together." ”

While shouting, Lewandowski tried to turn his horse's head and flee in the direction of the village of Valang, but was squeezed off the road by the cavalry who were like headless flies, and the war horse under his crotch stepped on a mine, and with a loud "boom", a horse's hoof spun and flew into the sky.

The horse fell to the ground with a scream, and Lewandowski was immediately thrown to the ground.

After lying on the ground for a long time, Lewandowski tried to turn over with his hands, and there was a tingling pain in his right rib.

It must have been a broken rib, Lewandowski said to himself, and as he turned over with difficulty, Lewandowski saw a pair of heavily falling horses' hooves.

With a "click", the horse's hooves mercilessly stomped on Lewandowski's chest, shattering his sternum and sinking into his chest.

Lewandowski lay on the ground, his eyes wide open, his mouth wide open and "ho ho" made a few faint murmurs, and his body twitched a few times before he died of breath and death.

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ps: It's a big chapter, make up for last night's chapter, and there's another chapter before 10pm.

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