Rumble, rumble...

The convoy commanded by armored Meyer was advancing on a road crossing the Tuhola Forest. The 8-wheeled heavy armored vehicles were in front, the 6-wheeled heavy armored vehicles were on the back, and the half-tracked personnel carrier followed at the end. Half of Meier's body was exposed, holding a telescope looking around.

The roar of thunder rolling came from behind him, which were the Poles' cannons bombarding several intersections on the border.

The Polish army guarding the Tuhola Forest seemed to have traveled directly from the battlefield of World War I, and all kinds of fighting styles were in the first battle style.

For example, they did not deploy heavy troops in the forest. In the opinion of Armored Meyer, the Poles' commanders had no common sense in the era of mechanized war. If they deployed dozens of 37mm guns in the forest, it would take at least a few days for the 3rd Armored Division to break through.

But the Poles only deployed some small teams equipped with machine guns and mortars in the forest. How can such troops deal with the armored division? They are just making a fool of themselves!

And what's even more nonsense is that the Poles are shooting fire behind the butt of Meyer's armored reconnaissance company.

Meier thought to himself: "The Polish commander must have known that German armored troops had crossed the border, so he wanted to bombard the enemy with cannons, but he didn't know where the target was (the armored troops attacked too fast, and the traditional artillery reacted too slowly). So he could only bombard the intersection... But now there are ju.87 and hs-1 with bombs everywhere in the air, and the artillery that was firing had nowhere to hide and would soon be blown up."

"Tadadada..."

The sound of the Poles' z30 heavy machine gun sounded again, and the convoy immediately stopped moving forward. Meier raised his telescope and looked at the place where the gunshots sounded.

There was a small village, right next to the highway, just like the Polish strongholds that were previously breached by the armored Meyer company, they had been bombed by cannons, and there were ruins everywhere. However, the bombardment of cannons certainly did not completely destroy the garrisoned Polish army. They were still carrying out meaningless resistance. He vaguely saw continuous muzzle flames spewing out behind a broken earth wall.

"map."

Gustav Schwarzenegger quickly handed a map to Meier, who quickly found the village on the map and it was the target code-named "a26".

"Call for fire support, target a26." Armored Meyer ordered the radio operator in the car, and then picked up the phone and said loudly: "Our cannon is about to open fire. Car No. 2, Car No. 3, Car No. 4, Car No. 5 retreated to the end of the team, and the other vehicles remained motionless."

At this time, the roar of the aircraft motor came from the sky. Armored Meyer looked up into the air and saw dozens of ju.87 dive bombers flying through the sky and flying eastward.

They should be to destroy the Polish artillery positions exposed by the fire!

...

The command of Major General Przemeersky, commander of the Polish Coastal Army, has now been moved to a solid basement. Because the German planes raided the headquarters' headquarters' garrison 45 minutes ago, blowing up dozens of cars, two warehouses for stockpiles, and blew up two roads around them into pits. They also blew up a nearby airport of the 4th Fighter Regiment of Torun to ruins. Dozl planes were blown up at the airport before they could take off...

In addition, the German bombing also interrupted communications between the Group Army Command and the following divisions and brigades, and it took nearly an hour to recover.

"General, the 9th Division, the 15th Division, the 27th Division and the Eastern Tactical Cluster have all been reported to be bombarded and bombarded, and all artillery units have suffered heavy losses..."

Colonel Grotsky, chief of staff of the army, held the telegram he had just received and couldn't help but sweat on his forehead when reporting the loss. However, Major General Przemeersky, the commander of the army, was quite calm and just listened without expression.

"The General, the Coastal Civil Defense Brigade and the 15th Infantry Division also reported that the German tanks were passing through the Tuhola Forest and were advancing very quickly."

"Tank? Is the German tank passing through the Tuhola Forest?" Major General Przemeersky muttered, "Is the German's main attack direction the Tuhola Forest?"

"General, the 9th Infantry Division on the Southern Front also reported that the enemy's tanks and infantry were discovered." Colonel Grotsky, chief of staff of the Coastal Army, said, "It is the junction of our army and the Poznan army. Once it is broken, our army may be surrounded by the enemy."

As he spoke, Colonel Grotsky couldn't help but sigh. The Coastal Army was placed in a very dangerous position between Germany and East Prussia. On the front is the main German army in Pomerania, and behind it is the German army in East Prussia. Once the German team in Pomerania broke through the defense of the 9th Infantry Division and crossed the Brahi River (located east of the Tuhola Forest, where the Polish army's second line of defense is located), then the entire Coastal Army's five infantry divisions, one cavalry brigade and two civil defense brigades may be surrounded by the German army.

"Okay, the Marina Cavalry Brigade will not move for the time being." Major General Puzemiersky said, "Tell Major General Puzeyakovsky that he must defend firmly and not shake it at all, and at least hold on the front line of Tuhola Forest for one week."

When this major general of the Binhai Army issued this order, of course he would not have thought that his 15th Infantry Division and the Binhai Civil Defense Brigade were facing the powerful 19th German Armored Army! This is a powerful armored assault force with two armored divisions (3rd Armored Division, 10th Armored Division). There are as many as 711 tanks alone (including 27 companies, including 55 tanks No. 3, 36 tanks No. 4, and the rest are No. 2 tanks and 38t tanks). This is a force that the entire Binhai Army cannot fight against!

...

"Genius General." General Kesseling, Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe and Commander of the Eastern Front Air Force, saw General Hessmann enter his combat command room. The Eastern Front Air Command and the Eastern Front Headquarters are both located in the Stocking Naval Fortress and immediately put down what they were doing and saluted.

"How is the situation?" Hessman came on time. It was 7 a.m. on September 1, 1939. The war had broken out for 2 hours and 15 minutes.

If during World War I, even artillery preparations are not enough for a battle, artillery preparations usually last for several days.

However, in World War II, where mechanization was king, destiny can sometimes be determined in two hours and 15 minutes, because the result of the first wave of air strikes has basically come out.

As for the reports of the front-line army groups, it will take another hour or two to be sent to the headquarters. Therefore, Hessmann can only ask about the situation of the air force and the navy during this period, but the German Baltic Fleet is now blocking the port of Danze, so there is nothing to report.

The historical scene of the "Schleswig-Holstein" training ship firing fired and bombarding the Wave military base did not happen because of Hessman's opposition.

"We dispatched 1,998 aircraft and bombed all known frontline airports, frontline artillery positions, transportation hubs, command centers and troops gathering places. The enemy's losses were very heavy, and the specific data is still being analyzed (analyzed photos). Our losses are very minor. As of now, 26 aircraft have not returned, and another 38 aircraft have been damaged to varying degrees."

According to later statistics, there were more than 600 Polish aircraft that were blown up on the ground or shot down in the air battle in the first wave of air raids. However, Germany suffered only 24 crashes, 41 were injured, the pilots were killed, missing, and a total of 40 were captured. It was a great victory!

"When will the second air strike start?" Hessman asked. He was not worried about the attack on the ground now, because the factors that determine whether the attack on the ground were smooth in the sky.

"Preparation is being prepared and can be launched in one hour at most." Kesseling reported. "In addition, all ju.87 and hs-1 and artillery reconnaissance aircraft are now assigned to the armies."

There is no blitzkrieg without air supremacy. After achieving absolute air excellence, with the current land attack capabilities of the German Air Force, the Polish army had difficulty moving during the day. They could only watch the two German armies (the north and the south) launch a caliper-shaped offensive.

If everything goes well, by tomorrow morning, several armored troops (19th Army, 22nd Army, 15th Army, 16th Army, 8th Army, etc.) who served as sharp knives should have broken through dozens of kilometers and rushed to the back of the Polish front-line troops.

...

On September 1, 1939, at 7:45 am, the war broke out three hours ago. The vanguard of the 3rd Armored Division and the company of the armored Meyer had rushed to the edge of the Tuhola Forest.

Most of the half-tracked vehicles and three 8-wheeled armored vehicles were left by him in the three villages behind. They were frontier strongholds of the Polish army and were used to cover the main defense line. The Poles set their first main defense line east of the forest, with their backs against the Brahi River.

"Note, please search for the target directly in front! If you find something, open fire immediately." Armored Meyer held the phone and ordered loudly. This place is close to the enemy's main defense line, so be careful.

"Cloak!" As soon as Meier's order was issued, he heard the sound of the 20mm cannon firing. He knew that the armored vehicle in front was firing. "Car No. 2! Max! What happened? Are you firing?"
Chapter completed!