"Attack!" Alexander? Lieutenant General Linsingen, on a transport ship, gave the order for the marines to attack. Thousands of officers and men of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Marine Division began the landing operation at a distance of 10 kilometers from the coast in the landing craft of the defeated ship.

These landing craft, each capable of carrying a soldier of an infantry squad, were driven by oil extractors and were fast. The distance of 10 kilometers only takes less than 20 minutes.

Once the Marines have successfully established a beachhead on the beach, the transports will sail further to the coast to save time for landing. At the same time, amphibious tanks and other landing weapons will also begin to attack to assist the marines who have already washed up on the beach to further expand the results of the battle.

Hundreds of landing craft are scattered in this sea area. The German marines, shrunken and lowered their height as much as possible. The landing craft used by the Marines are all reinforced. In the front, a thin layer of armor was added. Although it is not possible to withstand shells, there is no problem in resisting bullets. Even machine-gun bullets don't necessarily fit through.

The landing operation was undoubtedly very tragic, especially before they washed up on the beach, and the brave Marines did not even have the slightest ability to protect themselves. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the marines as much as possible.

"General, the Germans have landed. They dispatched hundreds of landing craft, densely packed, almost covering the sea! "An officer to Douglas? Admiral Haig reported.

After escaping back to England from Le Havre, Douglas? Admiral Haig and others were not punished, but were still entrusted with important tasks. After all, the British Army was inherently short of experienced generals. Like Douglas? Admiral Haig and other generals who have been on the battlefield are even less pitiful. Therefore, these generals can be regarded as valuable assets of the British Army. Such a general, even if he loses the battle, he still has to be reused. Otherwise, where would they find so many generals to lead their troops to war?

Douglas? Admiral Haig is now in command of the 1st Army of the British Home Army, with a total of 200,000 men, which is a real elite. Their defense zone is none other than Margate.

In addition, General Benson, the former commander of the 2nd Army of the British Expeditionary Force, was also transferred to the commander of the 2nd Army of the Home Army after returning home. Major General Gough, commander of the 5th Army of the Expeditionary Force, was appointed commander of the 3rd Army of the Home Army. These three army groups can be regarded as the real elite units of the native army.

The three armies, stationed on the Margate, Dover and Folkestone lines, became the main forces against the Germans. The other two elite armies were deployed in London to serve as the capital's defense force and reserves. In addition, there were several second-line armies in the southeastern theater of operations on the British mainland, with a total strength of 1.6 million troops.

"Order our artillery, start the attack. Shore defense artillery also joined in. Focus on attacking the landing force of the Germans! "Douglas? Admiral Haig ordered.

After the crushing defeat of the expeditionary force, Douglas? Admiral Haig has also undergone a great change, he has paid more attention to and vigilance against the German army, he knows that the German army is powerful, and he knows that if he wants to defeat the German army, it will be very difficult, and he must give priority to killing and injuring the living forces of the German army. Otherwise, you will only cause unnecessary casualties to yourself.

Douglas? Admiral Haig Xinzhi said that if they wanted to compete with the German fleet with the artillery in their hands, it would be a fool's dream at all. That's why he focused the shelling on the German landing force. It is obviously much better to destroy the landing force of the German army than to go to the death with the German fleet in vain.

"Yes, General!" The officer immediately went to deliver the order.

A few minutes later, the British artillerymen, who had been silent from the beginning of the battle, began to roar.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

More than a thousand British artillery pieces began to fire fiercely. These cannons belonged to the 1st and 6th armies of the British army. The 6th Army was also stationed in Margate, under the influence of Douglas? Admiral Haig abstinence.

In addition, the coastal defense artillery of the Navy has more than two hundred cannons. These cannons have a long range and are also very powerful.

Cannonballs rained down on the sea, splashing columns of water into the sky. The officers and men of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Marine Division, which were charging towards the shore, were suddenly in danger.

"Boom!" A landing craft was hit by a shell, and the vulnerable landing craft immediately fell apart. The heavily armed marines all fell into the water. Although, they untied the equipment on their bodies as soon as possible, so as not to be dragged into the sea by the wet equipment. But there are still many people who have not been able to escape and have sunk into the sea.

"Boom!"

A shell exploded not far from a landing craft, and although it did not hit, the scattered shrapnel still pierced the landing craft, killing several soldiers.

After the British artillery began to fire, the casualties of the marines, who had not yet been able to rush to the shore, began to rise.

"Damn! And what about our artillery? Suppress the artillery of the British! "Alexander? Lieutenant General Lin singen shouted with red eyes. In such a situation, no matter how heroic the soldiers of the Marine Corps are, they are like lambs to the slaughter!

"General, the battleships of the Navy have begun to suppress the artillery of the British!" The adjutant reported.

Of course, those warships of the Navy on the sea could not watch the Marines suffer from the British fire. They immediately changed the coordinates of the shelling and began to fire at the positions of the artillery positions of the British.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

One powerful naval artillery shell after another smashed into the British artillery position. The power of large-caliber naval artillery shells is not comparable to the shells of these army forces. As long as it was hit, almost a single shell was able to inflict considerable losses on the artillery positions of the British.

"Boom!"

A 280-mm shell hit an 83.8-mm field gun position of the British Army. The whole position was like a typhoon passing through, and it suddenly became very embarrassing. Several cannons were blown up, and many artillery pieces were also directly killed, which was very miserable.

Although, the artillery of the British Army was massive. However, under the heavy blows of the naval guns of the German Navy, they still paid a heavy price. At the same time, as more and more artillery was eliminated, the artillery positions of the British were gradually suppressed.

It's just that the shelling of the British has already caused a lot of casualties to the German marines.