The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

Chapter 174



See more sangtacviet.com

"How is the First Division progressing now?"

"Most of the troops have already established a foothold on the beachhead, but they are now fighting with Italy for the purpose of seizing the airport on the island."The intelligence staff immediately reported.

"How are the Italian troops? How are their personnel and equipment? Do they still have the will to fight?"The commander of the 17th Division asked hurriedly.

"I don't know, but their will to resist is very strong. It's just that they began to collapse under the attack of our air force, especially when the naval guns joined the battle and broke through their defense line."The intelligence staff said hurriedly.

Hearing this, the commander of the 17th Division thought for a while and said slowly:"It seems that the attack of the 1st Division is going smoothly, so why do we need reserves?"

"Is there something strange?"Someone couldn't help asking

"Weird?" The commander of the 17th Division muttered, and then said again:"I always feel that this matter is very strange. There are German troops on the island, why didn't the German troops show up?"

"Yes, why haven't the German troops on the island appeared yet? This is very strange and totally inconsistent."A staff officer also echoed

"Doesn't Alan know? -" someone asked curiously

"No, Commander Allen knew, that's why he called a telegram to Commander Eisenhower, asking him to dispatch a group of reserve troops to prevent the Germans from taking them by surprise."The commander of the 17th Division shook his head and said

"The division commander is right. We don't need to worry too much about the Italian troops. Their combat effectiveness is not that terrible. Moreover, the navy fleet has begun to fully assist the army in landing, so our operation will go smoothly."

"What's more, the Air Force is also supporting us, and they can attack wherever we are directed." The Chief of Staff said without any worries.

"Report, the headquarters sent a telegram, they found that the German armored forces have set off."Just then, the communications staff came over and said loudly.

Hearing this, the 17th Division Commander's face changed, and he immediately asked:"Do you know the marching direction?"

"They are the south, southwest, and west."The communications officer replied quickly.

"Damn it, it looks like Allen's guess is correct, they are indeed in trouble, we need to rush over to support them as soon as possible."The commander of the 17th Division frowned and said worriedly

"By the way, have you detected any German tank models?"

The communications officer immediately replied:"They are all Panther and Tiger tanks."

"What? All Panther and Tiger tanks? Damn it, our tanks may not be able to defeat them."The 17th Division commander's face changed, his mouth twitched, and he said with a wry smile

"Quick, send a telegram to Commander Eisenhower immediately and ask him to send more armored troops. Allen's First Division is no match for the Germans."

"It would be great if we could get more anti-tank guns, bazookas, and anti-tank cluster grenades."

"Also request air support, otherwise our Sherman tanks are no match for them."

The commander of the 17th Division came back to his senses and immediately began to issue orders. He had studied the German army's organization in depth, so he was deeply impressed by the German armored divisions. Basically, there were no useless members in the German armored divisions, and their combat effectiveness was very strong.

Especially the Tiger tanks, which frightened the Soviet army, so now when he heard that the enemy's tanks were all Tiger and Panther tanks, he was even more shocked.

Although the Sherman tank is also an excellent tank, it is still a big gap compared to the German Tiger and Panther tanks. It is absolutely impossible to defeat the German army with Sherman tanks alone.

""Yes, sir." The intelligence staff turned and left, and immediately sent a telegram to Eisenhower requesting reinforcements.

At this time, on the other side, the US Third Division was also landing, but the place they chose to land was full of tides and waves, which was very dangerous.

And when they landed, they had to face the Italian artillery bombardment on the beach, but after the volley of naval guns, the Italian army was beaten so hard that they dared not breathe.

In particular, after the naval guns and bombers took turns bombing, the Italian army was either killed or surrendered, and many people even fled directly to the rear, even abandoning all their weapons and equipment.

It was very easy to get a beach point, which made the officers and soldiers of the Third Division very excited, and some people expressed disdain.

"Humph, it turns out that he is still as useless as before."

"Unexpectedly, these Italian troops were too easy to deal with. Less than half an hour after the battle began, they took over a beach. It was too easy."

"Yeah, look at those people running away, hahahaha"

"Thank God, it is so easy for us to fight. It looks like I will be able to go home soon."

Seeing that the Italian army was so vulnerable, all the officers and soldiers of the Third Division couldn't help but have wild thoughts, but they were soon urged to land by their respective superiors.

The vanguard began to occupy the beachheads abandoned by the Italian army. The Third Division was much smarter than the First Division. It gave priority to transporting heavy weapons to the beachhead. In its eyes, since the enemy had lost the position, it would definitely be responsible for taking it back.

Therefore, they will definitely face the enemy's counterattack next. It is absolutely impossible to hold the position without heavy weapons.

Unfortunately, they guessed wrong. Until they had almost landed, no one came to counterattack.

Not long after, heavy machine guns, mortars, and a small number of anti-tank guns were pushed ashore, and then a simple beachhead was formed."It's strange that no one came to attack us. Are all the defenders on the island dead?" Someone couldn't help muttering���

"Maybe they all ran away?" Someone said with a smile.

The soldiers were talking and laughing, but the commanders were not careless at all. They still used the floating bridge and amphibious armored vehicles to transport soldiers and weapons and equipment.

However, at this time, a small group of scouts were lurking in the surrounding woods.

"The U.S. military has also landed here. Should we report it immediately?"A German scout asked hurriedly.

"Well, report immediately and ask them to dispatch some troops to deal with these American troops!

"The reconnaissance platoon leader nodded and saidむ"But the number of American troops in front of us is at least one division, no, more than one person.

Look at the transport ship in the distance, it must be full of soldiers.

In this case, there are more than two divisions.

Can one of our divisions deal with them?"The scout was obviously a new recruit, and asked with some concern.

-.

"It's okay.

Marshal Meier has equipped us with some new weapons.

Believe me, it's okay.

"The reconnaissance platoon leader said calmly.

"Are you talking about those rocket launchers?" The new soldier suddenly remembered and said

"Are they that powerful? Can they really defeat the American troops on the other side?"

Hearing this, the reconnaissance platoon leader was a little unsure. After all, he had not experienced the war on the Eastern Front. He only heard about the power of rocket launchers in reports and had never seen them with his own eyes.

After all, it was all boasted by others about how powerful they were, but in the end, he had never seen a single one.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. These are not what we need to worry about. Let the higher-ups worry about them." said the reconnaissance platoon leader.

"Yes, let them worry about it, our mission is to be responsible for reconnaissance."The recruit said in full agreement

"However, I did not expect that the fighting power of the Italian troops was really bad. They surrendered so quickly. How long has it been? Half an hour at most? They were defeated. It is really infuriating to watch."

In response to his words, the reconnaissance platoon leader nodded and said,"It's normal. I didn't expect them to have such strong fighting power. It's not bad that they can hold on for half an hour. It's good that they didn't collapse at the first blow. I have seen them surrender before the battle."

"Okay, stop complaining and go report. Don't delay the fighter."

""Yes, platoon leader," the scout whispered.

"Damn, it's the American bombers, they're coming."The reconnaissance platoon leader saw this scene and said with some fear

"Platoon leader, what should we do now?"

"Report immediately, the beachhead position can no longer be defended."The reconnaissance platoon leader said in a low voice.

As soon as the voice fell, hundreds of bombers began to bombard the Italian positions near the beachhead, bombing those who were unwilling to surrender and those suspicious positions where troops were stationed.

"Report, scouts report, the US troops are landing, request artillery fire."At this time, an officer came in and reported to Major General Hermann.

"How is the front line?" Major General Hermann asked

"The enemy's bombers have arrived and are bombing the Italian positions, while assisting the army in landing.���"The staff officer said hurriedly

"Let the new rocket artillery regiment prepare to fire in half an hour and teach them a lesson."Major General Hermann thought for a while and said.

Although he had read the battle reports on the Eastern Front, he had never personally experienced the scene of a rocket artillery explosion.

The Empire also had rocket artillery before, but the accuracy of that thing was really too poor.

"Yes."

At this time, the US Third Division, which had just gained a foothold, was still thinking about drinking a cup of instant coffee, or even a Camel cigarette to relieve their fear.

After all, this was a war, and everyone was a little scared, but their superiors ordered them to check their weapons and equipment immediately and be ready for war at any time.

At this moment, countless dazzling flashes suddenly appeared in the sky, and deafening explosions shook the earth.

"Damn? What is this?"

"what happened?"

"Oh my god."

As soon as the words fell, the dense rocket shells hit their position.

They blew up pieces of American soldiers into the sky, and some of them were blown to pieces, and their bodies were scattered on the ground.

"Damn, it's a rocket launcher, get out of the way"

"Oh my god, it's the German army, run!"

""Assholes, don't run, counterattack immediately, counterattack quickly."

Those American soldiers had already panicked, and many of them began to shout in panic. At this time, hundreds of shells came again, this time with heavy artillery.

Countless shells poured madly on the positions of the Third Division. The fierce artillery fire shook the entire earth back and forth, as if the earth was shaking, which was terrifying.

Many people ran around in fear, and some even ran into the minefield and were directly blown away half of their bodies.

""Damn it! Get the air force on me and request air support. American planes have appeared. It looks like it's time to send our fighter planes into battle." At this time, Lieutenant General Ziegler looked at the shadow of the plane that appeared in the distance and muttered.

He was the highest-ranking person on the island and the highest person in charge. Now that he saw the enemy plane appear, he immediately called the Southern Theater Command and requested air force reinforcements.

The call was quickly connected, and Rommel picked up the phone and asked,"How is the battle going?"

Hearing this, Lieutenant General Ziegler stood at attention and said,"Your Excellency Marshal, the enemy has landed on the beach, and now the enemy air force has been dispatched. We request air force reinforcements."

Hearing this, Rommel said helplessly,"The air force's jet aircraft is being overhauled and cannot be dispatched for the time being."

Lieutenant General Ziegler frowned. If there was no air force, the next battle would be difficult to fight. At this moment, a voice came from the other end of the phone,"Wait a minute, the air force has a batch of new fighter planes, but they are not jet planes."

At this time, Lieutenant General Ziegler didn't care what kind of fighter plane it was, as long as it was a fighter plane, he immediately said happily:"Great, Marshal, please order the Air Force to attack immediately!""

"Well, the air force has been dispatched."Rommel said calmly:"In addition, we must defend Sicily, which is an important frontier for our counterattack in North Africa."

"Yes, please rest assured, I will keep it."���Lieutenant General Geler responded loudly.

At this time, the Tiger and Panther tanks were always on standby, and the dark barrels emitted a cold blue light and awe-inspiring murderous aura.

Behind the tanks were a group of armored transport vehicles and armored vehicles, all equipped with machine guns in front, ready to slaughter the enemy at any time.

"The enemy's air force is about to come over to bomb. All tank units continue to stand by and attack immediately after our air force repel the enemy's fighter planes."Lieutenant General Ziegler looked into the distance through a telescope and gave an order to the chief of staff beside him.

""Yes." The chief of staff replied and turned away.

The German armored forces, having received the light, began to hide, waiting for the enemy's air force to leave. At this time, the airport on the island was already filled with smoke from the bombing of American fighter planes, and the airport was full of destroyed buildings.

As for the Italian fighter planes parked at the airport, they had long been blown into a pile of scrap metal, falling hot to the ground.

The Germans did not care too much about these Italian fighter planes, because the performance of American fighter planes at this time was not inferior to that of the Germans, so there was actually no point in keeping these Italian fighter planes, and there was no other use except to send heads.

It would be better to keep these pilots and let them fly more advanced fighter planes, or to train some new pilots. Waste also has its uses.

0........,....

When the US warplanes were carrying out retaliatory bombing, several fighter planes actually saw an Italian army unit marching towards their beachhead.

However, before they reached their destination, they were attacked by those fighter planes, which successfully stopped their progress.

The naval guns of those warships were still flying all over the sky, bombing and causing heavy casualties to the Italian army.

There was even an Italian armored battalion that wanted to secretly take a detour, but was also killed and injured by the naval guns. The tanks were also bombed to pieces, and many were blown into scrap metal, and there were fireballs everywhere.

"Hahaha, it looks like we're going to win this war"

"Of course, we have sent out so many troops. If we can't win, how can we continue to fight the German army?"

"That's right. Look, the enemy troops on the island were blown away by us. I believe the remaining German troops will be destroyed by us soon."

"Hey, did you see that? We blew up all the planes at the airport. They had no chance to fight back under our attack. It was really cool."

"How dare you say that? How many planes did you destroy? Three?"

"Tsk, you're not much better than me, huh"

"Okay, stop bragging, let's finish our mission quickly. There are other airports on the island. Speed up and wait for the German fighter planes to take off. Then it will be troublesome."

Many people know that the Germans have jet planes, but their jet planes have not arrived, so during this period, they are still carrying out bombing secretly.

It is impossible to fight a bloody battle with the Germans openly.

"Sir, we have mobilized thousands of fighter planes. Are we still afraid of them?"

"Boy, you have never experienced it. You don't know how terrifying a jet plane is. One jet can destroy our entire squadron."

"Oh my God, is this true?"The young man who had not believed it before asked in surprise

"Of course it's true. You think I'm... Oh no, damn, it's a German fighter plane. Oh my god, what kind of plane is that? It's very fast."

"Damn, what kind of fighter is this? They are fast."

"Get out of the way! The enemy is not slow, and is even a little faster than us. Except for the P-51 Mustang fighter, all other fighters have left."

"It's too late, damn it, there are two enemy planes behind me, save me"

"Ah, I can't hide anymore, please save me"

"Boom!

The plane that requested help was blown up in mid-air. Originally, these American fighter planes were very arrogant, but now they were beaten and ran around everywhere.

"What kind of plane is this? I've never seen it before."

"It's not a jet plane."

"It's strange, why do the Germans have so many planes."

Originally they thought the Germans were only very good at jet planes, but they didn't expect that they also had strong achievements in propeller planes.

"It should be the newly produced TA-152 aircraft. This is a propeller aircraft. Don't panic."There are always people who are very knowledgeable and shouted on the radio.

Unfortunately, the materials used in this TA-152 aircraft are much more advanced than those in the original history, especially in the precision lathe, which has been improved several times, so the parts produced have been improved by at least 30%.

Especially in the engine, a small improvement can increase the horsepower, and the maximum speed of the original TA-152 fighter is only 760km. But now it has 800km per hour. Don't look at it as only 40km. But it is definitely far ahead of these fighters._Faloo reminds you: Three things to do when reading - ∪Collect, recommend, and share!

Support Faloo Novel Network (b.faloo.com original works, as much as possible


Tip: You can use left, right, A and D keyboard keys to browse between chapters.