Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2576

When the Southern African Expeditionary Force broke through the Rhine, the Airborne Corps commanded by Montgomery was struggling in the encirclement of the German army.

Although the British and American coalition forces have as many as 5500 transport aircraft, they cannot send all the troops to the predetermined location at one time, and can only airdrop them in batches.

According to the plan, on the second day after the launch of the campaign, more troops and heavy equipment will be airdropped to the front line.

The weather was not good, the next day was filled with thick fog, and the airdrop was not going well. A lot of supplies were even airdropped into the German positions. After a British paratrooper parachuted, the sight was blocked by the thick fog, and it was only when they were about to land on the ground that they found out. , Below is actually the wide and fast-flowing Rhine River.

The dense fog brought the greatest convenience to the actions of the German army. On the first day of the campaign, the US military captured four bridges, and three were captured by the German army on the second day. Although the last one was not lost, it was blown up by the German army. The advance was greatly affected, and the paratroopers were delayed in getting support from the ground forces.

There are also problems with the roads in the war zone.

Considering that the Allied forces have a large amount of mechanized equipment, roads have become the best choice. Highway 69, which runs through the theater, has naturally become the most important line of communication for the Allied forces.

The road standards in the Netherlands are very different from those in Germany.

Highway 69 is a civilian road with two lanes in both directions. The road surface is very narrow. The ground on both sides of the road is extremely soft, and military vehicles cannot pass through it. This road is also called "Hell Highway" by the British and American coalition forces.

"It's terrible, everything is terrible, our paratroopers are surrounded, the ground troops are not advancing, the Pershing tank is stuck in the mud, the floating bridge is blown up by the Germans, even God is not on our side-" Montgomery Feeling depressed, especially after learning that the Southern African Expeditionary Force has successfully broken through the Rhine.

"Don't worry my friend, the situation is still under our control. At the beginning of the battle, it is understandable to be in a hurry, and even small mistakes are acceptable." Eisenhower's heart is no longer in Europe, but flying Back to America.

Roosevelt's physical condition affected the hearts of many people, including Eisenhower.

As mentioned earlier, Eisenhower was a person with political ambitions, and the battlefield was only a way for Eisenhower to accumulate reputation, not the end.

As a soldier, Eisenhower was not allowed to have political inclinations and could not join any party during his military service.

But Eisenhower had close ties to bigwigs in the Republican Party.

As the candidate of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt has been elected President of the United States four times in a row.

In the past ten years, the Republican Party tried many candidates, but none of them could pose a real threat to Roosevelt. Eisenhower, who performed well in the European battlefield, naturally attracted the attention of the Republicans.

While Roosevelt was still in Yalta, Republicans had been in frequent contact with Eisenhower.

When the news of Roosevelt's serious illness came out, some people in the United States claimed that Roosevelt should resign voluntarily so that healthy people could enter the White House and better serve the United States.

Of course, it is best to wait for Roosevelt to "resign" and hold a general election immediately.

"It's not a small mistake now. We have 101 paratroopers besieged on the Arnhem Bridge. They are surrounded by German armored soldiers. German tanks may attack at any time!" Montgomery regrets it now. If he knew this would happen, he should have Let the US 82st, or the [-]nd Division go to Arnhem.

Airborne in Arnhem, in addition to the British 1000st Airborne Division, there is a Polish paratrooper brigade with a number of about [-] people.

The establishment of the paratroopers was originally smaller than that of the army, and the Poles had done their best.

It is a pity that now the Poles do not know that they have been abandoned.

At the Yalta Conference, although Britain, South America and Russia had reached an agreement on the Polish issue, they decided to hold general elections immediately after the war ended.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this so-called "general election" is tailor-made for the provisional government supported by Russia, and the Polish government-in-exile in London has no chance at all.

Here I will no longer emphasize the "pick up the east wall to make up for the west wall" that has already made the Poles anxious to get angry. The president of the Polish government-in-exile, Rachkijevic, is still working hard for the territorial integrity of Poland.

It's a pity that Rachkiyevich's efforts are destined to have no results.

"Continue to reinforce, we will seize the Arnhem Bridge no matter what." Eisenhower resolutely, anyway, dead friends don't die.

According to the plan, the logistical support of the Anglo-American allied troops participating in the war will be independently undertaken by the British and American troops respectively. Therefore, the reinforcements of the British First Airborne Division can only come from the British troops.

"I have invested all the troops I can send, and if I continue to reinforce, I can only throw myself down." Montgomery knew it bitterly.

Montgomery didn't just sit idly by. On the second day after the start of the battle, he sent reinforcements to the Arnhem Bridge as planned.

As a result, the pilots of the British transport plane made mistakes again. In addition to throwing part of the British army into the Rhine River, they also dropped part of the British army on the north bank of the Arnhem Bridge. Therefore, the British 1st Airborne Division is now divided into three parts by the German army——

To correct, there are two parts, the British paratroopers who were thrown into the river have been washed into the North Sea by the river.

"Then you just pray that the speed of the ground troops can be faster." Eisenhower was helpless, and the US 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division were also surrounded by German troops.

"You can send the 82nd Airborne Division to assist the 1st Airborne Division, which is the closest unit to the 1st Airborne Division." Montgomery hoped that Eisenhower would help.

"Are you letting paratroopers equipped with only light weapons take the initiative to attack the German armored units with tanks and heavy artillery?" Eisenhower was furious. He wanted to win more votes for veterans after the war was over. How can you let the American soldiers under you go to die.

The Republicans really took great pains to defeat Roosevelt, and even helped Eisenhower think of the campaign slogan.

After the end of World War I, American veterans were treated unfairly. In order to improve their plight, American veterans rallied in Washington, and were attacked head-on by MacArthur and Patton.

Now that the world war is coming to an end, whether the U.S. government can provide veterans with enough pensions to guarantee their lives according to the previous commitments is the most worrying issue for all American soldiers.

Eisenhower is the commander-in-chief of the US military's European theater. The Republican Party designed Eisenhower's campaign slogan. One of the most important items is to fully protect the rights and interests of all active duty and veterans.

Although active-duty soldiers in the United States cannot vote, veterans can. Although all the soldiers sent by the United States to Europe and East Asia do not add up to the 1000 million that the United States advertises, but with the support personnel in the United States, there are less than 1000 million.

This is not just 1000 million soldiers, but also their family members, relatives, friends, and even neighbors, etc.

This is why Eisenhower was so excited.

If it is really as designed by the Republican Party, then Eisenhower is really confident to fight Roosevelt.

"How will you know if you don't try it?" Montgomery went to the doctor in a hurry.

Some things really have to be tried to know if they will work, and Tony Anderson persuaded Lei Zhen in the same way.

Although the German explosives did not blow up the Ludendorff Bridge, it still had a huge impact on the structure of the Ludendorff Bridge.

Prior to this, the German army had already removed the railroad track in the center of the Ludendorff Bridge, and also blew up a large crater on the bridge surface, which made Lei Zhen doubt whether the crumbling Ludendorff Bridge could carry the full weight of the battle, which weighed 60 tons of "Lion" tanks.

"Our tanks must cross the river as soon as possible. In the opposite town of Remagen, at least six divisions of German troops are encircling us. Without tanks to assist in the defense, we will not be able to defend." Tony Anderson is not afraid of taking risks. Only one tank was lost.

If it can pass smoothly, then you can hold your position and firmly control the Ludendorff Bridge in your own hands.

"Send high-level dual-purpose guns and anti-tank guns first, then light tanks and armored vehicles, and finally heavy tanks. In addition, we must speed up the construction of floating bridges. We can't pin all our hopes on this bridge." Lei Zhen Prepared with both hands, seizing the Ludendorff Bridge was like stabbing a hornet's nest, attracting all the German troops within a hundred miles.

After the mustache learned that the Ludendorff Bridge had fallen, he was furious and dismissed Lundstedt again. It was Kesselring, who had won the trust of the mustache, who replaced Lundstedt as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front.

Kesselring knew very well the importance of the Rhine to the German defense line.

With the natural danger of the Rhine, the German army can still fight.

If the Southern African Expeditionary Force breaks through the Rhine, the German army will be defeated.

So before he arrived, Kesselring ordered all the German troops around the town of Remagen to gather in the town of Remagen and vowed to take back the Ludendorff Bridge.

Tony Anderson's information was not complete.

The German troops assembled towards Remagen were not six divisions, but a full 12 divisions, including four elite SS armored divisions.

Looked at that way, Tony Anderson was right.

If there is no tank to assist in the defense, it is indeed impossible to withstand the German attack.

"It will take at least a week to build the pontoon bridge, and the Germans will not give us so much time." Tony Anderson expressed deep concern that time is the root of all problems.

"If you don't have time, buy time. We will deal with the Germans as the Germans did to us!" Lei Zhen was fearless, and Kesselring wanted to attack halfway, so let's think about how to deal with the bombers of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

During the Battle of Normandy, the Allied bombers showed their talents. The six armored divisions under the command of Rommel suffered heavy losses from the indiscriminate bombing of the Allied Air Force. They failed to reach Normandy until the end of the battle.

The same goes for Remagen.

In the past winter, the Southern African Expeditionary Force did not do nothing. Only within 200 kilometers from the town of Remagen, 11 field airfields were built.

In order to end this final battle cleanly, Patton assembled more than 7000 fighters and bombers, of which the number of "Cheetah" fighter-bombers reached 5000. Kesselring wanted to break through the protection of the air force and surround the town of Remagen, which was extremely difficult. .

Even without air protection, the Southern African Expeditionary Force is not helpless.

While Lei Zhen and Tony Anderson were trying to coordinate reinforcements, Qi Ning and his comrades were planting mines.

To deal with tanks, as long as the thinking is correct, there are many ways.

The easiest way must be anti-tank trenches. There are many rivers around the Rhine River, which brought countless difficulties to the armored units of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, and at the same time treated the German army equally.

The traffic conditions in Germany are very developed. There are now nearly 5000 kilometers of highways. These highways are of a high standard of two-way six-lane highways, which are different from the two-lane highways like No. 69.

When the Southern African Expeditionary Force was advancing, the "Tiger" tanks and "Lion" tanks repeatedly missed anti-tank mines laid by the German army, causing considerable losses.

Now it's the turn of the scouts of the expeditionary army to take action. They are definitely experts in laying mines.

"Be careful when you put it in, just like touching your own Qingren—then seal it up with soil, and sprinkle another layer of soil to disguise it, at least it won't be obvious from the surface—" Qi Ning didn't feel distressed at all, and directly used Explosives blasted a hole in the wide, smooth highway, and buried anti-tank mines in it.

Most of the time, even explosives are not needed. After the indiscriminate bombing by the Air Force, there are many bomb craters on the highway, but these bomb craters are not very useful. Tankers will take the initiative to go around. The tank was driven into the two-meter pit.

"Does every hole need to be mine?" Little Wright, who was temporarily sent to help, studied humbly. Little Wright was French, and this time he was serving as a servant army, fighting with the 9th Armored Division.

The "servant army" here is not an insult, but a real servant army.

The Southern African Expeditionary Force treats the servant troops differently from the Germans and Russians.

The attitude of the Germans and Russians towards the slave army is similar to that of the slave army. They get up earlier than chickens, sleep later than dogs, eat worse than pigs, and work more than cows.

The servant army of the Southern African Expeditionary Army is very relaxed. Most of the time, it undertakes some logistics and transportation work, and there is not much danger. Even if it is deep in the front line, it also undertakes some auxiliary combat tasks. Will fake hands to others.

It's actually not that difficult.

Whether it is difficult or not depends on the situation. It is indeed very troublesome to play hide-and-seek with the little Japanese in the deep mountains and old forests of Southeast Asia.

Fighting against the Germans on the plains of Western Europe is really not that difficult.

The point is that they have an absolute advantage in terms of strength and weapons. Even the elite SS cannot fully guarantee the current logistics of the German army.

"Of course not, our anti-tank mines are limited and cannot be wasted—" Qi Ning maintained the good habit he developed in the umbrella company.

All the expenses of the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force during the war will be paid by the Southern African Ministry of Defense.

When protecting the umbrella, the mercenaries have to pay for even one bullet.

Don't worry about it.

(End of this chapter)