Chapter 42 The Whistling Vulture (1)
After Germany was defeated in World War I, it was forced to cede a large area of land. Danze was classified as a free city by Poland. The Danze Corridor leading to the Baltic Sea divided the originally connected German territory into two pieces. East Prussia, located in the east of the corridor, became an isolated island away from Germany..com
Therefore, the Germans have always been resentful of the loss of the Danze and Danze corridors. Germany vowed to avenge this arrow when its military strength declined. After tore up the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reorganized its arms at an extremely fast speed, and in just a few years it turned Germany from the humiliated person of the Treaty of Versailles to Europe's largest military power.
On March 15, 1939, the German Third Reich annexed Czechoslovakia without bloodshed, and immediately demanded that Poland return Danze and resolve the Danze corridor issue, but Poland refused. On March 23, Britain and France formally formed a military alliance, and then guaranteed Poland's security on the 31st.
With the guarantee of Britain and France, Poland's attitude became more firm. On April 3, 1939, the head of the German Third Reich issued a secret order code-named "White Plan", requiring the German troops to complete the preparations for the battle against Poland by September 1. The combat plan emphasized that the operation must focus on launching a huge surprise attack.
One day here, the diplomatic ambassador of Ribintrop, who was far away in Moscow, sent a telegram to the country, with only four words: Start planning.
On the 29th of the 29th of the German Third Reich, the Foreign Minister of the German Third Reich officially issued an ultimatum to Poland in Berlin: Return Danze, otherwise the war will be fought!
With the guarantees of Britain, France and other countries, Poland solemnly refused to return Danze, Germany.
At 4:25 am on September 1, 1939, the South Road Army Group and the North Road Army Group sent a telegram of "ready ready" to Berlin at the same time.
At 4:45 am on September 1, 1939, Hal, on behalf of all German citizens, issued a notice to the world: The Third German Empire declared war on Poland!
The declaration of war by the head of state of the empire was just issued, and various aircraft groups far away at the border airport took off. More than 2,600 planes roared and flew into Poland, targeting Polish troops, arsenals, airports, railways, highways and bridges.
At the same time, the German warship "Holstein" anchored outside Danze Port also suddenly fired fire at the Polish base.
The war is coming! The German people are excited. The day of our revenge has finally arrived. All German people stand up and give our hands and sincerity for the prosperity of the motherland. Now we have only one slogan: Everything is for Germany!
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The Third Strengthening Armored Division, responsible for the Poznan side, was affiliated with the North Road Army Group. At this time, the Third Strengthening Armored Division was rapidly breaking through and advancing. As early as the general offensive order was issued, the artillery troops on the German border had already shelled the Polish defense line. The scene where thousands of artillery shells poured into the Polish position like rain, the German soldiers could not see it. They marched forward and assaulted in the designated direction.
"Commander, the Air Force is ready."
Xu Yang's command vehicle has been replaced with a reinforced armored vehicle, and the narrow space of the tank is no longer suitable for the command of a division. In addition to commanding the Third Armored Division, the Eighth Motorized Division and the Twelfth Motorized Division, Xu Yang has another job, that is, commanding the German Second Air Special Team to bomb Poland.
Of course, the interior space of the armored vehicle was not enough to accommodate a division commander. Xu Yang was watching the map at this time. His adjutant Rick quickly marked the area that needed to be bombed according to the instructions, and then asked the radio crew to send it to the Air Force.
"I order: Air Force forces rely on designated coordinates to conduct air assaults!"
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First, the Messerchmid BF-109e Emil of a squadron. They circled in the air and waited for Stukaj-7 to take off, and then used as escort forces to ensure the safety of Stukaj-7. Stukaj-7 will bomb Polish positions.
The howling vultures took off from the airport, gathered with Emil, and then flew towards Polish positions.
Stuka uses a two-person unit. The propulsion power is a 1100 horsepower JB211D liquid-cooled V-type 12-cylinder engine. The defensive firepower is two G1mm machine guns fixed on both sides of the wings controlled by the driver and a G1mm machine gun operated by the rear seat radio. A 500-kilogram heavy bomb can be hung on the center line of the abdomen of the fuselage, and one 110-kilogram bomb can be hung on each side of the wing.
The body of Stuka is very strong, so it can dive down sharply at an angle of 0 degrees. The automatic calculation device it is equipped with can correctly calculate the timing of dive and pulling the head. It is equipped with a pair of dive reduction plates under the front spar, and its large main landing gear also slows down when the aircraft dives. These characteristics make Stuka have extremely high bombing accuracy and a diameter error of less than 25 meters. An air-driven sounding device is installed at the cooling air inlet of Stuka, which makes a sharp whistle similar to an air raid alarm during dive. Before the bomb fell, it had a great impact on the psychology of people on the ground and strengthened the impact.
Gustav von Bill's Crazy Sky Participant is a Stuka pilot. He loves flying and has a special liking for this aircraft that makes a shrill sound when diving. He looks firmly at the bottom of the horizon, which is Germany's territory. In another two minutes, the plane will fly across the border and enter Poland's territory.
Claude Enn1 was sitting behind. He was very nervous at this time. Wait for a moment, he put the control button to throw the bomb hanging on the fuselage. Stuka's throwing precision reached an astonishing 25 meters. In previous training, Claude's best result was that the throwing accuracy error was within 2 meters. He kept cheering himself up in his heart: The time for Claude's motherland needs you, for Germany, for the glory of Germany... Claude, must hit the target!
A huge roar came from the square, and the two looked up at the same time. They stared at a squadron of Henkel e-177 heavy bombers flying towards Poland under the protection of a whole squadron of Emil.
After solving problems such as overweight fuselage, too large engine and oil return pump, the Henkel e-177 heavy bomber was in mass production after solving the problems of excessive fuselage, too large engine and oil return pump. Currently, Germany has two squadrons of Henkel e-177 heavy bomber, whose main task is to carry out strategic bombing on Poland. The destination of the Henkel e-177 heavy bomber that took off from Poznan is the Polish capital Warsaw. This is a psychological strategy to tell the Poles: All your targets are within our range of strikes!
"Brother, Warsaw will be blown to pieces by them."
"Can Emil fly that far?"
"No. Emil can only protect Henkel e-177 to Torun, and then it depends on them."
“…, Polish Air Force?”
"Polish air force? Polish air force is on the front line. OK, keep silent."
The Polish Command originally thought that the war would unfold as slowly as before, and the Germans would first carry out avant-garde activities with light cavalry and then attack with heavy cavalry. The Polish Command deployed all its troops on the German-Polish border, thinking that as long as a resolute counterattack was carried out, victory could be achieved.
Chapter completed!