Chapter 5 Forcibly Advance
The Great German Free Corps reported on December 4th: Heintegten Snowchurch in Salzburg area defeated two Soviet regiments, killed 2,733 people, captured 319 people, and seized a large amount of equipment and supplies. The brave and fearless German Free Warriors will absolutely annihilate all invading enemies!
"Okay, just post it like this! Clear code."
In the open area west of Salzburg, Lynn quickly determined the new power supply content. It was the afternoon of December 4, and the wind and snow that had weakened had become violent again. So Lynn ordered the entire army to have lunch in advance, and the three main battalions were ready to set off after dinner. The direction was not the eastern and southern mountainous areas where it was easy to operate in covertly and fight guerrilla warfare. Less than 10 kilometers west of Salzburg was the German-Austrian border. The sentry has determined that there were only a small number of Soviet troops and some German-Austrian border officials and police. The combat effectiveness was not worth mentioning. However, Freirasin on the German-Austrian border was gathering Soviet combat troops. When Lynn's troops crossed the border, their scale was likely to increase significantly on the basis of two thousand people. If you are not lucky, it is possible to encounter an urgent Soviet combatant.
Linn and his staff and staff had a relatively comprehensive estimate of the situation that needed to be dealt with. Although the lower-level officers and soldiers were puzzled by the combat deployment, the prominent victory they had just achieved made them trust their young and wise legendary commander. Carrying equipment and supplies that were far from exceeding the limit, the officers and soldiers walked forward in the wind and snow, and arrived and captured the nearest German-Austrian border gate in three hours. The few Soviet troops still failed to pose an obstacle to the elite imperial mountain armored infantry, and the German-Austrian border officers were in Germany and Austria.
The officers and the border police who were only allowed to carry pistols clearly acted as onlookers. After the battle, they took the initiative to reveal the situation of the Soviet guards' hidden arsenal to the Imperial soldiers and helped them seize a batch of ammunition supplies there. Using the radio station that the Soviet army had not had time to destroy, Lynn asked the communications personnel to send another clear signal after two hours of delay: the freedom fighters had captured the German-Austrian border checkpoint and restored the indivisible bloodline of Germany and Austria. Volunteers from Germany were rushing to Salzburg to participate in the war, and the Free Corps needed more supporters to join.
Before sending this confusing power, Lynn ordered the combat troops left behind in Salzburg to withdraw, leaving only some of the surrounding terrain that facilitated defense and retreat to confuse the enemy.** At the same time, the main corps that had been resting and recuperating advanced overnight to the Traunstein area in Germany. Because they had contacted the resistance forces of the Imperial Intelligence Department and the Baath Party Free Corps in advance, the road was not only unobstructed, and the concealment of the operations was also well guaranteed. When the main force of the corps with more than 60 mountain combat vehicles and heavy jeeps arrived in the mountainous forest area of the Traunstein area, the radio from the Soviet command still mobilized troops to encircle and suppress the enemy occupying Salzburg.
The nearly 20 hours of snow trek greatly consumed the physical fitness of the Imperial soldiers. The local mountains and forests seemed extremely friendly and warm. They simply used marching rations to fill their stomachs and fell asleep. In addition to the warning sentry, only Lynn's staff and staff team was still working. Through the information received on the radio this day and the news from the Imperial Intelligence Department, they were surprised to find that their actions were receiving more and more and more strong responses from the outside world. The extremely considerable amount of support even made people feel that the whole world was cheering behind them.
——When Albania was invaded by Italy, when Finland was attacked by the Soviet Union, and when Germany undermined the neutrality to attack the Netherlands and Belgium, the external support was so magnificent. These supporters were not stingy with material support, but whether it was spontaneous behavior of international organizations or civilians, the efficiency of transporting aid to the war zone was far lower than that of the government troops of any ** country, so that when the weak people who supported them had no choice but to compromise after a tenacious resistance, most of the materials and volunteers raised by the outside world were still gathering and transporting.
With the substantive support of the empire and the United States and the United Kingdom, Lynn's primary intention of connecting telecommunications was to arouse the spirit of resistance of the German people. As long as 60 million Germans were united, even if only one-tenth of the people dared to stand up and expel the Soviet occupying forces and the puppet forces they cultivated, the Soviet Union would inevitably be unable to withstand the wave of resistance in the occupied areas in a mess. Of course, when the basic living conditions were met, it was never easy to let the people risk their lives to fight against the well-armed Soviet occupying forces. Only by the combined effect of national sentiment, national honor and role model forces could it be gradually achieved.
In the second half of the night, the adjutant led the Soviet army to siege Salzburg from east, west and north. The report woke up Lynn who had just fallen asleep. At this time, the second group of evacuated troops had crossed the German-Austrian border. Only the last two hundred soldiers were left in Salzburg. About one-third were Imperial soldiers with combat experience, and two-thirds were Lynn's Free Corps soldiers. Even if Salzburg had easy to defend and difficult to attack, it was completely unrealistic to use these troops to resist the siege of a large number of Soviet troops for a long time. Lynn then asked them to retreat in the dark before dawn, and to use trigger mines and ** placed on various roads when retreating. After leaving Salzburg, this force will no longer retreat to the German-Austrian border, but will instead turn it into pieces to fight guerrilla warfare in the Alps, making it difficult for the Soviet troops, with limited reconnaissance methods to understand the real movements of their opponents.
More than two hours before dawn, Lynn was once again awakened by the adjutant because of important situations: the German Baath Party lurkers found a temporary Soviet army northeast of Traunstein. The scale reached the level of division, but no tanks, trucks and heavy artillery were found in the camping area, which looked like "purebred infantry" during World War I. Hearing this report, Lynn suddenly felt spirited. He took out the combat map and thought carefully. Although the nearby bridge was not destroyed due to the strict Soviet garrison, the resistance personnel of the Free Regiment had destroyed the railway line and several major highways by small-scale blasting.
In the same weather, it was impossible for the Soviets to repair and open them to traffic without three or four days. Based on these situations, it is likely that a Soviet army's resilience force was eager to rush to the German-Australia border area. At this time, Salzburg had not changed hands. They must have thought that the main force of the Free Corps was still in Austria, so they temporarily abandoned heavy equipment and pedestrian marches. Furthermore, after three years of war with the allies, the industrial production in the Soviet Union dropped a lot compared to the end of World War II. Only the first-class main force represented by the Ace Guards could achieve a high degree of mechanization. There should be a big gap between ordinary combat troops and even the Second-line Corps.
Opportunities were fleeting. While Lin Neng asked the intelligence departments and reconnaissance troops to find out the situation as soon as possible, he asked his main force to set off and attack. Outside the battlefield, some small details can also reflect the elite level of the troops. The Liberty Corps of nearly 4,000 people completed the preparation in just a quarter of an hour. When they advanced north with steady and neat steps, hundreds of German resisters who joined the large force a day ago (with members of the Baakh Party and the Free Corps who stayed in South Germany as their backbone) were still packing their luggage in a mess and gathering teams.
The darkness before dawn is the deepest of the day, and the violent wind and snow still show no sign of calm. Most of the Emperor's team and Freedom Corps soldiers here can only rely on their feet to trek. The wheeled mountain assault vehicles and heavy jeep are also struggling on the snow-covered country roads. Fortunately, their garrison is only more than ten kilometers away from the temporary camp area of the Soviet troops discovered. Hurry up and finally entered the combat area for the enemy at dawn. During this period, the information from intelligence and reconnaissance personnel made Linn and his officers more detailed about the target situation.
Mastery - the total number of troops is between 10,000 and 12,000, without tanks and armored vehicles, and even fewer baggage vehicles, which confirms Lin En's initial speculation: the opponent is an ordinary Soviet infantry division, reconnaissance combat vehicles, direct artillery and corresponding baggage are all left behind due to road traffic damage. Perhaps they temporarily camped to wait for the arrival of these troops, perhaps it was just because the officers and soldiers continued to move in the wind and snow. No matter which one played the main factor, Lin En decided to seize the opportunity of the opponent's lack of physical and mental preparation to get a sharp punch that was quick and accurate!
From entering the enemy-receiving area to unfolding, Lin En's Free Corps once again showed the outstanding qualities of elite troops. When the signal flare of the attack rose, the Soviet army's temporary camping area only blew the first wake-up call. It was estimated that in ten minutes, the Soviet army officers and soldiers could get rid of the constraints of sleeping bags or blankets. The sudden shells fell into the Soviet army camp with a harsh and strange cry. Many Soviet officers and soldiers who had just gotten caught off guard. The high-explosive grenades were basically swept away. And unlike the conventional combat order, continuous mortar shells and dense machine gun bullets basically appeared with the shells. The cold wind made the sound of guns and cannons seem to come from all directions. In an instant, countless bodies were penetrated by shrapnel and bullets, and bright red blood splattered in the sky. After just two minutes, there was no one standing in sight.
The companions who stayed in the open area, the Soviet officers and soldiers who were sleeping in small woodlands, were undoubtedly very lucky because the tree trunks blocked the sweeping bullets for them. However, the ones that appeared in front of them. Under the joint attack of direct shells, mortar shells and machine gun fire, thousands of Soviet soldiers exposed to the open area could only lie tightly on the ground, and life and death were all based on luck. In a blink of an eye, a large number of combatants in gray and white camouflage uniforms appeared on the woods and slopes to their south. The white-painted mg42 is still one of the most terrifying killing weapons on the battlefield. With the close support of machine gun fire, the snow warriors wearing German steel helmets rushed forward like sharp knives, and spread cross-fire power along the front fulcrum. The sound made by the mp assault rifle when used with the m1 Garland semi-automatic rifle sounded very strange.
Chapter completed!