The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 756

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: 0.092s Scan: 0.025sThe area of Malta is not very large, and the population on the island is not large. Most of them are British soldiers, and almost all of them are concentrated in the port city in the southeastern part of the island.

This city suffered the most severe blow in the bombing just now. More than half of the more than 2,000 incendiary bombs fell here. As a result, the whole town immediately turned into a sea of fire. A large number of British soldiers were burned to death before they could even scream!

The British artillery and positions outside the port were also severely damaged. A large number of shells in the artillery exploded under the high temperature, causing the artillery to be blown to pieces from the inside. The soldiers stationed at the artillery were blown to pieces on the spot, and they could not die anymore!

Nimitz watched this scene with fear. Although he was very happy that the Air Force could send bombers to support him, he did not take the support of the Air Force too seriously!

In this battle, the protagonists are still themselves!

However, when the air force bombing began, Nimitz immediately realized that he had misjudged the strength of the air force!

These guys were much stronger than he thought. Their attack and destructive power were amazing. The entire island turned into a sea of fire. Even if the defenders on the island were not completely destroyed, at least most of them were killed or injured, right?

Shocked as it was, the work that should be done was not delayed at all!

Seeing that the strategic bomber unit of the Air Force had made a good start for them, Nimitz did not hesitate and immediately ordered the Marines to start landing.

At the same time, he also released all the enemy attack aircraft and even fighters on his two aircraft carriers and began to attack the remaining British soldiers and positions on the ground!

With the cooperation of the navy and the air force, the landing operation of the Marine Corps was very smooth, and the enemy’s defense force was severely damaged. Soldiers who were burned to death in the fire could be seen everywhere on the position! There were a large number of these soldiers, and their deaths were extremely miserable. From their hideous and distorted expressions, it can be seen that in the last moments of their lives, they suffered inhuman torture!

The German soldiers who saw this scene began to feel a little nervous. Fortunately, the bomber just now was their friendly force instead of their enemy. If it was their enemy, I am afraid that their fate would be the same as these British troops!

When the German Marines began to land, the remaining British soldiers in the city seemed to have finally reacted. Sporadic bursts of gunfire began to be heard from the positions where these soldiers were located, and they began to attack the Germans!

However, because of their own heavy casualties, the British army’s defense force was greatly weakened. From their sparse gunfire, it can be heard that they have very few people and seem to lack heavy firepower. There are only some rifles and light machine guns. As for artillery, there is no such thing, and even a few heavy machine guns can’t be seen!

These are all because of the burning action just now. Bullets are a little better. Once the shells are hot, they are very easy to explode. Therefore, the artillery on the British position against the enemy, the result is that they explode one after another, sending the nearby British troops to see God!

Seeing these shells being destroyed one by one, the British soldiers did not dare to stay near these artillery pieces, which made them completely lose their heavy weapons such as artillery pieces!

The defenders without heavy weapons were simply vulnerable to the attack of the army. Steiner had commanded so many landing battles, but none of them was so easy!

In less than three hours, the British troops on the island were completely wiped out!

When the British troops in the last fort raised the white flag to surrender, the German landing troops had not yet completed the landing, and nearly half of the troops had not yet landed at sea!

This speed was so fast that it not only exceeded Steiner’s expectations, but even the naval commander Dönitz did not expect it!

“”Did they take Malta so soon?”

When Dönitz received the news, he was ecstatic, but also a little surprised, and then he fell into deep thought while looking at the map!

He originally thought that the British army had built so many fortifications on Malta and constructed such perfect positions, and that this battle would be very difficult, at least it would not be accomplished in one go, and the battle would not be over so quickly.

Therefore, Dönitz had not yet planned the next move.

After all, it would take several days to capture Malta. After capturing it, the soldiers would also need some time to rest, which would take some time, and when this time was over, it would be at least a week later!

A week later, Rommel’s troops would definitely have landed in Aiji. By then, he could make further judgments based on the situation on Rommel’s side, whether to go directly to Aiji to support Rommel. Should Dönitz fight Rommel, or hold on to Malta to protect the lifeline of the German army?

Or should he take the Marines south and land in other places in North Africa to open up a second battlefield to relieve the pressure on Rommel?

These questions should have appeared in front of Dönitz a week later, but because of the quick end of the Battle of Malta, they appeared on his desk ahead of time!

Dönitz rubbed his forehead. He was a naval general. He might be able to handle naval battles, but he was not so proficient in the strategy of the army. So he couldn’t judge which choice he should make now would be most beneficial to the German army? Just because Dönitz couldn’t figure it out didn’t mean that others couldn’t figure it out, so he immediately wrote a telegram to Führer Mainz, reporting the victory to Mainz while asking him about his next task.

The decision that Dönitz could not make was just a small matter for Mainz. He immediately sent a telegram to Dönitz and Steiner, commending them for their military exploits and asking them to immediately go south and land in the North African region controlled by Gaul to cut off the retreat route of the Allied forces in the Aegean region!

After receiving this telegram, Dönitz was relieved, but he was also a little puzzled: The Battle of Aegean had not even started yet, how did the Führer determine that Rommel would definitely win?

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“”Ah, cut!”

Rommel sneezed!

He covered his eyes with his hands and looked up at the scorching sun hanging above his head. The temperature was almost 40 degrees Celsius now. How could he catch a cold?

Shaking his head, Rommel no longer cared about this matter. His sight was cast on the exotic city in the distance!