The UK's more than 150-kilometre stretch of coastline from East Devon to Dorset, known as the Jurassic Coast, is one of the UK's most spectacular coastlines and one of the world's most amazing natural landscapes, and the only place in the world that showcases nearly 200 million years of Earth's history.

On the sandy beaches and cliffs along the coast, as well as on the sea stacks and stone arches, traces of prehistoric history have been left everywhere, including fossils left by many prehistoric plants and animals, among which there are even dinosaur footprints.

But for the Allies, the hard geological structure on the east coast of Devon was capable of carrying heavy equipment for landings, and a large area of connected flat beaches was also suitable for dock landing ships close to the coast.

The day before the day of landing, the 1st and 3rd Divisions of the Royal Marines, which had been ordered to board the ship, encountered stubborn resistance from the British on this beach.

On a landing code-named Cretaceous, the British bunker group set up on low cliffs inflicted great casualties on the first Marine Brigade to land.

After rushing onto the beach, the Allied Marines were in this 4. The 3-kilometre-wide flat beach has no shelter and is confronted by a cluster of bunkers on a cliff 50 metres away. Although the carrier-based "Brute Dragon" attack aircraft destroyed some pillboxes in time, in fact, as long as there was a heavy machine gun in a range of 50 meters, an assault company could be firmly suppressed on the beach.

In order to build a strong coastal defense, the British also invested heavily on this beach. The concrete of each bunker and bunker reached a thickness of several tens of centimeters. Except for the direct hit of Hong's Penguin missiles or naval guns, it is difficult for other Allied weapons to inflict lethal damage on it.

General Kan Aiguo, commander of the 1st Marine Division, jumped like thunder on the command ship, but the artillery bombardment of the battlefleet could not completely remove the dense bunker group.

The 75-mm guns of the Marine Walrus amphibious tank could not destroy the enemy's fire points, but were destroyed by British anti-tank guns.

On the beach, and even in the sea, most of the amphibious tanks and armored vehicles of the land battle emitted black smoke, and the fighters of the 1st Brigade suffered heavy casualties.

They could only crawl helplessly in the sand, bent their heads, curled up as much as possible, and then kicked the beach below them with the military boots on their feet, hoping to kick themselves out of a shallow pit as soon as possible, but this action did not allow them to avoid the bullets.

The British bunkers built on the cliff face made good use of the terrain, and British soldiers could effortlessly shoot bullets at any corner of the beach.

The Vickers-Maxim heavy machine gun, which had already made a name for itself in World War I, once again showed its might, and in nearly half of the pillboxes that survived the bombing, there were two "Vickers". The sight of hundreds of heavy machine guns firing at the same time was so horrific that the casualty figure of the 1st Marine Brigade quickly climbed from three to four digits.

But they had no way to effectively fight back, not even retreat. Lying on the beach, there is a possibility to live a little longer. As soon as you stand up, you will immediately become a live target for machine-gun fire.

The most elite troops, but facing the most difficult landing. The naval guns on the sea were aimed at the beach, but they could not open fire. The 1st Brigade was only fifty meters before the trenches and pillboxes of the British troops. If the cannon is fired, the possibility of accidentally injuring allies becomes infinite.

Breakthroughs can only be achieved by airplanes! The squadron of "Brute Dragon" attack planes on the two aircraft carriers, which was responsible for providing fire support for the landing ground on the east coast of Devon, took turns striking at the British fortifications on the cliffs, and eliminated more than a dozen pillboxes one after another, greatly relieving the pressure on the troops on the beach. The 155-mm "Poseidon" amphibious self-propelled guns also began to wade through the water after the dock ship approached the coast in great danger.

The 1st Brigade, which had planned to open the beachhead in two hours, was not able to organize an effective offensive until the third hour after the start of the landing operation.

Just because you might stand up doesn't mean you can charge. Several assault battalions rushed forward only a dozen meters before they encountered a blockade of mine formations on the beach.

It's so easy to bury a mine on a soft sandy beach, you can bury a mine by digging a pit by hand without a sapper shovel.

Once again, the attack was thwarted, and the few remaining walruses were forced to sacrifice their steel bodies to make a safe passage for the assault queens.

But the British, of course, were not going to sit idly by and watch the minefields be broken. The 6-pounder infantry gun may only be an itch against the "fierce yard", but it is quite effective against the "fierce soldier" weighing only 10 tons.

A safe passage more than ten meters wide also paid the price of all the eleven warriors that the First Brigade could gather.

It doesn't matter, one of the aces of the empire, the 1st Marine Division, will not be short of equipment at any time. The important thing is that these tens of meters of safe passage do not bring "security" to the assault battalion.

The pillboxes built in the "valley mouth" type on the two cliff walls were just right to shoot left and right, and the assault battalion that launched the charge fell nearly a hundred soldiers in a matter of seconds.

The commander of the 1st Marine Brigade stared at his bloodshot eyes and hammered a shallow pit into the sand next to his body.

Many landing craft have reappeared on the sea behind them, and the follow-up landing forces will be assembled on the "Cretaceous" beach one after another, but the 1st Brigade has not taken this cliff for a long time, and at least seven or eight pillboxes are spraying deadly bullets outward.

"Brigadier Commander, get out of the thunder! Otherwise, it's too late, I'll go first! ”

Without waiting for the brigade commander to reply, a Marine soldier took off several grenades from his waist, used his hands and feet together, and quickly crawled towards the minefield.

After a few laps, there was a "boom" sound, and a mine was detonated.

There was a roar from the "Lao Dong ......" team, all of whom were soldiers from the same squad as Lao Dong.

Lao Dong in the minefield seemed to hear the shouts of his comrades, and when one leg had been blown away, he raised his hand, shook it gently, and rolled forward with difficulty.

"Boom...... Boom ......" It was really the third explosion that the bloody old Dong was completely motionless.

"Lao Dong ......" cried, and many soldiers rushed out again, taking off the grenade and other explosives on their bodies in the same way, and then learning Lao Dong's posture to turn sideways, line up in a row, and face the bullets fired by the British soldiers in the trenches on the cliff wall, quickly turned over and rolled.

"Boom...... Boom ...... "Mines were detonated one after another, and the heroic Marines did not have any grandiose words, but wrote the most tragic poems with flesh and blood.

The brigade commander clenched his fists tightly, his nails pierced deep into his palms, and there was a bright red on the "Cretaceous" beach. This smear is so inconspicuous, because the blood of the casualties of the Marines has already stained this beach red.

The assault battalion, which was suppressed by machine-gun fire, watched as its comrades used their bodies to detonate mines, and suddenly a low roar came from the ranks, "Rush!" Still afraid of a dead ball? ”

The machine guns in the bunkers were still firing wildly, and bullets were bursting with blood on the Marines in marine camouflage uniforms. But as long as they still have the strength, running, crawling or rolling, the soldiers of the assault battalion instantly turned into monsters who were not afraid of life and death, and rushed forward, becoming the only belief in their minds.

One fighter after another fell, and one pillbox after another was dumbfounded by thrown grenades. It was only in front of the bunker built in the crack of the cliff that the corpse of the Marine soldier was stacked out of a thick layer, and after the last soldier who could still move in the assault battalion was shot in the abdomen, he leaned back and rubbed forward with his back, but unfortunately the blood gushing on his stomach made him lose most of his strength.

When he threw the grenade with all his strength, he found that the grenade did not fly very high at all, and fell back on top of his body.

The sound of "boom" made all the comrades-in-arms who were staring at him bow their heads in grief.

"Brigadier Commander, let's camp, shall we?"

"Brigade commander, let's come, I promise to take the remaining three pillboxes."

The sound of war is endless, and the Han Imperial Army will never lack warriors and dead soldiers. Not to mention the fact that, like the Guards Regiment, came from the Marine Corps of the Red Guard Regiment.

"Shut up!" The brigade commander roared angrily, "Why don't you shut up Lao Tzu and grab a fart?" Rush to take your brothers to death? ”

"I know that you are not afraid of death, and I am also sad to see the sacrifice of my comrades. But in each bunker of the British army, there are at least tens of thousands of bullets, so how many of us have to fill it? ”

"Communicator, call the division commander, the third beach requests a precision strike!"

The brigade commander's series of angry scolding calmed down the Marine Corps officers, who had become emotional because of the tragic death of their comrades. Maintaining calm on the battlefield is a basic requirement for an army commander, and it is even more important than other command skills.

The angry Kan Aiguo division commander was very glad that he had such an excellent subordinate, and it was too reckless to send the second brigade to reinforce the first brigade just after the attack was frustrated. The landing ground is so large, and the denser the troops, the greater the casualties. If you follow your own temperament, I am afraid that the 1st Marine Division will be crippled.

Thinking of this, Kan Aiguo chose to directly call Admiral Guan Canghai, the commander-in-chief of the navy in the landing campaign, to briefly report the situation on the Cretaceous beach and request that the British fortifications be attacked with shipborne missiles.

It is said that the "Zhiqiu" missile frigate is now the treasure of the entire fleet, especially after the Mai's Penguin air defense missile shot down a number of British planes, the "Zhiqiu" class has become the core air defense force in the fleet of the Han Royal Navy.

Kan Aiguo's application to destroy the British cliff fortifications with fjord penguin ground-to-ground missiles was still quite apprehensive. Everyone knows that the cost of missiles is not low, "Use missiles to bomb bunkers, this idea of your own will not be scolded by the commander, right?" ”

Well, Kan Aiguo is still very self-aware. After the situation was reported, Guan Canghai really didn't allow him to say more, and he scolded him when he opened his mouth, and even piled up such cruel words as "I'm going to shoot you kid", the reason is, "No matter how expensive the missile is, can it still have the life of our Marine Corps soldiers?" Kan Aiguo, you actually saved a few missiles, and threw almost a regiment of soldiers in front of that broken pillbox, and when this battle is over, Lao Tzu will definitely shoot you! ”