Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2306 Death Battle
The resistance of the Italians completely collapsed with the landing of the southern African armored forces.

The 13-ton small body of the M40/14 is not even as good as the "Alligator" armored vehicle in active service. The new "Buffalo" amphibious tank equipped by the Southern African Marine Corps has a total combat weight of nearly 20 tons. This is already a heavy-duty tank in Italy. tank level.

Heavy tanks in Italy are tanks that weigh more than 20 tons and cannot pass through pontoons.

In 1938, the Italians began to consider the development of heavy tanks, and this plan was not officially approved until 1940.

At the end of last year, Italy developed the first heavy tank. In the subsequent use, it was found that the short-barreled artillery used by the tank was not suitable for fierce battles, so the tank was improved.

The improvement work has not been completed yet, and it is far away from equipping the troops.

The 16th Motorized Infantry Division of Italy was stationed in Pombia. This unit was a transitional formation between infantry and mechanized units.

Italy's industry is underdeveloped, and there are not enough cars to equip troops. Of all the motorized infantry divisions in Italy, only 101 and 102 can be regarded as real motorized infantry divisions. The other units are only equipped with a small number of cars. They are still infantry divisions .

The ordinary infantry divisions in southern Africa are also equipped with armored units. When the airborne troops fought fiercely with the defenders in Pombia, the marines succeeded in grabbing the beach. With the addition of the "Buffalo" tanks, the battle ended quickly, and the Italians did not hold back. , simply raised his hands in surrender.

Compared with the battle of Pumbia, the battle of Heraklion was more fierce.

There was a mistake in the intelligence before the war, and the troops stationed in Heraklion were not Italians, but Germans.

And it's not just a second-line force, it's the main field force that participated in the Greek campaign, the old opponent of the southern African army, the German Fifth Mountain Division.

In the first phase of the Greek campaign, the [-]th Mountain Division performed well, completing the crossing attack near Stramon at a rapid speed, breaking through the Allied defenses.

During the Battle of Crete, the 143th Mountain Division and the 143rd Division in Southern Africa faced each other head-on. The confident 143th Mountain Division launched continuous attacks on the [-]rd Division's position, but lost due to the lack of heavy weapons and the [-]rd Division's adequate preparation. After the battle, the Fifth Mountain Division stayed in Crete to rest, so it missed the Russo-German war.

Now the Fifth Mountain Division has returned to its peak condition, fully staffed, fully trained, and high morale.

The 1939th Airborne Division airborne in Heraklion was just formed in [-]. Most of the officers came from the mainland of southern Africa, some from the umbrella company. The soldiers were brave Gurkha soldiers and Africans recruited from the Republic of Congo. Soldiers make up.

Like the Third Airborne Division, the Fifth Airborne Division is also not equipped with heavy weapons, but because it is equipped with a large number of rocket launchers, it does not lack the ability to attack tough problems.

The fighting will of the Germans is much stronger than that of the Italians. During the Battle of Crete, the German 143th Mountain Division suffered a big loss against the [-]rd Division. Now that there is finally a chance for revenge, the Fifth Mountain Division will definitely not miss it.

Heraklion's airport did not suffer much damage during the Battle of Crete. In addition to the Italian MC.202 Lightning, there were also German BF109 fighters stationed at the airport.

Unlike the Italian Air Force, which is like noodles, the German Air Force is still very effective. After the first wave of attacks by the Southern African Air Force, the BF109 driven by the Germans quickly rose into the air to meet it. Small casualties.

The core task of the [-]th Airborne Division is to seize the airport, so the surrounding area of ​​the airport is the focus of airborne.

The German troops guarding the airport had a tenacious will to fight. After the initial panic, they quickly organized a counterattack, and the battle was fierce.

For the soldiers of the [-]th Airborne Division, the biggest test was not the crazy attack from the German army, but the rapidly depleting ammunition.

Assault rifles are really useful in combat, but they also consume bullets very quickly.

When the airborne soldiers set off, they carried as much ammunition as possible. When many soldiers landed, the bullets they carried with them plus the ammunition in their backpacks totaled more than 400 rounds. According to previous experience, 400 rounds of bullets can at least last Fight for a day.

The combat staff in southern Africa made a mistake. The consumption rate of ammunition is directly proportional to the intensity of the battle. Many airborne troops fell into a hard fight after landing, and there was no time to find their backpacks. An hour after the outbreak, many airborne troops began to fall into the dilemma of insufficient ammunition.

"Pay attention to saving ammunition, set the mode to single shot, and don't shoot at will." Just after repelling a German attack, Second Lieutenant Duke from Port Edward reminded the soldiers around him one by one.

Needless to say, the grenades have already been used up.

There are not many rockets and grenades left, and some African-American soldiers have already mounted bayonets, ready to start hand-to-hand combat with the Germans.

Gurkhas don't use bayonets, they are better at using dogleg knives, or sapper shovels.

Pistols, dogleg knives, and engineer shovels are considered the three major weapons in close combat in the southern African army.

The bullets of the pistol are also limited, and after being shot out, it will be a pound and a half of iron bumps. For most soldiers, the engineer shovel is more reliable.

"Tom, have you seen the corpses of those German soldiers? They must have bullets on them, and it's time to use your strengths—" Second Lieutenant Jin from Tanganyika raised his hand and called Xiao Hei over.

Jin is a Gurkha who has joined the southern African nationality. After graduating from high school, he went to the umbrella company and worked as a mercenary for ten years.

In appearance, Gold is no different from the Chinese in southern Africa. He took the name himself because he likes gold.

"Second Lieutenant, my name is not Tom—" Xiao Hei couldn't see any expression on his face, and the sun hadn't come out yet.

Soldiers of the Southern African Union are good at cleaning the battlefield. Generally speaking, the southern African soldiers clean up first and take away valuables, and then the African-American soldiers do it again to ensure that nothing is missed.

Cleaning up the battlefield is hard work. It is different from what many people imagine. The southern African soldiers have rich backgrounds, and some of them are not very valuable, or the situation is relatively bad. Southern African soldiers simply don’t want them.

African-American soldiers don't pick and choose, even if they are blood-stained, they can do it. Many African-American soldiers wish to take off their shoes when cleaning the battlefield. It doesn't matter if they are blood-stained or torn.

"You're called Tom here, hurry up, and be careful of German snipers." Jin Jin said arbitrarily, African-American soldiers have no human rights.

Tom is indeed not picky about food. He did not forget to take off all the equipment on his body when he set off, and then crawled out of the trench with a posture close to the ground, like a snake, crawling towards the German corpse not far away——

Or it would be more appropriate to use peristalsis.

Miraculously, the speed is not slow.

People are born to do this.

Duke took out a cigarette from his pocket, stuffed one in his mouth, and handed the rest to Gold.

Jin also smoked a hanger, and then handed the cigarette case to the soldier beside him.

A pack of cigarettes was turned around, and when it returned to Duke, there was still half of it.

Duke looked sad.

Half an hour ago, a pack of cigarettes was not enough.

"When will our reinforcements come?" Jin whispered to Duke in Chinese.

In Southern Africa, if you want to become a Southern African nationality, the minimum requirement is to know Chinese, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t know English. It’s hard to get anywhere in Southern Africa if you don’t know Chinese.

"Don't think about reinforcements, let's think about how to survive first—" Duke was not optimistic. Although the Germans on the opposite side were mountain divisions, they had tanks participating in the battle, which was simply unscientific.

The good news is that the German tanks that appeared in Heraklion were early Type [-]s, otherwise the [-]th Mountain Division would have suffered far greater casualties.

The No. 1937 tank was finalized in 1942, and then continued to be improved. By [-], it had been improved to the E type.

As one of the most successful tanks of the German army during World War II, the Germans are now even capable of exporting to the Axis powers, so it is not surprising that the Panzer IV appeared in Heraklion.

The E-type No. 21 tank has a total combat weight of 75 tons, a main gun with a caliber of 12.7 mm, and two [-] mm caliber machine guns as secondary weapons, which is not impossible to deal with.

The key problem is that the paratroopers underestimated the intensity of the battle, the number of rockets is limited, and Duke's position has all been fired.

"God bless, there is another No. [-], and we will go back wearing the national flag." Gold prayed devoutly.

Tom was back soon, carrying a dozen German bullet boxes.

"Why don't you take a gun?" Jin Jin was speechless. Does such a simple question need to be reminded.

The bullets of the German army and the southern African army are not universal. The caliber of the Mauser rifle is 7.92 mm, and the caliber of the assault rifle equipped by the paratroopers is 5.56 mm. This problem is too complicated for Xiao Hei.

Fortunately, Xiao Hei still has the ability to move, so he doesn't need to ask for gold. Tom climbed out again in that strange posture.

I just climbed out and climbed back, and took out a grenade bag from behind my buttocks, which contained four long-handled grenades equipped by the German army.

This is good, you don't need a launcher, you can throw it with your hands.

The attack intensity of the Germans was much higher than that of the Italians. Tom hadn't returned yet, and the German artillery started bombing again. Duke and Gold hid behind a big rock and trembled.

"Where are our artillery?" Jin shouted loudly, with an extremely aggrieved expression.

It has always been the southern African army that used shells to bombard the enemy. When has it been so aggrieved.

"They're all busy rubbing cannonballs—" Duke took pleasure in his bitterness, and was in the mood to joke.

The airborne troops have no heavy artillery, only mortars, and the number is limited, and needless to say, they have already run out of shells.

The shelling lasted about 5 minutes and then gradually stopped.

Tom hasn't come back yet, Jin Jin wanted to look up, but the German MG34 started roaring again, Jin Jin couldn't even raise his head.

The MG34 is a general-purpose machine gun like the machine guns commonly equipped by the southern African army. This machine gun was modified by Rheinmetall on the basis of the MG30. It was equipped with the German Army in 1936 and became the standard weapon of the German army.

Switzerland has to be mentioned here, because the MG34 was originally produced in Switzerland.

According to the Treaty of Versailles, Germany cannot produce heavy machine guns.

So the Germans borrowed chickens to lay eggs, acquired the Solothurn company in Switzerland, and used Solothurn to design new machine guns.

Solothurn's design team is nominally a Swiss team, but in fact all of them are composed of Germans. The reason why MG34 became a general-purpose machine gun is also to bypass the restrictions of the "Versailles Peace Treaty".

Like the general-purpose machine guns in southern Africa, the MG34 has the advantages of easy use, fast rate of fire, and high power. The way to replace the barrel is obviously inspired by the general-purpose machine guns in southern Africa. The only disadvantage is that the structure is relatively complicated, which is not conducive to large-scale equipment. .

The Germans are improving the MG34. This is the MG42 known as the "cloth tearing machine". This new type of machine gun has been finalized and is being installed in the army.

In the supply sequence of the German army, the Russian battlefield must be the highest priority. Greece is not even considered as a second line. The Fifth Mountain Division has to wait to equip MG42.

The machine guns began to suppress the shooting, which meant that the German soldiers had begun to attack, and the distance was very close. The German infantry coordination technology was still very good, comparable to that of the southern African army.

Without looking up, Duke took out a long-handled grenade, shook it in his hand, twisted the back cover and pulled the string in one go, and threw it at the opposite German army.

Compared with the oval grenade, the biggest advantage of the long-handled grenade is that it is more conducive to throwing and throwing farther.

Gold also throws grenades.

After the throwing, the two of them remembered that Tom hadn't come back yet, but he didn't die in the hands of the Germans and was killed by the grenade thrown by the two.

That would be so sad.

Bah!
An airborne soldier next to Duke raised his gun and fired. Before he could retract his body, he was shot by the Germans.

Gold rushed to check the injury, and Duke picked up the assault rifle and continued to fight.

"Damn, you almost killed me just now—" Tom finally crawled back, carrying four Mauser rifles on his back.

A wounded soldier with a leg wound next to him immediately began to reload.

Duke emptied the magazine, picked up the Mauser and continued to shoot. The action of pulling the bolt was very skillful and smooth.

A long-handled grenade fell beside Duke, but Duke didn't notice.

A wounded soldier next to him, whose hands were broken at the elbows, rushed forward without hesitation, pressing the grenade with his body.

boom--

The body of the wounded soldier was blown up a foot high and hit the ground like a torn sack.

There was no time to mourn, a German soldier walked around the stone, and stabbed gold fiercely with a bayonet in his hand.

The wounded soldier with a leg injury grabbed the German soldier's thigh and bit down hard——

Duke rounded the Mauser in his hand, and hit the German soldier's head with the butt of the gun so hard that the handle of the gun was broken.

blah blah-

There were still bullets in Jin Jin's pistol, and the magazine was quickly emptied. More German troops swarmed in. Huang Jin pulled out a dog's leg knife with his backhand, and he wanted to pull one when he was dying.

At this moment, the roar of engines and tracks finally came from a distance.

This is the "Alligator" equipped by the Airborne Forces.

(End of this chapter)