The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

The landing on Pantelleria Island was not as complicated as imagined. Two minesweepers were placed in the front to clear the way and soon the first batch of M Army infantry began to try to land.

The purpose was to detect the real situation on Pantelleria Island. After all, they didn't know what the situation on the island was.

The landing went very smoothly. When they landed successfully, they immediately picked up their weapons from the landing ship.

The infantry was holding Garand semi-automatic rifles, the machine gunners set up Browning heavy machine guns, bazookas, 60mm mortars, and flamethrowers. Everything was just like the exercise.

""Fire!" With the order, all firepower was directed to the defensive position in front, trying to cover every position with firepower.

On the position, the Italian army also began to counterattack. They were still very familiar with this kind of trench warfare.

Behind him, Major Alfred of the 26th Armored Division of the D Army watched everything happening on the beach with a telescope and said,"There are only two battalions. This is a test force. Remember our mission is to lure the enemy deep into our territory and then annihilate them completely."

""Captain, why don't we destroy them on the beach? Wouldn't that be easier?" a lieutenant couldn't help asking.

""Fool, do you think the enemy's twenty-odd warships are just for show? If we destroy them on the beach, won't we just be bombed by the battleships in vain? What's the difference between that and courting death?" Major Alfred glanced and said.

Hearing this, everyone around him suddenly realized that although the beachhead position could block the enemy's attack, it was also vulnerable to bombing by battleships. Although their position was reinforced with cement, it could not withstand the repeated bombing of battleships.

"Follow the order and remember to lure the enemy deep into your territory"

"Don't panic, don't show any flaws"

"Yes, sir!"

At this time, the advancing M Army infantrymen looked apprehensive, because the island was too quiet. Apart from the initial gunshots, there were no more gunshots.

"It's too quiet, could there be an ambush?" Someone couldn't help but say

"Ambush? Do you know how big this island is? Ambush?" Someone nearby mocked.

"Be careful, I feel like something is wrong."The major of the M army who led the team frowned and said

"Sir, you are too cautious."

"It is better to be cautious. According to intelligence, there are D troops on the island."

After hearing that there are D troops, everyone became alert and began to slowly move towards the depth of the position.

"Send a telegram to the headquarters and tell them that everything is fine and that we can land in large numbers."After advancing a few dozen meters, the Major of the M Army turned around and said,"There is still no sound of gunfire.

As soon as he finished speaking, a gunshot rang out and the Major of the M Army was shot through the head. Then his head tilted and he fell to the ground.

"Sir? Sir, he's been shot. There's a sniper."

"Fight back! Fight back!"

"Damn it, I can't find him."

"Damn, I got shot."

""Hurry up and save me."

At this moment, countless gunshots suddenly rang out from the originally silent trenches, and bullets rained down on them.

Caught off guard, the M Army infantry suffered heavy losses, and many of them died without understanding how these people appeared here.

"Damn, how did they show up?"

"No, there is a tunnel here."

"Oh my god, I don't want to die, please save me"

"Medical soldier? ?"

It was a deliberate plan. In addition, the German troops on the island had started to replace their weapons with new ones. The infantrymen replaced their weapons with G43 semi-automatic rifles, and the squad leaders and others were equipped with submachine guns. The firepower was far better than before. It was a deliberate plan. For a time, the M army suffered heavy losses, and the occasional counterattacks were ineffective.

In less than five minutes, the two M army infantry battalions that landed were completely wiped out, and no one was left alive.

"The tunnels laid by the commander really work."A soldier from the D Army sighed as he looked at the corpses scattered all over the ground.

"Yeah, that's amazing, it's so easy to kill them"

"It's so easy"

"Yes, it was gone before there was much fighting."

During this period, Major General Burgdorf paid close attention to the island's defense. He knew that no matter how advanced and solid the fortifications you dug were, they would not last long under the bombardment of naval guns.

Even if you built a defense line with all steel, you would not be knocked unconscious by the shock wave, so Major General Burgdorf did not make much improvement to the island's defense.

He concentrated all the manpower on the island and hollowed out the entire island. Basically, the underground passages were connected from the center of the island to the beachhead.

This meant that by taking the underground passage from the center of the island, you could reach any place on the island.

This not only allowed you to avoid naval gun defenses, but also allowed you to quickly reinforce each trench..

So when facing the tentative landing of the M Army, the D Army decided not to expose its underground passage, but to lure the enemy in deep and then annihilate them.

In this way, the M Army on the sea would not know that there was an underground passage on the island, and more M Army would be killed next.

At this time, after receiving the telegram from the landing troops, the M Army began to send out the second batch of landing troops. The scale of this landing was much larger than before, with fifty landing ships and twenty tank landing ships, which was almost the strength of two regiments.

However, their landing was not so lucky this time. A landing ship accidentally touched the mines laid by the D Army, and was blown into the air and then fell into the sea.

A whole platoon of soldiers on the landing ship were buried in the sea

"Everyone, be careful. Those Italian bastards have laid mines. Some of these mines are floating, some are fixed, and they are very lethal. Send the minesweepers to clear them out."

A colonel of the M Army loudly gave the order

"Yes!"

At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew, and the landing ship began to shake. Many soldiers vomited all the food they had eaten. The soldiers who did not vomit looked at the sea anxiously, fearing that their landing ship would hit the water.��

After all, mines can sink even destroyers, so a small landing ship like theirs would basically be killed if it encountered a mine.

"Do you think there will be mines on the beach?" someone asked worriedly.

"There shouldn't be, otherwise the vanguard would have sent a telegram to warn them long ago."

Everyone saw the scene just now. If they were not careful, they would be blown up to the bottom of the sea and fed to sharks.

Such a horrible consequence would make people feel terrified just thinking about it, not to mention that they were experiencing

"Boom!"Another landing ship accidentally hit a mine and was blown up into the sky again, then sank to the bottom of the sea again. The smell of blood attracted sharks.

"Damn it, it's a shark!"

""Ugh!"

Seeing the sharks snatching the corpses and eating them, all the M-army soldiers vomited again, and the veterans frowned, it was too cruel.

With the support of the minesweepers, the US landing ships quickly passed through the minefield, but even so, they lost ten landing ships and two tank landing ships.

"Damn it, they actually placed mines in such a tight place! Bastard!"The American commander in charge of the second landing force roared.

In fact, there are also some rules for laying mines. If they are laid randomly, they will definitely be discovered, and then the deployment will be in vain.

As for island defense, Major General Bugdorf has his own unique insights. For example, various mine defenses are very simple.

False and true, true and false, there will definitely be gains. Place mines in places where the enemy thinks they will not be laid, and do not place mines in places where the enemy thinks they will be laid.

As a result, the US landing ship suffered a big loss.

"We must teach the German troops on the island a lesson.

This was the common thought of all the landing troops, because they had already suffered enough losses in this landing battle.

While these American troops were trying every possible way to land, the infantry battalion led by Major Alfred was cleaning up the battlefield.

"The weapons are quite advanced, and they are equipped with semi-automatic weapons"

"Yes, look at this rocket launcher, it is much more powerful than our iron fist"

"You see, the amount of ammunition carried by their mortars is several times that of ours."Let me explain here that the ammunition base of each country is different. Some countries have a base of 100 pieces, and some have a base of 10 pieces.

In short, they are all different. The ammunition base of the German mortars is not high, only 60 pieces, which is certainly not low.

But compared with the US military, it is far worse. A 60 mortar alone has an ammunition base of 120 pieces.

The ammunition base is determined by a country's industrial strength, which is the so-called production capacity. The strong production capacity of the US military makes their ammunition base twice that of the German army.

"Hehe, we can use these shells too, since they are cheap for us anyway." Someone couldn't help but say

"What is this? I have never seen it before."A new soldier asked curiously.

"Flamethrowers are specially used to deal with enemies in bunkers. They are very effective and can roast people in one go!" explained an old soldier.

"Go away, don't scare the new recruits, it's not as exaggerated as he said, but it's almost the same."

Hearing this, the new recruits' faces were full of black lines, is this how to scare the new recruits?

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and clean up the battlefield quickly. The second wave of US landing troops will arrive soon."At this time, Major Alfred said

""Captain, the M army is landing." The observer came over and said loudly.

Immediately, Major Alfred called the artillery unit in the rear and asked for fire support:"Hello, artillery, the M army appeared on the east coast, requesting fire support"

"Range 5400 meters, bearing 40 degrees, compressed fuse"

"Got it!"

The M army on the five landing ships had just landed and were picking up their weapons to move deeper.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Instantly, a series of deafening artillery bombardments resounded throughout the entire east coast beach.

"Da-da-da, da-da-da."

At the same time, the machine gun positions hidden on the battlefield also spewed out deadly flames, harvesting lives one after another.

"Damn, there was an ambush."

"Damn it, I'm shot, help me"

"The enemy’s firepower is too strong, what should I do?"

"Find cover quickly, don't panic"

"Damn it, we were tricked. We were ambushed."

"How could this happen? Why was there an ambush? Where are the vanguard troops? Where did they go?"

"Get down quickly, you are courting death."

The landing troops were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties. Soon, many M army corpses were lying in front of the beachhead.

At this time, the tank landing ship that had been following closely also landed on the beach and began to counterattack.

"Seven o'clock, ready to shoot"

"Armor-piercing shells, ready"

"High explosive, eight o'clock, fire."

""Damn it, there's an anti-tank gun on the left."

The M4 tanks that had just landed fired back frantically, but the D Army on the position were not to be trifled with. They started firing back with their 75mm anti-tank guns.

Some even put down their 88mm anti-aircraft guns and fired wildly at the M4 tanks in front of the position. The battle was very intense.

The tank drivers of the M Army also fired back frantically. The sound of tank shelling and machine gun firing swept across the D Army's position like a violent storm.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

"Da-da-da! Da-da-da!"

"Kill these sons of bitches"

"Fuck them"

"fire"

""Hold the line of defense."

The D Army's defensive positions were also blown up by the M Army's tank shells, and many German soldiers were killed.

But the M Army also suffered heavy losses, with eight landing ships destroyed and four M4 tanks destroyed, which brought the M Army's offensive to a standstill.

"Retreat into the tunnel, wait for the enemy to come up, then open fire."The island defense operation cannot be completed in one or two days. Seeing that he could not stop the M army from landing, Major Alfred prepared to continue the previous scene.

Anyway, the M army did not know that they had hollowed out the entire island, so this strategy could be repeated many times.

Seeing that the counterattack on the position was getting weaker and weaker, the commander of the M army responsible for the second landing frowned and said

"Strange, those D troops actually retreated?"

"Sir, what should we do now? Should we give chase?"

""Sir, let's pursue them and avenge our dead comrades."

Everyone was talking about it.���The officer frowned even deeper. He felt there was a conspiracy, but he couldn't figure it out. He immediately turned around and asked the communications officer,"Have you contacted the vanguard?""

"Unable to contact at the moment, their radio has not been turned on"

"Bastard, what the hell are you doing? Is it broken?"

"Sir, this is very likely. What should we do now? Should we continue the pursuit?"

After thinking for a long time, the commander of the M Army said loudly:"The machine gun company and the mortar group will provide fire cover, the first battalion will quickly pursue, the second battalion will be responsible for occupying the trenches, and the tank battalion will attack from the flank to expand the occupation range."

"Yes!"

Major Alfred, who had just hidden in the tunnel, asked,"How many enemy troops are chasing us?"

"There is probably only one infantry battalion and a tank company flanking us."The soldier in charge of reconnaissance said hurriedly.

"Have you learned your lesson? Humph!" Major Alfred sneered and continued,"Start as planned."

"clear!"