A good commander never fights an unprepared battle. Just like in the Caen area, even though the situation has reached such a critical level, Colonel Meyer still sets aside reserves for the fighting troops, ready to support all parts of the battlefield at any time. .
Compared to the battle inside the city of Caen, the German troops in the village of Bronn were besieged by the enemy, which was obviously the last straw for Colonel Meyer.
The village of Boulogne occupies an extremely important geographical location on the vast Caen plain. Once you cross here, the plain behind you will be a flat plain, enough for the Allied Sherman tanks to gallop here. By that time, the German 12 Armored The division will no longer have geographical advantages, and defeat is just a matter of time.
So Colonel Meyer stationed heavy troops here to guard the place. As an elite unit among the elite, the soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 25th Grenadier Regiment were ordered to defend this place. They were equipped with almost most of the Iron Fist rockets in the regiment and vowed to hold on to the death. Here, the Allied forces were held back, waiting for the friendly counterattack.
However, they still underestimated the determination of Allied coach Montgomery, or perhaps they still underestimated the importance of Bronn Village.
But it should be said that even if Colonel Meyer attaches great importance to this place, I am afraid it will be difficult to send extra troops to support here. This is not a matter of willingness, but a matter of ability.
So when the German soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 25th Grenadier Regiment found that they had been surrounded by countless Sherman tanks and mortars, their fighting will, which they had always been proud of, finally had a crack at this time.
The despair was clearly displayed on every young man's face, but the will to survive prevented them from making any mistakes in their tactics.
However, it is destined to be a battle between trapped beasts.
In the end, the number of this unit disappeared forever in the long river of history, but the Allied forces still rushed towards the city of Caen like a torrent of steel.
When Colonel Meyer led the reserve team back to the city of Caen, it was almost dusk.
In addition to the fierce fighting outside the four city gates, fires caused by shelling and bombing in the city are also spreading and raging everywhere. The "crash" sound of German machine guns firing can be heard everywhere on the battlefield, but I think this situation should It will disappear soon.
Because the Allied forces are getting closer and closer to the city of Caen.
When he came to the street outside the headquarters in Caen City and saw the scene at the headquarters gate from a distance, Colonel Meyer made a stop gesture towards his reserve team.
Something is wrong.
Colonel Meyer said secretly in his heart.
Logically speaking, a battalion of troops attacking the headquarters should not be so quiet anyway.
Could it be that this is a ploy by the enemy to lure them away?
Colonel Meyer's heart suddenly trembled, and then he shook his head secretly.
Impossible. The Allied forces have now formed a crushing situation on the frontal battlefield. It is impossible to adopt such an opportunistic approach to cause trouble. This is meaningless.
He waved his hand behind him, and groups of German soldiers formed a zigzag shape and quickly shuttled through the gaps between the houses toward the gate of the headquarters.
At the same time, at least five Leopards were moving slowly along the street towards the headquarters.
This is just this street!
Who could have imagined that Colonel Meyer actually hid such a large number of troops in an attempt to give the enemy a big surprise!
"Such a big battle, you really think highly of us." Wang Jianguo looked at the window on the second floor of a building and said hehe.
As early as the sound of tanks reached everyone's ears, everyone in the team had already withdrawn their troops and hid in the surrounding buildings.
At this time, they watched quietly as the German troops below quickly approached the headquarters gate with extremely excellent tactical skills, leaving no corner where they could hide.
However, their efforts were doomed to be in vain.
Because they simply could not imagine that the enemy could cause such dense artillery fire coverage with only ten people.
Colonel Meyer then had a thought in his mind. Could it be that the enemy had completely occupied the headquarters?
Impossible. With the one-to-one ratio of forces between the two sides, it is almost impossible to break into the heavily defended headquarters. Let alone one day, even if these miscellaneous Allied troops are given three more days, they may not be able to do so. You can hit it in.
However, he did not dare to take it lightly.
After receiving the report that the surrounding area was safe, he ordered the vanguard troops to enter the headquarters first to check.
Said to be the headquarters, this building actually occupies a very large area. It is not just a building like the government building. It has its own military barracks, armory, fuel depot and other facilities.
Nearly a company of soldiers took turns to cover, pushed open the already crumbling door of the headquarters, and ducked in.
After a while, the two men came out with another soldier. It seemed that he was the soldier stationed at the headquarters.
His face was dark, and he seemed to be tortured by the black smoke from the explosion.
At this time, he still had hesitation and shock in his eyes, and he saluted Colonel Meyer with a standard military salute.
"Tell me about the situation." Meier said calmly.
"According to visual inspection, the enemy has deployed at least twelve infantry artillery pieces around the headquarters, and has at least one Sherman tank on the front. The enemy's firepower is extremely intensive. From the beginning of the morning to five minutes ago, the enemy bombarded the headquarters. It never stopped, we could only hide in the bunker..."
"That's enough!" Meyer shouted.
"Where is your captain?!" he asked coldly.
"The regiment commander was unfortunately shot and killed during the enemy's midday bombing..." The soldier's face turned gloomy.
Meier smiled instead of getting angry, pointed to the street behind him, and said, "Open your eyes and take a good look. Where did a battalion of soldiers come from here?!"
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" The soldier waved his hands repeatedly, "How could a battalion retreat so quietly, Colonel! I swear everything I said is true!" The soldier said shouted somewhat anxiously.
Meier said nothing more and waved towards the back.
Countless infantry mixed with Panther tanks filed in and entered the headquarters.
"No fish will be caught in one net..." Qi Zhen muttered in the end as she watched the first wave of German troops enter the headquarters.
"No fish can be caught with two nets..." The second wave of German troops filed in.
"Three nets to catch a big tail..." Qi Zhen's hand gently covered the red button in her hand.
"fish!"
His right hand pressed down sharply.
Boom boom boom!
An explosion almost as violent as the one in the chemical plant suddenly exploded in the headquarters!
At the moment when the explosive exploded, a bullet drew a shocking ray outside the headquarters door and hit Meier's head directly!
However, it was still a moment too late. When the explosion sounded, Meier's body suddenly collapsed to the ground as if he had lost bones. The bullet almost scratched his scalp and shot directly into the forehead of the reporting soldier!
puff!
Before his body fell, Colonel Meyer was like a nimble rabbit or a carp, and then disappeared behind the main entrance of the headquarters with lightning speed.
"Damn it, you still know how to predict?!" Liang Sicheng said in surprise.
The German soldiers who had just entered the headquarters did not have Meier's luck.
In fact, during this day, Qi Zhen and Lin Biao were almost hiding everywhere, looking for explosives in all the buildings in the headquarters. Both the yield and the scale of the explosion were far from that of a chemical plant. That time can be compared.
The only drawback is that the explosion is obviously not as powerful as three gasoline cans.
But don't forget that there is an ammunition depot in the headquarters.
Continuous explosions kept ringing in the headquarters, shocking all the Germans who had been here before. Those reserve teams who had just entered the headquarters looked confused and were simply blinded by the bombing.
This is actually very inconsistent with the combat style of this army. However, the explosion was so unexpected that no one could have imagined that the enemy could actually plant explosives into the headquarters!
As soon as the Panther tank entered the warehouse, it was turned into pieces of scrap metal by a huge explosion, and the German soldiers inside were killed instantly.
The Germans in the headquarters, except for those on the empty field, all soldiers in barracks or buildings were without exception, all were instantly blown into pieces. You must know that such a dense bomb arrangement, coupled with Liang Sicheng's Modification capabilities, it is not a fantasy to achieve this.
Colonel Meyer hid behind the door, feeling cold in his heart.
As far as he could see, only the headquarters building was still intact, but his heart felt cold.
The headquarters building is an important place. Without its own special permission, even the military police are not allowed to trespass. The question now is, is it a trap deliberately set by the enemy, or is there really no chance for explosives to be dropped?
Just a moment later, Colonel Meyer crossed the central square at the fastest speed and without hesitation, and plunged into the headquarters building.
The expected explosion did not occur, which made him slightly relieved. Then he immediately came to the training room, looked at the people inside who were still in shock, and said calmly: "Is there any news from Berlin?"
At this time, he was not thinking about how to help the soldiers in the headquarters escape, but how to help the soldiers in the entire city of Caen escape.
The German troops who stayed at the headquarters suffered heavy casualties, but almost none of the reserves entered the military camp.
Therefore, the defense force here is actually more than one and a half times stronger than before.
Meier also saw that if these stragglers had the ability, they would have invaded long ago. The reason for using this sneaky method is that the opponent has no confidence.
They didn't have this confidence during the day, and now that it was getting dark, they had no courage to send out infantry to attack directly.
This calm response obviously gave everyone in the headquarters an unprecedented confidence!
