Chapter 734: A Meat Grinder-Like Battle
Dover.
The sky is gradually getting brighter.
The nearby sea water was already stained red with blood, and if it weren't for the fierce firefight, there would have been swarms of sharks, and at this time, on the beachhead on the shore, the battle was still raging.
Here, it becomes a meat grinder-like battle.
There are about 100 amphibious tanks across the sea, scattered on several kilometers of beachhead, and now, most of the tanks have been destroyed.
And on the opposite side of them, an almost equal number of destroyed tanks.
If it was the Panther 3, it would have rushed up at this time, but now, the weak armor of the amphibious tank has no chance of surviving in front of an ordinary 2-pounder anti-tank gun.
The remaining amphibious tanks, instead of moving on, put on a defensive formation.
In front, there are those destroyed tanks, which block the view of the other side, and the tanks in the back, acting as a fixed battery and constantly firing shells at the opposite side.
At the same time, the French volunteers charged the opposite side again and again, hoping to break through the opposing defensive line, but each time they charged, they could only leave a batch of corpses.
The casualties on the side of the British ** team were also very large, and in the dark, the German dive bombers were still diving down at high speed without fear of death, diving down towards the British firing points one by one.
The death rate of the machine gunner is terrifyingly high, and someone calculated afterwards that even at night, the machine gunner will not live for five minutes!
At first, the body of the machine gunner was carried down, and later, when there was no time at all, the corpses were stacked on top of each other and stacked next to the machine gun position.
However, the British did not compromise.
Josephine crouched on a machine-gun position, and in front of him was the Maxim heavy machine gun, which had been blown up and had leaked out, and Josephine untied his clothes and plugged the hole.
Just ten minutes ago, the machine gunner here was killed, and there were only three people left in the infantry platoon where Josephine was located.
He vomited several times, there was nothing in his stomach, he began to vomit sour water, bitter water, even bile vomited, in the air around him, this smell of blood was disgusting, but he did not give up, when the other party began to attack, his machine gun, had to fire again!
He knew that maybe the next moment, he would die here, but with so many people around him dying, he didn't care about anything at all.
It's dawn.
Squatting behind an abandoned amphibious tank, Jacques Dorio, also pale.
Who would have thought that the battle would be fought like this?
"Ask Calais for reinforcements, we've been waiting on the beachhead for so long, why haven't reinforcements come up yet?" Dorio shouted.
They were the first wave of troops to land, and as soon as they carved out a beachhead, the troops behind would continue to land, but their sneak attack turned into a strong attack, and in this case, they were in dire need of reinforcements!
The voice of the wireless soldier was already hoarse, but the sound never appeared, and inside the headphones, there was a harsh interference sound.
Radio interference is not only in Germany, but also in the UK, where electronic technology is also quite good!
"Führer Ciric, will not give up on us." The commander of the amphibious tank unit, Walker, said: "Now, the landing ships in our rear cannot be dispatched yet, do you see the back? ”
Behind?
They had been at a distance of several hundred meters, unable to sprint, and now, it could be seen that in the rear of the opponent's position, in the fortifications one by one, thick barrels were exposed.
Shore defense artillery! And all of them are large-caliber, more than a hundred millimeters, and even more than two hundred millimeters!
If your landing ship approaches here, these shore defense guns will open fire! For landing ships, these shore defense guns are deadly!
This kind of large-caliber coastal defense artillery is not so easy to manufacture, and the recent reconnaissance has not found these secretly hidden coastal defense artillery at all, it is conceivable that the British have been prepared for it a long time ago here!
"We have to hold on, as long as we hold this sandy land, now that it's dawn, I estimate that our air force will send more bombers to blow up those coastal defense guns, and then the landing ships can be dispatched." Walker continued.
Now, they have to hold this place firmly and wait for the troops to seize air supremacy!
As soon as his words fell, he heard the sound of a bomber overhead, and when he looked up, his face changed.
Blenheim bombers flew from the west, flew over their heads, and flew across the channel!
The German bombers were dispatched all night, and the high-intensity sorties made them temporarily stagnate, and now, the bombers of the British were actually the first to be dispatched!
Bomb the German ** base on the opposite side and shatter the Germans' dream of landing!
This arduous task was entrusted to the British bomber force, and as the backbone of the bombing force, the Blenheim bombers once again carried out the task.
At the front of the pack was the 600th Bomber Squadron, Squadron Leader Curtis sitting in the cabin, knowing how difficult his task was.
The last time their companions sailed at night and ended up with their wings folded over Berlin, this time they were in the daytime and faced even more danger.
As soldiers, they had no choice, and when they flew over their own defenses, they had already seen the brutal battles on the lines, and they could even feel the smell of blood.
Bombing missions are dangerous, but what about battles on the ground? The casualties are even greater!
Dozens of kilometers of the strait passed almost in a flash, and when the battle on the beach was still seen here, the navigator and bombardier in front was already searching for ground targets.
Tanks, a large number of tank units of the Germans, were waiting in the open space of the port of Calais!
"Enter the bombing route and prepare to drop the bomb." The bombardier shouted loudly: "Discover the tank units of the Germans!" ”
Curtis sat calmly in the cockpit of the bomber, feeling the turbulence of the air currents and the bewitching black flowers appearing in the air around him.
That's an anti-aircraft artillery shell, and the other side is already firing at you!
Leave him alone, keep flying, get ready to drop bombs!
"Oh God!" At this moment, the machine gunner behind shouted loudly, and he opened his eyes wide and looked at the bomber flying with him on the side, at this time, the wing of the plane had been broken, and flames were burning at the break, and the bomber, as if it had turned into a stone, fell downward.
The artillery fire on the ground is too fierce!