445 rehearsal landing
Dietrich as the 1st SS Panzer Division, that is, Adolf? The commander of the Panzer Division of Hitler's Guards Banner was already sweating on his forehead at this moment. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
His troops had just met a block near a small town in the heart of the British army, and they seemed to be willing to die rather than take a step back.
Presumably, if he is allowed to take this town, then he can quickly cross the road and establish contact with the paratroopers in the encirclement.
The paratroopers who control the bridge and the nearby area will immediately multiply his position forward. The second landing of armored units has already begun to come ashore, and his situation looks quite good.
In the deduction a few days ago, he had only walked to his current place, and he had already been judged to have lost his offensive ability, but he had only lost less than 4,000 people now.
In order to land on British soil, Adolf, who was originally the elite SS among the elite? The Panzer Division of Hitler's Guard Banner has now expanded to almost 25,000 men.
Together with the 112th Division that was replenished to him, and a follow-up division, he had at least 50,000 attacking troops in his hands before nightfall today.
But he was still nervous, because time was passing minute by minute, and it was not how many enemies he had annihilated that would determine the outcome of this battle, but the time in his hands.
"Let the second group of Stalker tank destroyers come ashore! Defend here and here! He pointed at the map with his whip, and the recorder next to him began to take notes.
Soon someone reported the order to the referee's room, and soon Brauchitsch and Keitel could see what Dietrich was going to do.
"He's such a fierce general...... I didn't see such a bold commander in the SS. Glancing at Keitel beside him, Brauchitsch gave a very pertinent assessment.
Although Dietrich may not be as good as a Wehrmacht general like Guderian when it comes to tactics such as massive tank shock cutting, he also has his own set of tactics.
Fierce and steady, this is Dietrich's style. Just now, he deployed the Chaser tank destroyers assigned to the 112th Division, which had just come ashore, on the two flanks of his main offensive direction.
"I don't know if the Führer will encircle on both flanks, if the Führer invests in armored forces to continue the counterattack, then he will suffer again......" Looking at the map, Liszt gave a very pertinent assessment.
In fact, the Führer's command ability was really not very clever in the eyes of several marshals in the referee's room. Even in the handling of some details, there are still some immaturity and youthfulness.
The main reason why the Führer swept the German landing force before was actually relying on his own large number of troops! He had at least 300,000 reserves in his hands and no less than that number of soldiers on the coastline.
Deployed on every kilometer, the "British army" under the command of the Führer had thousands of soldiers on standby, and of course they could beat Dietrich and Hermann, who were not familiar with landing operations, to the ground.
But now, when the German army overcame its own difficulties, began to figure out the steps of the landing operation in the course of repeated deductions, and made improvements at the level of command, the Führer's command disadvantage was manifested.
"The countermeasures given by the garrison headquarters...... The Führer ordered a pincer offensive on both sides of the salient of the landing field, throwing in a large number of tanks. The herald's officer glanced at the marshals standing by the map, and continued: "This time, the Führer has dispatched the Air Force. ”
"Hah!" Goering felt that he had come to the right place today. He hadn't felt such a fun thing for a long time, and as soon as he heard that his safari force had taken off, the Führer couldn't hold his breath.
In order to ensure air supremacy in the landing field, the Germans transferred the most advanced FW-190 fighters, as well as a large number of old bird pilots to the Western Front.
Many pilots had already accumulated enough experience to be transferred to the Eastern Front to prepare for the Eastern Front, but now they were dropped back into the so-called safari units.
Each of these fighter pilots responsible for taking out the British Air Force can be said to be experienced in a hundred battles, and most of them are ace pilots!
They are now trained to hunt each other in the skies to compete for the best pilots for the day.
The Air Force confidently gave its authoritative judgment: if there was a counterattack by the British Air Force regardless of losses over the German landing ground that day, then they could strangle all the British planes in one day.
What Goering and Kesselring didn't know was that they were in fact too pessimistic - the British army could not even get 400 pilots for fighters, and at most less than 300 fighters could take off immediately.
In addition to the 400 Stuka and more than 100 JU-88s used against large ships that the British Navy might approach, there were also 200 aircraft of various types designed to interfere with British torpedo boats and destroyers.
The Luftwaffe was probably the busiest force of the day, attacking from dawn in the morning until night when it was out of sight.
Although it was impossible to take off fighters and Stuka at night, the Luftwaffe still prepared hundreds of HE-111s and JU-88s for night bombing.
They were to destroy fixed targets that they had not had time to destroy during the day or that had just been discovered in the evening, blow up some towns on the way of the army's attack, and scare the British battleships in the Channel.
At the same time, on the day of the landing, the Germans will use 40 submarines to set up ambushes on both sides of the strait to intercept the British warships that may appear.
In addition, in the preceding days, Germany would use all its submarines and minelayers to lay mines in fixed areas on both sides of the Channel to interfere with the reinforcement of British combat vessels.
It was precisely because of these plans that the battle plan for landing on the British mainland in the early morning had the slightest possibility of success. It was precisely because of these detailed plans that the landing operation became feasible.
Goering was amused to hear that the Führer had thrown himself into the net, and continued to observe the referee's arbitration with a smile.
And the field marshals on the other side finally regained a little self-confidence at this time. The previous successive fiascos have made them begin to doubt their lives.
Even some generals are complaining that landing in Britain was not a good idea in the first place, and now the deduction has failed, which is a matter of course.
But now, when the Germans were ready, landing, and quickly successful, it seemed that there was still a chance to try again.
"Right in the middle!" After hearing that the Führer gave a countermeasure to flank the two wings, Liszt, who had always been concerned about whether his subordinate troops were playing well, clenched his fists.
On his side, Keitel also smiled helplessly - this is really not to blame the Führer, if it were him, he would also look for opportunities on the flanks when the Germans were eager to attack.
The only difference is that if he were in command, he would not have invested such a large force, but would have made a slight attempt to deter the enemy's attack.
'There was nothing to say about the decision, and Dietrich's tactical set-up was successful...... The Führer's main reserves are not much. Brauchitsch followed with "schadenfreude" and gave an impartial verdict: "The Führer's troops are thwarted in their counterattack, and Dietrich can continue to do his own countermeasures." ”
"The defenders' counterattack has been blocked, the attack has been stopped, and now it's your turn to make a decision." With his chin held high, as if he were a victor, the officer who gave the order gave the order to Dietrich.
Too many defeats before have almost made him lose hope of winning. Now that I have this hope, my whole person seems to be refreshed.
Hearing the good news, Dietrich was in good spirits, and he was much more active now than he had just been. If the defenders do not attack on his flanks, it is tantamount to saying that he has wasted the strength of the attack, which is obviously a waste of time.
But now, his prudence saved the Germans, and at least for now, his troops still hold the initiative.
"Continue the offensive near this town leading to the paratrooper position, and open up contact with the paratroopers, so that we can go further!" Dietrich looked at the map and gave a new order.
In the latest landing plan, the army must stay away from the beach as soon as possible after disembarking. The farther away from the beach, the less affected the British Navy was that night.
Everyone knows that this is the most effective method that the German army has come up with in the most helpless situation. But after the first night has passed, how to solve the remaining problems is very worrying.
It is impossible to control the sea area near the landing site, so it is impossible to transport supplies and troops to continue to reinforce the front line with peace of mind. The tens of thousands of troops that landed seemed like a lot, but sooner or later they would be overwhelmed by the British troops that came in like a tidal wave.
The enemy had at least 600,000 men, but the Germans had only 50,000 to 70,000 men - the gap was too great to be bridged.
Dietrich commanded his troops to continue the assault on the town, and the frustrated Führer sent his troops to begin a rigid mode. The two sides fought near the town, and the distance between the paratroopers and the landing force became shorter and shorter.
"What if...... I mean, if ...... Would the offensive have gone more smoothly if one or two armored battalions had been transferred from the Eastern Front and managed to be brought ashore in the second batch? In the referee's room, watching the boring fight between the two sides, Liszt asked Keitel.
Keitel glanced at Liszt, then thought for a moment before replying seriously: "Your suggestion should be feasible, this can at least increase the assault force of some troops." ”
Relying on tanks like the No. 3 and the Pursuer to attack is obviously not as pleasant as directly using the new Leopard tank. With heavy armor and an incredibly powerful 88mm cannon, the new tank can speed up the offensive of the troops.
It doesn't always lead to anything, but it's always a way to go. After all, now, there is less and less room for improvement.
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