Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 204: The Assault of Cypress (4)

The morning sun shines diagonally on the steel turret of the No. 3 tank through the gap between the buildings. Taking a deep breath of the moist, cool air, Lieutenant Richter took out his handkerchief from his trouser pocket and dried his dew-stained hands after stroking the armor plate.

"Tank Forward" stuffed the handkerchief into the pocket of the black armored soldier's jacket, the armored company commander raised his right arm high, and then waved forward.

At the same moment, the commanders of the Cypress Legion scattered on the outskirts of the city also issued the same offensive orders. The three-headed **** dog of the German head of state showed sharp minions and began to face the den of the enemy. go ahead.

"Don't believe those British guys too much, they dare to deceive even their own kings. Anyway, I won't believe in things like pie falling in the sky." Licht Richter supported the machine gun rail of the commander's tower and passed The radio chatted with his platoon leader.

As the only remaining light armored company in the 25th Regiment, Richter was assigned to the spear tip of the entire armored division. Their task was to provide support for the armored vehicles of the 37th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. The two six-wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles of the 37th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion happily ran at the forefront of the convoy. This six-wheeled heavy armored vehicle performed very well in urban operations because it had a set of operating systems for each front and rear orientation. , No need to turn around when you need to retreat in a narrow space. After entering the city, the British officer who led the way was very responsible. The road he chose was solid and spacious, which was suitable for the passage of armored vehicles such as tanks.

In general, the various units in Cyprus performed very well at the beginning, and basically progressed smoothly without encountering strong resistance from the British army. The advance plan elaborated by the Group Army Command has been overturned by the makers themselves. Bock and Rondstede can only shake their heads and sigh that the situation is changing too fast. Before they boarded this island, who would have thought of attacking the British capital At that time, there would be senior officers from the British Empire’s War Department to lead the way.

The 1st Infantry Division of the German Army was placed on the left flank of the entire corps, and the commander, Colonel Ravi, followed his company directly behind the vanguard camp. The division commander had long secretly made up his mind that he must preserve the honor of Frederick the Great, and must not let the fellow of the Third Infantry Division Ludwig win the top spot.

The 22nd Infantry Regiment and the First Reconnaissance Battalion under the 1st Infantry Division cover the left flank of the entire division. The First Infantry Regiment and the Tank Destroyer Battalion marched on the right flank. In the middle was the first battalion of the 43rd Infantry Regiment as the vanguard. The division headquartered with the direct company and communication company ran ahead of the other units. The combat units of the 1st Infantry Division have basically been motorized, and only some of the heavy-duty units still retain some mules and horses. German soldiers were sitting on Opel and the captured Renault truck. Flew towards the central city along the old stone streets of Britain.

The attack of the Cypress Legion sounded the horn of a full-scale German offensive. The German troops surrounding the London encirclement all left their positions and advanced towards the city of London. Same as Cyprus. Each German army unit has a clear mission. Of course, the most prominent glory must belong to the head of state, and other units can only choose the next level of goals.

This city is too huge, and the German army is not strong enough to establish a tight blockade system. However, the German army has encountered this kind of problem in Poland, and has long had a wealth of experience in dealing with it. They sent a part of the second-line troops to guard the main road nodes, controlled a series of traffic nodes and then used patrols to chain them into one. Line of defense. No one can leave London by means of transportation. Of course, they can choose to walk through cross-country terrain, but how much supplies a person can carry, and how far can they run under the nose of the infantry patrol.

The German army has repeatedly wiped out the outer defense points of the British army. The Royal Scottish Regiment, which was dispersed and deployed across the entire line of defense, could already be regarded as an establishment and annihilated. At present, those who are still fighting on the defensive line are stragglers, part of them are the London Self-Defense Forces composed of loyal and patriotic royalist citizen groups, and some remnant army units retreating from the southern front to London.

London Self-Defense Forces are just civilians who have received some basic training. For professional troops, there is nothing to worry about. Most of the remnants of the army have low morale. What makes them persist until now is only the last remaining trace of shame in their hearts. , But everyone knows that this is just a time of blood and courage, not enough to support them to resist the strong military pressure.

The most tenacious performers are the Royal Air Force personnel and Royal Navy sailors. The former come from more than a dozen airfields and bases around London, and the latter are crew members who rest in London. Their warship is being repaired at the naval shipyard on the Thames. When the Germans approached London, the Royal Navy organized these sailors and officers and issued them with marine weapons. These sailors were regarded as marines and joined the ranks of the London guards.

The German Army doesn’t care about the identity of the opponents, as long as it raises its weapons against the German Army. That is the enemy that must be eliminated.

The foundation of the German army is not those gorgeous steel monsters, but the ordinary army infantry soldiers fighting **** battles on the front line. The German infantry unit has a professional quality that surpasses all its counterparts at the same time. Whether it is the infantry quality of Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States, it cannot be on the same level as the German army. Every German army infantry is trained as a basic-level officer, and the basic-level officers are trained completely in accordance with intermediate officers.

Every motivated German soldier on the battlefield knows his role on the battlefield and the mission goals of his troops. And what tactics should be used to accomplish it. This led to the fact that even if the commander of the German troops was killed, the troops would not lose their command, because all the lower-level officers were capable of becoming a reserve. With the gradual maturity of the German command force at the grassroots level, it has gradually become a difficult task to break up a German army unit, because even if only one non-commissioned officer is left on the battlefield, he can organize a resistance unit on the spot. .

Because of the strict orders of the High Command, the troops were not allowed to penetrate into the city without authorization. At most, they could only take a look at the tall spires of the London city buildings in the name of armed reconnaissance. The German Army troops easily defeated the weak but tenacious guards and began a planned occupation of London. After leveling the outer barricades and defensive positions, the London city is like a seashell with its shell smashed, exposing its soft and plump body to the predator.

"Mr. Officer, Mr. Officer, welcome to London." Major Schulenburg of the 40th Infantry Regiment of the 27th Infantry Division stared at the short, weirdly dressed man before him.

If there is no problem with his eyes, the Nazi flag in this British hand should be made of curtains. The rough red velvet flag has a white circular cloth sewn on the surface, and there are some swastikas painted with black paint in the middle. It melted, and the edges looked very rough.

The current task of the infantry battalion in Schulenburg is to occupy the police headquarters in Merton, London. This is also the task assigned by the Group Army Command to the 27th Infantry Division. This infantry division is responsible for controlling all key units in the Merton District and maintaining order in the occupied area while eliminating all resistance forces. When his subordinates brought the strange man to Schulenburg, the young colleague watched triumphantly as his subordinates would surrender the British policeman out of the police station gate.

German soldiers shouted and ordered these police officers to stand in a row against the wall with their hands on their heads, and told the police that they would not be harmed as long as they obey the order, and that a truck from the gendarmerie would take them away in a while.

"I'm the commander here, and my soldiers said you have something to report to us." Schulenberg frowned and looked at the smiling man in front of him, and stroked the door of his Citroen convertible. This is the trophy he got in France. He loves this beautiful car to death. For this reason, he went to the division to report and apply for a German military license.

"Yes, sir, I have important information to report to you." The little man said a weird German.

"Oh? What important information is there?" Schulenberg was puffed up by the opponent's mysterious secret.

"I heard that the German team is very generous to their collaborators." The man crouched and said respectfully to Schulenburg.

"Of course we will give very generous rewards to our collaborators, but you must be clear that we are not stupid police, we are the German Wehrmacht, and the consequences of deceiving us will be very serious." Schulenburg warned with a serious face. This man.

"Of course, of course, very important information." The man was bent lower.

"Jews, sir, I will take you to catch Jews."

"What" Schulenberg blinked, he thought he might have heard it wrong.

"The rich Jewish men~IndoMTL.com~ are very rich, and they hide in the apartment behind my house." The Englishman's eyes were gleaming, and he seemed to have seen the golden rewards.

"Luke Dietrich Heinz" Schulenburg yelled loudly with his eyes fixed on the man in front of him.

"To the sir." The three tall soldiers hurried to the front of Schulenburg's car.

"Drag this spy over there and kill him" Schulenberg waved his hand casually with a disgusted expression.

"Observed Commander" two soldiers grabbed the man from left to right, and the other grabbed the rough Nazi flag from him. The soldiers saluted Schulenburg and then dragged them. The man who had been crippled with fright walked towards the side alley.

"No sir, I am not a spy, I also know a banker, a rich man, very, very rich, you can take you there... No, why is it different from what the newspaper says, let me go, forgive me ..." After a sharp shot, the man stopped screaming.

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