0p0 Third Reich Episode 367
Third Reich Episode 367
Churchill has been very busy recently.
A few days ago, Lord Gort, the commander of his home army, told him that Dover's enemies are very good at defensive warfare. With the current limited British troops in the mainland, even with a large number of National Guards as cannon fodder, they cannot The enemy troops who landed at Dover were driven back into the sea.
It can be said that, on the side of the Allied Powers, the French General Weygand, who was in charge of commanding the Franco-Norwegian coalition forces, finally had a chance to prove his level as a famous general.
In this battle, Weygand made full use of the suppressive firepower of naval guns provided by the German Navy to establish a relatively complete beachhead.Then, he seized the opportunity of German paratroopers airborne in the rear of Dover on a large scale to contain the British army, dispersed the troops, joined the German army to consolidate the landing site, and allowed the follow-up troops to assemble smoothly.
When 3 French divisions, 1 Norwegian division, and an elite Norwegian reinforced battalion had completely landed on the land of the British mainland, Weygand left the Norwegian troops without hesitation and led the main force of the French army to the north. The 3 divisions of the German paratroopers converged.
In fact, as the commander of the German 1st Paratrooper Army, General Student had such a good opportunity for the first time to demonstrate the power of his paratrooper theory.
Before this, Student and his legendary paratroopers had basically never had the opportunity to be dispatched on such a large scale to show off their skills.
At the beginning of the operation to occupy the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia, Student, who was only a paratrooper commander at the time, thought it could be used as a combat test, but the non-resistance surrender of the Czechoslovak government made Student's troops The preparation to complete this plan becomes superfluous.
In the following battle in Poland, because the German mechanized troops triumphed all the way and quickly ended all battles, the paratroopers did not have the conditions to participate in the war.
In the Battle of France, the paratroopers did show their hands in the attack on Belgium.
However, in this western battle in which Reinhardt eliminated the imaginary enemy of the Netherlands, the German paratroopers who could have shown their talents in the Netherlands in history could only show their skills in Belgium, and then the mechanized troops who were caught up quickly Get left behind.
Therefore, in the process of formulating the Sea Lion plan, Admiral Student, who has always been cautious and meticulous, suddenly vigorously promoted the bold and adventurous spirit of the German army, and proposed the "Operation Overlord" that existed as a sub-action of the first phase of "Operation Overlord". Operation Market Garden".
It can be said that the "Operation Market Garden" proposed by Student is unique in military history so far.
This is the largest airborne operation in the world since the start of the war.Prior to this, the exploration and use of multiple paratroopers in various countries mostly stayed in the use of small groups.The concentrated use of a division-sized paratrooper was only the first bold attempt made by the German army to pass through Belgium when they blitzed France.
And now, this record was once again broken by the German army!
Invest 3 paratrooper divisions at once!The unique first tactical innovation in history!
In order to facilitate the sub-actions in this feint attack plan, Student spent all his energy.Not only did the Luftwaffe use all their belongings for this, but even the French Air Force in Pétain's hands was also drawn into it.
Although the French Air Force suffered heavy losses in previous air battles with the Germans, it was mostly fighter and bomber losses.As for the transport planes in the French Air Force sequence, they basically didn't hurt their bones.
And even if they were forced out like this, the more than 5500 transport planes that Germany and France took out together, plus all the 1984 gliders of the German army, barely sent 3 paratrooper divisions to the north and northeast of Dover. , northwest, achieved the tactical goal of isolating the defenders of Dover.
After all, Lord Gort of the British Army also saw the importance of Dover, so he also deployed the few available divisions here.If the paratroopers were not relied on to destroy the bridges and kilometers behind the British army at Dover and disrupt their communication with the rear, then this battle would be even more difficult to fight.
However, only in the military sense, "Operation Market Garden" was not perfect, even full of flaws.
If it weren't for the German airborne troops who lacked heavy equipment, they would face the British National Guard who also lacked equipment and had low training levels.
If it weren't for the lack of anti-aircraft artillery in this group of British militiamen, and their combat level could not reach one percent of that of a professional army.
If it weren't for the famous French general Weigand, relying on his seasoned military literacy, he instantly judged the key to the battle situation, gave up using a single beachhead defense, and sent his troops northward in time to contain Dover's regular British army. Its deadly British armor.
Then, even though this group of elite paratroopers who airborne behind the enemy had achieved enough results, they had to suffer a high proportion of casualties.
Fortunately, the Minister of Defense sent by the Vichy government, Admiral Weygand, is quite genuine.This time it made up for the risks and deficiencies in Operation Market Garden.
The success of Operation Market Garden further contributed to the intensification of the Dover offensive and defensive battle.
On the one hand, by failing to drive the Confederate landing forces back into the sea, the British had lost 80.00% of the role the English Channel provided them.
On the other hand, Dover, as the direction of the feint attack, not only gave full play to the role of attracting the attention of the British army, but also achieved a further breakthrough, isolated and pinched Dover's large British army, and there was a big chance that the game would be settled. trend.
This is not over yet, just as Churchill was struggling to find out where to send troops to rescue Dover, a middle-aged general who was Churchill's confidant rushed into his office.
"Prime Minister! The big thing is bad. The enemy's landing force has penetrated deep into our territory!" This general, who took the position of lieutenant general as Churchill's confidant, did not have a single general at this time. It should be calm: "Our troops are completely unstoppable..."
"Understood, I'm trying to figure out a way!" Churchill waved his hand impatiently, shutting up his confidant general who is useless except to be obedient, and said: "Dover, I have rebuilt the north The 51st Scottish Division has been dispatched. The Scots can hold out for a while if the sky does not fall."
However, Churchill, a confidant, did not shut his mouth as Churchill hoped: "Prime Minister, the unstoppable direction I said is not Dover..."
Then, under Churchill's incredulous gaze, the lieutenant general swallowed, hesitating and panicking: "The Germans... a large number of Germans... have landed in Portsmouth! According to the front The defeated troops reported that what landed there was all the Germans' own troops. Moreover, they even used a powerful tank that can dive!"
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