69novels Chapter 1041
Chapter 1041
Admiral Pershing’s face looked very bad!
During the second attack, the U.S. military had already broken through the German frontal defense and was about to attack the German stronghold in one go and completely eliminate this stronghold!
As a result, at this time, the second wave of German bombing came. This time the bombing came at a very bad time. The U.S. military had already attacked the front of the German army. If they retreated, they would be actively giving themselves to the German bombing. Therefore, the U.S. military could only move forward and try to get as close as possible to the German defenders. In this way, the German bombers might be afraid to bomb indiscriminately!
So, Admiral Pershing issued an order to continue the attack and asked the front-line troops to charge immediately.
This order should be considered a correct decision under normal circumstances, but unfortunately, he encountered not an ordinary bomber, but a dive bomber! The second wave of German support came from a group of dive bombers with a small bomb load but extremely high bombing accuracy. This type of bomber can lower its altitude to a very low altitude, thereby completing extremely accurate bombing!
Therefore, the measures taken by the US military to deal with the enemy’s large bombers failed when facing these dive bombers.
The pilots of the German dive bombers immediately began to dive after seeing the US military. They rushed to where there were many US troops, and then dropped bombs only one or two hundred meters away from the US military, and then quickly pulled up.
In this case, the German pilots could clearly identify which were the enemy and which were friendly forces, so unless there was an accident, it was basically impossible to cause accidental injuries.
This incident caught the US military off guard.
They did not expect that their plan to approach actively and make the German bombers afraid of the rat failed.
The German precision bombing once again dealt them a heavy blow, and because they were too close, the casualties were even more than the last time, and what was even more excessive was that after the German dive bombers completed the bombing, they would return again and use the machine guns on the wings to strafe the US troops on the ground!
For a while, planes sprayed out flames, suppressing the American troops on the ground. The American soldiers who were attacking were suppressed and couldn’t raise their heads. Many soldiers were swept by machine guns before they even had time to lie down. They were shaking all over like they were having the convulsions. After spraying out bursts of blood mist, they died tragically in front of their companions!
The machine guns equipped by the Stuka were not originally used to attack the enemy, but for air combat self-defense.
Most of the weapons used by the air forces of various countries in air combat at this time were machine guns, and in order to pursue power, the caliber of machine guns in various countries was generally larger, and 12.7 mm machine guns were almost standard!
The bullets of this machine gun were extremely powerful. If they hit a person, if the position was close to the waist and abdomen, it could directly break the person’s body in two!
As a result, many of the American soldiers who died tragically under the guns of the German army became broken arms and limbs. The battlefield was filled with a pungent smell of blood. The clusters of red blood mist made the entire battlefield extremely weird and enchanting, giving people a chilling feeling!
This round of air strikes caused extremely heavy casualties to the US military!
If they can achieve their goals, completely capture this German stronghold, and annihilate the defenders inside, then for General Pershing, paying these prices to achieve his strategic goals is still acceptable.
However, what is unexpected is that the German army actually took advantage of the fact that they were embarrassed by the air attack and actually dropped a battalion of German troops to the position in one breath!
Looking at these paratroopers riding parachutes, swaying in the air, and slowly landing on the German stronghold, General Pershing’s eyes were bloodshot, his eyes widened, and his eyes were full of shock and disbelief!
In order to capture this stronghold 100%, Admiral Pershing had cut off the land access to this place before the war, and deployed heavy troops to defend these passages. If the German army sent reinforcements, they would first have to break through the interception of the American troops.
But he never thought that the German army would actually send people down from the air instead of reinforcing from the ground!
For a moment, his mind was blank, and it seemed as if there were ten thousand grass mud horses running wildly in his mind!
There is actually such an operation in this world!
It is actually possible to send people directly from the air for a support from the sky!
The airborne troops of various countries are quite rare at this time, and there are very few who have seen airborne troops. Admiral Pershing is an old guy from the First World War, and he knows very little about these new tactics, so the appearance of the German airborne troops brought him a huge shock!
He was neither a reckless man nor a fool. After seeing the appearance of these paratroopers, General Pershing immediately realized that if they could not stop the German army from continuously airdropping troops into Morganton, they would never be able to eliminate this stronghold!
“Let the anti-aircraft guns aim at the German transport planes and shoot them all down. We must not let them get close to Morganton and send anyone in!”
Admiral Pershing still did not give up. The number of people the Germans had just airdropped was not particularly large, only about one battalion with less than a thousand people!
In his opinion, the addition of these thousand people would certainly bring some trouble to the U.S. military, but it was just some trouble. Most of the two thousand defenders in this stronghold had been killed by them at this time, and the remaining defenders could not even fill the defense line. Even if this battalion of troops was added, it would be of no use. At most, it would just delay them for some more time!
However, he did not know whether the Germans would have such airborne troops behind them, so if the enemy’s air support channel could not be cut off, then the German army’s strength would be… It may continue to increase, and it will be too difficult for them to capture this stronghold at that time!
Boom boom boom!
The anti-aircraft artillery units equipped in the US composite armored division began to show their power at this time!
Large transport planes are not fast enough, they are huge and not flexible enough, and they have to maintain their flying posture when airdropping. In this case, facing the enemy’s anti-aircraft artillery shooting, it is difficult for them to escape!
So, after the US military opened fire, several transport planes were hit in succession within just a few minutes. One of them was seriously injured, emitting thick black smoke, and flew towards the east with a long tail flame. It seemed that it could not hold on and had to find a place to make an emergency landing!
“”Kill the enemy’s anti-aircraft guns!”
Seeing this scene, the German captain in charge of the air command roared and rushed towards the US air defense position with his bombers.
The American soldiers on the position saw the German bombers coming and quickly adjusted the muzzles and aimed at the German dive bombers!