Chapter 810: 811 The Bridge in the Distance

"Yes! Times are different!" Everyone in the Provisional Command of Army Group G, far away on the German front, rejoiced in such a complete assault operation. At least in the eyes of the higher-ups, everything can be said to be going very smoothly now.

"It's not easy to do this, and if it weren't for the time we lost halfway through, I wouldn't have the cheekiness to find Yuan's primary support. Guderian looked at the map, and only a few people in this office knew the whole plan. This operation can be regarded as the first time in the world that a special operation was used on a large scale on the front line and cooperated with the front-line troops to carry out a large-scale in-depth assault.

The Germans used artillery and bombers to cover their real combat purpose, which was to use Odin helicopters to transport 400 special forces at medium and low altitudes into the enemy's Forte and carry out special assaults - this was only the first action plan in a huge offensive plan.

The three most elite special forces operations of the German army, including the Viper, all appeared on the stage to cooperate in the Caucasus to complete the largest special forces operation plan in human history.

German special forces, codenamed Viper, were responsible for occupying transport hubs, blocking reinforcements from the opposing side and cutting off communication links from the adversary. This unit has now taken control of the important railway bridge and the surrounding anti-aircraft gun positions, fulfilling its mission. They blew up Soviet trains, blocked traffic, and also created panic and disrupted Soviet judgment.

Another operational detachment, codenamed Daredevil, was responsible for clearing the paratrooper landing field, led by Skorzny, and spent the night clearing most of the anti-aircraft gun positions in the landing field, and preventing the Soviet troops from assembling a counterattack to cover the landing of the paratroopers. Of course, they also overfulfilled their mission, blowing up an important front-line arsenal of the Soviet army.

There was also an operational unit without a name, it was called the 3rd Brigade, which penetrated into the center of the Soviet position by night, eliminated the division headquarters command post of the 160th Division in one fell swoop, and created a clash between the 166th and 160th Divisions of the Soviet Army. Of course, this unit suffered the greatest losses because it was caught in the center of the Soviet army, and at least 170 soldiers were killed before they barely withdrew from their positions.

The three armies successfully completed the task, allowing the German army to grasp the initiative on the battlefield, at least now the Soviet army has fallen into chaos, like a lamb to the slaughter, in front of the German armored forces. Of course, Guderian, who created all this, wanted to see the present situation most of all, because he knew his armored forces best - tearing through the chaotic defenses of his opponents with the fastest and most ferocious attacks, dividing the encirclement and bringing them to a crumbling...... Completely original "German Panzer Forces Rhythm".

"We need the sharpest spears to tear through the enemy's defenses, and then use the most powerful hammers to smash everything that stands in our way!" Guderian looked at the generals who had been summoned, and finally turned his attention to Flick, the commander of the 3rd SS Panzer Division: "I gave you the heaviest task, do you have any requirements?"

"Your Excellency, as you know, I have never had much command talent, but I have only found some good subordinates. Flick said a little shyly, looking at his expression, you can't associate him with the most elite armored forces of the German army. While scratching his head, he said embarrassedly: "When I hit the railway bridge codenamed 'Gai', my troops have to take a three-day vacation, and they have to replenish some food—real food." ”

"Hahaha!" Guderian pointed at Frick and laughed, he knew that the other party was the commander of the entire army who would take advantage of his subordinates, and he might not be very good at fighting, but when it came to popularity, he might be more popular than those battle-hardened division commanders.

His men always had access to fresh vegetables, slightly better bread, and often canned food and sausages to improve their lives - even when it came to changing tents, their 3rd Panzer Division was the first to pick them...... All this is on the front line, where people die every second, and these things are the things that soldiers dream of.

Of course, everyone knew that there was little room for promotion in Frick, that the highest combat commander in the SS was a division commander, and that the Wehrmacht could not allow the SS to organize its own combat units at the corps level. And Flick's own ability is limited to looting benefits for his men, and it is very reluctant to bring a division.

But when a person is frustrated in one way, he may have to be proud in another, such as this General Frick. Although his path to promotion was full of thorns, he was compensated on the other hand. The 3rd SS Panzer Division under his command was arguably the most powerful unit in the entire German army, so the division commander wore almost as many medals on his chest as his top boss Heinrich.

"Alright!" Guderian laughed twice, then agreed to the other party's request: "5 sausages per car, from me! 10 more cans from each car, plus bread and mashed potatoes, and I will give you another carload of vegetables...... The provincial guys say I'm stingy behind my back!"

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At the battalion headquarters of the 502nd Battalion, the battalion commander walked to Wren's No. 13 tank with his hands behind his back, and looked at the five guys who were desperately stuffing sausages and vegetables into their mouths. Today's food is a rare delicacy, at least according to the standards of the front, it is like this, if you don't eat enough at this time, you will die in the end with regret.

"Well, I know it's upset to see me. Alice, I know your examination is only a beginning, and you haven't even written all 30 words. The battalion commander looked at a few of his subordinates who deliberately did not look at him, and said with a wry smile: "The attack will begin in ten minutes, and you will advance 90 kilometers, crushing all the enemies along the way, and reaching the bridge marked as a cover on the map." ”

As he spoke, he handed the new map to Wren: "There is a paratrooper unit there, we need your support, you have to get there as quickly as possible, if you arrive a minute early, there may be many, many fewer deaths." ”

"Check and don't write anymore, I'll act as if nothing happened. Rushing there and crushing the opponent's armored forces, the task is simple, right?" Finally, he looked at Wren and the others, and said softly: "Come back alive, this is also a mission!"

"Bowman, start the tank! We're ready to go!" Wren glanced at the map and waved his hand: "Bruce, pack all the food with more, if you don't have enough to eat, eat in the car later!" Andre, you go and help Bruce check the ammunition, mainly armor-piercing shells, and replenish them as soon as possible. ”

"Alice, you go and call all the commanders in the company, I'm going to assign a mission!" Finally, he asked Alice to run to find Marcus and the others, and he looked at the battalion commander: "Now the Soviets' position is in chaos, it's not difficult to break through here, the key is, kill all the way to the railway bridge, right?"

"Sorry...... I can't think of anyone other than you who can take his troops and fight 90 kilometers forward in one go. The battalion commander stuffed the cigarette into his mouth, looked at Wren, who was analyzing the map in detail with his eyes, and said with a hint of apology: "If I were you, I would take your car crew back to Berlin, where it is much safer than here." ”

"I learn the process of killing, and no one wants to learn it. In fact, I feel like I'm here for this war, and it's a pity that I'm here to make trouble for you. ”

"I can't ask for it. The battalion commander smiled, then patted Wren on the shoulder and walked into the distance: "The offensive can be launched at any time, the shelling has just stopped, and you still have 7 minutes to prepare everything." ”

Soon after the battalion commander left, the commanders of the 9 tanks of the 1st Company were all assembled, Wren pointed to the map and arranged: "We don't have to worry about the flanks, this time there are friendly troops from the 1st Panzer Army to help us cover the flanks, we just need to attack desperately and attack!"

'There's no problem with the attack, it's about how far we want to attack. Marcus glanced at the map and saw that there was a serious problem with the direction of their attack, as it seemed that there were no important military objectives worth occupying at once, and that they were simply blindly moving forward, along an inconspicuous road and rail multi-purpose line.

"30 km? There is nothing wrong with that, now that the Soviet defense line has been loosened, it is not a problem at all to rush forward 30 or even 40 kilometers in one go. The commander of tank No. 114 looked at the map and analyzed, after following Rennes for so long, the commander of his experience is definitely more than enough to lead a platoon by himself in other troops.

"My God, don't you let us attack 50 kilometers in one go?" the platoon commander of the 2nd platoon asked with his mouth wide open when he saw that Wren did not speak.

'We have to go forward as fast as we can and play as far as we can. But...... I'm going to hit here recently!" Wren swiped his finger across the map, pressing his fingertip to a distant part of the map, the railroad bridge codenamed "Cover" by the German army.

"Wren, you're not kidding, are you? Marcus swallowed and looked at Wren. It's not just a casual rush, just keep on the march. But they had to fight all the way through, break through the enemy's defenses, and cut through the enemy's positions along a road, without a single breath.

"Of course it's not a joke! Let's go! Check the ammunition and spare fuel, and a maintenance truck from the battalion headquarters will follow us...... We're going to get to that bridge tomorrow morning!" Wren picked up the map and gave the order to attack in a loud voice: "1st Company! Let's go!"