Chapter 166: The Polish Campaign: Danzig

For various reasons, the German Army was equipped with no more than 155mm howitzers, while the smallest naval guns that were used to pour shells at Danzig were 203mm guns, and the largest was a total of eighteen 406mm guns on the Bismarck and Tirpitz.

The killing range of 155mm caliber guns is the size of a football field, just imagine the horror of 203mm guns? Think about the 380mm of the Admiral Scheer class again? Think about the 406mm again?

Therefore, if the Polish army, which was struggling to resist the German army, was a "strong warrior", then the one who defended the German naval attack in the city of Danzig could be said to be "unlucky martyrs".

Under the bombardment of a total of 36 203mm guns, 18 380mm guns, and 18 406mm guns of the German fleet for half an hour, the coast of Danzig, which was originally full of fortresses, is now only in ruins.

But life is always tenacious, and under the saturation of this intensity, many "unlucky martyrs" did not become martyrs, and they crawled out of the rubble with a disgraced face, set up machine guns, and raised rifles, ready to surprise the German landing troops.

However, they did not expect that the soul of the German Führer came from a country with a severe "phobia of insufficient firepower", so Germany in this life also suffered from this strange disease.

After the German naval battleships and cruisers flexed their muscles, it was time for the German naval aviation.

The 200 bombers that took off from the three aircraft carriers Count Zeppelin, Deutschland, and Bavaria arrived above the heads of the "martyrs" who had not yet been "martyred" after the shelling.

The overshadowing fleet made the Polish coastal guards who had planned to resist to the end completely desperate, and they threw down their guns and ran towards the city behind them, ignoring the presence of the Overseers.

The Overseers were doing their duty as they could, staying in front of the fleeing Polish troops, but they did not fire a single shot at the routing coastal troops.

Because the Overseers were also fleeing for their lives, they did not deliberately stand in front of the Polish army, simply because their position was originally behind the shore guards, and when they turned to flee, their position was also in front of the rout.

Looking at the fleeing Polish coastal guards, the German pilots were not polite, they drove their planes to dive into the crowd, and dropped one after another powerful aerial bombs, which caused greater damage to the coastal guards than those shells.

After 200 dive bombers accurately dropped more than 200 tons of aerial bombs, less than 1,000 of the tens of thousands of coastal defense troops were still able to move, and the number of the Polish coastal defense force completely disappeared in the long river of history.

"Order the 1st Marine Division to land and liberate our Danzig!" Raeder looked at the locust-like bombers that were landing in the sky, and finally reluctantly let the Marines land.

Following Raeder's order, a number of landing ships, either regular or converted from civilian ships, approached the port of Danzig, and the members of the 1st Marine Division jumped from the ships to the land, looking with interest at the blazing and ruined fortresses, and discussing.

It's as if they didn't come to fight, but to travel.

"Move fast! The whole team! The whole team! Fortunately, the officers still knew what their duties were, and they shouted to their soldiers, "What's so nice about a fire and a pile of rubble and cement?" Hurry up! The longer you stay here, the better prepared the Poles in the city of Danzig will be! I guess you don't want to make this aesthetic 'sight' the last 'sight' you visit, do you? ”

"Report sir! I don't want to die here! One of the young soldiers shouted, "If I could, I would like to see Paris, see the French girl and die!" ”

''Hahaha!'' The rest of the soldiers laughed when they heard the young soldier's words.

"What are you laughing at?!" The chief "reprimanded", but he himself reprimanded with a smile, "This guy's idea is very good, and he is very pursuing!" Hey, what's your name? ”

"Report ...... Report sir! The soldier was a little embarrassed to see so many people laughing at him, he scratched his head and said, "My name is Timotois Zmailman!" ”

“Timotheus? Hehe. The officer smiled and patted the soldier on the shoulder and said, "Then tell me, do you fear God?" ("Timotheus" means "God-fearing man")

"No, I don't fear God, I only worship the Führer!" Timotois said proudly, "Of course, if the Führer is really sent by God, then I also worship God!" ”

"Good!" The officer rubbed the soldier's head appreciatively, "You said a great thing!" Everyone should learn from you! ”

"For the Führer! For Germany! I don't know who shouted among the assembled soldiers.

"For the Führer! For Germany! The other soldiers immediately went up, and the scene was suddenly filled with a tsunami.

The Germans cheered here, and the Polish side was uncomfortable.

Warsaw, Poland, Polish Wartime General Command.

At this moment, Polish President Mošičićki is throwing a tantrum at his generals.

"Damn it! Can any of you explain to me why the Germans were able to advance 80 kilometers in just one day, like our hinterland ?! Mościcki shouted, "Did the Polish people raise a herd of pigs?!" Even if it's hundreds of thousands of pigs! I guess that's enough for the Germans to catch for a week?! ”

"Mr. President!" A general wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "It's not that our army has no fighting spirit, it's really that the mechanized troops of the German army are too powerful!" Our cavalry units are completely powerless to fight back on the western plains! ”

"I don't need to listen to an explanation!" Mośichitsky slapped the table vigorously, "I want a concrete defense plan!" What I want is for our army to hold the front! I want enough time for Britain and France to enter this damn war! ”

"We have a plan, but ......" the general wiped his sweat again and glanced at the other officers.

The other officers nodded silently when they saw the general's stealing eyes.

"But what?! Swallow and spit out! Can you show the guts that a Polish soldier should have?! Mośichitsky yelled.

Hearing this, the general gritted his teeth and discussed the plan with them: "We have lost the defense line of the Varta River, so we plan to completely abandon the western part of Potsnan Province, shrink our troops to the eastern part of Potsnan Province, and re-establish the central defensive line by relying on the Purs River!" ”

"You asked me to give up this land of more than 100 kilometers?!" Mośichitsky's eyes widened and he looked at his general in disbelief.

"Mr. President, this is the only way to do it at the moment!" The other general couldn't stand it anymore, stood up and said, "We absolutely can't hold the western part of Poznań Province, we have lost the defense line of the Varta River, and there is a plain behind us, and we can't stop the German armored forces on the plain!" ”