Chapter 283: Pontoon defense

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Sedan, this historically famous city, was built on the Meuse River, about 60 miles from the border area. The population in the central area of ​​the city is only 13,000. It stands to reason that it should be just a little-known city.
However, this city became famous because of the war. During the First World War, it was occupied by the German team for a full four years; in 1870, it became the largest military shame in France-Emperor Napoleon III and his The troops were defeated, and here they accepted an unconditional surrender.
This time, the French lost Sedan again, very neatly, and did not even have the decent resistance that made the German team feel a little pressure. Compared with the previous few times, this time the French are more useless.
But there is a German frontline general who is even more useless. This person is the head of state's confidant loved Rommel. In the battle of Poland, he commanded the German 7th Armored Force to rampage across northern Poland, and achieved brilliant results, which earned him the reputation of "empire double walls".
But this time he was covered in snow, yes, there was no doubt about it. He and his 7th Armored Corps were placed in an insignificant position. There was no important combat mission at all. They just followed the troops and rushed along.
The task given to him above is very clear, that is, let him recuperate the troops, follow the army all the way west, and join the battle at the most critical time. Therefore, the well-known German 7th Armored Force became a follower of other troops.
All this made Rommel so depressed that he almost collapsed in depression. He always felt that he was the center of the world and the disaster of the enemy. But now he has to face a very cruel problem, that is, there is no battle to fight.
When I heard that the Second Armored Army occupied Sedan, and when I heard that the SS ’s third expert division had crossed Sedan ’s river, he finally wrote a personal letter to Akado. He showed his eagerness to fight.
Soon he got a reply, and the head of state sent him a warm letter. However, what moved him most was that at the beginning Akado greeted his physical condition and told him to eat on time to maintain a strong body and direct the troops to fight continuously. His stomach troubles have always troubled him, but this little secret has been seen and comforted, it is a very happy thing.
And he got the results he wanted. Brauchich ordered the Germans to conduct "Operation Scythe". His troops were ordered to lead the army, and this time the 1st and 2nd Armored Forces who had been open ahead He is behind the palace.
The young general was standing on the side of the pontoon in Sedan, watching his armored forces pass the pontoon at the fastest speed. Not far away, there was an 88mm anti-aircraft gun standing there, with a long barrel pointing to the sky.
"General! The 2nd Panzer Division of the SS has finished crossing the river, and the 7th Panzer Division is now crossing the pontoon." The staff reported a report to Rommelhuis: "This morning we received a large supply, Oil and ammunition are very sufficient, and other substances are enough for us to use for 5 days. "
"What about intelligence from aerial reconnaissance?" Rommel watched a leopard tank pass by on the pontoon, and the truck behind the tank pulled a 150mm caliber cannon and drove across the widened and reinforced pontoon without slowing down. , Asked.
"The latest information provided by the aviation liaison officer an hour ago showed that the French forces were gathering, but the other party did not have heavy weapons. The Stuka bomber forces bombed these French assembly areas, and the effect is being evaluated." The staff member glanced at his hand. The information said.
"Send a telegram to the SS headquarters of the 2nd Armored Division of the SS, ordering them to send a reconnaissance unit to conduct a reconnaissance squadron in a 30-kilometer area. If they encounter resistance from the small French forces, they will be eliminated on the spot." After thinking for a while, I said, "Let the motorized infantry division in the back grasp the speed, we have no time to waste."
"Yes!" The staff stood up and saluted, then turned away.
Just a few minutes after the staff left, the stern air defense alarm sounded. Rommel looked at the sky in the distance. There, the Luftwaffe fighter planes are constantly tearing the dense British bomber fleet.
From time to time, a plane dragged the dark smoke from the sky and then shattered in mid-air, causing a violent explosion. But the stern anti-aircraft warnings continued, and the German antiaircraft gunners around were busy, putting the shells in a row in a convenient position.
"Long live the head of state! General." A captain of the Air Force's ground air defense unit came over, saluted Rommel, and said anxiously: "Here the battle alarm has sounded, please follow me to the designated place Take refuge. "
"What?" Rommel pointed the majestic 88mm cannon behind him, glanced at the captain who persuaded him to avoid, and said with a smile: "Captain, this is an air defense cannon! You Do you think there is anything safer than where I stand? "
"General! I need to be responsible for your safety! So you better leave here with my people!" The captain said stubbornly.
"Captain! I think you made a mistake! Your purpose here is to defend the absolute safety of that pontoon! It is not to protect me as a general. You do n’t know that for the victory or defeat of the whole battle, my Can personal safety be ignored? "
"But." What did the captain want to say.
But Rommel interrupted his words: "I'm standing here, I want to see how you can fight off the enemy's attack! I want to see you defending that important pontoon!"
"Follow the order! General!" The captain had to salute a military salute, and then walked to the anti-aircraft gun beside Rommel and began to arrange the task. Sure enough, he never looked at Rommel again, as if the general of this armored force did not exist at all.
Although the loss was huge, the British bomber groups gradually approached the German pontoon. The order received by these bombers was to destroy the pontoon at all costs and prevent the Germans from continuing to advance. They also carried out the order with the most loyal attitude.
Just now, the German fighters had shot down nearly 20 British aircraft, but these crazy British pilots continued to attack the German Air Force's defense line, and finally dragged the German fighters to the sky near the pontoon.
"Suddenly! Suddenly!" A Bofors anti-aircraft gun fired in the distance. With a high rate of fire, the anti-aircraft gun desperately shot into the sky. The impact force made a dust around. Rommel did not need a telescope. See the position of the defensive position clearly.
"Boom!" Unexpectedly, the 88mm cannon behind Rommel fired, and the loud noise scared Rommel. As the flame spewed out of the barrel, the cannon body moved backwards with the help of the brake, and quickly returned to its original position on the gun mount. A unique small device on the position of the breech helped the German gunner to complete the entire process of ejection. The breech opened and a heavy shell fell to the ground, making a clanging sound.
"Loading!" A young artillery commander ordered loudly.
A gunner came to the gun position with the cannonball, and quickly inserted the cannonball into the interior of the gun barrel. Then the soldier next to him quickly closed the bolt. In the closed moment, he shouted his password for training countless times: "finished!"
"Boom!" Without any hesitation, the cannon fired again, firing its second shell under Rommel's watch. Rommel quickly looked at the position where the muzzle was pointing, and saw a plane there. It was hit by a shell, surrounded by a flame at a height of thousands of meters, and instantly split into parts.
"Hit the target! Adjust the angle of the artillery! Continue to load!" The young officer in charge of the artillery dropped the telescope in his hand and shouted loudly.
Several artillerymen began to rotate the rotating wheels of this 88-mm cannon in a hurry, and the cannon began to rotate quickly, without any sense of bulkiness. In the process of turning, another shell was pushed into the interior of the gun.
"Boom!" The British bombers dropped their first bomb today. The result was at least 30 meters away from the pontoon. A huge wave rose on the water, but only the clothes of the German engineers on the pontoon were wet.
"Boom!" The 88mm cannon next to Rommel fired again, and the shells rose rapidly, trying to destroy anything caught in front of it, but this time it did not hit the British aircraft, but flew directly into the sky. It exploded from afar.
But once again the soldiers of the German Air Defense Force adjusted the angle with a very fast speed, loaded the shells, and hit another shell in the sky. With the extremely high rate of fire of the Bofors anti-aircraft gun, the German air defense fire formed a dense air defense net above the pontoon, and every British aircraft that hit this huge net instantly shattered its bones.
Rommel saw the soldiers of the Luftwaffe anti-aircraft artillery recharged with artillery shells sweating. He silently watched these soldiers frantically firing into the sky. With the efforts of the 40 mm caliber Bofors anti-aircraft gun and the 88 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun, 40 shots All British bombers passing by German fighters were shot down near the pontoon.
He witnessed the birth of an anti-aircraft ace with his own eyes. The anti-aircraft gun next to him shot down 11 British bombers in an hour.
The efforts of these anti-aircraft gunners were not in vain, the pontoon was unharmed, Rommel ’s steel army passed Sedan at the fastest speed, crossed the German first armored army in the front of the alert, rushed to the forefront of the entire German offensive force, and appeared on time. Where they should appear.