Chapter 202： Stop 1, Fort Henares

set off!

The First Armored Regiment was leading the whole army. The diesel engine of the Panther tank made a rumbling sound, the track was crushing the ground, and the gun barrel was high.

set off!

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

set off!

The 2nd Panzergrenadier followed closely behind. They were equipped with a four-axle drive wheeled infantry fighting vehicle. They followed the road opened by the vehicle in front!

set off!

The division’s artillery, anti-tank, refueling truck, and ammunition truck, accompanied the army, embarked on the journey together!

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

The army, leaving the station, watched his most elite legion leave, and Cyric felt emotionally.

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

In the last meeting, somehow, Cyrek finally agreed to mobilize a new army. It is the most effective SS in Germany! This makes Franco full of expectations, and he can definitely rush to Madrid!

At this time, he was in high spirits.

For this reason, he deliberately postponed the attack on Madrid. A month ago, he conducted a tentative offensive again. As a result, he was beaten out by the Madrid army!

Now, as long as the German armored forces come in, they can have sufficient support, and they can go into Madrid in one go!

Time passed by little by little, and the armored troops were never seen moving up, and Franco couldn't sit still.

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

Where's the tank? Where's the tank?

The small Italian tanks can't charge at all! Only Germany's powerful Panther tank is not afraid of any anti-tank weapons of the opponent, rushing up and killing the opponent!

The sun turned to the south, and then slid down to the west, until dark, without waiting for the German armored forces.

what happened?

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

"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, the eastern city of Madrid, can also be said to be the east gate of Madrid, 35 kilometers away from Madrid.

With Madrid as the dividing line, the west is fully controlled by the National Army, while the east is firmly in the hands of the Republican Army.

As an important place for material transfer, Fort Henares still has a large amount of munitions stored!

The Republican Army did not expect Franco's men to give up attacking Madrid and raid here. Now, there are only more than a thousand guards here!

At dusk, the battle of Fort Henares officially started.

"Woo, woo." The JU87 Stuka dived the bomber and issued a sharp scream, swooping toward the Republican army position on the ground. This terrible scream immediately scattered the Republican soldiers on the ground. .

They are afraid, and their hearts are full of fear.

Throughout the Spanish Civil War, the Stuka bomber has always brought fear to the Republican Army!

"Boom!" The dropped bomb accurately hit a sturdy machine gun bunker on the ground. The top of the entire concrete fortification was blown with a big hole, and half of the wall collapsed.

"No retreat, no retreat!" An officer of the Republican Army tried to control his army, but when the rumbling tank appeared before him, he couldn't help his inner fear.

Those tanks look terrible! The tall and mighty body, the sturdy body, and the towering barrels are all so powerful.

That is simply invincible!

Inside the Panther 1 tank numbered 006, the commander Mitchell Wittman, through the observation window, looked at everything outside.

He is a tall and handsome German, wearing a straight armored uniform and a ship-shaped military cap.

If you look at documentaries or photos from the Second World War, you can find a very interesting phenomenon. Soviet tank soldiers were wearing thick tank caps, even until later, such as the T-72. equipment.

Why is that? Of course I am afraid of hitting my head!

The tank is in a bumpy state when it is moving. If you don't pay attention, your head can easily bump into something. If you haven't entered the tank, you can easily hit your head even if the tank is not moving.

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

Why?

From the outside, you can see the attitude of the tank. The six pairs of large-diameter road wheels are shaking up and down through the torsion bar, constantly buffering the impact of the force, while the tank body Don't shake much.

The torsion bar is the key to the Panther tank! After many debugging, the suspension system of the Panther tank is moderately soft and hard, and the driving is stable. In addition to this reason, if you enter the inside of the tank, you can find that the internal space of the Panther tank is larger and the internal side wall has leather soft pads!

German craftsmanship and excellence in tank quality can be reflected in these aspects.

The other reason is that Wittmann's head is wearing headphones in addition to the military cap!

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

Therefore, wearing a military cap makes it easy to hang headphones, but if it is a thick tank cap, you cannot hang headphones.

Wittmann was also excited in his heart. After training for several years, he has finally stepped into the battlefield! As the son of a German farmer, Wittmann has always had the ideal of serving the country.

Wittmann was born on April 22, 1914 in Foguesso near Upper Pfalzbær ​​Englis.

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

Joined the Waffen-SS on April 5, 1937 and received pilot training. During the Polish campaign, he was promoted to sergeant and commanded an 8-wheeled armored vehicle. In February 1940, he was transferred to the SS "Adolf Hitler" brigade assault. The artillery battalion commanded 6 assault guns III.

And now, his life trajectory has also taken a big turn. In 34 years, he joined the Waffen-SS Panzer Division and became a tank soldier.

He is now the commander of this tank! And from now on is the arrival of Wittmann's glorious era!