Battle of Poland · Bridge Capture

The Polish soldiers did not hesitate to hear the order on the radio, grabbed their guns and ran out of the air-raid shelter.

Soon, the various anti-aircraft guns that had been pulled into the air defense bunker were pulled out again, and the sky began to vent its anger.

However, although the Polish army's response was not slow, the German airborne troops' superb high jump and low open tactics shortened the most dangerous parachute drop stage in the airborne to the shortest.

Therefore, the damage caused to the German airborne troops by the Polish army, which lacked anti-aircraft guns, was minimal.

"Move, move! Assemble to me! Assemble to me!" Rune gave an order to his soldiers loudly, "The Poles won't wait for us to assemble slowly!"

Rune is now a company commander of an airborne company. Compared to his youthful youth when he attacked Munich, time has completely transformed this shy boy into a prudent man.

Looking at the surrounding environment, Rune asked a soldier with a map on his back, "Where are we now?"

The soldier took out a military map from the map holder he was carrying and placed it on the ground. He took out the compass in the bag and placed it beside the map. After comparing the surrounding environment, the soldier pointed to a spot on the map with certainty.

"We are here! Sir!"

Rune squatted down and looked at the place where the soldiers pointed, then stood up and said to a group of officers surrounding him: "This is not far from our planned attack target. I plan to raid Bridge A, but I haven't done anything for the target. The Polish defenders who are well-prepared for defense will be ruthless."

"That's a good idea." "You are the company commander, you have the final say." After looking at the map, several platoon commanders agreed.

"Okay, then, go back and count the current number of people!" Rune stood up and ordered several platoon leaders under him.

"Yes, sir!" The four platoon leaders saluted and went back to count the soldiers.

Soon, they counted the number of people and summarized the situation to Rune.

"There are still 33 people who haven't arrived." Rune thought about it, and said with gritted teeth, "I don't care about the others who haven't arrived yet! We have to drive away the Polish defenders here in the shortest possible time and clean up the armored troops behind. Clear the obstacles! All attention, check the weapons and ammunition, and proceed to the target in three minutes!"

On the other side, Deborah and Deborah were engaged in a fierce exchange of fire at Bridge A.

An airborne division of 14,000 people crowded into such a small place to parachute, and there would always be unlucky troops that would fall directly into the positions of the Polish defenders.

This is the case with the troops that are now fighting with the Polish defenders on Bridge A.

"Damn pilots, are they blind? How did they fly the plane? This place is 108,000 miles away from our original target area!" The commander huddled behind a stone and cursed loudly.

"Company commander! The Poles are coming around!" A soldier ran to the commander with his head lowered and said anxiously.

Hearing the words, the company commander stuck his head out from behind the stone, and saw Polish soldiers in the fields not far away, densely encircling the German airborne company.

The company commander only watched for a while before being forced back by the swooshing bullets. After taking a few breaths to stabilize his fearful heart, the company commander roughly estimated the number of Polish troops in his heart.

At least 1,000 people!

"MD, it's impossible for my company to block the attack of so many Poles in the open field!" The company commander quickly came up with the answer. He looked around at the surrounding environment, and finally set his sights on not far away. on the A bridge.

"It's just a gamble!" he thought.

"Everyone! Attack that bridge!" the company commander ordered.

"Understood!" The soldiers responded loudly, got up from the ground one after another, and ran towards Bridge A with their waists hunched over.

"The Germans want to run!" A sharp-eyed Polish soldier noticed the hunched German soldiers and immediately warned his comrades loudly.

The siege of this German airborne company was basically a front-line rout. They were put into battle after a brief reorganization in Kalisz, so almost every one of them was driven by the German army and ran past.

And now, the group of Polish defeated troops, who were psychologically shadowed by Germany, saw that the powerful Germans turned around and ran away, which made them excited.

"This group of bastards will also turn around and run away one day?" "Don't let them go! Let's all work harder!" "Catch up with them and avenge the sacrificed brothers!" The Poles shouted excitedly, chasing the Degu paratroopers under their feet. The pace quickened a bit.

Since the Polish regular army of the two regiments responsible for defending the three bridges in the Kalisz section of the Prosna River is busy exchanging fire with the German paratroopers scattered around, the bridge A, which should have been closely guarded, only needs more than a dozen Polish troops at the moment. Soldiers were on guard, which gave the German Airborne Company an excellent opportunity to seize the bridge.

After a burst of tearing, the dozen or so soldiers defending the bridge all fell to the ground.

"One row, two rows, you split a part of your troops to block the two bridgeheads and form a crossfire in front of the bridge!" The company commander ran wildly, pointing to the two fortresses made of reinforced concrete in front of the bridge. The two platoon leaders ordered.

"Understood!" The two platoon commanders were also running wildly, and after responding to the commander, they each brought a small number of soldiers into the two bridgeheads.

"Others, use the sandbags on the bridge to build bunkers, we have to give the Poles a little color to see!"

After listening to the company commander's words, all the soldiers picked up the sandbags around them and built a temporary defense line as quickly as possible.

"Damn it! They robbed our bridge!" The Polish army, who was chasing after the German army, quickly understood the German army's idea - using the bridge to build a defense line in place to keep the Polish pursuers out of the bridge.

"Hurry up and attack! Don't give them too much time. Their army's armored units are not far from here, and it's very easy to support them!" There are also smart people in the Polish provisional unit, and they quickly guessed what the company commander was thinking. The little ninety-nine.

Without giving the German troops much time to prepare, the Polish provisional troops chasing behind them launched an attack.

It is a pity that the German paratroopers are the elite of the German army, and fully automatic weapons account for more than 70% of all firearms and weapons they are equipped with.

The specific meaning is that out of every ten German paratroopers, seven are equipped with fully automatic weapons (MG42 machine gun, MP40 submachine gun), and only three are equipped with semi-automatic MG41 rifles.

In front of the Polish temporary army, only a very small number of people are equipped with Z-39 submachine guns and Z1928 Lewis light machine guns. More people are holding Z.29 bolt-action rifles, and some even carry big knives and spears. .

So at the moment of contact between the two sides, the Polish provisional army recalled the fear of being dominated by the German army.