On the night of November 9, 1943, the subsequent commander-in-chief, Theodore von Shipper, also personally sat in a command vehicle to conduct front-line command operations, instead of staying in the rear for sand table deduction or paper-based command operations.

He set up regimental headquarters on the beachhead after the landing, and placed three battalions of marines in turn in the area of an island two kilometers large and one kilometer deep in the English Channel.

At the same time, the tanks and marines were allowed to coordinate their infantry operations, and carefully advance inland.

Moreover, the artillery in their rear was also deployed as soon as possible, ready to support the artillery bombardment operation at any time.

However, the vanguard infantry coordinated the troops, and a group of mortar troops were deployed; and light and heavy machine-gun units, as well as iron-fisted anti-tank gun units.

It can be said that in the first battle this time, the Brandenburg Special Division was smooth sailing, and there were not many dangerous battles.

At the very least, the battle on the beachhead at the beginning was carried out only in a piecemeal manner, without a very fierce and large-scale counterattack.

This was a great relief to the commander-in-chief, Theodore von Shipper, who was ready for a fierce battle, and the division commander LeBron James, and the division commander Ernst.

However, even so, their marching vigilance and caution did not relax much, but their marching speed increased a lot.

"Da Da Da!"

"The Germans are coming! They have landed successfully, everyone take up arms and fight! We must not allow them to occupy our English Channel! ”

As the Brandenburg Special Division moved up to speed, a British captain was shooting at the Germans he could see with his heavy machine gun in his third line of inland defensive positions on the island; Huddled in the corner of his hidden position, he shouted hoarsely at his troops commanding the battle.

"If there is a British army resisting, shoot back!"

When several unprepared Germans were shot and killed by the sudden attack of the British army, the German colonel who followed them immediately gave the battle order to counterattack.

"Da Da Da! Da-da-da-da! Dadada......"

"Tom tom! Tom tom! Tom ......"

"Bang! Bang! Bang......"

For a while, the entire third defensive position of the British army was filled with noisy gunfire and shouting of killing, which was incessant and terrifying.

At this time, one after another, UH-1 Huey multi-purpose helicopters, Fa-223 Dragon transport helicopters, and AH-1 "Cobra" helicopters, carrying more than 2,000 airborne vanguard units of the First Airborne Division, were also carrying out airborne operations one after another in the airborne areas they had chosen.

Since it was an airborne operation conducted in the dark of night, the battle between them and the British troops in the interior of the English Channel was also relatively fierce, because in the case of a less clear line of sight, especially when the British had temporarily changed part of their defensive position; The sudden appearance of British troops in the German 1st Airborne Division was more tragic than that of the Brandenburg Special Division, which was engaged in fierce fighting.

However, fortunately, these airborne divisions had a large number of helicopters for combat support, and their own weapons and equipment were relatively advanced, so many British troops were quickly killed.

For this reason, after the first ten minutes of fierce fighting, the 1st Airborne Division gradually saved itself from the disadvantage of the British army's sneak attack and gradually controlled the rhythm of the battle.

As a result, the vanguard of the German First Airborne Division, a reinforced airborne regiment of more than 2,000 troops, and a total of more than three airborne battalions, only 17 companies, including one heavy equipment company, were left to complete the airborne combat order.

However, they also lost 2 companies of troops, because they were killed in battle against the British troops who came out of nowhere.

Of course, the British army's losses were more than those of the German army, because with the cooperation of the helicopter units of the 1st Airborne Division, the British army lost more than two battalions of troops in order to eliminate these two German companies.

After the successful airborne landing of the vanguard of the 1st Airborne Division, they equipped each airborne company with 30 machine guns and 8 80-mm mortars; The heavy equipment company was also equipped with 20 heavy machine guns, eight 80-mm mortars and three infantry guns, and each company also had varying numbers of Iron Fist anti-tank rocket launchers.

"Let's find out where the British command is, and then take him out!"

As soon as the weapons and equipment were distributed, the commander of the vanguard airborne forces, Colonel Karl, gave a loud combat order.

"Then should we leave some troops behind to take over our other airborne troops and fight?"

But his adjutant Haider was a comment.

"No, you don't! Our Brandenburg Special Division has already landed successfully, and Division Commander Richard Heydrich will assign the follow-up airborne combat mission! ”

"We now have to speed up to find out the headquarters of the British army stationed here, as long as we capture all the British officers and soldiers inside, or annihilate them, then the victory in the English Channel will belong to our 1st Airborne Division to take the lead!"

Colonel Carr waved his hand in disagreement.

Then he commanded the airborne troops who had successfully landed and did not die, and marched towards the most inland part of the English Channel, fighting.