The Third Reich in Desperation

Although it was still more than 100 meters away, Hoffman seemed to have heard the panting of the Polish soldiers and felt the fear in their hearts.A carefully hidden sniper is definitely not something they can deal with.Although there were no snipers in Hoffman's company, he had heard how terrifying the few sniper teams in the 30th Division were.

It is said that the reason why several main positions have been able to defend until now is that the rear sniper squads continue to snipe and kill the basic commanders of the Polish army, shaking the will of the Polish soldiers.Moreover, these snipers are not only well-trained sharpshooters, but also fast shooters with perfect shots. I heard that as long as they are there, the attacking Poles will continue to suffer losses. Who will be killed next, and every fast-running Polish "warrior" can be killed in a short time.

Hoffman was a little puzzled, why did the division send a precious sniper to this high ground that played a diversionary role? !

Not far away, the scattered Polish soldiers unconsciously began to move to the rear, getting farther and farther away from here.It's not their fault, after all, the leading officer has been killed, and there is no one to continue to command.And the seventh corpse has already appeared on the ground one after another, and a new corpse will be added in less than 5 seconds on average!

"Shoot!" Seeing that the Poles began to show signs of retreat, Hoffman quickly issued an order.He was very sure that with a dozen or so people like himself, it would be no problem to beat the dog in the water with the cooperation of snipers. If he was lucky, he could even eat up the Polish army in this platoon in one go.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Under the leadership of Hoffman, the soldiers fired one after another, kicking up a cloud of dust around the Poles.

"Aim the point! Don't shoot blindly!" Hoffman roared.At this time, he didn't need to hide himself anymore, because the Polish soldiers who were originally superior in numbers had already started to flee, and no one even stopped to shoot back.

As Hoffman shouted, the two soldiers with the best marksmanship on both sides began to slow down their shooting speed and adjust their aim.

"Plop....plop." Two Polish soldiers outside were shot in the chest and fell to the ground.Immediately afterwards, several other Polish soldiers failed to escape the shooting of the sniper in the distance, and were shot and killed one by one.

The remaining seven or eight Polish soldiers, although not hit critically, were shot at different positions by a series of shots from other soldiers and staggered to the ground.

After a while, these fallen Polish soldiers were shot one by one, ending the painful convulsions.After all, this high ground is no longer capable of receiving prisoners, and Hoffman and the others are not even sure when the position will fall.Therefore, the current German army can only eliminate every Polish soldier, lest the Poles take the highlands and let these prisoners join the subsequent attack.

"Lieutenant, hello." After eliminating the Polish army, Leon, who came to rescue, led his 7th company and appeared in front of Hoffman with a smile on his face.

Seeing the neatly dressed Lyon and a company of troops waiting behind him, Hoffman's brain became bloodshot instantly, and he saluted excitedly: "The 8st Battalion, 30st Battalion, [-]st Battalion, [-]nd Regiment, [-]th Division, [-]th Army was ordered to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, and now I request to deliver the position."

"Delivery the position?" Leon shook his head with a smile, glanced at Hoffman and the soldiers behind him, and then explained: "Lieutenant, you may have made a mistake. Our company is not used to take over the position. I have other task."

Lyon's words made Hoffman's face turn pale in an instant, and he asked hesitantly: "We have only 11 active people in front of us in total, and there are 3 seriously injured people left behind. Can you, the intact one Stay and guard, do we have to let us continue to guard?"

No wonder Hoffman questioned, after all, the people brought by Lyon were still wearing neat military uniforms.In contrast to Hoffman's company, all the people left behind were wearing tattered clothes, and many of the cuts were still stained with clotted and dirty blood.

On one side was the No. [-] company with only one squad left, and on the other side was the No. [-] company with a complete organization of two hundred people.In Hoffman's eyes, there was nothing wrong with the Seventh Company taking over from the First Company.

Leon sighed, and patiently explained to Hoffman, who was already red-eyed: "Lieutenant, what I mean is that there is no need to keep this high ground. Neither my people nor your people need to stay. , because the No. [-] main position that needs to be covered here has already fallen."

Hold your ground and fight to the death without retreating!It sounds really exciting, and it looks extremely heroic and great.However, not all situations require this sacrifice.The position is dead, but the tactical goal is alive.Now that the main position has been lost, this highland has lost its original meaning and has become a meaningless target.

Originally, Lyon's troops were going to the main position with the people led by Master Hans, but when they arrived, the main position just changed hands.The remnants of the German army on the position, under the support of the troops brought by Hans, withdrew in a panic from the position that had been breached.

Lieutenant Lyon, on the other hand, heard that there was still a resisting German army on the high ground on the way to retreat, so he decided to bring people to support him.Naturally, the division headquarters would not take risks with Lyon for this person, but Major General Hans finally decided to leave a sniper for Lyon as support, and let Lyon use the sniper as much as possible to solve unnecessary casualties.

After another glance at the direction where the Poles fled just now, Leon took out his watch and checked the time, then turned his head and said seriously: "We are running out of time, we have to leave quickly. Since the main position has been lost, the Poles will It won't be long before we can free up our hands to take this place. We must hurry up and transfer your seriously injured people immediately."

"Bruce!" Leon shouted into his team.

"Here!" Bruce, who heard the roll call, immediately took a step forward.

"Your platoon is in charge of the rear. I'll leave the sniper for you. Is there any problem in guarding this high ground for 10 minutes?" Leon said solemnly.

"No problem!" Bruce snapped, bringing his legs together and standing at attention in salute.

Although the first platoon does not necessarily have to exchange fire with the Polish army, the guard can end as soon as 10 minutes are up and leave immediately.But in the current situation, it is not impossible for the entire army to be wiped out.Everything depends on whether the Polish army will launch an offensive in the next 10 minutes, and whether it will desperately pursue the German army.

As a result, the German army retreated for the first time since Germany and Poland were at war.Its purpose is to deploy a street battle not far behind, in the urban area of ​​Rhodes.

According to the order of Major General Hans, the remnant of the 30th Division will launch a final battle with the Polish army in the city of Lodz until the last soldier is exhausted!

Text Chapter 171 Roman Empire

Italy, located in the Palace of Venice in Rome, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy, Mussolini, held an important military meeting.

Five years ago, on the eve of Italy's attack on Ethiopia, Mussolini was induced by Reinhardt to sign a "German-Italian Friendship and Alliance Treaty" in order to gain Germany's international support.At that time, the alliance treaty stipulated in black and white that if one party was involved in a war, the other party would provide military assistance by sea, land and air.

However, when Reinhardt secretly sent a notice that Germany was about to go to war with Poland, Mussolini was timid.

Mussolini, the Italian leader who claimed to be the contemporary Caesar, chose to use a "truthful" personal letter to explain his difficulties to Reinhardt after careful consideration.

In the letter, Mussolini said that once Germany attacked Poland, Poland's allies, Britain and France, would declare war on Germany, but Italy, as an ally of Germany, was not yet ready to go to war with Britain and France.So he hopes that Reinhardt will not act too hastily, after all, Italy does not even have enough necessary military supplies.If Reinhardt insists on Italy participating in the war, then Italy will abide by the treaty and send troops, but Germany must immediately provide Italy with all the military supplies needed by the expeditionary force.

In the second half of the letter, Mussolini actually really made a long list - 50 tons of oil as motor vehicle supplies, 20 German New Yorks as military expenses, and another 200 million rounds Bullets, [-] cannons, and all rations for the Italian Expeditionary Force.

Italy's own foreign minister, Ciano, admitted after reading this list: This list is "enough to piss off a cow, if it can read".

How could Reinhardt agree to use so many German materials on the Italian army? He waved his hand immediately, and the Italian allies did not need to send troops. Germany could handle it by itself.

Later, Italy really did not send out a single soldier with peace of mind!

However, Mussolini also left himself behind. He instructed Italian Foreign Minister Ciano to oppose Britain and France at only the meeting of the League of Nations and stand in solidarity with Germany.In this way, Italy has also fulfilled the obligation stipulated in the "German-Italian Friendship and Alliance Treaty" that if the major interests of one of the contracting parties are threatened, the other party will provide political and diplomatic support.

In this way, Italy did not go to the opposite side of Britain and France militarily, leaving room for future negotiations, but also sold a favor to Germany diplomatically by using lip service.More importantly, the Kingdom of Italy agreed to send troops to help Germany. It was the Germans who refused the kindness of their Italian allies because they were reluctant to provide supplies.

Afterwards, Mussolini was proud more than once. He was simply a genius to lead Italy to avoid risks in such troubled times!

To everyone's surprise, less than 10 days after the war between Germany and Poland, the situation of the war turned one-sided.The Polish army on the border was on the verge of collapse, and the German army was in dire straits. The air supremacy fell into the hands of the German Air Force at the beginning of the war. The border defense line that Poland had placed high hopes on collapsed in less than a week.Does this look like a little bit risky?

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the German army is about to hit Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and end the battle with the speed of the wind sweeping the fallen leaves.At that time, Italy, which has not yet sent a soldier, will not get the slightest benefit!

Mussolini began to be jealous. He regretted why he didn't send a few symbolic divisions to follow the German army to enjoy such a brilliant victory.In the eyes of Mussolini, a leader who loves vanity and covets fame, there is a big difference between the defeat of Poland by the German and Italian forces and the defeat of the Polish army by the German army!

Defeating millions of Polish troops and Poland, the fifth most powerful country in Europe, is exactly the glory he, the "rebuilder of the New Roman Empire", deserves.

Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now.

Italy does not have a border with Poland. If you want to send troops to Poland, you have to go through the German territory. Even if you want to take advantage of the fire, you don't have that chance.Just when Mussolini was worrying about this time, an important piece of information was handed over to him.

"French soldiers on the border of Germany's Saar region, the vanguard troops have appeared in Saarland!"

Putting down the intelligence sent by Italian Deputy Prime Minister Ross, who was ordered by Reinhardt and bought by the Gestapo, Mussolini lingered in the hall of his Venice Palace for a long time, still unable to make up his mind.

For this information, Mussolini read it very carefully, almost to the point of reading it word for word.For a moment, he suddenly felt that the grand strategy he had planned for a long time seemed to be ushering in an opportunity to realize it.

Ten minutes later, Reinhardt, the head of state of Germany, called in person and sincerely asked Mussolini to send troops to the Alps to restrain the hands and feet of the French army.

However, after listening to the call, Mussolini did not give Reinhard a definite answer. He responded to the seemingly eager Reinhard with a few high-sounding formulas.At first, I thought that the other party would chase after me to find out why, but to my surprise, Reinhardt on the other end of the phone didn't even finish listening to me, and hung up the phone with a snap!

Play your temper!Mussolini was very surprised. At such a critical juncture, the other party, as the head of state of a country, dared to act casually and hang up the phone as soon as he said it.He is begging himself, why should he be so arrogant!Is he not afraid at all that the French army will take this opportunity to launch a large-scale storm?

It should be said that when the German head of state first came to power a few years ago, he still respected Mussolini.But since Germany has made a lot of money in recent years, it has become less and less often to pay attention to Mussolini, the Italian predecessor.

On the bright side, Mussolini and Reinhardt also praised each other as a generation of heroes.Behind the scenes, each of them laughed at each other in front of their own generals, saying that the other was a greedy and stupid careerist.

Mussolini couldn't help showing contempt when he thought of the German head of state who was nearly a generation younger than himself.After all, it's a young man who doesn't know how to bend and stretch.

However... Mussolini lit a cigar, and after taking two steps in front of the assembled generals, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva...Leave this one aside The German head of state, who is not very good at thinking, did not mention it.Isn't this the best opportunity for me to reproduce the glory of the Roman Empire? !

With the strength shown by the German army in the previous Spanish battlefield and the current Polish battlefield, even if the French invaded Germany, they would sooner or later fight the counterattacking German army.At that time, apart from the British Empire far away on the other side of the English Channel, the most powerful on the European continent will not be Italy, which has been standing still and watching tigers fight... No, it is the Roman Empire!

"Marshal Graziani, I have a task for you." Thinking of this, Mussolini had a conceited smile on his face, and looked meaningfully at Graziani, the native Italian who was supported by himself. army commander.