Battle of the Third Reich

The three Spade fighters flexibly twisted their bodies and snaked towards the German position, while lowering their flying height.

The three French planes attacked the German position almost at the height of the ground. They lightly passed the dense barbed wire and obstacles in front of the German position, and then in front of the stunned German soldiers when they rushed into the German position. Pull it up.

The high-speed air flow brought by the aircraft blew the German soldiers in the trench to turn their horses upside down.The German soldiers stood up from the trench and waved their arms at the French aircraft that was on the sky.They cried out loudly, but it was strange that there was no one at the time. I thought of shooting at the planes.

The Spade fighter climbed up quickly, and suddenly dispersed when he reached a height of more than 100 meters above the position.

The two Spades on the left and right of the formation spread out along the German front line, one left and one right. After doing two beautiful rolls, the two aircraft began to hover over the German front position. The middle one continued to advance along the main trench in the position towards the depth of the central position.

It was only then that the German officers and soldiers responded to the shock just now. With the roar of the officers, the soldiers raised their weapons and attacked the old planes that were flying unscrupulously above their heads.

"The response is too slow! How could these old-fashioned planes break through our position! What the battlefield officer was doing just now!" Dougan dropped his telescope angrily and turned to roar at the combat staff standing behind him To.

"The reaction speed of the troops is indeed too slow, but this is also justifiable. These French aircraft appeared too suddenly. When they appeared, they were only more than 500 meters away from us, and the soldiers on the position were still immersed in annihilating France. In the joy of the tank group, it seems too difficult for them to react in these tens of seconds. And the technology of the French pilots really has nothing to say. To be honest, I have been fooled in front of me. I have never seen such a bold and superb flight." The combat staff replied in a low voice.

"You don't need to plead for those guys, let this old aircraft decades ago easily break through the ground from low altitude, no matter what angle it is an unforgivable mistake. If you switch to the new British aircraft, the frontier Position, no, even my command post may have been covered with dead bodies." Dougan raised his telescope and looked at the French fighter that was circling and circling.

"The position air defense was unresponsive. This was the negligence of the field commanders. They asked them to write a written report to me after the battle. It seems that the troops still lack training, and how can they face more intense fighting like this in the future? .

Now you immediately call the commanders of the various battlefields and say that I said that even a few old-fashioned aircraft used in the last war can break through their positions at low altitude, which is simply a shame for the entire Waffen SS.

I now doubt whether they really have enough power to protect our great head of state, and whether they are still qualified to wear the head guard's logo.

If they think my opinion is wrong, let them refute me with facts. "Dougan walked up to the map table with the telescope, and gave a cold command to the combat staff.

"Observe, sir."

"Shelter! Concealed!"

The observation post suddenly shouted loudly, before he crouched down from the observation port. The violent explosive air wave had rushed into the shelter from the narrow observation port. The young sentry was blown directly from the window to the wall of the command post. On the map shelf.

Documents, waste paper, maps, and various odds and ends are like enchanted flying up and down the spacious space of the command post, and there is a pungent smell of fire in the air.

Before the officers in the command post recovered from the huge impact caused by the close-range explosion, the shock wave of the second shell explosion began to wreak havoc in the command post again, and Dougan and his staff found them He fell into a **** filled with flames and blood, mud and debris, and still shaking.

"Sir! It seems that our commanders have been deceived by the French." Weierle's body whispered under Xu Jun's body next to Xu Jun. The chief of staff's face showed a worried look for the first time.

"Not only they, we have been deceived, haven't we."

Sitting at his desk, Xu Junduan flipped this beautiful marble paperweight incessantly, inlaid a shiny first-class iron cross medal on the black top marble 10 cm long and 6 cm wide.

"Don’t worry, my chief of staff. The current situation is not dangerous. This battle has a very important impact on France, Germany, and the final outcome of this battle. The generals are very clear.

It seems that the French commander on the opposite side is also well aware of this, but unfortunately his French command not only did not support him but also was dragging his hind legs. From this point of view, we have actually stood steadily Got the upper hand.

It is normal to make judgment errors in combat. As long as it is not a strategic error, it will not cause irreparable damage to the troops. Now we are just a little tactical, and it is no big deal, and we have already scored a point before, now he is at most tied with us. "

"But our loss..." Weiler said with a frown.

"These losses make me very sad, but what has happened cannot be changed.

My Chief of Staff, now I can’t do anything for the soldiers who are fighting for me, let alone interfere with the command of the frontline commanders.

We are decision makers, and our responsibility is to specify the ultimate operational objectives for our subordinates. I have set a plan and set goals. Let the lower-level commanders handle the rest.

The Hydera Legion must stay here until the Battle of Twilight plan begins. This is not a very easy goal. In fact, we should have foreseen that this will be a tragic battle. After all, the current loss is still within our tolerance, and the French have paid a heavy price accordingly. Now it depends on who can stick to the end, but I believe that it will definitely not be the French.

Believe in the capabilities of our men, believe in their determination and loyalty to Germany, my Chief of Staff. Now I think you should take away your worries and think about how to reinvigorate the morale of the soldiers. . . . "Xu Jun stopped suddenly.

"Listening to the gunfire seems to start the fight again, let's go out and have a look." He raised his eyebrows, stood up and walked toward the door of the headquarters shelter. The commander and staff who were busy at the map table quickly and respectfully Give way.

"Weirler."

Xu Jun stood in front of the shelter and pointed to the billowing smoke in the distance.

"Forefront positions are now approaching the French short soldiers, they are fighting."

"I saw it, sir." Weierle answered behind Xu Jun.

"This **** weather, if our air force can be dispatched..."

"It can only be said that the French are lucky, but this is their last luck. As long as Guderian and Hans reach the offensive position..." Xu Jun's mouth sneered.

"Have you issued a general attack order to launch the Battle of Dusk? My head."

"It was delivered, my Excellency Chief of Staff. I delivered it two hours ago. Speaking of which, the Twilight Campaign plan actually started when we arrived here..."

"I don't know what is going on with Colonel Dougan. Hearing the report said he was injured."

"I am also worried about him, but listening to the report said it was only a minor injury and no life threatening. I still really want to see him on the front line. If he dares to deceive me, that is, if he is seriously injured, I will deprive him. Command, I will personally command those two battalions! And you will stay here to control the operation of the entire army."

"Don't do it, my head of state. Colonel Dougan is a very lucky person at first glance. He will never have anything to do. I think it's better for you to stay in the headquarters and cheer for him. Besides, did you say that you are confident in them?" Weierle said quickly.

"When I said that I had a set of things, I had already said a bunch of things that could not interfere with the command of the frontline commanders before I asked for the command of the frontline. What else are we Decision makers, our responsibility is to specify the ultimate operational objectives for our subordinates, and I must believe in the capabilities of those subordinates.

What about now, it's not that the tail is exposed all at once. Speaking of which I should have seen him long ago, how could he be the kind of person who stays honestly behind. It is really cunning to find the reason to jump to the front. Anyway, I spent it with him. I wanted to leave me behind and suffered. I ran to the front line and had fun. There was no door. "

While thinking of this, the Chief of Staff took out his handkerchief and wiped his glasses. The look of the thief in his eyes made Xu Jun fight a few cold wars.

"Then what do you mean?"

"I want to understand that, according to the current situation, I think it is better to keep it as it is, as it is, my head of state." Weierle bowed his head respectfully.

"This is the price."

Dogen stood in the trench and gritted his teeth and said that his command post was now a pile of logs and collapsed mounds, and there were still smokes of green smoke on those things.

"The loss of our personnel is not serious, sir." The combat staff replied.

"What! How serious is that!" Dogen turned sharply, startling the medic who was bandaging his arm.

"It turned out that the French army's planes were turned around for five minutes. If the anti-aircraft artillery of the head of state's fine guards flagged the plane that burst into the center position, even the headquarters might be shelled. Have you thought about this? If the head of state is in danger, who can assume that responsibility?"

"..."

The chief of staff was forced to bow his head by the fierce eyes of Dao Gen.

"Reporter, the losses have been brought together." The logistics staff ran over and reported. "The French bombardment did not cause serious damage to the forward position. During the bombardment, 23 soldiers were killed in the first battalion, and 57 were injured, but the casualties in the second battalion on the left were more serious, and 44 soldiers were killed. Seventy-two were injured. The officer has not had one casualty so far."

"Well, it was really a heavy loss. The two platoons lost their fighting power. How about the other troops?" Dogen asked.

"The "Fenris" unit lost one gun and four soldiers. The anti-tank artillery unit lost nineteen soldiers and their platoon leader Lieutenant Hansen was killed."

"Is it Hansen?" Dogen turned slowly and looked at the position in front of him.

"All this was caused by that **** mistake."

When Dougan’s command post was still swaying in the artillery, he already knew what a huge mistake his troops had made. They actually put the French artillery artillery school jet into the position.

Why the French used this old-fashioned aircraft, this Dougan hasn't figured out yet, but even the old-fashioned aircraft can complete the work of correcting the shooting point for artillery.

Although the reacting German artillerymen were furious and shattered the two French fighters into pieces in mid-air with a 20mm machine gun, the French aircraft had already completed their task. The French pilots who were flying the aircraft with infantry radio stations were being The azimuth coordinates of the German position command post and artillery position they had observed were reported back before the shells were shredded.

French heavy artillery shells landed almost at the same time as the wreckage of the two pilots. Fortunately, they only had time to launch a round of accurate bombardment, that is, this round of bombardment brought great losses to the German team.

Dougan's command post was destroyed, and Dougan took his officers and a few clever staff members before the shelter collapsed.

Fortunately, there were only a few officers in the headquarters who were bruised and bruised by mud and wood exploded during the flight. Dougan was also one of them. But compared to the soldiers who were directly bombed, he was really lucky.

But because all the communication tools are in the collapsed shelter, he has actually lost the commanding ability to fight the front positions.

As the plane was shot down in time, the French artillery fire began to spread. The French artillery stopped the bombardment of the German position after several covering shots at the locations near the target points that had been bombarded. According to Dougan's judgment, the French may not have too many heavy artillery shells.

But what happened now made him feel that his judgment might be wrong.

Just as he watched towards the front of the position, dozens of huge fireballs exploded in the group of wrecked French tanks in the front of the position, and the huge explosion of thunder and the slight tremor of the ground were on the way. The root expresses a fact.

The French actually started a fierce shelling of the burning wreckage of tanks lying in front of the German position.

Dogen couldn't even understand what the French wanted to do. Did they have too many shells to waste?

But when the tank wreckage was blown into fragments by heavy artillery, the steel fragments were scattered in a beautiful arc in the air.

Those burning flames were instantly extinguished in the hurricane produced by the explosion. The shock wave blew off the dense smoke. Dougan found several obvious passages slowly exploded in the wreckage.

Then when the first French tank burst out of the smoke, Dougan finally fully understood the French attempt.

The French are blowing up an offensive channel for their offensive troops.Dogan really wants to give himself a head.It is so stupid in front of him that he can't even see this.

Although the pile of tank wrecks created a huge smoke barrier for the French offensive forces, it also hindered the French offensive path.The burning flame not only prevented the enemy's infantry from advancing, but also blocked the other's tank troops. It will ignite the gasoline engine on those tanks.

Dougan knew that his troops now faced a real test. This was a test for soldiers and also for those field officers, because they no longer have a unified command.

However, Dougan believes that those soldiers and officers will be able to overcome this difficulty.In any case, they are all armed SS, they are all his men, they are the guards of the head of state!