"No, we're too slow!" Haldegen complained incessantly, he had wanted to rush to Reykjavik in one go, but who knew that he was being blocked by the Americans.

It was the first head-to-head confrontation between the German ground forces and the American ground forces.

On the whole, Germany was definitely on the advantageous side, they had tanks, they were attacking, they took advantage of the raid.

The Americans are second-line troops, and they are in a hurry.

However, objective conditions limited the forces that Halfgen committed, and their offensive surface was not so wide that the American infantry was able to block them, and at the same time, in the back, the Americans were laying out mine positions in a vain attempt to delay the offensive of the German troops!

For the German army, it was supposed to maintain a crushing situation, once it became a tug-of-war, it would be too hurtful to self-esteem, you know, this reflects the excellent combat effectiveness of the German Navy, and it must not be compared with the army!

At this time, just a hundred kilometers away on the sea, Lieutenant General Machar's face was firm.

Although his personality is somewhat incompatible, in terms of command ability, he is definitely the strongest in the entire navy, and even the head of Sillik favors him, and his future is limitless.

And now, the first landing force has encountered resistance, and next, how should we fight back?

Well, it's time to use a new tactic for the drill!

"Dispatch the 1st Air Assault Regiment of the 3rd Marine Corps, use frog-jumping tactics, and land directly in Habnafjörður!" Lieutenant General Machar finally gave a new order.

Hearing his order, his subordinates were excited, they thought that they would not see this landing method this time, after all, it is the latest to appear, and it has not been tested in any way, who knows, the American defenders in Iceland do not know whether they are alive or dead, so let them see the new landing methods of the German Navy!

Vice Admiral Machar's order was soon transmitted to the four Goethe-class escort aircraft carriers in the formation.

With the integration of the whole European industry in Germany, there was a leap in productivity, and the escort aircraft carriers were one after another, and by now, the German Navy had more than fifty such aircraft carriers.

They can also be refitted, and these four escort aircraft carriers are very different from the previous ones.

It is no longer used to take off and land fixed-wing aircraft, the catapult is removed, there is no longer a blocking cable behind it, and the equipment it carries has become an airplane and helicopter that can take off and land without taxiing!

After Ciric's prompting, Dr. Anton Fly suddenly realized that the problem that had plagued him for many years was easily solved, and there was no longer a defect in handling, and the hummingbird helicopter began to develop in great strides.

Almost in just one month, two helicopters were finalized, Hummingbird 2 and Hummingbird 3.

Among them, Hummingbird 2 is a general-purpose helicopter of the Navy, which uses the same 2000 horsepower star air-cooled engine as the F190, with an empty weight of 5 tons and a maximum take-off weight of 7.5 tons.

It is an all-rounder of the navy, which can perform a series of tasks such as maritime reconnaissance, naval gun calibration, throwing depth bombs and anti-submarine, and at the same time, it can also transport personnel.

It has a large crew compartment at the rear that can carry a crew of 15 people, and the overall level is about the same as that of the later Soviet Mi-4 helicopters.

As for Hummingbird 3, it was developed for the Army.

In wartime, everything was simple, and as soon as the prototype was finalized, the German Navy placed an advance order for 200 aircraft to be produced in converted helicopter factories in France and England.

Because the production of engines is insufficient, some of the engines made in the UK are made in the UK, and the power is similar, but it is changed to water cooling.

This is only an upfront order, and at least a thousand more orders will be placed in the future.

When the helicopter entered the German Navy, it was immediately welcomed by the captains, and there was no need to go to the sea to recover the carrier-based aircraft, and it was hoisted back with a crane, and this kind of aircraft could land directly on their own deck!

At the same time, at the suggestion of Ciric, the Marine Corps also received hundreds of helicopters, creating an air assault regiment of the Marine Corps.

In the process of landing, the German Navy can have a three-dimensional landing of helicopters in addition to conventional beach-rushing landings and hovercraft landings!

At the same time as the transformation of this regiment, there are several Goethe-class aircraft carriers, which have been simultaneously transformed into amphibious assault ships, with helicopters as the main way, and there are also Marine Corps member cabins on them.

This time there was no intention to use it, but the first batch of troops to land rushed to Reykjavik in one go, and the later troops could land from Keflavik Harbor one after another, and the battle would be over.

Who would have thought that they would encounter the resistance of the Americans and delay their actions, then let the Americans try their own new ways!

The 10,000-ton Goethe-class was floating on the sea, and at this time, on the deck, ten helicopters in front and behind were preparing for takeoff.

The deck is not large enough to fly all 20 helicopters at once, and when the first batch takes to the skies, the second group will be lifted up from the hangar by elevator and then released.

"Quick, quick, get on board now!" The regimental commander, Lucas, shouted loudly, wearing the same Marine uniform as everyone else and carrying the same 6.8mm rifle, as he ran towards the helicopter.

At this time, the helicopter had already started up, and the entire deck was filled with a whining roar, and as the propellers turned, streams of air flew across the deck.

They were no stranger to this situation, and they also conducted several exercises on the way to come. Treat the exercise as a real combat and the actual combat as a drill.

Lucas jumped into the helicopter and sat on a bench like a maza inside, followed by a telegraph man with a small radio on his back.

The big machine gunner Phillips, who was the last to come up, did not sit in it at all, but sat on the cabin door at once.

The doors on both sides were open, relatively smooth, and he could stretch his legs while sitting like this, and at the same time, he hung the armed belt around his waist on the safety belt, so he didn't have to worry about falling halfway.

"Take off, take off!"

With the command, the roar of the engines was louder, the propellers on the top whined, and in the huge air current, the helicopter rose from the ground and flew directly from the deck!

(The real helicopter technology was developed after World War II, and it was quite mature in the fifties, and the originator of the helicopter was still from Germany, and now there is a protagonist crossing, and it is completely in the field of technology.) ）