Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 48: Wang vs. King (Part 1)
The land of France in June is full of vitality. Those stubborn weeds put a charming green on the endless wilderness, and countless unknown wildflowers of different colors have also begun to work hard. They are showing their charm to the world. They are composed of various patterns and patterns that only they can understand, scattered on the green flannel, as the breeze gently sways in the bright sunshine and glitters with life. Glory, the yellow land that was still barren and desolate two months ago is now as radiant as a magnificent Persian carpet.
It’s a pity that this beautiful and peaceful pastoral scenery that should have been as beautiful and peaceful as the Garden of Eden was destroyed by some unexpected things that shouldn’t exist there. Ugly artifacts, piles of steel wrecks, give this The first peaceful pastoral poem adds a discordant note. The twisted and blackened steel skeleton points to the blue sky in a strange posture.
They are using their own way to remind people of the nightmare battle that took place here not long ago. Many fighters never left here again. Various styles of steel helmets hung on the tops of the dense crosses beside the road. And the broken rifle deeply inserted into the grave head showed everyone the most tragic ending of the people who participated in this game.
This is the terrible mark left by the war on this land, but this is not a mark that is difficult to erase. Time and the infinitely powerful nature will wear away these marks. As long as more than ten years, this land will restore its original scenery, these foreign objects will also be contained by the endless force of nature, they will become part of nature, become part of the earth, leaving behind Only those legends and a touch of grief after being modified and distorted.
"About a month ago, a supply convoy of the 41st Panzer Corps encountered an ambush here by British and French troops. They fought very tenaciously, but there were too many enemies, and all the officers and men stayed here. But they too Hundreds of enemies shed the last drop of blood. When the rescue team of the 41st Panzer Army arrived, the entire convoy was shrouded in blazing flames. The nearby fields were full of entangled corpses and broken weapons. Afterwards, they also found that the enemy had tried to take away the bodies of their soldiers before they left, but they were not able to succeed.” Lieutenant Setthausen, Liaison Officer of the Cyprus Army Command, explained to Xu Jun outside the car window in a deep tone. The origin of that pile of debris.
"Why didn't they succeed." After hearing Setthausen's words, Randolph looked out the window with a solemn expression on his face and asked.
"Because the soldiers hugged each other too tightly, our rescue forces had to break their fingers when they wanted to separate the entangled corpses. On some of the corpses we found that the fingers had been forced. The traces that have been pulled indicate that the enemy also thought about separating them, but I don’t know why, they did not succeed."
"Oh..." Randolph nodded and said nothing.
"This is our soldier. Their firm will to fight and their unparalleled spirit of sacrifice will forever be heard by our children and grandchildren. I am proud that we have such a great soldier, and it is impossible to find it in the world. Great fighters like them." Daogen sighed aside.
"Maybe there is another army whose fighting belief can be compared with them..." Xu Jun muttered, looking at the cross passing by the car window with deep eyes.
"What? Do you know any other army whose fighting will can be compared with the soldiers lying here? Your Excellency Marshal." Daogen looked at Xu Jun suspiciously.
"I know that there is an army that is as tenacious as this, in my memory..." Xu Jun didn't continue speaking, he turned his face out of the window.
Yes, Setthausen’s description made him feel so familiar. In that time and space, in that era, the army’s ability to perform miracles on the battlefield and the kind of spirit they showed completely surpassed all Above the European counterparts. Maybe in the near future everyone will know this army and their prestige, but for Xu Jun now, he can only bury him as a precious memory in his heart because he is so far away from home.
Seeing that Xu Jun was unwilling to continue speaking, Daogen swallowed the question he had just wanted to ask. He turned his head and looked out the window on his side. He has always regarded himself as the most standard soldier, he knows when to ask and what questions to ask, and according to the current situation, the best performance of a soldier is to shut up.
"My marshal, there is still more than 30 kilometers away from the destination. I think you can close your eyes and take a rest. You haven't closed your eyes all night." Hans' words broke the dignified atmosphere in the car. .
Xu Jun turned his head and smiled at his loyal adjutant. He nodded and replied: "Well, I suddenly feel tired now. I want to rest for a while, Setthausen, please arrive Wake me up before."
"Yes, Marshal."
Hans and Randolph hurriedly closed the thick curtains. The strong sunlight reflected through the curtains in the car a dark dark green. Xu Jun rested his head on the soft head and closed his eyes. The adjutants also lowered their heads and closed their eyes to raise their gods.
They have been on their way all night, and they must stop Hitler before he reaches Liz. The intelligence showed that Hitler’s convoy had begun to move. Although it has maintained its usual sluggishness, judging from the direction it is moving forward, the destination must be Lis. The German head of state is unswervingly slowing towards the headquarters of Group A. Slowly approach.
Although the road is only a short 80 kilometers, it was completely destroyed due to the fighting in the previous period. The poor road will make the already slow Führer fleet even more sluggish. According to Keitel's estimation, Hitler's speed may not be as fast as walking.
Despite this, there is not much time left for Xu Jun. According to the plan, he must stop the person before he enters the Liz Garrison Line, and resolve the battle in the shortest time, using the fastest speed. Evacuation, and everything to do is like being attacked by the enemy's hidden remnants of troops. This will be a very difficult test for Xu Jun.
In consideration of combat effectiveness, secrecy and loyalty, Xu Jun decided to select a unit from the 6th Motorized Infantry Regiment directly under his control to complete this task. Now this motorized infantry regiment is not only fully mechanized, but also some second-line armored units have been strengthened. Of course, it cannot be heavy equipment such as tanks, which are basically light armored vehicles, but this has made his firepower far superior to other teams of the same level in the German Army.
Due to the need to maintain speed in this operation, it was impossible to bring the whole regiment. Xu Jun only selected almost one battalion of infantry and one company of armored reconnaissance vehicles to participate in the operation, but even for one battalion, Xu Jun also had Enough confidence to get rid of all the guards of that man. The Sixth Motor Infantry Regiment followed him through countless **** battles. These soldiers are elites trained from the battlefield by fighting again and again. It is by no means Hitler’s piece of paper that he has not participated. What the rookie guard can fight after a battle.
Now the soldiers of this battalion are all sitting on their respective Type 251 armored personnel carriers or Mercedes-Benz two-ton off-road trucks and advancing at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour. There are six Macyrus versions in front and behind the convoy. Type 231 six-wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles, which are responsible for escorting the two ends and wings of the convoy.
The 20mm cannon on these armored vehicles can eliminate any infantry unit that has no armor or heavy firepower. Hitler's current guard is precisely such a unit. They only brought two light 37mm anti-tank units. The cannon and the rest are just some light weapons. Xu Jun has predicted that this battle will be a chaotic encounter. In this operation, these armored vehicles will become the main attack force. Although the armor is slightly thinner, it can use its speed advantage to make up for the lack of protection. , And the intensive firepower it possesses will become a nightmare for all the Führer Guard soldiers who dare to stop in front of it.
The infantrymen of the 6th Infantry Regiment will cooperate with these armored vehicles to attack each other. In addition to covering those armored vehicles, they also have to take up the task of encircling and suppress the remaining enemies. They will follow these armored vehicles to Hitler. The team launched the final impact and cleanup.
All the soldiers knew what they were going to do this time, and they all knew that their guns would be aimed at the person they had sworn allegiance to. But none of the soldiers expressed the slightest hesitation, because they now have more people worthy of allegiance. For their great commanders, even if they are facing the divine God, they will not hesitate to kill them.
A terrible murderous aura filled the sky over this convoy. The soldiers were excited by the stimulus of the upcoming battle. However, no matter how excited they were, they would not show it from the outside. They are well experienced. War veterans, unless in front of their most beloved commander, they will not show any real emotions to outsiders. They behave like a hard rock at any time and anywhere. They are serious and ruthless.
Except for the lookout hand and the machine gunner, all the soldiers sat silently in their seats and looked forward. All they could see in their eyes were the equally firm pupils of the comrades sitting opposite them.
"Marshal, we are almost here." Setthausen opened the curtains between the front and rear seats.
"Oh... Really? Where are we now?" Xu Jun opened his eyes, and he stretched his arms and asked.
"It's almost Bettina."
"Okay, we should have rushed to the front of the man by now. We stopped at the intersection of the highway. We have to make the final allocation. Let the soldiers prepare for battle. From there, we can always be possible. Encountering that team, I hope to end the battle smoothly as planned." Xu Jun said as he opened the curtain on his side and looked out the window to the field.
"What are those things?"
Xu Jun discovered that strange-shaped thin wooden piles or things that looked like wooden piles were erected in the wilderness not far from the road, because some of the wooden piles were twisted in shape that did not appear to be natural.
These things aroused Xu Jun’s curiosity, because he had never seen the same scene before. These wooden stakes are arranged in a line, each of which is about five or six meters apart, and is divided into several rows. , It seemed to be a certain formation, from the outside, Xu Jun really couldn't guess what it was for.
"Ah, are you talking about those stakes?" Setthausen asked.
"Yes, what is that for."
"Oh, those are the relics of the last war. Behind those stakes are the trenches built by the French in the last war, and those stakes are the stakes that hang the barbed wire back then." Setthausen looked on. An emotional look.
"Really? I have never seen such a sight. It seems that the French had put a lot of effort back then." Xu Jun did not expect to see the remains of the battlefield during the First World War. Shuang, he imagined in his mind the scene of those young German soldiers stumbling with their rifles and charging against the dense barbed wire against the dense machine gun fire more than 20 years ago. It was a tragic suicide.
"Oh, now there is a lot less here. Since many piles are made of metal, the French government has recycled those metal piles. Now only the wooden piles are left, although there are still some metal piles. But that was because the texture had been burned by the artillery fire, so it stayed."
Setthausen said, pointing to the window on the other side. "There are the same stakes over there, but there is the position we built in the last war. The forefront positions on both sides are less than one kilometer apart. What a tough war our predecessors have fought."
"Really?"
Xu Jun quickly turned his head and looked out the window on the other side. Indeed, the same rows of wooden piles were erected almost at the distance from the road, and it seemed that the road passed through the middle of the two positions.
Xu Jun turned his head and looked at the ruins of the battlefield not far away. He has finally recognized some of the fortifications of the positions now. Since those places are now covered with green grass and wildflowers, if you don’t look closely, you really won’t see Chu Na was once a military fortification that killed countless people. Most people might think that it was just a few natural small slopes or irrigation canals.
Suddenly, Xu Jun vaguely saw that there seemed to be a few figures shaking on the French position site in front of him, and then a small bright spot flashed by on a small soil slope, Xu Jun felt a tremor in his heart. An ominous premonition filled his whole body.
"Something is wrong, there..." Xu Jun shouted, pointing in that direction.
Before he could finish speaking, a burst of fierce gunfire sounded from the window, and a string of bright tracers swept across the convoy like rain.
"Ambush!"
Hans rushed to Xu Jun fiercely. He pressed Xu Jun under the seat, and then covered his marshal with his body.
The densely packed machine gun bullets hit the bulletproof body of a luxury Mercedes-Benz, and made a series of scalp-like "tightening" sounds, and the bulletproof glass of the car windows was also covered with snow-like bullet marks in an instant. .
"Protect the Marshal!"
"Ready to fight!"
"Stop!"
Xu Jun’s lieutenants all shrank to the car floor and avoided the window that might be broken at any time, they shouted loudly.
"Don't stop! Run over."
Xu Jun called out this last cry, and he finally broke free from Hans's suppression. Stopping on a premeditated ambush position in this kind of sight is simply looking for death, and rushing out of the enemy's ambush circle at the highest speed is the only way to escape the crisis.
Fierce gunfire is still ringing. A Mercedes-Benz personnel carrier in front of the car does not have any bulletproof capabilities. It was immediately sifted by the dense bullets. The soldiers on the car were like trucks. In an instant, they were beaten to death, and they were beaten to death in their seats before they could react. The driver of that truck also failed to escape the same fate. The truck lost control and rushed to the side of the road, putting the entire rear of the truck in the middle of the road.
Xu Jun’s driver hurriedly stepped on the brake when he saw that the situation was not good, and the car screamed and stopped almost two meters away from the truck. The huge inertia caused the officers in the car to roll.
But the disaster did not pass. A Type 232 armored communications vehicle following Xu Jun’s car failed to brake. It slammed into Xu Jun’s car from behind. That’s not to say. The driver of the armored vehicle was nervous and wanted to avoid him. He turned the steering wheel to the right. As a result, it not only hit Xu Jun’s car, but also knocked the luxury car out of the shoulder. It slid into the drainage ditch on the side of the road while leaning against the side of the road. The vehicles of the front team stopped when they saw what was happening behind. The vehicles also became a mess due to this sudden situation, but finally there was no such unlucky collision as Xu Jun. The ambushers finally reached their first goal, and they successfully stopped the convoy. However, judging from the fact that they continue to shoot wildly at the convoy, their purpose is very clear, and that is to completely wipe out the convoy.
After the vehicle stopped, the uninjured soldiers quickly jumped off their carriages. They braved locust-like bullets and rushed to the roadside. The experience of many battles made them fight Did not panic about this sudden incident. The soldiers jumped down the roadside drain. They used the drain as a temporary trench and set up their weapons to fight back at the distant enemies who were shooting wildly at them.
And those armored vehicles also reacted from a moment of panic, they turned their turrets and started pouring 20mm high-explosive shells at the ambushers. Due to the fierce firepower of these armored vehicles, the opponent's shooting was immediately suppressed, and the convoy finally stabilized their position.
Everyone’s heart is now pressed against a big rock, and several officers ran along the ditch desperately to the car leaning against the ditch.
The soldiers prayed in their hearts that their commander would be safe. They turned this anxiety into anger against the attackers. They all secretly swore that no matter what happened to the commander, it was just for the sacrifices. Comrades in arms, they have to let those guys taste the consequences of doing so, and make those guys regret coming to this world.