Blitzkrieg

To lose a battle is the first step to winning a war

                                                                                            0800 Hours

                                                                                      September 1,1939                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   The ground rumbled in the sound of iron treads and the marching of German  

      Soldiers. The Polish where completely caught off guard by the Huge invasion

   and had almost no time to prepare for such an attack.     

I open the Hatch of my tank to look out over the battlefield,"Hey Dreadson look!" I look up from the floor of the the tank. You could tell the Polish where unprepared for such an assault, they where on horses with sabers attempting to defeat armored vehicles. I watched as the where mowed down by the German 192nd Grenadier Division along with the 68th Panzer Division "Their Despite to defend their own country even if they know they have no chance of winning ." Iook back down into my tank and look at Likgare,the loader, and say "Pay Attention Likgare,this is only the beginning of a long bloody war. The father land could not lose though we are more powerful then even the soviets can anticipate." i felt a Polish Cannon ball fly past me almost hitting me. I fell back into the turret dazed,i couldn't hear anything but then slowly started to regain my  consciousness. The Gunner,Mortar, was yelling at me to get up. "I'll be fine...Target 550 meters out. Turret to 450 P.S and load an H.E Round Now!" I looked over at Filjum,The Radio Operator, and gave the order to contact H.Q to Report 1 Anti-Tank Emplacement Eradication. He shot me back a stare of confusion, "But no Anti-tank guns have been killed?"  I looked at him in anger "That is An Order,Because theirs about to be one." I looked forward again  closing the hatch,still open on the tank. "Round Up!" Likgare yells i look through the para-scope in the turret "Mortar is the Target in your sights?" and quickly replied "Affirmative, Mein Kommandant! Shes sitting nice and pretty!" A gave him a smile and Answered "Fire at will." The Tank shock as the 37mm Main gun fired. "Round Out!" Mortar Yells "Likgare! Status Report." he grinned and said "Target destroyed! Those H.E Rounds Really Get the job done." he said with such excitement  "These Rounds Are Brand new Straight from the Berlin Ammo Depot about a week ago." Our tank came to a complete stop when something hit us "Those God Damn Cannons have quite a bit of power behind them!" I opened  the turret to inspect it "No its a Damn Anti-tank barrier." At the moment we started to take Heavy Gun fire by the Polish Resistance.  Sigh...That was the last time i saw my tank crew instill we were redeployed to the western front in 1944...France.