"Shurde? Why did you come to me all of a sudden? Aren't you on the second line of defense? You're not here to quarrel, are you? ”

The division commander, General Paul Conratt, wondered. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"No, it's not! The U.S. military is almost there, so I'm here to get new weapons and equipment from Commander Heinrich for a trial! So stop by and visit you! ”

Division Commander Shurd shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"New weaponry? What a weapon! ”

When the division commander, General Paul Conrat, heard this, he immediately became energetic.

"It's those Rambo guns given by the Führer - M607.62mm general-purpose machine guns, and AKM assault rifles, as well as RPG-740 rocket launchers, and BM21 rocket launchers!"

Division Commander Shurd replied in a somewhat ostentatious tone.

"How can you have these new weapons and equipment, while most of my troops are using old weapons! I'm also going to Commander Heinrich to ask for new weapons and equipment! ”

When the division commander, General Paul Conrat, heard this, he immediately shouted with no pleasure at all.

"Whatever you like! Anyway, I'll go first, and I'll have to guard the second line of defense! And I would also like to know what the power of these new weapons and equipment given to me by the Führer is! ”

Division Commander Shurd said with a triumphant smile.

After saying that, he hasn't waited for the division commander Paul? General Conrat sneered at each other, or shouted noisily; He didn't look back, but waved away happily and ostentatiously.

"it! You're really here to show off and pretend to be me! The SS were really pretending bastards! ”

The division commander, General Paul Conrat, gritted his teeth angrily and cursed.

After scolding, he hurriedly left his position tomorrow and ran to the general headquarters to find Commander Heinrich for new weapons and equipment.

At this time, in the dark bottom of the Mediterranean, 45 U-boats were sailing at a speed of 23 knots towards the approaching island of Pantelleria.

In this submarine unit, the submariners are all sailing and watching the radar very carefully.

Because the U-boats of 1943 were equipped with new electronic equipment, which was more advanced than the previous 'Biskai Cross'.

And many of the submarine forces dispatched this time are new 'Walther submarines', which are new types of submarines powered by fuel turbines and can reach underwater speeds of up to 23 knots.

And each submarine is equipped with a 'T-5' electric and self-guided torpedo, which can reach a range of 594 meters and a top speed of 25 knots.

At the same time, protective materials were equipped around the perimeter of their submarine towers to interfere with radar detection.

And the anti-aircraft weapons on the submarine have been greatly strengthened.

"Heading due north, at a distance of 5,000, enemy destroyers were found, as well as more than 20 ships!"

Fifteen minutes later, the captain of the pilot submarine suddenly sent a message to the submarines.

As soon as the report was accepted, the captains ordered to enter combat status immediately.

And on the surface of these submarine forces, a small group of black shadows is disappearing with the waves not far from them.

These submarine forces include the Woodpecker Submarine Group, the Swallow Starling Submarine Group, and the Thrush Submarine Group.

The Woodpecker Submarine Group and the Swallow Bugle Submarine Group are both submarine groups with relatively actual combat experience, while the Thrush Submarine Group is composed of 13 new submarines and inexperienced sailors.

In order not to be immediately discovered by the enemy, these submarine forces are all under 250 meters of potential.

And they have to listen and see all directions; It is necessary to guard against enemy planes in the sky with radar alarms, and also to guard against enemy ships on the sea where they suddenly find their tracks.

In addition to this, they also have to pay close attention to whether there are depth charges in the distance, or the sound of bombs exploding; And the sonar detectors of the enemy ships, and the sound of their propellers will not be very noisy and alarm the enemy ships.

Moreover, the large oil submarine 'Dairy Cow', which refueled these German submarine forces at sea, slowly followed them far behind them.

After a short period of careful observation, after determining that the U.S. fleet was free of the beeping sound of submarine detectors, all the submarines began to slowly rise 50 meters.

"All submarine forces obey the order and continue to maintain a depth of 200 meters, while also being prepared for depth charges!"

"Azimuth 35 north, 15 west, enemy destroyers found, and cruisers!"

"All torpedo tubes one to five, ready to fire!"

At this time, Captain Heidelhi, the commander-in-chief of the three submarine forces who had been ordered by Dönitz to lead the operation, was in the command room of the submarine U-230 with blazing eyes, while giving various attack orders while the actual situation was fundamental.

"The torpedo tubes are all in place! Sir! ”

Not long afterward, all the submarines that had completed their preparations for the attack kept repeating the same answer.

"Okay, then let's hear the general location of the other enemy ships now; At latitude 35 north and longitude 11 west, there were 3 enemy ships, which were attacked by the Thrush submarine group. ”

"At latitude 35 north, longitude 28 west, longitude 60 west, there are 9 enemy ships! The Swallow Bugs submarine group is in charge of the attack! ”

"All the remaining enemy ships are to be taken care of by our woodpecker submarine group, in charge of the annihilation battle!"

When all the submarines were ready for the attack, Captain Heidersey continued to give various combat orders.

"Yes! Sir! ”

Hearing this, all the submarine fleets replied quickly.

While the Germans were carrying out these pre-war attacks, the British and American fleets on the sea had just stopped shelling the island of Pantelleria.

"Hey! Lund! You see, the effect of our shelling is also good! Now the anti-aircraft artillery positions on the island of Pantelleria, which the Italian army occupies, have been bombed by us! ”

"Captain Tad! Although we have the assistance of the air force, our navy of the British Empire is still stronger than them! ”

Second Lieutenant Lund, a naval officer, hurriedly echoed with a smile on his face.

"Of course! You didn't see that most of those air units were shot down by the Italian army's shore-based artillery and anti-aircraft artillery groups, and they fled in disarray! Hahaha! ”

After Captain Thad accepted the other party's sycophant words, he immediately laughed in a good mood.

"That's right! Captain! Why don't we now take advantage of the complete collapse of the Italian air defense system and destroy all the remaining enemy anti-aircraft artillery groups? ”

Second Lieutenant Lund, a naval officer, asked in confusion.

"It's easy! Didn't you see that our army units have already landed successfully? Then the rest will have to be left to them, and we are only responsible for providing long-range fire support to the army units anyway! There is no way to let our marines, or our navy, come and land and take this small island! ”

Captain Thad stood in the conning tower of his battleship, relishing.

"Shall we just anchor in this sea and do nothing more? If that's the case, then how can we get more records to get promoted and make a fortune? ”

Second Lieutenant Lund, a naval officer, said depressedly with reluctance.

"I can't help it! I'm just a petty officer, and I'm not a dignitary! I will obey orders as much as I like to command! ”

The THAAD captain shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly and said.

"Hey! That's all we can do now! The official level crushes people to death! ”

Ensign Lund replied with a frustrated sigh.

"Hey! Don't be discouraged! Didn't you just hear the landing force of the American army, not shouting that the enemy infantry on the island was not Italian, but German? ”

Captain Thad said with a twinkle in his eyes and a smile.

"They seem to be arguing like this, but what if there are German troops on the island? We have so many troops, and there are even more troops behind us, watching our every move! If something happens to us, our large army will surely come here in a frenzy to take revenge on the German troops for us! ”

Second Lieutenant Lund said with a firm gaze and conviction.

"Or may! Anyway, now that it's halftime for us, let's relax our nerves and get in the mood! Otherwise, if we receive the order to attack on a large scale, we will not have time to rest; And we don't know what our final fate will be after fighting again? ”

Captain Sade suddenly sighed as he stared at the battle-torn island of Pantelleria outside the battleship with a serious expression on his face.