The Third Reich in Desperation

Hans really wanted to tell this lieutenant named Lyon that under the attack of the Polish army level on the opposite side, the company he brought would be wiped out in less than 3 minutes.However, after Hans swallowed his saliva, he still chose to swallow the words of the speaker.

The current 30th division needs reinforcements too much.Even if it's just one company, it's better than nothing.Besides, the company Leon brought was a standard combat company anyway.Compared with the division command company and cartography platoon that I have left now, the battle is more professional.

In addition to the more than 100 cooking soldiers left by the division headquarters, Hans can now put together a force that is almost battalion-sized.Although this last army is not many, it is still capable of fighting, and it can still splash some water when thrown on the forward position.

"Lieutenant Lyon, the forward position is riddled with holes, and we urgently need to rush to the front line immediately. Your troops are starting with us now, is there any problem?" Hans looked into Leon's eyes and asked seriously.

What Leon used to answer Hans was a standard military salute: "Obey!"

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"Marshal, Ross battle report!"

In the conference room of the Polish High Command, Marshal Smigle finally received the news he most wanted to hear.

"The 8th Army Group that Posen went south has all assembled in place today, and will launch a general attack on Lodz at 5 pm at the latest. According to the telegram from Admiral Lierki, the remnants of the German army deployed in Lodz are absolutely Couldn't make it through the night."

The French Major General Berente, who was standing next to Smi Gray, took a step forward, took the telegram sent by Ross and glanced at the ten lines, then gritted his teeth and shouted: "A bunch of trash!"

Smi Gray was taken aback by Berante's reaction. Isn't the 8th Army good news? Why are you angry?

"Major General Belante, what are you..." Smeagle asked suspiciously after being stunned for a while.

Glancing at the puzzled Smi Gray, Berente secretly sighed in his heart, deeply worried about the level of this majestic Polish Field Marshal.

After taking a deep breath, Berente calmed down and said: "Mr. Marshal, the subtext of the telegram sent to you by the Eighth Army is that they have not captured the city of Lodz until now. Think about it, an Army Group A large-scale army, even if it has not been assembled before, it should be enough to take down a city with a weak enemy army within 24 hours. But now 36 hours have passed, but they still stop at the east of Rhodes, in vain Such a good surprise attack opportunity wasted!"

After hearing Berante's words, Smeigre's expression was a little dull, and he suddenly recovered after a few seconds, and then roared angrily: "Lerki, that trash! I gave him an army group, but he didn't even hit him one by one!" Even the remnants of the Germans have been unable to take it down for a long time. This trash, trash!"

"Now is not the time to complain." Berante waved his hand, turned around and walked to the combat map in the conference room, and said, "According to the speculations made by our French officer corps in the past few days, the German army probably did not stay within a hundred miles of Lodz. Send down other large-scale troops. This is also the reason why the Eighth Army has not encountered German reinforcements so far."

Berante's words reassured Smi Gray a little. In other words, as long as the 8th Army seized the time, it could take Lodz before Germany called in reinforcements.Once the key strategic point of Lodz is captured, the German army's logistics route will be threatened, so that it cannot let go of its hands and feet to attack Warsaw.

During the time when the German army was held back by Rhodes, the Polish army could organize a new circular defense line at the front of Warsaw, thus gaining more time to wait for the British and French allied forces in the west to launch a general attack on the back of Germany.

However, so far, this is just Smeigre's wishful thinking.What he didn't know was that the French officer corps, which was trusted by the entire Polish Supreme Command, had received an order to use the Polish army to contain the German army as much as possible to buy time for the new French troops to enter the Maginot Line.

Yes, it was a further defensive move into the Maginot Line, not an attack on western Germany as Smegley expected.On the one hand, the French government encouraged Smeigre to resist tenaciously and wait for reinforcements, but on the other hand, it said one thing and did another to strengthen its defensive deployment, and had no desire to attack at all.

To put it simply, France is using Poland to work for itself, and has made a good promise to the Polish government, but the French have no intention of fulfilling their promise at all.

Smigret, who didn't see all this, or who was unwilling to believe in the worst outcome, now pinned his only choice on the French government and this French officer corps.

"General," a colonel of the French commanding officer corps leaned close to Berente and whispered: "It stands to reason that if the Germans mobilized their mobile troops to assist Lodz, they should have arrived today. But why did the Polish army rank the first time today? The opponent on the side of the 8th Army, or only the German army at the beginning?"

After listening to it with a frown, Berente stared intently at the combat map and said: "This is where I was puzzled. I thought that the German commander who made the plan wanted to bring the rhythm of the war back to his original plan. , I will definitely solve the local crisis I planned as soon as possible. Just after listening to the report of the Polish army, I also wonder why the German reinforcements have not yet appeared."

"Could it be that the German commander failed to respond in time because the original plan was disrupted." The French colonel guessed.

"No!" Berente categorically denied this statement, and said with affirmative tone: "Judging from the skill of the German commander in formulating this plan, he is by no means incompetent. To say that he would be so easily defeated by me Disrupting the situation, I myself will not believe it."

"But...why didn't he mobilize reinforcements to Ross in time? Shouldn't he not be able to see the crisis?" Berente dragged his hands and said to himself.

Text Chapter 169 The Last Stand Hoffman

On a forward high ground stationed by the 8th Division of the 30th Army of the German Southern Army Group, Lieutenant Hoffmann waved his hand, and slowly squatted down behind a large rock, only poking his head out to quietly observe the distant land. situation.Behind him, 10 Wehrmacht soldiers wearing new camouflage uniforms were crawling in the grass, slowly approaching this side.

The camouflage uniforms worn by the German Wehrmacht can be regarded as an early artifact in this period.The three-color camouflage military uniform designed by Reinhardt is covered with irregularly shaped three-color patches.On the one hand, these plaques can distort the outline of the human body; on the other hand, the color of some of the plaques is similar to the background color, and some of the plaques are significantly different from the background color, which visually divides the shape of the human body, thereby achieving camouflage and deformation Effect.

Although the Italians also developed a four-color combat uniform similar to the German camouflage uniforms in 1929, only the Germans have actually started to install camouflage military uniforms.

Unlike the German army, most other countries have not popularized or even designed camouflage uniforms.As for the Polish Army that is now at war with Germany, most of them still wear conspicuous brown uniforms.

"...21, 22, 23. There are 23 people in total, which should be a platoon." Hoffman quietly raised the Mauser 98k in his hand, staring intently at a bush in front of him.

Although only one platoon of Polish infantry appeared in front of them, this was precisely the precursor of a new round of large-scale charges that the opponent was about to launch.The small team in front of them should be responsible for exploring the way. Once they are allowed to figure out the situation and leave, a large number of enemy troops will follow.These pathfinding soldiers must be killed, Hoffman secretly decided.

Although he said he wanted to kill the opponent, the 10 soldiers brought by Hoffman only wore Mauser 98k rifles, and their firepower was relatively insufficient. It was difficult to easily eliminate enemies twice their size in a frontal confrontation.They are all soldiers of the second regiment, first battalion and first company of the main force of the 30th division, and they are under the company commander Hoffman.Up to now, the first company has blocked the Polish infantry on this high ground for a full 5 hours, with heavy casualties.

Since the Polish Eighth Army launched a counterattack against Lodz, the various units of the 30th Division have suffered varying degrees of attrition.The group that was originally at the forefront has now been completely crippled.Now the establishment of the first regiment has been temporarily cancelled, and the remaining combatants of the first regiment have also been dismantled and replenished to the second and third regiments.

Hoffman's 1st company was also supplemented by a squad of 9 non-commissioned officer and [-] soldiers.But now, this temporary supplementary force has long been exhausted, and not even a single soldier can stay on the high ground.

It has been 6 hours since the first company was transferred to replace the original garrison.During the five-hour high-intensity defensive battle, Hoffman himself couldn't remember how many Polish attacks they repelled and how many Polish soldiers they killed.

The only thing he can clearly remember is that the countless comrades who fell in the trenches and slept in the bunker around him, remember their faces before they fell.I remember that squad soldier who was added just now and died without even memorizing his name.

The enemies in front seemed endless, no matter how many times they could be killed, they would never be exhausted.From the moment of the firefight, Hoffman's company took advantage of the terrain and the five MG33 general-purpose machine guns in the company to kill at least two battalions of Polish soldiers.But Hoffman's troops are constantly reducing their numbers, while the Polish army is growing more and more.

The reinforcements sent by the division headquarters were divided up by the surrounding main positions every time they arrived.Like the highland where Hoffman was located, after the exchange of fire, there was no reinforcement from one soldier at all.Although Hoffman knows that the situation on those main positions must be more serious and more troops are needed.However, it can't change the status quo that the highlands guarded by Lianlian are about to fall!

Everyone needs reinforcements, and the situation is urgent everywhere. The division headquarters even sent out non-combat armed forces such as medical battalions and logistics battalions. How could Hoffman blame the division headquarters?Right now, try to find a way to kill this Polish reconnaissance force.As for after that, Lian Lian estimated that he had reached the limit and could no longer play any role.

In Hoffman's company, the remaining 10 lightly wounded can still come over and play an outpost.There are still 3 seriously injured, and now they can only stay behind, holding guns and waiting for the final result.Hoffman left a handle grenade for each of them, and the implication was self-evident.

This battle has been fought too hard.The company's biggest reliance, the five MG43 general-purpose machine guns, had misfired due to lack of ammunition replenishment.In order to prevent the enemy from getting these machine guns, Hoffman has ordered the explosion of five precious machine guns.Now, including himself, with all the firepower of the company, there are only 11 Mauser 98k rifles.

And the high-intensity battle that lasted for more than five hours was enough to make a company of these extremely tired soldiers feel collapsed.Even Hoffman, the company commander with a heavy responsibility, gradually came to an idea, that is, a shot from someone who doesn't know when will give him a sense of relief, so that he won't be dragging his body that is about to fall apart like he is now. The body braces itself.

Rubbing his bloodshot eyes, Hoffman clenched the rifle in his hand and began to cheer up.He comforted himself that if the platoon in front was dealt with, he would be able to have a short rest again.When the time comes, I have to light up the last Flying Fish cigarette left over, or I might wait until the person is dead before finishing smoking.

Hoffman squatted and leaned against the rock, and gestured to the soldiers in camouflage uniforms in the grass.Although the camouflage uniforms made them very inconspicuous, Hoffman, who knew their location, could still find them through careful identification at close range.

The two soldiers with the best marksmanship slowly crawled to the sides of the rock according to Hoffman's gestures.The other 2 fighters, in groups of four, followed the two "sharp shooters" respectively, and detoured in two directions to the left and right.

Hoffman's idea was very simple and routine. He was going to set up two sets of crossfire points on the two wings. When he shot himself first to attract the Polish soldiers towards the rock, the two wings would fire together, catching the Poles by surprise.Coupled with the fact that crossfire is inherently lethal, it is not impossible to annihilate this platoon of Poles.

In any case, Hoffmann was determined to get rid of this Polish pathfinder.If they find that there are not many people on the ground, the threat of this high ground will no longer exist.In that case, the pressure on the other main positions will be much greater.It can be delayed for a while, and what Hoffman has to guarantee now is that the Poles will never be able to figure out the situation of the German army in the highlands.

Finally, he checked the bolt of the gun to confirm that the bullet was loaded. Hoffman squatted down gently, and stuck the gun head out from the ground.Branches and leaves have been tied to the body of the gun, and it is not so conspicuous when mixed in front of a small grass.

Get ready, fight to the last ditch!

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Hoffman calculated the distance and angle between his position and the approaching Poles, and once again determined that it was almost time to act.

He glanced at the four o'clock direction and the eight o'clock direction at the side and rear, nodded after confirming that the two teams were in place, and looked away.

Just as Hoffman was about to pull the trigger first to attract the attention of the Poles, his finger froze on the trigger.Ahead, a Polish second lieutenant who was leading the team was suddenly shot in the chest and fell to the ground.

Sniper!This is Hoffman's first impression.

And Hoffman's second reaction was that this was a German sniper, and he was helping himself to kill a Polish officer.This means that reinforcements have arrived!

Before Hoffman came back to his senses, the sniper shot another Polish soldier in the chest, starting his bloody point kill game.

Immediately afterwards, the Polish soldiers began to disperse in a panic.Although they were flustered, their judgment was very correct. If they stayed put, they would all have to be reimbursed here soon.