The flames were raging, the smoke was in the air, and the vast field was littered with broken debris and bloody corpses. The unique smell of burning a large amount of gunpowder spreads in the air, making people feel stuffy and sick. The fiery red flames against the purple setting sun added to the indescribable tragedy and desolation of the battlefield: hundreds of brave officers and soldiers were already buried here, and this was only the beginning of the battle!

In a huge cavern in the field, German airborne soldier Dick was lying exhausted; From time to time, loose sand trickled down from above, burrowing into the collar and cuff of his coat, mixing with sweat into an extremely uncomfortable sticky. However, Dick, who had to exert a lot of effort to lift even one arm, had no time to pay attention to his personal cleanliness at all, and only wanted to recover his body as much as possible in this slightly safe bunker. The comrades-in-arms next to him also had the same idea as him, and at this moment, except for the two who were sentry at the edge of the hole, the rest of the dozen or so soldiers were sitting or lying motionless in the hole; They may have paralyzed their fear and nerves with tobacco, and several soldiers breathed evenly, sleepily under extreme exhaustion.

In the original German battle plan, Dick's 107th Airborne Regiment was supposed to be dropped on the western sector, less than 20 kilometers from Baracoa; As a result, even if the opposing armored corps stationed at Guantanamo took the first action, it would take at least 6 hours to reach them. During this period, the paratroopers of the 107th Airborne Regiment could fully dig trenches, lay mines and build their own fortifications. And in the event of an unfavorable situation on the front line, they can also call the fleet at sea to protect the convoy by radio in guò. The latter were asked to give themselves long-range fire support: both with 203-mm guns on heavy cruisers. Or the large-caliber heavy guns of battleships. They can all deliver fairly precise strikes at this distance.

However, the place where this paratrooper landed turned out to be fatally deviant. A strong northerly wind blew over the local sea area on the 15th, causing the German aircraft group coming from the east to be greatly blown away from its original position; By the time the soldiers of the 107th Airborne Regiment hit the ground, they realized that they had deviated by a full 20 km from the planned landing point. What's even more deadly is that the direction they deviated from was exactly close to the direction of the US military base at Guantanamo, and the main force of the US military deployed there was undoubtedly the strongest enemy that every German airborne force was most unwilling to face!

Seeing that the matter had come to this, the regimental commander, Colonel Barak, could only bite the bullet and let the troops forcibly carry out the order. Troops gathered from all over the country began to build improvised fortifications on the spot, and the precious 75-mm recoilless gun was carefully concealed: due to its unique working mechanism. This makes this artillery much less concealed than conventional artillery, and the opponent can determine that there must be a situation in a certain place if they find it dusty. In less than two hours when the German fortifications were still in the formative stage, the reconnaissance unit received battlefield information that made Barak's heart tremble: a brigade with hundreds of tanks, hundreds of vehicles, and more than 3,000 soldiers had appeared in the western region less than 7 kilometers away from him; And the lineup of these US troops who came to kill them is still intensifying over time!

In less than a quarter of an hour, American artillery towed by trucks opened fire on the Germans in the distance. The German paratroopers had to throw down their sapper shovels and endure heavy shelling in less than a third of the fortifications; From time to time, soldiers were thrown into the sky by the waves of air from close explosions, and their bodies were on fire, their flesh and blood shattered, and their deaths were horrific. Finally, after the end of the shelling, a large number of tanks appeared in front of the German position, which was no more than a kilometer away from the Germans, surrounded by thousands of soldiers. Although the 76.2 mm tank gun is not as powerful as the M101 105 mm howitzer just now, it is better than the incomparable accuracy when firing at close range; After a few rounds of shelling. The German counter-attack was greatly weakened by a crash, and the American infantry followed the tanks obscenely. With the help of the cover of these steel behemoths that are not afraid of bullets, they make a big breakthrough towards the enemy positions in front of them.

In the face of the US armored forces, which had an absolute superiority in heavy weapons, Rao was as skilled as the German airborne troops, and he also suffered heavy trauma under the massive steel poured by the opponent. The recoilless guns, which could pose a threat to the US Sherman tanks at long distances, were obviously targeted, and they were destroyed in a short battle, and the German paratroopers had to rely on the "iron fist" with a range of only 50 meters, looking for an opportunity to attack the tanks that were accompanied by many infantry. To add insult to injury, the US planes also carried bombs to support their infantry in land battles, and the 250kg aerial bombs were 100 times more terrifying than the 105mm shells, so that the German soldiers near the explosion point were shocked to the brains, their organs were bleeding, and finally they fell to the ground weakly!

By 5 p.m., seven hours later, more than 600 of the nearly 2,300 officers and men of the 107th Airborne Regiment had been killed, wounded or missing. In total, the US military deployed more than 200 tanks and nearly 10,000 soldiers in the attack, and another 60 sorties of aircraft were dispatched to provide support. The only thing that comforted these lone officers and men was that their own air force dispatched more fighters than the enemy to bomb and straf, and stopped the enemy's advance momentum for a certain distance. If it were not for this, they would definitely not be able to fight and retreat under the strong pressure of the American army, and retreated nearly 5 kilometers to the east and still maintained a relatively intact front. By this time, however, the German paratroopers had been exhausted from the brutal and unexpectedly unexpected, and nearly half of their ammunition had been consumed; Although the STG-34 assault rifle in their hands can reach the ultra-high rate of fire of machine guns with rifles and has a huge advantage in infantry combat, these guns in their early 5kg range are no worse than those heavyweight counterparts in terms of devouring bullets!

"Boom! Rumble! A huge explosion suddenly sounded without warning, the sand swept up, and Dick, who was lying in the crater, suddenly stirred up, and reflexively grasped the assault rifle hanging from his waist. After a short time, the comrades-in-arms who were in charge of guarding the ground hurriedly ran back to the bottom of the crater and said loudly: "The Americans are attacking again, everyone is ready to fight with all their might!" ”

"Damn Americans, are they made of iron?" Dick struggled to get up from the crater and cursed loudly. In the past seven hours of fighting, the U.S. military has launched a full 10 tank and infantry cluster charges, counting this one, it is the 11th attack of the opponent today. Even if you can carry a standard weight of 35kg in daily training and achieve good results in the 20km cross-country run, you still feel that your body is not listening to you. In fact, this is not due to the physical strength of the American soldiers, but the reason why they occupy an absolute advantage in strength: with a four-fold advantage in strength, they can easily rotate the reserve troops and the first-line troops to attack, while the German paratroopers can only grit their teeth again and again with the strength of the whole army, and do their best to repel the opponent!

Artillery fire roared, guns whistled, and a new round of confrontation between the two sides before sunset began. Dick dragged his tired body across the battlefield of death, and the assault rifle in his hand was heavier than ever: since acquiring the weapon, he had admired its lightness with the utmost words, like many members of the Airborne Forces, and lifted it hundreds of times with one hand; But now, for the first time, he felt powerless. As he threw a grenade, Dick felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder, as if it had been dislocated; The second grenade was forced to stop, and three of the five aggressive American soldiers were able to escape in a rolling and crawling escape.

Hundreds of meters away, a tall American tank was rumbling towards it accompanied by more than 20 infantrymen, and its pitch-black barrel was pointing in its direction; Dick was covered in sweat and rolled to the bottom of the dirt slope beside him with his weapon, and the dust kicked up swept his face. At present, he does not have any anti-tank weapons in his hands, and if he is locked by the opponent's artillery, he can only die; Although he had also been exposed to a course called "anti-tank gymnastics" during his training, which allowed him to stop his opponent by climbing the tail of the tank to destroy its engine, Dick knew how unreliable this crazy idea was when he looked at the open terrain around him and the dozens of infantry following behind him!

Machine guns roared, bullets rained down, and flying bullets splash www.biquge.info ed a little dust on the dirt slope, crushing Dick and several other soldiers to the point where they couldn't lift their heads at all. However, the order to retreat was not given, and they had to be nailed to this crucial position, and they must not retreat half a step back. In the midst of a rush of footsteps, an infantryman running with an iron-fisted anti-tank rocket finally appeared in Dick's field of vision. It was Private Maier, who had lived in the same barracks with him when he enlisted, and his body was showing signs of exhaustion due to the long and high-intensity fighting, but his eyes still flashed with desire and fanaticism for victory.

"When the American tank gets closer, we'll beat it down!" The arrival of the Iron Fist gave the German squad a boost of confidence, and they began to hold their breath and judge the distance of their target by the sound of their tracks pressing on the ground. Although their physical fitness was severely weakened, the experience of these elite troops was not lost in the slightest, and soon they reached the critical point of launching an attack. With the order of a corporal, six German soldiers behind the dirt slope leaned out together and violently suppressed the opposing infantry with their automatic weapons; Meier, who was carrying an iron fist on his shoulder, took the opportunity to fire armor-piercing shells at the American tank less than 50 meters away, and the strong air currents from the tail of the launcher set off a raging wind. However, at the same time, a cloud of scarlet blood suddenly exploded on Meier's neck, and faintly, he saw that the American tank was hit by an armor-piercing bullet, and he felt a burst of joy in his heart, and he could no longer feel anything. (To be continued......)

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