Chapter 267 The Gui Clan takes the initiative to contact! (Second update!) Before long, the fighting here naturally attracted the attention of many German paratroopers. After a while, many people gathered. Some of these paratroopers are armed, but some are more unlucky and have nothing but bare hands. In less than ten minutes, more than thirty paratroopers gathered, one of whom was a captain named Lyman. This man has very rich combat experience and has participated in several airborne operations. When he arrived, he automatically took over command in accordance with wartime military law. "Next, we are divided into three ABC platoons. We need to continue to seize the British air defense positions and open up the situation for the airborne landing of subsequent troops. The support the Air Force can give us is limited." As an officer, Captain Lyman naturally knows better than soldiers. We wanted more, so he pointed at the map and said. "You three will temporarily serve as commanders of three platoons. Do you have any objection?" "No, Captain Lyman." The three responded at the same time.
"Very good, then follow the plan and seize the air defense positions outside the airport." Captain Lyman nodded, and then the three platoons began to go to the British air defense positions according to the formulated plan. As more and more paratroopers were organized, the British army lost more and more anti-aircraft positions. Facing the fierce attack of German paratroopers, the British army was forced to abandon the anti-aircraft artillery position. On the other side, Admiral Stuart also began to gather his men after landing. Fortunately, there were quite a few paratroopers parachuting with him, so he gathered more than fifty soldiers within five minutes. In other words, Stuart has the strongest power around the airport currently. Therefore, it is natural to assume the important task of capturing the airport. But soon, Admiral Stuart discovered something was wrong. The British troops on the island began to use artillery to carpet bomb them. This immediately restricted the paratroopers' movements and made them difficult to move. "General Stuart, we must find a way to destroy the British artillery positions, otherwise it will be a joke to capture the airport." The combat staff pointed out the crux of the problem. The shells falling from time to time put great psychological pressure on the paratroopers. They must solve this problem before they can continue their mission. "Leave the artillery position to the Air Force, and they will solve this problem for us, but now we must find the British artillery observation post." General Stuart shook his head and said. Artillery of this era did not have precision guidance. Each artillery attack relies on artillery observation posts for guidance. Upon hearing this, the combat staff immediately understood what Admiral Stuart meant, and then took out a pen and kept drawing on the map. After a while, he frowned and said. "General Stuart, the British artillery observation post should be at Dingley Mountain."
It is said that it is a mountain here, but it is actually very reluctant. Because its altitude is only 244 meters, this height is really difficult to call a mountain, but it is indeed the only highest commanding height in Malta. The source of two rivers on the island of Malta starts here, which means that you can overlook almost half of the island of Malta. In particular, the British troops on the island are constantly shelling with high accuracy. Therefore, the German combat staff judged based on the impact point of the artillery shells that there should be a British observation post on Dingli Mountain to provide calibration guidance for the British artillery in the rear. The choice they now face is to kill the artillery observation post themselves. Or wait for the air force to destroy the British artillery positions. The latter is definitely not advisable. Because what they lack now is time. Before the British army could react, they took advantage of the opportunity to occupy the airport. When the British army reacted, it would be over. "Are there any paratroopers we can contact near Dingali Mountain?" General Stuart asked. He currently has too few paratroopers. If he sends another unit to Dingli Mountain, it will definitely weaken the power in his hands. "Yes, we just contacted the Lehmann team. They have gathered more than thirty people and are currently attacking the anti-aircraft artillery positions around the airport." The combat staff said quickly. Hearing this, Admiral Stuart was immediately overjoyed and then said. "Tell Captain Lyman that we must capture Dingali Mountain as quickly as possible and destroy the British artillery observation post. Afterwards, I will personally apply for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for them." As expected, many paratroopers showed envious expressions when they heard this. Although the Iron Cross was no longer popular at this time, the Knight's Iron Cross was still difficult to obtain. It must be applied by an officer at or above the regimental level of the ministry, and it may not be possible to succeed. However, if Admiral Stuart applies in person, he will definitely succeed. Especially for the capture of the island of Malta, which was such a huge achievement, the Supreme Command would not deny their medals. "Yes." The combat staff responded immediately. Not long after, Captain Lyman's team received a telegram from Student. The mission content is to capture Dingali Mountain and destroy the British artillery observation post. "The mission is not easy." Captain Lyman couldn't help but sigh after reading the mission content. But for the sake of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, I might give it a try. "Captain Lyman, are we just going to attack a mountain? The British are not fools." The subordinate hesitated for a while and asked worriedly. After all, how could the British army not send heavy troops to defend such a commanding height? How could they complete the mission with just a few people like them?
"No matter how difficult the mission is, we must complete it. We are an invincible airborne division." Captain Lyman has experienced many airborne landings and has encountered various difficult missions. He was aware of his subordinates' worries, but at this time he couldn't say anything discouraging, he could only encourage them. "Yes, Lieutenant Lyman." The subordinate responded immediately. "Don't be afraid, even if you die in battle, we will be with you." Captain Lyman patted his shoulder and said with a smile. On the other side, at the British command headquarters on the island, Commander Frank frowned very hard as he looked at the intelligence that was constantly being sent to him. "The German army sent a small team to parachute?" Commander Frank asked doubtfully. "Yes, according to observations, there are no more than 300 people at most. We have killed more than 20 German paratroopers. There should be only more than 200 German paratroopers on the island now." The British combat staff explained quickly. Hearing this, Commander Frank was stunned for a while. Normally, parachute drops on important strategic locations would be large-scale parachute drops, and all the chips would be staked to capture them in one fell swoop. It was really the first time for him to encounter a small-scale parachute drop like the German army, so he thought for a long time and couldn't figure out what the German army meant by this move. Is it early detection? But is this too many people? Battle for the island? It shouldn’t be the case! Just this few people want to occupy the entire island of Malta? Isn't this a joke? "No one can take away Malta, but in the long run, winning or losing this war means nothing." The combat staff seemed to see Commander Frank's doubts and quickly comforted him. Who knows, Commander Frank shook his head and said. "No, Malta has a vital role and we will never allow it to be taken away by the Germans." "What do you mean?" The combat staff officer was even more puzzled. "The current German air strikes are unprecedentedly powerful. The fighter planes on the island have suffered heavy losses. There are only fifteen fighter planes left. We must ensure that we have sufficient air power, so we must immediately send a telegram to the mainland and request for more fighter planes." Commander Frank did not immediately answer his subordinates' questions, but began to talk about the current problems encountered on the island. "In addition, several of our grain-carrying ships have also been sunk. The remaining grain-carrying ships cannot meet the needs of everyone on the island, so from now on all food will be given priority to the troops." The combat staff did not refute Commander Frank's proposal. Because this was also something he wanted to mention, he didn't expect Commander Frank to have thought about it in advance. "There is also a restriction on the supply of fuel. Except for military trucks, tanks, and motorcycles, no one is allowed to use fuel privately." You must know that without fuel, trucks, tanks, motorcycles, including airplanes will just lie down. Then the British troops on the island have only one way, and that is to surrender. "In addition, dispatch a regiment to hunt down these German paratroopers, and be sure to eliminate them all as quickly as possible." In the end, after weighing it up, Commander Frange felt that it would be enough to send out a regiment of soldiers to encircle and suppress the opponent first. . After all, there are only 300 paratroopers, so there is no need for general mobilization. But we still have to have a plan, otherwise it will be too late when the German army launches a large-scale attack.
However, they have experienced this kind of plan several times in the past two years, so they are used to it. "Yes." The combat staff responded immediately. On the other side, the Shikoku naval fleet, Nagumo Chuichi, led part of the fleet towards the port of Malta. The remaining fleet headed to the Western Mediterranean to cooperate with German submarines to block the Allied main fleet. After all, as long as the Allies are not fools, they will soon know that they want to remove the thorn in the side of Malta. Therefore, the support provided by the Allied fleet is absolutely unprecedented. "How long does it take to arrive at the port?" Nagumo Chuichi asked. Hearing this, the first mate next to him quickly responded. "We'll arrive in about two hours' flight." Hearing this, Nagumo Chuichi took a deep breath, and then looked at the map. "Have the German troops started taking action?" "Yes, German paratroopers have landed on Malta Island an hour ago and should be seizing the airport now." The combat staff explained quickly. "How many people were dispatched?" Nanyun Zhongyi asked casually. He was simply curious about how many people the German army would send to seize the airport. According to his understanding, with the generosity of the German army, at least thousands of people cannot be parachuted at one time? As a result, the words of the combat staff made him confused. "Just send out three hundred people?" Nanyun Zhongyi looked at the other party with a face of disbelief. Three hundred people are fighting for the airport? Are the Germans too confident? "Refueling tactics?" Although he is a naval general, he still has the necessary tactical qualities. It can be seen at a glance that this is obviously a fueling tactic. Logically speaking, the German army should not make such a low-level mistake. "Is it because there are not enough transport planes? Or there are not enough paratroopers?" Nagumo Chuichi asked in confusion. Not enough transport planes? It is not impossible. The German army has been fighting everywhere in the past two years and it is normal for them to suffer heavy losses. But the German military's industrial production capacity should not be short of such transport aircraft. Unless something huge happens to the German army. What can happen now? Have a peaceful time on the Western Front!
There was no sign of Allied landings. The defenders on the Western Front were so idle that they almost became moldy. The North African Army used the supplies in Alexandria, and its morale is now strong. It has won consecutive battles and is now besieging Port Said, but nothing happened. Then the only place where things can go wrong is on the Eastern Front. Could it be that there was a problem with the German troops on the Eastern Front? Never heard of it! The current public information is that the German army is still destroying many Soviet troops every day. But it seems that not many positions were captured. There won't really be a problem, right? Otherwise, in a strategic battle like Malta Island, it would be impossible to dispatch this few aircraft? Or there just aren't enough paratroopers. Because the German paratroopers suffered heavy losses in previous parachute operations, they had not heard of parachute operations for a long time. So we can only send out a few paratroopers? This is not impossible. "It is difficult for three hundred paratroopers to seize the airport. We must share some of the pressure with them." Nagumo Chuichi was not a fool. He immediately understood that now they must share the pressure with the German paratroopers on the island. "Tell all the warships to advance at full speed and arrive at the port of Malta within an hour. I will completely destroy it." "Hai." The combat staff responded quickly. After receiving the order, the naval fleets of the four countries immediately accelerated and sailed towards the island of Malta. When the naval fleets of the four countries appeared in the port of Malta, the people at the port were completely panicked. They never expected that the four navies would appear here. And without saying hello, the naval guns started bombarding the port. For a time, the port was filled with smoke and wailing sounds everywhere. When the British commander Frank received the news, he was confused. "Is this a plan to completely occupy the island of Malta?" "Damn it, tell Lieutenant Colonel John and let him eliminate the German paratroopers on the island as quickly as possible. Their goal is to capture the airport." Commander Frank shouted loudly when he came back to his senses. "Send a telegram to the mainland and tell the Prime Minister that we need naval support, otherwise the island of Malta has only one way to surrender." After saying this, Frank was somewhat grateful for the order he had given before. The Battle of Malta affected the hearts of the great powers, and at this time Cun Yunsheng in Bangkok also received a telegram from the north.
To be precise, it was a telegram from the Guangxi clique. "Tuanzuo, how can this Gui clan send you a telegram so well?" Meng Fan asked with a confused look on his face. It should be known that the two parties did not have much contact. The sudden use of such friendly words really made Meng Fangliao a little confused and puzzled. "It should be related to weapons and equipment. Shancheng has received a lot of American equipment during this period. Naturally, these local no-name troops are anxious. Don't forget that Shancheng has dismembered many local no-name troops in recent years. As Guizhou It's normal for a big boss in the department to have this concern," Cun Yunsheng explained casually as he looked at the telegram. (End of chapter)