Battle of the Third Reich

Due to the lack of interference and resistance from the envisioned enemy forces, the speed of the German transport force far exceeded the planned plan. The landing craft unit only took half an hour to send a regiment of infantry ashore. With the passage of time, the pilots of the landing craft have become familiar with the hydrological environment on the route. After several round trips, they gradually began to become familiar with the ride, and the speed of turning around to turn around is getting faster and faster. Hundreds of small landing craft are The beach and the boat shuttle back and forth, and the trail dragged out draws a regular ellipse on the water. The whole process is like a speedboat racing.

The first infantry that went ashore were all light infantry and did not carry their own weights and heavy equipment. The first batch of troops in the original plan will be hit by various British firearms. In the process of rushing to the beach, the speed is the first. The result of moving a dozen kilograms of weight to the beach is that the other party looks like Killed like a duck.

Xu Jun has studied countless historical records about the Allied landings in World War II, and has seen the memoirs and photos of many parties. North Africa, Italy, Normandy, and the Pacific Ocean, every beach grab is like a blood sacrifice, Xu Jun is not prepared Repeat the mistakes made by previous people.

German soldiers are very lucky that they do not have to rely on countless failures and the blood of thousands of soldiers in exchange for the ultimate improvement of landing tactics, just like their British and American counterparts. However, it seems that the experience of Head of State Xu did not come in handy at all. If I want to verify the advancement of the landing tactics of the head of state, I am afraid I have to find the next opportunity.

Guderian first discovered the problem. The German landing plans were all built under combat. Each wave of landing troops interlocked to ensure the continuity of the frontline assault forces, including a large number of deep breakthroughs. And circuitous actions, so everything in the plan is to ensure firepower and military strength.

However, the current situation is completely different. Guderian believes that the focus should be shifted immediately, and everything should be centered on consolidating the defense of the landing zone and establishing a forward base. It should be rushed to turn this area into a solid bridgehead before the British react, and then follow the headquarters’ plan to launch the next round of attack.

Goodrian’s suggestion once again touched the itch of Bock. The conservative commander of the landing cluster now feels more pleasing to the moustache. Bock and Guderian immediately spread out the landing transfer table to study what changes can be made, provided that the normal landing order is not disrupted.

Guderian believed that it was necessary to let the mechanized chemical engineering unit land first, cooperate with the naval engineering unit, quickly build a landing pontoon and a simple dock, and then send the construction engineer and armored engineering unit ashore. These troops can immediately construct fortifications and defense lines around the villages and towns, and lay simple runways at the locations delineated in the plan to build forward airports.

During this period, the two tank landing ships rushed to the beach according to the original plan, and sent the two tanks ashore, so as to ensure that the landing area could be protected by a battalion’s armored force before dawn, as long as it did not encounter heavy artillery or the British. The impact of the armored forces cannot be broken by the infantry alone.

After the landing pontoon and dock are constructed, the subsequent artillery and armored forces will be able to continuously transport to the shore, and the supplies and logistics systems can also be transferred to the shore.

Simultaneously. The landing craft's delivery of infantry continued, but subsequent landing infantry can carry their own weights and luggage, and carry as many heavy weapons as possible, so as to reduce the pressure on the frontline defense forces and logistics transportation.

The headquarters did not expect the British to give up their villages and towns. In the original plan, this area will become a **** and cruel battlefield, and the roads and buildings will be seriously damaged, so consider setting up supply points, barracks, and material yards in the beach and the wilderness outside the town.

The headquarter specifically set a schedule for this purpose in the plan. A large portion of engineers and equipment have also been transferred, and they have been dedicated to the establishment of these facilities and units. So Guderian discovered that now these engineers and equipment can be saved. They can be arranged for other important engineering tasks.

Because now the Germans are facing a complete community, the whole area is composed of two small towns connected together, one is the town of Wolman and the other is the town of Deer. It may have been two villages hundreds of years ago, but after hundreds of years of evolution and expansion, the two towns have now become a whole without distinction between you and me.

All kinds of buildings, alleys and streets stretch for four kilometers along the beach and two kilometers in depth. The whole is an isosceles triangle. At the center of the longest bottom of the triangle is the three-tier big cake Dilburg, and At the bottom corner to the south is another castle, Warburg.

Since the townspeople had fled, all houses were free, and the Germans could now requisition any building at will without any obstruction. With so many ready-made houses, warehouses, workshops, and camps, the Germans no longer need to spend manpower and resources to rebuild these buildings.

The town’s water supply and power supply system is intact. Germans can use it directly after a short rest, and even the bars, theaters, and entertainment facilities are completely preserved. The complete decoration and facilities are complete, and the German soldiers can stay directly with their bags.

Under the reminder of Guderian, Bock immediately discovered the key to the problem. He began to praise the apostles of God. How could he create such a miracle without God's favor.

Gudrian's plan, Bock decided to accept it all, and as an experienced group army commander, he also made his own suggestions. Immediately report the current progress to the headquarters, request the air force to parachute a group of parachute troops here as soon as possible, and request the headquarters to attack Dover and Folkestone in advance to attract the attention of the British army.

The headquarters quickly called back, and Xu Jun personally replied. Xu Jun first expressed his appreciation for Bock’s decisiveness in the telegram, and then he fully satisfied Bock’s requirements. The two reserve paratroopers had already done well. Ready, you can immediately fly to Deere, the third echelon of the Reichenau Group has already set off, and will reach the landing point in two hours. Finally, with regard to Dover and Folkestone, he let Bock not have to worry. The two places are currently struggling with artillery fire, and Bock can now start boldly.

The complete preservation of the town of Deer saved the German landing forces a lot of energy. More importantly, it saved a lot of precious time. A large number of construction engineers were sent to the shore and joined the bridge construction project at the beach.

The naval engineers have already begun the assembly work of the prefabricated pontoon construction. They connected the eight-meter-long fully sealed pontoons side by side with iron bolts, and then grouped four into a floating raft. The engineers first laid a mesh steel beam on top, hinged with iron bolts, and finally laid a layer of sleeper pavement on the steel beam. These thick sleepers were fixed to the steel beam by long iron bolts, forty centimeters Thick, can withstand the rolling of tanks and heavy artillery.

The naval engineers have undergone countless drills before this, and these work procedures have long been familiar, and soon the foundation module was completed. The navy soldiers used motorboats to draw these floating rafts to the beach head, and then hooked them together with movable bolts to join together, and soon an 800-meter-long pontoon appeared in front of the Germans.

The naval engineering ship drove the steel column into the seabed and fixed the pontoon with anchor chains and iron bars to prevent it from being deformed and damaged by the impact and drift of the waves. Engineers installed a movable springboard at the end of the pontoon near the beach and connected it directly. In addition to the mechanized bridge built by the mechanized bridging engineer unit, this iron bridge is connected to the pontoon at one end, and is laid directly at the top of the earth **** of the sand embankment. Soldiers and vehicles can walk directly from the pontoon to the land.

The Army Corps of Engineers laid more than a dozen simple auxiliary roads on the beach. Engineering vehicles and transport vehicles were landed on the barge and sent to the beach. The mechanized bridge trailer dragged the mechanized bridge components to the beach head and assembled them by the bridge engineer. The other supplies were along Quickly drive up the **** on the auxiliary road. The originally planned beachhead supply point was cancelled because there were ready-made warehouses and courtyards available, so there was no need to dig holes on the beach.

In the next two hours, the Naval Engineers and the Army Engineering Corps worked together to build four identical pontoons in a row. At the same time, two engineering ships began to pour water into the towed large cement caisson. These large cement components slowly sunk into the bottom of the well-predicted position. Four huge steel columns were inserted into the pre-built fixed holes in the caisson, and then the tug A large flat-bottomed barge was towed and fixed between four pillars with an anchor chain. The anchor chain was hung on a movable iron ring on the iron column. The barge could float up and down with the rise and fall of the tide. Eventually, the naval engineers connected one end of a pontoon to the barge, and a complete floating dock system was constructed.

Before the sunrise, the first floating dock was completed, a large transport ship immediately docked, the infantrymen carried their luggage directly from the boarding ladder to the dock, and the vehicles and supplies followed the sling of the side crane Slowly put it down, and after a while, the infantry of a battalion carried all the equipment and vehicles to the coast.

At this time, it was not far from the sunrise, and the horizon of the east was gradually showing a hint of white. Bok and Guderian spent half a night's effort, successively sending four infantry regiments and an armored battalion to the coast. At the same time, all the engineering units and a large amount of heavy supplies and ammunition fuel landed.

Under the command of Bock, the landing Germans had built a half-moon-shaped line of defense around the landing site. When the dawn was shining from the east and the first morning sun was shining on British beaches, the coast had become a huge messy construction site. The streets of villages and towns were filled with gray uniforms and helmets. Streets Full of various trucks and barrels, the transport ships on the sea are still changing positions, one after another, docked on the floating dock. A team of infantry and trucks continually walked along the pontoon to land, and then dispersed to various assembly points and defensive positions under the command of the military police.

At 6:50 a.m. on the dth, Bock reported to the headquarters that the German Army had successfully landed in the United Kingdom. He had transferred the headquarters to Disburg on the shore, and the German Iron Cross was flying above the United Kingdom. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and faster!