Chapter 296
The first night of the Germans in Dover was catastrophic. Chaos continued throughout the night.
There was a constant exchange of fire from airships in the sky, and the troops on the ground were cowering in the trenches to hide the bombs falling from the sky.
If it weren't for the fact that during the day, the Germans lost too many troops. Taking advantage of the night assault, it may be possible to drive the Germans back to the sea.
But all this can only be if.
Douglas. During the day, Haig launched a desperate counterattack to drive the unheard German army into the sea.
And for this purpose, he threw in all the reserves in his hands and all the nearby forces.
By night, Haig had less than 20,000 men left.
In any case, with the strength of his troops, it was absolutely impossible to drive the Germans into the sea.
It was dawn and the beach was miserable. There were airship wreckage everywhere, and the corpses in the pods had been burned to black char.
There are also some pods that were simply torn to pieces by the impact of the explosion.
Rommel looked at the scene in front of him, and he wanted to cry without tears.
Last night, his troops had just come ashore and had not yet figured out the north, south, east, and west. was smashed by two airships falling from the sky!
One of the airships was also loaded with a large amount of explosives.
A huge explosion engulfed a company directly.
I didn't even see the face of the British, and I was directly reimbursed with one face.
When he was in France, the Seventh Division was almost bare-bottomed. It was still by relying on the care of the Führer that the large-caliber mortar purchased from the Ming Dynasty was transferred.
In the army, Rommel already had the title of butcher. Now I haven't seen the British yet, this incident happened, and it has made Rommel's "good reputation" even more solid
As an officer of the lucky army, Rommel was originally an important material for chewing the root of the tongue.
Rommel was still holding back his strength, ready to make a name for himself in the Battle of England. Unexpectedly, there was a black opening.
"The whole division is deployed, and the assault is advancing towards London." Rommel cleaned up his bad mood and gave orders to his men.
The lineage is the lineage, and the treatment is absolutely not bad. The glory of the first army to enter Paris is forever written in the military history of the 7th Division.
Now, Rommel is going to fight for the first one to make it to London.
If he can accomplish such a feat, he will surely shine in the annals of history as a division commander.
"Yes!" The chief of staff answered and began to direct the troops to advance.
After the Battle of France, the 7th Division suffered more than 70 percent casualties.
It can be said that the current 7th Division is almost rebuilt.
Not only were the personnel re-mobilized from the various units, but the equipment was also the best in Germany.
From this point, it can be seen how eccentric Ashi is.
The commander-in-chief of the landing, Rundstedt, felt that since the Seventh Division was the best equipped and the personnel were the elite drawn from various units, it would use the Seventh Division as an arrow and advance directly into London.
The purpose and strategy of the German army in this operation was very simple, to attack London directly after landing. After taking the capital of England, all problems will be solved.
Moreover, the Port of Dover is only a little more than 100 kilometers away from London.
According to the calculation of advancing 20 kilometers a day, it only takes a week to reach the bottom of the city of London.
London has not been attacked for hundreds of years, and the last time London fell was during the Duke of Normandy's conquest of England.
Li Xiu got up very early in the morning, stood on the battleship illuminated by the morning sun, and looked at the battlefield with thick smoke in the distance.
Second master, the Germans suffered heavy losses last night. Not only did dozens of airships be lost, but more than 800 people were also lost on the ground.
But that's not the most humiliating thing!" Chen Laohu appeared behind Li Xiu like a ghost. "That's shameful enough, and even more humiliating?" Li Xiu was a little puzzled, and turned his head to look at Chen Laohu.
"Huh! Of course, there is an even more humiliating thing, there was a scuffle in the sky last night.
The airships are falling down one after another, but this morning I checked it. Good guys, the British have only three airships.
For the rest, it was the German airships that fought themselves. After a battle, dozens of airships fell.
I really don't know how these Germans are trying to identify friend and foe. Chen Laohu caressed the railing with his hand and looked at the jokes of the British on the shore in the distance.
"We've been using airships for a long time, so we naturally know how to get a friend or foe identification system. The Germans have only been using airships for a few years, how do they know this.
This matter, the eldest brother still sees it far. Back then, when the lights were hung outside the airship, many people were still puzzled. Say something to expose the target or something!
But now it seems that this is the best way to go.
In the dark night, as long as you see the lantern hanging on the side chord of the airship, you will know if it is your own airship.
It's its own airship, and of course everything is fine.
It's not your own airship, that's easy to do, just take it down.
Li Xiu chuckled, he didn't expect that the Germans would make such a serious mistake. However, I believe that after such a night, the Germans will soon come up with their own friend or foe identification system.
"Report!" The staff officer walked over with a telegram clip in his hand.
Chen Laohu took it and took a look at it, and hurriedly handed it to Li Xiu.
"The Germans are going to attack London, and they want to go to London in advance and shell London?" Li Xiu glanced at it and handed the telegram back to the military staff officer.
"Damn, it's going to shell London. Lao Tzu has already blown London to the ground!
Do you still have to wait for you Germans?" Li Xiu impatiently walked into Jianqiao with his hands behind his back!" The Germans also asked for air support and asked us to send carrier-based aircraft to bomb the British. Can..... But the British air defense is still strong, so it is inevitable that there will be casualties!"
After years of working together, Chen Laohu has evolved into a roundworm in Li Xiu's stomach. What Li Xiu thought in his heart, he only needed to look at it to understand it.
"We carrier-based pilots have all been trained for many years. Each person consumes as much money as they weigh in gold.
These are the treasures of our naval aviation!
Second master, you can't put the country's heavy weapon in danger because of a telegram from the German army. Chen Laohu said earnestly.
"Grandma's! We can't let our soldiers go to the Germans as artillery fire.
Call back to the Germans, our fleet is undersupplied and needs an immediate rest.
We went back to Porto to see how the Germans had killed the British.
Dog-biting dog-hair, let them bite it. Just a few more bites!
Tell me to go down, anchor, and let's go back to Porto. Here, let the Germans play on their own
"No!"