Imperial Overlord

In the darkness, an American M3lee tank twisted its body and drove carefully on the highway, one after the other, moving slowly along the highway.

Lyman could even feel the slight tremors of the enemy tank's tracks rolling over the soil above him. Beside him, an anti-tank infantryman had thrown the cluster grenade into the tank's tracks.

Then, the huge explosion made Lyman, who was covering his ears, feel the world spinning. And more gunshots sounded around, and more iron fist rocket launchers flew out, causing the British tanks to suddenly fall into a sea of ​​fire.

"Boom!" With a huge explosion, an American tank that aided the United Kingdom was blasted into the sky. Farther away, a British tank caught fire, rushed down the roadbed and broke several trees.

Fighting at night is not the strength of the armored troops, not to mention that at this moment, the British armored troops have no cover of infantry, and it is actually normal to fall into the siege of German paratroopers.

Why didn't the British tank troops use infantry cover? Because the British infantry that stopped near the German army had already been routed.

And the British armored forces, which could not wait to gather up these defeated troops, had to act alone, trying to counterattack and retake large areas that had been controlled by the German army.

These areas include a road from Canterbury to the Dover area, and a road linking Ashford to Folkestone.

Without these two roads, if the British army wanted to reinforce the beach, they could only make a big circle around it, and if the German army continued to expand its position during the detour, it might also collide with the German defense line...

What's more, the British armored forces did not actually think that the German paratroopers could withstand their attacks, because after all, the infantry was born at a disadvantage against tanks, especially in the wilderness.

In this case, the British troops were even less likely to waste time detouring to the beach. They were given the order to eliminate the German paratroopers, and of course they had to follow it unswervingly.

However, the reality is very cruel. When Lyman jumped up and started to attack, he found that the hatch of an M3lee tank had been opened from the inside.

Then, in the dark night, a poor British tank soldier, with flames burning all over his body, kept twisting and beating, roaring like a ghost, making people creepy.

Soon the poor man stopped crying, and he fell convulsively, a burning mass of coke on the ground.

In the distance, the British tanks that found themselves under attack were firing desperately, and all weapons, including the 75mm cannon, were spewing flames.

A row of bullets hit Lyman's side, nearly hitting his boot. Faces were illuminated by the flames of the burning explosion, and the battle suddenly became fierce.

Another iron fist bazooka flew towards the target in a curved straight line, which was extremely conspicuous in the dark night. Then I don't know what it hit, and a fire burst out.

At this time, the light illuminated the British armored vehicle that was hit. The rocket penetrated the steel plate, and the armored vehicle was paralyzed at once.

The road was littered with burning tank wrecks, and the road was flanked by the corpses of German paratroopers. The two sides are fighting fiercely here, and neither is willing to take a step back.

The British knew this was their last chance, and if they didn't drive the Germans back to the other side, they would lose their country.

The German paratroopers have never had the habit of retreating. From the outbreak of the war to the present, they have been invincible all the way to victory. How can they admit defeat at this time?

"Tudoo! Tuktuk!" Lyman fired a magazine of bullets at a British tank turret that was shooting flames.

The bullet hit a piece of sparks on the opponent's armor, leaving a slight bullet scar, but it couldn't penetrate the thick armor.

Then, as the tank's turret turned towards Lyman, an Iron Fist rocket hit the side of the tank.

The vertical M3lee side armor was easily penetrated, and then the gasoline inside burned, and the shells followed. Another flame exploded, and another British tank was destroyed.

"The news from the flank is that there are too many British tanks, and their positions were almost breached. The plan has changed, we must now defend the position and cover the actions of the friendly third division." A non-commissioned officer ran over in the rain of bullets, The battle orders were passed on to the soldiers fighting on the front lines.

After hearing this order, looking at the wreckage of the British tank that was burning and exploding on the road, Lehmann gave the order to retreat: "Retreat to the No. 2 ambush position! Inform everyone!"

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In the command of the British Army, Sir Deere was so overwhelmed that he did not know what to do. He ordered the tank troops to counterattack, but the tank troops were not able to advance to the coast.

"Are the German paratroopers all made of iron? The 1st Division lost more than 30 tanks and didn't even advance a single step?" Dill looked at the commander of the British 1st Army and asked angrily.

This army is newly established, and it is also the most elite unit in Dill's hands. Originally, this unit and the local 2nd Army were deployed in the second-line area as a strategic reserve.

When the Germans began to land, these units would act as a counter-attack, rushing to the beachhead and driving the enemy into the sea.

But now, the troops originally responsible for the counterattack, even the defensive positions formed by the paratroopers who were the first to interfere with the operation of the German army, have not been able to break through, which makes people a little irritable.

"Where is the 2nd Armored Division? Still in **** Ashford?" Glancing at his subordinates, Dill was obviously unable to bear it.

Including the infantry, there were almost 100,000 people around the German paratroopers. But this night, although not a single important node was lost, it did not achieve any results.

To say that the number of German paratroopers exceeded 100,000, Dill would not believe it. So, he knew that his troops had been defeated, or at least held back, by an inferior enemy.

Although it is known as the most elite force in the UK, the local 1st Army can actually be regarded as a force, and there are only more than 50,000 people.

This number is almost the same as the training resumption of the troops returning from Dunkirk, France. The rest of the troops are recruits who have been trained for 3 to 5 months.

From this point of view, the troops of the 1st Army can really fight, which is almost the total number of German paratroopers.

And what they faced was only two-thirds of the German paratroopers, because the 3rd paratrooper division, which was attacking the chalk cliffs at this time, did not participate in the battle to block the British armored forces.

At this time, General Stedent has realized that their opponent seems to be much weaker than estimated.

In other words, after a series of weakenings, the combat capability of the British native forces has actually begun to decline. The Germans had somewhat overestimated their opponents according to their pre-estimation.

Now, the German paratroopers have taken control of two roads, and three paratrooper divisions have taken control of a safe landing site, and even destroyed a large number of British anti-aircraft gun positions and captured a lot of artillery aimed at the coastline.

This is definitely a strong support for the landing troops, because these artillery positions were originally impossible to target, but now they have been killed by the Germans.

The British defenders in the Dover area lost about half of their artillery, and when they intercepted the German landing troops, it was estimated that they would lose many opportunities due to insufficient firepower.

However, the counterattack of the British armored forces cannot be said to be ineffective at all. Their attack at least stabilized their positions, giving the scattered infantry some time to recover.

In desperation, Sir Dill personally rushed to Maidstone, hoping to organize troops there to counterattack. The local 1st Army is now in chaos, and the only fighting force is still entangled with the German paratroopers.

In order to regain the initiative before dawn, Sir Dill ignored the German bombers' bombing of Maidstone, and finally arrived at the headquarters of the 1st Army at about 3:30 in the night.

"The 1st Armoured Division is blocked at Canterbury, although Canterbury is still in our hands, but the German paratroopers seem to be ready to attack there." An infantry division commander replied in frustration.

His men had just been routed in that direction, one infantry regiment had fallen apart, and the remaining regiment had lost almost 300 men.

Most of the British infantry were not trained for night combat, UU read www.uukanshu. com and the German paratroopers who were accustomed to attacking at midnight were not at all on the same level.

After simple engagements, British troops were often routed, interspersed and scattered by German paratroopers. Disorganized British infantry would then retreat, losing more soldiers in the dark.

The loss is not necessarily great, maybe they will retrieve the lost troops early the next morning and find that only a few hundred have been killed. But often at this time, an infantry division loses its combat effectiveness.

"We can't waste time like this! Let the 2nd Army be reinforced to the north, and we must kill the German paratroopers near Dover before the Germans expand the scale of the landing!" , disrupting the enemy's deployment.

The current situation is that the Germans have disrupted his deployment. Even now that the German paratroopers have begun to shrink their defenses and lost the deep coastline, it is estimated that they will suffer in the battle against the landing.

"Damn it! How dare the Germans land in Dover? There are chalk cliffs there, which is where we are most prepared!" Looking at the map hanging on the wall, listening to the bombs dropped by German bombers outside. Voice, Dill muttered irritably.