"Shelling" I don't know who suddenly roared in the ear of Admiral Shipper Airborne, Admiral Shipper, who was directing the operation on a high ground near Port Grace, immediately jumped out of a circular heavy artillery position in his temporary headquarters, without artillery, and here was a reserve position of 203 howitzers, and stood on a well-realized high place to the south.
In the southern part of Concepson Bay, in the midst of the darkness, there was a sudden flash of yellow light, and the southern sky suddenly brightened up like lightning, and then there was a muffled thunderous sound one after another, followed by the sound of a train entering the sky, which was the terrifying sound of 240's cannonballs flying through the air.
The shells fell to the ground, and the whole of Grays Harbor shook.
From a distance, the place where the shells fell was like a sudden volcanic eruption, and the column of smoke mixed with the light of the fire rose high and rushed up to a height of half a sky.
Within the reach of the explosion, the buildings occupied by the Germans were like papier-mâché, and they were completely wiped out of the world in one fell swoop, leaving only a huge crater.
It was the 240 heavy guns deployed by the U.S. military on Belle Island that fired, a total of 12 guns, which was not much, but it was accurate Belle Island is located in the interior of Concepson Bay, more than twenty kilometers from the entrance to the bay and about 20 kilometers from Port Grayson, all within the effective range of 240 artillery shells.
The Americans deployed 12 Type 2 240 cannons there for the purpose of blocking the entrance to the bay with fire and supporting operations on the west shore of Concepson Bay.
Grace Harbor was originally their intended target, and they had already measured and calculated the Zhuyuan, and now they just had to play according to the Zhuyuan, which was naturally extremely accurate.
Fortunately, the rate of fire of the 240 cannon was not fast, and the shells did not fall very densely, which gave the German paratroopers on the battlefield a chance to move or simply jump into huge craters to escape.
But the huge shells that fell from time to time still shook the German troops attacking Grayshaven.
All of them had a look of panic on their faces, as long as these American cannons were not destroyed, Grayshaven could not have been occupied by the Germans Not far away, near the Graceport airport, German artillery was also roaring, there were 4 Schneider 1943 Type 105 mountain guns, 32 Bronde Type 1943 120 mortars, and more than a dozen captured 128 and 90 anti-aircraft guns, forming a considerable artillery group, which was also very energetic.
German shells landed on the piers and beaches of Port Grace that were still under Allied control, sending out a dense and relatively small flash.
It looks like the Allied defenders there won't be doing any better, and now they're probably suffering heavy losses.
If the American heavy artillery on Bell Island can be suppressed, it should be no problem to occupy the whole of Grace Harbor.
Shipper turned around and shouted at Chief of Staff Cork, who had followed him up to the heights, "Let our men stop the attack and withdraw most of our troops from Grace Harbor until after dawn." ” After dawn, there will be 264 and 264 with remote guided weapons The 810 flew to Newfoundland to help in the war, and there will be a Fokker 636 with rockets hanging with him.
The cannon will not be arrogant.
Colonel Cork said to Shipper at this time: "Admiral, Major General Headert reported just now that the blocking group encountered an American armored division, and it was very hard, and I am afraid that it will not last for 24 hours." ” Shipper frowned: "How long can it last?"
"At most," Mr.
Shipper said, "if the Americans had been a little more resolute, they would have collapsed within an hour." ” "What hour is the American armored division so powerful" Shipper is a general of the Airborne Forces, not a general of the armored forces, and he has been in the headquarters since the beginning of the war, has never been on the battlefield, and does not know much about the American armored divisions, and thought that it was similar to the Soviet tank divisions.
"Of course," said Colonel Cork, who had a lot of combat experience and had studied the situation of American armored forces.
"Their armored division is imitating us, and it is more mechanized than our armored division, and it also has heavy tanks similar to Tiger tanks, which are difficult to deal with."
Shipper felt that the matter was a bit serious, frowned and said, "The 102nd Commando, 103rd Commando, and 104th Commando Battalion must be transferred to Major General Headert." ” Among the troops parachuted into Newfoundland were five air assault battalions, which were actually airborne composite battalions, and their combat effectiveness was very strong.
Now three of the five battalions have followed the operation of Skorzny and have taken Port Carbonier and are currently clearing the area around Port Carbonier.
Shipper was going to take out two of them, plus the 102nd Assault Battalion in his hands, and send them together to reinforce Heidt's blocking group.
"So there are four assault battalions, and there are more than 100 E25 and 4 tanks, which should be able to fight a U.S. armored division," Shipper said.
"What about Porto Grace," Colonel Cork asked.
"We can only stop the attack," Hipper said after a moment's thought, "unless we destroy the artillery on Belle Island, we can't take the harbor until the planes can take off after dawn." ” The Americans' Panzer Division had just suffered another small defeat, being ambushed by two dozen E50 and No. 4H tanks next to a small, ice-floe lake, and a vanguard group dropped 19 destroyed tanks and tank destroyers and fled backwards in disarray.
Unlike the previous defeat of the American troops in the process of fighting and retreating, this ambush battle is a real victory.
The US military not only left behind the wreckage of quite a few vehicles and the corpses of soldiers, but also drove back two or three kilometers.
Although the strong American forces were only temporarily driven back, the Germans seized the rare opportunity to pursue and clean up the battlefield.
"Frenchman, will you use HH anti-tank mines" Brandt handed an HH anti-tank mine that looked a bit like a flashlight to Mitterrand, who was following him.
"I don't know."
Mitterrand shook his head.
"Just put it on the tank armor plate.
Next to the 26 tank, put the HH anti-tank mine on the armor steel plate on the side of the tank.
The head of this odd-looking anti-tank mine has 3 pairs of magnets that can be attached to the tank's armor.
Brandt said again: "Then pull the fuse again" With that, he jerked down the friction fuse on the anti-tank Regan, then ran a few steps quickly and fell to the ground. 26 tanks were completely turned into a mass of burning scrap metal.
Brandt, who got up from the ground, walked up to Mitterrand, who was lying behind a damaged 4A3 tank, and asked: "Will it be used now?"
Seeing that the other party nodded, Brandt pointed to a backpack on the side of the tracks of this tank, "There are all HH anti-tank mines in there, you used them to blow up all the tanks here." ” "Okay, okay."
Mitterrand didn't want to do this errand, but he didn't dare to say no to the fierce Nazi in front of him.
"I'll leave it to you."
Brandt gestured to another German paratrooper beside him.
"You do it with him, and when you're done, go to the lake and wait for me."
After arranging the bombing of the tank, Brandt continued to search and advance with his twenty or so men, and after a dozen or so battles of less than twenty hours, his platoon now had only 23 men left, including 1 Frenchman Mitterrand.
In addition to the heavy casualties, Brandt and his fighters were exhausted.
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If you count from the time they boarded the Fokker 42 transport plane, it has been almost 30 hours since they closed their eyes.
Although exhausted, Brandt and his men still had to carry out the task of clearing the battlefield.
Dense gunfire and artillery fire came from the front, as the Schwarzenegger group, which had pursued and defeated the retreating American armored forces, engaged the Americans.
From the analysis of the sound of gunfire and artillery, it was still the German side that had the upper hand.
However, the resistance of the Americans was still fierce, and Brandt and the others continued to advance for less than 10 minutes, and suddenly a burst of light flashed in the dark sky ahead Brandt, who reacted very quickly on the battlefield of "shelling and concealment", immediately reacted, jumped off the road and ground base with a shout, and then crawled on the cold ground.
His soldiers were the same, looking for favorable terrain to hide.
Before everyone could hide, the American shells were already whizzing and smashing to the ground.
However, it was not Brandt who was bombed, but the Schwarzenegger cluster that was chasing the retreating American troops in front.
"Quick, retreat, get out of here" Schwarzenegger was also paying attention to the artillery of the Americans all the way, and when he saw the fire in front of him, he immediately gave the order to retreat with the radio on the command car.
After less than a day of fighting with the Americans, what impressed him the most was probably the "artillery doctrine" of the United States.
Perhaps the US Army was inferior in number to the Soviet Army, but it seems to have a higher level in terms of application.
The reason for the close cooperation between artillery and infantry and tanks is that the United States has developed wireless communication technology, and walkie-talkies have been distributed to platoons and even squads, and companies can call for artillery support, and the firepower is on call, and the fire is on call and accurate In contrast, although the Soviet artillery is quite numerous, it is relatively rigid to use, and the accuracy is not as good as that of the American army, and the coordination with infantry and tanks is even worse.
Obviously, in terms of artillery firepower, the German high command still underestimated the American troops. t1706231537: