The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

"I need to take Tinguely Hill." General Student said while staring at the map at a secret headquarters in the rear.

It is a stretch to call it a mountain, because its altitude is only 244 meters. It is a stretch to call it a mountain, but it is indeed a very important commanding height in Malta.

The source of the two rivers on the island of Malta starts from here, which means that almost half of the island of Malta can be overlooked from here.

In particular, the British troops on the island are bombarding non-stop with high accuracy, so General Student judged that there should be a British observation post here to provide calibration guidance for the British artillery in the rear.

"Lehman's company is closest to Dingli Mountain, so let them go and give it a try?" A staff officer said quickly.

"Well, let them try. Tell Lieutenant Lehman to take Dingley Hill. I will personally apply for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for him."General Student nodded and said.

Hearing this, the others showed a trace of envy. Although the Iron Cross was already popular at this time, it was still difficult to obtain. It must be applied for by officers above the regiment level of the unit, and it may not be successful.

However, if General Student applied in person, it would definitely be approved.

Soon, Lieutenant Lehman's regiment received a telegram. They were ordered to capture Dingley Hill and destroy the British observation post.

"Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross? You're talking about something that I really want."Lieutenant Lehman curled his lips, but he quickly assigned tasks.

They were the vanguard, and there were two more companies coming from the rear, so strictly speaking, it was actually one battalion responsible for the attack.

General Student used one-sixth of his troops to attack a hilltop, which really showed that he was very serious, so Lieutenant Lehman did not dare to delay any longer.

""Da da da da!" Not long after they walked, dense gunfire rang out. The British machine gun positions on the hillside began to attack the German paratroopers from a high position.

The dense bullets made the Germans unable to raise their heads. There was a sophisticated circular defense position here. They couldn't go around from behind, so they could only take the enemy position head-on.

"Fire suppression, the machine gun group quickly established a firing position."Lieutenant Lehman personally led the team to command

"Move, move quickly, don't drag, watch your feet, don't get hit by bullets, bend over."

A dozen German paratroopers holding assault rifles began to fire back frantically, firing dense bullets at the enemy's ambush position, barely suppressing the enemy.

Soon, MG42 assault rifles began to fire frantically, and bullets hit the British position like raindrops, temporarily curbing the British firepower.

"Lieutenant, this will only waste bullets. When the enemy reacts, they will definitely send more troops. Let's use the bazooka." The sergeant next to him suggested.

"Bazooka!"Lieutenant Lehmann gave the order decisively.

A German paratrooper quickly picked up the bazooka and aimed the launch port at the machine gun position in the distance.

"Loading!"The loader quickly stuffed the rocket into the tail of the rocket launcher and then reminded his comrades

"Bang!"With a dull explosion, the rocket dragged a long trail of white smoke and flew towards the machine gun position in the distance that was constantly spitting out flames.

"Boom!"With a bang, the rocket exploded near the British bunker, and the huge smoke immediately covered the bunker.

"Da da da……"Just as the German paratroopers were preparing to attack, the sound of machine gun fire rang out again.

"Damn it, keep going!"Lieutenant Lehman saw that the machine gun position had not been destroyed and continued to order.

It was obvious that the British army had put a lot of thought into setting up this machine gun position, and even used sandbags and wooden boards to build it together, so that the middle was empty, and the defense capability was improved by several levels.

"Load!"

"Bang!"There was another dull sound and another obvious white smoke. A huge explosion sounded, and the German paratroopers once again tried to take advantage of the opportunity to launch an attack.

"Long live!"

The paratroopers quickly rushed to the heights, looked at the only remaining British soldiers in the trenches, and decisively pulled the trigger. The bullets quickly killed all the surviving enemy soldiers.

At this time, the advantage of the German automatic weapons was fully demonstrated at this time.

The machine gun position in the front was taken down, and the machine gun positions on both sides were soon taken down. Not long after, the German paratroopers occupied Tinguely Hill.

This means that half of the island of Malta is in the hands of the German army. Without the commanding heights, the heavy weapons that are being continuously transported in later have begun to play a role.

After losing Tinguely Hill, the British commander on the island went completely crazy, because without the commanding heights, it was impossible for them to defend the island of Malta.

"Request reinforcements. Dingley Hill has been lost and the Germans have occupied most of Malta. Without reinforcements, we will not be able to resist.……"

Telegrams for help were sent to the North African Command one after another.