After adjustments, Hans's special platoon quickly reached the outskirts of Portsmouth.
But what they didn't expect was that the battle in Portsmouth was not over as they imagined. On the contrary, the battle here was extremely fierce.
Because the total number of British regular troops in the area near Portsmouth barely reached the size of a regiment, Churchill, while drawing away the regular troops, also deployed a large number of nearly 40,000 National Guard troops here.
And these cannon fodders called the National Guard, although their combat skills were not very good, they came one after another to die, which indeed delayed a lot of time.
Just as the British National Guard could not drive the elite German landing troops back to the sea on the coast, the German army could not annihilate the huge number of National Guards in an instant.
As a result, there was the Battle of Portsmouth, which although the situation was one-sided, did not end.
"Go, go!" A German captain named D'Antoni shouted loudly to his men while holding the mg42 general-purpose machine gun known as "Reinhardt's Saw."
In fact, in this situation, the captain himself didn't know who he was ordering now. It was more of a casual vent than an order, bursting out all his emotions.
An infantry company he led also entered a state of madness. Facing the British whose strength and quality were inferior to theirs, they used their bodies like crazy and used their superior strength to launch one round after another against the British National Guard.
A round of crazy carnage.
Although the British combat quality is not high, thanks to Churchill's propaganda work, these militiamen are also determined to die and resist the German army. Cannon fodder troops continue to fall in front, but new cannon fodder continues to fill the vacancies.
Amidst the dense rain of bullets from the German army, the British miraculously did not lose the central position of Portsmouth.
However, after a period of time, the firepower of the British defense forces inevitably weakened.
Having participated in the Battle of Dunkirk, the experienced Captain D'Antoni was immediately delighted.
It seems that the vanguard of his troops has already attacked the British position!
"Every platoon and every squad is charging in this direction!" D'Antoni keenly captured the fighter's voice.
Based on the experience gained from fighting the British at Dunkirk, he understood that as long as a British position was breached, the impact in this direction would be increased, which would very likely push the British position
It falls apart from here!
Due to the fierce attack of the German army, the British position in front has indeed been captured by the German army.
The soldiers of the German 48th Infantry Division finally broke through here. They had entered the British central position and were fighting bravely and tenaciously with the British!
Since the defending British troops were originally inferior National Guard troops with low combat effectiveness, and they fought for a whole day, the British side had always been weak, so their positions were soon overrun by the professional Germans.
It was completely occupied by soldiers.
This victory also completely inspired the German army's fighting spirit. Once again, like devils, they madly captured one British town after another.
The most frightening thing is that this group of Germans with extremely high combat effectiveness still have a huge numerical advantage in the direction of Portsmouth!
The German army's attack method on various defensive positions in the Portsmouth area was very simple and crude. Basically, tanks opened the way and infantry coordinated. When a soldier fell, the people behind him immediately picked up, and it could even be said that they stepped on the German gunmen in front.
The human corpses continue to attack!
It is strange to say that these British National Guards, whose combat effectiveness was very low in the past, became uncharacteristically brave. Perhaps they were supported by their families and hometown, or perhaps Churchill worked hard in propaganda and agitation and successfully eliminated these.
brain.
On this basis, each of them dared to confront the Germans head-on and sacrificed their lives to delay the German attack.
The firepower of the mg42 machine gun is very powerful. Their bullets can mow down one British person after another. However, the bullets on the machine gun's bullet chain are constantly running out. When the machine gun bullets are running out and the bullets are being replaced,
, those British cannon fodder will rush up crazily and use their lives to regain a small distance!
The position was in a mess, with the corpses of British and German soldiers lying everywhere. Of course, due to the gap in combat effectiveness and coordination level, most of the corpses here were British corpses, with only scattered German corpses scattered among them.
However, this was enough to surprise the German army.
On the position under their feet, the originally black land had long been dyed red with blood. This was the first decent landing battle that the Third Reich's own troops had experienced since landing in Britain. They were using their own
With his own blood, he wrote his loyalty to Germany and the Führer in Portsmouth, England.
"If this continues, when our army attacks London, it is estimated that our soldiers will suffer a lot of casualties." Looking at the sea of blood, Captain D'Antoni said to himself.
"Yes, we have to find a way. Attacking us like this is too expensive." A lieutenant platoon leader under him agreed.
In fact, what Captain D'Antoni and the lieutenant platoon leader could think of, General Ernst Busch of the Sixteenth Army could also think of.
Ernst would never allow his elite soldiers to be worn down by a group of British militiamen. Just now, the second batch of No. 3 submersible tanks had been unloaded from the transport ship!
Tanks, with their thick armor, have become a natural weapon against infantry. This is even more true against this group of British militiamen who lack training, lack heavy weapons, and have limited means to deal with tanks.
In Captain D'Antoni's position, although only two unloaded No. 3 tanks were allocated, these two tanks were enough.
At this time, the engine of the No. 3 tank was already rumbling. After crossing our own line of control, it stabbed into the British soldiers on the opposite position.
"Click, click, click..." On the turret of the No. 3 tank, at the front of the body, two machine guns were firing fiercely.
After the second modification, the firepower of the No. 3 submersible tank was even more fierce. Even above the turret, a machine gun was installed on the top hatch, and the loader in the tank also poked out from the hatch.
He came with half his body and opened fire on the British with the Mauser combat pistol in his hand.
The engine of the tank was roaring and the tracks were spinning wildly. Every moment, it would bring endless casualties. When the tank body hit the British soldier hard, the British soldier almost screamed. Then, his whole body was crushed.
The crawler belt crushed him and turned him into a bloody corpse.
2 machine guns and 1 pistol, a total of 3 guns, were also spitting out tongues of fire, shooting at the British soldiers. For a moment, they seemed invincible.
As for these British National Guards, without heavy weapons, they had nothing to do with these German tanks. But tanks without infantry protection were quite dangerous. In addition, they were just amateur soldiers.
The same situation keeps happening around Portsmouth.
