Chapter 32: Practitioners

Recently, I've been going crazy, and the previous chapter "Kleist" was mistakenly written as "Reinhardt", and I always felt that something was wrong, and the symptoms of early aging were very serious......

Clear sky and warm sun, blue sky and blue sea, such a natural and harmonious comfortable scene, people in it have no intention of enjoying it. On the eastern coast of Neinkirchen, a handful of Soviet soldiers were stationed in non-permanent artillery positions, accompanied by 76.2mm howitzers for land warfare and some captured artillery from the enemy, which would have been like a broom to drive wolves against a landing fleet by World War II standards.

The alarm brought by the shrill whistle shattered the only luck of the Soviet officers and men, and they rushed to their positions, and the officers and non-commissioned officers hurriedly picked up binoculars or observed the sea of the still calm Chapter 32 practitioners from the artillery mirror. Under a faint column of smoke, three landing ships of similar silhouette, escorted by four small torpedo boats, headed towards the blue-gray coastline. They all belonged to the emergency ships of the Allied camp during World War II, with rough lines, clumsy but quite practical, and even the shell still retains the traditional colors of the US Navy, but the flagpole flutters the red background battle flag of the Northern Scandinavia Empire. The dull roar of the universal diesel engine and the fact that the upper deck and lower cargo hold were packed with heavily armed soldiers meant that a single accurate shell could consume hundreds of lives in an instant, and if they landed successfully, these murderous fighters could form a considerable impact.

The Imperial landing fleet from the north was still seven or eight kilometers offshore, and the Soviet artillerymen who had been ordered to defend this coast could not wait to open fire, and the rumbling of artillery was like rolling thunder in the distance, alerting people to a terrible storm approaching.

"Watch out for shelling ......"

The cries of reminder from the bridge of the landing ship were almost simultaneously transmitted to the ears of the landing soldiers, no matter how skilled they were, and they could only entrust their fate to the sailors before they landed. The sounds of the near-sounding explosions, combined with the high column of water stirred up by the High Chapter 32 practitioner, were worrying, and the sailors on the landing ship could only fight back with seemingly futile counterfire with large-caliber machine guns that fended off aerial attacks, and the worry only increased over time. Looking around, there are many people in the cabin who close their eyes and pray.

Frank. Boseman is one of the brave men who wait for his fateful choice, and his small-rimmed glasses and weak appearance always give the first impression of a delicate scholar. But when it comes to the contest, anyone who ignores his burly size, hard fists, and quick reflexes will suffer as they deserve. After four years in Northern Europe, the master of martial arts has established himself in the most elite combat units of the Imperial Guard. Platoon commanders, company deputies, company commanders, and battalion deputies until they become the commanders of the first battalion, and the burden on their shoulders increases with the promotion of military ranks and positions. Now he is responsible for the lives of more than 500 officers and soldiers, and any small mistake can lead to a catastrophic end......

In this coastal area, which is neither important nor critical from the map, the guns and artillery on both sides are fierce, but the accuracy and effectiveness are somewhat worse. The Soviet artillery fire only rushed in vain, drenching the hesitant and apprehensive landing soldiers, and the machine guns on the landing ships continued to hiss at a piercing frequency, but only barely exerted a little suppressive effect until they were close to the coast. Between two groups of soldiers who are not so professional, the real battle is destined to be decided in the traditional way~~Shushu.shuw-Update~~.

"The last five minutes!"

After the shouts from the bridge, many officers and men stared at the hands of the clock, but after a maximum of two minutes, the hull shook and stopped. After a while, someone shouted "docking", and the bow gate slowly opened, and the air mixed with the smell of gunsmoke greeted me. But there were no expected dense and deadly bullets. The landing soldiers near the bow of the ship hurriedly lowered the long gangplank, and before Bosman could speak, an anxious company commander had already roared "attack." Everyone rushed forward with no discipline to speak of - in fact, the Imperial army had not trained for a decent landing before heading south to Denmark, and in Copenhagen and Fredericia it was almost always like this swarming to the shore and then easily capturing the target. …,

Between 1946 and 1948, the Allies carried out two landing operations on the Baltic Sea coast with limited impact on the war situation, but the Soviets did not accumulate much experience in resisting the landing, and the most experienced troops were concentrated on the coast between Jutland and Rügen. The hectic Soviet gunners were still trying to calibrate their artillery fire until the enemy landing ship landed. After a few shells. They finally hit a motionless target, but apart from killing and wounding a few sailors and causing some damage to the hull, they had no direct impact on the landing operation at all, and such a feat was not worth cheering at all!

The two battalions of Imperial soldiers who set out from Rügen Island only went through a bumpy ride at sea for just over an hour, and in the process of landing, they were favored by Lady Luck, all of them were like tigers out of cages. All the way to the shore where the Soviet artillery was located, all the way straight to the city of Neingirchen. Following the battle plan obtained before departure, Major Bosman and his battalion made a decisive advance westward, and 40 minutes later, his combat reconnaissance detachment reached the first stop after 3.2 kilometers of flat, open, and undefended coastal wilderness. In 1939, Saarland had more than 50,000 inhabitants, half of whom were still half of the population after the devastation and wear and tear of the war. Unsure of the deployment of Soviet forces in the city, Boseman cautiously sent the vanguard to carry out offensive reconnaissance, and if the Soviet defense was strong, he went around the city to the Khost area, attacking the railway line from Berlin through the hinterland of Mecklenburg to the Rügen area, and tried his best to interfere with the Soviet army's combat movements in this area.

The first Imperial soldiers to enter the city were unsurprisingly confronted by the Soviet combat units, but the enemy was not as strong as expected, and after the battle began, the Imperial troops were quickly helped by the local resistance, and even many German police officers who maintained law and order for the Soviet troops also turned against them, and the residents of Neingkirchen did their best to support their compatriots from afar. Knowing that most of the Soviet troops originally stationed here had been transferred to the Rügen area to participate in the battle, leaving only a team of less than 100 men and some lightly armed auxiliary security forces, Boseman decided to seize and consolidate this tactical fulcrum, and he decisively commanded the main force of the battalion to divide into the city, and outflank the Soviet defenses and buildings under the guidance of the local residents. However, the superiority of more than four to one troops and the will of the people did not make it easy for the imperial team to win the battle, and the Soviet officers and men obviously guessed that the imperial team that suddenly landed here had a profound combat intention, so they desperately defended it, trying to delay and sabotage the imperial team's plan of action.

Narrow road encounters and brave wins is an extremely important battlefield creed, but it is not absolute. Boseman also admired Rommel's example, but the human resources of the imperial team at this time were more stretched than during World War II. Under such circumstances, it is extremely risky to force a landing, and it would be completely irrational to rush forward at the enemy's guns. Because it was a landing operation and the pursuit of surprise attack effect, Bosman's soldiers only carried basic guns and ammunition, and the few explosives were scheduled to be used to blow up the railroad in sections, he assigned experienced non-commissioned officers to organize resistance and defectors to form a temporary combat unit, and selected a group of skilled archers from the team to occupy the commanding heights around the Soviet army's fortified area, so as to firmly contain this Soviet army with fewer troops, and then with the help of the residents to gather all available means of transportation, private cars, Vintage trucks and even animal-powered vehicles carried the main force of operation to the west. In order to avoid the sentry posts set up by the Soviets along the road, mobile units, and Soviet fighters that may appear at any time, they preferred to take a detour and march as close to the woods as possible, and in this way they advanced as fast as possible to the railway line. On an accurate map, the railway line from Neingirchen to Khost was only 15 kilometers in a straight line, and the road was about 20 kilometers, and Bosman's troops traveled no less than 30 kilometers along the way, and the area was, after all, mainly flat and open fertile fields, with wide and unsheltered areas of several thousand meters between the woods. During the march, this imperial team was twice attacked by Soviet fighters, and the MiG and Yak fighters, which could still take advantage of the Belt Strait, could dive and strafe here with impunity, directly causing casualties among dozens of imperial soldiers and many civilian volunteers. At about 3 p.m., in a section where the railway line was already visible to the naked eye, a Soviet unit coming by car rushed head-on to the Bosman battalion, which was located in an open area. …,

After radioing to the headquarters on the progress of the headquarters and the operational situation, Boseman decisively led his troops to retreat several hundred meters, ordering a small number of troops to move through the woods in a roundabout way from the flanks, and the main company set up a defensive position with its back against the woods. With a mere 400 troops, it did not seem to be a smart choice to meet the same number of Soviet mobile units with the support of armored combat vehicles and air force, and the roaring Soviet fighters made the emperor's officers and soldiers feel the pressure from the beginning, and after the ground forces of the two sides made fire contact, they found that the opponent's offensive was not as fast as imagined, and the "Bazooka M1" with small power but long range was suitable for dealing with Soviet armored vehicles. In 1949, the Soviet soldiers still did not have a good way to deal with the heavy fire of the MG42 machine guns, and the mortars of the two sides had little difference in their control of the battlefield. The battle was stalemate, and an hour later, the Imperial squadron appeared behind the Soviet flank, and a squadron of jet fighters from Denmark appeared in the Khost area from the island of Rügen. Boseman took advantage of the situation and plunged the main battalion into the attack, repelling the enemy in one fell swoop, and attracting most of the Soviet troops rushing to the area. After that, the Bosman battalion fought and retreated through the woods, covering the friendly troops that had landed together to avoid Soviet resistance and continue westward, and the goal of cutting the railway line before dark was close at hand. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )!!!