Three days before the British army boarded the glider, Rokossovsky's troops stopped attacking.

Even Montgomery knew that he was going to land from the direction of Hamburg, and Dönitz naturally would not ignore it. The German Navy's Operation Hannibal was still transporting German overseas immigrants back to the country. In order to strengthen the defense of Berlin, Heinli Xi is also trying every means to transfer the German army back to Berlin, so the German army's defense is not just sticking to it, but defensive and offensive, fighting back and forth with the Russians.

Rokossovsky's troops stopped the attack, and the opposite German army launched a counterattack. The attack was directed by the German Field Marshal Walter von Brausch.

Brausch Junker was born in aristocratic family with prominent family background. His father was a general of the Prussian Imperial Cavalry. After graduating from the military academy, he served in Queen Elizabeth’s Third Guards Musketeer Regiment. He participated in the First World War. A member of the Wehrmacht stayed on.

In 1931, Brausic served as the artillery director of the German Army. In 36, he was promoted to general. One year later, because of serious conflicts with members of the Workers' Party, he was transferred to the Leipzig Military District, which was in charge of establishing the armored forces at that time, as the commander.

As a representative of the Junker aristocratic members of the German Army, Brausch had extremely sharp conflicts with the Workers' Party. When he was the commander-in-chief of the East Prussian Military Region, when there were any public events in East Prussia, he only invited party figures , Blauchic always declined; and when SA and SS personnel asked for support, Brauchic did not cooperate at all.

Because of Brausch's lack of cooperation, he was even sued to the top of the army. Even the mustache knew about the conflict between Brausch and the Workers' Party.

Mustache knows, but has no way to solve it, because the Junker nobles still had a huge influence on Germany at that time, and Mustache only obtained the support of the military after reaching a tacit agreement with the Junker nobles.

This is also the reason why Brauchic tried to die repeatedly, but he himself was safe and sound.

Although Mustache doesn't like Brauchic, he still wants to use Brauchic's influence.

"Don't leave me Humphrey, we are brothers, I will be grateful to you, I will give you all my money--" Swift didn't want to stay to die, if she had to stay, Swift Hope someone dies generously with him.

"Sir, what about Swift?" Humphrey was in a dilemma.

A Mauser bayonet still dripping blood appeared in front of Swift.

This is Swift's last awareness.

Humphrey gritted his teeth, turned around, and ran wildly.

Humphrey was running fast, and he joined a group of retreating British paratroopers, heading for the rendezvous point where the red smoke rose.

There was another burst of intense gunfire behind him, ending with the explosion of a grenade.

"Let's go, let's go—we're all going to die!" The second lieutenant didn't stop. If the Germans caught up, everyone would die.

They didn't retreat very far. During the period of fighting just now, the paratroopers set up another line of defense in the rear.

As with the Spring Offensive, the British [-]st Airborne Division happened to have a German armored unit nearby when it dropped.

The Germans were not wiped out, and a few lucky guys hid behind the bunker in time and escaped this wave of intensive shooting.

However, Swift did not point the gun at the direction where the Germans might appear, but at Humphrey.

Humphrey was shocked again, they were both human, why was there such a big gap!

Seeing the tanks coming from the opposite side, the sergeant major pulled Humphrey and retreated quietly.

How can the armored forces have no tanks? Even if the Germans are short of fuel, the tanks can still start, and they don't know where the German fuel factories are.

In the year when Brausch was transferred to the Leipzig Military District, the conflict between Brausch and his wife broke out. Brausch demanded a divorce from his wife, and his wife Elizabeth von Kalestedt demanded a sum of alimony. This gave Brauchic a headache.

Swift raised his head, and in front of him stood a murderous German soldier, showing a weird smile to Swift.

The location was not very good either, Humphrey didn't have time to dig foxholes, but fortunately there were a lot of trees and rocks, so Humphrey found an air strike between the rocks and trees as his position.

"If you want to leave, I'll kill you—" Swift doesn't know how to think that way.

Humphrey waited for a minute, and found that there was no movement on the other side, so he crept out from behind the tree.

The Germans did not give the British army a chance to replenish their ammunition. Soon a group of German soldiers came after them. Humphrey took a closer look. They were either old men with wrinkled faces and white beards, or freckles and pimples all over their faces. child.

Humphrey went to help the paratrooper, but was pushed away by the paratrooper.

The Germans advanced very fast, and the gunshots were getting closer and closer. Humphrey dragged Swift behind a big tree, picked up his Sten submachine gun, and prepared to fight the Germans to the end.

"What are you doing?" Humphrey couldn't believe it.

"All those who can still fight should evacuate. We must arrive at the assembly point as soon as possible."

The sound of the Sten submachine gun is very crisp, and the recoil is very small, the muzzle has almost no obvious jump, and the ballistic is straight. From these perspectives, the Sten is an excellent submachine gun.

"Don't leave me behind, I can still fight, I can reload you—" Swift was suddenly relieved of the pain.

It looks like a lot, but for the Sten submachine gun, it only takes 20 seconds to run out all the bullets.

Humphrey's face was full of disbelief.

bang——

Including the magazine in the Sten submachine gun, Humphrey carried more than 200 rounds of bullets.

Although the First Division suffered heavy casualties, thousands of men reached the rendezvous point.

After another burst of gunfire, everything finally calmed down.

"Go Humphrey, you are not capable of saving everyone—" the well-meaning airborne soldier reminded Humphrey that being a saint at this time will end in a very tragic way.

Damn sniper!

Considering his age, Humphrey wasn't too sad.

Most of them are placed in a hollow underground, otherwise there is a high probability that they will not be able to escape the strategic bombing of the Allied forces.

"Bullets must be used sparingly. We must persist for at least 24 hours before we can wait for reinforcements." The sergeant major next to him took out all the grenades and put them beside him, then took out a dagger and stuck it on the tree trunk beside him.

The Sten submachine gun uses pistol bullets, the effective range is only a pitiful 200 meters, and the damage caused by hitting people is very small.

Swift was also taken aback, subconsciously turned his gun, and when he turned around, Humphrey had disappeared.

The 600 meters of the rifle is an approximate number, which means that the due killing effect can still be achieved at a distance of 600 meters. In fact, the bullet can fly out to 2000 meters, and it still has lethality at this distance.

At this point in the battle, both sides were exhausted.

Everyone was in a panic, and a second lieutenant with an arm injury had no time to bandage, and the wound was still bleeding.

Of course, this is also related to Rokossovsky's deliberate release of water.

"Go back—" the sergeant major shouted in a low voice.

"I made a gram—" A paratrooper stepped on a stone, and the stone suddenly loosened. The paratrooper twisted his foot and fell to the ground.

At this time, the landing field was in a state of chaos, with broken planes and broken gliders everywhere. One glider failed to control its posture when it landed, and plunged into the ground. The entire fuselage was squeezed into scrap metal no more than one meter thick. , only part of the tail is still complete.

In forest warfare, battles often erupt within tens of meters, or even within ten meters. At this distance, the power of the Sten submachine gun can still be guaranteed.

No need to ask the paratroopers in the cabin, no one was spared, and Humphrey didn’t bother to check. He untied the straps on Swift’s body, hoping to drag Swift out.

Unlike the airborne troops in southern Africa, the British [-]st Airborne Division was not equipped with heavy weapons, and those airborne with the troops did not even have heavy artillery, and their vehicles were only light off-road vehicles.

Just as Humphrey took out his dagger, another group of rout soldiers rushed over. The last paratrooper was shot by the German army in the distance, and his body was only three meters away from Humphrey.

Humphrey lowered his head subconsciously, and a bullet flew past his head.

In the German Army, although Brausch had great influence, he had no command power, and even had little right to speak. As early as the beginning of 1940, Brausch suggested that Mustache choose to fight against Russia carefully, but this suggestion did not Adopted by Mustache.

"If you want, you can stay with him!" The sergeant major didn't force it, and everyone knew the consequences of staying.

"Hurry up, I'll cover—" The paratroopers whose names are unknown are the real soldiers.

However, as a front army commander, Brauchic is still competent.

In short, after the German army launched a counterattack, the Russian army was quickly defeated, so the originally safe landing site became the graveyard of the British army.

Humphrey looked at Swift who was pleading, but couldn't turn around and leave.

The Germans were also patient because they had more powerful weapons like tanks.

A stray bullet hit the tree trunk next to Humphrey, sending sawdust flying everywhere.

blah blah-

"Wait for Swift, I will definitely rescue you—" Humphrey wished that Swift's voice could be quieter, because his screams were so loud that the birds on the tree were frightened flew.

This appointment was not because of Brauchic's irreplaceable ability, but because of Brauchic's influence, and Mustache also needed such a person to take responsibility, so Brauchic took office.

"and many more--"

Startled, Humphrey scrambled and hid behind a tree trunk.

Since then, Brausch has been left idle until the battle line advanced to Berlin, and Mustache thought of Brausch again, hoping to use Brausch's influence on the German army to inspire the German army's sense of honor and fight to the death for the Third Reich.

Swift also picked up her own Stern.

He actually wanted to go over and take the bullets and grenades from the corpse.

At this time, Field Marshal Keitel provided help to Brausch on the condition that Brausch would succeed Fritsch as commander-in-chief of the German Army.

Knowing the consequences of attacking Russia, Brausic took the initiative to resign to Mustache, but Mustache did not approve, because at this time Blauchic still had value.

The sergeant major had experience dealing with enemies behind cover, so he put down the Sten in his hand, picked up a grenade and threw it over, deliberately staying for two seconds before throwing it.

No pain, really no pain at all.

It was not until after the defeat of the Moscow Battle that Brausch was dismissed by Mustache on the grounds of defeat. In order to shift all responsibility to Brausch, Mustache even publicly denounced Brausch as a "vain and cowardly wretch ".

As soon as Swift opened his mouth, the bloody bayonet stabbed him.

Then Humphrey heard the gunshots.

The sergeant major is not in a hurry to shoot. Patience is what matters in jungle warfare.

Humphrey stared at the direction where the German army appeared, not at the corpse.

The 200 meters of the submachine gun is 200. Don't count on it beyond this distance. The bullets don't know where to go, and there is no need to consider the lethality.

As mentioned above, when the German army began to form armored forces, Brausic served as the commander-in-chief of the Leipzig Military District, so Brausic has a lot of experience in commanding armored forces.

At this moment, gunshots suddenly rang out intensively.

In order to save bullets, Humphrey did not shoot, but used long bursts, knocking down only one German soldier, and lost the target in front of him.

As the commander-in-chief of the German Army, Brausch may indeed not be capable enough.

Brauchic must have complained about being idle for more than three years.

Sure enough, the grenade didn't land at all, and exploded in the air, and the two German soldiers were blown out from behind the bunker by the shock wave.

They were in dire condition, with no heavy weapons and few ammunition supplies, and Humphrey carried six magazines and four grenades with him.

Of course, there are also shortcomings, the most serious power is too small.

For the German armored forces, airborne troops lacking heavy weapons are completely a gift from heaven.

"Bastard, you coward, come back soon—" Swift yelled desperately, and at this time there were dense footsteps beside him. Swift didn't see anyone, couldn't tell the enemy from himself, and trembled with his head in his hands, even Can't even hold the gun.

Now Brausch finally had a chance to vent. He vented all his grievances on the short-sighted British paratroopers, so Humphrey and his comrades were out of luck.

The 200 meters of a submachine gun is different from the 600 meters of a rifle.

It is impossible not to withdraw, the temporary position must be abandoned, and letting the paratroopers face the tanks is to die.

The current German army is already a beast of war, and will not abide by any principles of engagement at all. The prisoners of war on both sides have only one end, and they will be executed on the spot.

Under the reminder of the paratroopers, Humphrey and the sergeant carefully bypassed the minefield. Landmines are the most powerful weapon against tanks.

So is the terrain, of course.

In the forest, the tanks faced much more difficulties than the paratroopers. In many places, the tanks could not climb up at all.

It is precisely for this reason that the paratroopers have the confidence to deal with the Germans in the forest.

However, Humphrey and the others were not lucky. As the number of German troops increased, the space for the paratroopers to move became smaller and smaller. If the reinforcements could not arrive in time, the paratroopers would eventually be surrounded by the Germans.


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