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"Attention all personnel, a large number of Polish cavalry troops are rushing from the direction of nine o'clock, and the distance is ten kilometers. All the tanks are fanned out, advancing at a constant speed of thirty kilometers, and the armored vehicles are attacking in a roundabout way."

In 1939, the commander-in-chief of the Luo Ci Group Army Rummel, after receiving a telegram for help from the [-]th Infantry Division of the Polish Army, he urgently sent two cavalry brigades of his own to support the front line. Now the whole of Poland is under heavy attack from the German army in several directions. The Polish army is defensive and passive everywhere, and they are asking for reinforcements everywhere. After weighing the pros and cons, Rummel decided to use two cavalry brigades to reinforce Fifth Infantry Division.

What Rummel did not expect was that the 300th Infantry Division was facing the most advanced armored force of the SS, and it was equipped with an aviation division alone. The SS armored force composed of more than [-] tanks was already waiting for the enemy. Termann (then a colonel in the German SS) was eating like the rest of the soldiers.The armored soldiers are resting, some are having breakfast, some are grooming, but most of them are ready for a new battle...

The terrific battle alarm made everyone run away, and countless things were left on the ground, including food, mirrors, and razors. They were all discarded by the SS soldiers who went to the battle posts. The Guards Tank Assault Group was completed, roaring and rushed out, and the dust raised by the entire tank group covered the sky and the sun.

"Look to the east," a soldier shouted, and the armored soldiers all focused on the east.Wittmann could vaguely see a large movement of people in the dusty field to the east.He quickly used the binoculars to see a large group of cavalry running towards this place in the distance. Judging from their costumes, they were Polish royal cavalry...

The armored divisions were ready, and the battle began immediately, and the rumbling tanks rushed forward in a straight line.Wittmann rushed to the forefront in a "copycat 99" tank.

On this Polish plain, 300 "Shanzhai 99" main battle tanks are mainly engaged in frontal combat, and armored vehicles protrude from the two wings, and they fight long-distance detours.The Germans tried to bury the Poles here.

In an instant, shells poured into the ranks of the Poles, and many Polish cavalry were blown up, bloody and bloody.Subsequently, the armored division quickly cut into the enemy's line to start a new round of offensive.The Polish cavalry had no anti-tank weapons at all, so they used sabers and spears to poke the steel plate of the tank, or shot at them with rifles, while the German armored soldiers hiding inside fired at them through the holes of the guns, easily sweeping the Polish cavalry off their horses.

Wittman drove the tank to the forefront, turning the joystick wantonly to crush the Polish cavalry in a snake shape. When the Polish cavalry in front of him were buried under his tank tracks, they were crushed by Wittmann. Meat puree.The other tankers were also keen on this game, and they stopped machine gunning and turned to this crazy action.The battle turned into a massacre. The Poles were stunned by this barbaric style of fighting. Seeing their comrades were swallowed up by these steel monsters, including men and horses, many Polish cavalry tried to flee in horror.However, this kind of flexible and maneuverable steel behemoth is definitely no worse than their horses, and many Polish cavalry disappeared into the wild with the rumble of tanks.

In the wilderness of the Polish plains, the hustling Polish cavalry seemed helpless in the face of the German tank corps. Their galloping horseshoe prints were quickly swallowed up by the criss-cross tracks of the German iron wolves, leaving only large bloodstains and strangled corpses. minced meat...

Wittman tried to advance further, but the tank's tracks were squeezed by dead human flesh and couldn't move.He lit another cigarette, then opened the hatch and jumped out at a fast speed. He aimed his machine gun at the Poles around him, "Tack...", the Polish cavalry fell to the ground in response, and were rushed up again. The bones of the German tanks were crushed.The Polish cavalry who escaped by chance were surrounded by armored vehicles and the whole army was wiped out.

The battle lasted for nearly an hour, and 15000 Polish Royal Cavalry evaporated from the world.The only evidence of their existence is the minced meat that was deeply ground into the soil in the messy wilderness.

The annihilation of the Polish Royal Cavalry opened the door to Warsaw for the main force of the German armored division, and also opened the prelude to the War of Warsaw.This is a dark page in the history of modern warfare, but it also proves the maturity of tank combat theory.

In the current German-Polish War, Poland used cavalry to fight German tanks, and the casualties were heavy. Less than a thousand of the more than 1 Polish cavalry survived. This is why Wittmann stopped attacking after those Polish cavalry raised the white flag. The rest were left behind, and all the rest were buried on this side of the land.

In real history, there are also many controversies about Polish cavalry vs. German tanks. There is a saying that goes like this.

This is a report from later generations, and its authenticity cannot be verified:

"Among the anecdotes about the European battlefield in the early days of World War II, the heroic Polish cavalry charged German tanks with spears is one of the most talked about war scenes. It is usually said that a certain cavalry brigade of the Polish army When breaking through, because they did not understand the performance of the tanks, they launched a quixotic attack on the German tanks with spears in their hands. The Germans were shocked when they saw this, but soon came to their senses, and mercilessly used tank guns and Machine guns fired at the Polish army, crushing the Polish army with heavy tracks. The battlefield duel imagined by the Polish knights turned into a massacre of disparity in strength, and Don Quixote's joke was stupidly reproduced. This "spear battle tank The legend of "has been widely recognized, including by both sides of the war, and it has also been used in some serious historical documentaries. In 1959, the Polish film "Rotner" starring Roman Polanski reflected the life of the cavalry , played an important role in promoting the spread of this story.

So what is the truth of history?Did the Polish cavalry seriously think that the armor of the tank was nothing more than camouflage made of tin plates, so that the flesh and blood of the horse collided with the steel body of the tank?We might as well turn over the scroll of history once again and walk into the era of wars.

The story of the "Spear Battle Tank" comes from the Krojanty battle that took place on September 1939, 9. At that time, the Polish 19th Cavalry Regiment, in the process of covering the general retreat of the Polish Army in the "Danzig Corridor", went to the ancient The combination of the 18nd and 19th Motorized Divisions of the German 2th Panzer Army led by Derian launched an attack. Two of the Polish cavalry squadrons performing a roundabout mission happened to run into a German infantry battalion resting on the spot. The Poles were caught by surprise. He quickly launched a charge and defeated the German infantry who were caught off guard.During the chase, the German armored troops stationed around arrived after hearing the news and attacked the unprepared Polish cavalry on the plain. The violent machine gun fire caused great damage to the Polish cavalry without cover. Colonel Zha and the chief of staff of the regiment were killed on the spot, and more than 20 Polish cavalry were killed. The Polish cavalry who suffered losses quickly retreated.

The next day, Giorgio Palada, an Italian war reporter who came to interview, saw the corpses of Polish cavalrymen, horses and broken spears lying all over the battlefield, and German tanks patrolling around the battlefield. He published a famous newsletter in an interview, saying that Polish elite cavalry did not understand the performance of tanks, and thought that the armor of tanks was camouflage made of tin plates. Shock, this report caused a sensation.In this way, the myth of "Polish cavalry charging German tanks with spears" spread like this.

Obviously, the Italian reporter's report was somewhat exaggerated, and some of the details did not conform to the actual situation at the time.First of all, it is somewhat unrealistic to say that the Polish cavalry did not know what tanks were, and thought they were camouflage made of tin plates.The tank was born in the First World War, and Germany blitzed Poland in 1939. There were nearly two decades between them. It is impossible for the tank to be a secret weapon.In addition, the Polish army was also equipped with tanks at that time. The forces that Poland could use to resist aggression included 220 light tanks and 650 ultra-light tanks.It can be seen from this that it is an exaggeration to say that the Polish army does not know what a tank is.Secondly, it is also somewhat inconsistent with historical facts to say that the Polish cavalry units charged with spears.The Polish cavalry before World War II was no longer the fat cavalry under the city of Vienna in 1683. The spears disappeared from the standard equipment of the Polish cavalry in 1934. The few remaining spears were mainly used for ceremonial guards and flags, and were no longer their combat weapons.

So why didn't Poland and Germany, who participated in the war, come out to clarify the truth of the battle for a long time?This should be due to a tacit understanding between the two sides in the style of "Zhou Yu beat the yellow cover": the Poles need to use this story to praise their fearless heroism in fighting the invaders, and the Germans need to use it to exaggerate the Third Reich's iron flow and " The power of blitzkrieg.But with the passage of time, the truth was gradually obliterated. "

Regardless of the truth of the matter, Wittmann basically opened the way to Warsaw at this time. If the Polish "Prussian Army" still set up a defense line in front of the SS [-]st Armored Division, what awaited him there was also ruthless crushing.

According to intelligence, the "Prussian" Army Group (8 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry brigade, commander General Domb Bernardsky) is the second echelon, deployed in Kielce, Tomaszow-Mazowiecki, Radom area.

Zhang Jun is also not slack at all in the army headquarters. This is the first battle of his army. The first stop must be a show of prestige, reputation, and morale. If the first battle is a defeat, then the army will not be able to It's easy to bring.

"Report to the army commander, the front line is notified."

"read."

"The Viking Division of the 1939st Panzer Corps of the SS, reported to the army command post that our armored group set off at 9 o'clock on September 1, 4, crossed the Polish border, and arrived at the Polish Lotz Army's defense line an hour later. A tank and the corresponding armored vehicles carried out a lightning assault on the Polish position. With the great assistance of the air force, our army broke through the Polish defense line in just one hour and wiped out a large number of defenders. , So he rested and replenished on the spot.

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