Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Colonel Miller also didn't know why the southern African army's defensive positions were built so quickly.

But now is not the time to consider this issue.

Casualties of paratroopers and airborne troops continued to increase as time went by.

Southern Africans are very wealthy.

They don't care about the consumption of shells.

If the paratroopers don't attack.

Then the generals in Southern Africa will use artillery to maintain the current attack intensity until all German officers and soldiers in the airport are eliminated.

But attacking is obviously not the best option.

Paratroopers lack the ability to attack tanks.

Although the airborne troops are equipped with heavy weapons, the 57mm anti-tank gun cannot even penetrate the frontal armor of the "Leopard" tank at a distance of one kilometer.

As for the "Iron Fist" that Germany has just equipped its troops with

The iron fist can be used to hit the British Matilda, but the "leopard" pose is almost like scratching an itch.

The defense line of the southern African army is composed of "Leopard" tanks as the fulcrum. The "Leopard" tank guns and machine guns are enough to cause fatal damage to paratroopers.

Not to mention the "Alligator" armored vehicle.

For light infantry, armored vehicles may pose a greater threat than tanks. After all, the 40mm automatic grenade launcher installed on the armored vehicle is much more effective at killing infantry than the 12.7mm machine gun on the "Leopard".

This does not include the southern African infantry who are armed to the teeth.

Unlike the German paratroopers who could only rely on foxholes for defense.

The southern African troops must have been prepared in advance, otherwise they would not have been able to build a relatively complete line of defense in such a short period of time.

And the key is that where the Southern African troops are located, there are no shelters around, almost no trees. If the German paratroopers want to attack, there will be no terrain features to use. In this kilometer, all German soldiers participating in the attack will be intact.

of exposure to southern Africans.

But it's impossible not to attack. The artillery positions in southern Africa are located behind the infantry defense line.

To eliminate the artillery threat, the infantry defense line must be broken.

Otherwise, we can only give up the airport.

But if the airport is abandoned, the paratroopers and airborne troops who have already landed will completely lose their chance of escaping.

When Göring first organized the paratroopers, he probably never dreamed that the paratroopers would find themselves in such a desperate situation.

Years of rigorous training are still effective.

Under the organization of the officers, the paratroopers launched an attack on the southern African army, and some soldiers of the airborne troops also participated.

In the airport building, Major General Schmitz from the paratroopers and Major General Hoffman from the airborne troops were discussing how to deal with the severe situation.

"Obviously, this is a trap. The Southern Africans deliberately let us seize the airport so that they can cause damage to us. I have long said that the airborne troops should be equipped with tanks. Now is God's punishment for us!" Major General Hoffman was hysterical.

He already had a premonition that disaster was coming.

In this situation, even if the paratroopers and space forces win the final victory, I am afraid they will pay a heavy price. At that time, the commanders will still have to bear the blame and be responsible for the final result.

About the tanks of the airborne troops.

It’s not that Mustache doesn’t care about the equipment of the German airborne troops and paratroopers, but that Germany’s industrial strength is limited and does not have the ability to equip paratroopers and airborne troops with tanks.

Not only steel is needed to produce tanks, but oil is also needed to drive tanks.

To airdrop tanks along with paratroopers and airborne troops, the German Air Force also needs to have stronger transportation capabilities.

There is still a gap in performance and quantity between the "Junkers" equipped by the German army and the "Flying Fortress" equipped in southern Africa, and they do not have the ability to airdrop tanks.

"It's meaningless to say this now. We must find a way to destroy the southern African artillery positions as soon as possible." Major General Schmitz was sweating profusely. This was a dead end with no solution.

It cannot be said to be a dead end.

"Send a telegram to the Air Force, we need help from the Air Force." Hoffman pinned his hopes on German bombers.

"The Air Force's bombers were blocked by the Southern African Air Force and are temporarily unable to provide us with support." Major General Schmitz looked desperate.

"Then why were we not blocked by the Southern African Air Force when we flew over?" Hoffman blurted out.

Schmitz looked at Hoffmann as if he were a fool.

Why?

The reason couldn't be clearer. When the paratroopers and airborne troops flew over, if the Southern African Air Force had gone all out, then the paratroopers and airborne troops would have no chance of airborne landing, and naturally they would not have to face the current desperate situation.

A real trap.

"Where's the navy? Where's the Italian navy?" Hoffman had one last savior.

"La Spezia is being attacked by the British Mediterranean Fleet and the Southern African Cyprus Squadron." Schmidt said with a wry smile. The Southern African Army and Navy cooperated really closely.

Cooperation between different arms has always been a big problem.

As mentioned in the previous chapter, during the Battle of the Netherlands, the paratroopers' extremely high efficiency caused some problems for the German Army's advancement.

There were also many conflicts between the German Army and Navy.

The key is that resources are limited. Germany cannot develop its army and navy at the same time like southern Africa, so it must focus on it.

After Mustache came to power, the German navy had the upper hand for a while, launching many battleships in succession, and its strength was rapidly improved.

As a result, the World War broke out, and the British Royal Navy once again showed its unshakable superiority. The German Navy stayed in the military port and did not even dare to go out to sea. Its performance was not even as good as in the last world war.

The last world war saw at least one large-scale naval battle such as the Battle of Jutland.

Since the outbreak of World War I, so far, no large-scale naval battle has broken out between the German Navy and the British Navy.

Then came the complaints from the Army.

The cost of building a navy is very expensive. The treatment of sailors is much better than that of soldiers in the army. However, after the outbreak of the world war, the German navy made no achievements. So was all the previous investment wasted?

The German Navy also had issues with the Army.

Germany has limited resources. When resources begin to tilt towards the army, the development of the navy will definitely not be taken into account. In recent years, Germany has invested more resources in the army, which has affected the navy's shipbuilding plan. Therefore, the German navy is unable to break the Royal Navy.

Naval blockade.

As for the Italian Navy, after the outbreak of the World War, the Italian Navy also focused more on attacking British shipping lanes and did not dare to fight a decisive battle with the Mediterranean fleet.

So it's amazing.

After the outbreak of the World War, for a long time, the largest battle between navies of various countries was actually the "Operation Ballista" launched by the British Royal Navy against the French Navy.

This damn thing is simply speechless.

Before the joint operation of the Mediterranean Fleet and the Cyprus Squadron, the Mediterranean Fleet led by Cunningham had actually dealt fatal blows to the Italian Navy many times.

Let me introduce here. After Italy entered the war, in order to better coordinate operations, Britain divided the Mediterranean Fleet into two parts. One part was led by Cunningham and was based in Alexandria, and the other part was led by Vice Admiral James Somerville and was stationed there.

In the Strait of Gibraltar.

The fleet led by Cunningham was slightly stronger, consisting of 1 aircraft carrier, 3 battleships, 7 cruisers, 26 destroyers, and 8 other warships.

The fleet led by General James Somerville consisted of 1 aircraft carrier, 1 battleship, 1 battlecruiser, 2 cruisers and 11 destroyers. This fleet was called Force H.

The combat area of ​​the two fleets is bounded by Malta.

Last November, Cunningham led the Mediterranean fleet to raid Taranto. Only 21 aircraft were dispatched. At the cost of two aircraft and eight torpedoes, a total of three Italian battleships were sunk and damaged, which completely changed the British history.

The balance of power between Italy and Italy in the Mediterranean region.

Before the attack on Taranto, Britain had four battleships in the Mediterranean and Italy had six.

After the attack, only three Italian battleships were left, and the British were unscathed.

In March this year, another fierce battle broke out between the Mediterranean Fleet and the Italian Navy in the waters near Cape Matapan on the Peloponnese Peninsula.

The result of the battle was extremely miserable for the Italians. The Italians lost 3 heavy cruisers and 2 destroyers. The "Veneto", the first ship of the "Vittorio Veneto" class battleship that was just commissioned last year, was hit by a bomb.

The air-dropped torpedo hit the ship, flooding it with 4,000 tons of water, and a total of 3,041 sailors died.

The price paid by the Mediterranean Fleet was only one aircraft, and only three people were killed.

The victory of two consecutive naval battles established Cunningham's great reputation, and the Italian Navy never recovered. The main force of the fleet withdrew to the naval port of La Spezia and never dared to go to sea again.

The German-Italian forces attacked Crete, and Mustache hoped that the Italian Navy could provide sufficient support to the German paratroopers.

The fat bald man agreed to Mustache's request, but he couldn't do it.

Even so, Cunningham did not want to let go of the Italian Navy. This time the attack on La Spezia was joined by the Cyprus Squadron, which greatly increased Cunningham's confidence and shouted that he would "annihilate the Italian Navy".

slogan.

In this case, the German paratroopers who parachuted to Crete were naturally unable to receive help from the Italian Navy.

So the German paratroopers were out of luck.

Even without the help of the Italian navy, the paratroopers had to brave the artillery fire of the southern African army to launch an attack.

This was a huge test for the German paratroopers.

Between the southern African army's positions and the airport is an open space with a length of one kilometer, with almost no cover.

If you launch a direct attack like this, you will undoubtedly get killed.

Major General Schmitz sent a force to detour to the flank of the southern African position, trying to cooperate with the frontal attack of the airborne troops.

This mission was undertaken by Colonel Miller's troops.

Colonel Miller's troops suffered heavy casualties in the artillery fire from the Southern African Army. Of the 1,500 troops, there are now less than 1,000 that can fight, and the casualties exceed one-third. According to current European army standards, the number of

It's a miracle that the morale of Colonel Le's troops has not collapsed.

Colonel Miller did not want his paratroopers to die, but the military orders were overwhelming. After Major General Schmitz's order was issued, Colonel Miller could only execute it.

This task of detouring is not easy either.

It has been raining for the past few days. Although the tank troops in southern Africa have been inconvenienced, the actions of the paratroopers have also been greatly affected.

After the battle order was given, the paratroopers threw away everything they could throw away and moved forward lightly.

What made Colonel Miller uneasy was that when the paratroopers set off, there were Southern African reconnaissance planes over the airport, so the paratroopers' actions were always under surveillance by the Southern African army.

Punishment will come quickly.

On the roundabout route of the German paratroopers, there was a local farm. The houses on the farm were relatively well preserved and could provide some cover for the paratroopers' actions.

Colonel Miller was very uneasy.

It is impossible that the Southern African army did not know this, so there might be an ambush from Southern Africans in the farmhouse.

Sure enough, when the paratroopers approached the farm in a skirmish line, the sound of a general-purpose machine gun suddenly sounded, followed by the crisp firing of Nyasaland rifles, and dozens of paratroopers instantly fell to the ground.

As a senior military officer, Colonel Miller has traveled to southern Africa as a member of a German military exchange group and has a certain understanding of southern African weapons and equipment.

When Colonel Miller went to southern Africa for exchanges, Nyasaland rifles had not yet been widely popularized, and only elite troops were qualified to equip them.

So when the sound of the Nyasaland rifle sounded, Colonel Miller suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Unlike the Mauser equipped by the German army, the Nyasaland rifle does not need to pull the bolt when shooting and can fire continuously. The firepower of two Nyasaland rifles is comparable to a squad light machine gun.

Not to mention the universal machine gun.

There is no doubt that what the paratroopers are facing is probably a southern African ace force.

Even if he is the trump card, Colonel Miller still has to keep his spirits up.

After all, German paratroopers are also Germany's aces.

Ace versus Ace.

Colonel Miller has wanted to test the combat effectiveness of Southern Africa's ace troops a long time ago.

Although the paratroopers did not have heavy weapons, they still had mortars. Colonel Miller's unit was equipped with the short 88mm mortar that had just been installed in the army.

Under the command of Colonel Miller, four short 88mm mortars were quickly assembled and bombarded the farmhouse not far away.

The capability of German artillery is still very outstanding, which was fully proved in the last world war.

After three rapid fires, the farmhouse in the center of the farm collapsed, and the paratroopers attacked again.

The firepower of the counterattack this time was indeed much weaker.

Colonel Miller relaxed a little.

The combat effectiveness of southern Africa's ace troops is just that.

Before this idea disappeared from Colonel Miller's mind, a tank suddenly rushed out of the ruins of the farmhouse.

A "Leopard" tank with camouflage spray paint and a layer of camouflage netting on the outside.

Under the horrified and incomprehensible eyes of the paratroopers, the "Leopard" tanks rushed directly into the paratroopers to form a skirmish line, killing everyone in a crushing manner.

Colonel Miller closed his eyes in pain.

The gap between aces is not only reflected in the combat effectiveness of soldiers.