Eight hundred and twentieth chapters railway station
Therefore, the operations on Highland 3 and Miloway City went very smoothly.
In the direction of Highland No. 3, the main task of the 1st Airborne Regiment is to occupy the high ground and garrison it, and use firepower to block the roads near the high ground.
This task is a standard field subject. It is actually the work of the infantry. However, the infantry cannot parachute to this position like the airborne troops.
In addition, the Germans used an Italian battalion to garrison this No. 3 Highland. To be precise, it could not be a garrison, but the Italian battalion was assigned here to suppress the guerrillas... The Soviet guerrillas always drilled into the jungle and highlands.
, Highland No. 3 happens to be a very good place for the guerrillas.
The reason why the guerrillas like it is, on the one hand, because it has deep forests and many trees, and on the other hand, it is close to roads and railways. From time to time, they can emerge from the forest to attack the enemy.
The suppression of guerrillas is usually done by the German special operations team, but after the occupation of Milove, there were so many places that needed to be cleared that the special operations team was not enough. In desperation, the Italian battalion could only be transferred to Highland No. 3.
The Italian battalion was commanded by Major Camillo...Italian officers generally have higher ranks.
Major Camillo and his battalion lived happily on Highland 3 because they belonged to the Italian Expeditionary Force. They might not be able to fight the Soviets face-to-face on the battlefield, but they were more than enough to deal with the guerrillas.
But Major Camilo didn't expect the mission to be completed so quickly.
He said to his adjutant: "If the mission is completed, what will they send us to do? To transport supplies, or to go to the battlefield?"
Then the adjutant understood.
Neither of these are good choices.
If you are transporting supplies, you must always be prepared to be attacked by guerrillas, because there are always people who will attack the supply team, and sometimes they will be bombed by Russian planes.
Not to mention taking to the battlefield.
Therefore, of course, it is much safer and more comfortable to "pretend to suppress" on Highland No. 3.
As a result, there was always enemy activity on Highland No. 3, and no matter how hard it was, the weeds could not be eradicated. The sound of gunfire was sometimes fierce, and the Germans passing by on the road would salute the Italians on Highland No. 3 from time to time to express their gratitude.
What these Germans didn't know was that those were actually Italian soldiers hunting game in the forest. They would gather the game they caught and grill it every day, then put on napkins and enjoy their dinner leisurely with wine.
Until that night, when they were telling jokes and roasting food around the campfire as usual, there was a sound of airplane motors in the sky.
"Enemy plane, put out the fire quickly!" Camilo shouted.
The soldiers acted very quickly. They took out their engineering shovels and put out the bonfire with just a few strokes... It was unusual for Russian planes to appear at night.
Major Camilo thought they were Russian bombers, the kind that dropped bombs randomly without a target.
But soon Major Camilo discovered that he was wrong... White round parachutes appeared in the sky and fell precariously.
Major Camilo and the adjutant looked at each other, and then immediately shouted: "Organize defenses, enemy airborne troops!"
But the so-called organized defense actually means hiding in the trenches, setting up guns, and then discussing how to surrender.
"I hope their target isn't here!" Major Camilo said.
"What if their target is here?" the adjutant asked.
"If so..." Major Camilo replied: "There are too many of them and there is nothing we can do!"
This is indeed a good excuse.
In the direction of Milowe city, the German 91st Infantry Regiment successfully arrived at the train station with reinforcements and organized defense.
The train station is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. This is not only because the nearby terrain is open and there is a long area without buildings as cover for the enemy, but also because the German army had previously pulled down barbed wire fences to protect the train station from being attacked by guerrillas.
Walls and machine gun forts were also built... In fact, these walls and machine gun forts were left by the Soviet army. When the German army began to counterattack from Kharkov, the Soviet army retreated so quickly that they had no time to remove these facilities.
Blow up.
The commander of this regiment was Major Vincent. After arranging his troops, he looked at his watch and was a little confused as to why the enemy hadn't moved yet... It had already been two hours since the Russians launched their airborne landing, and their anxious forced march for reinforcements was in vain.
When we got here, we were originally worried about whether we were in a hurry, but now we still have time left.
Several German soldiers nearby couldn't help but joke: "Are the Russians hanging from the trees by parachutes?"
"No, I think they were hung on telephone poles!"
Then they laughed.
This is indeed a bit unimaginable for the Germans, because their paratroopers have always been very fast, and their airborne landings are accurate and fast. They attack the target almost as soon as they land before the enemy can react. Some classic battle cases even
It landed on the enemy's fortress very accurately, and it was silent. The enemies in the fortress didn't even notice that the enemy had entered before they opened fire.
However, the Russian airborne troops had not launched an attack after two hours.
Major Vincent called Colonel Jason of the Special Operations Team.
"Do you know where they are, Colonel?" Major Vincent asked.
"Are you kidding me?" Colonel Jason replied, "They're everywhere, Major!"
"Are you talking about guerrillas or airborne troops, colonel?" Vincent asked.
"Who can tell the difference?" Colonel Jason said, "Why don't you come here and take a look?!"
With that said, Colonel Jason hung up the phone with a bang.
The war was indeed as Colonel Jason said. The entire Miloway was full of enemies, and it was impossible to tell whether they were guerrillas or airborne troops.
In fact, there were many civilians among them... What dropped from the transport plane were not only airborne troops, but also many rifles. They used these rifles to equip a group of civilians immediately.
However, the whole city was in chaos. Only the train station was very quiet. Occasionally, a few guerrillas with guns would rush here, but they would soon disappear after being shot dead.
Vincent waited for a while, and then said to himself: "This is not a good sign, I feel like we are surrounded!"
This was Shulka's idea.
He knew that the airborne troops could not stop the German reinforcements at the train station... The Soviet airborne troops were too slow. It took them twenty minutes to contact the headquarters, and it took about an hour to assemble and arrive at Miloway.
If they had launched an attack toward the train station from the beginning, the more than a thousand airborne troops would have probably been wiped out by the German defenders in just a few charges.
Therefore, Shulka suggested not to attack the train station for the time being, although their target is the train station. (To be continued)