Chapter 63 German Tanks
In just a few days, the city of Warsaw became a huge barracks, and the headquarters of the German 1st Corps was stationed, which filled Warsaw with an atmosphere of gunsmoke. This ancient city seems to be pouring, fighting, moaning helplessly. The citizens of Warsaw, on the other hand, seem very calm, they are used to the appearance of strongmen with different faces in the city. In the past, German sentries could occasionally be seen in the city, but now German patrols roamed the streets, and even the dumbest people in the city could smell war.
Military jeeps and motorcycles were parked in front of a building, and the German manufacturing technology was not boasted, and after obtaining the technology of the Chinese Empire, they were soon put into mass production. For the needs of the war, motor vehicles produced in Germany were first put into use by the army. So far, the Germans have not developed a car, and it is not difficult to see how urgent the country's expansion ambitions are. The stars twinkled in the war room of the German 1st Corps, and a pre-war combat meeting began.
Field Marshal Loew, commander of the 1st Corps of the German Army, said majestically with a tall body: "The opportunity for the German Empire to develop its ambitions has come, and all of you here are shouldering the heavy responsibility of the rise of Germany. See, the direction of our attack is the line of the Haag River, and according to intelligence, the main force of the Polish cavalry is concentrated on this line. In addition, about 50,000 Russian Khasako cavalry entered the Kobrin region to serve as the defense of the Eastern Front. The purpose of the campaign was to drive the Russians out of the Baltic coast and Lithuania, including parts of Belarus. "The military map on the wall, the line of attack is clear at a glance.
Loew continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, our battle plan is the 1st Army Corps, the 1st Heavy Artillery Division, and the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade. Served as the first line of defense of Shedelce in eastern Warsaw. Prevent the attack of Russian cavalry units on Warsaw. The 1st Panzer Division, including the 1st Heavy Artillery Brigade and the 4th and 5th Field Divisions of the 2nd Army Corps, made a surprise advance to the front line of the Haag River. The 2nd Division and the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade of the 2nd Army Corps advanced to the northern Baltic coast for a period of two months and achieved the objectives of the campaign. ”
The small town of Chekhakov, northeast of Warsaw, is in the headquarters of the German Separate Panzer Division. The division commander Mancheni said to the generals: "Ladies and gentlemen, the German armored division is about to be born, and our chariots will make the enemy frightened and collapsed. In order to prevent the Russian army from blowing up the Haag River Bridge, the 1st Regiment of the 1st Armored Brigade was required to take the Hog River Bridge to create conditions for the smooth crossing of the river by the entire division's combat vehicles. "Your Excellency General, I promise to complete the mission!" Duke Beckon was overjoyed when he heard this, and did not expect that the task of attacking would fall on his head.
Duke Beckon had 25 tanks at his command. 35 military trucks and 12 jeeps. Returning to the station, the regimental commander, Duke Becken, said to Barak, the commander of the 1st Armored Battalion: "The battle order has been given. At 4 o'clock tomorrow morning, your battalion must seize the bridge over the Haag River, prevent the Russian army from blowing up the bridge, and ensure that the follow-up troops quickly pass through the Haag River. "Report to the Major, and the subordinates will resolutely complete the task." Captain Barak was Prime Minister of British Columsy during his inspection of the Armored School. The captain who performed well. After the formation of the German Panzer Division. Due to Barak's excellent performance, he was exceptionally promoted and appointed commander of the 1st Armored Battalion.
Duke Beckon continued: "According to the reconnaissance of the army troops, the Russian army urgently requisitioned a regiment of troops at the Haag River bridge, and the division has 6 infantry guns. Infantry artillery is not much of a threat to tanks and fighting vehicles, so you need to take the Hagel Bridge quickly while the enemy is unprepared. After taking the bridge, an infantry battalion will come up to take over the defense of the bridge. After your department completes the handover, quickly move forward 5 kilometers to guard. Do you understand? "My subordinates understood, and I set off overnight. Go to the vicinity of the bridge and hide it. ”
That night, Barak led 8 tanks and quietly moved to a distance of 5 kilometers from the bridge to stand by. At night, the tank is covered with camouflaged branches, and it looks eerie. Located in the northeastern part of the Great Plain of Eastern Europe, the Haag River is lush with vegetation that provides shelter for chariots. When the troops arrived at the designated position, the roar of the engine stopped, the silence came, and all kinds of insects in the grass began to be active.
"Lights control, it's 0:30, everyone hurry up and take a break!" Barak leaned out of the tank and gave the order. "Sir, we're so excited we can't sleep." "Sir, tomorrow the assault on the bridge, I ask for the start!" A soldier teased, and the commander of a tank company next to him asked for help. "I order you to rest, or you will be punished!" Barak finished talking and got into the tank. He already had an idea in his heart, tomorrow he would personally command the chariot to rush to the bridge first, and no one would want to fight him.
The east showed the whiteness of the fish's belly, and Barak leaned out of the tank, then pulled out his whistle and blew it. "Attention everyone, ready to go!" Report. The first company is ready! "Report! The 2nd Company is ready! "Report! The 3rd Company is ready! Barak commanded the engine, and suddenly there was a roar, and the empty field was awakened, and the birds roosting around were frightened, and fluttered and flew up, and there were a few gophers that were foraging for food in the early morning, and they quickly burrowed into the burrow to take refuge in terror.
The head of the bridge on the northeast side of the Haag River Bridge is full of sandbags, and several sentries are leaning against the sandbags and are sleeping. Originally, the bridge over the Haag River was guarded by only one platoon of soldiers, and the command of the Russian garrison on the Eastern Front received a telegram from Moscow: the Germans were going to attack on a large scale and ordered the Russian garrison to enter war preparations. on this. The Russian army urgently requisitioned a regiment of land to hold the Haag River bridge, and the task given to the Russian garrison regiment was to blow up the Hagel Bridge if it could not hold on, and use the natural barrier of the Haag River to block the German attack and buy time for the strategic deployment of the Russian army.
The ground shook faintly, and several Russian sentries were awakened. They stood up in panic and looked at the road across the bridge, their faces looking surprised. "What kind of sound is this, it is difficult for the Germans to attack?" One of the sentries panicked. "It's hard to be a German cavalry?" A second lieutenant scolded: "Stupid pig, is this the movement of the cavalry? "At this moment, a black moving monster appeared on the road." What is this, as if there is grass growing on it? A soldier shouted with sharp eyes.
The second lieutenant platoon commander held up the binoculars and corrected: "It's not grass, it seems that there are trees growing on monsters, a total of 8 monsters!" Soon the first tank arrived at the opposite bridgehead, and the platoon commander of the Russian second lieutenant was shocked and said: "It's not a steel monster, there is artillery on the monster, immediately report to the regiment commander." The second lieutenant platoon commander put down his goggles and personally manipulated the heavy machine gun and began to strafe. The steel monster on the opposite side seemed to be indifferent, still swaggering towards it.
The sentinels saw the oncoming steel monster, which was splashed by bullets, but still rumbled forward, and was immediately frightened to remove seven of the ten souls. "Report to the platoon commander, and the regiment commander orders to blow up the bridge immediately." The Russian platoon commander waved his hand, and the two sentries jumped out of cover and ran to the middle of the bridge, where they wanted to run to the middle of the bridge to light the fuse. Suddenly, the steel monster on the opposite side spewed out a fiery snake, and the two Russian sentries were beaten into a sieve and lay dead on the ground. At this time, reinforcements came up with a group of Russian soldiers, and they quickly entered the bunker.
The commander of the Russian army was very calm in the face of the terrifying steel monster, "Immediately drop a bomb and blow up the steel monster!" The Russian soldiers threw bombs one after another, and suddenly dense grenades flew towards the tank, and the smoke of the explosion did not dissipate, and the tank seemed to be unharmed from the smoke of gunpowder, and continued to rumble head-on. The Russian officers and soldiers were frightened, one soldier shouted and collapsed and turned his head and ran, and the other soldiers came to their senses and turned and ran. Tank machine guns began to strafe, and Russian soldiers fell to the ground in pieces.
At this time, the commander of the Russian army was in the command headquarters and saw the steel monster rushing out of the bridge, opening the bunker with sandbags and knocking out a passage, and the steel monster spewed out fire snakes, hitting the fleeing Russian soldiers on their backs. The commander of the Russian army was shocked and said: "This is the steel mobile fortress of the German army, immediately open artillery to destroy the enemy's steel monsters." The Russian infantry artillery received the order to open fire, and the effect of the artillery bombardment was really seen by the commander of the Russian regiment, and an infantry shell hit the front of a steel monster, but the steel monster only shook and was not damaged at all.
Immediately after that, the steel monster cannon barrel spewed smoke, and the six infantry guns were destroyed in the blink of an eye. "Colonel, the steel monsters of the German army cannot be destroyed, so we should retreat immediately." Without waiting for the commander of the Russian army to react, a shell accurately hit the command post, and the commander of the Russian army, including the chief of staff and the combat personnel of the regiment headquarters, were all reimbursed. Seeing this, the Russian officers and soldiers immediately collapsed, and they jumped out of the trenches one after another, scattering and fleeing behind. Many Russian soldiers even threw away their rifles, wishing that their parents would have two more legs.
When Barak saw the Russian officers and soldiers running around with their heads in their hands, he excitedly lifted the turret to direct the pursuit. Eight tanks drove a regiment of Russian soldiers in pursuit for 10 kilometers in one go. Balak realized that the pursuit had gone too far, so he ordered the pursuit to stop and retreat 5 kilometers to standby. On the way back, the surrendered Russian soldiers were still kneeling on the ground with their hands raised, their eyes confused and stunned, and this terrifying scene scared them silly.
Barak had seven tanks swim at a distance of 5 kilometers and himself directed one tank back to the bridge. By this time, the soldiers of a battalion had taken over the bridge, and the soldiers applauded the strength of the armored fighting vehicles and got carried away with joy. Armored fighting vehicles of a battalion of the Reich. It broke through the bridge over the Kharg River without much effort and easily wiped out half a regiment of Russian troops. You must know that if the army attacks the bridge over the Haag River, in the face of a regiment of Russian troops, it will have to invest at least one brigade of troops, and even then it may not be able to capture the bridge, and even if the bridge is captured, it will have to pay a heavy price.
The strong combat effectiveness of the tank fighting vehicle and the ability to break through quickly made the army soldiers ecstatic, and they gathered around Barak's tank and gave a thumbs up, and Barak was a little fluttering. At this time, there was a rumbling sound from the other side of the bridge, and Barak stood on the tank and stretched out his head to check, only to see a large number of tanks and convoys on the road, and he knew that the regimental commander, Duke Becken, had arrived with his headquarters. (To be continued......)
PS: The Germans began to shoot, and the strict Germans changed their routines and could no longer hold on.