Chapter 565: A Fair Duel
Erwinton, a small town behind Dover, about 100 miles north of Dover, had a regular British army in this area.
But it's a pity that Erwinton's British regular army is not very many, probably the strength of a company, but for the use of this company, the British Dover Theater Command is still very cautious, after all, for the rare British regular army in the Dover area, it is just necessary to use it on the blade to play their role.
And it was precisely because of the careful consideration of the Dover Front Command that this group of "good and bad main forces" was now temporarily shelved in Erwinton.
This is not a good thing for these British professional soldiers, who have been here all day doing nothing, all idle, and all day long they don't know what they are supposed to do.
Finally, some soldiers could not bear the loneliness, after all, these regular troops did not go to the front line, and staying behind did not make any difference.
"Captain Mitchell, how long are we going to be here? Hasn't the order from the higher authorities come down yet? If we stay here any longer, sooner or later Dover will be thrown away by the National Guard's bunch of rice buckets. A soldier grumbled to the commander here, Captain Mitchell.
"You can't say that! Corporal! We are allies with the National Guard, and there is no reason to belittle them. You don't have to worry about the question of where we should be placed, what you and I need to do is to obey the orders of the superiors, and I think the superiors must have their thoughts and considerations for keeping us here. Captain Mitchell patiently explained to the soldier.
However, while it is unknown whether the Dover Command left this unit here for other reasons, the Dover Command did say that they were using it on the edge of their blades for this small, properly trained force, because they were about to play their true role in Erwinton.
Right now, 70 miles south of Erwinton, two German transport planes are flying in the direction of Erwinton, and the destination of their flight this time is this strategic city of Erwinton, and their mission is to drop a company of German paratroopers on the plane to Erwinton and occupy this strategic town.
Today's weather in Ervinton is exceptionally clear, the sky is pale blue, and the white clouds embellish the sky over Erwinton is particularly beautiful, and there are a few uninvited guests in this beautiful sky, that is, these two German transport planes, coupled with the roar of the rumbling engine, these things completely broke the peace and tranquility that should belong to this sky.
"Captain, will we go in the wrong direction, I'm worried that we are going in the wrong direction." On the German transport plane, the co-pilot of the latter plane was talking to the captain.
But as for the co-pilot's worries, the captain didn't seem to take it to heart.
"You don't have to worry about this, you just have to listen to me fly forward, anyway, the plane in front of us is a long plane, and we all have to listen to them. Moreover, the plane in front of us is still piloted by the squadron leader of the transport squadron today, and his crew members are the most skilled, and I think that with his rich experience, it will be no problem at all to bring us to Erwinton, let alone get lost. ”
The group was sailing at 500 km/h, and finally, they flew through the long Dover defensive circle, and when they saw Erwinton, they began to descend in altitude.
Below, it's Erwinton, it's time for the paratroopers to come into play.
One, two, three, one by one, the Germans, a group of well-trained paratrooper boys, jumped from these two transport planes, full of German hopes and Führer's expectations, and with great enthusiasm.
Because the people of Germany need the sacrifice of German soldiers, and these subjects of Great Britain also need German conquest and rule.
Erwinton, a group of British boys had just finished lunch, most of them were taking a nap, probably because they hadn't fought for a long time, this unit was full of laziness from top to bottom, and they didn't even send a guard post when the troops were taking a nap together.
Thankfully, not all soldiers were taking a nap.
At least, Sergeant Smith, who had never been in the habit of napping, was the same today, staring blankly into the air after eating.
Captain Smith always longed for the Air Force, so he always looked at the planes passing in the sky, hoping that one day he would be able to take to the sky. And after arriving in the Army, Smith, whose dreams were shattered, could only look at the sky often.
Today, Smith was still looking at the sky as before, but after a while, he noticed two transport planes flying from the south.
Although he felt that the two transport planes seemed to be different from the past, he couldn't say what was different.
Sure enough, the two transport planes made a different move than before, Smith found that the tail of the two transport planes released a lot of small black dots, and before Smith could react, these small black dots suddenly became larger in the air, supporting the shape of edelweiss.
"Not good! German paratroopers! Smith finally reacted before the first German paratrooper hit the ground, shouting at his comrades.
When the British boys heard this, they were also frightened, and most of the British soldiers had just woken up from their naps, and for a while they had even forgotten what they were supposed to do.
By the time they finally fully reacted and gathered their troops to defend themselves against the German attack, the German paratroopers had already landed in the distance.
Based on the visual feedback they received, they were able to roughly estimate the strength of a company of German paratroopers, and since they were airborne, they did not have heavy weapons and too much ammunition.
But the British missed a good time to attack in a vacuum, and if they could have shot at the Germans while they were still in the air, the losses of the German paratroopers would have been enormous.
Now they had to go head-to-head with the Germans.
This would be good, in terms of armament, although the British Army was in short supply of equipment and ammunition with Churchill's order for a massive expansion. But this time, the Germans who were airborne will not be much better equipped than them.
Moreover, both are professional military personnel and both are militarily trained.
So this battle turned out to be a rare fair duel since the beginning of the entire British campaign.