Chapter 554: There is no difficulty
Just as Hans's special platoon successfully hitched a ride and set off towards London, in the direction of Plymouth, another deadly attack arrow also began to penetrate into the territory of the British Isles.
Compared with the Dover French and Norwegians, who filled it with their lives, and built a landing ground with the help of German paratroopers, the area of Plymouth, as a real killer German landing force, fought much easier.
Because Churchill's eyes had been completely attracted to Dover, all the mobile reserves that could be mobilized were also thrown into the Dover battle. As a result, after the second key landing of the Allies, the British could not come up with enough support troops to fill the pit again.
German infantry general Ernst Busch, led six infantry divisions of the 16th Army from the Calais Strait, crossed the English Channel by boat, and set out towards the area around Portsmouth, along with them the 1st Special Panzer Division, equipped with 220 submersible tanks.
Student's three paratrooper divisions participated in the offensive at Dover in order to stabilize the mood of the French and Norwegian allies.
And four divisions of Adolf Strauss's Ninth Army also crossed the channel from the Afor area and landed between Brighton and the Isle of Widi to plan the overall situation.
In general, the three paratrooper divisions of France, Norway, and Spudent were the first landing forces of the Central Powers. The total number of people reached the scale of 7 divisions and more than 90,000 people.
Ernst's 6 German infantry divisions and 1 special armored division equipped with submersible tanks also had a total of 7 divisions, but they were all the main forces of the German army, which was the second batch of landing troops and the most powerful surprise troops.
As for Adolf Strauss's 4 divisions, they were the third batch of landing troops that could be transported after the naval capacity delivered Ernst's troops. Their task was not to attack, but to serve as a third sword inserted into the British Empire.
This is a sophisticated and cunning combat plan, which continues the combat idea that the German army has always liked, and the sword goes sideways.
First of all, the combined Franco-Norwegian forces, commanded by the famous French general Weygand, landed at Dover and fought with the British for this obvious strategic point.
Although this was not the main direction of attack chosen by the Germans themselves, it was also a key position that would have decided the course of the war if it had won. Therefore, the German army parachuted almost all the trained paratrooper divisions to the rear of Dover, providing strong support for Wei Gang, who launched a frontal landing operation.
On the one hand, this will stabilize the will of allies to fight. With three German paratrooper divisions pinning down the enemy's rear as reinforcements, and living and dying with them, the French and Norwegians will no longer have the pessimistic idea that they are being used as bait, and their combat effectiveness will be maintained to a certain level, fully playing the purpose of attracting and containing the British army.
On the other hand, the large-scale concentrated use of the entire 3 paratrooper divisions, coupled with the participation of the famous French general Wei Gang, still had a good chance of winning against the defenders of Dover, who were more numerous but of poor quality. Once they were victorious, London would be almost in the possession of the Allies, and there would be no need for any further attacks from any other direction.
Therefore, the offensive investment of the Central Powers in Dover can be described as killing two birds with one stone, not only to lure the enemy, but also to threaten the British capital, which is completely worth it!
On the other hand, even if the Dover area is unable to achieve a breakthrough due to Churchill's large number of reinforcements, it will not affect the final outcome of Operation Sea Lion.
Because, the main force of the pure German army that landed on the front line at Portsmouth is the real killer weapon. According to the calculations of the German High Command, even without Dover's containment, the German troops under the command of Ernst in the Portsmouth area were fully capable of opening up the situation.
And with the diversion battle launched by the alliance of the three kingdoms of Dover, Ernst will fight more easily!
In the end, as the third landing force to Britain, the four divisions of Adolf Strauss's Ninth Army could easily complete the landing with little British coastal defense force between Brighton and Wedy.
General Adolf Strauss would then be able to choose according to the situation, in accordance with the practice of the German mission-based command method, and relying on his own judgment, whether to send a large army in the direction of Dover, or to join the main German forces in the area of Portsmouth. Or, divide the troops in two directions at the same time.
After all, this third landing force was the third line of insurance for the Sea Lion plan of the German High Command. It is a sufficient force that can play a role in time when the first two insurances are not effective.
Therefore, the specific command was left to the front commander to decide, which was completely in line with the interests of the German army, and the risk was not great.
As for the plan for the Sea Lion plan, the remaining 1 armored division and 4 infantry divisions will be transported to the already consolidated landing ground in the south of Britain after the situation has been completely opened up by 3 landing forces, and then quickly put into the front line with the goal of blitzkrieg.
These five German divisions that were finally engaged in the British campaign were no longer thrown into the battlefield for victory, but purely to end Operation Sea Lion as soon as possible and to play the effect of a blitzkrieg. The decisive operation, the previous 3 batches of landing troops, was quite enough to solve.
In the German High Command, many careful people have actually initiated, in this vigorous sea lion operation that can determine the future fate of the empire on which the sun never sets, the Third Reich did not even send a top famous general to participate.
In terms of the army, the German SS, which is known as the craziest and most combat-effective, did not participate, and the commanders of the Wehrmacht were also some decent German moderate generals.
In terms of the air force, in addition to the previous Anglo-German air battles, Catherine personally contributed to the Calais annihilation of the main force of the British Royal Air Force, but after the landing really began, he handed over the war to his subordinates Morgan Taylor of the Second Air Force, Sspler of the Third Air Force, and Stumpf of the Fifth Air Force. He himself, with the remaining high-ranking commanders of the Air Force, turned to the study of air defense affairs on the Eastern Front.
The navy barely came up with a more famous commander, but this person was not Raeder, the chief of staff of the Imperial Navy, but Rütjens, who was under Raeder.
Although the above are some absolutely excellent and reliable generals, they are by no means the most famous and most brilliant generals in Germany.
And the reason for this arrangement is also very simple, because Reinhardt, and even the entire German leadership, after annihilating the main forces of the British army in Dunkirk and Norway, and severely damaging the British home fleet twice, are all determined without exception that the sun will not set on the Empire, and this time it should fall.
In addition, the Sea Lion Plan has already formulated the big policy in place, and the rest is nothing more than the front-line commanders to implement the strategy according to the strategy.
This is already ...... There's nothing difficult about it.