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Volume Five: The Battle of Britain Chapter 102: The Day of Landing (8)

The waves slapped Maximilian's handsome face, and the sea water dripped from the helmet along the curve toward the shoulders and behind. The eyes under the helmet were a little messy.

He was a veteran who had served for eight years and participated in the Polish Battle and the French Battle. The troops he served were all kinds of strange. He was originally a sergeant platoon leader in the Polish Battle and was awarded the first-class Iron Cross for his special merits. He was then transferred to the experimental "Charge Battalion" as the second lieutenant company commander, and he made another meritorious service in the Battle of France and was promoted to the staff of the Lieutenant Battalion. After the end of the French Battle, the officer who had several troops was transferred to the Marine Corps because of the dissolution of the "Charge Battalion" and became a captain and deputy battalion commander.

In fact, the Marines of the Third Reich of Germany were not formed for a long time. The total number of Marines of three divisions and one brigade was jointly established in June 1940. It is obvious that the new organization of the Marines was entirely due to the consideration of the Battle of Britain. The formation of the Navy was not to re-recruiting new recruits, but to select soldiers and officers from the army, quickly forming basic combat power, and then conducting targeted high-intensity training in Norway and Denmark, which is now useful in the "Land-On" military operation.

Maximilian was riding a modified SDKFZ251 half-track armored conveyor vehicle. This type of armored transport vehicle was modified to become an amphibious beach-based armored vehicle.

The dkfz251 armored conveyor vehicle is used as Borgwad (bcom) is actually the abbreviation of the German sonderkraftfahrzeug, which means that special motor vehicles are mainly used to transport personnel. This type of semi-track armored conveyor vehicle started service in 1939, including various variants, and its production capacity is about 28,000 vehicles.

The vehicle's combat weight is 8.5 tons and is listed as a medium-sized half-track armored conveyor. The vehicle is equipped with two passengers, namely the driver and the length, and can also accommodate 10 passengers. The vehicle is 5.8 meters long, 2.1 meters wide, 1.75 meters high, and the bottom of the vehicle is 0.32 meters high. The vehicle has two 7.92mm machine guns, which are installed in the front and rear of the top of the vehicle body respectively.

The engine of the car is the same as the SDKFZ250 armored conveyor, which is also placed in the front of the vehicle body to open a tailgate behind the vehicle body. However, in order to give the driver a wide vision, the inclination of the top of the engine room was specially increased. The transmission device has 8 forward gears and 2 reverse gears. The front part of the movement part is wheeled and the rear part is crawler type. There are 6 load-bearing wheels on each side of the vehicle body, with the driving wheel in front and the induction wheel at the rear, and the load-bearing wheels are arranged in an interlaced manner. The track is a metal track with rubber pads, and the track grounding length is 1.

8 meters, track width 280 mm. The steering method of the vehicle is the same as that of the SDKFZ250 armored conveyor. When driving on the road, the front wheels are used to turn; when off-road, the "Colletrac" steering mechanism is used to turn the steering radius is 6.75 meters. The armor protection of the vehicle is similar to that of the SDKFZ250 armored conveyor. The armor thickness is 7 mm to 12 mm, which can prevent the attack of bullets and shell fragments, but the top of the vehicle body is also open, and the personnel in the vehicle are prone to guns and shells.

The modified SDKFZ251 half-track armored conveyor vehicle has a long body like a ship, and its head is sharp like a plowing knife; the track is a bit like a light tank, with a "man" pattern that enhances adhesion, so as to drive more smoothly on muddy grounds such as water net rice fields; it uses a single-edge hollow large load-bearing wheel to reduce weight and improve buoyancy, and the rim is stuck between two rows of locking teeth; the 7.92 mm machine gun in front has not changed; the rear features are very strange, with two water squirting ports and a movable water door for water steering. After it enters the water, two white water columns gush out from the valve, as if two white ribbons are floating in the water.

It is reported that Americans are also studying related amphibious armored vehicles, but compared with the installation and modification method adopted by the Third Reich of Germany, the rich Americans set up a team to develop it, and there are currently related prototype vehicles.

In addition to the modified SDKFZ25 ​​Third Reich Third Reich Third Reich Third Reich also modified a large number of pzkpfbsp for military operation on "Landing Day"; From Maximilian's vision, the entire sea surface under the night was covered with various modified amphibious vehicles for beach grabbing, and quickly advanced in the splashing water columns of sporadic shells. In order to quickly send soldiers to the beachhead position, the navy even used a large number of rubber motorboats. After all, no one had really fought this kind of war before, and it was not surprising that there were many strange combat methods.

There was a long "swish swish--" sound, and someone shouted "Low your head!". A shell just fell next to Maximilian's "car". The high water splashed all members into a slaughter. However, they were of good luck. Among the densely advanced teams, some guys did not have their luck. Some beach grabbing tools that were hit directly by the shells first burst out with sparks, and then the people's limbs were thrown everywhere. The beach grabbing tools that were originally moving forward at high speed slowly sank in a piece of blood until they completely disappeared.

The soldiers who had never experienced this kind of scene were obviously very uncomfortable. They hated the way of advancing by luck. At least there was a bunker on land to hide, and there was only prayer shells on the sea.

A shocking sound of artillery bombardment suddenly sounded, and there was nowhere far behind the beach rushing troops. There was a flash of light. It was imagined that the warship's naval guns were shooting towards the land.

The officers with rich experience secretly thanked the navy. They knew very well what would happen if the beach was not covered with large caliber guns. It would be a large obstacle.

At the forefront, there were finally an amphibious armored transport vehicle close to the coastline about 100 meters, and at this time, the naval brothers with good qualities stopped shelling. Because the landing craft was too high, the soldiers on the delivery tool could not see anything except their comrades around them. They held the rifle in their hands tightly with a nervous mood.

"Note! After hearing the whistle, rush out immediately, evacuate to both sides immediately, don't pause for a moment! Do you understand?!"

The officer gave the instructions very detailed, but he didn't know whether the soldiers who were confused by the bumps had heard it clearly.

The amphibious transport vehicle was still galloping at a height. Soon the soldiers in the middle felt the big guy under their feet paused suddenly. They were pulled forward by an inertia, and muffled groans came out frequently. Before they could recover from the panic, there was a very fierce sound of machine gun shooting in their ears. At this time, everyone could feel that their breathing was heavy.

"Beebeebee--"

The whistle was blown like a soul-warming sound, and the sound of the wheel being driven came from the front. I don’t know which heartless officer yelled at the top of his throat: “Roar out! Bounce out all!”

The shouting made the soldiers feel inexplicably nervous. Some soldiers kept cursing in their hearts such as "I haven't gotten up, I'm rushing at your sister"?

The drivers of the beach rushing troops did not know whether they were afraid of death or out of caution, so they actually parked the machine at a location about five meters to three meters away from the beach. No matter what, the simple hatch door still fell down. The soldiers in the front row stepped empty in a confused manner, and carried them into the water, causing these unprepared guys to "gulu" to fill a lot of sea water.

The soldiers who have received relevant training tried their best to suppress their panic after being loaded into the water. They did not want to struggle randomly and were entangled by ropes. If they lost the ability to move and drowned, it would be too frustrating.

The first feeling they felt after their heads was that they were glad. There was no fire point in their sight. All they had was the machine gun barrage behind them rushed over like twisted snakes. Not enough, when they waited to see the obstacles that had not been completely removed, they finally understood why the damn drivers stopped in such a bad position.

The first wave of Marines finally got rid of the soft sand or other damn things in the sea and stepped on the relatively strong beach with big feet, some soldiers who were glad that they were not attacked were suddenly stunned. They were facing bullets that were constantly being fired.

The world is destined to be perfect, and no matter how fierce the artillery fire is, it cannot clear all threats. Those underground fortifications that have not been destroyed are spit out one after another, and the barb-iron obstacles are hit by bullets and make "ding-ding-dang" sounds. Soldiers who cannot hide without cover are shot and fall down one after another.

"Where is the blasting engineer? Hurry up and clear the things on the beach so that the tanks can reinforce it!"

The answer was the sound of shells falling. The soldiers who were too dense were thrown up by the bomb and threw them out randomly like a scattered flower. The splattered sand became the most deadly thing, and some soldiers' faces seemed to be extremely festering and were not bleeding.

When Maximilian arrived at the beachhead position, the first wave of soldiers was suppressed by not fierce resistance and could not move forward. He could see wounded and corpses everywhere. Seeing this scene, he had experienced many bloody battles and could not help but exclaim: "There are less than six heavy machine guns on this beachhead that suppressed three companies!"

Those who see this scene will definitely feel shocked and unbelievable. However, this is the firepower of the defense force under the attack of rest. If the British army is completely established and the fortifications are not damaged, what would it be like?
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