Chapter 23: Soldiers Descending on the City (Part II)
In the sky, there were also air force transport planes flying over one after another, and after throwing the paratroopers in the planes, it began. As for the fighters for escort missions and ground attack missions, they are carrying out mission handover, and from now on, some air-based Ju-87 dive bombers towed by B-1A will be responsible for ground attack missions. These dive bombers were processed by Ji Feng, who had a huge brain, and then turned into one that could start the engine on the ground and idle it, and then be dragged up by the B-1 like a towing glider. Because the B-1 has a very large free weight, even if it is about to be fried. The magazine was filled with 250 kilograms of aerial bombing. These planes can also be towed for take-off, and even without the pursuit of aerodynamic efficiency, these Ju-87s can tow some DFS-230 gliders.
These Ju-87s were armed with 37-mm anti-tanks ... The guns, which were also equipped with large-caliber aviation machine guns in the wings, would teach the British how to behave.
The 37-mm guns here are no longer the aviation anti-tanks that historically could only hold six shells .. gram guns, but breeched guns capable of carrying thirty-six shells. After firing, the shell will be ejected through the ejection port.
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Hank found a weapons case with a Willis MB jeep loaded with a Bren machine gun near it. This should be a British squad who wants to take advantage of the battle, because even the most conservative they know that these Germans must get the weapons they need from their weapons boxes before they can fight.
Hank quietly touched the jeep, and there were several British soldiers with rifles next to the jeep, which made Hank start to struggle, because his weapon did not have this long-range attack ability. No matter how powerful he was, he couldn't just shoot them to the side of the car, so Hank decided to wait, waiting for a favorable moment to destroy them one by one.
But while Hank waited, a small group of apparently well-armed paratroopers quietly moved from his side. When he moved, the paratroopers in charge gently patted him on the shoulder and motioned for Hank not to make a sound.
The 12-man paratrooper squad had a bulky elongated barrel in front of the submachine gun, but in fact it was the only submachine gun other than the Stern that could fire silenced.
After a few rounds, several British soldiers fell almost simultaneously, and clumps of blood exploded on the jeep, and the earth was yellow... The camouflage color of the color immediately becomes a little gorgeous.
After making sure there were no survivors, the paratrooper team leader made a safe gesture to Hank from a distance, and then disappeared into the jungle. Hank retrieved his most proficient semi-automatic rifle from his weapon case and began assembling his squad.
Hank is an authentic German paratrooper non-commissioned officer, one of the most tactically literate non-commissioned officers. Even among the hundreds of thousands of non-commissioned officers, Hank's combat skills are absolutely outstanding.
Hank's squad is one of the star squads of the 7th Parachute Division, because this squad captured the commander of the 37th Infantry Division who was serving as the defender during the airborne exercise, because this squad is also known as the squad that is not afraid of death. Because at that time, the division commander had three guard companies around him. The division commander's guard company, the guard company of the commanders of the other divisions of the two defending sides.
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After doing his best, Hank found that there were only six people left. But in an airborne battle, this is a feat. The current parachute is not as perfect as the next generation, the current parachute is unstable, it may not be able to guarantee successful opening, and sharp objects such as branches on the ground are also very dangerous, and because the enemy's weapons are heavier than the paratroopers, the paratroopers always have a very big disadvantage. Being able to assemble an average army was already a very powerful thing under the rudimentary navigation system of the time.
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A semi-automatic rifle and five submachine guns were the main equipment of the squad, along with a light 50mm mortar and an iron fist.
In Malta, England.. The army is not a very strong main army, they do not have a frank ... Gram and other land war artifacts, but it has a super dread... Terrible battleship guns. In land warfare, never get into the range of naval guns. Rommel once said: "No tactical maneuvers can be made within the range of naval guns." "This also proves that the fire suppression ability of the naval guns is really very powerful.
Now the British have only two destroyers and one light cruiser stationed here, which were not badly damaged during the morning air raids, and are now providing artillery support to the Army soldiers on the ground. At the same time, the three ships had already set up their boilers, and if the situation reached the point of no return, they would flee with their commanders on board.
Hans Rudel's dive bomber appeared in the air, and because it was facing away from the sun, Rudel's machine gunner could only wear large sunglasses. Rudel carried a 1,600-kilogram super-large incendiary bomb under his belly, but with the drive of the eighteen-cylinder BM801A-1, it was nothing. Genuine S.. BD can be blown up when using both nine-cylinder and fourteen-cylinder engines. Not to mention the legendary DB1 bomber, the most advanced bomber ever built by the Germans.
Rudel set his mission on the moored cruiser, and although the Luftwaffe now had experience in bombing ships, the pilots preferred to attack motionless targets on the ground.
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Rudel dodged the anti-aircraft barrage and drove his plane 1,500 meters above the light cruiser, then turned on the afterburner and set the dive angle of the plane to slightly more than 90 degrees.
Listening to the whistling wind, Rudel felt his blood boiling. But the rear-seat Heavy would not have thought so, because now the cartridge casings and chains were flying around in his seat, and even a chain of 1,000 rounds had begun to move outside. Because of the G-force, the machine gunner cannot be transported. moved, and could only watch the machine gun bullet chain fly out of the cabin little by little.
No one wanted to dive with a chain of 1,000 rounds, and the Heavy struggled with all his strength to hold the chain tightly in his hand, and now the chain was no longer longer longer extended.
The British sailors on the light cruiser thought that the plane was simply crazy, because after such a large angle of dive, it was very likely that the wing would be torn off due to the huge wing load when pulling the plane. Rudel didn't care about any of this, because he was a new recruit, and the spirit of the newborn calf, who was not afraid of tigers, stimulated him to drop the bomb... Play. Fortunately, his plane was H-bombed... Bomb pylon, not because of the bombing.. Bounce smashes the propeller.
After pressing the automatic pull-up, Rudell was completely pressed by the huge G-force and couldn't move his seat.
With a loud bang, the incendiary bomb full of yellow phosphorus and white phosphorus exploded, and the phosphorus powder exploded. Not only was it ignited by the bombing, but it also floated to many corners of the battleship. For a while, there was a shout on the battleship, and these soldiers, without exception, had begun to enter a state of poisoning because of the great toxicity of phosphorus powder.
An aircraft in the back dropped a 1,600-kilogram napalm incendiary bomb, which exacerbated the suffering of the soldiers on the battleship and ended their suffering.
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Hank's squad witnessed blood... Fishy scenes, but could not wait for them to come to their senses, a spontaneous organization of the British... The search truck team sent by the army carried a Vickers 13-ton light tank. Grams appeared. This light tank: The gram was armed with two Vickers machine guns, which were roughly equivalent to the second Tan. grams (because one is a large caliber and one is a small caliber).
There is no anti-frank on the ground.. This is a nightmare for the paratroopers of the Gram means, so now Hank can only find the Iron Fist, but when he takes it out, he finds that he can't fire it at all, because the range of the Iron Fist is not enough to hit this tank. Gram.
For a moment, Hank was completely confused, because he knew that this Tan... Once the gram is driven out, the paratroopers behind will be wiped out, but if they attack this tank... Gram, then his team will face a catastrophe. After considering both sides, Hank decided to take the initiative, even if it could only be delayed for a while.
But it really didn't matter to Hank, because Rudel threw away 1,600 kilograms of aerial bombing. After the bomb, I felt excited, so I piloted the plane to patrol the battlefield. The aircraft was armed with a thirteen-mm aviation machine gun, which was fully capable of penetrating light tanks. grams and even medium-sized tans. The top armor of the gram killed the personnel inside.
Rudel lowered the height and prepared to sweep the floor again.
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As the machine gun button was gently pressed, the two machine guns on the nose began to spray. Shot at the fire, a bullet cut through the air for a long distance before hitting the counterpart. British soldiers in the middle of the resistance. Then the powerful kinetic energy tore the poor soldier to shreds, leaving behind only a field of flesh and bones. Leakage.
Because the truck has no armor protection, it is very easy to be beaten into a ball of scrap metal, in the face of powerful large-caliber bullets, even if it is a very majestic armored car and tank... Gram also became an instant hit, torn to scrap metal.