"Shoot 35 high!" a soldier reported loudly as he adjusted the angle of the rail.

"Ammunition ready!" another soldier reported aloud after a while.

"Fire!" the commander shouted the order to attack.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" The flames erupting from the tail of the rocket blew up the dust on the ground nearby, mixed with the smoke produced by the combustion, and the entire rocket artillery firing position was instantly submerged in a thick cloud of smoke and mist.

Germany's newest Frederick rocket launcher can drop 32 rockets at a time into the target area, which is enough to severely damage an enemy battalion-sized unit that is not deployed. And the divisional artillery of the 9th Motorized Rifle Division has a battalion equipped with this super artillery weapon, a full 20 of these rocket launchers.

This was the first recorded actual firing of Frederick's rocket artillery, in which 320 rockets were fired into the target area in one go, and the cost of this salvo was equivalent to the cost of building the hull of a Leopard tank.

However, this weapon was very popular with artillerymen, as it could allow an artillery battalion to fire two artillery divisions in just 25 seconds. Many Wehrmacht infantry units were equipped with this new weapon, but they were kept in use as a secret weapon.

This time it happened to hit a once-in-a-lifetime target, so there was no longer an implicit worry about any secrecy regulations, so this moment recorded in history finally came, the first large-scale use of self-propelled rocket artillery on the chassis of a car in a war.

The assembled Polish army had not yet realized that its end was near, soldiers were blocking the crowded roads with cattle and horses, carrying shells and bullets, and tanks had to wait in groups on the side of the road because of the lack of fuel, letting the cars and livestock that were crossing the road go first.

The Polish commanders, who had assembled for the first time on such a large scale, realized at this moment that the slight confusion at the beginning of the German blitzkrieg had been the culmination of a decade of study and comprehension and five years of honing and mastery—the pinnacle of the art of war that only the Germans known for their sophistication could reach.

Poland, which is now learning and selling, only now knows how difficult it is to learn, the fuel needs to be deployed and transported, the ammunition is multiplied by more intensive firepower, and the organization and guidance of the front line need to be done by experienced people -- these aspects require professional personnel, and Poland does not have such talents......

However, with the arrival of the German army, these problems were no longer to be considered, and a rocket hit a donkey carrying a cannonball, and the explosion turned the surrounding area into a sea of corpses and blood. Before the moment of everyone's stunned was over, the second rocket fell into the crowd, and in an instant, the broken arms and internal organs flew all over the sky, and everyone realized that they had been attacked by enemy artillery.

However, it was too late, and as the second rocket flew into the crowd, the third, and the fourth...... Rocket after rocket exploded through the crowd, hitting cars and tanks, sending a rain of steel. The Poles were in disarray, and there were heavy explosions on both sides of the road they were on, as well as on the nearby hills.

No one knows how much artillery the Germans used, and when the Polish soldiers who survived the fire got up from the sea of corpses and blood, the Polish Łódź Regiment task force, which was full of 5,000 men and dozens of tanks, was now almost gone.

This rocket artillery attack ended the tank battle that was supposed to continue, and the Poles threw in all the tanks they could find in the southern sector to launch an attack on the 3rd SS Panzer Division.

A total of 273 tanks were used (73 Germans: 31 No. 3, 44 Leopards) and 157 were destroyed (74 Polish tanks were destroyed by German Panzers, the remaining 83 were abandoned or destroyed by rocket artillery)

The next day, when the Panzergrenadiers of the German 9th Motorized Infantry passed by in armored vehicles, they were stunned by the terrible sight in front of them, and the flies were already swarming like the Luftwaffe on the ground with minced meat. The German soldier leaned on the telephone pole and vomited, shouting at the rumbling Frederick rocket artillery unit.

......

"How many tanks did you destroy that day?" Marcus stood beside Wren, holding his chest high, he didn't tilt his head to look at Wren, but kept looking straight ahead and asked, "Have you heard......?"

Wren didn't answer a word, as if he had fallen asleep with his eyes open. But everyone knew that he wasn't sleeping, but was seriously thinking about something. After a long while, he said slowly: "I heard, it's a very powerful weapon." ”

"This ...... That's it?......" Marcus was a little unwilling, he finally found a topic, and he really didn't want Wren to spoil it.

"Of course, do you think I should say something?" Wren replied with a snort, "Our tanks are also very powerful, is this kind of thing for others to say?"

"You're right. Marcus thought for a moment and agreed with Wren.

Outside the door, soldiers suddenly sang loudly: "General Modell, Commander of Army Group D, arrives! Commander Guderian arrives!"

"Congratulations!" said Guderian, smiling as he walked into the room, looking a little darker than Wren had first seen him at the bridgehead of the Sayre Bridge.

He walked up to Wren, glanced at Wren, and then continued with a smile: "I was ordered to award these medals to you, the medal of the artillery for participation in the battle, and the Iron Cross of the 2nd degree for several commanders of the tank unit. ”

The German Iron Cross was modified by Führer Accardo, and was issued to soldiers who had a heavy meritorious service form, and the Iron Cross of the second class could be assigned as appropriate, and then upgraded in order: Iron Cross of the First Degree, Knight of the Iron Cross, Knight of the Iron Cross of Oak Leaves, and Knight of the Iron Cross of the Sword and Oak Leaves.

However, Wren and the others were awarded the Iron Cross of the Second Class at a young age, which is already a very good performance. There were many young German soldiers who had been looking forward to the gray hair, and had not yet had the opportunity to receive such a delicate Iron Cross.

"The award of the Iron Cross of the Second Class was supposed to be presided over by me. Guderian smiled and pointed to General Moder, the commander-in-chief of Army Group D, and solemnly introduced: "But my boss wants to give you greater encouragement, so I decided to preside over the first medal awarding ceremony of this group army. ”

All the soldiers began to applaud, although the number of people was not large, and the sound of applause did not seem to be uniform, but after all, everyone was very excited, and the applause was very warm.

Waiting for the applause to cease, General Moder spoke: "General Guderian is a talented young general! I am proud to have such outstanding subordinates! Most of you are excellent soldiers under him, and I sincerely hope that one day you will be as good as General Guderian!"

He pressed his palm, signaled that he still had something to say, and then spoke again: "So I came this time mainly to let you know that I know every one of your achievements! I hope you can continue to maintain this spirit of dedication to the motherland and become the pillar of your respective troops!"

He first awarded several artillery soldiers with medals for participating in the battle, rewarding them for their bravery in destroying the enemy. Then he shook hands with each of the medal recipients. walked all the way to Wren.

"I heard your name is Wren?" asked Morder curiously, as he hung the Iron Cross of the Second Class on Wren's chest.

"Long live the Führer! Report to the General! I'm Wren!" replied Wren.

"Very reassuring young man!" Guderian said with a smile, "he is now the number one tank battle ace in my army." ”

"Yes!" Moder laughed: "The destruction of 11 Polish tanks in the First World War is really a remarkable achievement!

Remembering the hard battle, Wren raised the corners of his mouth: "I swore to shed my blood for the Führer." ”

"What a good soldier. Modell nodded in approval.

"Thank you, General, for the compliment!" said Wren, standing up and saluting.

On September 28, 1937, at Führer Accardo's birthday party, a telegram of victory was sent from the front, which was very clear: "Long live the Führer! The 3rd SS Panzer Division repelled the frantic counterattack of the Poles, killing 9,700 of the enemy and taking 1,100 prisoners." ”

Without saying a word, Accardo announced this victory at the banquet, and all the nobles and celebrities present cheered, and for a time the shouts of Viva Deutschland and Long Live the Führer came and went.

"This Wren is very interesting. Accardo stared at the text in his hand, smiled and said to Mercedes beside him: "His parents died of illness when he was a child, and he became a little beggar in Berlin. It was Reinhardt who sent him to the Wolf Knights class at the Armored Forces Command Academy. ”

"I think you should call your secretary Sindra and ask her to help you organize your work schedule, and you should rush to Poland to meet your generals and the soldiers at the grassroots level. They should be eager to meet their Führer, and the Führer should indeed stand with his soldiers and take a few pictures. ”

"You're right!" Accardo nodded and said, "I should go to the Polish front and let those generals not forget my ......deposit!"

"It's just too late for me to go to Poland, and tomorrow I'm flying to Munich to attend the inauguration of a new synthetic oil processing plant. Mercedes smiled and looked at Accardo with an embarrassed face: "This kind of thing to go to the front line, of course, you have to take Fanny with you...... Of course, you'll have to take Anna with you to keep you safe!"