In the early days of World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps was still a rather underappreciated branch of the military.

Just look at the weapon, just in 1933, the U.S. Army has been fully replaced with M1917A4 air-cooled heavy machine gun, throughout World War II, the production of this machine gun is extremely huge, how big can it be? When it comes to charging, it's all right to have a strong hand.

With such a huge output, the U.S. Marine Corps actually uses an old-fashioned M1917A1 heavy machine gun with a water-cooled barrel, and the weight is extremely huge.

The Marines were not taken seriously, and it was not until World War II that they had to land across the sea for a large-scale expansion, and then, under the conspiracy of the Army, they were almost incorporated into the Army.

And now, Iceland is mainly guarded by units of the US Marine Corps.

For the United States, Iceland is not meant to be guarded, Iceland is just a springboard, through Iceland to land in England, to land on the European continent, to restore peace in the old world, is their mission.

Under this strategy, the Marines are the first branch of the armed forces, they open up landing grounds, they attack forward, and the land forces behind can calmly move up.

Now Iceland is guarded mainly by the 1st Marine Division and the 3rd Marine Division.

Originally, the 1st Marine Division was the backbone of the Marine Corps, and it was the first elite unit in the United States to conduct special training for landing warfare, and their combat effectiveness was the strongest, but a large number of outstanding and well-trained officers and non-commissioned officers of the division were transferred to serve as the backbone of the newly formed 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions.

At present, most of the members of the 1st Marine Division are new recruits, and their combat effectiveness is no longer on the same level as that of the old 1st Division.

Major General Alexander is also a major general in the Marine Corps.

"Order the 1st Marine Division, immediately go to Keflavik and crush the Germans there!" Lieutenant General Alexander said.

He did not dare to send out all his troops, at least half of them to defend the capital, and, now that the situation was in chaos, the Germans landed across the sea, how many troops could they throw over at one time?

What if the Germans feinted there, and the real target was their own?

In the midst of the hurry, the garrison of the 1st Marine Division was also in chaos.

Originally, they were recruits, and they came to Iceland to train while stationing, and in a non-combat state, many soldiers were not in the army, and they used their vacation time to fight with the women in the vicinity of the station.

Now the horn of an emergency assembly was sounded throughout the base, and the division commander, Major General Van der Grift, stood on top of a truck, held a horn, and shouted to his troops: "Hurry, get into the car nearby, hurry!" ”

On the one hand, the reason for the fact that tanks and other weapons in the United States are given priority to the use of the Army, and on the other hand, their task is to take a landing craft to land on the beach, and those bulky equipment cannot follow the landing craft to come up with them.

At a time when Germany was already equipped with a series of landing equipment, the equipment of the US Marine Corps was still very backward, after all, the United States had not yet reached the time for a counteroffensive, and it would be good if they could hold it.

There were no tanks, only light weapons, and at the same time, they were fully equipped with automobiles, and when the American war machine was in motion, their industrial strength was extremely strong, and the production of automobiles was quite huge.

Many of the soldiers were already in a panic and could not find their immediate commanders, and the formation of the troops was almost disrupted, but Major General Van der Rift did not have that much time.

As a marine, he knew that in the early days of the landing, it was the weakest time, and once the beachhead was held and pushed inland, it would be difficult to fight them back.

Now it's time to rush!

So, a large number of soldiers were dragged into the car like dumplings, filled up, and drove away, and in the back, there were sleepy-eyed soldiers, some of whom didn't even take their guns!

If it was still his previous team, he would have been ready for everything a long time ago! Major General Vandergrif was quite annoyed in his heart.

At this time, in the car that had already departed in front, Colonel Hunt was sitting in the front car, holding a submachine gun in his hand, and his eyes were anxiously looking ahead.

As the commander of the 5th Marine Regiment, he took the lead, and at this time, they had to be brave enough to fight!

His face was full of anxiety, and the situation was obviously not optimistic.

The engines of the trucks rumbled, the cars jolted on the road, and to their right, they could see the waves crashing against the shore, and puffs of humid air blew on Colonel Hunt's face.

Soon we reached the Cape Recha peninsula, and there was a slight arc of the road ahead, and the road turned north, heading straight for Keflavik.

Just after turning this corner, Colonel Hunt saw countless puffs of black smoke rising up, and his face changed dramatically in an instant: "Quick, stop, set up a position immediately!" ”

The black smoke that rose was too obvious, it was the tanks of the Germans, which came out when the diesel engines were working, and the Germans came so quickly that they had already organized a huge tank force!

In general, the first to land on the coast will be infantry, who knows that now there are tank troops, and at this time, everyone's hearts are nervous.

What kind of tank is coming? If it's the kind of amphibious tank of the Germans, don't be too afraid, it turns out that the armor of that tank is quite weak in order to have the ability to float on the water, and you can kill it with your own anti-tank guns!

The cars on the road had no time to dodge, so they had to stay here, and the soldiers behind them, quickly jumping to the left, hurriedly set up a defensive line.

It is impossible to arrange on the right, because on the right is the beach, and blocking German tanks on the beach is almost like looking for death, and at the same time, German tanks do not come along the beach very often, although the tanks are tracked, they are also afraid of soft ground.

On the left, not far away, there are already mountain peaks, and if they are not in a good situation, they can drill into the peaks.

And now, what they need is an organizational line of defense!

John Baslon, a tall man, ran behind a rock on the side of the road, where he quickly prepared the Beuys anti-tank gun he was carrying.

If it were the U.S. Army, it would be able to push out all kinds of artillery now, but the Marines didn't, they only had flesh and blood, and the only artillery was fixed on the coastline of Reykjavik as a firing point, ready to stop the Germans from landing on the beach at any time.

If the anti-tank guns don't work, they can only use anti-tank grenades, which means they have to pay a huge price for casualties!