However, the careful No. 3 tank drivers also found that not far from them, the simulated British defenders had set up three firing points on the left and right, and these three firing points played a good role in blocking the only exit.

Even if the defense side of the exercise has only one regiment participating in the exercise on this beachhead, and this is still a simulated force after the extreme magnification of difficulty. However, it is not useless to have fewer people in war. At least the commander of the defense side of the exercise fully dispersed the regiment to a very high level.

If the landing party does not observe well and accidentally strays into the range of their fire, then what awaits the landing force will be a "massacre".

Thankfully, they discovered the problem in time and reported it to the landing command.

Soon, the command brought in air units to support, and after the bombers flew a few laps overhead, the three firepower points were soon announced by the exercise referee department, and two were completely destroyed, and the remaining one firepower point was also in a semi-crippled state.

After clearing the obstacles, the remaining 18 No. 3 submersible tank units ushered in a section of uphill, and the speed of the tanks was very slow when they went uphill, which made people have to be scared, and everyone prayed that the defenders would not suddenly attack them.

Of course, this concern was unnecessary, after all, the defenders were seriously understaffed, and in fact the British troops were even more scarce. Therefore, as long as the landing force plays its normal role, the defenders will not have any extra forces to counterattack.

Suddenly, an ensign with infantry following the tank exclaimed, "What is that in the sky?" ”

I have to say that this exclamation really frightened the comrade-in-arms around the soldier. But fortunately, there was no sudden attack by the defenders, just a bunch of balloons in the distance.

The Army does not know, but the Air Force has long heard the names of these balloons from Reinhardt.

Although during the exercise, the balloons were connected with ordinary strips of coarse cloth. But in reality, these strips of cloth are replaced with very iron chains, i.e. strands of steel wires strung together. After the failure of the British Air Force to resist, the British will undoubtedly launch such anti-aircraft balloons in large numbers to serve as a limited obstruction.

These air-proof balloons, which naturally seem to have little effect in the eyes of the army, are a mortal threat to the air force, especially the Luftwaffe, which likes to use dive bombers!

In the real world, this kind of thing is similar to a mine, there is a steel cable between the balloons that prevents enemy fighters from diving and dropping bombs, and the famous Stuka dive bombers cannot dive and bomb under the influence of anti-air balloons, so they will become useless.

As for the high-altitude horizontal bombing of the German army, it was basically negligible because the accuracy was too low.

Of course, this air-proof balloon also had advantages and disadvantages for the British, because it limited the German bombers as well as their own. However, the British army did not have many fighters to resist at the place where the German troops landed.

Of course, after all, it was a drill, and Reinhardt certainly wouldn't really get a bunch of tightropes. So the air-proof balloons in the exercise were just a bunch of guys with strips of coarse cloth tied to them.

The remaining 18 surviving No. 3 submersible tanks finally took the beachhead without a new round of resistance.

After overcoming all the obstacles on the beachhead, they came to the construction area of the seaside town close to the beachhead. Only by taking this will the landing force be able to establish the next relatively consolidated landing field.

After that, what caught the eyes of the landing troops was the low white buildings in the town, and in front of the buildings, large and small "defensive bunkers" were built, these bunkers had a very good angle to the beachhead, and each bunker had a good firing range and layout.

There is also the fact that the forts near the fortifications on the beachhead are really speechless, and looking at the trench infantry here relying on the fortifications such as buildings, batteries and trenches, they know that what awaits the German infantry is going to be a bloody baptism.

Although the bunkers and forts were wooden models with markers, they did make the landing party understand why the referee announced that the landing party had suffered such a big loss when they landed before.

As for the terrain inside the town, it is a bit more complicated, with every street connected to the bunkers and fortresses and every fort, and every building here has the potential to shoot deadly bullets.

With the "fierce attack" of the landing advance troops during the exercise, they were able to "break" every building, every pillbox and every battery after a few hours, and then occupy the entire town.

After that, the landing field was set up on the west side of the town for the second batch of landing troops.

Early the next morning, the simulated British support units in the exercise arrived and recaptured the high ground on the western landing field, and the garrisons around the landing field were ordered to clear the enemy on the high ground on the western landing field.

However, the defenders were at the end of their crossbow at this time, and soon the high ground on the western landing field was successfully taken by the attackers.

In fact, after taking the beachhead, the outcome of this exercise was already predestined. The reason why the counterattack of the British reinforcements was arranged was only to simulate the subsequent battle, not to test and deduce the development of the war situation.

However, in the previous landing exercises, although the participating troops still won on the basis of strengthening the simulated British garrison, the excessive casualty rate also made Reinhardt feel distressed for a while.

Compared with the army, which has obtained new equipment such as diving tanks but lacks landing experience, the airborne paratroopers who have been simulating operations have performed very well.

As a member of the visiting delegation sent by the 3rd Parachute Division, a captain who had served in the SS and was later transferred to the 3rd Parachute Division, said to a young man next to him with an indecent smile: "Wren, do you see it?" Therefore, we paratroopers do not need to do pre-war exercises, after all, our training results are already much higher than theirs. Hahaha......"

After hearing this, the young paratrooper squad leader named Wren looked at his unlucky leader with a worried expression.

"Captain, it's better to say this kind of thing in private, so that the commander of the exercise can't hear it well." Wren whispered.

"What's wrong with that." The captain waved his hand disapprerovingly: "Speaking of which, our paratroopers will have to set off one step ahead of them at that time." By then we will all be on English soil, and if something goes wrong with them, it will not be us. ”

"Just have to laugh at them." The captain smiled and patted Wren on the shoulder: "When I was in the SS, don't say point fingers at the Wehrmacht. Even snatching booty from the Wehrmacht is commonplace. ”

"Alright, let's not talk about that." The captain put away his smile and said to Wren in a mysterious low voice: "I sent a message to my old SS superiors that I should send a squad to help them on an honorable mission. ”

Glorious mission?!

Wren swallowed, and when he said it from the mouth of his captain, it was unlucky to hear it.

Sure enough, without letting Wren wait too long, the captain spoke to him: "When I heard that the SS was going to organize the elite to go to England to rob prisons, the first thing I thought of at that time was you. ”