Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2205 Asymmetric Combat

Colonel Miller didn't know why the defensive positions of the southern African army were built so quickly.

But now is not the time to think about it.

Paratrooper and airborne casualties continued to increase over time.

Southern Africans are rich.

They don't care about the consumption of shells.

If the paratroopers don't attack.

Then the generals in southern Africa will use artillery to maintain the current attack intensity until all the German officers and soldiers in the airport are wiped out.

But attacking is obviously not the best option.

Paratroopers lack the ability to attack tanks.

Although the airborne troops are equipped with heavy weapons, the 57mm anti-tank guns cannot even penetrate the frontal armor of the "Leopard" tank at a distance of one kilometer.

As for the "iron fist" that Germany has just equipped its troops——

The iron fist can be used to hit the British Matilda, but it is almost like tickling when used to hit the "Leopard" style.

The defense line of the southern African army is composed of "Leopard" tanks as the fulcrum. The "Leopard" tank guns and machine guns are enough to cause fatal damage to the paratroopers.

Not to mention the "Alligator" armored vehicle.

For light infantry, the threat of armored vehicles may be greater than that of tanks. After all, the 40mm automatic grenade launchers installed on armored vehicles are more effective in slaughtering infantry than the 12.7mm machine guns on the "Leopard".

This is not counting the southern African infantry armed to the teeth.

Unlike German paratroopers who had to rely on foxhole defense.

The southern African troops must have been prepared, otherwise they would not have been able to build a relatively complete line of defense in such a short period of time.

And the key is the location of the southern African troops, there is no shelter around, almost no trees, if the German paratroopers want to attack, there is no terrain and features to use, this kilometer, all the German soldiers participating in the attack will be intact of exposure to the firing range of southern Africans.

But it doesn't work if you don't attack. The southern African artillery positions are located behind the infantry's defense line.

To eliminate the threat of artillery, unless the infantry line of defense is broken.

Otherwise, you can only give up the airport.

But if the airport is abandoned, the paratroopers and airborne troops who have already landed will lose even the chance to escape.

When Goring formed the paratroopers, he probably never dreamed that the paratroopers would fall into such a desperate situation.

Years of rigorous training are still effective.

Under the organization of the officers, the paratroopers still attacked the southern African army, and some soldiers of the airborne troops also participated.

Inside the airport building, Major General Schmitz from the Paratroopers and Major General Hoffman from the Airborne Forces were discussing how to deal with the dire situation.

"Obviously, this is a trap. The southern Africans deliberately let us seize the airport, so that they can kill us. I said a long time ago that the airborne troops should be equipped with tanks. Now is God's punishment for us!" Major General Hoffman hysterical, He already had a premonition that disaster was coming.

In the current situation, even if the paratroopers and space troops win the final victory, they will probably pay a heavy price. At that time, the commanders will still have to bear the blame and be responsible for the final result.

About the tanks of the Airborne Forces.

It's really not that the mustache doesn't care about the equipment of the German airborne troops and paratroopers, but that Germany's industrial strength is limited and it does not have the ability to equip the paratroopers and paratroopers with tanks.

Not only steel is needed to produce tanks, but oil is also needed to power them.

To drop tanks with paratroopers and airborne troops, the Luftwaffe needs to have more powerful transportation capabilities.

The "Aunt Junkers" equipped by the German army still have a gap in performance and quantity with the "Sky Fortress" equipped in southern Africa, and they do not have the ability to drop tanks by air.

"It's meaningless to say these things now. We must find a way to destroy the artillery positions of the southern Africans as soon as possible—" Major General Schmitz was sweating profusely. This was an unsolvable deadlock.

It cannot be said to be a dead end.

"Send a telegram to the Air Force, we need help from the Air Force." Hoffman pinned his hopes on the German bombers.

"The bombers of the Air Force were blocked by the Southern African Air Force and are temporarily unable to provide support for us." Major General Schmitz looked desperate.

"Then why were we not stopped by the Southern African Air Force when we flew over—" Hoffman blurted out.

Schmitz looked at Hoffman like a fool.

why?
The reason couldn't be clearer. When the paratroopers and airborne troops flew over, if the Southern African Air Force went all out, the paratroopers and airborne troops would have no chance of airborne at all, and naturally they would not have to face the current desperate situation.

The real trap.

"Where's the navy, where's the Italian navy?" Hoffman had the last savior.

"La Spezia is being attacked by the British Mediterranean Fleet and the Southern African Cyprus Squadron—" Schmidt smiled wryly. The Southern African Army and Navy are really closely cooperating.

The cooperation between different arms has always been a big problem.

As mentioned in the previous chapter, during the Battle of Holland, the paratroopers were extremely efficient, which created some trouble for the German Army's advance.

There were also conflicts between the German Army and Navy.

The key is that resources are limited. Germany cannot develop its army and navy at the same time as in southern Africa, so it must be focused.

After Mustache came to power, the German Navy had the upper hand for a period of time, launching many battleships in succession, and its strength was rapidly improved.

As a result, the World War broke out, and the British Royal Navy once again showed an unshakable advantage. The German Navy stayed in the naval port and dared not even go out to sea, and its performance was not as good as that of the last World War.

In the last world war, at least such large-scale naval battles as the Battle of Jutland took place.

After the outbreak of World War I, so far, there has not been a large-scale naval battle between the German Navy and the British Navy.

In this way, the Army's complaints came.

The cost of building a navy is very expensive, and the treatment of sailors is much better than that of soldiers in the army. However, after the outbreak of World War II, the German navy has made no achievements. So has so much investment before been fed to the dogs?
The German Navy also had issues with the Army.

Germany's resources are limited. When resources start to shift towards the army, the development of the navy will definitely not be taken care of. Over the years, Germany has invested more resources in the army, which has affected the navy's shipbuilding plan, so the German navy is unable to break the Royal Navy. Naval blockade.

As for the Italian Navy, after the outbreak of World War II, the Italian Navy also focused more on attacks on British routes, and did not dare to fight the Mediterranean Fleet at all.

So it's amazing.

After the outbreak of the World War, for a long time, the largest battle that broke out among the navies of various countries was actually the "Operation Ballista" launched by the British Royal Navy against the French Navy.

This Nima is simply speechless.

Before the joint operations of the Mediterranean Fleet and the Cyprus Squadron, the Mediterranean Fleet led by Cunningham had actually dealt fatal blows to the Italian Navy many times.

Here I want to introduce that after Italy entered the war, in order to better coordinate operations, the United Kingdom divided the Mediterranean fleet into two, one part was led by Cunningham, the home port of Alexandria, and the other part was led by Vice Admiral James Somerville, stationed in Gibraltar strait.

坎宁安率领的舰队实力稍强，由1艘航空母舰、3艘战列舰、7艘巡洋舰、26艘驱逐舰，以及8艘其他军舰组成。

詹姆斯·萨默维尔将军率领的舰队由1艘航母、1艘战列舰、1艘战列巡洋舰、2艘巡洋舰和11艘驱逐舰组成，这支舰队被称为H舰队。

The area of ​​operations of the two fleets is bounded by Malta.

In November last year, Cunningham led the Mediterranean fleet to raid Taranto, dispatched only 21 planes, and sank and damaged three Italian battleships at the cost of two planes and eight torpedoes. The balance of power between Italy and Italy in the Mediterranean region.

Before the attack on Taranto, Britain had four battleships in the Mediterranean and Italy six.

After the attack, there were only three battleships left in Italy, and the British were unscathed.

In March of this year, another fierce battle broke out between the Mediterranean Fleet and the Italian Navy in the waters near Cape Matapan on the Peloponnese Peninsula.

The result of the battle was extremely miserable for the Italians. The Italians lost 3 heavy cruisers and 2 destroyers. The air-dropped torpedo hit, 4000 tons of water entered, and a total of 3041 sailors died in battle.

The price paid by the Mediterranean Fleet was only one plane, and only three men were killed.

The victories in the two consecutive naval battles played Cunningham's illustrious prestige, and the Italian navy never recovered. The main force of the fleet withdrew to the La Spezia naval port and never dared to go to sea again.

The German-Italian coalition forces attacked Crete, and Mustache hoped that the Italian Navy would give sufficient support to the German paratroopers.

The fat bald man agreed to Mustache's request, but he couldn't.

Even so, Cunningham did not want to let go of the Italian Navy. This time the attack on La Spezia was joined by the Cyprus Squadron. slogan.

In this case, the German paratroopers who parachuted to Crete naturally could not get help from the Italian Navy.

So the German paratroopers were out of luck.

Even without the help of the Italian navy, the paratroopers had to attack under the fire of the southern African army.

This was a huge test for the German paratroopers.

Between the southern African army positions and the airfield, there is an open field with a length of one kilometer, with almost no shelter.

If you launch an attack directly like this, you will undoubtedly be sent to death.

Major General Schmitz sent a force to flank the southern African position in an attempt to coordinate the airborne frontal attack.

This task was undertaken by Colonel Miller's unit.

Colonel Miller's troops suffered heavy casualties in the shelling of the southern African army. Of the 500 troops, there are less than [-] left to fight, and more than one-third of the casualties. According to the current European military standards, Miller It is a miracle that the morale of the colonel's troops has not collapsed.

Colonel Miller didn't want his paratroopers to die, but the military order was like a mountain. After Major General Schmitz's order was issued, Colonel Miller could only execute it.

The detour is not an easy task either.

It has been raining for the past few days. Although the tank units in southern Africa are inconvenient, the actions of the paratroopers are also greatly affected.

After the battle order was given, the paratroopers threw away everything they could and marched lightly.

What disturbed Colonel Miller was that when the paratroopers set off, there was always a southern African reconnaissance plane over the airport, so the actions of the paratroopers were always under the surveillance of the southern African army.

The punishment came quickly.

On the detour route of the German paratroopers, there is a local farm. The houses on the farm are relatively intact, which can provide some cover for the paratroopers' actions.

Colonel Miller was disturbed.

It is impossible for the southern African army not to know this, so there may be an ambush by southern Africans in the farmhouse.

Sure enough, when the paratroopers approached the farm in a skirmish line, the sound of a general-purpose machine gun suddenly sounded, followed by the crisp shooting sound of Nyasaran rifles, and dozens of paratroopers fell to the ground instantly.

As a senior military officer, Colonel Miller had traveled to southern Africa as a member of the German military exchange group, so he had a certain understanding of southern African weapons and equipment.

When Colonel Miller went to southern Africa for exchanges, Nyasaland rifles had not yet been widely used, and only elite troops were qualified to equip them.

So when the sound of the Nyasaran rifle sounded, Colonel Miller suddenly felt chills.

Unlike the Mauser equipped by the German army, the Nyasaran rifle does not need to pull the bolt when shooting, and can shoot continuously. The firepower of two Nyasaran rifles is comparable to a squad light machine gun.

What's more, there are general-purpose machine guns.

There is no doubt that the paratroopers are mostly facing an ace unit in southern Africa.

Even if it is the trump card, Colonel Miller still has to cheer up.

After all, the German paratroopers are also Germany's trump card.

Ace against ace.

Colonel Miller wanted to have a try a long time ago, the combat effectiveness of the ace troops in southern Africa.

Although the paratroopers did not have heavy weapons, they still had mortars. Colonel Miller's troops were equipped with short 88mm mortars that had just entered the army.

Under the command of Colonel Miller, four short 88mm mortars were quickly assembled and bombarded the farmhouse not far away.

The capability of German artillery is still very good, which has been fully proved in the last world war.

After three rapid fires, the farmhouse in the center of the farm collapsed, and the paratroopers struck again.

The firepower of this counterattack was indeed much weaker.

Colonel Miller relaxed a little.

The combat effectiveness of the ace troops in southern Africa is just that.

The thought hadn't disappeared from Colonel Miller's mind when a tank suddenly rushed out of the ruins of the farmhouse.

A "Leopard" tank with camouflage paint and a layer of camouflage netting.

Under the horrified and inexplicable eyes of the paratroopers, the "Leopard" tank directly rushed into the paratroopers to form a skirmish line, killing all directions with a crushing attitude.

Colonel Miller closed his eyes in pain.

The gap between trump cards is not only reflected in the combat effectiveness of soldiers.

(End of this chapter)