He walked to the front of the map and looked at his hands and pointed to the map area. "Now our focus is still on the west. General rundstedt’s landing plan is still the top priority! On the contrary, we have to put on a tight posture on the eastern front to make the Soviets dare not attack easily! "
"Yes!" All generals stood at attention and replied.
"Augustus, you tell a Merkel to urge him to start the Nomenkan war as soon as possible! We are waiting for the news of the victory of the Japanese ally in the Far East! " Arcado seems to have thought of something funny and hung a smile on his face. "After this time, Japan will not be of much benefit to us."
Chapter 47 47 Get ahead of the game
Arcado, the head of state, once again lost his pregnant Mercedes and left for Rotterdam, the Dutch port, in the early morning of February 11, where the North A regiment had just arrived, and four transport ships of different sizes from Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark were also built here.
Germany is determined to land on British soil quickly and make a final attack. The code name is "Overlord" arcado. The German head of state will personally supervise this war. The German army, navy and armed forces will unite to carry out the largest landing war plan in human history.
The army will dispatch two fighter planes and 15 bombers of various types to completely destroy the British landing site in southeast England, destroy all obstacles on the coastline, bomb all nearby British airports and defensive positions, and expel every British plane from the landing area.
The navy will gather two Italian battleships, three French battleships and 17 cruisers to ensure the fire suppression in the landing area. These warships have bypassed Spain and joined the brest military port. Although the landing confidentiality has been greatly reduced by moving these warships, Germany has not concealed its intention to land in Britain, so it is impossible to talk about secrecy.
Of course, the specific landing time and landing place are absolutely confidential. Every Italian and French warship in the Navy is equipped with liaison officers. According to the principle of confidentiality, the target will not be announced until the fleet sails.
At the same time, Germany has recruited almost all ships, whether it is a real landing ship, whether it is a temporary modification of landing ships or a civilian ship, and it is possible to send the total number of troops that Germany needs to land to the beach at one time.
The first batch of troops going to Britain included the well-known 1st Army Division of regiment A and the newly-established Navy, which was less than one year ago. The 1st Marine Division, 2nd Armored Army Division, 2nd Armored Army Division, an armored battalion were the last to fight, and the SS arcado Youth League, the engineering corps directly under the whole regiment, and two special forces of the 1st SS Division, with a total strength of about 40,000 people, were responsible for landing on the beach and occupying the beaches of the follow-up troops.
This time, the army is preparing for the blood. Britain’s solid coastline has knocked on a big enough mouth. Among these 40,000 soldiers, more than half of the veterans have participated in the French campaign. One of them is an elite of the Defence Force era. They are prepared to take into account that all the equipment has undergone a whole day of intensive landing training. Even arcado has allocated morphine to some of the recruits to fill the fear of war.
The landing site is Norich, which is far away but extremely flat. The advantage is that the terrain is very suitable for armored forces exhibition. The disadvantage is that it lacks important port cities like Normandy.
However, the German head of state came up with an innovative pontoon port design, so that the German landing forces could not replenish supplies in the open areas of the port-Germany roughly calculated the throughput of supplies, and this pontoon pier could supply 10,000 German soldiers when the Atlantic weather was good.
Of course, arcado still has a huge medium-sized transport aircraft to replenish supplies. If the two aspects are added together, it should be said that it is not a problem to ensure a 120,000-strong army battle. The only thing that scares rundstedt is how much the British counterattack will be.
There are many railway lines in the spy Norich area, and the elite British 4th Army is deployed near the city of Norich. Although it is not as strong as Montgomery’s lack of armored troops, it is a strong force in the British army sequence.
Moreover, because of the flat terrain, the British defensive positions are perfectly deployed. There are three complete defensive zones in the front and back. A large number of mines and obstacles are laid near the coastline because of a Ma Pingchuan risk. About 2 meters behind the beach is a permanent fortification consisting of machine gun bunkers and defensive positions, which is also the strongest line of defense for the British defenders.
This position is equipped with about four large-caliber guns whose angles can be adjusted at will. In addition, two old open-air batteries built in the last century have been reinforced into two main defensive positions. The whole theater is supported by two 2 mm caliber railway guns, and the defensive measures can be said to be very perfect.
Moreover, although a whole division of the local garrison has been dispersed to a long coastline, a regiment of infantry has been deployed on a landing surface. The only thing that makes people uneasy is that these troops are all composed of some new recruits, and no one can know what their combat effectiveness is.
Montgomery and Churchill in England all guessed the wrong landing direction of the Germans. They firmly believed that the Isle of Wight, Southampton, Brighton and Dover in the southern part of England were the main direction of the Germans.
Brighton and Dover were strengthened by the British garrison, and the only armored force in the hands of the British was deployed in this direction. Churchill was worried that Brighton, the German, would storm and land because it was the closest to London, the British capital, and Montgomery and the naval generals thought that Germany would land in Dover. After all, the shortest distance between the straits was the most favorable for German transportation.
However, after repeated confirmation and comparison by German intelligence agencies and photos of reconnaissance planes, both arcado and rundstedt think that landing in the southeast of England, that is, Norich, is the safest way. If the German team attacks Norich and Ipswich, then even if Germany has a firm foothold, London will be in the bag.
Of course, the landing in Norich also has a more troublesome place, that is, the Stuka bomber can stop for a short time after flying here. This is also the main reason why the British side did not attach importance to the defense in Norich. Montgomery believed that if the German Norich landed, the German advantage would be offset by half.
However, no one knows that the German army already has a new type of attack aircraft called Stuka 2, and no one knows that the German paratroopers were ordered to take several nearby British airports after landing in Norich, and they are going to forcibly set up front-line field airports to ensure more timely cover.
No one thought that the German navy’s high seas fleet had taken five battleships around the North Atlantic to prepare to rush to the scheduled landing site to cover the German landing forces. These four aircraft carriers formed a navy with 13 Stuka bombers, which was enough to offset the trouble caused to the German army by the distance problem in Norich.
On February 12, the German army bombed Dover on a large scale, which blew the port city into ruins. Two bombers of various types washed the coastline defense positions near Dover. The British government imposed martial law on the army. Some departments predicted that the possibility of Germany landing the next day was as high as 9%.
As a result, on February 13th, the British were waiting for the large-scale landing of the Germans in Dover, but not even a German plane could be seen because of the weather. However, on this day, they nest, the 10,000-strong army of Rotterdam Port in Germany, took a huge fleet of thousands of tons of cruise ships and hundreds of tons of barges and rushed to their scheduled targets.
The wind is cold and the waves are heavy. The soldiers are holding their weapons and the ship is vomiting. Everyone doesn’t know if this landing operation will be successful. They are quietly waiting and praying for a good weather in the morning.
"Report!" An officer rushed into Montgomery’s office and slapped a newspaper on the general’s desk. "General! Our intelligence personnel sent an urgent message that the German port of Rotterdam arranged army troops to go to sea by boat! "
Montgomery suddenly got up and walked to the front of the map, holding Ba and staring at those possible landing sites, whispering, "Finally! Where on earth is it? Dover … or Brighton? "
"Make troops cancel vacation! All officers must return to their posts in an hour! Tell the army to send reconnaissance planes and find the German naval transport fleet! In addition, the first-level alert of the coastline artillery is ready to meet the German landing troops! " Decided to have means to resist Montgomery withdrew his thoughts to say
"There will be! If you tell the defense forces not to protect their strength, take out all their possessions and prepare for the battle. Call the Prime Minister. The possibility of German landing in the next 24 hours is 100%! Let him be ready to command the entire British anti-landing victory! " He thought for a moment and said, "That’s all. Go and arrange it at once!"
Sure enough, as predicted by the German meteorological department, the weather improved in the evening of February 13th, and it was fine. Looking at the horizon not far away in the palace of Wilhelmina, the former Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard in Rotterdam, arcado, Wan Li, my heart was full of heroism. After some entanglement, I finally made my own bet. Now, after the first world war, I will see whether I will become the world hegemon or commit suicide in the squatting room. I will know the answer soon.
Anna came from behind arcado with a coat to help arcado put on her shoulders. Now she is more willing to be the little woman leaning against the big tree of arcado. What she wants most is to wait for arcado to see a so-called result.
Chapter 4 4 Norich
Bourroul lawn once again reached the inspection equipment order. This is his third night boarding and skydiving in recent days. Unlike his several times, this time he knew he was going to England.
The battalion commander has just assigned an attack, and every soldier has confirmed that he will attack the site. Every building in the photo is very detailed. These landmark buildings, especially trees and road signs, are marked with their battle maps in detail.
Afterwards, everyone was asked to excrete clean, then check their equipment, and weapons, ammunition and supplies were distributed yesterday. Everyone was very excited, but they still didn’t know which city they were going to be thrown into Britain except the company commander and officers. After the distribution, everyone was forbidden to leave the camp, and everyone had to go out with three people. It was really painstaking for German intelligence agencies to ensure that the operation was kept secret until the last minute.
There is a small port city near the landing site. Behind Buckton, there is a small town called Bite. This is the important fulcrum for German paratroopers to capture and stop the British Fourth Army from attacking the beach. Near here, German paratroopers are expected to invest three battalions, and Borrell Company happens to be No.1 Middle School.
"Boarding!" Not far away, an officer shouted that all the paratroopers got up with a crash. They were carrying parachute bags, umbrellas on their chests, and various supplies. Their legs also helped others carry ammunition and tents. Soldiers carrying heavy weapons could not carry so many heavy things, so they were all given to other soldiers to help carry them.
Borol took a tall and inconvenient hand from the ground, and then walked to Baru’s side to signal everyone to board the plane separately. This time, General Studente will land in Britain with the paratroopers. This time, the scale will reach 15 people, and Germany has prepared 75 transport planes of various types and 69 gliders of various types. These planes will be responsible for sending German paratroopers to specific locations, dropping 4 tons of extra supplies and returning at the same time.
Going to the war is not the same. There will be 11 Crusader helicopters to take part in this paratroopers’ landing and landing on the beach. These planes will cover the landing troops and transport some paratroopers. This risky move is also recommended by several military leaders. The more varieties there are, the more effective it will be when landing in the joint war.
Bourroul watched his hands go away one by one, and became familiar with the ju52 transport plane until he was left behind. Then he reached out his hand to Mian Balu and boarded the transport plane by force. The roar of the engine has filled the whole airport, and hundreds of transport planes started to ring together, which is absolutely magnificent.
After the hatch, the noise in the cabin became smaller. Many Balu grinned and giggled, waiting for Bourroul to announce their destination this time. Bourroul raised his mouth and deliberately hung his appetite.
"Sir, it is not Norich, is it?" Balu hit the nail on the head and asked the company commander Bourroul.
"Tell me how you know?" Borrell asked without saying anything wrong or right.
"Every time I fly for so long, I can calculate the speed of the plane and draw a circle. I can’t let us go to Oxford behind London, can I? That leaves near Norich. "Baru and several veterans around him said and laughed.
Bourroul nodded his head as an admission of this destination. "A small town called Bite near Norich is less than 1 km from the small port of Buckton. We parachuted there and captured it, and defended the British from counterattack."
As he spoke, he made a map booth from the map bag, and then the faint light in the plane pointed to their war zone. "We will try our best to help the landing troops destroy the nearby British artillery positions after reaching the target area four hours before landing troops."
"It’s really enough," said Bahru with a hey hey smile.
"The deployment of Dunkirk bomber troops took off 25 minutes before us. They will bomb the whole Norich area and destroy the area marked with the British team." Bourroul pointed to several points on the map. "Here, here, here and here are lucky. We will meet a bunch of steaming bodies."
"If you are unlucky, there will be a whole battalion of Englishmen waiting for us, right?" Baluchi shrugged his shoulders and joked.
Just now, when the head of the regiment arranged, he said that there should be British anti-aircraft gun positions nearby, but it is hard to say how much trouble it will cause to the descending troops. According to their experience in large-scale health reduction in the Netherlands, the fire resistance will be denser and impossible to be lower
In other words, when the paratroopers’ transport aircraft formation enters the British territory later, it is estimated that the British anti-aircraft gun troops will be merciless, and how many people can survive the fire attack will be resigned to fate. Bourroul still feels more confident that he has gone smoothly after several times, and he is still completely lacking himself.
However, compared with his several landings, this one is also a very difficult innovation battle. The previous landings were all completed during the day, but this one has to be completed at night. The paratroopers have to capture the town and destroy the enemy artillery positions nearby. It seems that it is not difficult to think about it.
Things should still try to look on the bright side. Bourroul and his paratroopers are so comforting to themselves. After all, they still don’t fight against the British armored forces, and the rest is relatively easy
Explained that they had arranged their own cover and the storm route, and before you knew it, the red warning light of the plane came on soon, except for the roar of the plane engine and the secret explosion outside the window. It seems that the British defense forces did deploy objective defense forces in Norich
Not far away, a transport plane ju52 dragging a glider was hit by a shell, and the paratroopers were thrown out of the plane with flames. The tail of the plane dragged the glider and plunged to the ground. By the time the glider pilot got rid of the tail of the burner, it was impossible for them to fly to Norich.
Bourroul’s face was lit up by the huge flame formed by the explosion of the plane. It was not the first time he saw the explosion of the plane. He showed more numbness and indifference than the panic and panic of the people. He was used to life and death in France. The moment he sent Dahu away, he knew that death was as normal as breathing for a soldier. He wanted to live silently until the day when the emperor told him to die.
"Finally check your equipment!" Bourroul withdrew his eyes and shouted in the engine room, "Load the weapons and ammunition! You will know how important this is as soon as you land! The password is flash-thunder! If the answer is not a password, then fire immediately! Is it white? "
"White!" As the distance of the plane trembled, everyone in the cabin replied loudly
"Take a closer look at these photos! If you don’t have these artifacts in the landing place and say that you have left the original planned war zone, then you must form a combat team by yourself, and the highest ranking officer will be responsible for returning to our original war zone as soon as possible … Here, you are surrounded by enemies and try your best to live! " Bourroul continued to say to his hands.
He paused and continued, "we will have a second wave of bombers to support us in the early hours of the morning. At that time, we should try our best to mark our position!" Distribute the German flag in everyone’s hands so as to avoid being attacked by friendly targets! "
"yes! Sir! " Baru took the lead and everyone answered again that there were more anti-aircraft guns outside the Bourroul plane, and the British defense seemed to be stronger than expected.
Everyone stood up and hung the parachute hook on the slide rail. As the plane trembled and swayed slightly, everyone didn’t speak or sing the songs they were familiar with. Because this time they faced the test, everyone was extremely nervous. They dared not be distracted or relax themselves casually.
Suddenly, the green light in the transport plane lit up. Bourroul nodded, and Bahru stretched out his hand and pushed the transport plane door. As the wind poured into the cabin, his rich voice shouted, "Drop! Jump! Jump! Jump! "
One paratrooper after another jumped out of the cabin. They stretched their arms straight in the sky and fell with the whistling wind. They were all their own paratroopers. They didn’t look alone. The British kept shooting at machine guns, but these white parachutes were still more and more like edelweiss in the Alps.
At the door of the last Borol cabin, staring at the feet, the darkness raised the corners of the mouth, jumped out of the cabin in the sky, and fell to the ground with his own body and parachute
Prime minister’s residence in London, England
An officer ran into Churchill’s office, and the Prime Minister’s expectant eyes gasped and shouted, "OK! The German landing position is confirmed! "
"Quick say! Where? " Churchill got up and asked
The officer swallowed a mouthful of saliva and uttered a desperate sentence "German landing location … Norich!"
Chapter 49 49 Set out