In 1935, the combat establishment of the German Marine Corps basically followed the model of the first establishment in 1914, and the platoon where Dibalt was located adopted a four-shift system, that is, three assault squads and one fire support squad, with a full strength of 45 people, equipped with 3 MG-27/30 light machine guns, 1 MG-24 heavy machine gun, and 1 60mm mortar, and the unit firepower density was the highest in Europe. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 In the process of advancing from the beachhead to the depths, the brave and skilled German marines encountered the American defensive fortress group one after another, and the tried and tested assault tactics of the past hit a wall here, and if it were not for the strong air support, they would have to use more blood to open the situation......

"Look, the Spitfire chariot is coming, and the squads are advancing with the chariot, pay attention to alternate cover, and be wary of the enemy's infantry!"

The initial nervousness and apprehension of the ongoing battle left Dubalt behind, and the young sergeant began to use the technical and tactical knowledge he had learned at the military academy and the battlefield experience imparted by the officers to command his soldiers, so that this glorious Marine platoon could play its due light and heat in battle.

A group of chariots rumbling from the direction of the beach formed a "skirmishment line" of armored troops, and the first five in the platoon were the Mark V heavy chariots known as the "battlefield bulldozers" in the past two years, with a total combat weight of more than 40 tons and frontal armor of 80-100 mm. In the Battle of Sheffield in the autumn of 1933, nearly 300,000 British Commonwealth troops and a large number of militia armed forces attempted to rely on the urban defense line to resist the attack of the Allied army.

The Mark V tanks equipped with the German Marine Corps retain the protection and firepower configuration of the army prototype, and are equipped with strange-looking snorkels and reinforced tracks, which greatly improve the ability to wade in water, but when carrying out amphibious landing operations, special tank landing ships are still required to transport them to shallow water areas near the shore, thus limiting the scale of battlefield investment, so they usually appear in the most fiercely contested areas between the offensive and defensive sides.

The silhouette of the Chariot following the "Battlefield Bulldozer" is slightly smaller, they follow the angular design style of German tanks, but the stubby barrel makes their silhouette look different, this is the Spitfire that earned the notoriety of the "Hellbringer" in the Battle of Britain, these "Teutonic Knights" converted from the Mark IV-F Spitfire are also a sharp weapon in positional warfare and urban siege, as long as they are allowed to go within 60 meters, any fortress will be destroyed in flames.

Before the summer of 1933, the U.S. military undoubtedly had the least actual combat experience among the great powers. The Germans fought all over Europe in 1914-1916, Italy fought the Italian-Turkish War in 1912, and entered the war as an Allied power in 1915, and Austria-Hungary also fought on two fronts in that war, although the Japanese missed the war, but they fought fiercely with the Russians in 1904-1905, and in the early 30s, they kicked off the war of aggression against China, and the real war operations of the American army can be traced back to the Spanish-American War in 1898, So when the American GIs appeared on the beaches of Texel, few people had high hopes for their performance, but they showed a fairly high level of technology and tactics in the early days of the Azores campaign, and took the islands of Texel, Pico, and Flores with lightning speed, and basically got the battle point. In Bermuda, the Allied forces paid a heavy price despite the loss of air and sea supremacy, while in the Bahamas and Cuba, it took more than four months of resistance for the US troops to withdraw from these overseas islands to concentrate on defending their homeland. Seeing the German heavy chariots and fire-breathing chariots approaching, their defensive firepower suddenly exploded, and shells of various calibers came one after another, killing and wounding many German marines who were actively following up in a blink of an eye.

Dibalt prostrated down in a standard tactical posture, seeing that several of his soldiers had fallen in a pool of blood, resentment and guilt were intertwined in his heart, and the situation in front of him did not allow him to hesitate, seeing the chariot behind him heading forward, he yelled hoarsely: "It's all here, pay attention to the back and give way to the chariot!" ”

Receiving this reminder, at least four or five soldiers avoided the rolling chariot tracks in time.

Ignoring the dense ammunition of the defenders, the German tank group marched proudly, but their losses also increased rapidly, only to see a Spitfire tank hit by a direct armor-piercing bullet, which instantly exploded into a large fireball, and none of the four crew members escaped purgatory alive. Moments later, another ordinary Teutonic Knight, the Mark IV-C, was punctured, it stopped in smoke, and the surviving crew scrambled out of the hatch, only to be smashed into a sieve by a barrage of bullets...... The Mark V combat vehicle, known as the "battlefield bulldozer", is certainly strong, but it is not invulnerable, and the latest US military is 50 times the diameter of 76. The 2 mm anti-aircraft gun can penetrate the frontal armor of its hull at a distance of seven or eight hundred meters, and after the frantic preparation in 1934, there have been at least 5,000 of these new "armored can openers" equipped with the US military, most of which have been deployed in various defensive lines on the east coast, and the 57 mm anti-aircraft guns in service before the war can also destroy their tracks at a relatively close range, and the more threatening ones in actual combat are those passive defensive weapons, such as high-powered anti-armor mines, and also effectively use infantry anti-armor weapons with a short distance, For example, hollow-charged anti-tank gun grenades and magnetic anti-tank grenades.

In order to reduce the casualties of their own attacking forces, the Allied field artillery quickly fired a wave of rapid fire at the American forts, and the last two rounds were sprayed with chemical smoke bombs. Having lost its direct aim, the US guns were weakened. The blocked German marines took the opportunity to advance, and Dibalt and his platoon rejoined the Spitfires, and according to their previous experience, each squad followed behind a tank in a compact formation, which could both avoid direct enemy bullets, cover the tanks from enemy infantry at close range, and launch a wave of powerful attacks as they approached the enemy positions, but in front of the enemy's well-organized lines, this tactical arrangement was extremely dangerous, Most of the combat squads were buried for the chariots.

This fierce battle has obviously become one of the focal points of the surrounding battlefield, the bombardment of field artillery has just ended, more than a dozen fighters have flown here, there are German Ju-30 and Italian Army Breda Ba-60 bombers, the two are not only similar in appearance, the main performance indicators are also relatively close, although their bomb load, range, speed and self-defense ability are better than Ju-17, and the latest Ju-33 is not inferior, but when it comes to the strike efficiency of small area units, These medium and light bombers, which use horizontal bombing tactics, are far less sharp than dive bombers. After a spectacular and terrifying explosion, few fortresses were uprooted, and most of them were in a state of "resurgence", and then they continued to burst out with fierce artillery fire.

"The last 100 meters!"

The sound of the command from the friendly troops made Dibalt's mind tense all of a sudden, he straightened up slightly, poked his head out of the rear of the chariot and looked forward, the chemical smoke that once obscured his vision was dissipating, the cannon flames and machine gun flames of the enemy fortress were clearly visible, the front of the fortress group was originally standing barbed wire, concrete piles and other obstacles, the previous covering shelling and tactical bombardment had blown the entire obstacle area to pieces, and some of the blackened potholes on the ground were caused by shells and bombs, Some of them must have been planted by the defenders first.

When they reached the nose of the defenders, the resistance of the attacking troops was like an impenetrable wall of fire, and the dense shells cracked on the armor of the chariots, and all the soldiers who followed the chariots, including Dibalt, tried to keep their postures as low as possible so as not to be hit by the flying bullets.

"Attention to the right! There's an enemy demolition team there! Suppress the shot! Suppress the shot! ”

Together with this nervous voice, the soldiers responsible for covering the combat vehicle turned their guns to the right, only to see that between the barbed wire belt and the fortress group, some grass-green figures were looking for a suitable attack position between the craters, M7 anti-armor grenades and M10 anti-armor grenades are their most commonly used individual anti-tank weapons, in addition to a super-caliber anti-armor grenade launcher that is separately equipped with the American army and needs to be operated by a two-person combat team, which is somewhat similar to the "iron fist" made by the Germans in history, Because it was still in the stage of secret experiments, it was not well known to the outside world at this time, and the Allies only obtained a little information about it. These infantry anti-tank weapons have a common feature, that is, the range of action is very short, the farthest is not more than 60 meters, which means that the operator must attack under the nose of the enemy tank and the accompanying infantry, the safest way is to hide somewhere and wait for the enemy to pass, but in the current positional battle, the task of the American infantry is to prevent the Spitfire tanks and flamethrowers of the Allied army from coming to a position that can attack their own fortress as much as possible, in order to achieve this goal, they have no choice, It is possible to move forward only after the end of the enemy's shelling and bombardment.

"The machine guns of each squad fired suppressively to the right! Riflemen, move on! Guys, the light machine gun shoots to the right, and the riflemen move on! Fire support squad follow-up, follow-up! Dibalt shouted, but the battlefield was so noisy that it seemed that only the small squad of soldiers around him had received the order, and the other two assault squads and fire support squads were still in a state of doing their own thing.

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