"Hello, captain, we are the heavy mortar company of Regiment 2 Battalion. Which planes are assigned to us?"
The captain, wearing a pilot and black leather gloves, glanced at the paratroopers carrying big bags and small bags and said to the count, "From the far left, the front frame is full of you!"
"There is a frame? Lieutenant von blucher was very surprised. "The fully equipped heavy mortar company needs an old transport plane!"
"There is no way that my squadron was ordered to take two companies and can give you another company with seven! Maybe you can switch, if you want? The lieutenant didn’t make fun of it with a tight face. "Oh, my God," the lieutenant muttered, but he didn’t choose, so he turned to his subordinates and shouted, "Guys," the leftmost three planes in the row, the second three in the row, and the last two in the row! The company staff followed the second row! "
For paratroopers, it is not terrible to squeeze the plane. The terrible thing is that they were beaten by the other side before they reached their destination. Because of their many training and actual combat experiences, they boarded the plane in an orderly manner. The relaxed atmosphere when they were in the truck was almost replaced by the nervousness before the battle.
Ordinary combat paratroopers need to carry their own parachutes and weapons, while paratroopers in the artillery group have to carry the disassembled artillery parts to the engine room.
Looking at the orderly boarding of the plane, Feng blucher handed a cigarette, and the pilot, who was a little thin, talked.
"Flying ear at night is a very test skill. We should not only make the flight route strictly according to the accident, but also have special equipment to measure it before we reach the designated target. If we encounter enemy line interference, it will be more difficult!" While smoking, the captain explained the difficulty of flying at night to his colleagues who had never flown by themselves.
Count von blucher is actually not interested in how these transport planes fly to the target area. He knows that under normal circumstances, this squadron will maintain its overall formation until it enters the landing zone, so the other seven planes will be left to the company directly to whom they will fight side by side after landing.
"You will soon know!
For this problem, the captain pilot deliberately sold four military trucks and sent another batch of "passengers" to the lieutenant officer’s car. After seeing blucher, he said greatly
"Hey, dear count, it seems that the two of us will fight side by side this time."
Feng blucher was a little surprised by this familiar face. "Do you also take a transport plane?"
"Of course, is it difficult to walk?" The newcomer squeezed out a smiling face, and the soldiers from these trucks were not standard paratroopers.
Feng blucher "hum" a "if you are better than your feet, you guys who are used to sitting in cars will definitely not be better than us! small
The other party is not angry and shrugs calmly. "Just try it!"
"It seems that this time, I am not going to invest in the chariot?" Feng blucher speculates that the whole airport really didn’t see a glider when he looked around.
"I think" at present, there are not many chariots left in each regiment, and the new equipment has not been added. Besides, the flight distance is too long for ordinary gliders to adapt to "the other side responded lightly.
At this time, the pilot stared at the newcomer and asked, "Is the 3rd Battalion Heavy Company?"
"Uh-huh, there is no heavy equipment. How many planes do we have?" The newcomers’ mentality is relatively peaceful.
Captain, the pilot is still indifferent. "Seven planes from the far right to the left!"
"Seven? For this number just arrived, the lieutenant had the same reaction as Feng blucher. "The standard configuration of the reloading company is twelve gliders!"
"There are four of you," replied the pilot lightly.
"Well, it’s four." The newcomer scratched his head and glanced forward. "Do they even have children’s planes in the mortar company?"
"We are rude people." Feng blucher threw the cigarette butt at the foot and stepped out. "Anyway, we are all ordinary paratroopers now!"
"God!" Later, the paratrooper lieutenant gave the same sigh.
Captain, the pilot was obviously tired of the paratroopers complaining that he ignored two almost young lieutenant officers and called his pilots for a short time. By the time the group was over, the paratroopers had all boarded the plane on the 6th.
The pilot looked at his watch and said airily, "Good luck, guys."
Late at night, on the railway line from Prague to Hradec, a series of military trains are galloping eastward. These long military trains have heads with signal lights behind them, and passenger and freight cars are hidden in the dark. The sentries on duty along the railway can judge the distance of these trains by clicking and roaring. Because the tanks in these military trains are not covered with canvas as usual, the models are easy to distinguish. Skoda, a Czech milk company, played an auxiliary research role in taking the lead in passing the trains. It is the main manufacturer that makes the largest number of tanks, but from the model point of view, these are mostly welding technology types and models. The latter has also installed additional armor on the front of the car body and turret, and the side armor has also been greatly improved. As far as performance is concerned, they are already considered as the "leaders of light tanks" in various countries, and they can compete with Soviet tanks in frontal wars, but if they touch Soviet medium-sized and very heavy tanks, it is almost impossible!
Hradec, located in eastern Bohemia, was connected by railway lines in the hinterland of this huge multi-ethnic country during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When this area was annexed by Germany in, In March, Slovakia declared its independence and asked Germany to protect the Germans from entering Prague, thus occupying the whole of Czechoslovakia. Hradec has become the most prosperous industrial city in the Rabe River. After the explosion of the Soviet-German war, it was quickly visited by Soviet planes, but a few bombs frightened the residents here. The railway system and major industrial facilities were still in good working condition. The German Defence Force’s First Infantry Division was reorganized from the former Czechoslovak army to help build a defense line along the Bella River to resist the invasion of Soviet troops from southern Poland.
Near midnight, General Otto von Kobelsdorf commanded the old armored division, and at the end of the year, the main force was deceitfully compiled by the former old infantry division. At this time, their vanguard reconnaissance troops had arrived in the border area less than kilometers away from here, but the large-scale attack reconnaissance operation between the Soviet and German armies failed to make substantial progress. The armored regiment of the falling division was put into attack and was supported by the artillery of the first infantry division. Only then did the Soviet army abandon its position and retreat backwards. " First, "Tian Infantry Division" Soviet infantry units were able to withdraw while fighting in an organized way, but they were obviously lacking in psychological and tactical preparation for the sudden appearance of German armored units. The artillery group of the division was placed behind the position and bombarded the German fortifications across the border. After the German armored units crossed the defense line, they took the artillery position easily!
The dark environment is also the same. The German attack has increased its suddenness and concealment. When the German armored units and companies pushed deeper and deeper along the highway more and more, the Soviet infantry was cut off from their retreat, especially when the German armored units occupied a bridge about 6 kilometers behind the Soviet position and were blocked in the south of the bridge. The Soviet army helped to attack again and again and owned a No.4 command tank and six spotted light tanks. The German vanguard armored company relied on the bridgehead position to show a cruel massacre. Minutes later, seven tanks actually used up all the machine guns and ammunition. At this time, the second German armored company also came from the rear to join the battle. In extreme fear and despair, more than a thousand Soviet officers and men fled, leaving more than 200 seriously injured people to the Germans.
After consolidating the bridgehead, the German vanguard armored forces continued to advance northward with a little supplement, while the Soviet troops deployed on the second line were even less prepared for this night battle. Several infantry regiments came along the road after getting the news that the front line was attacked, and somehow bumped into the German tanks. The muzzle of the anti-tank guns was destroyed by the Germans without any adjustment, but several German tanks were injured by the Soviet anti-tank guns.
When the old German armored division tried to push northward along the rugged mountain road, a transport plane took off from the airport in southeastern Germany and flew to the target via Prague-Hradec-Kwozko. Seven parachutes belonging to the German First Descent Division were parachuted at a height of more than meters. When the wind reached level 3, the paratroopers landed in a scattered way, but after landing, the companies quickly went to the Kwozko South Soviet military field as originally planned. This field airport was actually the Soviet Union on April 4. It was only built on the fourth day after the invasion of the army, but it fell into the hands of the Soviet army in April. A temporary small airport was built here. There was a wide but limited length flat runway. The rain and snow weather method made the surrounding anti-aircraft gun array the only temporary fortification. There was a reinforced concrete structure defense command post that could accommodate about 20 people.
Without pre-bombing, the German paratroopers’ attack was slightly resisted. They not only defeated the defenders, but also seized a light plane that stayed at the airport for the night. More than ten anti-aircraft guns and some anti-aircraft guns deployed by the Soviet Union around the airport were also handed over to the German paratroopers.
Although the fierce trench recoil gun is the lightest gun at present, Lieutenant von blucher and his company are still somewhat dragged down. By the time they get to the airport, the battle has already ended. In the Isle of Wight, Carl Zimmerman, a fighting hero, commanded all paratroopers to immediately build a circular fortification in the center of the airport. Not surprisingly, von blucher and his mortar company still served as fire support, so their personnel were attached to the defense layer relatively far away from the sniper bullets fired by Soviet skirmishers.
After this field airport was occupied by the Soviet Union, although the scale was not expanded, some original facilities were preserved, and Soviet-made machines and photographic equipment were also equipped. With the efforts of German paratroopers, the airport quickly got up. At the light signal, the first paratroopers were guided to land on the runway at 4: 00 in the morning. At this moment, the German troops belonging to the old armored division have advanced to a distance of about kilometers. If the Soviet guards raided the airport in a way that the Germans did not drop down, it would take a long time for the Germans to play it again.
According to the model, a kilometer on the road is just an hour’s journey. However, simple mathematical operation is not feasible in the battlefield, not to mention how long-distance travel tests the physical and endurance of the tankers. At this time, the mechanical level of a tank is actually very limited without failure. Because of this, the embarrassing scene of tanks throwing cobalt all the way will appear when the Germans advance into Vienna in the next year, and the situation will be similar when they occupy Czechoslovakia. If the Austrian or stronger Czech army slightly resists the Germans, I’m afraid it’s hard to take advantage of it. In the battle of the western front, the situation of the German armored forces has been greatly improved. Even in the absence of logistics, the armored forces marching in one battle can reach more than 100 kilometers a day. If the war situation requires it, they can also March in the battlefield to speed up the process. The price is tank parts plus loss, temporary non-combat attrition of troops B.
Chapter 73 Typical defensive warfare
Second, Lieutenant blucher and his company are deployed at the top of an Ogawa sex girl in the north of the airport, but it is more than 20 meters above the ground, but it is an out-and-out commanding height near here. If the line of sight is good, the firepower advantage can be smoothly transformed. The longest range of a millimeter recoil gun is much better than that of an ordinary infantry gun!
Night blocked the line of sight and slightly eased the anxiety of German officers and men. It is true that no one would expect the Soviets to give up the airport voluntarily and completely, but as time went by, one after another "fighters" took off and landed at this poor field airport during the Battle of the Isle of Wight, and the whole barrel of fuel and ammunition were transported to the combat troops. The circular position was quickly strengthened, and the wind brought the soldiers to dig trenches and fortifications.
"Some people say that paratroopers are born surrounded. I think this sentence is very heroic!" Young Von blucher is smoking a pipe with a quaint style, which seems that his age ran out of place in his time, but people should not speculate whether this cigarette butt has an extraordinary origin when thinking of his earl title.
The second lieutenant platoon leader was also a young man who pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and skillfully shook out one of them. "Yes, sir, you see that when we fought, we were not surrounded by the enemy as soon as we stepped on the battlefield. In Cardiff, it was better only in Crete, but at that time, the enemy controlled the waters around the island, and we were still surrounded by them. This time we were behind the Soviet Union!" Hey, many people think we are the most dangerous arms, but I think we are brave people who can join the drop-off army, which is the biggest difference between us and other troops, "said the young count proudly."
Before the Soviets fought back, the second lieutenant struck a match and lit a cigarette. It took only a second or two. Zhang Xiuqing’s face appeared against the firelight, but soon disappeared into the darkness.
"In February, when I was on vacation, I met some old acquaintances in a pub in Baden. Two of them were in the sixth army and one was in the army to provide logistics support. Talking about their experiences, our battle was the most thrilling and tortuous, and they all thought it was incredible!"
"that’s for sure!" Just then, Feng blucher saw a group of soldiers carrying huge wooden boxes and panting from the foot of the mountain. They just dug the emplacement and put the recoil guns and mortars in place. Other soldiers hurried over to take over … Sir! A sergeant came up and reported, "This is a base ammunition. Captain Kaman said that if it goes well, a second batch of our ammunition will be delivered in half an hour. It’s also a base!" Hmm! Got it! "Feng blucher seem to be no hurry not rashness is aside lieutenant low said.
"I hope the Soviets will give us this extra half an hour!"
Soon after the words were finished, the soldiers were moving the last box of ammunition into the dug gun emplacement, and the gun rang not far away. At first, it was a star rifle fire, and then a boat, Bi, also roared. Feng blucher and his officers and men quickly entered the trench to observe and avoid stray bullets, and suddenly a flashing bright spot rose in the dark. It was not fast, but it climbed to a height of nearly 100 meters and then suddenly burst into a dazzling ball of light.
When magnesium powder burns, the light is miserable white, and the vast wilderness of the ball of light is also reflected in this color. The whole world looks so monotonous!
"Fortunately, there are infantry without tanks!" Feng blucher squinted and immediately turned and shouted "Second Row! Heavy mortars! North by west! Distance knife meters! Shoot one each! "
Young, loud and clear, the gun suddenly closed ahead, and a series of light spots produced by the continuous shooting of machine guns in the line of sight were like a very slender dark red whip, which was drawn to those German positions exposed to the light of the bullets. In this field of vision, the infantry soldiers shot calmly at the gun interval, which was not very urgent. After about a second of force, they heard two muffled shots coming from behind. This is what the German troops were equipped with … The caliber of the blue heavy mortar barrel advised the millimeter range to reach the reef meter, and everything was light and heavy. Millimeter-caliber mortar has one-third of the former, and the barrel is even less than half a meter long. It is extremely light, but its range is rice-brewing, and its lethality is relatively higher than that to meet the needs of war. The German army has always matched these two types of light and heavy mortars.
Compared with conventional artillery mortar shells with straight trajectory, the mortar shells run in a high-angle arc trajectory, and the initial velocity of the shells is slower than that after nearly a second, the two shells fall and explode two kilometers away. At this time, the front flare shells have been extinguished, and the two mortar shells burst out in the wilderness with particularly dazzling yellow light, and some shaking figures disappeared against the firelight. Some people were injured by the shells, while others took the initiative to lie down to avoid the shelling.
At this moment, the firepower of the German position is still dense, and soon someone shot a small flare in the form of a flare gun, which can illuminate a small area but is enough for the German commanders at a high point to identify their opponents.
"Can rice shoots one each!" Von Buchang Schell shouted again
Bang bang "
It sounds like someone bought two bottles of champagne, but the present situation is far from celebrating. This time, the fire suddenly flashed in the dark before the shells landed in the distance. This abnormal scene was immediately captured by artillery officers with professional skills and rich experience.
