"Arson!"

I don't know who suddenly shouted in the ear of General Shiple's Airborne. General Shiple, who was commanding the battle on a high ground near Grace Harbor, immediately jumped out of a circular heavy artillery position (only positions, no cannons, this is a reserve position for 203mm howitzers) in his temporary command, and stood at a high place with good results and headed south.

In the south of Concepshin Bay, in the darkness, a yellow light flashed, and the sky in the south suddenly brightened like lightning. Then, a series of sounds of thunder came one after another, followed by the sound of trains driving in in the sky, which was a terrifying sound made by a 240mm cannonball flying past the air. The shells fell on the ground, and the entire Grace Harbor shook. From a distance, the place where the shells fell was like a sudden volcanic eruption, and the smoke column mixed with fire rose high and rushed to a high for half a day. Within the range of the explosion power, the buildings occupied by the German army were like paper, and were completely erased from the world, leaving only a huge crater.

The firing was the 240mm heavy artillery deployed by the US military on Bell Island, with a total of 12 shots, which was not a large number, but it was shot very accurately!

Bell Island is located inside Concepshun Bay, more than 20 kilometers from the entrance of the bay and about 20 kilometers from Port Grayson, all within the effective range of 240mm cannonballs.

The Americans deployed 12 m2 240mm cannons there, with the purpose of using firepower to block the entrance of the bay and support the operations on the west coast of Consepsun Bay. Grace Port was originally their intended target, and they had already measured and calculated the various units. Now they just fight them according to the various units, and they are naturally extremely accurate.

Fortunately, the 240mm cannon has a low firing rate and the shells are not very dense, which gives the German paratroopers on the battlefield the opportunity to transfer or simply jump into huge craters to avoid. However, the giant shells that fall from time to time still shock the German troops attacking Grace Port. Everyone looked in panic. As long as these American cannons were not eliminated, Grace Port would not be occupied by the German army!

Not far away, near the Grace Harbour Airport, the German cannons were also yelling. There were 4 Schneider 1943 105mm mountain cannons, 32 Bronde m1943 120mm mortars, and more than a dozen captured 128mm and 90mm anti-aircraft cannons, forming a considerable group of artillery and shooting very vigorously. The German shells landed on the docks and beaches of Grace Harbour near the Allied-controlled areas, making a dense and relatively small flash. It seems that the Allied defenders there will not be a good time, and now they will suffer heavy losses. If the heavy artillery of the US military on Bell Island can be suppressed, there should be no problem occupying the entire Grace Harbour.

Shiple turned around and followed him to the heights of the Chief of Staff Cork shouted loudly: "Let our people stop the attack and withdraw most of the troops from Grace Harbor... and wait until dawn."

After dawn, the me264 and br.810 carrying remote control guide weapons will fly to Newfoundland to assist in the war, and the Folk 636 with rockets will come with them. By then, the Americans' 240mm cannon will not be arrogant.

Colonel Cork said to Shiple at this time: "Admiral, Major General Hydet reported just now that he encountered an American armored division in the blocking cluster. He fought very hard and probably couldn't hold on for 24 hours."

Shipur frowned: "How long can you last?"

"At most, it's up to dawn," Shiple said. "If the Americans' offensive is a little more firm, they will collapse within an hour."

"What? One hour? The American armored division is so powerful?" Shipur was an airborne general, not an armored general. Moreover, he has been in the headquarters since the beginning of the war. He has never been to the battlefield and does not know much about the American armored division. He thought he was similar to the Soviet tank division.

"Of course," Colonel Cork has rich combat experience and has also studied the situation of the US armored forces. "Their armored divisions imitate us, and their degree of mechanization is even greater than our armored divisions. They also have heavy tanks similar to Tiger tanks, which are difficult to deal with."

Shipur felt that the matter was a bit serious and frowned and said, "We have to transfer all the 102nd Assault Battalion, 103rd Assault Battalion and 104th Assault Battalion to Major General Hydet."

Among the troops that landed on Newfoundland Island, there are five air assault battalions, which are actually aircraft-landing synthetic battalions, with very strong combat power. Now, three of these five battalions have taken over the Port of Cabernet and are currently clearing the area around Cabernet. Shiple is preparing to take out two of them, and add the 102 assault battalion in his hand, and send them to reinforce Hydet's blocking cluster together.

Shipur said: "There will be four assault battalions, with more than 100 tanks in the e-25 and 4. It should be able to fight against an American armored division!"

"What should I do if Grace Harbor?" asked Colonel Cork.

"Only stop the attack," Shipur thought for a while, "unless we destroy the cannons on Bell Island, we can't take the port and wait until the plane can take off after dawn."

...

The American armored division had just suffered another small defeat. It was ambushed by more than twenty e-50 and No. 4 H tanks next to a small, ice-covered lake. A pioneer cluster dropped 19 destroyed tanks and tank destroyers and fled backwards in a panic.

Unlike the previous attack on the US military while fighting and retreating, this ambush was a real victory. The US military not only left behind many wreckage of vehicles and the bodies of soldiers, but also was expelled for two or three kilometers.

Although the strong US military was only temporarily expelled, the German army seized a rare opportunity to pursue and clean up the battlefield.

"Will the French use HHL anti-tankre?" Brandt handed a HHL anti-tankre that looked a bit like a flashlight to Mitterrand who was following him.

"I don't know." Mitterrand shook his head.

"Just put it on the tank armor steel plate." Brandt took out another HHL anti-tank Rey, then ran to a slumped M-26 tank, and placed the HHL anti-tank Rey on the armor steel plate on the side of the tank. The head of this weird-looking anti-tank Rey has three pairs of magnets that can be attached to the tank armor.

Brandt said again: "Then pull out the fuse!"

After saying that, he suddenly pulled down the friction fuse at the anti-tank Regan, then ran a few steps quickly, and fell to the ground. With a loud "boom", the m-26 tank that was penetrated by the shells completely turned into a ball of burning scrap metal.

Brandt, who had climbed up from the ground, walked to Mitterrand who was lying behind a damaged m4a3 tank and asked, "Can you use it now?"

Seeing the other party nodding, Brandt pointed to a backpack next to the track of the tank, "There are HHL anti-tankres inside, you used them to blow up all the tanks here."

"Okay, OK." Mitterrand didn't want to do this job, but he didn't dare to tell the fierce Nazi in front of him that he didn't tell him that in the battle just now, he saw Lieutenant Brand killing three brave American freedom fighters with a fg42 paratrooper rifle. It was so cruel.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Brandt pointed to another German paratrooper next to him. "You can work with him, and after you finish, go to the lake to wait for me."

After arranging the bombing of the tank, Brandt took his twenty or so men to search and advance, after more than a dozen or twenty hours of combat, his ranks were now only 23 people, including one Frenchman Mitterrand. In addition to the large casualties, Brandt and his soldiers were exhausted. If we counted from the time they boarded the Fokker 42 transport plane, it had been almost 30 hours since they had not closed their eyes.

Although he was extremely tired, Brandt and his men still had to continue to carry out the task of cleaning the battlefield.

Dense gunfire and cannon sound came from the front. This was the Schwarzenegger group who was pursuing the retreating US armored forces and was fighting with the Americans. From the analysis of gunfire and cannon sound, the Germans were still the ones who prevailed. However, the American resistance was still fierce and favorable! Brandt and others continued to advance for less than 10 minutes, and a ray of light suddenly flashed in the dark sky ahead!

"Architecture! Hurry up and hide!" Brandt, who reacted very quickly on the battlefield, immediately reacted, shouted and jumped off the highway land base, and then crawled on the cold ground. His soldiers were the same, looking for favorable terrain and land to hide. Before everyone could hide, the American shells had already roared on the ground. However, it was not Brandt and the others who were bombing, but the Schwarzenegger cluster that was chasing the retreating US troops in front.

"Hurry, retreat quickly, get out of here!" Schwarzenegger was also paying attention to the American cannon along the way. Seeing the fire in front of him, he immediately issued a retreat order using the radio station on the command car.

After fighting with the Americans for less than a day, the one that left the deepest impression on him was probably the "artilleryism" of the United States. Perhaps the number of artillery in the US Army was not as high as that of the Soviet army, but it seemed to have a higher level in terms of application. Artillery and infantry and tanks cooperated very closely (this is because the United States has developed wireless communication technology, and walkie-talkies were distributed to platoons or even squads. The company level could call for artillery fire support, and the firepower was on call), and it was fierce and accurate!

In contrast, although the Soviet army had a large number of cannons, they were more rigid in use and were not as accurate as the US army. The cooperation with infantry and tanks was much worse.
Chapter completed!