"Keep attacking!" General Patton ordered: "You only have this one chance!" ”

"No, General!" Colonel Nathan refused to carry out the order: "There is no point in attacking, know what we need?" We need a minesweeper! ”

Colonel Nathan may have a point, because he did not know how many "mines" there were in the river, and he did not know whether the Germans were continuing to drop additional "mines" into the river...... If these factors exist, then it means that as many amphibious tanks are launched into the water, they will be blown up and sunk, and even if a few tanks are lucky enough to land on the opposite bank, they will not be able to cause much impact on the German army.

This is also one of the functions of the "mine", it will be like a mine to the enemy to create a deterrent, more importantly, this psychological deterrent, so that the enemy does not dare to act rashly.

Objectively, however, Patton's order was correct.

Colonel Nathan and Colonel Torres, as commanders in the front line, were more tactical considerations, and when the tactical attack ran into difficulty, they would take it for granted that Patton was ordering them to make a pointless attack when they were helpless.

But in reality, Patton is thinking in a strategic direction...... He had been worried a little, reinforcements from the Germans.

If this opportunity to take the island of Shanbir is lost today, then it is possible that the reinforcements of the Germans will enter the island of Shanbier.

In a way, reinforcements may not be a big problem, because Allied warplanes bombed the lines of communication tens of kilometers outside the fortress of Metz as early as daylight, and there were also night warplanes blocking it at night.

In this case, even if the Germans were able to reinforce the Metz fortress, they would only be light infantry, and there would be no mechanized and armored units that could pose a great threat to the American army.

Patton was worried about the Germans' "controllable rockets...... Patton learned from the Soviets that the Germans' "controllable rockets" weighed 11.7 kilograms, that is, more than 20 pounds, and an infantryman could carry them on his back and march, and the Germans only needed to carry dozens of "controllable rockets" into the Metz fortress, which would pose a serious threat to the 17th Panzer Regiment in the middle.

Of course, "controllable rockets" can be suppressed, and General Patton got information in this regard from the Soviet Union: "controllable rockets" need to be controlled by the controller in real time, and as long as the position of the controller is found and the suppression and interference are carried out with firepower, the hit rate of the "controllable rocket" will be reduced by a few steps.

Thinking of this, General Patton ordered Colonel Nathan in an unquestioning tone: "I don't care what your reason is, carry out the order, or you will give me a chance to go back to the court-martial!" ”

With that, General Patton hung up the phone fiercely.

Colonel Nathan on the other end of the phone was stunned and complained, "This guy is crazy, he uses us as a tool for him to fight Montgomery for power!" ”

It can also be seen that the open and secret struggle between Patton and Montgomery has subtly had a bad impact on the Allies.

But in the end, Colonel Nathan still had to carry out Patton's orders, but this time he chose to discuss the attack plan with Colonel Torres.

"We had to attack!" Colonel Nathan said, "The general may have his point, and we have our difficulties. However, I just want to know, what can we do in the event that we have to attack? ”

"Sir!" Colonel Torres replied: "I don't know if it will work, because I haven't tried it!" ”

"God, whatever the way, say it!" Colonel Nathan said.

"We're bombing the river!" Colonel Torres replied: "With artillery, explosive packs, or even aerial bombs from airplanes, if there were German shells in the river, they would have been detonated or something." I think this will cause some kind of damage to the 'mines' they have laid in the water, and reduce our losses! ”

"Good way!" Colonel Nathan nodded.

Colonel Nathan immediately contacted the command and asked them to send bombers to bomb the river.

"They have to drop bombs into the water!" Nathan said, "The more the merrier, and then we can attack!" ”

This was indeed a good solution, because these German "mines" on the island of Chambier were fastened with ropes and connected by electric wires, and they would be thrown into the air in the heavy bombardment, and the ropes would be torn off or even killed.

As it is now, a dozen bombers swooped down from the sky in a long line with a whistling sound, and then one after the other dived down the river and dropped bombs...... In the columns of rushing water, the improvised "mines" set up by the Germans in the water were cleared.

This was detected by the German soldiers from the electrical wires that connected the improvised "mines".

"They're coming!" The baker shouted to the German soldiers behind him: "Anti-tank group, watch out for the dead spots of the tanks!" We can repel them once, and we can repel them a second time! ”

After a pause, the baker added: "The Americans are the last of the crossbows, their transportation channels are blocked by us, and the victory is ours!" ”

"Victory is ours!" The German soldiers responded in unison, and then they were ready with bazookas, anti-tank grenades, etc.

The battle began the moment the amphibious landing ship rushed up.

The amphibious landing ship was also a big problem for the Germans, because of the thickened steel plates on its front, and most of the German equipment and even machine guns could not penetrate its frontal armor.

(NOTE: DUE TO THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE VERSAILLES TREATY BEFORE THE WAR, THE GERMAN ARMY HAD A MACHINE GUN CALIBER OF ONLY 7.92MM, AND ALTHOUGH THE RATE OF FIRE WAS HIGH, THE PENETRATION POWER COULD NOT BE COMPARED WITH THE AMERICAN AND SOVIET 12.7MM CALIBER HEAVY MACHINE GUNS)

Fortunately, the amphibious landing ship has another key problem, which is also its weakness, which has not been solved...... If the tires are burst, they will not be able to maneuver, and then German fire will destroy them from the side.

After a while, the destroyed amphibious landing ships of the American troops were parked in front of the German defense line, and the American infantry shouted behind them one by one under the cover of the wreckage of the amphibious landing boats, shouting that they were building fortifications and firing back.

Under their cover, the US tanks with the tents slowly landed, and then, with the help of the infantry, deflated the tents to reveal the real body of the "Sherman" tanks hiding inside.

Qin Chuan, Colonel Slain and others were on Little Solsi Island holding binoculars and watching the battle situation on Shanbir Island.

The island of Shanbir is more than three kilometers from the island of Little Solsi, and they cannot provide it with any reinforcements.

Whether they can stop the offensive of the US armored forces depends only on themselves.

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