In the early days of World War II, the US Marine Corps was still a very unattractive military force.

You can tell by looking at the weapons. In 1933, the US Army had fully equipped the m1917a4 air-cooled heavy machine gun. During World War II, the output of this machine gun was extremely huge. How big can it be? When charging, there was no problem with the man sturdy.

With such a huge output, the US Marine Corps actually used the old m1917a1 heavy machine gun and water-cooled barrel, which weighed extremely huge.

The Marine Corps was not valued. It was not until it had to land across the sea during World War II that it carried out a large-scale expansion. Later, under the conspiracy of the army, it was almost incorporated into the army.

Now, the main forces of the US Marine Corps guarding Iceland are the ones.

For the United States, Iceland is not used to guard it. Iceland is just a springboard. Their mission is to land in England through Iceland, land on the European continent, and restore peace in the old world.

Under this strategy, the Marines were the first to bear the brunt of the troops. They opened landing grounds and attacked forward so that the army behind them could move up calmly.

The main ones guarding Iceland are the 1st and 3rd Divisions of the Land Warfare.

The 1st Marine Division was originally the team of the Marine Corps and was the first elite unit in the United States to conduct special landing warfare training. Their combat effectiveness was the strongest, but a large number of excellent and well-trained officers of the division were transferred to serve as the backbone of the newly formed 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions.

Now most of the members of the 1st Marine Division are newly recruited, and their combat effectiveness is no longer the same as the 1st Division.

Major General Alexander is also a major general of the Marine Corps.

"Order the 1st Marine Division to go to Keflavik immediately and defeat the Germans there!" Lieutenant General Alexander said.

He did not dare to send all his troops out, at least half of them were to guard the capital. Moreover, the situation is in chaos now. How many troops can the Germans land across the sea and send them in one go?

What if the Germans were feinting the attack, and the real target of the attack was our side?

In a hurry, the garrison of the 1st Land War Division was also in a mess.

They were originally recruits, who came to Iceland to garrison and train. In a non-combat state, many soldiers were not in the army. They used their vacation time to fight with the women inside the station.

Now, the horn of emergency assembly was blown throughout the base, and the division commander Major General Van der Grift stood at the top of a truck, holding the horn, and shouted to his troops: "Come on, get on the car nearby, hurry!"

There are no heavy weapons in the equipment of the Marine Corps. On the one hand, it is because tanks and other weapons in the United States are given priority for the army. On the other hand, their mission is to take a landing craft to land on the beach. Those bulky equipment cannot be brought up with the landing craft.

When Germany had already equipped a series of landing equipment, the equipment of the US Marine Corps was still very backward. After all, the United States has not yet reached the counterattack, so it would be nice for them to be able to maintain it.

There are no tanks, only light weapons. At the same time, the cars are fully equipped with them. When the American war machines started to move, their industrial strength was extremely strong, and the output of cars was quite huge.

Many soldiers could no longer find their direct commander in panic, and the army's system was almost disrupted, but Major General Van der Grift didn't have that much time.

As a Marine Corps, he knew very well that it was the weakest time in the early stages of landing. Once the beachhead position was held and advanced inland, it would be difficult to get them back.

Now we have to grab the time!

So, a large number of soldiers were cowarded in the car like dumplings, filled it, and drove away. Behind them, there were sleepy soldiers, some of whom didn't even take guns!

If it were my former team, I would have made all preparations now! Major General Van der Grift was quite upset.

At this time, in the car that had already set out in front, Colonel Hunter was sitting in the front car, holding a submachine gun in his hand, looking anxiously ahead.

As the leader of the 5th Marine Corps, he led the way. At this time, they must bravely join the battle!

His face was full of anxiety, and the situation was obviously not optimistic.

The engine of the IWC Truck made a rumbling sound, and the cars were pounding on the road. On their right side, you could see the waves slamming the coast, and the wet air blew on Colonel Hunter's face.

I soon arrived at the Cape Recha Peninsula, and a small curved turn appeared on the road ahead. The road turned north and headed straight for Keflavik.

Just after turning the corner, Colonel Hunter saw countless streams of black smoke rising, and his face changed drastically: "Hurry, stop, set up a position immediately!"

The black smoke rising was too obvious. It was the German tanks, which emerged when the diesel engines were working. The Germans came so fast that they had already organized a huge tank force!

Generally speaking, the first batch of people who landed on the coast were infantry. Who knew that tank troops had appeared now? At this time, everyone became nervous.

What tank is coming? If it is an amphibious tank from the Germans, you don’t have to be too scared. As it turns out, in order to have the ability to float on the water, the armor of that kind of tank is quite weak, and you can kill it with your own anti-tank gun!

The cars on the road had no time to hide and could only stay here. The soldiers behind quickly jumped to the left and hurriedly arranged a line of defense.

The right side cannot be arranged because the beach is on the right side. Stopping German tanks on the beach is almost the same as seeking death. At the same time, German tanks don’t come along the beach very much. Although the tanks are track-like, they are also afraid of the soft ground.

On the left, there is a mountain not far away. If the situation is not good, they can drill into the mountain.

And now, what they need is an organizational line of defense!

The tall John Baslom ran behind a stone on the side of the road, and quickly prepared the Boyce anti-tank gun he was carrying.

If it were the US Army, all kinds of artillery could be pushed out now, but the Marine Corps did not have it yet. They only had flesh and blood, and the only artillery were fixed on the coastline of Reykjavik as firepower points, ready to prevent the Germans from landing on the beach at any time.
Chapter completed!