Chapter 169: The Polish Campaign: Capture the Bridge
The Polish soldiers did not hesitate to hear the order on the radio, grabbed their guns and ran out of the dugout.
Soon, all kinds of anti-aircraft guns that had been pulled into the air raid bunker were pulled out again, like the sky began to vent its anger.
But although the Polish army was not slow to react, the German airborne forces' masterful high-jump and low-opening tactics reduced the most dangerous parachute landing phase to a minimum.
So the damage inflicted on the German Airborne Forces by the Polish army, which already lacked anti-aircraft artillery, was minimal.
"Get moving, get moving! Gather to me! Gather to me! Lune gave a loud order to his soldiers, "The Poles won't wait for us to finish our build-up!" ”
Lune is now a company commander of an airborne company, and compared to the youth of the original attack on Munich, time has completely transformed this shy boy into a stable man.
Looking at his surroundings, Luan asked a soldier beside him carrying a map, "Where are we now?" ”
The soldier took out the military map from the map tube he was carrying and unfolded it on the ground, took out the compass in his bag and put it on the side of the map, and after comparing the surrounding environment, the soldier firmly pointed to a place on the map.
"We're here! Sir! ”
Lune crouched down and looked at the place where the soldier was pointing, then stood up and said to the group of officers around him: "This is not far from our intended target, and I plan to raid Bridge A and deal a blow to the Polish defenders who are not ready to defend at the target." ”
"That's a good idea." "You are the company commander, you have the final say." After several platoon commanders looked at the map, they echoed one after another.
"Okay, you go back and count the current number of people!" Lune stood up and ordered several of his platoon commanders.
"Yes, sir!" The four platoon commanders saluted and returned to count the soldiers.
Soon, they counted the number of people and summarized the situation to Lune.
"There are still 33 people left to arrive." Rune pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Regardless of the others who haven't arrived yet!" We have to drive out the Polish defenders here in the shortest possible time and clear the way for the armored forces behind! All pay attention, check your weapons and ammunition, and head to the target in three minutes! ”
On the other side, a fierce exchange of fire between Germany and Poland is taking place at Bridge A.
An airborne division of 14,000 people parachuted in such a small area, and there were always troops who would be unlucky enough to fall directly into the positions of the Polish defenders.
And now this is the case with the troops that exchanged fire with the Polish defenders at the A bridge.
"Damn pilots, are they blind? How to fly the plane? It's 108,000 miles away from our original target! The commander curled behind a rock and cursed.
"Company commander! The Poles are coming around! A soldier ran to the commander with his head bowed and said anxiously.
When the company commander heard this, he poked his head out from behind the stones, and saw that the fields not far away were full of Polish soldiers, densely surrounding the German airborne company.
The company commander only watched for a while, and was forced back by the "whooshing" bullets. After taking two breaths to stabilize his somewhat frightened heart, the company commander roughly estimated the number of Polish troops in his heart.
Not to mention 1,000 people!
"MD, it is impossible for my company to hold back so many Poles in an open field!" The company commander quickly came up with an answer, he looked left and right around his surroundings, and finally set his eyes on the A bridge not far away.
"I can only gamble!" He thought.
"Everyone! Attack that bridge! The company commander ordered.
"Understood!" The soldiers shouted in response, got up from the ground, hunched over and ran towards Bridge A.
"The Germans want to run!" A sharp-eyed Polish soldier spotted the hunched Germans and immediately reminded his comrades loudly.
The siege of this German airborne company was basically a rout of the front line, and after a short reorganization in the city of Kalisz, almost every one of them was chased by the German army.
And now this group of Polish defeated troops who had been psychologically shadowed by Germany saw that the powerful Germans had turned and fled, which immediately made them excited.
"One day these bastards turn and run away?" "Don't let them go! Keep up the good work, everyone! "Catch up with them and avenge the sacrifices of your brothers!" The Poles shouted excitedly, and the pace of chasing Degu paratroopers under their feet quickened a little.
Since the regular troops of the two regiments of the Polish side responsible for defending the three bridges on the Kalish section of the Prosna River were busy exchanging fire with the scattered German paratroopers, the A bridge, which should have been heavily defended, was now guarded by more than a dozen Polish soldiers, which gave the German airborne company an excellent opportunity to seize the bridge.
After a burst of tearing cloth, the more than a dozen soldiers defending the bridge all fell to the ground.
"One row and two rows, you detached a part of the troops to jam the two bridgeheads and form crossfire in front of the bridge!" The company commander commanded his two platoon commanders as he pointed to the two reinforced concrete forts in front of the bridge.
"Understood!" The two platoon commanders were also running wildly, and after answering the company commander's call, they each led a small group of soldiers into the two bridgeheads.
"Others, use the sandbags on the bridge deck to build bunkers, we're going to give the Poles a little color!"
After listening to the words of the company commander, the soldiers carried the sandbags around them one after another and built a temporary defense line as quickly as possible.
"Damn it! They robbed our bridge! The Polish troops, who were in hot pursuit behind the German troops, quickly understood the German idea of using the bridge to build a defensive line in its place and keep the Polish pursuers out of the bridge.
"Hurry up and attack! Don't give them too much time, their army's armored units are not far from here, and it's very easy to come back! "There are also smart people in the Polish provisional troops, and they quickly guessed the little ninety-nine in the company commander's heart.
Without giving the German troops much time to prepare, the Polish provisional forces, which were chasing after them, attacked.
Unfortunately, the German paratroopers were the elite of the German army, and fully automatic weapons accounted for more than 70% of all firearms and weapons they were equipped with.
This means that 7 out of every 10 German paratroopers are armed with fully automatic weapons (MG42 machine guns, MP40 submachine guns), and only three are equipped with semi-automatic MG41 rifles.
Only a very small number of people in the Polish provisional army in front of them were equipped with Z-39 submachine guns and Z1928 Lewis light machine guns, and many more were holding Z.29 bolt-action rifles, and some even carried broadswords and spears.
Therefore, the moment the two sides came into contact, the Polish provisional army recalled the fear of being dominated by the German army.