Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 101: Go forward

"Sir, the new command of the head of the regiment. (Baidu search for the fastest and most stable update of the literature website)" A motorcycle messenger stopped the Chongdap under his crotch by the company's 250 half-track armored transport vehicle , He first raised his hand to salute, then took out a folded official document from the chest pocket of the rubber trench coat, raised his hand high and handed it to the lieutenant company commander who was standing in the rear compartment.

"Thanks." Lieutenant Zeissler lay on the edge of the carriage and took the order, casually returned a military salute, and then opened the document and read it carefully.

"Please tell the captain that we have reached the celebration trail and have joined the liaison team of the 2nd Paratrooper Battalion. We are advancing towards the Royal Military Academy of the Duke of York as planned. The second company is taking a roundabout from North Bread, waiting for them to take their place. After that, we are ready to launch the first trial attack." Zeissler read the order, refolded it and stuffed it into the map bag behind his waist.

"Yes, sir." After the soldier saluted the lieutenant again, he turned on the accelerator, and the motorcycle dropped its head beautifully on the spot, rolled up a dash of smoke, and roared toward the rear.

Zeissler jumped off the armored car, walked to the front of the car, and spread a map on the hood of the armored car. His three platoon commanders and company noncommissioned officers surrounded the front of the car, waiting for the company commander to issue combat orders. .

"Are everyone in place? Wait for the second company to send out the signal, one row advances from the front, the second row begins to impact in the first row and then inserts diagonally from the left to the side of the building, and then follows the straight road to outflank it. The platoon acts as a reserve team. Following the company’s operations, according to the information of the paratroopers, it is guarded by a group of military academies. There are rifles and machine guns in their hands, and perhaps some grenades. Let our soldiers pay attention. Don’t think that the opponent is some children. Just take it lightly and don’t forget the lessons we learned in France.

This building is their main teaching building. There are some sandbag bunkers and foxholes in the front playground. After one row has occupied this corner, two rows of mortars and machine guns will be concentrated to block this one. On the main road, soldiers are ordered not to enter the building casually. The task of surrendering the remnant enemy let the second company in the north do it. Our task is to open the channel for the follow-up troops. The regiment ordered us to establish a line of defense immediately after occupying this campus and block the Dover Highway. Our responsibility is heavy, so we must take down this school in the shortest possible time. If the opponent stubbornly resists, they will be completely wiped out. Gentlemen, get started. After Zeissler finished speaking, he started shaking hands with his subordinates one by one and wishing good luck. The chief officers of the troops ran back to their troops.

While the German High Seas Fleet and the British Royal Navy's home fleet were still fighting in the English Channel, a report from the paratroopers was placed in front of Admiral Bock. After reading the content of the report, Bock couldn't sit still. He immediately summoned all the staff officers of the headquarters and the regiment-level commanders of the troops that had landed, and held a combat meeting in the conference room in Dillburg.

The paratroopers have a lot of intelligence. The content was even more shocking. They relied on the surrender of the British army to reactivate the communication system of the underground command post in Kent. Using the captured British military code, radio contact with Dover and Folkestone troops was restored. Then they were surprised to find that the headquarters of the Dover Fortress had been completely paralyzed, and the British forces in this area were in a mess of command.

The two infantry divisions and one armored division are equal. London has not determined the commander of this support army, according to the original procedure. They were all under the command of Major General Mason, the commander of Fort Dover, and no one would have thought that Major General Mason would become a missing person. Not only that, but his replacement deputy commander, chief of staff, and the entire theater command were all sealed in a dark underground tunnel with him.

At present, the three division commanders of these troops are all colonels, and no one is qualified to command each other. They had contacted the Kent command post for a while. As the highest-ranking officer in the war zone at the moment, Rear Admiral Rice of the Kent command post took over the command of the force. What command experience does this poor naval communications expert have, the result is just They were ordered to stand by, waiting for follow-up instructions from London.

Although this order sounds very speechless, the order is the order, and the troops in the theater finally have a backbone. But the good times didn't last long. When the commanders who were on standby to impatiently asked the Kent command post again about the progress, the Kent command post could no longer be contacted.

These troops are a little panicked, seeing that the Germans are about to land. Not only have they lost their unified command, they have also lost contact with their superiors, and they have also lost information and material support.

The First Armored Division had just arrived at the Dover port area, and even the garrison and supplies were not in place. From last night to today, the troops depended on the emergency rations carried by the field. As the chief officer of the fortress was almost completely wiped out, the personnel in charge of logistics and administration also suffered heavy losses. Without written documents and permission from the chief officer, they could not even get a can.

It is difficult for the wounded soldiers to get first aid, and the dead soldiers have no one to constrain, so they can only be covered with a military blanket and randomly arranged on the side of the road filled with rubble. The morale of the troops is declining rapidly, and the whole army is panicked. The officers and noncommissioned officers are at a loss as to what to do. Everyone is full of pessimism about the future. No matter how you look at it, this is a precursor to something big.

The officers began to try to report directly to London, reporting the current situation of the troops, and seeking instructions from the Army Command, but they did not know why and there was no response. So when they contacted Kent again, it was as if a lost child saw their parents again. When they were overjoyed, they were completely obedient to the instructions issued by the Kent command and did not hesitate to implement them immediately. The paratroopers cleverly ordered them. Recalling peripheral troops, shrinking the defense line, and giving the Germans a smooth passage.

The daring German paratroopers even dispatched a capable squad to infiltrate the key British forces under the name of the front-line contact group of the Kent Command Post. They are now stationed in the division headquarters of the British First Armored Division. So far, there are no signs of being seen through. They are continuously forwarding the collected intelligence on the deployment and garrison of the British army through the Kent Command Post to the German Landing Command.

Bock realized that his long-awaited fighter had arrived. It is no longer possible to continue to be conservative. The time is not waiting, and the German army must respond immediately. Before the British army regrouped, the mobile force that was in a vulnerable state was wiped out in a predetermined area.

Bock understands that he has not had time to wait for the next batch of troops to land. All he can use now is two and a half infantry divisions and an armored division. The armored division lacks an infantry battalion, but he can add in. A tank destroyer battalion that had just climbed ashore, it was a full 28 No. 3 assault guns. It is also the latest improved version with a long-barreled 75mm gun, which can penetrate the front armor of the Matilda tank from a kilometer away.

Boke’s personality tends to be conservative though. But as long as he made up his mind, he would never look forward and backward, and he would go all out to accomplish the set goals. Guderian, as the commander-in-chief of the assault force, Bok granted him frontline command. It is possible to deal with the situation immediately, modify tactics and change the direction of the offensive, without obtaining permission from the landing army command. At the same time, Guderian has the full right to dispose of all the troops involved in the offensive. He can remove, detain and even arrest everything he thinks. Guilty commander.

Bock expressed his unreserved trust in Guderian. Guderian was also very moved and admired. After paying a solemn military salute to Bok, Guderian left with the commanders of the troops. Headquarters.

As planned. An infantry regiment of the German 6th Infantry Division will serve as the vanguard, clearing a passage for the follow-up troops, and the 52nd Infantry Division will follow. Search and clear the small British strongholds around Dover, and then set up a defensive line to the north of the port area to lock the British retreat to Canterbury and London.

The passage controlled by the 52nd Division of the Gudley Armored Division broke into the Dover area, followed the Forrest Highway straight into the side of Folkestone, blocking the path of the British retreat to Ashford, and will be stationed at Fox The two infantry divisions on the outskirts squeezed in the direction of Dover.

The two infantry divisions were stationed in the barracks in the Folkestone Harbor area. As a result, he was caught off guard in the early morning shelling, and the soldiers and materials were greatly damaged. Most of the baggage and ammunition have not had time to be unloaded from the transport truck, and they are turned into a pile of coke along with those precious trucks.

Now the remnants of these two divisions with a combined total of less than 20,000 have retreated to the outskirts of the city, temporarily stationed in the surrounding abandoned farmhouses and villages, and they continue to request the Kent Command Post to mobilize supplies, claiming If it is not replenished tonight, the troops may be trapped in food shortages.

The material storage warehouses in Folkestone Harbor have all been burned in the shelling, and the materials in the government underground shelters are not enough for disaster relief. The citizens who survived the shelling are evacuating the city with their last belongings one after another. It is completely impossible to obtain supplies locally.

According to Bok and Guderian’s predictions, when the two infantry divisions were attacked by German armored forces, it was impossible for them to make effective resistance. They would obediently follow the German baton and be rushed to more For Harbor District.

The 22nd Infantry Division of the German Army will fill the gap between Dover and Folkestone, and establish a strong blockade in the north. They will cooperate with the Goodry Armored Division to shrink the scope of the encirclement. In the end, the British mobile force was squeezed into a narrow area of ​​10 kilometers around the port of Dover, forcing the opponent to surrender or annihilate it on the spot.

Zeissler’s company was fortunate to assume the responsibility of the German vanguard in this battle. This infantry company was the first fully mechanized experimental unit of the German army. They have abandoned their usual mule and horse vehicles. The company now has ten Five half-track personnel carriers and four off-road vehicles, and three tricycles.

They belong to the 37th Infantry Regiment of the 6th Infantry Division. According to their superiors, the entire infantry division will be converted into a mechanized unit in the future. According to the head of state, he is planning to classify this organization as a new unit. The head of state named it the Armored Grenadier.

Armored Grenadier, Zeissler likes this name very much. He is proud of his company being the pioneer of this new army. The task of the test unit is to find out the tactics suitable for this kind of army in the battle. The advantages and disadvantages, especially the discovery of the weaknesses and shortcomings of this unit, and let the superior commanders familiarize themselves with the methods and ways of using this unit, and understand them from the tactical and strategic perspectives, in order to promote this to the whole army in the future. Kind of units and reorganization to pave the way~IndoMTL.com~ look, sir! "At this time, Zeissler’s company sergeant sergeant shouted loudly. Zeissler stood in the carriage and stared at it. Two bright red spots in the sky in the north were falling rapidly.

"The signal for the second company. They are already in place, Sergeant Franken, immediately fired a green flare. The first row and the second row immediately began to attack as planned, and the third row followed the company." Zeiss Le Ting Standing on the chest of the armored personnel carrier, he held the steel plate on the roof with his left hand, raised his right hand high, and then swung it forward. "Armored Grenadier! Go ahead!"

With the roar of the engine, the four 251 half-track armored vehicles in the first row rushed out of the bushes quickly, and the convoy quickly converted into a frontal formation. The manganese steel tracks were spinning rapidly, rolling over the British wilderness. The soft soil rushed towards the military school campus a hundred meters away. The prestigious German armored grenadiers in the future ushered in their first battle here. (To be continued)

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