Chapter 741: No One Can Conquer Great Britain
The cargo ship "Stillmark", a large merchant ship with a displacement of 20,000 tons, was launched at the Krupp-Germania shipyard in Kiel in 38 years.
This merchant ship, when it was built, there were military personnel involved, and the cabins on the merchant ship were completely designed according to the dimensions of the Panther 3 tank, and various optimizations were made, and now, as the war progressed, the merchant ship was also called by the army at any time to participate in this operation.
The four 9-cylinder diesel engines in the tail can output 16,000 horsepower, at this time, the engine is humming and turning, pushing the merchant ship, slowly docking towards the berth in the port, without the help of tugboats, the docking of this large merchant ship is the time to test the skills of sailors.
"Right full rudder! The host is stalled. The captain gave one last order, and as the helmsman struck the rudder to the far right, the hull could be seen slowly turning, and at the same time, docking towards the dock on one side.
When the hull was completely sideways, the speed was gone, and the hull was perfectly docked in the harbor!
The bridge was erected, and in the cabin, one after another Panther 3 tanks rumbled and went ashore!
The first to be transported, of course, was the most elite SS panzer division in Germany!
Joseph Dietrich, striding off the bridge, his feet, stepped under the docks in England.
"From here, to every part of the continent, it's our German! Plant our flag all over the UK! "Standing on the port of Plymouth, Dietrich swears.
Germany, the most powerful is the army, when the army lands, the whole island of Great Britain will tremble under the German tanks!
The equipment on the ship was being unloaded quickly, and at the same time, there were a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, mixed with some strange machinery.
Big rollers in front, engines in the back, rumbling, yes, rollers! This team was German sappers, and they also moved with the first batch of troops.
Their task is to level the land near the port, and on the same day, build a base where fighters can take off and land!
The fighters flew across the strait, and because of the range restrictions, they had a very short time to stay in the air, and they could not undertake the task of protecting the army, so they had to set up a forward airfield for them.
Actually, this is also a convention.
For example, in later generations, the MiG-29 has been criticized as a broken leg, an airport guard, but in fact, this is a complete misunderstanding of the purpose of this kind of fighter, which was originally used in front-line field airfields.
In the fierce World War II, the front-line fighter was completely a consumable weapon, which did not require much range, and could simply lay a base on the front line, saving the weight of fuel and improving mobility.
The battle in Plymouth was one-sided, and this battle surprised many military bricklayers, and at the same time, it also fed a group of bricklayers, constantly analyzing and researching, relying on the English Channel, the British have always thought how safe they are, but this battle used a living example to tell them that there is nothing that Germany cannot defeat, a mere strait, nothing.
There are many reasons for this, but the tactics applied by the Germans in this battle are the most praiseworthy.
Of course, this is definitely not good news for the British side.
Dover.
Jacques Dorio was hiding behind an infantry fighting vehicle, at this time, his face was all pitch black, all was smoked by gunpowder, his voice was already hoarse, he was still shouting to the people around him: "Reinforcements, our reinforcements, why haven't they arrived yet?" We're running out of ammo soon! ”
They fought hard for half a day on the beach, a lot of ammunition was exhausted, and the number of people became smaller and smaller.
In his heart, there was a terrible thought, if they had to wait until it was dark and the backup could arrive, they would definitely not be able to hold out for that long!
Could it be that you have been abandoned, right? When the guide was here, he even began to tremble.
Impossible, impossible, the Germans don't have this tradition, at least there are Germans fighting side by side with them!
It's those damn shore guns! With the presence of those shore artillery, your own reinforcements will not dare to come up, and at the same time, it is useless to drop supplies by air, the distance is too close, and if there is an airdrop in the sky, most of them will fall into the water, and even fall to the opponent's position.
"Dorio, the superior ordered us to retreat, and we covered for you to retreat first." At this moment, Walker, the commander of the amphibious tank unit, almost lying on his stomach, braved the artillery fire from the opposite side, came to give him the order.
Fall back?
Dorio looked at the other side, looking at the corpses all over the ground, and now he wants to retreat?
The German army has always been invincible! Someone has made an analysis that the Germans have won every military operation since Hitler became the head of Germany, and now, how can they fail?
Isn't retreating a failure?
"Fifteen minutes later, our fighters will carry out one last heavy bombardment to suppress the fire on the opposite side, and after that, we will retreat towards the strait, and your rubber boat troops will go first, and we will cover behind." Walker continued.
"Okay, thank you." Walker said.
The troops behind the palace were very dangerous, and it was already interesting that the Germans did not abandon them and slipped away first.
Well, this cross-sea landing can be regarded as a complete failure.
Also, in history, needless to say anything else, France and Britain fought wars, and many times they tried to land on British territory, but they all failed, don't look at the strait is not wide, it is not so easy to land across the sea.
All along, Germany's invincibility was on land, at sea, although the Germans defeated the British fleet, it was not good, a century-old navy.
Looking at the corpses around him, Dorio couldn't get excited no matter what, for him, this day was simply unforgettable, he wanted to go down in history, but in the end, it ended in failure.
In the sky, swarms of Stuka bombers once again pounced on the opposite British position, and one after another the fighters dived and dropped terrible bombs.
"Reinforcements, quick, reinforcements!" Here, the British commander shouted into the phone.
The Germans on the other side are exhausted, and the British on this side, why not? The sky is still German! This bomber overhead, every time it comes, it takes countless lives.
The men on the position, one after another, died, the machine guns were broken, and new ones were brought in later, and the machine gunners were killed in battle, and they were replenished later.
If you look at it from the sky, you can even see that the reinforcements of the soldiers and the team that transported the corpses have hardly been broken!
Compared with Germany, their biggest advantage is that they can be replenished, but the support on the opposite side cannot come up, so this kind of tragic meat grinder-like battle will eventually be won by their own side!
"Retreated, they retreated!" One of the soldiers in charge of the lookout shouted loudly.
In the fierce bombardment of Stuka, the German attacking troops, retreated! They pushed the dinghy back into the water and began to move back, and the remaining amphibious tanks were slowly retreating.
"We've won!" Everyone shouted excitedly, and even, despite the fire of the plane overhead, they actually stood up, raised their hands in the air, and posed in a big V-shape.
No nation, not a people, can conquer Great Britain!