Chapter 537: Bloody (5)
From 25 September, the Germans began an all-out assault on the Rock of Gibraltar, and fierce fighting was immediately unfolded on the front of the nearly 1,000-meter-wide mountain. Relying on the rugged terrain and concealed fortifications, the British army attacked the enemy exposed in a specific area head-on, and reaped their lives at will; The German mountain troops, on the other hand, relied on artillery and aviation to support them, and frantically bombarded all the strongholds they found in front of them. The warplanes screamed and the shells exploded, and the trees and vegetation on the boulder mountain were soon caught in a raging sea of fire, which became more and more violent under the strong wind.
"Damn the British, they actually built such a vicious defensive line, when I hit the boulder mountain, I must use a 150mm howitzer to shoot that commander!" Seeing that the front-line attacking troops were swept away by a rain of bullets from nowhere, stuck in a dilemma among the steep mountains, Major General Kubler roared in anger and slammed the telescope to the ground. In just over one day, his Second Mountain Division lost more than 1,000 men, and only 30% of the soldiers of the first two combat battalions were left with a complete body retreat, so wounded that they had to return to China to replenish and reorganize. Although XXX almost gritted his teeth with hatred, he had nothing to do about this line of defense, and could only call in artillery fire and aviation to gnaw at the stronghold in front of him inch by inch.
"General, pay attention to your words, we are not SS beasts who torture and kill prisoners of war civilians in Poland!" Dieter frowned when he heard this, and said with a serious expression. Dieter exhaled a deep breath and continued to speak coldly: "And don't tell me that you haven't analyzed the situation on the battlefield. The resistance of the British did not last long. β
Kubler's face twitched. As a veteran mountain warfare officer, how could he not know what Dieter said: although the Great Rock of Gibraltar was steep and precipitous, and it was used by the British to cause great trouble for itself, it had a fatal birth defect, that is, it was not a rolling mountain, but a lonely mountain.
The boulder is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and it is only 3~7 kilometers away from the land, which makes all positions on the surface of the mountain under the attack of land-based artillery. Once the British positions were exposed, they were subjected to a brutal baptism of artillery fire, and the damage was permanent, and the bombshells dropped by Stuka were enough to reduce the strongest fortress to pieces.
At first, the British could still shelter themselves with the help of lush mountain vegetation, but as the boulder fire spread and burned large areas of trees to ashes, it became increasingly difficult for the British soldiers in the fortifications to hide, and it was not long before they were wiped out by heavy fire.
The course of the battle did not surprise Dieter's judgment. After another day of gritting their teeth and storming, the Germans' advance rapidly accelerated, and by the morning of the 27th they had crossed the most precipitous "X" pass, just a step away from the northern peak. The deafening sound of explosions never stopped, and almost every moment there were shells whizzing down, and when viewed from the air, countless circular craters were densely distributed around the mountain like beehives, which was particularly thrilling.
"Look at that, it's ***! I rose at the top of the peak! With an exclamation, a series of earth-shattering cheers erupted from the northern part of the Giant Rock Mountain; When the German soldiers, covered in dirty sweat, saw their own flag flying high on the top of the mountain, their morale was greatly boosted, and the fatigue and fatigue of fighting for days were swept away. Although there were still a large number of enemy forces in the interior of the mountain that had not been destroyed at this time, this was already a trapped beast battle for the British. The next thing they had to do was to continue the assault and capture the southern peak, the last bastion of the British army.
Inside the mountain, the British commander James's face was already pale. Although the map showed that three-quarters of the Gibraltar Peninsula was still in his possession, James knew that the tide was over, and he was no longer able to resist the enemy's attack. Due to the lack of preparation time, James could only focus on the northern part of the boulder, and not only did the middle and south sides lack modern fortifications, but their internal passages were far less extensive than the northern peak, allowing soldiers to reach various points covertly. Based on the current situation of the battle, it is estimated that in two days at most, the surface of the boulder mountain will completely fall.
"The troops have fought valiantly, and I have nothing to be sorry for Churchill and General Diere!" James gritted his teeth and muttered to himself, and made a quick decision in his heart. In the past few days of fighting, his defenders have been suppressed by unprecedented firepower, and the soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, but the help he cried out for from London has not even seen a shadow, and the sky is always flying with German fighters spray-painted with swastika logos. James had no expectations of London's promises, and now he was only thinking about leaving himself a way out of battle and not being killed or imprisoned.
At the same time, the will to fight of the British defenders was rapidly crumbling. They were fighting in a desperate situation, and the only hope was that there would be strong foreign reinforcements to turn the tide of the war, but now not only did they have no reinforcements, but they also failed to hold their own positions, and the Germans were extremely tough and brazenly captured the most solid stronghold. Although there were underground submarine caverns behind the fortress to evacuate, this thing was not intended for them at all: the seriously wounded could not afford to climb vertically into the cramped interior of the submarine, and in the end it was all cheaper than the noble officers with knighthoods!
"Bastard! We were shamefully betrayed by the doggy politicians in London. Lao Tzu will no longer give his life to Churchill, a madman, Lao Tzu will surrender! When they received a telegram from London telling them to hold on to the end, the British soldiers were in an uproar, and the deafening noise was so loud that the officers could not hold back the bullets. A few minutes later, a group of British soldiers who had been surrounded in the underpass dropped their guns, and the chain reaction began to spread rapidly everywhere.
"All citizens of Germany, now insert a new report on the war. Our brave and fearless 1st Defence Force Mountain Army captured the peninsula of Gibraltar at 11 p.m. local time on 28 September, completely eliminating all resistance. More than 10,000 British defenders were annihilated and more than 8,000 were taken prisoner, ending more than two centuries of British colonial rule over Gibraltar and ushering in a new era in southwestern Europe and the entire Mediterranean. β
"In July of this year, the Churchill Jewish government, ignoring the interests of the greatest number of British people, flagrantly rejected the German government's peace proposal with great sincerity not to cede land (the return of the former German colonies does not count as cedion) and no reparations (to give loans to Germany), and the 45 million British people were driven into battle like cattle and horses in order to fill the insatiable desires of the small Jewish oligarchy. In mid-August, tens of thousands of British sailors died in the Danish Strait, but the Yau Kee group still did not die and pushed the Gibraltarian defenders to the altar of flesh and blood. β
However, lies cannot cover everything up forever, and betrayal and betrayal will eventually be judged. After a week of fighting, the defenders of Gibraltar finally woke up. London didn't bother to make any effort to rescue them, and only ordered them to hold on to their deaths, while the noble officers ran away in submarines one by one and abandoned them like garbage! In the eyes of the Jewish oligarchs, ordinary soldiers are cheap cannon fodder consumables, not worth shedding even a crocodile tear for them; As a result, these British soldiers were no longer burdened and categorically stopped working for them. β
"Through the Battle of Gibraltar, the ugly face of the Churchill Jewish government, which turned its back on the people and pushed millions of people into the abyss of death, was completely exposed to the whole world. As long as this treacherous clique exists, there will never be a day of peace in Europe and in the world! Let us follow the FΓΌhrer's instructions and forge ahead and bury this Jewish regime once and for all, with the conviction that the grand vision of a thousand-year empire will eventually come. β¦β¦β
"Comrade Goebbels, your propaganda speeches have always been so straightforward." In the Eagle's Nest villa in Upper Salzburg, Hitler turned off the radio button with satisfaction and praised it with a smile on his face. Goebbels stood respectfully beside him in an armband, and there was no arrogance on his face. Faced with the approval of the supreme dictator, Goebbels smacked his lips regretfully: "It's a pity that the British have also learned from us to engage in information control, and now only a few people can receive foreign bands." Otherwise, I have a good degree of confidence that I will be able to provoke the British people and the authorities to oppose them, win over the neutral groups, and make Churchill, the old dog, even more anxious. β
Hitler waved his hand absentmindedly, and there was a hint of pride in his eyes: "Don't worry about the British anymore." Now that the Gibraltar waterway has been opened, and the leader's fleet will soon join us in the Bay of Biscay, how many days will the British hold out after being cut off from the sea supply lines, even if the British are all in unison? Now you need to focus on the US side, which is the only foreign aid that can keep Britain alive. Despite the isolation of the United States now, you should be cautious and make sure that Roosevelt is no longer given any chance to help Britain. β
Goebbels nodded confidently and said, "Please rest assured." The last time Roosevelt gave the British 50 old destroyers, he had already caused a huge stir in the isolationist camp, and now he wanted to win the votes of these people for re-election, so he would not dare to defy the wind again. Moreover, today we have a big victory in Gibraltar, and the video and music of the party congress at the beginning of the month, which is enough to ensure that the Americans can stay out of the situation on the other side of the Atlantic. β
"Very well, please bother with radio propaganda in North America. We need to try to stabilize the Americans and let them lie dormant for at least another year, only then can we calmly solve the rest of the things in Europe and go back to settling accounts with Roosevelt! Hitler said unhurriedly, but his voice gradually took on a bit of fierceness, "By that time it will not only be this war, but also the deep hatred and old hatred of 20 years ago." Everything that the Americans took from Germany, I will make them pay back in multiplication with blood! β