Chapter 412

"Bang!" Raise your own li? Enfield rifle, a British soldier hit a nearby German soldier who was carrying G43 and kept shooting. He squatted down, pulled the bolt out of the trench, pulled out a cartridge case, and then pushed the bolt on again. As one of the few veterans of this coastal garrison, he envies the kind of rifle that the German can keep firing, but he only has his Lee? Enfield rifle.

Holding his rifle, he took two deep breaths against the wall of the trench. After adjusting his breathing, he stood up again, aimed at a running German soldier, and knocked the trigger again.

"Bang!" The gunfire rang out again, and the soldier with mp-44 assault rifle fell down. German machine gun that unique, he heard in Dunkirk, the sound of terror sounded, bullets hit the cement works not far away, splashed a piece of white smoke.

He saw with his own eyes that three British soldiers were hit by bullets and fell to the ground in pain. The Germans had a clear advantage in firepower. This was his experience after the only battle between Belgium and Germany.

He pulled the rifle up again, loaded the bullet, adjusted his breath, and stood up again, aiming at a German soldier who rushed up. But this time, he could not button up his trigger because a bullet from the far side penetrated his cheek, and the bullet entered the cheekbone and flew away from his body with half cheeks and ears.

When his head hit the other side of the trench, the British veteran was not immediately out of breath. Looking at the blue sky and white clouds in the sky, he thought of the distant Dunkirk, the company commander who had been shot through his chest by the sniper. If you want to shout, you can only blow out blood and bubbles. If you want to find someone to help you, you can't sit up. People around him looked at him struggling, with panic in his eyes.

Not far away, a German sniper put away his special rifle with sight, followed more than a dozen grenadiers out of the trench and began to move forward. They were only tens of meters away from the British garrison's trench. After a short charge, they jumped into the trench where the British garrison was stationed.

The British soldiers inside wanted to take up arms to fight back, but they were sifted by the veteran German grenadiers with mp-44 assault rifles and G43 automatic rifles. Not far away, a British machine gun bunker was burned into an oven by a German flamethrower. The British soldiers inside made a pig killing scream, but then there was no sound.

This is the last line of defense on the British coastline. It is obvious that the German landing forces have broken through the line of defense of the British garrison. There are only a few scattered strongholds left, and the British forces are still fighting stubbornly.

The German Navy's air force, which let the landing troops see through, also joined the battle circle. Stuka roared down and blasted several blockhouses not covered with the German flag to pieces. The British resistance became weak, and the German soldiers began to sweep away the remaining firepower one by one.

The stuka-2 fighters of the air force flew over the coastline. They were ordered to destroy the British artillery positions in the rear. With the precision of bombing and the increasing number of German planes, the British long-range firepower began to collapse. After heavy losses, Germany finally stood firm on the coastline.

In fact, it's not surprising that the German air force and the German Naval Air Force arrived too late, because that morning, in order to protect their beach defense forces, the RAF showed unprecedented courage and paid the price of almost total annihilation.

170 P-36 fighters from nearby airports poured out, and regardless of their losses, they launched a fierce air battle with 40 fw-190d fighters from German naval aviation. The first batch of fighters competing for air supremacy from German aircraft carriers were forced to return home by British fighter pilots.

So it was not until the second wave of fw-190d fighters flew over the battlefield that the Royal Air Force was completely expelled from the landing airspace - in fact, it was not appropriate to be expelled, because almost all 170 British fighters were shot down, and the British air force nearby gave up its sky after all its personnel and equipment.

British anti-aircraft gun positions also fought back in an unusual way, and did not preserve their strength as before, which also caused unprecedented trouble to the German air force. Seventeen Stuka and three stuka-2 aircraft were shot down, five fw-190d fighters were shot down, and the nearby anti-aircraft gun positions were all in a cloud, losing seven out of ten.

On the beach, a tank No. 3 finally arrived on the British coast. The tank covered the infantry and rushed up a small road, where it destroyed an anti-aircraft gun and overturned a British machine gun bunker not far away.

With the cover of tanks, the German grenadiers recovered their feeling and attacked more smoothly and quickly. At 10 o'clock, they had firmly controlled the beach and began to organize their troops to attack the deep areas. About 20000 elite German soldiers boarded the British coastline and began to move towards their target, Norwich.

The second tank, the third tank, and the 5th light armored division of Germany were slowly transported to the land. The vehicle groups that accompanied the 7th army to sweep Belgium and northern France were not well-known because of Rommel's great reputation. However, German commanders all knew that this was almost the first Armored Division established in Germany, which could definitely be called a hundred battle force.

As far away as Norwich, general Powell, commander-in-chief of the British 2nd army near Norwich, is talking to general Montgomery on the phone. Last night, his troops were badly beaten by German Paratroopers. Now he can't get the news of the 5th army of the beachhead garrison“ yes! General Montgomery, my troops can't support the beachhead now. If I launch a counterattack against Buckton now, I'm afraid my troops will encounter the German landing troops going south on the way... "This general Powell is good at defense and is famous for his steadiness. He thinks that we should not rush to counterattack without knowing the scale and specific landing position of the German landing troops. In fact, although Buckton was not far away from the landing site, the defenders there did not report their attack except for the sound of guns and seeing a large number of German planes, which made the cautious Powell confused about the specific direction of the German attack. He speculated that the German attack should be in greater Yarmouth, which is closer to the Netherlands and Belgium“ I suggest that my fourth division should reinforce greater Yarmouth to the East and my 14th division to the north for Buckton He told Montgomery: "the only armored unit in the vicinity, the independent 9th armored division, is now attacking the beach and killing the Germans." Montgomery, of course, did not know that there were large-scale German Paratroopers in the north and east of Norwich, nor did he know whether Powell's forces could take the German landing forces into the sea. However, he still let his deputy Powell give the order to fight back. He knew that if the Germans were not allowed to lose their landing ground immediately, the German troops who went ashore would not be able to deal with the British recruits. The airport near Norwich has been destroyed by German bombers, and the remaining few have become furnishings because there are no fighters. The British air force was ordered to rush to Norwich from all directions, hoping to regain the important air supremacy of the battlefield. However, it was hit by more German fighters and suffered heavy losses. By 11 a.m., the British air force had lost a full 290 fighters in Norwich, nearly half of the total number of British air forces in the southern part of the country. However, the German air force is still firmly in control of the air supremacy, fighting to defend their position as the European air supremacy. At 11:05, the third large-scale air strike of the German Air Force came to Norwich. Under the clear sky, there were 170 strategic butcher bombers, 120 do-217 and 70 Stuka. The planes bombed roads and railways from Norwich to Buckton and to greater Yarmouth and rostovt. Blow up the fourth British Army on the road. In fact, the fourth British army is not far away from the German landing area, or even close to it. Because of the fierce sniping by German Paratroopers and the collapse of roads and bridges, the short distance was two hours away, and most of the troops were still near the place of departure. By this time, the German landing forces had completely established themselves on the beach. Powell had to ask for reinforcements from nearby troops, but Churchill still did not dare to give up the defense line near Dover and Brighton. He was afraid that the Germans would attack from east to west. The second batch of landing was in Dover. This is also a trick arranged by acardo. After landing in Germany, he sent a message to Mussolini in Rome, claiming that Germany would launch a second landing in Dover area, close to London, England. This is the deep deception of "emptiness makes reality" and "emptiness makes reality". It depends on whether Churchill believes it or not. Churchill and Montgomery, who had been beaten by Germany, finally came up with a compromise plan, that is to use Montgomery's only armored army to go north, cooperate with the Fourth Army to defend Norwich and drive the German out of the sea. Montgomery's reason for agreeing with this plan is very simple. It is not a question of how many troops will be mobilized to encircle the Germans, but how many troops will be able to arrive at the combat area in time under the attack of the German superior air force. More people are of little use. Instead, they send many targets to the German air force. So he agreed to Churchill's practice of dispersing his forces and led his armored forces to the north without hesitation. At the same time, the 5th armored division of Germany's 5th armored army had all boarded the British beach, and more than 30000 German soldiers had landed safely. SS akado Youth Corps soldiers began to attack Buckton on their right, while the 1st Marine Division was near the main road to Norwich, sniping the 4th division of the 4th Army, which was fighting to the death to attack the German army.