Flare after flare fell from the sky, illuminating the sky west of Cartwright's fishing harbor, which was occupied by the "Royal Army Hanover 'Prince Friedrich' Infantry Regiment". Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info And above this miserable white, hundreds of C-47 transport planes are circling and roaring. The light and the roar reached the fishing port of Cartwright, alarming the resting White Russian officers and men, who had been quite lucky for the past two days. Because the strategy of impersonating the British army worked, there was no heavy exchange of fire in the Cartwright area. The officers and men of the 2nd British (Canadian) Independent Parachute Brigade did not have the strength to attack at all, and withdrew to the Paradise River after firing a few shots. The good Canadian army was stunned to play with the momentum of the stunned people.

The next two days, on the 21st and 22nd, were also peaceful, and the British troops in the area of the Paradise River did not even send reconnaissance troops to the east. Just when Reinhardt and Ribbentrop Jr., who arrived to command a regimental cluster, thought that there would be no bitter fighting in Labrador, a place where birds don't, the American airborne troops arrived.

"Damn, it's the Airborne Forces!" When Ribbentrop and Reinhardt emerged from their hidden headquarters, they saw at a glance umbrella flowers illuminated by flares.

"And a lot! A lot ......" Reinhardt was also shocked by the momentum of the airborne landing in front of him.

He and Ribbentrop Jr. never imagined that the enemy would send troops to the Labrador battlefield, where transportation was extremely difficult, by means of a massive airdrop. Looking at the current momentum, I'm afraid that there are only 20,000 troops in the airdrop, right? That's the size of nearly two divisions. It's easy to drop so many people from the sky, but it's hard to sustain their high-intensity operations off the coast of Labrador.

It is at least 1,000 kilometers from Quebec (Quebec City) and the US state of Maine, and there are no rail or road links available. Logistics supplies all have to be airlifted or airdropped, so how many transport planes do you have to use to deliver them?

"Looks like we're going to have a fight!" Reinhardt, a newcomer to the battlefield, said to Ribbentrop Jr. in an excited tone.

But the latter looked a little dignified, nodded and said, "There is a big battle...... Reinhardt, go and send a telegram to the command and tell them about the US airdrop. I hope that the above has been prepared for this situation, otherwise we will be miserable. ”

At this moment, to the east of the fishing port of Cartwright, the sea near Hare Bay, which was already under the full control of the White Russian and Finnish troops. Although it was late at night, the transfer and beachhead operations were still in progress. The Bremen and Europa, which had been bombed a few days earlier, sailed into Hare Bay, dropped anchor near the beachhead, and used the ship's searchlights to illuminate the surrounding waters as if it were daylight. With the help of searchlights, the cranes on the decks of the two amphibious assault ships are constantly lifting vehicles and supplies from the ships to the landing craft on the water, which are then transported to the beachhead.

In addition to these two huge ships of more than 40,000 tons, two tank landing ships with a displacement of several thousand tons appeared on the beachhead of Hare Bay, and the bow hatches of the ships had been lowered, and a large number of soldiers were carrying boxes of supplies and ammunition from the tank landing ships and loading them onto the trucks next to them.

While the beachhead was still busy unloading, the nearby sky and sea shrouded in darkness flashed from time to time with fireballs, cutting through chains of fire, accompanied by a loud boom, boom.

A fierce battle between sea and air is now underway!

Ever since the European coalition landed at Hare Bay in Labrador, U.S. air forces stationed on Newfoundland have sent planes to carry out air strikes, both day and night. On the night of the 23rd, it was not only the American air force that came up, but also several destroyers with an unknown number of PT torpedo boats near Hare Bay, and are now exchanging fire with German destroyers and S-100 torpedo boats guarding there.

At the same time, there was a fierce battle in the air, and three squadrons of He219 "Owl" night fighters flew from Nuuk airfield in Greenland. Although the number was small, it also caused considerable losses to the US medium and heavy bombers that came to drop the "bat" bombs. But there were still "bat" bombs that landed on the flight decks of the Bremen and Europa, and from time to time they exploded huge fireballs. Although it will not cause significant damage to the huge amphibious assault ship, it will greatly affect the transfer and beachhead operations.

Inside the bridge of the Bremen, the commander of the landing fleet, Admiral Bourchardi, and the commander of the landing force, Rear Admiral Schelleen, both looked very anxious at this time. Not so anxious because of the fierce fighting at sea and in the air, but because they had just received a report that American troops were landing in large numbers.

What surprising news! At least the two of them weren't mentally prepared at all!

The operation to land in Labrador was only a feint, so there were not many troops invested, only 2 brigades. Moreover, the commander who commanded this landing operation was still a rear admiral, and he did not know how the battle on land should be fought at all?

As for the commanders of the two brigades that have already landed, they are nothing more than the rank of colonel and SS colonel. And they are not commanding reliable German troops, but Russian and Finnish troops, and their combat effectiveness is still quite doubtful.

Therefore, after learning of the large-scale airborne landing of the US troops, Rear Admiral Xue Allen immediately sent an urgent telegram to the Marine Corps Command asking for help.

Their emergency telegram soon turned into a screeching telephone ringing, waking up the Hesman Marshal who was sleeping with Chloe in his arms.

"Robert, what did you say?" By the time Hersman picked up the receiver, the morning sun was already shining through the thin curtains into his bedroom and Chloe's bedroom—it was already early April 24 because of the time difference between Germany and North America.

"Ludwig, the Americans threw a large number of airborne troops into Labrador, about 2 divisions."

"2 divisions?" Hersman sat up from the bed and woke his wife, Chloe, to the occasion. Chloe knew that her husband had military affairs, so she didn't say anything, just kissed Hersman on the cheek, put on her pajamas and went to the bathroom to wash up.

"There are at least 2 divisions, all of which were airdropped." Field Marshal Graham said on the phone, "If you count the Canadian troops in the area of the Heaven River before, the total strength is probably close to three airborne divisions." ”

"That's a good thing!" Hersman immediately had a judgment, "The Americans must transport a large amount of supplies, equipment and ammunition for the troops of these three divisions, and also send out warplanes to cover their movements." This will strain Newfoundland's already insufficient air forces! ”

"But there is also a lot of pressure on our troops, we only have 2 brigades there, and they are all foreign troops."

"There will be reinforcements," said Hersmann, "and the SS English and SS Scots are in Iceland, and I will immediately send them to Canada." ”

Both the SS England Regiment and the SS Scotland Regiment were units made up of Fascist volunteers within England. Because to Adolf. Hitler's allegiance, so it was not part of the British Royal Army, and could be used for the Canadian expedition.

According to the plan, the two authentic British groups would be used for the occupation of Newfoundland and, possibly, as spearheads for the Canadian heartland.

"Okay." Field Marshal Graham agreed to Hersmann's arrangement, "and now there is a need for a commander who can command these landing forces...... I don't think Rear Admiral Allen Xue can do that. ”

Rear Admiral Allen Xue is an expert in landing warfare, and his professional knowledge is only on the beachhead, and he does not know how to fight a land battle.

"That's," Hersman thought for a moment, "I'll find a general for the landing force." ”

"Famous general?" Graeme asked, "What kind of famous player?" ”

Hersman had already had a candidate in mind, "How about Alexander?" ”

"Alexander?" Graeme was stunned, "Alexander. Lyle or Alexander. Feng. Falkenhausen? ”

"It's Harold. Marshal Alexander. Hersman replied.

"What? That British field marshal? Field Marshal Graham looked very surprised.

"Yes, that's him!" Hersman laughed and said, "Who better fit than him?" The British army in Canada knows him, right? ”

The idea of using a British field marshal as the titular commander-in-chief of the European Expeditionary Force in Canada was already put forward at the time of the development of the "Fort Gauchberg Plan". Of course, the German General Staff did not want the British field marshal to really take power, but wanted him to face the flag. At the very least, this would demoralize the British army in Canada - it would be unrealistic for Canadians to go to war with the Queen's army for the sake of the United States.

As for the candidates for the generals who actually commanded, Hersmann had already thought about it, that is, Rommel Army General, who was not qualified to be a field marshal until now.

"Well," said Marshal Graham on the telephone, "Marshal Alexander will do the same, but the question is whether he agreed?" ”

"Not yet." "No, I'm going to convince him, that's no problem at all, he'll definitely agree, because he has no choice now." ”

Hersmann was ready to go to England later in person to convince Queen Elizabeth and Marshal Alexander. Although the British had not been very interested in attacking the United States, the situation was different now, because the war had reached Canada. If Elizabeth and Alexander are not willing to come forward, it is uncertain who will be in charge of postwar Canada.

In addition, Britain still has a request for Germany in India!

He added: "As for the temporary commander in the Labrador direction, I intend to put Major General Stauffenberg in the post. He was now in Iceland and commanded the SS British Brigade (consisting of the English regiment, the Scottish regiment and the Welsh battalion). I think he'd be a good fit. ”