Battle of the Third Reich

As soon as the German military operations started, it was inevitable that they would encounter British peripheral troops. This point Gudrian had foreseen. In order to better achieve the operational intentions, the German vanguard troops were ordered to do their best. Use all means to destroy or capture all contacted British units, as long as possible to delay the British army to obtain real battlefield intelligence.

At this point, the German vanguard assault troops completed quite well in the early stages of the battle. They pulled out many British checkpoints and small outposts and captured a group of old and weak soldiers. These units were used as part of the air early warning system and anti-parachute Set up for combat.

But after all, the battlefield situation was complicated, and the German army was unfamiliar, and it was impossible to achieve everything in the course of the battle. As a result, some fish in the net escaped from the fierce firepower of the German army.

A light mechanized reconnaissance squad of the Twelfth Cavalry Regiment of the First Armored Division was dispatched after dawn. Their task was to search along the Dover Highway in the direction of Channington, and then turn to the London Highway to find and Contacting those follow-up troops with little information, the armored division is now in critical condition and urgently needs the supplement of those materials and personnel.

This squad consists of three reconnaissance vehicles, and the so-called reconnaissance vehicles are actually Bren machine gun vehicles equipped with a Bois anti-tank gun. These three small tracked armored vehicles went north along the highway at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour. At this time, they no longer wanted to consider the problems of mechanical wear and fuel consumption. The sergeant platoon leader of the investigation team had just passed the promotion exam. If nothing goes wrong, he will soon become a real army officer, and it is time for him to show his ability to his boss.

The eager reconnaissance squad only focused on rushing to the road, not paying attention to the situation around the road. As a result, it hit a German paratrooper reconnaissance unit that was fighting for the detour.

The German paratroopers who were about to cross the road saw the British armored vehicles flying along the road. They had encountered such troublesome small iron boxes on the French front more than once. The paratroopers did not hesitate at all. They proficiently purchased an ambush position at a T-junction beside the woods.

Highway ambush is a very sophisticated tactic. It is not as simple as lying on the roadside grass and shooting a cold gun. Every force must be fully utilized. All automatic firepower and riflemen's shooting lines must be scientifically calculated. It is strictly forbidden to have your own personnel in the shooting field, so in general, highway ambush only chooses to attack on one side, and only laymen will play two breadsticks, which will cause chaos in the order of attack, and even the two sides of the highway will suppress each other’s firepower. Oolong event.

This team of German paratroopers has very rich combat experience. In countless exercises and actual combat, they have already mastered the method of dealing with this armored car. Wait until the last first reconnaissance vehicle enters the ambush circle. The weapons of the German paratroopers fired simultaneously at the same time, and the dense bullets immediately covered the three Buren. The German rifle bullets could not penetrate the 12 mm steel plate. These shots were mainly to interfere with the observation and counterattack of the British soldiers. The bullet rain suppressed them in these three open iron boxes.

The British were suddenly blinded. The bullets that hit the observation slit splashed a series of sparks. No one dared to lie on that position and look out, let alone look out from the car. British soldiers could only Lower your head and tighten behind the armor plate. Stepped on the accelerator and sprinted forward, preparing to wait for the trap to escape.

The German paratroopers really could not stop the breakout of these small armored vehicles with the light weapons on hand, but these German paratroopers also carried two iron fists. A paratrooper kneeling halfway down, directly holding the iron fist under his arm, launched an attack on the first reconnaissance vehicle. This is the first time this anti-tank weapon has fired at enemy units on the battlefield.

Because the distance between the two sides was less than ten meters, the fist of the iron fist dragged the smoke on the front armor of the Bren car, and then a small explosion occurred. The hot metal jet hit the driver from the chest on the spot. In two. The splashing metal solution sifted the anti-tank gunman on one side into a sieve, the metal jet and melted armor debris penetrated the second steel plate, and a metal storm was set off in the rear compartment on the driver's side. The Bren machine gunner in the compartment was too late to respond, and was immediately flooded with the face of the hot metal rain.

The medium-vehicle reconnaissance vehicle was out of control, ran straight out of the road fork, and turned into a wheat field on one side. The ammunition on the vehicle was slightly blasted several times, and then the flames came from the car. Burned, and the spare oil barrel carried on the car exploded, turning the armed vehicle into a hot crematorium.

The second iron fist was shot almost at the same time, accurately hitting the third reconnaissance carrier. This iron fist was shot from the rear compartment, causing a sound and light effect far beyond the first car. The metal jet penetrated the light engine, and then directly lit the reserve oil drum in one side of the car. The armored car was suddenly wrapped in a hot ball of fire. The soldiers on the car screamed like crazy, and they extended Hands covered with burning fuel grabbed the outer wall of the car, desperately trying to escape from the car, but due to burns to the respiratory tract, suffocation and severe pain, they quickly lost their physical strength to escape, none of these soldiers succeeded, they He can only move his arms slowly in the flames on the prone side of the car, doing the final struggle.

Although the heart that has been exercised for a long time is like an iron stone, in the face of this tragic scene, several paratroopers still feel that they can’t stand a bit. They shot up and killed the three soldiers with a gun, freeing the pain of these poor people. .

The paratroopers were prepared to use grenades to solve the second reconnaissance transport vehicle according to past experience, but this time an accident occurred. The driver of this small vehicle was very clever, and the paratroopers were spotted by the first and third reconnaissance vehicles. The cruelty of the car attracted the past. When the firepower was weakened, he sharply seized the moment and pulled the steering wheel violently. The Brenner car rushed out of the road frantically. This small off-road vehicle is effortless Passed through the bushes by the road, and rushed into the wheat field behind the paratroopers' eyes under the bushes.

This time German paratroopers were dumbfounded. They could only fire a bunch of bullets angrily at the machine gun car that fled quickly. The off-road speed of this small car was very impressive. Paratroopers could not catch up with their legs anyway. Eventually the paratroopers had to Facing reality, reporting to the superiors by radio may have messed up the task.

The surviving reconnaissance vehicle drove through the wheat field at full speed for a while, until it was confirmed that it had left the ambush far away, and then it turned back and climbed the Dover Highway. This time the rookies were frightened. They never experienced real combat. After a little bit of safety, the shocked soldiers discovered the seriousness of the matter. They were convinced that it was the German army who attacked themselves. They trained as a scout. They had long been familiar with the identification of enemy units. The manual, they can recognize the dress of those people at a glance, that is the legendary German paratrooper.

These soldiers did not dare to neglect and quickly retreated to Dover. They had to report their findings to the Armored Division Command. German paratroopers appeared behind Dover. Obviously this was the vanguard of the German landing.

The reconnaissance vehicle finally stumbled back to the starting point, and rushed into the yard of the temporary headquarters of the First Armored Division. The captain jumped out of the car before the engine stalled, and then quickly rushed into the command of the reconnaissance team The official tent opened his throat and shouted: "Germans, we encountered Germans."

The people in the tent were stunned by this voice, and several officers were watching the little superior soldier with neuropathic eyes. They are now on the outskirts of Dover, and the German landing has not yet begun. Where did this **** come from?

"What happened, James is the best soldier, you are called James." Lieutenant Colonel Charles, the head of the Twelfth Cavalry Regiment, walked to the soldiers, after receiving a positive answer. The lieutenant colonel nodded with satisfaction. "It seems that my memory is not bad. Now you calm down first. James is the top soldier. I remember you just set off an hour ago. Looking for the missing followers, what happened, your platoon leader Bieber Sergeant?"

"We encountered an ambush by German paratroopers near the grove near Temple Uer. Sergeant Bieber and Leslie’s car were destroyed by the Germans. I saw that they were all killed on the spot. After entering the wheat field, he escaped the German pursuit. To be honest, he didn't know how to escape alive from that terrible trap, thank God Almighty." James was still a little worried at this time, he was quickly A cross was drawn on the chest.

"Follow me to see the commander, I want you to report this matter to the commander carefully." Charles felt that the soldier did not seem to be lying, so it means that there was indeed a German paratrooper behind Dover, thinking of this He couldn't help but cold sweat came out of his forehead. There was nothing more dangerous than the emergence of enemy forces on the most critical supply line after the supply dried up. He felt that he must immediately let the division know about this situation.

The little senior soldier was brought to the commander Colonel Evans. The soldier honestly told the tragic encounter of his reconnaissance platoon to the Supreme Commander Chen. But he made a mistake that the reconnaissance infantry was most likely to make. When confronted with an enemy ambush, soldiers tend to misjudge the actual strength of the opponent because of tension and fear. Because a large number of bullets fell around in an instant, the shot party had no chance to carefully judge where the shooting came from. Many people think I was surrounded by enemies in all directions.

This first-class soldier suffered such a standard ambush. In fact, he didn’t even see how many enemies there were. At that time, he was afraid to look up when he was hit by a bullet in the cab, so he just roughly estimated the shooting density. The enemy’s strength, plus two companions’ armored vehicles were destroyed by the enemy. In fact, he didn’t see anything hit the two vehicles, but according to the experience of the training, he thought it was the German 37mm anti-tank gun. . So he reported to the colonel that they were attacked by at least one company of German paratroopers, and the Germans also carried at least two 37mm anti-tank guns.

The soldier thought that he had faithfully reported that there was no fuel or vinegar, but in fact he had misled his boss into the ditch.

Although Colonel Evans did not have much actual combat experience, he was also an elite army who had been educated by senior commanders. After listening to the soldiers' report, he made his own judgment. Since the Germans sent paratroopers, of course, it was to cut off the logistics supply line of the Dover Fortress.

This work cannot be accomplished by a company of paratroopers. According to the soldier’s description, this paratrooper is likely to be a vanguard force. The Germans may have cast five to six times the same strength, and according to this The soldier recounted that the Germans had anti-tank guns, so it was certain that they were parachutists of glider planes.

According to the information already available, plus his own brain supplements, Evans finally determined that there were no fewer than one regiment of enemy paratroopers in his rear.

So Colonel Evans made the decision that he had to use the strongest armor in his hand to defeat the paratroopers before they cut off their logistics supply line. (To be continued...)