The Third Reich in Desperation

Third Reich Episode 371

Those British politicians who don't understand the military always think that the expansion of the National Self-Defense Forces by hundreds of thousands can play a big role anyway.Not to mention too much, at least it can be done by stacking people together to block the enemy's attack, right?

But only the remaining generals of the British Empire who were not captured in Dunkirk understood that if it was really expected, the cannon fodder of the National Guard alone would be able to block the Allied attack.The most likely result should be the collective surrender of the National Self-Defense Forces driven to the front...

What a joke, even professional soldiers like them, with a huge population of more than 20 people, chose to surrender.Why can the group of militiamen who have only held guns for a few days do better?

After resonating with everyone, Gott continued to explain his "stupid method": "We can't change the shortcomings of the National Guard immediately. But at least, we can make up for it as much as possible..."

Gott stretched out 3 fingers of his right hand, and analyzed: "The first point is about the shortage of equipment for the National Guard. We can't draw this from the army. After all, the army has long been seriously short of weapons and ammunition. In the army, many newly formed troops have assembled all the personnel, but not even half of the equipment is in place. Therefore, I plan to produce as much as possible and equip the National Guard with heavy weapons such as iron palm rocket launchers."

The "Iron Palm" bazooka in Gott's air was actually developed by the experts of the British Empire in a desperate situation. It is a simple anti-tank weapon similar to the Iron Fist bazooka of the third empire in the end of history.

It's just that the British Iron Palm rocket launcher that has just been developed is almost rudimentary compared to the German Iron Fist rocket launcher.

Its main body, which is an ordinary iron pipe, is equipped with a simple breech block, which becomes a launcher that can push grenades.

Because it was a temporary invention, and the demand was huge, this weapon, which still needs improvement in many areas, was mass-produced immediately without a crosshair embedded in it, and without the production of special shells. , and then sent to the National Guard.

No crosshairs means that his accuracy is basically not there.And without shells, using grenades instead means that the British militiamen must launch quickly in a very short time after pulling the fuse.

After all, if the launch is over, these poor people will be blown to pieces by the grenade they pulled.

However, this kind of dangerous and tense psychological pressure, coupled with the extremely short aiming time, will further reduce the hit rate that is not much in the first place.

Therefore, this Iron Palm Bazooka is just a waste of excellent ideas.

Although this weapon is very unreliable, everyone from the National Guard soldiers to Lord Gort has to believe in its practical value.After all, they didn't have much reassurance left to believe.

After determining a large number of measures to supplement the rights and interests of the Iron Palm Bazooka, Lord Gort went on to say: "The second point is also the most important point. Regarding the low combat quality of the National Self-Defense Forces and the incompetence of officers. I plan to split the regular army , by dispersing the regular army into the sequence of the National Self-Defense Forces, it will drive the improvement of their overall combat quality."

That's it!

Now, everyone finally fully understood Lord Gott's intention to split and deploy the regular army.

Instead of deploying a sparse regular army, it is better to break up the regular army and mix it with the militia, and strive to integrate a large number of troops with decent combat effectiveness.

Although the effect may not be very good, no one expects the integrated national self-defense army to have the same combat effectiveness as the regular army.They only need to be able to barely rely on positions and fortifications, and be able to fight defensive battles, that's enough!

Speaking of which, wasn't it the same stupid method that Berente used when fighting the British army in Algeria?

Almost everyone, at this moment, has been rekindled the light of hope by their commander's golden idea.As for the third defect of the National Guard, it seems to have become understandable.

Sure enough, even Gott didn't bother to fix this third flaw.He just mentioned in conclusion: "As for the shortcomings of the lack of training of the National Self-Defense Forces, when the time comes, let the boys fight on the battlefield and train in actual combat at the same time!"

Text Chapter 568 Iron Fist Bazooka

The town of Elvington.

As the British soldier who was the first to discover the whereabouts of the German paratroopers, Smith was powerless at the moment. Although he tried to shoot a few shots into the air, it was useless due to the distance.

Now they have no choice but to bite the bullet and wait for a head-to-head confrontation with the German army under the condition of equal strength.

Although they are regular British troops, it is quite frightening to let them fight recklessly with a German army of equal strength.

After all, the combat effectiveness of the German Army is recognized as the number one in the contemporary world, and since it can be selected as the German paratrooper unit, it is even the best in the German Army.

The combat effectiveness of the British Army is recognized as having reached... the level of the German police.

"Sir! I observed through the binoculars that the Germans who parachuted have entered the opposite building complex. I also saw some German soldiers. They seemed to have machine guns in their hands, but I don't think they will have many Machine gun." Smith reported to Captain Mitchell exactly what he had seen and heard.

Captain Mitchell first carefully looked at the map of the area around Elvington in his hand, and then looked at Smith beside him and said, "The German army should deploy machine guns here and the two buildings here. The storm will definitely suffer huge losses. It would be best if the air force can bomb the Germans, but if it doesn’t work, we’ll try to go around and attack the north side of the complex.”

"Captain, I just contacted my superiors through the radio. The superiors sent me the news that our air force's bombers will pass by here in the afternoon. At that time, they will drop a small amount of bombs to help us." Mies also looked at the map in Mitchell's hand, and suggested: "It's not worth it to force it for such a few dilapidated houses and a hundred German soldiers. What's more, I am more inclined to confront them, as long as I can hold on." .”

Because of Mitchell's hesitation, the German paratroopers successfully arranged a defensive position on the spot.Then, relying on the position, he patiently collected all the airdrop equipment around him, and restored his combat effectiveness to the extreme.

Until almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon, there was a rumbling sound above the sky, and small gray black dots appeared over Elvington, followed by strange small dots pouring from the sky Down.

It's a pity that these 6 bombs were dropped by the way, and all of them were blown off. Each of them exploded around the building where the German army was located, but the German soldiers in the building were not affected at all.

"Hey! Smith, is this the air support that the superior is talking about?" Captain Mitchell swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked a few comrades who were there in a daze, as well as Sergeant Smith.

He had heard how powerful the Royal Air Force was, and was even named and praised by the prime minister as a hero in the Dunkirk retreat!

But now it seems that the Air Force seems to be just a bunch of useless waste.

"I don't know about that... I thought they would play a role." Smith shook his head, but there was a hint of apology in his eyes, after all, he was the one who invited the rescuers.

He thought that supporting the bomber unit, no matter how bad the technology was, would just miss something, but what he didn't expect was that they were so powerful that they perfectly avoided all the correct targets.

But soon the British counterattack kicked off, not because of how heroic they were, but because intelligence said that the German air support was likely to arrive later.

If those legendary Stukas with terrifying accuracy came, the British garrison would be finished.

Fortunately, they are no better than the militiamen of the National Self-Defense Forces. They are professional soldiers and have the ability to attack.

In other words, as long as the preemptive strikes are made, the German paratroopers are destroyed before the arrival of Stuka.Mitchell's company will be truly safe.

So they took the lead with the only Matilda infantry tank that happened to be lucky enough to be left on hand.And this tank is also the confidence for them to dare to launch a counterattack.

"Boom!" The first shell luckily hit a small building guarded by the German army, scaring the German officers and soldiers inside.

The shells easily smashed the wall into shattered powder, but this did not seem to have any major impact on the German army on the facade.

"What happened just now?" A corporal of the German army asked his comrades next to him.

"It seems that the British army is attacking." Another corporal replied contemptuously.

The German army easily crossed the English Channel, which Napoleon did not cross, and then pressed the British across the board.To be honest, they have good reasons to underestimate their British opponents.

"Boom!" Accompanied by a clear gunshot, the German defenders in the building finally started to fight back, but compared with the loud sound of the British tank's shell just now, this gunshot seemed very weak.

"Ding!" The bullet fired by the German army was impartial and hit the armor directly in front of the British tank.

Apparently, one bullet won't help against the heavy armor on a tank.

Soon, the tank's turret began to spin, aiming at the window it had just fired.

"Bang!" The approaching British tank roared again, and the shells directly smashed the window, the entire window frame fell to the street, and the furniture inside was blown to pieces.

The British infantry watching behind had no doubt that the Germans in this room were absolutely dead and could not die anymore.

The biggest weakness of the German paratroopers is that they have no heavy weapons because they are airborne from the sky, but the British guards here are different. They are equipped with the only tank in this company, which makes them fight here. Occupy a great initiative advantage in the battle for Elvington.

The British army has experienced the previous confrontation with the German army, and they have gradually learned a lot about the tactics of the German army. Coupled with their own understanding, the British army has gradually learned the German army's favorite in actual combat, using tanks and infantry for cross-covering operations. method.

Of course, this tactic was first invented by the British, so it is not too difficult to learn.

The essence of this tactic is to let the infantry cover the rear and protect the vulnerable rear of the tank, and use the heavy armor in front of the tank to face the enemy's firepower.