Chapter 17: The Bandit's Path to Advancement IV

When he first learned that he and his comrades would be airdropped into battle, Corporal Steiner was as excited as his comrades, because they could finally become a sharp sword and open up space for the great German Fatherland, as the Führer had said in his speech.

But not long after the airborne entered the battlefield, a small piece of gossip poured down like a basin of cold water, almost completely extinguishing the burning battle ** of Corporal Steiner, and their mission this time was to protect the safety of Marshal Goering's "brother-in-law"!

What is the purpose of our 7th Aviation Division? What are we, the paratroopers, endured in the wind and rain, and the hard work of training? And for what are the paratroopers who died and became disabled in training accidents during training? Is it just to be a nanny for His Excellency "brother-in-law"?

Upon learning the truth, Corporal Steiner, like the other paratroopers, looked at His Excellency the "brother-in-law" with a bandage on his head in a strange light.

Obedience is the duty of a soldier, and despite the emotions in his heart, Corporal Steiner still braces himself and throws himself into the next battle.

After a few battles, Corporal Steiner became acquainted with His Excellency "Brother-in-law" by mistake, and his impression of His Excellency "Brother-in-law" also changed greatly.

Your Excellency "Brother-in-law" can use pistols, rifles, submachine guns, and hand-to-hand combat with sappers and shovels; according to the information from other paratroopers who have been in close contact with Your Excellency "Brother-in-law," Your Excellency's marksmanship seems to be quite good.

Your Excellency "brother-in-law" reacted quickly, and after being shelled by the Poles, he knew that he was looking for a mortar group to counterattack the Polish artillery, which was a message from the leader of the mortar group.

Your Excellency "brother-in-law" will also use 37-mm anti-tank guns, and he is also very accomplished in ** technology.

In addition, Your Excellency "brother-in-law" is the commander of the air defense battalion, and although he has not seen it with his own eyes, his level of fighting planes must be extraordinary.

All kinds of news came and went in private, and after summarizing and confirming it, the paratroopers were surprised to find that His Excellency the "brother-in-law" turned out to be a rare elite soldier.

Looking at Major Rosen, who was nailed to the foxhole with a spear----- before he knew it, Corporal Steiner's address to Chen Dao in his heart was changed from His Excellency "brother-in-law" to Major Rosen, and Corporal Steiner couldn't help but remember what Major Rosen said when the two fought side by side for the first time yesterday: "Corporal Steiner, follow me until the battle is over." He promised to protect his back at the time.

But now, in less than a day, the approachable Major Rosen, the leading Major Rosen, and the minor wounded Major Rosen were killed by his side!

Hallucinations, this must have been hallucinations, Corporal Steiner kept cheering himself up, convincing himself that Major Rosen was not killed.

After a few moments, Corporal Steiner realized that he was indeed hallucinating, because dead men don't change magazines for submachine guns, and dead men don't shout "Meyer, help me pull this damn spear off."

When Corporal Steiner was in a trance, Meyer put his pistol into his belt, clenched his spear with both hands, kicked his right leg on the foxhole, pulled out the spear and threw it aside.

Chen Dao's whole body trembled, and his legs were weak, but he had to fight hard to continue shooting, and after killing a few cavalrymen who rushed over, Chen Dao saw that the Polish cavalry was scattered and fled, and he didn't dare to approach this side again, so he slid softly into the foxhole.

To the south of the ambush position, the earth-shattering sound of machine guns was getting closer and closer, and the Polish cavalry fled faster and faster, as if some beast was chasing them.

It was Major Schubert, who, after the ambush began, personally rushed out of the village of Valan with two companies, which stabbed the back of the disorganized Bodsky cavalry brigade like two sharp knives.

The two companies were also reinforced by captured Polish machine guns, and under the ferocious machine-gun fire, the last little courage of the Polish cavalry was lost, and they were full of only one thought, which was to flee for their lives.

Under the front and rear attack of the paratroopers, the Bodsky cavalry brigade was crushed, and the cavalry fled to the field under the cover of night.

As the sky grew brighter and the battle subsided, the troops led by Major Schubert and the 6th Company converged and began to clean up the battlefield.

In the foxhole, Steiner and Meyer squatted down, and Steiner held Chen Dao's left shoulder and said, "Major, I thought you were killed." ”

"I thought I was done." Chen Dao pointed to the creaking nest on his right and said, "The spear has passed through here, if it goes a little further to the right, you can give me a memorial service." ”

Corporal Steiner didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to take out a pack of cigarettes and hand one to Chen Dao and Meyer, who also silently took out a match, lit the cigarette, and the three of them squatted in the foxhole and swallowed the smoke, and no one spoke.

A short time later, Major Schubert appeared next to the foxhole, glanced at the three people in the foxhole, and said, "Major Rosen, so you are here. ”

The three of them stood up, and Chen Dao jumped out of the foxhole with a cigarette in his mouth and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Major Schubert just wanted to confirm whether Chen Dao was injured, and when he saw that he was fine, he was relieved, and then said: "You select some soldiers and cooperate with the medical soldiers to return the bodies of our seriously wounded and dead soldiers to the village of Valang." It's already dawn, and when you get back to your village, contact the 1st Air Regiment and ask them to send a reconnaissance plane to reconnoiter the movements of the Poles. ”

Chen Dao nodded to indicate that he understood, and then beckoned Corporal Steiner and Meyer to follow him on his mission・・・・・・

When Chen Dao returned to Warang Village, the sky was already bright, and after contacting the First Air Regiment, the familiar figure of the FI-156 reconnaissance plane soon appeared in the sky.

The information was quickly sent to Chen Dao, and there were no other Polish troops in the north of the village of Warang except for the small scattered Polish cavalry, which was supposed to be the remnants of the Bodski Cavalry Brigade that had escaped after being ambushed.

Chen Dao breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the information, and soon after, the paratroopers who had finished cleaning the battlefield returned to the village of Valang one after another, and along with the paratroopers there were more than 500 prisoners and wounded of the army.

The paratroopers also used the captured wagons to haul the countless weapons and ammunition they had captured into the village, and Chen Dao felt a big headache at the thought of such trivial tasks as settling the prisoners and handling the wounded, but fortunately Major Schubert took over the drudgery.

After wandering around the village with nothing to do, Chen Dao found a correspondent and sent a telegram to Student, asking how Student was doing against the Polish 14th Infantry Division.

Studenter's answer was simple and straightforward: "The war is going well, return to the village of Vallang by 7 o'clock in the evening." ”

Stud returned much earlier than the telegram said, and at four o'clock in the afternoon the sentries of the 2nd Battalion spotted the marching contingent of Student's department.

After the convergence, Chen Dao and Student talked about their respective combat experiences, Student's tactics were similar to Chen Dao, he did not directly attack the Polish 14th Infantry Division from the west, but took advantage of the night to detour back to the north of the 14th Infantry Division, and lurked until dawn, and then summoned the bombers of the 1st Air Regiment to kill the artillery positions of the 14th Infantry Division, and the German 30th Infantry Division took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and Student flanked the front and rear to defeat the Polish 14th Infantry Division in one fell swoop.

Chen Dao continued to carry forward the bandit spirit that modesty is a virtue, and recorded Student's combat experience to accumulate experience for future bandits.

On the night of September 12, the paratroopers of the Seventh Air Division could finally sleep peacefully, and Chen Dao was about to fall asleep in a daze, when a herald found him and gave him a copy of the information.

The Eighth Army under Army Group South has been readjusted, and on September 13 the German army will launch a counteroffensive, with the goal of annihilating the remnants of the Polish Poznan Army and Pomeranian Army entrenched around the city of Kutno, and the task of the 7th Air Division is to cooperate with the 30th Infantry Division and attack northward side by side with the infantry divisions of the Eighth Army, compressing the space for Polish army activities until the city of Kutno is captured.

After folding the information and stuffing it into his left breast pocket, Chen Daoxin, who had palpitations, said that the close combat of the infantry was too dangerous, and it would be safer to work with Lieutenant Randolph's artillery in the future operations.

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