Chapter 1489 Sudden Encounter

In the early days of World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps was a fairly undervalued branch of the military.

You can tell by looking at the weapons. In 1933, the U.S. Army had completely replaced the M1917A4 air-cooled heavy machine gun. Throughout World War II, the output of this machine gun was extremely huge. How big can it be? When charging, there is no problem with manpower.

Under such a huge output, the U.S. Marine Corps is still using the old-fashioned M1917A1 heavy machine gun with a water-cooled barrel, which is extremely heavy.

The Marine Corps was not taken seriously. It was only expanded on a large scale after it had to land across the sea in World War II. After that, it was almost merged into the army under the conspiracy of the army.

And now, the guards of Iceland are mainly U.S. Marines.

For the United States, Iceland is not used to guard. Iceland is just a springboard. It is their mission to land in England through Iceland, land on the European continent, and restore peace in the old world.

Under this strategy, the Marine Corps is the arm that bears the brunt. They open up landing fields, and they attack forward, so that the army behind them can move up calmly.

Iceland is now guarded by the 1st Marine Division and the 3rd Marine Division.

The 1st Marine Division was originally the team of the Marine Corps. It was the first elite unit in the United States to conduct special training for the landing battle. Their combat effectiveness was the strongest, but a large number of excellent and well-trained officers and sergeants in the division were transferred as new recruits. The backbone of the 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions.

Now the members of the 1st Marine Division are mostly recruits who have just joined the army, and their combat effectiveness can no longer be compared with the old 1st Division.

Major General Alexander is also a major general in the Marine Corps.

"Order the 1st Marine Division to go to Keflavik immediately and defeat the Germans there!" said Lieutenant General Alexander.

He didn't dare to send all the troops out, at least half of them had to be shed to guard the capital, and now the situation is in chaos, how many troops can the Germans land across the sea at one time?

What if the Germans are feigning to attack there, and the real target of the attack is their own side?

In the rush, the resident of the 1st Marine Division was also in a mess.

Originally a recruit, they came to Iceland to garrison and train at the same time. In the non-combat state, many soldiers were not in the army. They used their vacation time to fight with the women near the station.

Now, the horn of the emergency muster has been blared throughout the base, and the division commander, Major General Vandergrift, is standing on top of a truck, holding a horn and shouting to his troops: "Quick, get in the car, quick! "

There are no heavy weapons in the equipment of the Marine Corps. On the one hand, it is because the weapons such as tanks in the United States are given priority to the army. On the other hand, their task is to take the landing craft for beach landing. Those heavy equipment are Couldn't get up with the landing craft.

When Germany has already equipped a series of landing equipment, the equipment of the US Marine Corps is still very backward. After all, the United States has not yet reached the time of the counter-offensive, so it would be good for them to maintain it.

There are no tanks, only light weapons. At the same time, they are fully equipped with cars. When the American war machine starts, their industrial strength is extremely powerful, and the output of cars is quite huge.

Many soldiers could not find their immediate commanders in the panic, and the organization of the troops was about to be disrupted, but Major General Vandergrift didn't have that much time.

As a Marine, he knew that in the early days of the landing, it was the weakest time, and once the beachhead was defended and pushed inland, it would be difficult to fight them back.

Now is the time to grab!

As a result, a large number of soldiers were encouraged to get into the car like dumplings, and when they were full, they drove away, and behind, there were sleepy soldiers, and some even didn't even have a gun!

If you are still from the previous team, you will be ready now! Major General Vandergrift's heart was quite annoyed.

At this time, in the car that had already set off in front, Colonel Hunter was sitting in the front car, holding a submachine gun in his hand and looking forward anxiously.

As the commander of the 5th Marine Regiment, he leads the way, and at this time, they must go into battle bravely!

His face was full of anxiety, and the situation was obviously not optimistic.

The engine of the IWC truck made a rumbling sound, the car bumped on the road, and on their right side, they could see the waves lapping the coast, and a stream of humid air blew onto Colonel Hunter's face.

Soon we reached the Cape Reycha peninsula, and there was a small arc turn on the road ahead. The road turned north and went straight to Keflavik.

Just after turning this corner, Colonel Hunter saw countless plumes of black smoke rising up, and his expression changed greatly in an instant: "Quick, stop, and set up your position immediately!"

The black smoke that rises is too obvious. It is the German tank. It came out when the diesel engine was working. The Germans came so fast, they have already organized a huge tank force!

Generally speaking, the first batch of soldiers to land on the coast will be infantry. Who knows that there will be a tank force now. At this time, everyone's hearts are nervous.

What tank is that coming? If it is the German amphibious tank, don't be too afraid. Facts have proved that in order to have the ability to float on the water, the armor is quite weak, and it can be killed with its own anti-tank gun!

The cars on the road had no time to dodge and could only stay here. The soldiers behind quickly jumped down to the left and hurriedly set up a line of defense.

The right side cannot be arranged, because the right side is the beach. Blocking German tanks on the beach is almost like courting death. At the same time, German tanks will not come along the beach. Although the tanks are tracked, they are afraid of soft ground.

On the left, there is a mountain not far away. If the situation is not good, they can drill into the mountain.

And now, what they need is an organized line of defense!

The tall John Basilone ran behind a stone on the side of the road, where he quickly prepared the Boyce anti-tank gun he was carrying.

If it was the U.S. Army, all kinds of artillery could be launched now, but the Marine Corps has not yet. They have only flesh and blood, and the only artillery is fixed on the coastline of Reykjavik as a firepower point, ready to stop at any time. The landing of the Germans on the beach.

If anti-tank guns don't work, they're left with anti-tank grenades, which means they have to pay a huge cost of casualties!