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"Today is the third wave of planes in the past, right?"

Rommel looked up at the sky and another swarm of planes flew across the channel, August 25, 1940, Eagle Day!

Since the morning, Fokbier's air force has flown no less than 1,000 sorties, the largest air raid on British soil in history, but this is only the beginning. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The bombs rained down from the sky like hailstones, from morning until noon, never stopping.

The Luftwaffe bombers were wreckless in the skies over the British Isles, the B-17 bomber company was responsible for bombing the anti-aircraft fire circle outside London, and the other bombers, escorted by fighters, mainly cleaned up British military targets along the English Channel, opening up a safe enough landing ground for the subsequent landing operations of the army.

All the British had gone mad, some were hiding in well-built basements, in train stations, in all the places they thought they could dodge the bombs, while others, in response to Halifax's call to move to Scotland.

The British army was resisting, and the British Royal Fleet cruised off the coast, trying to break through the German Navy's defensive circle and fight its way into the English Channel, in order to assist the Royal Air Force in seizing air supremacy through the anti-aircraft fire from the battleships, and to destroy the German Army and a large number of naval landing ships that had been assembled.

But the British Royal Navy had long since lost control of the English Channel, and the two ends of the English Channel were full of mines, and there were German submarines and fleets everywhere, the aircraft carrier Bayarn guarded the western end of the English Channel, where the original French fleet was almost intact, and to the east of the English Channel, the German naval fleet with the Zeppelin aircraft carrier as the core.

It can be said that it is a little difficult for these two huge fleets to deal with the British Royal Navy alone, but Marshal Raeder has already given the order that no matter what the British Royal Fleet does, these two fleets must not leave the mine blockade area, and their task is to guard the English Channel, not fight to the death with the British Royal Fleet!

The war has broken out in full force at this moment, but really high. The tide is far from coming, Rommel's 7th Panzer Division and Li Ling's 1st Huaxia Division have already begun to load and board, and their troops will be under the command of Field Marshal von Bock with 8 infantry divisions as the first troops to land on the British Isles!

"Chief of Staff, Marshal let you go."

A soldier ran to Li Ling, who was standing on the harbor and commanding the troops to board the ship, and delivered Raeder's order.

Li Ling did not delay any longer, and after finding someone to arrange the command and dispatch of the ship, he followed the soldier to the newly formed battleship 'Bismarck', the flagship of the first landing cluster of the German Navy.

The Bismarck will participate in the operation as the flagship of the landing fleet, and the huge naval guns will provide the most direct fire support for the landing force, which is the real significance of Bismarck's appearance here.

"Marshal."

"Li, you are my chief of staff, you should stay by my side, instead of running to the front, and leave the command of the battle to the people under your command to do."

Von Bock, as the marshal and commander-in-chief of the first landing group, actually didn't have any worries about this battle at all, but Li Ling, as his chief of staff, let him charge at the front line is really a bit unreasonable, after all, although the British have long been pressed by the Luftwaffe and can't raise their heads, and according to intelligence, the British only have ten divisions at most, but let Li Ling take risks in front, once there is any accident, von Bock is really not good to explain to Heydrich.

"Marshal, are you kidding me?"

Although Li Ling respects Bock very much, it does not mean that he will agree with von Bock's choice in this matter.

"Is it any use for me, the chief of staff, to squat here at this time? We can only watch before the troops land, and we can only watch until the troops start after the landing, and instead of watching from the Bismarck, it is better for me to fight with my soldiers, which is also an encouragement to the soldiers. ”

"Do you really think this war is so easy?"

"Don't you think so?"

Standing on the bridge of the Bismarck, Li Ling looked up at the sky in front of him, and in the morning, he could still see that the British fighters appeared over the strait from time to time to engage the Luftwaffe, and now it was only noon, and the fighters of the British Royal Air Force were basically extinct in the sky over the strait.

On the other side of the Channel, Luftwaffe bombers were destroying the British beach fortifications with unimaginable bombardments, and the British were powerless to fight back, and the landing force would probably not suffer any decent attack when attacking, because the heavy firepower of the British had already been completely destroyed.

"No, I order you as a marshal, you, as my chief of staff, you must stay by my side and never leave!"

"I said, why are you so screwed? I'm going to be with the troops, and there's no danger, if there's anything, you just let someone come to me? ”

"Lee, this is an order! As a soldier, you must obey! ”

"Okay, okay! I can't listen to you......"

Seeing von Bokra's face, Li Ling couldn't say anything more, but he also understood that it was von Bock's concern for his own safety.

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"Chief of Staff, do my troops have to be at the back of the entire first landing echelon?"

Weidenfeller stood on the harbor, looked at Kirsch, and complained that his troops were required to set off at the back of all the troops, and they had to act separately from the 1st Armored Brigade of the 1st Huaxia Division, which made Weidenfeller very unhappy.

"Alright, you just bear with it! It's for your best to put you at the back, you know, if you're in front, your people won't be able to shoot a few rockets when they're dead! Seizing the beachhead is not something your kind of troops can do! ”

Kirsch said bitterly, knowing that when the battle began, his troops would be placed at the rear, and Weidenfeller's heart must have been very unhappy.

At the beginning, before the formation of the Huaxia First Division, Weidenfeller was the battalion commander of the third battalion of the first regiment directly under him, and he led the Li tank destroyer battalion at that time, and basically followed behind, watching others receive awards for meritorious service, and seeing that the other two battalion commanders had been promoted, but he was still a small battalion commander in the end, and he had to throw himself at the back in this battle, and it was understandable that he had some emotions.

"That can't separate me from the First Brigade!"

"The task of the 1st Tank Brigade is to seize the beachhead and open up a landing ground, that is the most important thing, and it is a storm, they will definitely be at the front! Before the landing ground is opened up, your people are in the back, and in the middle are the infantry units that are attached to the operation, such an arrangement is considered from the entire battle situation, not from one of our divisions, you don't forget, this is set by the division commander himself, if you have an opinion, you go to the division commander to mention it, don't come to me to complain! ”

"Oh......"