Chapter 1488 Hovercraft Landing

The U.S. troops stationed in Iceland search the surrounding sea every day, but they usually search the eastern waters of Iceland. For them, the west is safe.

Just last night, the main German fleet sailed from the Atlantic Ocean to a distance of 100 kilometers west of Iceland, and completed preparations for battle before dawn.

The first is to dispatch a civil airliner that has changed its livery to control the landing site.

Originally, there were various procedures for the landing of the plane, such as reporting in advance, radio calls, etc., but after observation, it was found that they would have a passenger plane landing every three days.

So the German Navy took advantage of this opportunity.

Controlling the landing site and dispatching attack aircraft to provide ground support caught the Americans by surprise. However, it only took about ten minutes for the Americans to respond.

Their ground troops will rush over from Reykjavik, and their air force will also take off fighter planes to bomb the base here, leaving the time for the German landing troops to be as simple as ten minutes.

For them, ten minutes is enough.

In the first three minutes, the defense of the entire base was resolved and the base was under control, and in the fourth minute, there was a rumbling sound from the sea in the distance.

It is not a plane, but it can fly on the water, it is not a ship, but it has the same carrying capacity as a ship, and at the same time it can fly to land. This is the hovercraft that played a key role when landing in Baku!

Germany's industrial production capacity is quite terrifying. In a short period of time, Germany has equipped hundreds of hovercraft, which came out of the nose of the landing ship and flew low on the sea.

Their speed was as high as 100 kilometers per hour, so they came out an hour earlier, when Dongfang was just showing the white belly.

Whether it is an airplane or a hovercraft, the height is very low, almost all of them are close to the sea surface, and it is not easy to be detected by radar at all.

At the forefront of the attack was the 6th Marine Division, Reinhardt-Hardgen, standing in the wheelhouse of the frontmost hovercraft, watching the sea gradually recede, looking at the land that appeared in front of him, his face Full of excitement.

Since his last return from Iran, Haldegen has been promoted once and is now in command of the newly expanded Marine Division, based on his original 6th Marine Regiment.

In the future wars, Germany needs a large number of marines. According to the plan, the marines will be expanded to more than ten divisions, or even as high as thirty divisions.

They have fought many enemies, and the Americans, for the first time!

The hovercraft rushed to the land, rushed to the runway of the airport, and stayed directly on the runway.

Then, the roar of the tail disappeared, and as the propeller stopped, the air cushion below was also deflated, and it stopped smoothly on the runway.

"Quick, quick, go!" Haldegen shouted loudly. "Quick!"

The size of this hovercraft is not large, and the displacement is only 100 tons, so the loading capacity is still limited. If it is the most advanced Tiger tank in Germany, it can only transport one.

And their hovercraft is carrying a Tiger tank.

There are specialties in the surgery industry, and not all troops are equipped with the strongest equipment. For the Marine Corps, they need to take into account the need for mobility, so for a long time, their main battle equipment is the Panther 2 tank, the Panther 3 and the Tiger tank, mainly for the ground forces.

At the same time, they are equipped with a large number of amphibious tanks and their amphibious armored vehicles to perform landing operations.

Now, they have very few Tiger tanks in their preparations, and the entire division has only a dozen or so, forming a heavy tank company.

Their method of landing is also the most innovative at the moment. It does not require a pier, nor does it need to land on the beach.

In fact, if a transport aircraft is used, Germany's powerful transport capacity can also transport a reorganization division at a time. However, the transport aircraft needs a runway and needs to land in sequence. At the same time, the cost-effectiveness ratio of the transport aircraft is definitely not cost-effective.

This hovercraft is the most effective way to land.

More than 100 hovercraft directly transported the entire 6th Marine Division, densely covering the entire air force base, and the vast ground here is just right for them to land!

The tanker rumbled the tank and drove off the hovercraft, and when it had left the hovercraft, it stopped, and Haldegen got into the Tiger tank and turned on the radio.

This is his command tank. Although for the Marine Corps, the Tiger Tank's huge dead weight greatly restricted its actions, but after receiving it, Haldegen bluntly chose one as his vehicle.

For them, landing at the Keflavik base is only the first step, and their follow-up tasks are still quite serious.

You can see the location here.

The entire Cape Reycha Peninsula is almost flat, and further east, there are undulating mountains, and on the coastline, there is a long, narrow and flat passage.

It connects Keflavik and Reykjavik.

In other words, after they landed, the tens of thousands of American soldiers in the Icelandic capital would definitely kill them stinkingly, and when they came over, they would definitely go through this passage.

Their task, of course, is to block the narrow opening of the passage, prevent the Americans from rushing to the plains of the peninsula, and at the same time eliminate the main force of the American army in the battle.

This is a head-to-head battle, and they have to move fast!

One after another of tanks, with the Tiger tank as the guide, the Panther 2 tank in the center, the amphibious tank and the infantry fighting vehicle at the end, the huge mechanized force, almost without stopping in the entire landing field, began to move towards this passage. .

Meanwhile, in Reykjavik, Lieutenant General Alexander, commander of the U.S. garrison in Iceland, immediately realized the seriousness of the problem when he heard the news.

Damn, the Germans actually chose to come to trouble themselves at this time. They are in a mess, and they are not prepared for any ground battles!

Now, the battle on the island country alone has exhausted the United States. The United States has no ability to take into account the direction of the Atlantic Ocean. Although there are 40,000 troops guarding Iceland, almost all of them are recruits!

Worse still, they don't have heavy equipment at all.