armyinform Third Reich Episode 419
Third Reich Episode 419
"The British sneaked up, so we don't need to attack anymore."
Georg, who was ready to attack the auxiliary building of the ancient castle, received an order to stop the operation inexplicably, and then heard news that made him unbelievable.
"Our mission is over. General Alfred of the Norwegian army will send a Norwegian reinforced battalion to take over the old castle position later." Ellis said bitterly to Georg: "Our regiment only needs to hand over the position. After that, the National Guard who escorted the prisoners casually rushed back to the prisoner-of-war camp in the rear, and there was no other task."
"It's that simple?!" Georg couldn't believe that this battle would end so easily.
Before the airdrop, the major who mobilized clearly emphasized many times that this was the last British city that the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms needed to conquer before attacking London.Once Greenwich is won, the next goal is London, the capital of the United Kingdom!
And if London is beaten down, the war in Britain is basically not far from ending.
It was such an extremely critical city that was advertised, and it basically changed hands completely at dusk after the German paratroopers carried out the airdrop.
"I heard that it's not just us here, but the British militias on other fronts have basically surrendered and disarmed." Ellis continued: "It seems that because the high-level British army withdrew the army troops deployed in this city, the British The militiamen went out in mass panic and then surrendered in droves."
The battle in Greenwich was basically over, and the British militia, which called themselves the National Guard, finally collapsed as quickly and simply as civilians should.
After being stunned for a while, Georg slowly came back to his senses, and asked himself affirmatively to Ellis: "In this case, we should prepare to take the capital of the British next, right?"
"It should be like this." Ellis didn't care about the fact that Georg didn't borrow a gun before, but shared his opinion very generously: "But before that, I guess I still have to wait for France and Norway The allies go to fight the British for a while. We are going to dispatch, it should be a few days later."
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"My paratroopers can rest for a while."
In the headquarters of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, Student smiled contentedly to the French commander Wei Gang through an interpreter: "At first I thought my paratroopers needed to work part-time as temporary infantry for a few days, but I didn't expect the British army to give up Greenwich so easily. Moreover, more than 6 prisoners were left for us."
"Yeah, I didn't expect that Gott would give up Greenwich so simply." Wei Gang sighed with some emotion.
Weigan also has a certain understanding of Gott, the former ally he once partnered with.
At Dunkirk, Gott abandoned his expeditionary force and fled back to the British mainland with several generals and his command staff.
Compared with the Battle of Dunkirk, where 20 British Army elites were dropped at one time, Greenwich dropped more than 6 National Guard militiamen, which seems to be inferior.
But this time is different from Biri.
At that time, even if about 20 elite troops were lost, the British mainland was still very safe.
After all, the English Channel is separated, and the French allies are still on the front line acting as scapegoats.The German army would not have crossed the English Channel to land at that time.
Not to mention the 20 elite army, even if there is no army in the mainland, under the conditions at the time, the British mainland would not take the slightest risk.
But now that the Allied forces have landed on the British mainland and the English Channel has completely lost its isolation effect, every British soldier has become the most precious asset.
Gott needs to defend every city, every town, every village in the British Empire...
Too many places need to be garrisoned, but there are very few troops in hand.
The original total strength of the British Army was quite large, but they lost too many elites in the French battlefield, lost a group of army troops in the Norwegian battlefield, and were restrained a large number of troops in the African battlefield, and retained some troops in the Asian battlefield.
The title of the empire on which the sun never sets is not only a pure benefit, but also a burden that disperses the strength of the British army.
"When Admiral Ernst's No.16 Army arrives, they will be able to launch the conquest of London together with us. According to their speed, it is estimated that the No.3 Army will arrive in three days at most." Studen At this time, he looked forward to his German colleague, General Ernst.
Although there are four infantry divisions of Admiral Adolf Strauss' Ninth Army also fighting in the British mainland.However, the position of the Ninth Army is still a long way from London, and it will not be able to catch up with the London Conquest in a short time.
Or, by the time they arrived, London might have already been captured.
Wei Gang also nodded after hearing Student's words: "When the main force of the German army commanded by your General Ernst arrives, there will basically be no suspense about the fate of London. With his command With that armored division, the coalition forces can go all the way into downtown London and hit the banks of the Thames."
"Then, my paratroopers will be air-dropped to the other side of the Thames and occupy the whole of London in one fell swoop." Student waved his fist excitedly.
Student and his paratroopers had become the brightest stars of the Battle of Britain.If there is no accident, after this battle is over, the paratroopers who completed the final blow to London will surely be recorded in the annals of history.
And he, Student, is the next world-renowned star in the German Third Reich, which is full of stars!
Chapter 632 Can fight in groups, why single out
The Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, where Student belonged, attacked all the way to London.
The news, like having wings, quickly spread among all the Allied troops who landed on the British Isles.
Whether it is the soldiers of Adolf's Ninth Army, which is based in the division, and the division is in the rear, or the Ernst No.100 Army troops sprinting all the way from Portsmouth, which is less than 16 kilometers away from London.
When the German officers and soldiers heard the news, they were excited and at the same time jealous.
For a long time, in the battles in which the German army cooperated with allied forces, the pure German army has always won decisive victories.
In the Spanish Civil War, it was Rommel's panzer divisions, not Francisco's allies in the Spanish National Guard, who made the final cut.
In the Norwegian counterattack, it was the German infantry division commanded by Hans, not the allied troops of the Norwegian Defense Forces, that finally defeated the British and French forces in one fell swoop.
In the African campaign, even if there were only two battalions, it was Rommel's two battalions that lifted the crisis in Algeria, not Berante's tens of thousands of French troops, or Garibaldi's hundreds of thousands of Italian troops.
Even if it is barely considered a "superficial ally", the Soviet army that participated in the Polish campaign was miserable at the beginning by the Polish army. In the end, after the German army won across the board, Timoshenko took advantage of the remaining power of the German army to push Poland back. front.
Whether it is in Germany itself or in front of the world, the German army has always been a symbol of victory and has always been the most powerful alliance choice.
No one would refuse to join forces with the German army, because the Germans like to take on key operations in joint operations as if they are in the limelight, and they can win this key operation.That's very reassuring.
It has always been an honor for German soldiers.
Even, many German soldiers have already developed a somewhat deformed understanding, that is, if the victory is not achieved by themselves, it is not a victory!
To this day, the French and Norwegian troops, who cooperated with Student's paratroopers, have actually undertaken important combat tasks and become a key presence on the front line of London in the Dover Offensive.
Anyone with a little bit of military knowledge knows that even though Student's paratroopers played a huge role in this battle, it is impossible to achieve such brilliant results with paratroopers alone.
As conventional ground forces operating in coordination, the French and Norwegian troops are equally important and critical.
Everyone originally believed that although the Allied Forces of the Three Nations attacked in Dover area were aggressive, the No.16 Army, which was composed of pure German troops, should be the first to attack London.
Even though the No.16 Army that attacked from Portsmouth started later than the Triple-National Allied Forces that attacked Dover, and the journey was longer, but under the brilliance of the German lightning operations, everyone stubbornly believed that the No.16 Army should follow Find attack to London.
However, the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, who had the advantage of starting first and the advantage of a shorter distance, finally arrived at the front line in London earlier.
This is good news for the Allies and for the Third Reich.
Because this may mean that the battle on the Western Front is about to come to an end with the capture of London.Then, Germany can immediately get rid of the trouble of fighting on two fronts.
However, when one thinks about the direction of attack that Student is in, this time it is thanks to the excellent command of the famous French general Weygand, as well as the reliable frontal combat of the French and Norwegian troops, that the current huge results have been achieved. Let the other German generals who fought in the British Isles feel a little uncomfortable.
How perfect would it be if such a battle result was fought all the way by a pure German army!
Of course, apart from regret, many German generals also re-examined their allies deep in their hearts.
In this battle, Germany's allies have fully proved themselves, proving that they are not useless, on the contrary, they can also congratulate the victory.