On this magnificent sea, with the continuous rumbling of cannons in his ears, the constant whistling of fighter jets and bombers overhead, and the flat deck in front of him, there are groups of well-equipped and high-spirited marines. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the deck of the troop carrier, a colonel officer with a beard and a German Marine Corps field uniform stepped on a large wooden box stacked with miscellaneous items and shouted: "Everyone, ahead is Florida of the United States, our fleet has controlled this sea, our aircraft have controlled this sky, and our mission is to ...... Clear all obstacles and let those self-righteous cowboys surrender at our feet! ”

"Oh...... Oh ......" The soldiers around Dibalt cheered, the main fleet of the U.S. Navy had suffered heavy losses in combat operations in the Azores, Bermuda, and the Caribbean, and the Native Air Force had lost most of its weight in the battle for air supremacy in the Bahamas and Cuba.

"Remember, there are tens of thousands of cowboys in front of us, and they may not be qualified soldiers on the battlefield, but they are brave and fierce since childhood, and their fighting spirit is integrated into their bodies, so we should not take it lightly at any time! Look at that! The amphibious combat vehicle battalions of the 1st and 2nd regiments have already begun to land, and it is time for us to go on the field next. Boys, do a good job, medals and honors are waiting for you! Now, each company will board the boat in turn, so be sure to pay attention to safety. ”

As he spoke, the officer waved his hand, and the line of Marines began to move. In order to rush to the beach more than ten nautical miles ahead, the soldiers also had to change to landing ships and landing craft with smaller displacement, most of the original versions of which had participated in the landing in Britain in 1933, and in the past two years, their families have grown larger and developed several series - including small 10-ton personnel landing craft that can be carried by large landing ships, 20-ton vehicle landing craft, and 40-ton light combat vehicle landing craft. As well as 120-ton mechanized landing craft and 200-ton heavy landing ships that can sail independently, and some are support landing craft and landing gunboats that have evolved from the above-mentioned landing ships.

At 7:20 a.m., Dibalt boarded a medium-sized landing craft with 60 men in the robes of the 4th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd German Naval Division. With a rumbling engine sound, the landing craft quickly left the mother ship and headed in the direction of the beach. By this time, the landing fleet had been preparing for fire for a long time, and aircraft from aircraft carriers and land-based fighters taking off from temporary airfields on nearby islands had also launched heavy air strikes on US fortifications, buildings, and communications on the island, and the US forces on the island had long been unable to use artillery fire to stop the German landing ships approaching the beach.

However, as the baffle in front of the landing ship was lowered, the officers and men of the Allied army soon began to experience the cruelty of war - as soon as their legs stepped into the knee-deep cold water, deadly bullets flew from the woods behind the beach, and the soldiers who rushed out of the landing craft were shot and fell down at the first time, but the soldiers behind continued to rush forward desperately. The sailors on the landing ship retreated the empty ship and tried their best to suppress the fire in the direction of the woods with the light and heavy weapons on the boat, and amphibious tanks and armored vehicles soon joined the battlefield, and some tanks even began to fire at the American positions as soon as the landing ship baffle was lowered - although most of the woods there were flattened by bombs and incendiary bombs dropped by the heavy naval guns and warplanes of the Allied side, and there were only burnt wooden stakes and black scorched earth as far as the eye could see. Many U.S. soldiers, however, survived with tenacious vitality like rats, and used all available weapons in their hands to shoot at the landing Allied soldiers.

When there were still two or three nautical miles from the beach, Dibalt and his soldiers could already hear the sound from the beach very clearly, it was the sound of fierce battle, and it also meant the sound of bloodshed and sacrifice......

Because they were transferred to landing ships from places outside the range of American light artillery, when Dibalt's company finally arrived at the beach, the vanguard landing force cleared the beachhead with more than 2,000 casualties of more than 5 kilometers wide and nearly 1 kilometer deep, so that the follow-up landing force could land on the beach very calmly.

After landing, Dibalt's company was soon given further instructions to advance westward, where the vanguard was stubbornly resisted by the Americans in depth.

Following an armoured assault company with three amphibious combat vehicles and six amphibious armored vehicles, Dibalt's company advanced towards the half-ruined woods ahead, a tactic of infantry and tank coordination that had long been commonplace among German units.

When his own combat vehicles and armored vehicles drove halfway through the open space, Dibalt clearly felt that the opponent's firepower was weakening, and the American troops on the opposite side should not have many heavy weapons in their hands, are they retreating? Or are you ready to resist?

Dibalt quickly found the answer, but it was by no means what he had hoped for.

Although rifle and machine gun bullets could not threaten amphibious combat vehicles with thick armor and amphibious armored vehicles that could resist large-caliber machine gun bullets, they were enough to make the soldiers who followed them lie down to avoid bullets. Alternate attacks on the terrain and attack armored targets in front of the position with anti-tank grenades and incendiary grenades. This method of operation was simple but effective, and in a short time, the German armored assault company lost a small half of its strength, and the surviving tanks slowly retreated, and this reasonable tactical maneuver did not confuse the accompanying marines, and the experienced soldiers did not fire indiscriminately, but lay on their firing positions and patiently waited for the opportunity to kill the enemy with one blow.

After a while, several gray fighters flying from the direction of the sea roared. At such a close distance, both the German officers and soldiers on the opposite side could clearly see the Iron Cross logo under their wings, and the German officers and soldiers loved the black and white Iron Cross as always, while their opponents had the opposite attitude.

The Germans quickly lit up colorful fireworks to guide the attack of the aviation troops, and the German fighters flying in a horizontal formation circled and accurately dropped the bombs, and with a few muffled bangs, a large group of flames rose into the sky!

"Wow! It's an incendiary bomb that can generate a temperature of 1,000 degrees in an instant, so let the poor worms who are against His Majesty the Emperor go to hell! Less than five meters from Dibalt, a mud-stained lieutenant officer climbed up and saw him on one knee, chest high, brandishing a Luger pistol in his hand, beckoning the soldiers to move forward.

Many German soldiers got up from the ground, and the wreckage of the first few tanks was so lonely against the backdrop of the fire.

Dibalt was about to stand up, but a crisp "pop" woke him up, this is the battlefield, and there is no room for slack. Not far from him, the lieutenant, who had been waving his fist just now, was staring ahead with an unbelievable look, and the uniform on his chest was rapidly being soaked with blood.

"Lieutenant! Lieutenant! ”

A non-commissioned officer next to him hurriedly supported the lieutenant, who couldn't stand still, but it was too late, the lieutenant's eyes were still open, but his heart stopped beating.

Dibalt tried to find the woods ahead, but there was no target he was looking for. Apparently, the cold gun came from another place, and perhaps the gunman had already hunted for the lives of German soldiers in the previous battle.

It was not a good idea to stay here, and the commander gave the order to storm at the right time.

"Attack!"

Flattening the lieutenant's body, the non-commissioned officer was the first to rush out, and his angry voice apparently infected the surrounding soldiers who were also angry, and people jumped up from the ground, and after only a moment, everyone erupted into a roar, and there were still enemy soldiers alive in front of them? Are they still firing? No one cares about that anymore.

Shortly after the Marines charged, another group of amphibious vehicles came from the direction of the beach and joined the attack, but their speed was not flattering - although they were already much lighter than their own army tanks of the same class, they still seemed very clumsy to move on such soft ground, and the speed of 40 kilometers per hour was only half of the speed here.

"Don't be in a hurry, keep in formation and move forward at medium speed!"

Dybalt, who walked in the crowd of attackers, shouted to his companions, pausing every half minute to take in what was ahead. The terrifying power of the incendiary bombs turned many of the remaining trees into charcoal, revealing the black soil bags in the shape of steamed buns, and people knew that they were the bunkers of the defenders, without even guessing.

"Lie down!"

The voices of officers and veterans rang out in the crowd almost simultaneously, and in the background was a rapid, whistle-like sound, which did not sound harsh, even soft, but behind them was a very lethal weapon - the American-made M192375 mm howitzer, a very practical short-barreled gun that had been in service for many years, although its range was only a little more than 8 kilometers, it was very light, and the high-arc trajectory allowed it to hide and fire in places that were difficult for the enemy to see.

(End of chapter)