Chapter 189, I see
Seven "Lysander" MKIIISD liaison planes loaded with commandos quickly lifted off from the glade. In order to reduce weight, the commandos left all the weapons they carried with them before boarding. These things are exactly what the Resistance needs. The "Lysander" liaison plane slowly circled and climbed over the small clearing, and at this time, the guerrillas of the Resistance were also carrying the weapons left for them by the commandos and began to retreat.
The "Lysander" liaison plane climbed to an altitude of about 1,000 meters and then began to fly towards the British side. At this time, several P-81 fighters flew over and began to escort them. As they flew over the coastline, the German anti-aircraft guns opened fire on them, but they did not achieve much success, as they were fired at 88mm anti-aircraft guns. These anti-aircraft guns were more suitable for attacking heavy bombers at higher altitudes, and now, the "Lysander" liaison aircraft flew too low, and the 88 guns were not suitable for firing at such targets. On the way to the retreat of the "Lysander" liaison planes, the original 37-mm guns were destroyed by the attack planes of the 21st Attack Aircraft Wing in the operation just now. Therefore, the "Lysander" group successfully broke through the blocking of anti-aircraft fire without any losses.
If the Germans had not transferred "Lisa" away in advance, this assault would have been a perfect textbook assault. The coordination of resistance groups and commandos, ground assault forces and air power is extremely perfect. It is said that when the Germans sent the relevant report of the operation of +1+Ben~Read+Novel+YBDU, Skorzny, a special operations expert who has experienced a hundred battles, also praised the rescue operation of the US military, believing that the performance of the Americans in this operation was no less than the bold action of rescuing Mussolini.
This operation also confirms a point. That is, the female spy named "Lisa" must have carried out an extremely important mission, so the Germans further intensified her interrogation.
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Calais, Lindemann Fort entrance. The car of SS Captain 1st Class Frederick was stopped by the gatekeeper. After showing his papers, after a while, the iron door opened, and Frederick entered the battery with a team of SS......
The commander of the battery, Colonel Seaman, accompanied Captain Frederick and briefed him on the situation of the battery as he went. Truth be told, like all Wehrmacht officers, Colonel Seaman disliked the SS in beautiful uniforms, but specialized in things that were not capable of being human. In Seaman's opinion, these guys will do nothing but harm people. However, considering the power in the hands of these guys, he still had to make a courteous appearance to accompany this villain.
"Your Excellency, this is the 406mm cannon that Lindemann Battery is most proud of." Seaman pointed to a twin 406mm turret and told Frederick, "It was the gun we originally prepared for the battleship Bismarck to upgrade her firepower." After the sinking of the Bismarck, they were moved here. β
"How many warships can these guns be able to?" Frederick asked.
"How many warships?" Seaman smiled proudly, "My friend, do you see the thick reinforced concrete roof on top of the turret?" It was 10 meters thick, and even the heaviest bomb in the hands of the U.S. military, even the 'Grand Slam' bomb they boasted about in the newspapers and on the radio, could not penetrate it. As for those 355, 380, and 406 shells on the enemy battleship, hitting them is even more like tickling. In addition, you must know that the battery is built on stable ground, and its shooting environment is much better than that of naval guns, plus we have conducted test firing in all the nearby sea areas. So our firing accuracy is also much higher than that of the enemy's naval guns. The warships directly confronted the batteries, and it was definitely the warships that suffered. As Lord Nelson of England once said: 'A gun emplacement with one gun is enough against a ship with a hundred guns'. β
"So, this thing is completely indestructible." As a counterintelligence officer, Frederick didn't know much about these things.
"Of course not." Seaman pointed to the big gap where the barrel was sticking out, "This gap is the weakness." The British battleships could destroy our artillery if they could get shells in through this opening. But to have such a low-elongation trajectory, such high accuracy, they needed to drive the battleship to a distance of only a few kilometers from the battery. And before rushing to such a close distance, we were already able to sink the enemy's battleship several times. If the Americans and the British wanted to work hard, they had to be prepared to sink at least 6 or more battleships in front of the battery. β
"How does this thing turn?" Frederick asked, looking nonchalant.
"Oh, underneath it, there's a giant electric motor that drives this giant cannon." Seaman explained.
"Ah, that's right." Frederick said, "Commander, if those saboteurs have infiltrated the Calais substation. When the Allies attacked, they suddenly cut off the power supply to the battery, would it cause the cannon to be unable to fire? β
"No, it won't." Seaman affirms, "More than thirty meters deep under our feet, we have a large diesel generator of our own. It was enough to provide electricity for the battery. It only takes 3 minutes for us to restore power, and 3 minutes is not enough time to change anything. β
"So what if they changed their approach and sent us a stream of high-voltage electricity from the substation and burned the motor directly?"
"There's no need to worry about that, we've thought about this situation for a long time. There is a fuse on the line connected to the motor. If the current intensity is too large, the fuse will be broken before the motor burns out, so as to ensure the safety of the motor. Then, we switched the power to our own generator. Also after 3 minutes, the turret will be fine. β
"Who is responsible for managing circuit breaker insurance?" Frederick asked.
"It's Sergeant Karl." A captain officer who was accompanying him replied.
"Go and call him, let's go to the circuit breaker insurance and have a look." Frederick commanded.
The captain glanced up at Sea-Man. He-Man nodded, and he turned to leave.
"Mr. Captain, what are you worried about the problem with the circuit breaker insurance? In that case, I'll take you to the underground power room, where Sergeant Carl will be waiting for you. β
"Then you're up for you." Facing Sea-Man, Frederick was still polite.
By lift, Seaman and Frederick descended to a depth of thirty meters. Then through one iron gate after another, through tunnel after tunnel, He-Man finally stopped in front of one iron gate. The captain he had sent out just now was waiting there with a sergeant.
"Open the power distribution room." Seaman ordered.
"Yes, sir!" Sergeant Karl saluted Seaman, then pulled out the key and opened the thick iron door to the power distribution room.
"Where's that fuse connected to the cannon's drive motor?" Frederick asked.
"Right here, sir!" Sergeant Karl replied, pointing to a large electric switch.
"Turn it on!"
Carl glanced at He-Man, who nodded. So Karl immediately pulled down the switch, cut off the power supply, and then he quickly removed the shell of the switch with a screwdriver, pointed to a thick dark gray fuse, and explained to Frederick: "Sir, this is the circuit breaker fuse. β
"Take it off and show me." Frederick said coldly.
"Yes, sir!" Karl turned around and quickly removed the fuse. But when he picked up the fuse, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. This fuse was a little stiffer than the ones he had touched before......
"Give it to me!" Frederick urged coldly.
Carl turned, his face pale. He gave the fuse to Frederick.
Frederick took the fuse with his white-gloved hand, and he pulled a pocket knife out of his pocket. He scraped the fuse with a knife, and a thin layer of dark gray metal was scraped open, revealing a dark red copper stamen.
"Ah, Sergeant Karl." Frederick stared into Karl's eyes and said viciously, "I think you should tell me what's going on!" β
"Ah...... This ...... "Sergeant Karl shivered and could barely stand. Of course, he knew what would happen if the fuse was replaced with copper wire. The enemy can send a high-voltage current from the substation to burn out the unprotected cannon drive motor in an instant. Then for at least 4 to 5 hours, the battery will be paralyzed. The enemy's battleships will also take advantage of this opportunity to approach the turret and completely destroy the huge cannon on the turret with direct fire from close range.
"What's going on!" Seaman was also furious.
"I don't know sir, I really don't know anything......" Karl replied with a cry.
Frederick reached to the side, and an attendant handed him a photograph. Frederick, with a sneer of disdain, threw the picture at Carl's feet.
"Pick it up and take a good look at it, and see if you still recognize this (river crab)!"
Carl bent down to pick up the photo, and when he looked at it, his face pale and trembling.
"Mr. Captain, what's going on?" Seaman turned to Frederick.
"Commander, nothing." Frederick replied coldly, "Your soldier is far away from his relatives back home, very lonely, and needs the comfort of a woman. So they would often go down to the city to find some coquettish girls and let them enter the fort in the name of 'washerwomen' and solve some physical problems for them. It's just that I didn't expect Sergeant Karl to have such a strong need to bring that (river crab) into his place of work......"
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Hitler's secret command post "Eagle's Nest".
An attendant officer handed over a piece of information to Hitler.
"FΓΌhrer, this is important information from Himmler, they have solved a major espionage case."
Hitler took the document, put on his glasses, and looked at it carefully. After a while, he plucked his eyes and said to himself:
"I see! I see! It seems that in this controversy, Rundstedt's judgment is more accurate, the enemy's landing target must be Calais! β