Chapter 204 The First Stop, Fort Henares

Set off!

The first armored regiment was at the forefront of the entire army. The diesel engine of the Panther tank made a rumbling sound, the tracks were rolling against the ground, and the gun barrel was high.

Set off!

The 1st Armored Grenadier Regiment followed behind the Panther tanks. They used half-tracked 251 series armored personnel carriers. On top of each vehicle, there were full of spirited armored grenadiers! In their hands, they held MP36 submachine guns equipped with drums, and their fighting spirit was high!

Set off!

The 2nd Panzergrenadier followed closely behind, armed with four-axle wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, and followed the path opened by the vehicle in front!

Set off!

The division's artillery, anti-tank, refueling vehicles, and ammunition vehicles, accompanied by the army, embarked on the journey together!

The entire army is all mechanized! Their assault speed is quite fast!

The army left the station and watched his most elite army leave, Cyric sighed in his heart.

"The First Armored Division is dispatched? It's great!" Franco was overjoyed when he got this news.

In the last meeting, after all, Cyric finally agreed to mobilize a new army, the most effective SS in Germany! This makes Franco full of expectations, and he will definitely be able to rush to the interior of Madrid!

At this point, he was in high spirits.

For this reason, he deliberately postponed the time of attacking Madrid. A month ago, he carried out a tentative attack again, and as a result, he was beaten out by the army of Madrid!

Now, as long as the German armored forces come in, they can have sufficient backup and go all the way to Madrid!

Time passed little by little, and the armoured troops never came up, and Franco couldn't sit still.

He ran out onto the road, stood on a truck, and looked in the distance, in the direction of Cyric's station.

What about tanks? What about tanks?

Those small tanks in Italy are simply unable to charge! Only Germany's powerful Panther tanks are not afraid of any anti-tank weapons of the opponent, rush up and kill the opponent!

The sun, turned to the south, and slipped to the west, until it was dark, and it did not wait for the German armor.

what happened?

Franco sat on the hood of his car in disappointment, looking at the burning clouds in the west with a disappointed face.

"General, general!" At this moment, the commander of the Central Army, Jose, hurried over and said to him, "The German armored forces are attacking Fort Henares!"

Fort Henares, a city in the east of Madrid, can also be said to be the east gate of Madrid, 35 kilometers away from Madrid.

Taking Madrid as the dividing line, the western part is all under the control of the National Army, while the eastern part is still firmly in the hands of the Republican Army.

As an important location for material transshipment, a large amount of ammunition is still stored in Henares Fort!

And the Republican Army never thought that Franco's men would give up attacking Madrid and raid here. Now, there are only more than a thousand people guarding here!

At dusk, the battle at Fort Henares officially started.

"Woo, woo." The JU87 Stuka dive bomber made a sharp whistle and dived towards the Republican positions on the ground. This terrifying whistle immediately scattered the soldiers of the Republican Army on the ground. .

They are afraid, they are full of fear.

Throughout the Spanish Civil War, the Stuka bombers brought fear to the Republicans!

"Boom!" The dropped bomb accurately hit a solid machine gun bunker on the ground. A large hole was blasted at the top of the entire concrete fortification, and half of the wall collapsed.

"Can't retreat, can't retreat!" An officer of the Republican Army tried to control his army, but when the rumbling tanks appeared in front of him, he couldn't help his inner fear.

Those tanks look horrible! That tall and mighty man, that sturdy body, and that towering gun barrel are all so powerful.

That is simply invincible!

Inside the Panther 1 tank number 006 in the front, the commander Mitchell Wittmann looked at everything outside through the observation window.

He is a tall and handsome Germanic man, wearing a straight armored uniform and a boat-shaped military cap.

If you watch documentaries or photos from World War II, you can find a very interesting phenomenon. Soviet tank soldiers wore thick tank caps, even until later, such as when it came to the T-72. equipment.

why is that? Of course I'm afraid of hitting my head!

The tank is in a bumpy state during the march. If you don't pay attention, your head will easily collide with something. If you have never entered the inside of the tank, if you enter it for the first time, even if the tank does not move, it is easy to hit the head.

However, Germany does not have it. German tank soldiers also have special tank caps that are issued. However, in many cases, they directly wear their handsome military caps.

Why?

From the outside, you can see the posture of the tank. Six pairs of large-diameter road wheels are shaking up and down. Through the torsion bar, the force of the impact is constantly buffered, while the body of the tank does not shake much.

The torsion bar is the key to the Panther tank! After many times of debugging, the suspension system of the Panther tank is moderately soft and hard, and the ride is stable. In addition to this reason, if you enter the interior of the tank, you can find that the interior space of the Panther tank is larger. Plus, the inner side walls have leather upholstery!

The German craftsmanship and the pursuit of excellence in tank quality can all be reflected in these aspects.

And another reason is that Wittmann's head, in addition to the military cap, also wears headphones!

Compared with Soviet tanks, German tanks already have radios as standard, and all tanks have radios!

Therefore, wearing a military cap, it is easy to hang headphones, and if it is a thick tank cap, it is impossible to hang headphones.

Wittmann is also excited. He has been training for several years. Now, he has finally entered the battlefield! As the son of a German peasant, Wittmann has always had the ideal of serving the country.

Wittmann was born on April 22, 1914 in Vogelsau near Baer Engelis in the Upper Palatinate.

Historically, he served in the "German Labour Army" in 1934. He then served in the 10th Company of the 19th Infantry Regiment.

On April 5, 1937, he joined the Waffen SS and received driver training. He was promoted to sergeant in the Polish campaign and commanded an 8-wheeled armored vehicle; in February 1940, he was transferred to the SS "Adolf Hitler" brigade for assault. Artillery Battalion, commanding 6 No. III assault guns.

And now, his life trajectory has also undergone a great turning point. At the age of 34, he joined the 1st Panzer Division of the Waffen SS and became a tank soldier.

Now, he is the commander of this tank! And from now on, Wittmann's glorious era is coming!