Chapter 1223 Landing in North America
One after another, flares fell from the sky, illuminating the sky west of the Cartwright fishing port occupied by the Royal Army Hannover 'Prince Friedrich' Infantry Regiment'. Above this pale, hundreds of C-47 transport planes were hovering and howling. The light and roar came to the Cartwright fishing port, alarming the Belarusian officers and soldiers who were resting in the past two days. Because the strategy of pretending to be the British army played a role, there was no fierce exchange of fire in the Cartwright area. The officers and soldiers of the British (Canada) Independent Paratrooper Brigade had no intention of attacking at all, and they fired a few shots and retreated to the Paradise River. The good Canadian army suddenly exerted the momentum of the Yidwright people.
The next two days of the 21st and 22nd were peaceful, and the British troops in the Paradise River did not even send their reconnaissance forces to the east. Just when Reinhardt and Little Ribbentrop, who then arrived at the command of a regiment-level cluster, thought that they would not experience hard battles in Labrador, a place where birds were not shit, the American airborne troops came.
"Damn it, it's the airborne!" When Little Ribbentrop and Reinhardt came out of the hidden command, they could see the umbrella flowers illuminated by flares at a glance.
"And a lot! Very many..." Reinhardt was also shocked by the airborne momentum in front of him.
He and Little Ribbentrop never expected that the enemy would send troops to the battlefield of Labrador with extremely inconvenient transportation by large-scale airdrops. Judging from the momentum, the airdropped forces are probably 20,000, right? This is nearly two divisions. It is easy to throw so many people from the sky, but it is difficult to maintain their high-intensity combat along the coast of Labrador.
It is at least 1,000 kilometers away from Quebec (Quebec City) and Maine, the United States, and there are no railways or roads available. Logistical supplies must be transported by air or airdrop, so how many transport aircraft must be transported by?
"It seems we have a battle to fight!" battlefield newcomer Reinhardt said to Little Ribbentrop in an excited tone.
But the latter seemed a little solemn and nodded and said, "There is a big battle... Reinhardt, go and generate electricity for the command center and tell them about the situation of the US airdrop. I hope the above will be prepared for this situation, otherwise we will be miserable."
At this moment, on the east side of the Cartwright Fishing Port, the sea near the Hare Bay, which was completely controlled by the Belarus and Finnish troops. Although it was late at night, the transfer and beachhead operations were still in progress. The Bremen and Europa, which were bombed a few days ago, drove into the Hare Bay, and anchored near the beachhead, and used the searchlights on the boat to shine the surrounding water surface like daytime. With the help of the searchlights, the cranes on the deck of the two amphibious assault ships were constantly lifting vehicles and supplies from the ship to the landing craft on the water, and then transported them to the beachhead.
In addition to these two giant ships with a displacement of more than 40,000 tons, two tank landing ships with displacement of thousands of tons appeared on the beach of Hare Bay. The bow doors had been lowered, and a large number of soldiers were transporting boxes of supplies and ammunition from the tank landing ship like water and loading them onto a truck next to them.
Just as the beach was busy unloading, fireballs flashed from time to time in the nearby sky and sea, shrouded in darkness, passing through fire chains, accompanied by a loud bang and a loud bang.
A fierce sea and air battle is in progress now!
Since the European Union landed in Hare Bay in Labrador, the US air force stationed in Newfoundland will send planes to carry out air strikes, both day and night. On the evening of the 23rd, not only the American air force, but also several destroyers also arrived near Hare Bay with unknown number of PT torpedo boats, and are now exchanging fire with the German destroyer guarding there and the S-100 torpedo boats.
At the same time, fierce battles broke out in the air. Three squadrons of He219 "Owls" night fighters flew from Nuuk Airport in Greenland. Although the number was not large, it also caused considerable losses to the medium and heavy American bombers who came to drop the "bat" bombs. However, the "bat" bombs still landed on the flight decks of the Bremen and Europa, and exploded huge fireballs from time to time. Although it would not cause major damage to the huge amphibious assault ships, it still greatly affected the transfer and beachhead operations.
In the bridge of the Bremen, Admiral Burshadi, the commander of the landing fleet, and Rear Admiral Xue Allen, the commander of the landing force, both seemed very anxious at this time. It was not because of the fierce battles at sea and in the air, but because they had just received a report that the US military was taking a large-scale airborne.
This is really surprising news! At least they were not mentally prepared at all!
The operation to land on Labrador was just a feint attack, so there were not many troops invested, only two brigades. Moreover, the commander who commanded this landing operation was still a major general, and he had no idea how to fight on land?
As for the commanders of the two brigades who had already landed, they were just the ranks of Army Colonel and SS Colonel. Moreover, they were not commanding reliable German troops, but Russian troops and Finnish troops, and their combat effectiveness was quite doubtful.
So after learning that the US military had launched a large-scale airborne, Rear Admiral Xue Allen immediately sent an emergency telegram to the Marine Corps Command for help.
Their urgent electricity soon turned into a harsh phone ringtone, awakening the Hesman Empire Marshal who was sleeping with Chloe.
"Robert, what did you say?" When Hessman picked up the phone receiver, the morning sun had already shot into his and Chloe's bedroom through the thin curtains. Because there was a jet difference between Germany and North America, it was already early on April 24th.
"Ludwig, the Americans invested a large number of airborne troops into Labrador, with about 2 divisions."
"Two divisions?" Hessman sat up from the bed and woke up his wife Chloe beside him. He knew that her husband had military affairs, so he didn't say anything. Hessman just kissed him on the cheek, put on his pajamas and went to the bathroom to wash.
"There are at least two divisions, all airdropped." Marshal Grame said on the phone. "If we include the Canadian army that was in the Paradise River area before, the total force may be close to three airborne divisions."
"This is a good thing!" Hessman immediately made a judgment. "The Americans must transport a large amount of supplies, equipment and ammunition to the troops of these three divisions, and dispatch fighter jets to cover their operations. This will make the already insufficient aviation force on Newfoundland even more tense!"
"But our troops are under great pressure. We only have 2 brigades there, and they are all foreign troops."
"There will be reinforcements," said Hessman, "the SS England regiment and the SS Scottish regiment are in Iceland, and I will immediately let them go to Canada."
The SS England Regiment and the SS Scottish Regiment are both troops composed of fascist volunteers in the UK. Because they are loyal to Adolf Hitler, they are not included in the Royal Army and can be used in Canadian expeditions.
According to the plan, these two authentic British teams will be used for the occupation of Newfoundland and, if possible, they will also be used as pioneers in the march toward the heart of Canada.
"Okay." Marshal Grame agreed to Hessman's arrangement. "Now there is a commander who can command these landing troops... I think Rear Admiral Xue Allen can't do this."
Rear Admiral Xue Allen is an expert in landing warfare. His professional knowledge only reaches the beach and does not know how to fight land warfare.
"That's it," Hessman thought for a while, "I'll find a famous general for the landing troops."
"Famous general?" Gram asked, "What kind of famous general?"
Hessman had a candidate in his mind, "How about Alexander?"
"Alexander?" Grame was stunned, "Alexander Lyle or Alexander von Farkenhausen?"
"It's Marshal Harold Alexander." Hessman replied.
"What? That British Marshal?" Marshal Grame seemed very surprised.
"Yes, it's him!" Hessman said with a smile, "Who is more suitable than him? Do the British troops in Canada know him?"
The idea of using a British marshal to be the commander-in-chief of the nominal European Expeditionary Force in Canada was long been proposed when formulating the "Gauchiburg Plan". Of course, the German General Staff did not want the British marshal to really take power, but asked him to face the flag. This would at least make the British army in Canada lose their fighting spirit and let the Canadians fight against the Queen's army for the sake of the United States.
As for the actual generals, Hessman had already thought about it, that is, General Rommel, who is not qualified to become a marshal until now.
"Okay," Marshal Grame said on the phone, "Marrior Alexander is OK, but the question is, did he agree?"
"Not yet," said Hessman. "Not I will convince him, it's absolutely fine, he will agree, because he has no choice now."
Hessman was preparing to go to Britain in person later to convince Queen Elizabeth and Marshal Alexander. Although the British had been not very interested in attacking the United States before, the situation is different now, because the war has already reached Canada. If Elizabeth and Alexander still refuse to stand out, then it is uncertain who will control Canada after the war.
In addition, Britain still seeks Germany in India!
Chapter completed!