But now the opportunity has come, with Limer, the celebrity in front of Hitler, as long as Rommel has military exploits, then Rommel's promotion is not a problem.

"Hehe, thanks to your auspicious words, I have prepared a few side dishes for you, you talk to a few of your brothers, we will go to the battlefield tomorrow, this is the last leisure time."

"Thank you, brothers, let's go have a drink! But no one is allowed to get drunk, and tomorrow there will be an important military situation. ”

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After the breakdown of the talks at Danzig and the corridor, there was no diplomatic interaction between Germany and Poland for several months. Hitler also knew that since April 1939, Britain and France had negotiated with the Soviet Union to contain Germany, but the former two only wanted the Soviet Union to help, but were unwilling to help the Soviet Union when it was also attacked, and the negotiations fell into a stalemate, and the Soviet Union and Germany did not have a border, and if they wanted to fight the German army, they had to pass through the territory of Poland or Romania, and neither country agreed to the passage of their troops, especially Poland, Bechoral believed that an alliance with the Soviet Union would only anger Hitler and allow the war to break out early.

Seeing this, Hitler sent Foreign Minister Ribbentrop to the Soviet Union on August 23, and signed the "German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact" (also known as the "Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact") on the evening of the same day, which was valid for 10 years. However, the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact did not only have the effect of guaranteeing the security of the two countries, but also included a secret agreement to divide Eastern Europe, including Poland, the Baltic states, Romania, and other countries. In the case of Poland, it will be divided between Germany and the Soviet Union, the former will take 49% of the territory, and the rest will be allocated to the Soviet Union, and the two countries will not only jointly send troops to fight the Polish army, but also the Soviet Union will maintain neutrality when Germany is declared war by Britain and France for attacking Poland, and Poland will thus face the fourth partition between Germany and Russia in history.

After Poland formed an alliance with Britain and France, under the threat of German attack, the Polish High Command also formulated a war plan against Germany codenamed "Western Plan". Due to the fact that it was significantly inferior to the Germans in numbers and equipment. Poland was able to deploy only 39 infantry divisions to resist the invasion. 11 cavalry brigades, 3 mountain infantry brigades, 2 armored motorized brigades, almost 80 civil defense battalions. There are 220 light tanks, 650 ultralight tanks, 4,300 artillery pieces and mortars. 407 aircraft. The Polish Navy has 16 combat ships and auxiliary vessels. The total strength of the army is about 1 million men. The Supreme Commander is Field Marshal Smigway-Rhodes. Before the start of the campaign, the mobilization and deployment of the Polish armed forces was not completed.

The Polish command deployed only 24 infantry divisions, 8 cavalry brigades in the intended defensive areas. 1 armored motorized brigade, 3 mountain infantry brigades and 56 civil defense battalions. In the early years of the war, the deployment of the Polish army continued. The General Command of the Polish Army planned to implement a strategic defense, deter the enemy, buy time for the actions of the Anglo-French forces and take further actions depending on the situation. The main forces of the Polish army spread along the German-Polish border, and the northern defense line was occupied by the "Modlin" army group (2 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry brigades under the commander of General Puschedezimirsky-Krukovich), the "Vyśikov" campaign group (3 infantry divisions) and the "Narev" campaign group (2 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry brigades). In the "Polish corridor" there was Army Group "Pomerania" (5 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry brigade, the commander was General Bortenovsky), in the western part of the Poznan Province - Army Group "Poznan" (4 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry divisions, commander General Kutsheba), Army Group "Lodz" (4 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry divisions, commander General Rummel) served as cover in the direction of Lodz and Warsaw.

In the area of Częstochowa, Katowice and Krakow was assembled the army group "Krakow" (7 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry brigade, 1 motorized mechanized brigade, 1 mountain infantry brigade, the commander General Shilinger). The task of defending the southern borders was carried out by the Carpathian Army Group (2 infantry divisions, 2 mountain infantry brigades, 1 motorized mechanized brigade, commander General Fabrich). Army Group "Prussia" (8 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry brigade, commander General Dombu-Bernatsky) was the 2nd echelon, deployed in the Kielce, Tomaszov-Mazovetsky, Radom regions.

At 4:45 a.m. on September 6, 1939, a group of German bombers roared toward Polish territory, targeting Polish troops, arsenals, airfields, railways, roads, and bridges. A few minutes later, for the first time, the Poles tasted the greatest sudden death and destruction from the sky in human history. Thousands of artillery pieces rang out on the border, and shells rained down on the Polish positions. About an hour later, the German ground forces launched an offensive on all fronts from the north, west and southwest. At the same time, the German battleship "Schleswig-Holstein", which was anchored outside the port of Danzig and disguised a friendly visit, also suddenly opened fire on the Polish military base. The Polish army was caught off guard, 500 first-line planes were blown up at the airfield before they could take off, countless artillery, automobiles, and other baggage were destroyed before they could retreat, transportation hubs and command centers were destroyed, and the troops were thrown into chaos. Taking advantage of the situation, the Germans took advantage of the situation and led by armored and motorized units, and soon attacked the Polish line from several major areas.

Limer refused Rommel's request to stay at the division headquarters and went to the tank regiment, the German Panzer Division had only one tank regiment, and the 7th Light Panzer Division had 164 tanks, the vast majority of which were No. 3 tanks, and only one battalion of tanks was No. 4. The 10th Army, on the other hand, did not have a medium tank division, but only a lightly armored division and two mechanized infantry divisions.

The 7th Light Armored Division was not only the vanguard of the whole army, but also responsible for attacking the fortifications, and Lieutenant General Sturm also had high hopes for the 7th Light Armored Division, and entrusted the most difficult task to Rommel and Limer.

When the time for the offensive came, 10,000 artillery guns were fired, and the German Tenth Army concentrated all its artillery to bombard the Polish defense line on the border. The layout of the Polish army is really too passive, there are more than one million troops in the country, scattered around the national border, there are three or four thousand kilometers of the entire Polish border, and the Polish army is more than one million, even if you add more than one million militias, can you defend all the borders? Will they be able to keep the enemy out of the country? It's just a dream, such a defense everywhere is passive, such a scattered deployment of troops, in the face of Germany's "blitzkrieg", it can be said that such a defense is "tofu scum." ”

The sky is full of orange-red shells shuttling, the sound of "whooshing" is terrifying, it was the darkness before dawn, but the sky has been reflected red by the rain of bullets shuttling through the sky, and the position of the Polish army in the distance is like a sea of fire, and the fire generated by the explosion reflects the sky like the rising sun. The sound of the roaring cannons came in a dull way, which made people upset, and the earth shook and trembled.

The Tenth Army of the Wehrmacht, they have two tasks, divided into two groups AB, Group A task is to attack Army Kreuz head-on, Group B task is to make a detour to attack the Polish army on the right "Army Group Klakov", and then the two armies complete the battle column encirclement of the Polish army in front of them at Kamena, as long as this plan is successful, the three army groups of the Polish army can be dumplings.

…… (To be continued......)

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The Polish campaign officially began, and the Polish campaign and the French campaign did not change, so the length will not be too much, and there will be a historical turning point from the Sea Lion plan. Please continue to support fallen leaves. u