In the sky north and east of the village of Valen, reconnaissance planes of the 1st Air Regiment are circling, and they will provide first-hand intelligence to the 7th Air Division.

On the ground on the east and south sides of the village of Valang, except for a few observation posts, most of the paratroopers of the 1st and 3rd battalions sat in trenches and bunkers to supplement their sleep, and only a few paratroopers still had mental chat.

The paratroopers were not iron-clad, from the parachute into the battlefield on September 9 to the annihilation of the village of Valang on September 11, they fought almost for two days and two nights, and now they can finally relax and rest, and there is a rare silence on the battlefield on the battlefield, although this eerie atmosphere is only the calm before the storm.

If it weren't for the busy figures of the paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion flashing from time to time, the village of Warang would almost have been regarded as a dead village without the breath of life.

In a dilapidated courtyard in the northwest corner of Warang Village, Chen Dao and Major Schubert sat at a brown oak round table, as a bandit, Chen Dao knew that modesty was a virtue, he held a diary in his left hand and a pencil in his right hand, and humbly asked Major Schubert about the defense of Warang Village, and recorded some of Major Schubert's experience and remarks, so as to accumulate experience for the advancement of the road of bandits in the future.

"Our task is complex." Major Schubert struggled for a long time before finally deciding to use the word "complicated" to describe his mission.

"Why do you say that?" Chen Dao asked puzzled.

"Because this task is both simple and difficult, if there are only fighters in this village, then this mission can be said to be very simple, but we not only have to defend against the enemy, but also protect the safety of the wounded in the village during the battle, which is very tricky." Major Schubert said.

Chen Dao nodded, he knew that there were still nearly 200 seriously wounded Germans and Polish troops living in Valang Village, and these seriously wounded were so seriously injured that they could not withstand the turbulence, and they could not follow the prisoner brigade to retreat south, so they had to stay here temporarily.

"Our imaginary enemy is the missing Polish cavalry, and we now know nothing about their location or number." Major Schubert took a puff of his cigarette and spat out a few smoke rings and continued.

Chen Dao pondered for a while and said: "When the reconnaissance plane first discovered them, they had about a regiment's strength, and after several rounds of air raids, their current strength is definitely far less than a regiment, of course, if they get reinforcements, that's another matter." ”

"Assuming that their strength is a regiment, under the threat of the air force, they do not dare to act during the day, eight or nine times out of ten they will adopt the tactics of night attack, plus the cavalry is the most terrible maneuver advantage for the infantry, once it really starts, we are really dangerous."

Chen Dao quickly recorded that the most terrifying advantage of cavalry over infantry was mobility, and then asked, "How will their mobility be used?" ”

"It's very simple, they can let a part of the cavalry dismount and use it as infantry, attack us at night with the cooperation of artillery, attract most of our troops, and then send cavalry to use the cover of night to attack our side or back, at the speed of the cavalry running, a distance of one or two kilometers, that is, a few breaths of time, such a small village, once they rush in, everything is over." Major Schubert said, spreading his hands.

"There are even artillery in the cavalry units?" As soon as Chen Dao spoke, he felt that he was asking an idiot question.

"Of course, whenever possible, there should be artillery in any unit."

Chen Dao quickly wrote a line in the diary, then looked up and said, "I almost forgot that artillery is the god of war." ”

"Artillery is the god of war!" Major Schubert repeated, and then said: "This sentence is very apt, which famous general said it?" Napoleon? ”

"No, I said it on the spur of the moment." Chen Daomian did not change his face and stole Stalin's famous words without a heartbeat.

"I summarized the three problems we faced: first, be careful of night attacks; the second is to guard against the flank and rear of the cavalry; The third is to protect the wounded. Chen Dao said.

"That's basically the case, the most important of which is to guard against their night sneak attacks, as long as we can detect them in advance so that they can't sneak attack, this battle will be easy to fight." Major Schubert said.

"Okay, let's figure it out together, it's still some time before dark, we can get the transport plane to drop some supplies over, what do we need most now?" Chen Dao asked.

"What we need most is medicine, weapons and ammunition, and if you can, throw more mines and barbed wire at us."

"Okay, I'll go and contact the 1st Air Regiment."

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To the north of the village of Valang, in the woods where Colonel Kuba and his 40th Infantry Regiment had once hidden, Major General Lewandowski sat on the ground with a dejected expression, and from time to time he looked up at the sky through the gap in the foliage, and a small plane of unknown model was constantly circling.

The remnants of his troops, the cavalrymen of the Bodsky Cavalry Brigade, also hid in the woods with a lonely expression, either sitting or lying, knowing that Lewandowski would not let them leave the woods until the sun set and night would not fall.

Yesterday was a nightmare day for the cavalry of the Bodsky Cavalry Brigade, as the Germans pounced on them like crows of dead bodies, the neighing of frightened horses, the wails of wounded soldiers, and the sound of bomb explosions.

The cavalrymen did not lack courage, they fought with only two 40-mm anti-aircraft guns and all the machine guns, but they were defeated by aerial bombs.

The first round of air raids destroyed the two anti-aircraft guns, as well as almost all the motor vehicles and the courage of the cavalry to resist.

By the time the second air raid came, there were no cavalry members who thought of firing machine guns at the Germans, and they had only one thought in their minds, which was to flee for their lives.

The cavalrymen either sought shelter in the lush weeds or woods to escape the air raids, and did not run out of their hiding places until it was dark.

Lewandoforsky spent most of the night regrouping the scattered cavalry and treating the wounded.

After moving the wounded en masse to a fairly dense wood, Major General Lewandowski continued on the road south with the remnants of nearly 2,000 men, intending to join up with the 40th Infantry Regiment and then launch an attack on the Germans.

Just when Lewandowski was thinking about how to lead his subordinates to teach the Germans a lesson and avenge the death of his subordinates in the air raid, the sky turned white again, and panic followed.

Without hesitation, Lewandoforsky ordered his men to hide in the woods by the roadside, and it didn't take long for the "crows of death" to appear in the sky, but with a different target.

In the woods, Lewandowski looked at the German aircraft group that were diving and bombing in the southern sky, drew a cross on his chest with a heavy heart, and secretly prayed for the comrades of the 40 Infantry Regiment.

At noon, Major General Lewandowski, who had just eaten a field lunch, received a shocking order from his superiors: the 40th Infantry Regiment was annihilated by the Germans, and the flanks of the 14th Infantry Division were exposed to the Germans.

The telegram also indicated that the Germans who annihilated the 40 Infantry Regiment were about one regiment, which was the intelligence sent by Colonel Kuba before his surrender.

The troops that can be used now are less than 3,000 people, which is only equivalent to an infantry regiment in Germany, and the ratio of one to one to attack the enemy is really arduous, Lewandowski pondered for a while, and decided to outwit them at night, even if they could not destroy the Germans, at least they had to contain them, so that they did not dare to attack the 14th Infantry Division boldly.

Under the torment of the light, Lewandowski finally looked forward to the fall of night, opened the way with an armored reconnaissance company, Lewandowski led his troops to embark on the journey south again, and did not go far, Lewandowski heard a faint explosion in the distance.

"Could it be that you have been ambushed by the enemy?" Lewandowski was puzzled, and then dismissed the idea, because there was only one explosion, and there were no other explosions, and there were no gunshots.

Soon after, Lewandowski received information that a reconnaissance vehicle at the head of the reconnaissance company had been struck by a mine.

As a last resort, Lewandowski had no choice but to send sappers to clear the mines overnight.

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