Just how good Otto Skorzny really is, just look at his legendary life. He is arguably the most famous special forces commander in the world and is known as the most dangerous man in Europe.

This man once rescued Mussolini with a glider landing on the top of the mountain, and successfully escaped from prison under the watchful eye of the Allies.

His troops wore American uniforms to disrupt enemy rear, and for a time confused the enemy, throwing him into confusion regardless of friend or foe.

And who are his men? He commanded the German special forces! A great army that was later enhanced by countless myths.

Even if they are only exposed to games, later generations of young people have heard of the GSG-9 unit.

The GSG-9 became one of the world's most experienced special forces forces because of its anti-hijacking operations at Mogadishu airport.

In that battle, they took 106 seconds to kill the three terrorists who hijacked the plane, and wounded another.

As for why the German special forces are so powerful, it has something to do with their character, which is as precise as a clock.

Special forces operations are all about cooperating, and the Germans' personalities make them better suited to carry out the plan step by step.

Now, the German special forces, who are not yet fully developed, and Skorzny, who is not yet fully formed, are being sent to the Soviet front to carry out the task of a rapid breakthrough.

This bridge is their first fixed-point mission. And now it seems that they have done a good job.

The positions were littered with the corpses of Soviet soldiers, and German cars were driving across the bridge one after another.

The bridge that was captured by Skorzny was probably the best in the vicinity and allowed the highest amount of traffic.

The capture of this bridge will ensure that the Leopard tanks of the German armored forces can pass smoothly and continue to move forward to maintain the attack.

And the tanks of the 501 Panzer Battalion, which by this time had already passed here, advanced towards distant Vitebsk.

To make matters worse, Marshal Budyonny, who was far away in Smolensk, did not yet know that his vital road bridge had been lost, and that his line of defense had actually been breached.

"You've done a really good job, and I'm very satisfied." Looking at Skorzne, who had no scars on his face and was still very handsome, Manstein said with a smile.

This time the Führer gave him the most elite special forces and let him use them when seizing the bridge, which really helped him a lot.

If the command troops swept all the way, of course, it was not difficult for the German field troops.

But if you want to attack the designated position before the Soviets blow up the bridge, and stop the Soviets from blowing up the bridge, it is a whimsical idea.

Skorzne's troops offered this option, and indeed accomplished such an impossible task with their own superb tactics.

"Performing the most impossible task for the Führer is the purpose of our existence." Skorzny had a smile on his face as well.

Compared with the various subjects they had trained in the previous six months, the current battle could be regarded as a pediatric existence.

Even if at this time the Führer ordered them to carry out an infiltration mission, infiltrating all the way to Moscow and carrying out the mission of assassinating Stalin, they dared to try.

"Being able to capture this bridge will increase my marching speed by at least 3 days, and it is estimated that the Soviets will wake up when I reach Vitebsk." Manstein looked at the truck passing in front of him and said to the Führer's henchman.

Skolzny also did not mean the slightest pride: "If you need it, I can take someone to infiltrate Vitebsk......"

"Nope! No, no! There's no need for that! Leave the rest to my troops! They also need to prove themselves and not follow you and wait for victory. Manstein rejected Skorzny's offer.

The Führer's willingness to come up with special forces to help is already a great support. If the special forces are abused, resulting in the loss of this force, it will be a slap in the face of the Führer.

So Manstein didn't plan to use such a weapon of the state again, I heard that they still had a lot of tasks to perform.

At this moment, the road to the Vitebsk region of the German armored forces can be said to be smooth, at least on the ground.

"We have to set up air defense positions around here, and this matter cannot be taken lightly!" Seeing off Skorzny, Manstein said to the officers beside him: "You go and deploy yourself!" ”

He didn't want to use the bridges captured by the Führer's special forces to be blown up by the Soviet Air Force.

It would be a huge undertaking to repair the bridge. It's not just a matter of delaying time, it's also the more lethal thing to squeeze out the capacity of the logistics troops.

"Sir, I've got four anti-aircraft guns around me...... Manstein replied with the officer next to him.

Who knows, he didn't wait for Manstein's praise, but waited for a stern order: "4 doors are not enough!" Increased to 10 doors! Equipped with two 88mm cannons...... I have no shortage of anti-aircraft guns, but this bridge cannot afford to lose! ”

"Yes! Sir! I'll be deploying right away! The officer hurriedly stood up and saluted, and retreated to deploy more anti-aircraft guns.

Soon, the towed small-caliber anti-aircraft gun was pulled closer by the truck, and in the distance, German artillery was trying to push an 88 mm anti-aircraft gun into a more suitable position.

These guns were to block all the lines of the planes that were approaching, forcing those that tried to get close to drop their bombs in advance.

In fact, shooting down enemy planes is only a secondary function of antiaircraft guns, and the real meaning of their existence is to drive enemy planes away from their targets and affect the bombing accuracy of enemy planes.

Fighting the enemy is not as important as it seems, and protecting important targets is the most important mission.

Prevention is better than prevention, and this is the role of anti-aircraft artillery units, and it is also the reason why Manstein has stepped up the deployment of these units.

If it had been known that the bridge was intact in the hands of the German forces, the first reaction of the Soviet Air Force was to destroy the bridge at all costs.

Only by destroying the bridge could the German advance towards Vitebsk be effectively stopped. Only by destroying the bridge could the stronghold sandwiched between the two flanks of Army Group Center continue to exist.

Once one of these two strongholds was captured by the Germans, there would be no obstacles to the torrent of steel advancing towards the German armored cluster towards Moscow.

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