Imperial Overlord

While answering, he pointed to the other side of the map, and persuaded Churchill: "On the other hand, we can't determine the scale of the enemy's airborne drop, and Dover is not necessarily the only landing site for Germany."

The Wall Peninsula is also being bombed by German bombers. The German landing force has not yet appeared. It is really difficult to draw conclusions about where to choose to attack.

After struggling for a long time, Churchill finally gave up his plan to interfere with Deere's operational command. He opened his mouth and instructed Deere: "General! Do everything possible to mobilize the Canterbury reserves and destroy the German paratroopers! Before dawn! I want Destroy all German paratroopers!"

"I do my best!" Sir Dill replied in a low voice, saluting at Churchill.

Just when Sir Dill said that he was doing his best, Lyman was in the hail of bullets and desperately threw out the oval grenade in his hand.

This is not a British barracks, but a disguised British artillery position. I don't know how many cannons are inside, but there are not many British soldiers guarding here.

When Ryman began to attack, he encountered stubborn resistance from British soldiers. It is a pity that the other party is obviously not a front-line combat force, and although there are many people, they resist without any rules.

"Gunther! Ten o'clock! The enemy's machine gun positions! Suppress! Suppress!" Lyman shouted to Gunther not far away while changing his magazine.

Gunther carried an M-40 submachine gun in his hand, aimed the muzzle at the British machine gun position that was constantly spraying flames, and fired a whole magazine of bullets.

The intensive strafing suddenly made the opponent feel huge pressure, and the machine gun shooting was forced to stop. Several German soldiers took the opportunity to get out of the bunker where they were hiding and launched a new round of attack.

The flares in the sky seemed to go out, and the dazzling light began to dim. By the dim light that had already begun, Lyman saw that the British soldiers were retreating, and they did not seem to have much determination to die here.

"Tutu! Tutu!" Holding his STG-44, he aimed at the target and fired. Bullets hit around the machine gun's firing hole one after the other, seriously affecting the British shooter's field of vision.

As the German soldiers advanced, more grenades were thrown at the positions where the British soldiers were stationed, and the huge explosions were higher than waves.

In the distance, the 60mm caliber mortar used for the support of the paratrooper battalion worked. Only one mortar was inconspicuous, but luck was really good.

One of its shells appeared to hit the stacks of large-caliber artillery shells, blasting one cannon and all the surrounding British soldiers into the sky.

The huge explosion completely destroyed the will of the British soldiers to resist. The British soldiers began to retreat, and when they left, they didn't even have time to destroy the artillery in their hands.

Lyman was holding his weapon and panting against the icy cannon of a BL-6 gun. He was running so fast just now that he felt himself sweating.

In fact, the weather is still very cold. If the clothes he wears do not move for a long time, he will even get frostbite, but the intense marching and fighting made him forget the cold on his body.

"Damn it! What kind of artillery is this?" Gunther, who also followed, leaned on the ammunition box, stepped on the corpse of a British soldier lying on the ground, and gasped and asked Leman.

Ryman glanced at the cannon whose outline was too bulky under the moonlight, and shook his head, indicating that he did not know which model this British artillery was.

In fact, this cannon is a famous cannon from the era of the First World War. At that time, it was still a star cannon. It fired 20 million rounds of shells. It was really the backbone of the British Expeditionary Force's firepower.

It is a pity that this kind of artillery, which weighs close to 4 tons, is really outdated in 1940. Had it not been for the lack of heavy artillery in Britain, this obsolete weapon would not have been used.

Of course, something is better than nothing. The British used a lot of old equipment from the First World War on the second-line artillery positions.

The most crucial point is actually very frustrating: the United Kingdom can no longer produce new artillery with excellent performance, and a large amount of steel is consumed on anti-aircraft weapons such as anti-aircraft guns.

The sound of footsteps came, and the two lowered their breathing. In a few seconds, a group of British artillerymen rushed through here in a panic, and just after passing through the artillery, they were shot and killed in the trench by Lyman and Gunther.

More than a dozen British soldiers fell screaming, and finally everything returned to calm. The battle to come elsewhere was over, too, and this hidden British position was now owned by German paratroopers.

"This is the British BL-6 artillery, the old guy left over from the last war." The battalion commander slapped the British artillery by the moonlight and said to his subordinates.

"The range of this thing is no more than 10 kilometers, so if you go south for less than 10 kilometers, it is the beach." Estimated his position from the distance of the artillery, and the battalion commander looked at the location of his attack target.

The capture of farms and houses, and ultimately control of the road and railway between Canterbury and Dover, was one of the most important tasks of the German paratroopers.

"When we attacked just now, the regiment contacted us. The farm was attacked by the 2nd Battalion. We set up positions here and defended here." The battalion commander pointed to the surrounding fortifications that were almost prepared by the British. , said to Lyman.

Now the company commander of the 2nd company is in place, but the company commander of the 1st company has not yet been found. Therefore, the 1st company is now temporarily commanded by Lehmann, and the troops in his hands have a size of more than 80 people.

The emergence of paratroopers has completely taught the British what an elite soldier is. Although they were ready to face the battle, when the German soldiers swarmed, the British soldiers could only avoid their edge despite the large number of them.

Many anti-aircraft gun positions were destroyed by German paratroopers. Although the gliders that landed subsequently suffered heavy losses, they also provided German paratroopers with a large amount of heavy weapons and equipment.

Including large-caliber mortars, and entire platoons of soldiers. These soldiers are organized as soon as they step out of the glider, so their combat effectiveness is more complete.

The first three paratrooper regiments to land totaled more than 5,000 soldiers. The Germans then dropped three regiments of paratroopers again, and dropped two other regiments of glider paratroopers.

These soldiers carried a large number of anti-tank rocket launchers, as well as mortars, as a powerful supplement to the paratroopers, began to expand their occupation area on the ground.

"Plan YH-22 has been successfully completed..." On the radio, the division commander of the 1st Paratrooper Division reported the latest offensive situation to Student, who was still waiting in France on the other side of the strait.

The original plan to occupy the nearby town was stipulated to be completed before dawn. But the British defenders retreated so quickly that the German soldiers overfulfilled their original plan.

"The 2nd Parachute Division is attacking Ashford, the 1st Parachute Division has taken control of the surrounding area and is preparing to attack Canterbury ... while the troops of the 3rd Parachute Division are preparing to attack the coastline." 1st German Airborne Corps Chief of Staff, to Student.

"Is it a little too scattered?" Student asked worriedly, worried that his troops were too scattered and surrounded by the British army after dawn.

The chief of staff looked at the map, shook his head, and replied to Student: "The British resistance is smaller than expected, which means that the opponent's reserves are not as large as we estimated in advance, which is a good thing."

"Let the 1st Parachute Division be stable. If the enemy's counterattack is very strong, give up Canterbury and go back to the field to guard the road." Student finally gave his order.

It's not that he is conservative. After all, his three paratrooper divisions are all on the enemy's land at this time. If they are not cautious, they will cause a big mess.

If the paratroopers could not gather together, the enemy opened up the road connection, which meant that the paratroopers were divided and surrounded by the enemy, and the situation would suddenly be unfavorable for the subsequent development of the German army.

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The British command, which was disrupted, has only now truly realized how powerful the German paratroopers really are.

Sir Deere was desperately informed that the two recruit trainers near Canterbury were defeated by paratroopers, one division commander was killed in his command, and the other division commander was now retreating into Canterbury, and was desperately closing his own defeat. soldier.

The elite German paratroopers seemed to be everywhere, and the British Army garrison, who had not really seen the chaos, was annihilated by the hundreds in the chaos.

"A few outlying buildings in Ashford have fallen into the hands of German paratroopers, and our reinforcements couldn't get there on time ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ They were ambushed by German paratroopers on the way and suffered heavy losses." A The officer bitterly reported the latest battle situation, and the plan to reinforce Ashford seemed to be in vain.

Apparently, the Germans seemed to be landing between Dover and Folkestone, and they were trying to cut the line of communication to both places.

"You didn't destroy the German paratroopers, and you didn't even stop their action plan!" Churchill also saw the clue at this time, which was obviously about to be beaten by the enemy.

"I have notified the 1st and 2nd Armored Divisions, and they have been ordered to attack Ashford and Canterbury respectively, to open up the line of communication, and to reinforce the coast guard."

After measuring the size of the German airborne, or being taught by the German paratroopers to be a man, he decided to send his elite reserve team to fight back against the road.

At the same time, the German Army soldiers had already boarded the ship, and the 112th Infantry Division, led by division commander Hermann, left the coast of Calais in France——

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