The Third Reich in Desperation

After successfully repelling a tentative attack by the German army, some people were even optimistic that they could use the Modlin Fortress to contain the German army and consume their strength.

Then, if France and Britain make another sharp stab in the back of Germany, Poland can organize a counterattack to regain the lost ground, and then enter the German mainland and reach the peak of history.

If they win this time, it will not be as simple as letting Germany cede Danzig.

But the beautiful imagination was interrupted not long after, not because of the delay of Britain and France's refusal to do anything, but because Germany started a serious attack on Modlin Fortress.

After a reckless probing attack by the vanguard failed, Admiral Bock, the commander of the German Army Group North, kept besieging Fortress Modlin without attacking.

Although the Poles also wanted to organize a counterattack, because the German army had built various fortifications around the Fortress of Modlin, and the people in the fortress were still fully defensive inside, it would be a bit worse if they went out to attack.

As a result, the offensive plan is just like this.

After learning the news that the German army was besieging Warsaw, the capital of Poland, the fortress defenders were also very anxious, but there was nothing they could do.

As soon as some troops walk out of the fortress area, the German artillery deployed at the blind spot of the artillery in the fortress will take good care of them immediately.In addition, the German snipers have not been idle.

After several unsuccessful attempts to support Warsaw, the supreme commander of the Modlin Fortress also abandoned this impractical operation.After all, there is nothing wrong with their attitude, what is problematic is their ability.

But today, things have changed!

The defenders in the fortress could vaguely see through the binoculars that there was obviously a reinforcement from the German army, and there seemed to be a lot of large equipment.

But because the distance was too far, the Polish soldiers in the fortress couldn't tell what it was.

The supreme commander of the Polish fortress was very worried. In case it was a German siege artillery, the colors of his own were not enough for others to bite their teeth.

In World War I, the German Krupp 420mm Big Bertha was famous far and wide, and no one in the whole European continent knew it.

The same goes for Skoda's 15-inch siege gun, which can be called the fortress nemesis!

Now the Skoda factory is in the hands of Germany, and Krupp is the chief artillery supplier in Germany. Who knows what crazy things these factories have produced?!

However, the Poles could say they guessed right or they didn't.Germany did come up with an experimental siege weapon, but it was not a frenzied large-caliber mortar, but an assault gun!

German engineers lengthened the chassis of the No. 9 assault gun, extended it to 100 road wheels on one side, and buckled up a battle room with 45 mm frontal armor and a 150-degree tilt, and installed a [-] mm cannon in the middle.

Thus, the grizzly assault gun, which is more powerful than in history, was born.

Now, these guys are parked on the German positions, and next to the four Grizzly assault guns, there is an even bigger guy that stands out from the crowd.

This big guy buckles a heavy rear battle room on an experimental heavy chassis, and then mounts a 170mm cannon with a truncated barrel.

The whole layout is very rough, it is simply piled up, especially the 170mm gun barrel, although it was shortened to reduce weight, it still looks hideous.

And this 32mm gun, which is now only 170 times larger, still showed unparalleled destructive power in the shooting range experiment.

When it fires concrete destruction bombs to attack common reinforced concrete fortifications, it can often destroy bunkers that are immune to ordinary 150mm howitzers with only one shot.

According to those German engineers, when this gun fires grenades, one shot can even destroy a building!

All this, the Poles do not know.Of course, even if they knew, there was nothing they could do.

But when the five tanks belonging to the equipment experiment unit launched an attack, the Poles immediately understood one thing.Any weapon in my hand is helpless against them with thick skin.

When it was discovered that the shells of the Polish 75 rapid-fire guns were useless to them, the German assault guns immediately became more unscrupulous.

Moreover, the area they chose to attack was precisely because of the terrain constraints of the fortress, which left a dead area of ​​​​firepower for the Polish army's large-caliber artillery.

Originally, the Poles wanted to block this place with 75-pound rapid-fire guns and British-made 5-pound howitzers, but when they saw the Grizzly eating a 100-pound grenade with 25mm armor, they just paused and continued to move forward At that time, the Poles were desperate!

The 5 German tanks drove to a place close to the fortress and stopped, then adjusted the vehicle body, aimed at their assigned targets, and began to pour shells at the Polish fortress.

The concrete destruction bombs blew up the fragments of the fortress, mixed with shrapnel and the limbs of soldiers in the fortress, flying in the air. These steel behemoths are dismantling the fortification area built by Poland with one shot at a time!

"God, who will save us!" A young Polish soldier wailed.

"Warsaw is besieged, who can save us? Wait for death..." Beside the young soldier, a pessimistic veteran is spreading his desperate remarks.

Ten meters away, their Polish platoon leader also heard the veterans' complaints.However, the platoon leader did not step forward to stop the behavior of the veterans from affecting the morale of the army, because he himself has long been affected...

Every time the Grizzlies fired their guns, it was like a heavy hammer, hammering on the hearts of all Poles.The dull sound of the 170mm heavy artillery that suddenly appeared indicated that another fort was destroyed by the German "demolition team".

The sound of the guns continued intermittently for an hour and a half. After all, the assault guns had to pay a price while having heavy armor and cannons.

The price is slow speed and ammunition load.

The Grizzly has only 30 rounds of ammunition, but the installed gun barrel is longer than in history.In addition, despite the lengthened chassis, the ammunition capacity of the Grizzly assault gun has also been reduced by 8 rounds.

The 170mm heavy assault gun has less ammunition, only 18 rounds!

But the reason why the approaching shelling stopped this time was not because the shells were fired, but because the crew of the assault gun was exhausted and had to choose to retreat.

The members of the Grizzly assault gun were a little better, but this 170mm heavy assault gun weighed 70 kilograms just by loading the projectiles!Even if there are two loaders in the large rear battle room, they will be very tired after a round of shelling.Therefore, their drivers could only put on reverse gear when they saw this, and retreated first.

But the German army is not only about these means of attack!

When the assault guns had just returned to the German positions, a group of small black spots appeared on the horizon.As the small black dots gradually grew in size, their identities were gradually exposed to the defenders of the Polish fortress—it was a group of Stukas!

Accompanied by the ear-piercing "smirk" sound produced by friction with the air during the dive, the Stuka bombers, which dived almost vertically, dropped the special armor-piercing bombs on the top of the Polish fortress very accurately.

With the help of the speed of the dive, the 500kg armor-piercing projectile easily penetrated the reinforced concrete roof, and then detonated inside the fortress.

After the formation of Stuka bombers dropped their bombs, they flew over the fortress confidently, as if silently laughing at the "turtles" in the fortress.

And what they left behind was the Polish fortress that had turned into a large ruin.

In the distance, Colonel Erhard, the supreme commander of the German experimental force who watched all this through the magnification telescope, smiled contemptuously, and said to the adjutant:

"Records, the two experimental assault guns are very ideal for attacking fortified areas, especially the 170mm concrete-destroying bombs. In fact, their combat damage capabilities have surpassed domestic shooting range experiments. The preliminary estimate is that the cement grade of the Polish bunker is lower."

"Records, the assault gun has weak mobility and is not suitable for large-scale maneuvering. Correspondingly, its defense capability is very outstanding, and it is basically immune to the attacks of the Polish army."

"Also, the 500mm armor-piercing projectiles thrown by Stuka's dives are particularly effective in attacking the top of the fortress. However, this victory was achieved when Poland lost its air supremacy and the target lacked anti-aircraft artillery protection. The combat effectiveness under the interference of other factors is still not enough. To be determined."

"—Above, the Waffen SS is directly under the Weapons Experimental Group."

Body 2 Chapter [-] Schwartz's Opinion

Long Sword Street, Berlin, Germany.

As Treasurer of the Socialist Workers Party, Franz Xavier Schwarz received a special order.

Originally, Schwartz was historically the man who should have been Reinhardt's boss.Without Reinhardt's crossing, in the SS of the entire Third Reich, his status would be second only to Himmler.

However, the current situation is that Himmler, who was supposed to be the head of the SS and the head of the Gestapo, is just an unknown low-level cadre under Ross.

The SS and the Gestapo, which were originally held by Himmler alone, were handed over by Reinhardt to Steve and Ross, two cronies, respectively, for decentralized management.As for Schwartz, who was originally Reinhardt's boss, he is now a subordinate of Reinhardt's subordinate.