The chalk cliffs could easily hold back the German tanks, and like the city walls, the German landing force was at a loss. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But after the Germans rushed to the chalk cliff from the pass, there were really not many British troops who could block the combined attack of German tanks and grenadiers.

It took only half an hour for the German panzers to discover that they had broken through the coastal defenses and joined the nearby German 3rd Division of the German paratroopers victoriously.

The 112th Division hurriedly reversed the direction of the attack, and Commander Hermann was ordered to begin the assault on Dover and occupy this important supply port.

And Adolf, who has already come ashore? The Hitler Guard Banner Panzer Division, under the command of Dietrich, calmly began an offensive towards Canterbury, the heart of England.

Lehmann was leaning against a foxhole, cooking his breakfast, and it was past 9 a.m.

In the midst of cheers, he poked his head out and saw an armored reconnaissance vehicle driving in the distance, filled with German paratroopers waving flags.

"Hey! Gentlemen! Come after us after breakfast! Let's go to Canterbury first to see if the Brit have escaped! "The soldiers of the 3rd Parachute Division on the armored reconnaissance vehicle shouted at the soldiers of the 1st Parachute Division in the foxhole.

"The landing force seems to be going well." Looking at the SdKfz 231 six-wheeled armored vehicle with a little sand still wrapped in a little sand on its wheels, Lyman also had a smile on his face.

As long as the infantry followed, the paratroopers were in a much better position. Heavy equipment would ensure that the paratroopers would not suffer in the face of enemy armored units - as for the rest of the troops, the German paratroopers had not yet taken care of them.

"Looks like we're going to have to hurry up for breakfast......" Gunther said vaguely, spooning the soup and soaked bread in his lunch box into his mouth.

Now the busiest were not the German front-line troops that were on the offensive, but all sorts of ships carrying supplies back and forth between the straits.

Similar to the retreat from Dunkirk, the Germans gathered all the ships they could find to complete the landing mission.

On the sea, a British torpedo boat heroically launched an attack on the German fleet, and the German planes in charge of the security of the strait in the sky were chasing and killing the torpedo boat, but it still rushed to a German transport ship without hesitation.

Stuka did not rush to drop the bomb, and he strafed the attack with the cannons on the wings, causing the British soldiers on the torpedo boat to roll on their backs.

This is not the first British torpedo boat to try to storm the German transport fleet today, in fact these crazy torpedo boat units have succeeded and failed.

At least 20 torpedo boats were sunk in the waters around here, and the German torpedo boats paid the price of at least 5.

The fierce battle between the two sides is still going on at sea, and it has not changed at all with the change of the tide of the battle. As if they were committing suicide, the moths rushed one after another.

The battle on the ocean, although small but very fierce, but on the beach, several small floating docks are being quickly established.

Three floating docks had run aground on German landing ships sitting in the shallows. Then the improvised tank landing ship rushed up and began to unload the tanks loaded on it eagerly.

Floating on the sea, with hundreds of infantrymen, and three valuable new Leopard tanks, these tank landing ships are much more expensive than other ships.

Afraid of inexplicable losses, the order in which they are unloaded is also prioritized. While the soldiers were still ferrying back and forth in assault boats, the boats had already docked at the floating dock.

Under the curious gaze of the soldiers, a tank landing ship, with the help of sappers, stopped on the pier. Then the huge crane began to work.

With the rotation of the pulley block, the steel cable slowly lifted the tank above to the side of the hull. Then, with a loud sound, the tank stopped in mid-air.

Seeing his tank hovering in mid-air, Wittman, who had just come ashore, craned his neck worriedly and watched, beside him, the driver Duke, the loader Homan, and the gun commander Carl? Wegener and Ehoff, the electromechanical engineer, were also shocked.

It was their combat weapon, and if it fell at this time, the entire tank would be scrapped, and they would have to fight with rifles and the same as the infantry.

Under the horrified gaze of everyone, the three tanks slowly descended to the dock together, and the moment they touched the ground, the sappers rushed forward like wolves.

Carrying huge scissors, these engineers quickly cut the hemp rope that bound the tracks, and by this time Weitmann and others had already climbed into their tanks and were ready to go.

The tank landing ship next to it had begun to leave the dock at this time, and a landing ship of the same type in the distance approached little by little.

Compared with the unprecedented scale of the landing in 1944, under the development of Li Le, this landing operation belonging to Germany, although it is not unprecedented in scale, has surpassed too much in terms of technical content.

The main thing is some details and advanced ideas, and there are not many developments and leaps in science and technology, but the flash of inspiration, which is not easy to think of, has made the landing operation a lot smoother.

As the tank's tracks washed up the sand, rolled up the loose sand, and brought some of the water rolling forward, Weitmann finally felt that his fate was once again in the palm of his hand.

He leaned against the hatch of the icy Leopard tank, looking through the gap in the machine-gun shield, and on the chalk cliff wall directly in front of him, a huge red flag was being unfurled by the soldiers.

Like a giant wall spread out on a tall building, German soldiers spread out a huge flag of conquest on the iconic chalk cliffs of the British coastline.

"Hey! Hitler! "Adolf landing? The SS soldiers of the Panzer Division of Hitler's Guard Banner, seeing the huge flag, raised their arms and saw the uplifting slogans.

Weitman's Leopard tank with the number 007 painted on it took the lead, and with the other two Leopard tanks that had just landed on the dock, rushed violently towards the cliff pass that was still smoking.

And on the tank, the commanders who showed the hatch raised their arms against the huge national flag.

They're coming! Here we are! They want to use the weapons in their hands to conquer this former world hegemon and break the shackles that the world has put on their country.

"The 9th Mechanized Infantry Division is advancing to the southwest, and the 112th Division is attacking in the direction of Dover...... We're going to Canterbury! "Near the pass, Wittmann, who had stopped his tank, heard the combat mission given to him by his battalion commander.

Although it was under the command of the Independent Regiment in terms of organization, in terms of operation, this reinforced unit was under the command of Dietrich.

In fact, this armored regiment was reinforced to Adolf? Another panzer regiment of the Panzer Division of Hitler's Guard Banner was armed with elite Leopard tanks.

The British had never seen such a new type of tank before, so when these tanks appeared in Canterbury, Dietrich could well imagine the British panicking.

"The road from here to Canterbury has been opened by paratroopers! My 1st Panzer Regiment is attacking there, and your battalion continues to move there now, maybe we will be able to reach Maidstone in the evening! The commander of the Independent Armored Regiment pointed into the distance and instructed Wittman and the others.

As usual, it was impossible for the German armored forces to gather all the tanks before starting their own operations. In fact, Wittmann had only five Leopard tanks in his hands, and set off with two armored vehicles from his battalion headquarters and rushed to Canterbury.

If the Germans had captured Canterbury, it would have been possible to take Chatham before nightfall by advancing by road and rail along the coastline.

By that point, Medstone was in danger of being encircled. As soon as the Germans rushed to Maidstone, then the night blockade of the British Navy became a joke.

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The British leadership, who finally realized that the German attack was even more rapid than expected, found that it was unlikely that they would place their hopes on a naval blockade.

Although the night was very long, the fleet had to wait until it was dark to enter the strait. Now both sides of the strait are occupied by German patrolling aircraft, and the rash entry of the fleet will only add unnecessary losses.

In fact, thanks to the frequent sorties of carrier-based aircraft, the German Navy now has a large number of professional naval attack pilots. These pilots were very fearful of the British, and their attacks were much sharper than they had been in Dunkirk.

Charles heard Churchill ask him about the Navy's nighttime blockade, looked at the map and replied to a frustrating answer: "It is impossible for the Navy to cover Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone ...... with an attack."

These three places, together with the surrounding field zones, German paratroopers and German landing forces, now controlled a fairly large area of activity, an area that the British Navy could not suppress.

If the Germans were compressed on the beach when it was dark, then the Navy could say with certainty that the Germans were dead. But now that the enemy is scattered in various areas, how can this be shelled?

Randomly choose a place to shoot two shells, then for a single army, the losses are almost negligible. There is an essential difference between targeted shelling, and barely covered.

Of course, Charles also gave a slightly reassuring follow-up: "But I can destroy Dover and stop the Germans from using it." ”

Unfortunately, Dover was still under the control of the British defenders, and the plan to bombard it could only be carried out when the British defenders lost it.

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Long Ling is really sleepy today, and the matter of making up for it will be delayed for a day, please forgive me......