Chapter 408: The Germans' terrified artillery fire covered the attack

"Commander Mandolfur! Do we want to continue chasing Montgomery's forces? Most of them were already on the ships that came to pick them up, or transports! ”

Herman? General Paul Conrat, the commander of the Göring Division, hurried to Mandolfil and gazed at him with an inquiring gaze.

"No need! Let them go! If we storm it now, we'll be shelled by their guns! ”

Mandolfil shook his head and said.

"But are we going to let them go? Commander Mandolfer! ”

Hermann Göring's division commander Paul? General Conrat frowned, not very happy.

As soon as the words fell, Blundel, the commander of the 508th Heavy Armored Division, and the commanders of the 15th Armored Division, as well as the 1st Airborne Division and the 14th Armored Division that arrived later, also hurriedly turned their heads to stare at Mandolfel, waiting for his reply.

The commander of the consulting division followed the division commander, General Paul Conrat, and rushed over with him.

For Montgomery's troops were either annihilated by them, or they drove them back to sea.

Although there were still a small number of troops in the defensive positions on the beach where they were delaying resistance, but for the Germans, who were already sure of victory; There was no need to be afraid, so these division commanders rushed to Mandolfir's side and waited for new combat orders.

"Deal with the British and American forces on the sea, leave it to our aviation forces, and the aircraft carrier fleet! Although our combat operations failed to annihilate Montgomery's troops in Sicily, our combat operations were still half successful, so the rest of the combat missions were not handled by us! ”

"Unless the British and American forces send troops again to carry out the Sicilian landing operation, there is no need for us to risk being bombarded by the naval artillery of the British and American fleet groups and suffer heavy casualties!"

Mandolfil smiled faintly.

"But if we watch Montgomery's troops like this, and let them flee to the sea, I wonder if the Führer will be angry!"

The division commander, General Paul Conrat, said worriedly.

"I think so, because the Führer's temper, we all know, and the thing he doesn't like the most is to let go of the enemy so easily!"

Brendell, commander of the 508th Heavy Armored Division, also nervously echoed.

"That's right! The generals who were defeated on the Eastern Front were removed from their posts or punished by the Führer because of such things! Even if they are not punished, at least they will be scolded by the Führer and half to death! ”

"That's right! I've seen several division commanders end up like this! ”

"So what do we do now? Otherwise, we will immediately pursue it and kill as many of Montgomery's fleeing troops as possible! ”

As soon as the words fell, the division commanders of other German divisions and regiments were also nervous and hurriedly interjected.

"You don't have to worry! I have already reported this to the Führer, and he meant that we should only guard the interior of Sicily; As for the Anglo-American fleet that fled to the sea, it will be handed over to the aviation forces of our empire, and the naval forces to deal with! ”

To the worries and apprehensions of these division commanders, Mandol replied very calmly.

After saying that, he gazed very calmly at the increasingly weakly defended British and American troops on the beach in the distance.

"Let our artillery units and rocket artillery units cover the artillery fire for two hours, remove all the British and American troops that are in the way, and completely destroy the beachhead where they are located!"

A moment later, Mandolfil gave the order without hesitation.

"Yes! Commander! ”

A combat staff officer immediately took the order.

And at this time, on the beachhead held by the Anglo-American troops.

"The main forces of the Commander of Montgomery are almost finished, so how long will we have to wait before we can retreat to those warships! I feel that the German attack is getting more and more ferocious, and if I continue to fight like this, I am afraid that I will die here! ”

"Who knows! Maybe we're just some cannon games, and it looks like we're going to die here this time! ”

"Damn the Germans, if it weren't for the World War II they suddenly provoked, we wouldn't be here waiting for death!"

"Good scolding! These damn German soldiers, even if I want to die, I will pull seven or eight of them to accompany the burial! ”

"Seven or eight is too little, I want to pull more than 10 of them to bury me, or I will die unwillingly!"

"I'm going to pull more than 20 of them!"

"I'm going to pull 50!"

"...... "

"Can you really pull so many Germans? We're being abused right now! ”

"Whoever is abused, your whole family is abused! No matter how many of these damn Germans come, I'm not afraid! If it's a big deal, I'll take a grenade and die with them! ”

"That's right! Didn't you see that these Germans had been fended off by us for more than 2 hours? ”

"That's right! If they dare to launch a general attack on us now, I am afraid that they will be bombarded by our naval guns and become scum before they have even charged in front of our defensive positions! ”

"Well said! We have so many ships on the surface behind us, and as our support force, what are we afraid of them! As long as these Germans dare to attack us, I, Lawrence, will be the first to stand up and give them a hard blow! Let them have no return! ”

Just after the order to cover Mandolfel's artillery fire was issued, the British and American soldiers who were desperately defending the beach were chattering.

Because in doing so, they can give them the weakened will to fight, to cheer up themselves, and to give them the courage to continue to desperately resist the menacing attack of the German army.

It's just that they don't know that Mandolfil didn't use infantry units to cooperate with tank groups in a general attack battle.

Instead, the artillery fire of the artillery units was used to cover the enemy and inflict fatal heavy losses on the enemy.

And when Mantofir's artillery unit and rocket artillery unit were in full swing to load shells and other pre-war work, Mandolfil also immediately evacuated all the armored units and infantry units to a safe position to prevent a large-scale artillery counterattack by the huge naval artillery group of the British and American fleets.

"All artillery emplacements are prepared, targeting the front of the enemy's position at 1800 meters, barrage blocking, and three rapid shots...... Put! ”

"Bang dang...... Bang Dang...... Bang Dang ......"

"Woo...... Whining...... Woohoo......"

"Boom, boom...... Boom Boom Boom ...... Boom Boom Boom ......"

Suddenly, hundreds of heavy shells frantically exploded on the beachhead defensive positions where the British and American troops were located, as if it were raining rain.

In the face of the sudden large-scale artillery fire covering the German army, the British and Americans, who were struggling with themselves and comforting themselves, lost confidence even more and fell into panic.

There were even quite a few British and American soldiers who suddenly became panicked, and their flesh and blood were also covered by the storm of shells, and they suffered heavy casualties.

But the artillery coverage under Mandolfel's command was only just beginning, because there was also a terrorist attack by a rain of rockets from an even more ferocious rocket artillery group, which was followed by a ferocious destruction of a large area of the beachhead beyond recognition, thick smoke billowing and flames raging like hell on earth on the beachhead defensive positions where the British and American troops were stationed...... [.]