stonecrandall Chapter 1042
Chapter 1042
Manstein sent out a lot of airborne troops, but the steep terrain and narrow area of Morganton limited the speed of airborne landing. Because there was no suitable landing field, coupled with the threat of enemy anti-aircraft artillery fire on the ground, a large number of transport planes circled in the air with paratroopers, and it was impossible to drop all the paratroopers for a while.
For any paratrooper unit, if the enemy has strong interception firepower on the ground, this situation is not suitable for airborne landing, because if you force an airborne landing in this situation, you will definitely suffer huge losses.
Any paratrooper is a valuable asset. Compared with ordinary infantry, paratrooper training takes longer and costs more. This is a technical branch of the army and the pinnacle of light infantry. The Empire’s airborne troops were carefully selected from the army before they were formed. This is not a disposable consumable!
Seeing that the German paratroopers could not come down for a while, General Pershing was very excited. He realized that this was a great opportunity!
As long as the U.S. military can eliminate the German troops in this stronghold in the shortest time, no matter how many German troops are in the air, they will not be able to land after losing the safe landing field, and they will not be able to take this place from the U.S. military!
Therefore, he ordered the U.S. military to press forward on all fronts and launch the final crazy attack!
At this point in the battle, both sides were bloody, so even if there were corpses everywhere and blood flowing like a river, the soldiers on both sides turned a blind eye. All their energy was spent on how to kill the enemy on the opposite side!
In this case, the U.S. military, which was obviously at an advantage in terms of manpower, finally made a breakthrough again under the crazy attack. They completely broke through the German outer defense line and began to launch the final general attack on the German headquarters halfway up the mountain!
“”Da da da!”
An MG-09 heavy machine gun set up in a hidden stronghold halfway up the mountain suddenly sprayed out a series of scorching flames. Hundreds of bullets were poured out in less than a minute. A large number of American soldiers were swept by the machine guns and rolled down the mountainside like kites with broken strings.
The American troops in an upward attack state are most afraid of this kind of machine gun fire blockade. At the narrow intersection of the mountain road, setting up a machine gun can completely block the road. If the enemy’s stronghold and machine gun cannot be destroyed, then they may be unable to move forward!
If you launch a fierce attack regardless of casualties and withstand the powerful firepower of the machine gun, you will definitely suffer huge casualties!
If… If they are lucky, the enemy machine gunners don’t have enough bullets, and the enemy’s fire suppression may not last long. If they are unlucky and the enemy machine gunners have enough bullets, then I’m afraid they can’t feed this machine gun no matter how many lives they have!
Historically, in the Normandy Landing, a German machine gunner once used a machine gun to kill nearly 3,000 Allied troops in a few hours of continuous fighting. In front of him, the bodies of the Allied troops almost filled the entire beach!
The firepower of the machine gun is absolutely a deadly death to light infantry. This firepower point immediately became a mountain in front of the US military, blocking the US military’s passage to continue to attack upwards.
“Demoman!”
The commander of the US front line urged his demoman to destroy this stronghold anxiously!
The German stronghold was designed to be very concealed. It was located in the middle of the mountain, but because of the sunken position, it was impossible for the artillery fire to hit it directly. The only way to solve it was to send demoman to crawl forward at the risk of his life, approach the enemy’s stronghold, and then throw the explosive pack in!
This approach was extremely dangerous. The enemy’s firepower point was in an excellent position. Even if the demoman hid himself, he would definitely be discovered by vision. Once the enemy discovered the existence of their own demoman, they would definitely shoot frantically to kill this target that posed a great threat to them!
But at this time, the US military had no other choice. They were not equipped with anti-tank weapons similar to the German Iron Fist. If there were such weapons, they would only need to fire a volley at the stronghold to destroy it!
Unfortunately, the Panzerfaust rocket is currently the exclusive weapon of the German army, and it has rarely been used in combat until now, so the US military has never heard of this weapon, let alone imitated it! The demolitionist who was named did not hesitate at all, as if this mission had nothing to do with him. He tied the explosive pack to his body, stuck his body to the ground as much as possible, and quickly crawled towards the target with his hands and feet!
Da da da!
As expected, after seeing the American soldier crawling forward, the German soldiers in the stronghold immediately aimed at him. A few bursts of fire made the demolitionist’s surrounding gravel fly, and the sound of bullets flying past his body brought great psychological pressure!
“Cover fire!”
The American commander saw the German army firing crazily, and he did not skimp on his bullets. He called on the soldiers to shoot at the German stronghold while the German army was targeting the demolisher.
The distance between the two sides was not far. If they were lucky, their bullets might be able to shoot into the firing hole and kill the German machine gunner in the stronghold.
Of course, the machine gunners in such strongholds usually have several assistants. Killing the main shooter does not mean destroying the stronghold. At most, it will delay the shooting time of the machine gun. The assistant in the stronghold will take over the machine gun and start shooting again soon after the main shooter falls!
However, delaying some time means more opportunities for the demolisher to get close to the enemy, which can greatly increase the success rate of the blasting. Boom boom boom!
However, just as they were firing at the stronghold, the Germans on the top of the mountain fired back!
Morganton’s German army originally had only one regiment, equipped with a battalion of 75mm field artillery, which had basically been completely destroyed by the US heavy artillery in the previous artillery battle.
So the Germans should have no artillery at this time. It was for this reason that after the threat of artillery was reduced, the US offensive was unstoppable, and the Germans were beaten back step by step.
As a result, when they attacked halfway up the mountain, the Germans actually fired again, which surprised the US military.
Moreover, the density of firepower of this round of volleys by the Germans was extremely high, and dozens of shells fell in a short period of time, blowing up the US troops and causing casualties!
And this scene made Admiral Pershing, who was watching the battle at the foot of the mountain, very dissatisfied!