A G42 machine gun was roaring through a window of the house. The shooter of the machine gun was operating it to suppress the attacking Polish soldiers. His excellent shooting skills made his machine gun look like a god of death, harvesting those Polish soldiers who did not hide.
Soldier.
Several buildings here that are very close to each other form a small-scale building complex, and Martin Lehmann is leading his soldiers to defend here.
Facing the Polish army's desperate offensive regardless of casualties, the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Armored Division were caught off guard. They captured many positions one after another, and half of the town was captured by them.
If Martin Lehmann had not made a prompt decision and launched a counterattack with armored vehicles to stabilize their pace, they might have been driven out of the town. And as a price, the armored vehicles in their hands were exhausted.
There is no way, armored vehicles without infantry protection are still too fragile. In fact, if the situation was not very critical at the time, Martin Lehmann would not have done this. You must know that when they were learning armor usage tactics, the first thing the instructor said was armor.
Vehicles must not leave the protection of infantry during combat.
After losing the armored vehicle, Martin Lehmann could only lead his soldiers to stand still and wait for reinforcements. And Barber was in a similar situation. Under the enemy's desperate offensive, he suffered more casualties than himself. He is currently in a position to the west of him.
Larger building complexes are holding firm. These two building complexes are currently the only positions of the 3rd Armored Division in the small town of Izpica.
Martin Lehmann was in a house, holding a telescope to observe the enemy's situation.
"Corporal Malouf, take your people and intercept the enemy on the right..."
Putting down the telescope in his hand, Martin Lehmann made his own response to the latest enemy situation he had just observed.
"Yes, Captain."
After the sergeant named Malouf replied, he immediately put down the gun in his hand and shouted, "Class 3, follow me, let us deal with those sneaky rats."
Then the four soldiers stopped shooting and followed Malov's footsteps to the right side. Then there was a burst of gunfire from the right side, and if you listen carefully, you can see that the G33 semi-automatic rifle fired until the end. It seemed that the enemies on the flanks were being attacked.
Repelled.
On the Polish position, General Felipots, who was in charge of commanding the battle, looked at the position that he could not capture for a long time, and showed a trace of anxiety in his heart.
In fact, after destroying the armored vehicles of the defenders, his cavalry brigade should have evacuated. Without armored vehicles, the defenders could not even see their own butts, let alone achieve the purpose of delay. But they did not think about the number of casualties.
, which made him unwilling to do so. Nearly a thousand casualties caused him to retreat.
Moreover, as Poland's most elite cavalry brigade, he attacked a Romanian reinforced battalion defenders and suffered so many casualties, but achieved nothing. If he retreated like this, it would be too harmful to the morale of his own cavalry brigade officers and soldiers.
So after thinking about it, Felipots decided to annihilate the defenders before leaving. As a result, the Polish army's offensive did not stop, but became more violent. Now the defenders were pressed into only two positions.
It only takes a few more attacks to take it down.
Less than three kilometers away from the small town of Izpica, a line of armored troops is speeding on the road. They are reinforcements for Izpica, consisting of the 2nd Battalion and the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Battalion of the Armored Regiment, mechanized
Reinforcements consisting of most of the infantry regiment were already close at hand. Moreover, they could hear the firefight in the small town.
Colonel Durscu, who was in charge of commanding this force, immediately issued an order. "Immediately spread out the battle formation and ask for reinforcements from our troops."
Following his order, the tanks immediately dispersed and the soldiers got out of the car and rushed towards Izpica.
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"What did you say? Enemy reinforcements are coming up?"
After hearing the report of the cavalry who was investigating in front of him, Philippots couldn't help but asked again loudly.
"Yes, brigade commander, we observed that the enemy armored forces were almost arriving, so we dared to come back and report immediately."
After hearing the reconfirmation from the reconnaissance cavalry, Philippots knew that he had no chance to capture the garrison position, and now his troops might be left behind, so he immediately ordered. "Let the troops stop attacking."
, everyone is preparing to retreat. In addition, give an order to Major Philekmo to prepare his anti-tank guns to cover our evacuation."
Yes, Philippots was also prepared for this. He concentrated the anti-tank guns of the entire brigade, intending to buy time for his retreat.
Therefore, in the eyes of Martin Lehmann and others, the Polish soldiers who were desperate to attack one moment were now hurriedly evacuating the next moment.
"What happened to these Polish troops?"
A defender soldier asked curiously.
Martin Lehmann put down the burden in his heart and answered him. "It should be our reinforcements that have arrived."
And his words immediately set off everyone, and everyone shouted loudly. "The reinforcements have arrived, our reinforcements have arrived."
They were not disappointed. A few minutes later, a large number of tanks and armored vehicles appeared in front of them. On the two wings were R10 light tanks. They were responsible for cleaning up the enemies on both wings and at the same time detecting the enemy's situation. In the middle was the R20 tank, which was the backbone of the Romanian armored forces.
, they are responsible for siege and anti-armor operations.
Facing the new armored troops from Romania, the officers and soldiers of the Polish 3rd Cavalry Brigade immediately mounted their horses and wanted to evacuate.
But will Colonel Durscu let them go?
I saw him picking up the microphone in the command vehicle. "Now I order to launch an attack on the enemy immediately, and be sure not to let any enemy go."
Following his order, the tank speed increased, and the tank opened fire as it aimed at the enemy.
The violent explosion caused disaster to the cavalry around them. The shrapnel and shock wave caused many cavalry to fall off their horses. The frightened horses fled in all directions, which only exacerbated the chaos of the scene.
Faced with the unbridled attack of the enemy tanks, Felipots could only send out all the remaining tanks in his hands in the hope of delaying the enemy. Of course, he also knew that his tanks were no match for the enemy's R20, so he put the armor
The troops used it to deal with the R10 tanks on both wings. At least this tank had the possibility of being destroyed.
As for the R20 tanks, they can only hope to use their own tanks to attract the attention of the R20, and then use their own 37mm anti-tank to give it a heavy blow from the flank.
Yes, this is the only way that General Felipots came up with, because the 37mm anti-tank gun equipped with it cannot penetrate the R20's armor from the front, so he can only find a way to turn it around and then fire.
But maybe this is just the expectation of General Felipots, because the 50mm 42x tank gun equipped with the R10 light tank still has an absolute advantage over the current Polish imitation Jackal tank. And the Polish armor does not even have a numerical advantage.
Troops, what should we fight with them?
I saw that without waiting for the reinforcements of R20 in the middle, the R10 tank rushed forward. It was equipped with a 50mm tank gun and was repeatedly named, and all its 7TP tanks were destroyed. Yes, the R10 tank gave priority to solving these thin-skinned tanks, because of this
The distance cannot be penetrated by both parties, so you can only use 7TP to vent your anger.
After entering the effective range, the R10 concentrated fire on the few TPL tanks. After a concentrated fire, the third division destroyed all the TPL tanks at the cost of destroying one and slightly injuring another.
For scrap metal.
Faced with the failure of the armored forces to achieve their goals, General Felipots couldn't care less now because the armored forces were closer to his own troops.
They not only used howitzers to bombard their own cavalry, but also used vehicle-mounted machine guns to continuously shoot at the evacuating cavalry. From time to time, some people were hit and fell off their horses.
It is destined that four legs cannot run as fast as a wheel.
Feeling that this was not going to work, his cavalry would collapse before the enemy could enter the effective firing range of the anti-tank positions. General Philippots couldn't care less and directly ordered, "Let the anti-tank positions open fire."
Facing the general's order, Major Philekmo, who was in charge of commanding the anti-tank guns, argued with him. "But general, our anti-tank guns must wait until the enemy tanks enter 300 meters before they can fire. Beyond this distance, it is impossible to do it."
To break them down."
However, his request was not taken seriously. General Philippots said to him fiercely, "Now, immediately, immediately, fire for me."
Under the general's order, the 37mm anti-tank guns on the anti-tank position immediately opened fire violently on the R20 tank four to five hundred meters away from them. They knew that once they opened fire, they would become the target of the enemy tanks.
The R20 tank group, which was firing aggressively at the cavalry, immediately felt something different. They knew very well what the ping-pong-pong banging sound meant.
After some observation, they discovered anti-tank positions hidden behind bushes in farmland. Needless to say, solving these positions first became the first choice.
With a "boom" explosion, an anti-tank gun on the position was destroyed. The Polish officers and soldiers operating the anti-tank fell to the ground, making no sound.
This was just the beginning. As the anti-tank gun was destroyed, the discovered anti-tank gun positions were destroyed one after another.
The sacrifices of Polish officers and soldiers in these anti-tank positions did delay the progress of the armored forces and temporarily separated the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade from the battle.
But Colonel Durscu, who observed all of this, had a sarcastic smile on his face. "After ordering the enemy's anti-tank positions to be destroyed, pursue them immediately."
It's a joke to use a four-legged horse to outrun your own armored vehicle.
It was obvious that Colonel Durscu would not let go of the fleeing cavalry brigade. There was nothing he liked more than an enemy that lacked anti-armor means.
Moreover, unless these cavalrymen did not gather together, they would not be able to escape. However, he needed to send a telegram to the division commander to inform him of the outcome of the battle.
I saw him calling for the communications staff. "Send a telegram to the division commander to inform that our unit has defeated the enemy's 3rd Cavalry Brigade. In order to avoid the enemy's threat to our supply line, I plan to annihilate the enemy and continue to attack Lublin."
