Just as Hans's special platoon successfully hitched a ride and set off towards London, another deadly attack arrow began to penetrate the territory of the British Isles in the direction of Plymouth.
Compared with the French and Norwegians who spent their lives to fill in the Dover and established the landing site with the help of German paratroopers in a difficult and painful way, the German landing force in Plymouth, which was the real killer, had a much easier time.
Because Churchill's eyes had been completely attracted to Dover, all mobile reserves that could be mobilized were put into the Dover operation. This also led to the fact that after the Allied Powers' second key landing, the British could not take any action at all.
If we don't have enough support troops, we'll have to fill the hole again.
German infantry general Ernst Busch led six infantry divisions of the Sixteenth Army, crossed the English Channel by boat from the Pas de Calais, and set out for the Portsmouth area. Along with them, there were 220 vehicles equipped with them.
Submersible tanks of the 1st Special Service Armored Division.
Stuart's three paratrooper divisions participated in the Dover offensive in order to stabilize the French and influence the mood of their allies.
The four divisions of Adolf Strauss's Ninth Army also crossed the channel from the Affor area and landed between Brighton and Vidy Island to cope with the overall situation.
Generally speaking, the three paratrooper divisions of France, Norway, and Stuart were the first batch of landing troops of the Allied Powers. The total number of troops reached 7 divisions and more than 90,000 people.
Ernst's 6 German infantry divisions and 1 special service armored division equipped with diving tanks also totaled 7 divisions, but they were all the main forces of the German army. They were the second batch of landing troops and the most powerful surprise force.
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As for Adolf Strauss's four divisions, they were the third batch of landing troops that could be transported after the naval transport delivered Ernst's troops. Their mission was not to attack by storm, but to serve as the third force.
The sharp sword inserted into the British Empire played a powerful supporting role.
This is a sophisticated and cunning combat plan, which continues the German army's always-favored, eccentric combat thinking.
First, the French-Norwegian joint force commanded by the famous French general Weygand landed at Dover and competed with the British army for this obvious strategic key point.
Although this was not the main direction of attack chosen by the Germans themselves, it was still a key position where winning would be enough to determine the direction of the war. Therefore, the German army parachuted almost all of its trained paratrooper divisions to the rear of Dover to provide front-line protection.
Wei Gang, who launched the landing operation, provided strong support.
On the one hand, this will stabilize the allies' will to fight. With three German paratrooper divisions to contain the enemy's rear as reinforcements, and to live and die with them, the French and Norwegians will not be used as bait.
With the pessimistic thoughts, the combat effectiveness can be maintained to a certain level, fully achieving the purpose of attracting and containing the British army.
On the other hand, the large-scale concentrated use of three paratrooper divisions, plus the participation of the famous French general Wei Gang, has a high chance of winning against the Dover garrison, which has a larger number of people but is of worrying quality. Once they win, then
London is almost in the Allied Powers' possession, and there is no need for any further attacks from other directions.
Therefore, the Allies' offensive investment in Dover can be said to kill two birds with one stone. It is not just a simple lure to the enemy, but also has the important significance of threatening the British capital. It is completely worth it!
On the other hand, even if a breakthrough was delayed in the Dover area due to Churchill's massive deployment of reinforcements, this would not affect the final outcome of Operation Sea Lion.
Because the pure main force of the German army landing on the Portsmouth front line is the real trump card. According to the calculations of the German high command, even without the restraint of Dover, the German army commanded by Ernst in the Portsmouth area is fully capable of opening up the situation.
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And with the diversionary war launched by the Dover Three-Nation Alliance, Ernst will have an easier time!
Finally, as the third batch of landing troops heading to Britain, the four divisions of Adolf Strauss's Ninth Army only had to face the barely remaining British coastal defense forces between Brighton and Vidy Island.
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Then, General Adolf Strauss could choose according to the situation, in accordance with the conventions of the German mission command method, to rely on his own judgment whether to send the army in the direction of Dover or to join the main force of the German army in Portsmouth.
Or, divide the troops and dispatch them in two directions at the same time.
After all, this third landing force was originally the third line of insurance provided by the German high command for the Sea Lion plan. It was a force of sufficient magnitude that could act in a timely manner when the first two lines of insurance were not effective.
Therefore, it is completely in the interests of the German army to leave it to the frontline commanders to decide how to conduct specific operations, and the risk is not high.
As for the planned use of the Sea Lion Project, the remaining 1 armored division and 4 infantry divisions will be transported to the consolidated landing sites in southern England after the three batches of landing troops have completely opened up the situation, and then quickly deployed with the goal of blitzkrieg
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These five German divisions that finally entered the Battle of Britain were not sent to the battlefield for victory. They were sent to the British Isles purely to end Operation Sea Lion as soon as possible and to achieve the effect of blitzkrieg. The decisive battles were carried out in the previous three batches.
The landing force is enough to solve the problem.
In the German high command, many careful people had actually initiated Operation Sea Lion, a vigorous operation that could determine the future fate of the empire on which the sun never sets. However, the Third Reich did not send even a top-notch general to participate.
As for the army, the German SS, which is known as the craziest and most powerful fighting force, did not participate. The Wehrmacht was commanded by some moderate German generals.
As for the Air Force, in addition to his personal involvement in the previous Anglo-German air battle, which led to the annihilation of the main force of the Royal Air Force at Calais, Kesselring handed over full control of the war to Morgenthaler of the Second Air Force after the landings actually began.
Speller of the Third Air Force, and Stumpf of the Fifth Air Force. However, he himself, along with the remaining senior air force commanders, turned to study air defense matters on the Eastern Front.
The Navy managed to come up with a relatively famous commander, but this person was not Chief of Staff of the Imperial Navy Raeder, but Lütjens, who was under Raeder.
Although the above are all absolutely excellent and reliable generals, they are by no means the generals with the best reputation in Germany and the most brilliant achievements in the past.
The reason for this arrangement is also very simple, because Reinhardt, and even the entire German top management, after annihilating the main British forces in Dunkirk and Norway, and severely damaging the British home fleet twice, all without exception
I am determined that the sun never sets on the Empire, and it is time for it to do so this time.
In addition, Project Sea Lion has already formulated the big policies, and all that is left is for the frontline commanders to implement them according to the strategy.