My Italian Chapter 675

The Collin Bridge is a steel road arch bridge from Sospelle to Les Calènes.

The bridge has a total length of 83 meters and a height of 27 meters. It spans a long and narrow valley and is the main point connecting the two places. If this place is occupied by the Italian army, the French troops at the Bro Pass will be doomed. Therefore, the French army attaches great importance to this place. In addition to deploying a battalion of troops, a militia battalion is also deployed here.

For a point in the rear, it is already quite important.

However, although heavy troops were deployed here, they still did not escape Lieutenant General Cavillia's sharp eyes. He keenly saw the benefits of seizing this place. Not only would he be able to wipe out the two divisions of the French army at the Bro Pass, but it would also reduce the pressure on him to threaten Nice from the flank and occupy Levan.

After all, two infantry divisions are not a small number for the French Sixth Army. If you want to replenish the combat effectiveness of at least one division in a short time, where will the Sixth Army draw from?

If the reserve team is drawn, what should he do if he doesn't have enough cards in his hand?

It was also in consideration of the problem of the French army at the Bro Pass that Lieutenant General Cavillia decided to send out surprise troops to take the bridge in one fell swoop. Even if it can't be taken, at least the bridge needs to be blown up. And Lieutenant General Cavillia's obsessed goal has already been half completed.

"Fire and prevent the enemy from crossing the bridge!"

"I'm asking how long it will take for the reinforcements to arrive."

"Also report our current situation upwards."

When he said this sentence again, Lieutenant Colonel Kaman, who was the commander of Kelin Bridge, was full of remorse. Hate myself for only focusing on the front, which caused the rear to be attacked.

To put it bluntly, Lieutenant Colonel Kaman should not be held responsible. His own battalion was placed in the more dangerous east of the bridge, and the militia battalion was placed in the safer west of the bridge. From the perspective of military deployment, there was no problem. However, Lieutenant General Cavillia made a strange move. He organized 30 large and medium-sized airships, and took advantage of the cover of night to transport an elite reinforcement battalion behind the Kelin Bridge. For this reason, he even lost an airship.

Needless to say the latter result, the opponent launched a surprise attack on the unsuspecting militia battalion at dawn. Under the enemy's superiority and the frighteningly dense firepower, the militia battalion was defeated. Even a reinforced company he sent to support was beaten back.

The officer who came back said that the enemy had an automatic weapon that could shoot with his hand, and fired it after rushing into their position, defeating them.

After listening to the reports of the retreating officers, Lieutenant Colonel Kaman gave up the idea of ​​immediately retaking the west side of the bridge. At the same time, he asked the troops to be more vigilant to prevent the enemy from coming to the east of the bridge. In addition, he also deployed two companies at the bridge, and aimed most of the heavy weapons on the west side to prevent the enemy from attacking through the bridge.

Of course, he also sent out the news that the west side of the bridge was seized immediately.

Then he received a telegram from the 71st Division in Les Calènes that an infantry regiment had sent support, and another infantry regiment was also preparing for departure.

However, as the most affected side of the bridge's north capture, he had no other news except for the news that he was asked to stick to it until he cooperated with the reinforcements to retake the west of the bridge. It seemed strange.

In fact, there is nothing strange about this, because there is really no troops on the side of Buluo Mountain Pass. Since dawn, the enemy has launched a fierce attack on it, trying to seize its last position, Xifeng. In the face of the enemy's fierce attack, the French army at Bro Pass fought back fiercely. Under the suppression of the enemy's superior aircraft, artillery and other weapons, they repelled the enemy's attack time and time again.

For this reason, the defenders put only the remaining 22 artillery into battle, but these artillery did not let the French army breathe for a long time, and they were destroyed by the enemy's huge superior artillery counterattack.

At this time, the French army at Bro Pass had no support weapons, and could only resist the attack of the 11th Army with flesh and blood. For this reason, the defenders will use all the troops they can mobilize, just to block the enemy and leave a way of life for themselves.

Of course, his survival depends on when the 71st Division can regain the west end of the bridge.

However, as the planner of this operation, how could Lieutenant General Cavillia not know that his commando would be attacked by the enemy frantically after it succeeded.

So at this time, in the open space two kilometers west of the bridge, airships are landing one after another. They are replenishing personnel and supplies for the assault battalion on the west side of the bridge. In addition to the airship, there is also a team of flying hovering vigilantly in the sky, they want to protect the airship from the threat in the air.

This is the second batch of airships, which set off early in the morning. It took them more than three hours to reach here from Cuneo, bypassing the French defense area. The main reason is that the wind direction in the valley is changeable, so the airship can only fly slowly and carefully. Otherwise, it would take more than half an hour to reach this point on flat ground.

"Quick, push the cannon out of the pod."

Immediately after the airship landed, the officer loudly ordered his soldiers in the cabin to push the artillery out. At this time, the one who opens the hatch opens the hatch, and the one who pushes the cannon pushes the cannon. Outside the airship, officers and soldiers who were also waiting outside immediately came in, and together with the officers and soldiers who arrived, they moved down weapons, ammunition and other supplies.

Due to the limited space and time constraints, no one knows when the enemy will come, so the airship needs to transport the personnel, weapons and ammunition out of the cabin as quickly as possible, and leave the space for the next airship. So how fast is the uninstallation speed?

At this time, on one side of the field, several military officers were looking at the busy officers and soldiers. Lieutenant Colonel Arturo, the commander of the assault force, was pinching a pocket watch and watching his soldiers busy carrying the airship.

Behind him, two staff officers were observing the moving scene, trying to optimize and improve the efficiency of the moving.

Although the airship was loaded with a lot of supplies, they were quickly emptied thanks to the efforts of the officers and soldiers. Lieutenant Colonel Arturo looked at his pocket watch after the airship swayed left and right, and the minute hand pointed to 46 minutes. It took them a total of 8 minutes from the time the airship landed and unloaded the supplies to lift off. Among them, it took only half of the time for the lift-off and landing.

"The **** wind makes the landing speed of the airship too slow. According to this speed, we have to move to noon at least. We don't have that long. Lieutenant Colonel, do you want to open up a second dock?"

Major Pittis, the deputy next to Lieutenant Colonel Arturo, spoke with a worried face. Originally they expected that it would take two minutes for the airship to take off and land, but under the influence of the level 5 wind, it was much more difficult to take off and land.

Although the airship is easy to use, it will be very difficult to use the airship when the wind is above level seven. For example, in 1911, the giant white swan airship encountered a 11-level gale over the Atlantic Ocean, which blew the white swan northward and deviated from its course by more than 800 kilometers.

"It's too late. The other dockable points are far away from the bridge, and it's even more inappropriate at this time."

Facing the deputy's words, Lieutenant Colonel Arturo directly vetoed it.

He knows what his deputy is worried about. Time is extremely precious to them at this time. This is the last replenishment of personnel and supplies before they complete the mission. At this time, they must take out as much as they can. Now one stop is not enough, UU Reading www. uukanshu.com They don't have the energy to open another one now.

For Lieutenant Colonel Arturo, personnel and weapons and ammunition are the priority choices. If there is not enough time for other materials, they can only choose to give up. Of course, he is also trying to increase his own time.

"Let the 2nd company carry some landmines, go to the front and set up a few positions to harass the enemy troops from Lescalen, and retreat after one round."

"Obey!"

After watching the messengers leave, Lieutenant Colonel Arturo went to the position after watching the airship transportation for a while.

They want to build a defensive position on the hill west of the bridge in a short time. Although the time is tight, there must be trenches, otherwise how to defend the enemy's strength of a division.

And with this aerial supplement, Lieutenant Colonel Arturo's strength can reach 2,000 people, plus weapons and ammunition and other supplies, so that he can barely hold here for three days. Of course, this is still based on air superiority. Whether or not the enemy can be completely wiped out and saved depends on how fast the 11th Army can attack.

(end of this chapter)

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