Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 123: The defeat is like a tide (in)
Unlike Guderian’s expectation, this armored force as the main assault force encountered no resistance on the road. Their commander got a good lot and did not spend time and energy like those colleagues. It was spent on the battle to pay off a bunch of shrimp soldiers and crabs along the way. (Baidu search is the fastest and most stable update of the literature website)
This elite armored force marched along the county highway, without encountering a roadblock along the way. This made the armored battalion commander overjoyed and quickly notified the follow-up infantry unit to the designated area along the road they traveled. Confluence, according to his current speed, it is expected that the battle encirclement will be completed before midnight.
This lucky force rushing in front of all horses is not a simple role. Although they did not get many brilliant records in the French campaign, they are indeed an elite armed force in essence, and they are trained It even surpassed most of the German forces at the same level. After all, this is the only armored teaching battalion in the German armored forces.
Being called a teaching camp does not mean that it is the most powerful unit in the army, but it must be the most highly trained unit in the army. The task of the armored teaching battalion is to serve as a model unit of the armored force, to find out the use of new equipment in training, to test the new troop organization model, and to conduct new technical and tactical experiments, and finally to spread the experience gained to all armored forces. .
So this kind of elite unit that exists as a seed unit is generally not sent to the front line to gnaw hard bones, but at most follow the main group as a reserve team to experience the atmosphere of the battlefield, or in some secondary battlefields Pick up some soft persimmons and knead it twice.
However, no one would underestimate this unit, because commanders at all levels know that the personnel in the teaching battalion are the seeds for future expansion of the armored force. It must be protected. Any soldier killed in battle is an irreparable loss.
But this time the situation is different. As the experimental unit of the new equipment, the armored teaching battalion took over the four latest No. 4 G tanks and formed the fifth tank platoon of the heavy tank company. The original No. 2 tank company was replaced with No. 3 tanks. The entire battalion now has 64 No. 3 tanks and 24 No. 4 tanks. At the same time, the battalion was also equipped with eight half-track command vehicles and incorporated several new test units, such as self-propelled artillery platoons, mechanized transport companies, self-propelled anti-tank gun platoons, and armored grenadier companies. It has far exceeded the size of an ordinary armored battalion. The personnel and equipment are closer to a mechanized independent mixed group, but there is still a sign of armored training camp outside.
This unit has attracted the attention of the command department. The generals of the command department really want to see the performance of these new equipment and units in actual combat. This is related to the new army organization and tactical mode in the future large-scale army expansion. The plan, perhaps a new technological revolution of the German Wehrmacht will be set off in this army.
The command department did not hesitate to put this force on the second echelon of landing. Put them into the sequence of the second wave of landing. As a result, because the landing was too smooth, they all climbed onto the shore at noon on D-day.
Among the landing forces, the armored teaching battalion is the most complete, with the most complete range of light and heavy firepower rifles. As the battle was at the most critical moment, Guderian, who had limited forces on hand, no longer considered the preservation of the essence. The armored teaching battalion was pushed to the forefront of the troops as a spear to complete the encirclement. It is the important task of closing the bag mouth to attack the heart.
This is what the officers and soldiers of the armored teaching battalion have been looking forward to, although they have the title of shining model unit. Operating the latest equipment, enjoying priority supplies and privileges, surrounded by the enviable eyes of brothers. But at the bottom of their hearts, they were apprehensive about their treatment, and perhaps a little ashamed, because they did not have the merits that matched the treatment they enjoyed.
This time, I finally got the opportunity to stand out in front of the whole army and became the vanguard of the encircled troops. The armored training camp immediately boiled over, and these rigorously trained soldiers showed their full strength. The whole camp took only 25 minutes from receiving the departure order to rushing to the highway, and five minutes of cheering time were subtracted.
Follow the route established by Guderian. They set off from Deere, along the Arkham Highway from Dover to Folkestone into the British Army's back road. After arriving at Folkestone, they began to rewind to the south, and cooperated with the subsequent infantry troops to surround and defeat the Folkestone defenders, squeezing them in the direction of Dover, and finally annihilated the British army in the city of Dover.
As the tip of the attacking spear, the armored teaching battalion is sharp enough. Guderian actually took care of this seed force a little. They faced two light infantry divisions instead of the British army. The armored force, that hard bone will be dealt with by the standard battalion that went ashore. The armored teaching battalion only needs to follow the German tradition and crush the enemy's infantry.
Guderian did not expect that the middle part of the British defense line was completely open. They were too lazy to set up checkpoints on the main road. The armored training camp was completely literally like entering an uninhabited area. All vehicles were open. With full horsepower, he ran towards Folkestone and reached the outskirts of the city before midnight.
The two mechanized infantry battalions moving with the armored battalion immediately deployed their formations on the spot, making roundabout maneuvers to the flanks of the city, building a slightly thin line of defense from the road to the sea, and completing the initial encirclement situation.
German reconnaissance troops were dispatched. Two armored reconnaissance vehicles and a barrel car moved along the highway towards the urban area. Their task was to test the borders of the British defense lines. If possible, it would be better to catch a few The prisoners were informed of the detailed deployment of the British army.
Two small four-wheeled armored vehicles turned off their lights and proceeded cautiously along the east-west intercity highway. As a result, they directly touched the periphery of the British temporary military camp. The British were unprepared and the barracks were still Piles of bonfires and kerosene lamps were lit, and only a circle of barbed wire was set up around the camp for protection. There were no anti-tank trenches or steel rail villages, even the basic three-legged deer village. The Germans learned from the British. Judging by performance, the opponent seems to really not know the morality* team has landed.
The commander of the reconnaissance vehicle discussed with the accompanying infantry, and selected a few elite scouts to form a small squad, ready to conduct close reconnaissance. The commander first reported their findings to the battalion headquarters on the radio. According to the coordinate parameters on the reconnaissance map, he reported in detail his location, the range of the enemy battalion, the currently observed equipment and fortifications, and asked his superiors for instructions. Agree to his approach to reconnaissance plan.
The commander of the teaching battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Boulder, is a steady commander. He has just been transferred to this unit for less than a month. Originally, he served as the commander of the armored battalion in the 7th Armored Division and performed in the French campaign. Very brave and outstanding, won a first-class iron cross medal, this is not historically used as a supply of spam, at this time this medal contains very high gold, so the winner will polish this medal brightly. Pin it upright under the chest pocket.
Lieutenant Colonel Boulder carefully studied the location of the two sides and the local terrain on the map, and then asked the staff about the current equipment status of the troops. The staff reported that all vehicles in the battalion were in good condition and the fuel was sufficient. Entered into battle, the lieutenant colonel immediately agreed to the reconnaissance captain's plan, and at the same time ordered the entire battalion to start and proceed along the road towards the British camp.
The distance between the two parties is actually not far, and there are only ten minutes' drive. The armored training camp did not get close enough to see the camp, but stopped the vehicle far behind a gentle slope, because the roar of the engine can be heard far in the quiet night, and no further information was obtained. Previously, Boulder felt that he couldn't get rid of it.
Soon the reconnaissance team brought back the news. The British * team in front of them did not know the news that Germany had landed. The scouts successfully ambushed a British night patrol and killed it on the spot with daggers and bayonets. Four people died and one was captured. From the captive's confession, they learned about the current situation of the British army. The commander of the reconnaissance vehicle left a few scouts to continue monitoring, and took the captives to turn around and join the large group.
Lieutenant Colonel Boulder carefully questioned the British prisoners. The British soldier was scared by the German scouts. The German soldiers were indeed very cruel. The method of cutting the neck with a dagger and cutting directly to the spine was visually extreme. It was shocking, until he was brought to Boulder, the teeth of this British inferior soldier continued to fight.
In the end, Boulder got all the information he wanted. The current situation of the British army made him very satisfied, and it also made him feel excited. He had already seen a great victory beckoning him. The prestige of the first battle armored teaching camp will be resounding throughout the army. No one will treat them as gilded vases anymore. He wants to prove to the world that he is leading a group of violent tigers rather than gorgeous Persian cats.
Since the combat determination has been made, Boulder is not prepared to waste time. He immediately summoned the company commanders to conduct combat deployment. In fact, at this time, facing the enemy in front of him, any meticulous tactics are Show it to the blind, the Germans currently only need to open the formation and crush it all the way up, and they can easily win the final victory.
"Armored troops! Go ahead!" Lieutenant Colonel Boulder stood on his half-track command vehicle and waved his arms vigorously~IndoMTL.com~Three armored companies rushed down the highway and slowly spread out on the wilderness, forming a line A huge character-shaped assault formation rushed over the gentle **** towards the British camp.
The battalion's armored grenadier company carried out armored accompanying operations for the first time. Eighteen half-track personnel carriers followed the tank formation. The self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery company and the self-propelled anti-tank platoon followed the battalion command platoon. Lined up in the center of the assault group, surrounded by other vehicles.
When the German tank crushed the outermost individual post, the poor soldier thought it was his own reinforcements. He climbed out of the foxhole and walked over to meet the tank, while waving his arms to the people who came. Welcome.
The German tanker did not understand what the other party meant. The electromechanical personnel did not hesitate to pull the trigger of the on-board machine gun. The crisp sound of machine gun shooting echoed in the silent night sky. This was called the Dover disaster by the British army. The battle has officially started. (To be continued)
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