Chapter 195: Armored Paratrooper Division (4)

"We surrender, don't fight, we surrender ......"

The British troops in front began to surrender, the scene was chaotic, the British troops in the rear were fleeing, Milou had to pursue them immediately, block them, drag them for thirty minutes, and wait for the following paratroopers to come to completely annihilate these British troops, if these British troops were let go, it would definitely increase the difficulty for the SS to capture the next target.

As for these British prisoners in front, Milou put more than 500 paratroopers who followed him in charge, and he immediately ordered all the tanks to leave the road and plunge forward, and the British collapsed infantry had completely lost order and fled to the airport in a swarm, because the airport had British tanks, but unfortunately it was about thirty kilometers away from the airport on the island of Malta, and it was absolutely unrealistic for a heavily armed soldier to run thirty kilometers.

"Boom...... Boom...... Da Da ...... Da Da ......"

Milou's Tucker assault group galloped wildly in the somewhat rugged wilderness, occasionally firing a few shots and bullets at the desperately fleeing British troops, which made those British soldiers panic even more, and hurriedly threw away the rifles in their hands to reduce their burden, so that they could escape faster.

The British army ran wildly on the road, the SS tanks were speeding on both sides of the road, the roaring tanks carried the dust in the sky, rolling forward, and occasionally a few shells fell into the running British army, even if the British commander wanted to stop the collapse of the British army, it was impossible, the defeat was like a mountain, that people could stop it, at this time the panic of the British army permeated the whole army, and such a huge tank attack group appeared on the island of Malta, which was unexpected by the British commander. The British army was already a group of routed soldiers without command, without order, without weapons. Waiting for them can only be annihilation or surrender.

Zhang Jun's first step was achieved, and the airborne distance was not willing to let his airborne and fall into the trap of the British army, and the distance of more than 30 kilometers was not much distance for the tank, and a charge was just there, although Zhang Jun's armored paratrooper division was only equipped with the No. 3 light tank, and the thickest part of the front armor was only more than 40 mm, and even the 37 mm anti-tank gun could not be carried, but unfortunately the British troops on the march did not even have the opportunity to deploy the artillery, and they were defeated.

6.30 At this time, the sky was already bright, the sky was clear, occasionally a few white clouds drifted by, the second wave of SS planes began to take off, the roar of the planes at the three airports in Crete was deafening, each airport reached 300 Junkers transport planes, "Aunt Junkers" in World War II, was still a very good aircraft, that is, the range was not very far only 1260 kilometers, the combat radius was only 600 kilometers, this airborne in order to solve this problem, all the "Junkers" had to reduce their carrying capacity by one-third, It is used to hang the auxiliary fuel tank, so that "Aunt Juncker" can fly back and forth.

With the rise of three red signal flares, hundreds of "Aunt Junkers" roared into the air, one by one "Aunt Junker" plunged into the sky like crows, hundreds of planes took off at the same time, the momentum was earth-shattering, the vibration in the air, even the tea in the control tower unconsciously vibrate, and all kinds of insects in the airport grass were also panicked, skewering everywhere, hoping to find a safe place to hide.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

The black pressure "Aunt Junker" group is in the air formation, because it is three airports taking off at the same time, and the three airports are also far and near from the island of Malta, in order to avoid the airborne group is too dense when airborne, so the group of each airport is grouped into a group, so that the airborne landing also has an order, the first to arrive first airborne, and the later one will wait for the front airborne to finish before landing.

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The former enemy headquarters of the SS in Crete, Zhang Jun and Rommel finally breathed a sigh of relief after listening to the intelligence of the communications officer, the SS armored paratrooper division was airborne smoothly and did not encounter any scale of attack, as long as the armored paratroopers landed smoothly, Zhang Jun and Rommel believed that their armored assault group could definitely consolidate the airborne field, and the battle should be said to have been victorious, at least the first step was successful.

"Report, Captain Milou is calling."

"Read."

"Report to the commander, our armored paratrooper assault group has already routed a British division that came to attack, and is now in pursuit, and the SS is victorious."

"Okay, Milu did a good job, I want to take credit for Milu."

Zhang Jun couldn't help but be overjoyed, it seemed that his plan was going well, the happy Zhang Jun had not yet reached the point of getting carried away, Zhang Jun tasted a tea comfortably, and then asked Rommel who was in a daze in front of the map.

"My lieutenant commander, are our six-barrel rocket launchers ready?"

"Don't worry, my commander, I have prepared a rocket artillery regiment, and when the first wave of B-29s comes back, we can immediately transfer our rocket artillery to support, as long as our airborne landing point is safe, I dare to guarantee that the British are dead."

The Type 39 150mm rocket launcher is a 6-company rocket launcher, 6 launch tubes arranged in a 6-angle shape, assembled together, and mounted on a towable two-wheeled trolley. The length of the rocket launch tube is 1.3 meters, the outer diameter is 160 mm, the launch tube is not rifled, and in order to keep the rocket stable in the launch tube, there are three 17 mm guide rails in the launch tube.

There is an inverted bracket on the two-wheeled traction trolley, which should be put down and fixed when shooting, and play a stabilizing role, and the rocket launch tube can have a pitch angle of 5~15 on the launch frame, and it can rotate 27 degrees left and right. The total combat weight of the entire system is 536 kg, which is generally towed by the SDKFZ.11. The ignition method is wired ignition, and the ignition cable is generally 10 meters to ensure that the rear flame does not harm the operating soldiers. The interval between firing is 2 seconds, and it takes 90 seconds to load 6 rockets. The 150-mm rockets have a total length of 0.931 metres (grenades) and 1.015 metres (smoke screens) and are charged with propellant in the front and 26 flamevents in the tail and explosives or smoke in the rear. This arrangement is special, and its purpose is to increase the explosion height of the rocket when it hits the ground and explodes, so as to increase the killing effect of the fragments. The rocket is stabilized by rotation. There are two types of shells: grenades and smoke grenades. The total weight of the grenade was 31.5 kg, and the smoke screen was 35.5 kg. The muzzle velocity of the rocket is 340 m / s, the range is 7062 m (grenade) and 6900 m (smoke bomb).

"Well, our deputy commander seems to be quite confident."

"Of course, my commander, you don't know the power of our rocket artillery, the power of a shell can be comparable to the power of a 155 howitzer, a rocket artillery can blow up a crater of nearly ten meters, the momentum of continuous shooting is earth-shattering, the rocket warheads flying all over the sky are overwhelming, countless rocket warheads are dragged with long flames, like a meteor piercing the sky, looking at this spectacular situation, absolutely comfortable."

"Well, look at your beauty without bounds."

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The second wave of the SS parachute went very smoothly, all of them were airborne at the airborne site, the airfield and Valletta had not yet been taken, and the division sent by the British had surrendered, and more than 10,000 were captured by the SS paratroopers.

8;30 minutes when the B-29 began to return to the airport, at this time the three airports have been waiting for hundreds of six-barrel rocket launchers, each airport is about a battalion, in fact, this six-barreled rocket launcher is very light, only more than 500 kilograms, airborne is also very convenient, that is, the three base ammunition is heavy enough, almost all the B-29 needs to participate in the transportation, in order to make so many rocket artillery and ammunition in place at one time.

The SS six-barrel rocket launcher is 4 in a squad, 12 in a platoon, 40 in a company, 120 in a battalion, and 360 in a regiment. Therefore, Zhang Jun's current SS army has a rocket artillery battalion in each division, with 120 rocket artillery and 120 rocket artillery salvos, which is enough to destroy targets of several square kilometers.

"Quick, you bring the cannons up, you put the ammunition up, quick...... Be careful...... Fast. ”

The three airports in Crete were suddenly busy again, and everyone was nervously busy, carrying rockets to the B-29s, carrying ammunition, and the roars of commanders at all levels filled the airfields.

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

All the B-29s began to taxi into the runway, as for the B-29 crew although they flew for three hours, a little fatigue is certain, if they are really a little sleepy, drink some coffee to refresh themselves, must complete the flight mission satisfactorily, these B-29 pilots are all German elite pilots of choice, this flight time is still difficult for them.

B-29 planes are like whales in the deep sea, flying through the air, and the B-29 in the sky is earth-shattering, and the mountains and rivers change color. These B-29s carry more than 300 six-barrel rocket launchers, once they reach the island of Malta, will the British ** team still have a chance? There is no chance to turn over at all.

As for the British planes and airfields on the island of Malta, in the first wave of attacks, they were blown up by the ten B-29s loaded with bombs, of course, the airfield was also seriously damaged, and after the SS paratroopers grabbed the airfield, they would immediately rush to repair it, which would take about two or three days. As long as the SS seized the airfield and repaired it, the British fleet in the port of Valletta would have been completely annihilated by the German JU87 dive bombers.

At this time, the British troops on the island of Malta had lost the protection of the fighters, and there was no hope of victory, and Freiberg was surprised that he did not say anything for a long time when he knew that Germany had actually airborne an armored paratrooper division, and when Freiberg came to his senses, he immediately sent the latest situation to Churchill and reported all the true conditions on the island of Malta to Churchill.

An armored paratrooper division, the power of German armor, Churchill of course knew that although he still had more than 30,000 people on the island of Malta, he had lost all his planes at this time, and the airfield was also destroyed, in this case Churchill knew that the island of Malta could no longer be defended.

Although Churchill sent vicious words to Zhang Jun, and also greeted the women of Zhang Jun's family, it still could not change the status quo of Malta Island, Churchill was a hero, absolutely capable of judging the situation, and would not die in the case of knowing that he could not do it, and sacrificed the soldiers of the British Empire in vain...... (To be continued.) )