Elvington is a small town located behind Dover, about 100 miles north of Dover. The British army does have a regular British army in this area.
It is a pity that there are not many British regular troops in Elvington, which is probably the strength of a company. However, the British Dover Theater Command is still very cautious about the use of this company. After all, it is rare in the Dover area.
The British regular army must be used on the edge of the sword to play their role.
And it is precisely because of the careful consideration of the Dover frontline headquarters that this group of "mostly considered the main force" is now temporarily shelved in Elvington.
This is not a good thing for these British professional soldiers. These soldiers have nothing to do here all day, they are sick, and they don't know what they should do all day long.
Finally, some soldiers finally couldn't bear the loneliness. After all, these regular troops were not on the front line, and staying behind would not be of much use.
"Captain Mitchell, how long are we going to be idle here? Haven't the orders from our superiors come down yet? If we are idle here any longer, sooner or later Dover will be lost to the losers of the National Guard." A soldier
Complained to Captain Mitchell, the commander here.
"You can't say that! Corporal! We and the National Guard are friendly forces. There is no reason to belittle them. You don't have to worry about where we should be placed. What you and I need to do is obey the orders of our superiors.
, I think our superiors must have their thoughts and considerations in leaving us here." Captain Mitchell patiently explained to the soldier.
However, although I don’t know if the Dover command kept this unit here for other reasons, the Dover command did say that they would use this small force with formal training this time.
On the edge of the knife, because they were indeed about to make their real impact at Elvington.
Right now, in the sky 70 miles south of Elvington, two German transport planes are flying towards Elvington, and the destination of their flight is this strategic town of Elvington, and they execute
The task was to deliver a company of German paratroopers on the plane to Elvington and capture this strategic town.
The weather in Elvington is exceptionally clear today. The sky is light blue and dotted with white clouds. The sky above Elvington looks particularly beautiful. However, there are a few uninvited guests in this beautiful sky, namely these two aircraft.
The German transport planes, coupled with the roar of the rumbling engines, completely broke the peace and tranquility that should belong to this sky.
"Captain, are we going in the wrong direction? I'm worried that we are going in the wrong direction." On the German transport plane, the co-pilot of the latter plane was talking to the captain.
But the captain didn't seem to pay attention to the first officer's concerns.
"You don't have to worry about this. Just listen to me and fly forward. Anyway, the plane in front of us is the lead plane, so we all have to listen to them. And the plane in front of us was personally piloted by the squadron leader of the transport squadron today.
His crew members are the most skilled, and I think with his rich experience, there will be no problem in getting us to Elvington, and there will be no possibility of getting lost."
The fleet was sailing at a speed of 500 kilometers per hour. Finally, they passed the long Dover defensive circle. When they saw Elvington, they began to descend.
Down below, there's Elvington, and it's time for the paratroopers to appear.
One, two, three, this group of well-trained German paratroopers jumped out of the two transport planes one after another. They were full of Germany's hope and the expectations of the head of state, and they jumped from here with full blood.
Go down.
Because the people of Germany need the sacrifices of German soldiers, and these subjects of Great Britain also need the conquest and rule of Germany.
In Elvington, a group of British guys have just finished lunch. Most of them are taking a nap. Maybe it’s because they haven’t fought in a long time. This unit is full of laziness from top to bottom. They don’t even sleep together in the unit.
Sent out a sentry during nap time.
Fortunately, not all soldiers were napping.
At least, Sergeant Smith, who had never been in the habit of taking a nap, was the same today. After finishing his meal, he stared blankly into the sky.
Captain Smith always yearned for the Air Force, so he always looked at the passing planes in the sky, hoping that one day he would be able to fly into the sky. After joining the Army, Smith, whose dream was shattered, could only look at the sky often.
Today, Smith was still looking at the sky as before, but after a while, he discovered two transport planes flying in from the south.
Although it felt like the two transport planes were different from before, he couldn't tell what was different.
Sure enough, the two transport planes made a different move than before. Smith found that the tails of the two transport planes released a lot of small black dots. Before Smith could react, these small black dots suddenly appeared in the air.
It grew bigger and took on the shape of a blossoming edelweiss flower.
"No! German paratroopers!" Smith finally reacted before the first German paratrooper landed and shouted loudly to his comrades.
This group of British young men were immediately frightened and scrambled. Most of the British soldiers had just woken up from their naps and had even forgotten what they should do for a while.
When they finally fully reacted and gathered their troops to resist the German attack, all the German paratroopers had already landed in the distance.
Based on the visual feedback they received, they could roughly estimate that this group of German paratroopers had about the strength of a company, and because they were airborne, they did not have heavy weapons or much weapons and ammunition.
But the British missed a good vacuum attack time. If they could shoot the Germans while they were still in the air, the losses of the German paratroopers would be huge.
Now, they had to confront the Germans face to face.
This would be good. In terms of weapons and equipment, although the British Army was in a situation of scarcity of equipment and ammunition following Churchill's large-scale expansion order. But this time, the equipment of the airborne Germans would not be much better than theirs.
Moreover, both sides are professional soldiers and have received military training.
Therefore, this battle turned out to be one of the rare fair battles since the beginning of the entire Battle of Britain.
