Battle of the Third Reich

The battle happened very suddenly, and neither side expected that the first meeting would be in this way. The German infantry entered the city less than 500 meters. The first team just turned a corner and met a team of British infantry. .

The British were dumbfounded on the spot, and they never dreamed of meeting the Germans here. Although I have always seen the image of the German soldiers in newspapers and news movies, and I have been arrogantly slamming my chest and saying how much can be killed, but when the live German devil stands in front of them, the soldiers do not know what to do. How is it good.

This is a British infantry squad, led by a non-commissioned officer with seven infantry. This squad belongs to the division logistics unit. The task of staying in the city is to transfer the collected materials. The eight British soldiers carried only three Lee Enfield rifles, and the noncommissioned officers brought an additional officer's pistol. They drove a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, and the carriages were filled with military supplies cleaned from the station ruins.

The first reaction came from German soldiers. Although they were astonished by this unpredictable encounter like the British, they were all well-trained battlefield veterans. The first infantry immediately raised their weapons. A shot at the British.

The distance between the two sides was too close, and there was no need to aim at all. As soon as the British soldiers had time to raise their muzzles, they were overturned by dense bullets on the gravel-paved streets. The battle was short and bloody. Within a few seconds, eight British soldiers were shot one after another. The German firepower was so fierce than the battle was closer to execution. The two horse-drawn carts were not spared, and Corporal Kundel pulled out his pistol. Relieved the two poor animals that were seriously injured and dying.

The gunfire alarmed the nearby British troops, and the German infantry soon started a fierce gun battle with the British troops on the streets. Perhaps because of the relationship between them, the British troops in the city did not show any signs of gathering, but in accordance with the original platoon units, they successively invested in the battle with the German troops.

At this time, the British still did not believe that the Germans had landed. They believed that they encountered German airdropped glider landing infantry. The number of such airborne troops must not be too large. The officers of the left-behind troops in the city believe that their own side should have a quantitative advantage. As long as they intercept and entangle these German soldiers and wait for the large troops stationed outside the city to arrive, they will be able to surround and annihilate these abominable invaders.

At this time, the British did not know that their so-called large troops had already disappeared. Their two divisions were working hard to break the marathon record in the army. In this case, the citizens were also organized to join the battle. As the masters of the city, it is their duty to defend their homeland.

At this time, the highest-ranking officer of the British ** team who remained in the city was a military medical major, and the middle-aged officer was a standard gentleman. But he had no experience in combat and command at all. However, in order to maintain the military class system, he resolutely shouldered the nominal command task and assumed the role of a bridge between the various forces. In the current mixed situation of fish and dragon, it is as important as the work of thin mud.

Folkestone originally built some street fighting fortifications, but it lacked systematic planning, and it was a form of piecemeal boxing. Many of them were made by the communities themselves. But this kind of messy barricades caused a lot of trouble to the Germans.

The Germans had never encountered such irrational resistance on the battlefield in Europe. The British enthusiasm for fighting made the German infantry amazing. Nishizawa came after eliminating the British logistics team. Immediately, they were attacked by a British infantry platoon. These British soldiers obviously did not undergo street fighting training. They directly slammed the Germans on the sidewalks and apartment stairs. As a result, the German machine gunners were from left to right. A little name.

After four or five people were killed or injured, the British defense line collapsed. They shouted and retreated towards the end of the street. The officer waved his revolver and ran in front of everyone. To the surprise of the German soldiers, these enemies who were bravely shooting themselves at the previous moment, no one was willing to stay at this time to cover up the retreat of their comrades.

The German infantry immediately rushed out of the concealment and lined up to shoot the enemy who was running away from their backs. Like playing a target game on the playground, the Germans happily knocked down these incapable targets one by one. Ground. In the end, more than thirty British soldiers were mostly killed on the road of escape, and only three or four legs of the lucky ran out of the German attack.

At this time, Nishizawa was not as excited as his men. He already felt the pressure of the battlefield vaguely. Because their platoon was responsible for the occupation of the two theaters, they had already divided half of their troops. At this time, Nishizawa regretted his support, and he should put the whole platoon together.

The current situation is that he currently has only three squads, one of which is only half of the machine gun class. From the communication in the walkie-talkie, it is learned that almost all German troops entering the city have encountered resistance from the enemy. It seems that the British forces are endless, and there is no way to kill them.

Nishizawa believes that this is not a good sign, and delaying it will inevitably lead to serious consequences. Right now German troops, whether they are ammunition or soldiers, are depleting quickly. If they are not prepared immediately, they may be waiting for bombs. The food was exhausted and then destroyed by the enemy forces.

The mechanized infantry battalion where Xizawa is located has undergone special street combat training. Each platoon commander has received a booklet called "City Combat Guide" compiled by the headquarters, which specifically mentions the encounter with the current How to deal with the situation.

Xizawa began to call himself the other half of the platoon. Obviously they were in a fiery battle. There was a ping-pong ping-pong in the walkie-talkie. Xizawa ordered the two infantry squads to immediately leave the battle and withdraw from the original road. Then brought the special equipment and supplementary ammunition to the headquarters.

Then he put forward his suggestions to the infantry battalion headquarters. Now he can no longer consider saving troops. He must concentrate all his strength and completely defeat the enemy's resistance at one time. The attempt of the British must not be allowed to succeed. They were obviously prepared to drag the Germans into a war of attrition, and the Germans were not afraid of consumption. But the most important thing at the moment is time. The command given to them by the landing cluster command is that they must complete the occupation of the urban area and the port area within a predetermined time. This is related to the implementation of the subsequent combat plan of the command headquarters. Once there is a problem in this link, Affect the plan of the head of state. No one can assume this responsibility.

The commander of the mechanized infantry battalion agreed with Nishizawa's views. At the same time, Xizawa was warned not to overestimate the resistance of the British, because according to the information available, the city only has some logistics and second-tier combat units, and more ordinary civilians armed.

The battalion commander said that the tactical mobilization of the Nishizawa platoon is completely the freedom of the platoon commander. The battalion will not interfere. The reinforcements are being organized. The battalion will send a reserve team and some armored vehicles to support it. At the same time, he ordered that Nizawa must continue to maintain the strength and speed of the attack and must not stand still. To give the British army a breathing opportunity, he believes that the resistance of the British is not as strong as Nizawa imagined. When their losses reach a certain amount, reality will wake them up.

It turns out. Part of the battalion commander's words are correct, the British ** team remaining in the city is not the main combat unit. Most of them are affiliated logistics units of the two infantry divisions. They are responsible for the clearance and collection of logistics materials. At the same time, there are some medical units. Although the field hospital was burned down, the doctors and medical soldiers survived. They used Foxton local hospital to keep it. Drug. In the ruins, the wounded soldiers of the army and civilians were rescued, and a group of ordnance soldiers of the British Ordnance Department were responsible for cleaning up and repairing undestructed ordnance, processing unexploded ordnance, and collecting weapons and equipment scattered on the street.

However, unlike the commander of the battalion, these soldiers have not become easier to deal with because they are second-tier troops. In fact, as long as they have weapons in their hands, they behave as tenaciously as the front-line combat troops. Perhaps the skills and tactics of these people are not very skilled, but the complicated environment of town operations offsets this shortcoming. They only have to hide in buildings or existing bunkers and fire at all the targets wearing gray military uniforms on the street.

The Nishizawa platoon could not disobey the command of the battalion commander, and could only continue to advance towards the depths of the city. After successive encounters with four or five ambushes by the British army and armed civilians, the Germans hardly expended it by relying on rich combat experience and the usual rigorous training results. With just as much effort, the opponent's resistance was defeated.

These British people are very brave, but also very laymen. Many of them never seem to think about the problem of retreat. Not only that, they even closed their own retreat, and the result was like a mouse stuck in the hole. Also killed by the Germans in combat positions. In this combat mode, grenades prove to be the most effective weapons, whether they are used for killing or intimidating, they can achieve very good results.

Along the way, Nishizawa had a brilliant record. At least fifty or sixty British soldiers and armed civilians had died under their hands. The battle seemed to be very smooth, but the Germans really began to get bored of this frequent fighting. Too.

German soldiers' physical strength and energy are declining rapidly. Continuous high-intensity combat has made soldiers' perceptions become numb, and their reactions have become sluggish, so casualties are unavoidable.

The Xizawa Pai encountered a temporary barricade that looked like a pile of construction waste. Originally thought that, like the similar things encountered before, the German infantrymen used the previous combat procedures to first bombard with 50 mm mortars. At one shot, the machine gun rushed across the street and began to suppress the outgoing British targets from the other side. At the same time, a squad of infantry lined up and rushed towards the target along the street buildings.

As a result, when the mortar shell hit the top of the bunker but made a brittle sound of metal impact, Nizawa knew he was in trouble.

This is a formal barricade that is rudimentary in appearance, but in fact it is real material. The construction waste piled on the outside is only an additional protective measure in the later period. This barricade is completely constructed of welded steel plates, with a steel roof, and an organic inside. In the gun battle position, a Vickers water-cooled machine gun was placed.

The bombardment did not receive any effect that disturbed the enemy. The German infantry who did not expect this to happen was immediately fired by the British machine gun. Finally, the opponent's machine gunner's craft was somewhat rough. In the end, most German soldiers went along the same path. Withdrawn to the corner of the street, two soldiers fell on the way to charge, and another soldier was shot and wounded in the chest, and was quickly dragged back by the eyes of his comrades. That is the lucky man who is now lying at the foot of Xizawa. (To be continued. (.))