Chapter 675: Fifth round of Scud missile bombardment
At this time, at the German Scud missile launcher station on the port of Ceuta, one after another, the launch vehicles were pointing directly at the starry night sky, and all the personnel of the missile launching unit were on standby.
They are preparing a fifth round of missile attacks until the British bombardment in the English Channel surrenders, or the total annihilation of the army.
Immediately after the report by Field Marshal Rommel, the commander, Colonel Carlisle, personally resumed the work of directing the missile launches.
Today is an important battle night for him, and if the 1st Airborne Division and the Brandenburg Special Division can smoothly occupy the LinkedIn Gili Channel tonight, then he can get promoted to the official position and live the officer life he wants to live.
Therefore, from the afternoon to now, he has been busy monitoring and directing the pre-battle preparations and launches of all missile launch vehicles and launch teams.
When the commander, Colonel Carlisle, finished his debriefing, he stood beside a launch vehicle and stared around the entire launch site and the silence around him.
Because now all missile launch groups have entered a state of full gear, ready to launch the fifth round of missile groups to attack the English Channel at any time.
"Sir! All launch teams are ready to launch missiles, please continue to give instructions! ”
At the moment of battle, a communications soldier hurriedly came to him and reported.
"After our aviation unit has finished bombing, we will wait about ten minutes again to launch all our fifth-round Scud missiles and bomb them to the other side of the English Channel!"
To this, the commander, Colonel Carlyle, replied.
"Yes! Sir! ”
The communications corpsman, who was responsible for placing the commander Colonel Carlisle in the various firing groups, immediately agreed.
Although they could communicate and conduct contact operations by radio, in order to obtain the information of the transmissions of the various groups, the commander, Colonel Carlyle, arranged for some more signal soldiers to contact and check with the transmission teams.
When the signal soldier accepted the order and left, the commander, Colonel Carlyle, was also slightly nervously waiting for the bombing of the German Air Force and the Naval Air Force to be completed.
Half an hour later, the German naval and air bombardment was complete.
"All missile launchers will immediately enter the five-minute countdown to launch."
Ten minutes later, the commander, Colonel Carlisle, immediately gave the radio order to fire.
At the same time, he was also standing on the command vehicle, looking at the missiles and launch vehicles around him; Looking forward to the glorious victories that followed the capture of the English Channel, and the official position he had always dreamed of.
"The five-minute countdown begins."
"The 8K14 ballistic missile is equipped with a liquid-fuel jet engine, an automatic inertial command and fault detonation system, a mixed-charge warhead, controls and other systems are activated normally."
"Five minutes, the prediction position, erection, raising and other situations are still normal!"
"Three minutes, all data are normal, ready to ignite and launch!"
The entire launch went into the final countdown phase, while the entire missile system was functioning normally.
"Ignition! Launch! ”
As soon as the countdown reached 0, the commander, Colonel Carlisle, gave the order to fire.
Soon, the tail nozzle of the Scud missiles launched by all the Scud missile launchers emitted a puff of white gas, which was the vapor of nitric acid, and there was a large amount of yellow smoke and dust, and the smoke was billowing out......
In an instant, one after another, almost 12 meters long, the 5.9-ton Scud B missile was rapidly launched under the propulsion of propellants (metamethylhydrazine and red smoke nitric acid).
A few seconds later, a group of Scud missiles like a big turnip slammed into the English Channel on the opposite shore as if it were raining.
When one Scud missile after another was launched, the air of the entire missile launch base was immediately filled with a pungent and strong smell, and at the same time, the smoke from the ignition of the rockets also instantly enveloped the entire forest.
The smoke from the ignition of a rocket can envelop a large area of woods, and now the smoke generated by the ignition and launch of hundreds of rockets is simply enveloping the entire port of Ceuta, but unfortunately because it is at night, the light is not good, so this situation is not too clear.
"Let's hope that after this missile attack, our troops will be able to fully occupy the English Channel!"
At this moment, the commander, Colonel Carlisle, was nervous and excited, muttering to himself.
But the remaining British garrisons and fortifications on the opposite side were a great tragedy.
In the midst of the increasingly intense and intensive bombardment, many British units that were still stubbornly resisting the German 1st Airborne Division and the Brandenburg Special Division suffered a large number of casualties, and the remaining British troops of the entire 3rd Regiment were annihilated.
Even if Xiaoxing still had no casualties, he would be killed by the German troops who followed up.
And this round of Scud bombardment also affected the defensive position of Viscount Gort, who had just arrived at the British garrison of the 2nd Regiment, so that the British troops there also suffered a full battalion of casualties.