Chapter 296 German B Army

Hu Yunfeng, with his special forces and 2,000 mercenaries, arrived at the German-Dutch border Munster on May 7, where he was the base of the B Group Army's 2nd Air Force, which was responsible for the execution of merit and attracted the main forces of Britain and France.

The generals of the German B Army B Army were very happy about Hu Yunfeng's arrival. Hu Yunfeng led the mercenaries to airborne to capture Warsaw and quickly ended the German-Polish war. This has become a classic case of German airborne troops research. In particular, the concept of "vertical strike" he proposed has also become the focus of German airborne combat researchers. Although Hu Yunfeng was the boss of the mercenary, there were not a few people who knew him among the senior German generals.

On that day, we came to the train station in Oldenburg to welcome Hu Yunfeng, not only General Student, commander of the 7th Airborne Division, but General Sponnik, commander of the 22nd Airborne Division. General Bao Ke, who had no chance to come because of something, also rushed over at Hu Yunfeng and General Student, and General Sponnik, who was in a hurry to the cold.

In fact, Hu Yunfeng didn't know that so far, in order to keep the secret, General Student and General Sponnik did not know the specific time of launching, and everything had to wait for Hitler's temporary order. Hu Yunfeng asked how they were preparing? The two generals could only tell him that he was ready to carry out airborne operations at any time, but the specific time was still waiting for Hitler's order.

Hu Yunfeng took the car of Bao Ke, commander of the B Group Army, and came to the combat command room with them. General Bao Ke said: "General Hu, your troops are directly under my command, but act with General Sponnik's 22nd Aircraft Surrender Division. Now General Sponnik will tell you about our combat plan."

The mercenary belongs to Hu Yunfeng. Apart from himself, Hu Yunfeng will not let anyone issue orders to the mercenary. Even if the commander of the B Group Army is not good, naturally Hu Yunfeng will not be willing to obey Bao Ke's command, but he did not raise any objection before listening to the plan.

Sponnik walked to the next to the combat map: "General Hu, this airborne combat operation is divided into two important areas: The Hague and Rotterdam. In The Hague, the airborne combat troops are two regiments of the 22nd Airborne Division and one battalion of the 7th Parachute Division, which is commanded by me. The mission is to first seize the three airports of Varkenburg, Okenburg and Ipenburg around the Theatre by parachute, and then land two infantry regiments, attack the Dutch capital The Hague, captured the Dutch royal family, government agencies and senior command members, paralyzed the central nervous system, and at the same time prevented the Dutch troops in this area from reinforcementing the threatened Gorebi-Pierre line, and prevent the Dutch Air Force from using the military airport of the "Dutch Fortress".

Seeing Hu Yunfeng listening carefully, Sponnik continued: "In Rotterdam, the airborne combat troops are the 4 battalions of the 7th Parachute Division and the 1 regiment of the 22nd Aircraft Desert Division, commanded by the commander of the 7th Parachute Division. The main task is to capture the Val Port Airport and the Vereme Bridge, the Dordrecht Bridge, and the Merdijik Bridge in Rotterdam, and open the access to the "Dutch Fortress" for the 18th Army that is attacking the front. In order to ensure that these bridges are captured and guarded, in addition to using paratroopers directly to parachute near the bridge, aircraft will be carried out at Val Port Airport.

One infantry regiment was descended as a reserve to support the battles of each bridge. The forces participating in the airborne operations were 16,000, including 4,000 parachute troops and 12,000 aircraft landing troops, which were transported by about 500 Junker-52 transport aircraft of the 2nd Air Force. Nine airports including Wessel, Münster, Lipstadt, Padernbo in western Germany were airborne departure airports. The depth of the airborne was 40-100 kilometers. In order to achieve the suddenness of the initial airborne, it was stipulated that the transport aircraft would detour from the North Sea and enter the target from the northwest from the sea."

After Sponnik introduced, the commander of the B Group Army said: "General Hu, since you have successfully led your troops to capture Warsaw, we will study the airport in Varkenburg near the Dutch capital Theater. What do you think?"

Hu Yunfeng lit a cigar and said, "General Baoke, General Sponnik, General Student, first of all, we must be clear that my troops are mercenaries and are not under the command of anyone except me."

General Bao Ke, commander-in-chief of the B Group Army, had actually received instructions from Hitler that Hu Yunfeng and his troops were not under Bao Ke's command, but both generals Sponnik and Student liked Hu Yunfeng's troops very much, and of course they wanted to divide his troops into their troops. So they encouraged General Bao Ke to test Hu Yunfeng's attitude. If Hu Yunfeng did not refuse, they would use wartime reorganization to annex Hu Yunfeng's troops. They wanted to at least swallow non-Chinese mercenary soldiers into their troops.

But now Hu Yunfeng directly refused to be under anyone's command, which was as expected by them. General Bao Ke glanced at Sponnik and Student helplessly and nodded immediately to agree.

Hu Yunfeng nodded with satisfaction and continued: "Secondly, my troops are offensive troops. I will not guard the airport. When all my people land, I will attack The Hague immediately."

Historically, German airborne Hague was a failed airborne operation. The reason was that the troops were invested too little during the first airborne. At the beginning, due to the sudden airborne, the German airborne troops easily captured the airport near the Hague. However, due to the small number of troops invested for the first time, the German troops that successfully airborne had no power to attack and even had no ability to clear the anti-aircraft guns near the airport and could only guard the airport and wait for the subsequent troops to arrive, giving the Dutch army time to organize counterattacks. The airborne behind lost its suddenness and was attacked by Dutch anti-aircraft guns. Even the plane Sponnik was hit and forced to land on a piece of open space in the nearby forest.

Before dark on May 10, the Hague was surrounded by German transport planes and airborne personnel who were forced to land. Sponnik gathered various small units, about hundreds of people, and built a "defensive position" in Overresch, outside the suburb of The Hague. Because the troops were too weak, they could not attack the city. Soon, the 22nd Aircraft Landing Division evacuated the Hague, and the remnants approached Rotterdam from the south. 1,500 German airborne troops in The Hague were captured, and the transport plane lost 90%.

Hu Yunfeng took the mercenaries to rob, and of course he would not let history repeat itself. If he wanted to give the Dutch a sudden blow, he had to immediately organize his advance towards The Hague after airborne. Catching the Dutch royal family and government personnel was the safest way. Of course, Hu Yunfeng also had plans. The German army that happened to guard the airport could become a bait to attract the Dutch army to counterattack, and it was the best thing to eliminate the German airborne troops. As long as the mercenaries could capture the Dutch royal family and government personnel, they could do many transactions that were beneficial to the Soviet port.

He said: "General, I accept any attack on Varkenburg Airport, but you must transport my troops to Varkenburg Airport at one time. My troops will advance to The Hague immediately after they seize the airport."

After listening to Hu Yunfeng's suggestion, Bao Ke, Sponnik and Studente looked at each other and were silent. Hu Yunfeng's idea was too bold, but wouldn't it be enough to attract the Dutch army if the mercenaries advanced towards The Hague? This was very beneficial to the German airborne. The three of them quickly figured it out. They all looked at Hu Yunfeng with admiration. They thought Hu Yunfeng was planning to use the mercenaries to attract the attention of the Dutch and create conditions for the smooth airborne German airborne troops.
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