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    In the early morning of February 19, the German troops who landed in Cuba finally used artillery to launch their first large-scale bombardment against the U.S. troops on the opposite side. Tens of thousands of artillery shells were poured onto the U.S. military positions within two hours, as if they were going to destroy them for nearly a month.  Vent all the frustrations of being stranded on the beach.  Looking into the distance through the artillery mirrors in the trenches on the front line, I saw smoke clouds composed of waves of gravel and soil constantly exploding into the sky on the US military positions. As the flames surged, the targets that were hit soon rose into the sky with clearly visible lights.  Flames and smoke.  After a week of continuous transportation, the strength of the German army on the island of Cuba has been significantly improved compared to before. Most of the 4th Army commanded by General Kruger has landed, including an armored corps and more than 2,000 troops.  vehicles.  The increase in army strength prompted Kesselring to decide to launch a major offensive on the island of Cuba in order to completely open the war path to the United States: to this day, the German army has been delayed in the Caribbean for more than 8 months.  time, and the American industrial machine has begun to fully shift to the war track.  No matter from which point of view, the Allies should not have any further delay. Every day the war is brought to the mainland of the United States, the Allies' chances of winning the war will increase!  While the roar of artillery fire continued, the German fighter jets and tens of thousands of attacking troops, as dense as locusts, had suddenly rushed out of their positions.  Since the last battle, the German army has used Xu Jin's barrage as a new tactic in its offensive. Compared with the traditional method of charging after bombardment, the German army has greatly increased the artillery's support for the front line.  After more than 20 years of interpretation and induction during the interwar period, the current German barrage has become more sophisticated with the close cooperation of infantry, artillery, and armor.  So much so that among the thousands of attacking troops, it seemed as if there was only one soul in control!  Although due to the inherent limitations of logistical supplies.  This prevented the German artillery from squandering artillery shells at a rate of 200,000 rounds per hour like their predecessors did on the French battlefield.  However, their continuous advancement at the tactical level makes the current support for the offensive forces equally timely and powerful.  The poorly concealed U.S. officers and soldiers only felt that each opponent's artillery shells were like eyes. The battle site where they were was soon shrouded in deafening shell explosions, and the roaring high-temperature air waves destroyed various earth and stone fortifications.  They all collapsed and collapsed.  And the American soldiers who finally waited until the sky fire and thunder left their heads, and before they had time to take a breath, suddenly discovered that the opponent's tanks had appeared in an area less than 300 meters away from them!  As the vehicle-mounted machine guns roared, the American officers and soldiers in the area were suppressed to the point where they could not even raise their heads.  Some machine gun fire points had just spit out tongues of fire for counterattack, and were instantly blown to pieces by the roaring tank shells!  With the roar of machinery and the rolling of its tracks, the long-lost Tiger tank rumbled across the battlefield, its cold-gleaming steel body as breathtaking as a Titan.  Today, these tanks have further improved their performance compared to the Battle of France: the front armor tilted at 60 degrees has been thickened to 90 mm, and the side armor tilted at 30 degrees has also been thickened to the same thickness as the front of the vehicle body.  , with the huge bonus of the sloped armor against bullets, it is no exaggeration to say that it is as strong as a mountain.  In addition, for the sake of preventing problems before they occur.  The 105 mm main gun equipped with this type of tank has also been replaced from the original 48 caliber to a longer 56 caliber. The ordinary armor-piercing projectile (apcbc) fired by it can even penetrate a 175 mm 30-degree tilt at 1,000 meters away.  Armor.  Facing the U.S. military¡¯s bunker fortifications and various types of armored vehicles.  The Tiger tank is like a can opener on the battlefield, and no target can withstand its thunderous strike.  And when hit by an anti-tank gun, its survivability is far stronger than the smaller IV tanks in the queue: even when the sides are completely exposed at an incident angle of 0 degrees, the U.S. Army Xie  The 76mm L52 gun on the Mann tank cannot penetrate this thick armor equivalent to 115mm even if it does not use hard-core armor-piercing bullets (APCR, which is the gold coin bullet in the game developed by a certain razor god).  Taking into account the obvious gap in the combat quality of the soldiers on both sides, the difficulty for the US military to destroy these steel behemoths is even more conceivable: since the number of Tiger tanks only accounts for one-seventh to eighth of all German tanks,  This means that most of the people who can become its crew members are veterans with excellent combat qualities. How easy is it to achieve small-angle shooting under the eyes of officers and soldiers with sharp observation eyes and combat reactions as sharp as eagles?  "Boom! Boom!" The flames danced, and the huge recoil of the new long-barreled artillery made the Tiger tank, whose total combat weight increased to 54 tons, visibly tremble.  With a distance of 1,500 meters, the German tank crews used sophisticated optical rangefinders to identify enemy anti-tank guns that lacked concealment.  A large number of IV tanks guarded the two wings of the Tiger tanks, forming a standard wedge-shaped array; this strict and orderly attack made the US anti-armor weapons almost exclusively engage in head-on confrontations with the Germans, and they soon all used Tiger tanks.  The tanks turned into piles of twisted scrap metal from the short stop shot.  U.S. officers and soldiers desperately discovered that all armor-piercing bullets hitting the bodies of those heavy tanks wereWith a crisp rebound, this confrontation between armor and bullets has completely evolved into a unilateral massacre by the Germans!  When ordinary armor-piercing methods are ineffective against heavily armored targets, there are theoretically many ways to stop the opponent: mine ambush, aerial bombing, direct hits with large-caliber grenades, and armor-piercing projectiles fired by individual soldiers at close range  Among these means, air strikes and bombing are undoubtedly the most effective means of support.  Historically, when the Allied forces faced German heavy tanks, fighter plane air strikes were their absolute trump card. Otherwise, with the King Tiger's strong and heavy armor, it would never have been possible to suffer huge losses in the later defensive battles.  However, currently, the U.S. military's air power, which was once rampant on the island of Cuba, is no longer as strong as it was originally.  Through missile raids and stepped-up transportation, the German Air Force has brought back the tilted balance of air combat in this ebb and flow; although the BF-109 and FW-190 have short legs, they are ideal for grabbing air supremacy.  At this time, a large number of German fighter jets attacked, forcing the US military pilots to spend almost all their energy on entangled with the opponent's fighter planes, and the intensity of ground support was sharply reduced.  But once it enters this kind of purely ground battle, the US military is no match for the German army at all!  And when it comes to anti-tank mines, the U.S. military is equally hopeless.  Since all their previous considerations were to drive the German troops on the front into the sea, they did not start to build temporary defenses until the situation changed; the sparse minefields that were hastily laid had already been blown away by the concentrated German artillery bombardment before the battle began.  A channel was created without any blocking effect.  As for the time-consuming and laborious wide anti-tank trenches, it is even impossible to dig and shape them.  The Tiger tank, which did not suffer any substantial damage, rushed into the trench defense line in front of it without hesitation; according to previous combat intelligence, the US military did not have individual anti-tank weapons like the "Iron Fist", and the straight tracks fell from the infantry trench.  Run over it directly.  What surprised the German officers and soldiers was that the American soldiers in the trenches had already fled without a trace, which made the flamethrowers they specially prepared for clearing the trenches useless.  However, no one will be dissatisfied with the current smooth situation. After achieving the breakthrough, the German armored forces immediately turned around and encircled the US troops from the side and rear.  After a day of fierce fighting, the US 17th Infantry Brigade on the right wing collapsed.  Their artillery was blown to pieces shortly after the battle broke out, and the front-line troops were even more covered in corpses; German tanks roared past, leaving only burning debris and mutilated corpses on the ground.  A large number of American soldiers raised their hands in despair towards the advancing German army, their faces full of bitterness and frustration. Their fighting spirit had been completely defeated in the battle, and the quality displayed by the opponent was not at the same level as them!  The German frontline generals were somewhat unprepared for the arrival of these thousands of prisoners, but they quickly reached a unanimous attitude towards these prisoners, which was to use them as coolies for carrying supplies on the beach and building docks.  As for the clause in the Geneva Convention that prohibits the use of prisoners in war activities, this kind of thing was originally formulated by the strong to restrain the weak!  On February 20, the German armored forces continued to advance rapidly westward as the spring floods burst their banks.  According to Kruger's plan, he wanted to use his armored corps as a spearhead to penetrate directly into the enemy's rear and encircle about three American divisions on the opponent's right wing in one fell swoop.  To some extent, this is a scaled-down version of the Schlieffen Plan.  Since the theater area of ??Cuba is significantly smaller than that of Western Europe, the German army only has to travel dozens of kilometers to reach the seaside after forming a breakthrough, which undoubtedly greatly reduces the difficulty of implementing this plan.  Although the U.S. military invested a large number of reserves, including armored divisions, in an attempt to prevent the advance of the German armored forces, they were invariably defeated in the offensive on the Cuban plains.  The tanks and artillery spray-painted with the white five-star logo were destroyed into burning scrap metal, and the soldiers wearing boat-shaped hats suffered countless casualties.  The heavy-duty trucks rushed all the way, constantly delivering ammunition and other supplies to the combat troops. The German tanks, which still had more than half of their fuel tanks, started to move again and continued their combat missions.  They arrived at the predetermined beach at noon on the 21st, and except for a few peripheral troops who managed to escape before the German tanks arrived, the vast majority of the US military had fallen into this encirclement.  Like a trapped beast in a cage, although the US military launched many breakouts, they were never able to tear apart the solid barrier in front of them.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster! ps: Thank you to old book friends and pt cats for their monthly ticket support, and to Golden Crab, Birdcheng, Yuanyh1234567, and zhouyu1976 for their rewards~~ Today I ordered my mother to have a good time  , the backstage has been unable to log in, making everyone wait for a long time
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