049 Crossing the Brassi River
Rumble! ……
With the first earth-shattering explosion, at 6:30 p.m., taking advantage of the setting sun, the Fourth Army finally embarked on a journey of conquest after a period of rest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The artillery took the lead in a massive half-hour bombardment of the other side of the Blasi River, while the engineering units began to erect the bridges, and 15 minutes after the shelling began, hundreds of JU-87 Stuka dive bombers began to carry out the first wave of targeted strikes, and at 7 o'clock in the evening, the army began to cross the river.
Looking at everything around him from the scope, Li Ling didn't feel any tension this time, this was a battle without suspense.
The Polish army was almost defenseless in the face of the Germans, who had a serious disadvantage in weapons, and after a day of bombardment, they were now facing the regrouped Fourth Army, which had been fully assembled again.
In the face of the shelling of the Germans, the Polish soldiers hiding in the fortifications trembled, there was no imaginary charge of the infantry group, and the rifles in their hands hardly had a chance to fire.
Shells and bombs fell overhead, and there was a wail throughout the position, and everyone was waiting for death to come, but they were not willing to take a step back, because everyone knew that if they took another step back, then the whole of Poland would cease to exist completely!
The Polish generals had deployed almost all of their forces along the border, and now that the Germans had broken through most of the lines, they had almost become the last line of defense!
The generals claimed that these steel monsters were a layer of tin foil attached to the outside of ordinary chariots, just to scare the enemy, but some of the soldiers who fled from the front brought completely different news, these guys were all real steel plates on the outside, and their rifles could not penetrate the enemy at all, let alone stop the enemy's advance!
The officers were constantly stopping the spread of rumors, constantly warning them that in fact, those people were making excuses for their retreat, that the enemy was not so terrible, as soon as the enemy's shelling was over, as soon as their troops approached the position, then it was the moment of victory for the Polish army!
But in the face of such indiscriminate bombardment, could the Polish soldiers really wait for the German ground forces to get closer?
Obviously, this is almost impossible!
The Polish army, guided by the old operational thinking, used pillboxes and trenches as fortifications, but pillboxes have obviously become the most obvious targets for a long time, as for trenches, well, the Poles did not put too many troops in the trenches, their men and all kinds of weapons that could bring lethal damage to the Germans were almost concentrated in the bunkers!
"We're going to the bridge, Lee, you pay attention, it's not very good to observe the surroundings in this position right now."
Since Clemens was also in charge of communication, he could not fully move his body to the commander's position, and it was difficult to observe him.
But fortunately, the German sappers are not the kind of people who go to rest after building the bridge, they are still directing the tanks to cross the river, and Parker has been able to cross the river alone.
"Why don't they attack us when they cross the river? Aren't we supposed to be the most dangerous at that time, if they shelled the entire crossing area at that time, not only would they cause us serious casualties, but they would also cut off our pontoons. ”
Parker wondered a little when the tanks were still on the pontoon, now was the best time for the Poles to attack, but why did the Poles not move at all?
"Maybe they're planning to wait until we've passed a part of it, so they can cut our troops in the middle!"
Clemens was obviously a little worried, and cutting off the river crossing troops from the middle was obviously a very good battle plan, so that the Poles could counterattack when facing only a small part of the German army, and the German troops on the other side of the river were obviously unable to support.
"Maybe they want to have a fair duel, just like an emperor in our ancient China, in order to realize his gentlemanly style, he didn't order an attack when the enemy crossed the river, haha!"
Wang Zhandong suddenly thought of Song Xianggong in the Warring States Period at this moment, and couldn't help but tease, although Parker and Clemens didn't know what kind of gentlemanly style the emperor Wang Zhandong said, but obviously they also understood, this is the same as the so-called chivalry before, the rules that only a fool will abide by in war.
"It is really the best policy for the enemy to cross the river and attack him halfway. But do you think the Poles are still capable of attacking us at this time? Perhaps their artillery positions have long since been in ruins. ”
Li Ling didn't believe that the Poles would really be so stupid, although their military thinking was very backward, they were not idiots, and they would never give up such a good opportunity.
It's just that, after such indiscriminate bombardment, will the Poles still have the ability to fight back?
Do their artillery positions really still exist?
"Okay, don't discuss it, whatever, we've already crossed the river anyway, and it has nothing to do with us! Let's go! This time we're going to take the lead, not like before, so we're going to face more enemies and more unknowns! ”
"I just became the commander, I don't want that to happen again this morning, we are one, we are all brothers, no one can be hurt in any way, we must be careful!"
Although Brosinski's death gave Clemens a chance to become a captain, he would rather not have such an opportunity, the No. 517 car group is a whole, all people are brothers, and the departure of any brother will bring endless pain.
Hearing Clemens mention what happened in the morning, everyone was a little silent and depressed, originally five people were a team, except for the beginning because of the exchange of two brothers, Li Ling and their hard. Insert. Enter. Come. In addition to some unpleasantness, they got along very happily in the following days, but at the beginning of the war, five people became four, how could they laugh?
"Well, come on, we will not be harmed from now until the end of the war, and we will be the pride of the whole division, the whole army, and even the whole of Germany! Not to mention a small Poland, even if Britain and France come, we are not afraid! ”
"Is war terrible? War is not terrible! Because we have the best tanks in the world, as long as we are careful and decisive enough, no enemy will become a threat to us! ”
Seeing that everyone was a little dull, Li Ling stood up, Clemens said these words in the hope of reminding everyone to pay attention to safety, but it is not enough to have a reminder, because of the morning experience, this kind of reminder is likely to wear out everyone's confidence.
However, the moment Li Ling spoke, he didn't notice that in his periscope, a brick on a broken brick wall that looked very ordinary suddenly moved!