Chapter 82: The Battle of Pantelleria (2)

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yanlong didn't go to drink Sophie? Correa brought in the coffee. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because for him, people who are not personally picked up by himself, he will be careful and cautious, or dispose of them.

So in the absence of a good Sophie? Correa, whether he was a good person or a bad person, he didn't dare to eat or drink what the other party brought over.

What if these things are poisonous and poisoned?

If that's the case, I'm afraid he's dying too much, and he doesn't even know where to cry.

So he soon called Kenneth, the captain of the guard in the Chancellery? Branagh, send someone to secretly investigate Sophie? Correa's bottom is fine, just in case.

At the same time, in the evening of the same day, the 5th SS Panzer Division "Viking", the 6th SS Northern Mountain Division; SS 1st "Adolf. The Panzer Division of Hitler's Guard Banner, the 7th Volunteer Mountain Division of the SS Prince Eugen with an army of more than 50,000 men, was transferred back to Sicily from the Eastern Front in batches and secretly.

The 5th SS Panzer Division "Viking" consisted of Germanic, Nordic and Western European regiments, each with three infantry battalions and one artillery battalion. The infantry battalion consisted of three rifle companies, one machine gun company (armed with Czech-made ZB-30 and German-made MG-34 light machine guns), and one artillery company (one platoon each with 37-mm and 50-mm anti-tank guns, and one platoon of 80-mm mortars). The regimental artillery battalion consisted of 1 company of 75-mm light infantry guns, 1 company of 150-mm heavy howitzers, 1 company of 47-mm self-propelled anti-tank guns, 1 company of 75-mm self-propelled field guns, and 1 company of 37-mm anti-aircraft guns.

At the same time, a battalion of Leopard tanks was added, and a battalion of Heizer tank destroyers, all of which were replaced with self-propelled guns with heavy guns of more than 100 mm. Giller leads.

The composition of the units of the 6th Northern Mountain Division of the SS: the 11th Panzergrenadier Regiment (SS - Mountain Infantry Regiment) of the divisional headquarters Reinhardt? Heydrich, Panzergrenadier 12 Regiment (SS - Mountain Infantry Regiment) Michel? Gabermere, 6th Mountain Artillery Regiment, 6th Assault Artillery Company, 506th Panzergrenadier Battalion; 5th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, 9th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (transferred in 1943), 6th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 6th (Mountain) Anti-Tank Battalion, 6th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion, (Mountain) 6th Motorized Communications Battalion, (Mountain) 6th Motorized Reconnaissance Battalion, (Mountain) 6th Engineer; Norwegian Ski Infantry Battalion (Ski Infantry Battalion of Norwegian Volunteers), 6th Logistics Department, 6th Clothing Company, 6th Medical Company, 6th Veterinarian, 6th Field Correspondents Platoon

, the 6th Gendarmerie Company of the Norwegian Police Company (equipped with the 2nd Company in 1943), led by SS Lieutenant General Lothar? Debes leads.

SS 1st "Adolf. Hitler's Guard Banner "Panzer Division", the total strength of the division is 678 officers, 20,166 non-commissioned officers and soldiers; 45 self-propelled guns, 50 Panzer IV tanks, 38 Leopard tanks and 29 Tiger tanks.

In addition, the following formations were formed: 1st Panzergrenadier Regiment, 2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment, 1st SS Panzer Regiment, Panzer Maintenance Company; armored engineer company, artillery regiment, communications platoon; Panzergrenadier brigades, anti-aircraft artillery brigades, engineer battalions, communications squadrons; maintenance brigade, logistics service team, management battalion, medical brigade; Artillery observation company, machine gun brigade, gendarmerie company, guard company, etc., led by SS brigade captain Theodor? Vichy led.

The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division of Prince Eugen had a total of 21,500 officers and men, and the strength of the troops were: 13th Waffen-SS Arthur? Phillips Volunteer Mountain Chasseur, Waffen-SS XIV Scandburg Volunteer Mountain Chasseur, Waffen-SS Volunteer Mountain Artillery Regiment.

7th Waffen-SS Panzer Unit, Waffen-SS Panzer Company, Waffen-SS 7th Hill, Panzer Chasseur Unit, 7th Waffen-SS Cavalry Unit; the 7th Waffen-SS assault gun company, the 7th Waffen-SS air defense unit; Waffen-SS anti-aircraft company, Waffen-SS, 7th mountain intelligence unit.

7th Waffen-SS Volunteer Mountain Reconnaissance Unit [motorized], Waffen-SS Panzer Reconnaissance Platoon, Waffen-SS Bicycle Battalion; the 7th SS Bicycle Reconnaissance Unit, the Waffen-SS Mountain Engineer Battalion; Waffen-SS Mountain Infantry Battalion, Waffen-SS 7th Logistics Company, Waffen-SS Repair Company/Platoon, Waffen-SS 7th Field Cooking Battalion.

7th Waffen-SS Medical Unit, 7th Waffen-SS Volunteer Mountain Veterinary Company; 7th Waffen-SS Volunteer Mountain Intelligence Platoon, Waffen-SS Propaganda Platoon; The 7th Field Police Platoon of the Waffen-SS, the 7th Waffen-SS Repair Unit, the Waffen-SS Geological Battalion, led by SS Major General Karl ? Ricky Catch? Feng? Obo Kamp, lead.

On the occasion of the return of these elite SS divisions, there were about 400 JU88s, Fω-190A-6/R1 fighters, and CAN'Z1007 Kingfisher bombers; Divided into two groups, they attacked a fleet of Anglo-American Allied ships heading east to the Cape de Tunisian peninsula.

They were Chen Yanlong who ordered Kesselring to constantly send air brigades to carry out sneak attacks and harass on the British and American air force airfields stationed in the Mediterranean Sea and passing fleets when he dispatched his troops.

In addition to sending the Air Force, Chen Yanlong also sent a headache to Dönitz, who was struggling with how to train qualified carrier-based aircraft pilots and aircraft carrier officers and men; More than 100 U-boats were seconded to assist in the attack.

The aviation force that protects this fleet is the British and American Northwest African Coastal Air Force, and the number of ships under their protection exceeds 800 ships.

The German Fω-190A-6/R1 fighters, when performing air combat missions, generally flew in a four-plane formation, side by side, with an interval of 80 to 90 sorties.

If there are two four-plane formations, then the second formation flies behind the first formation and hits about 150 to 200 meters.

The formation commander will designate a recognizable starting point, take off, and fly side-by-side towards the target they are attacking.

For example, the British and American fleets that they are going to attack now will fly back to a standard turnip-shaped low-altitude attack route, and the formation commander will begin to descend to an altitude of several hundred meters when they are about 1 to 5 kilometers away from the target, and then descend at a small angle, and aim at the target below that they are going to attack.

One second before the bomb is dropped, the pilot pulls up a little bit to avoid the bomb touching the propeller of their plane, and then immediately turns away.

The other planes behind him then also followed the process he had just done to drop bombs.