Chapter 6: Paratroopers Are Born Surrounded (1)
"There are twice as many of them, and it's a bit of a hassle to take them out." Student held a cigarette in his right hand, but forgot to smoke it, and said with his eyes wandering, apparently thinking about a countermeasure.
"It's up to you to make the tactics, I'll summon the First Air Regiment to attack them first, and I'll let them die half before they arrive." Chen Dao said.
"Let the 1st Air Regiment buy us more time, and besides, we must take out their cavalry first." Student admonished.
About an hour later, a deafening roar came from the sky, Chen Dao picked up the binoculars and stood in the courtyard to look at the sky, and clearly saw that more than 20 planes were flying from the south, a group of ME-109 fighters and Stuka dive bombers.
Watching the group fly overhead, Chen Dao returned to the temporary command headquarters of the 7th Air Division.
"Judging by the sound, there should be about twenty-five to thirty aircraft, a mix of Me-109 and Stuka." Student said.
Chen Dao was suddenly in awe, and Studenter's judgment was as accurate as what he had seen with his own eyes, which was definitely something that a veteran who had been immersed in the Air Force for many years could do.
Nodding, Chen Dao asked, "Has the battle plan been formulated?" ”
"In accordance with the standard of annihilating the Polish infantry regiment and inflicting heavy damage on the cavalry regiment, we have formulated a plan, which requires the close cooperation of the 1st Air Regiment." Student said.
"As long as these Poles can be killed, the 1st Air Regiment will be at the mercy of the command." Chen Dao said.
"That's our plan." Student stopped talking nonsense, pointing to the map and telling Chen Dao his plan.
Just as Student and Chen Dao were arranging their troops, Colonel Kuba, commander of the 14th Regiment of the 40th Infantry Division under the Poznan Army Group in Poland, had just broken out in a cold sweat, and with the roar of planes, a group of planes appeared in the southern sky.
"German planes, hurry up and hide." Colonel Kuba galloped through the march on a white horse, shouting hoarsely as he galloped.
Others also discovered the air swarm, the war has now begun, the Polish sky has long fallen, and the only thing that can appear in the sky is the German plane, and the panic quickly spreads to the hearts of every Polish soldier.
The neighing of war horses, the orders of the officers, and the sound of the soldiers running in all directions rang out.
Fortunately, there was a forest on the east side of the road, which became the best hideout, and the officers and men of the Polish 40th Infantry Regiment rushed to the woods.
In the woods, Colonel Kuba, who had jumped off his horse, was in a heavy mood when he saw the soldiers in chaos on the road, and it seemed that a heavy loss was inevitable.
Surprisingly, the group simply flew over the 40 Infantry Regiment and headed straight to the north.
Seeing that the soldiers had all taken refuge in the woods under the command of the officer, Colonel Koopa finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"God forbid." Colonel Coopa drew a cross on his chest.
Standing at the edge of the woods, Colonel Coopa picked up his binoculars and looked north, and saw that the group was like a flock of crows sent by death, hovering, diving, pulling up, and repeating the previous action again.
Colonel Kuba again drew a cross on his chest in silence for his comrades who were hit by the air raid.
After a little thought, Colonel Kuba decided to let the troops continue to hide in the woods, and who knows if those "crows of death" will come back?
Colonel Kuba's covert order was very wise, and soon after the first group left, the second group flew over the woods and launched an air attack on the Polish troops to the north like a relay race.
Major Heisenberg of the 1st Air Regiment had 20 ME-109 fighters and 40 Stuka bombers under his command, and he divided them into two groups, and when the first group spotted the Polish cavalry, Major Heisenberg ordered the second group to take off from the airfield and attack the Polish cavalry one after another, without giving them a chance to breathe.
Colonel Kuba could do nothing but mourn in silence in his heart about the air raids on the Polish cavalry, as if a century had passed, and the second flock of "Grim Reaper's Crows" had triumphantly disappeared into the sky.
After another hour of being trapped in the woods, Colonel Kuba made a ruthless decision to let his troops leave the woods and continue their march southward, as the headquarters of the 14th Infantry Division kept urging him to keep pace with the movements of the whole division.
On the orders of Colonel Kuba, the 40 Infantry Regiment continued its march, and the Germans did not show up, but a lone small aircraft appeared.
"It's a German reconnaissance plane," Colonel Kuba immediately made a judgment, and after giving an order, a dozen light machine guns were set up in the marching ranks to rain bullets on the reconnaissance plane. Suddenly attacked, the reconnaissance plane turned around and fled like a frightened sparrow.
A small victory boosted the low morale of the 40 Infantry Regiment, and at the urging of Colonel Kuba, the 40 Infantry Regiment accelerated its march and slaughtered violently to the south.
Around the village, German paratroopers were making the final preparations for the big battle, and one by one the individual bunkers were dug out and then connected again.
Machine guns were erected on both sides of the intersection north of the village, and if fighting broke out, the crossfire of these machine guns would leave the Poles with memories that would last a lifetime.
Inside the village, paratroopers have set up improvised barricades using furniture dragged from residents' homes in preparation for possible street fighting.
In the command room, Student was sternly negotiating with Chen.
"Major Rosen, I now order you to leave the village with me, the defense here is in the hands of the 7th Air Division, and there is no need for your help." Student said solemnly.
"General Studenter, although your military rank is higher than mine, we are only in partnership, and I belong to the air defense forces, not under the jurisdiction of paratroopers, and your orders are invalid against me." Chen Dao said-for-tat.
Seeing Chen Dao's serious look, Student couldn't help but feel a big head, although he had reached a cooperation with Chen Dao, but he had not forgotten that his real task was to protect the safety of His Excellency the "little brother-in-law", and now His Excellency the brother-in-law had to stay in the village as the center of the battlefield, how could he not be nervous, after all, the bullets of the Poles would not fly around because he was the brother-in-law of the Luftwaffe boss.
After a while of hard persuasion, any of Student's words were ineffective against Chen Dao, and Student could only leave the village indignantly according to the predetermined plan.
I hope nothing will happen to your Excellency "brother-in-law", Student secretly prayed.
When this battle is over, I will send someone to tie him up and send him away, and Student secretly made up his mind.
Looking at the back of Student in the distance, Chen Daoxin said You don't want to see who I am? I am a bandit Chen Dao who dared to shoot at the American police with an AK47 and more than 70 police cars, and now there is a battalion of paratrooper brothers by my side to help me.
In Chen Dao's expectation, at one o'clock in the afternoon of September 10, the troops of Colonel Kuba's 40th Infantry Regiment finally appeared in Chen Dao's telescope.