Anti-Japanese War: My equipment is infinitely refreshed

As the German army lost a large number of elite troops in the brutal war on the Eastern Front, the overall military quality of the newly recruited soldiers in the rear had obviously declined compared to before.

A large number of veteran soldiers who were good at fighting on the battlefield and had rich combat experience and superb military skills were killed, and the vacancies naturally had to be filled by newly recruited soldiers.

Moreover, a large number of elite troops on the Western Front were transferred to the Eastern Front. As a result, the remaining main forces on the Western Front were mostly filled with rookies.

Most of these recruits have just joined the army. Although they have undergone some training, they cannot compare with the veterans in terms of combat experience or military literacy.

So, although the German army nominally mobilized elite troops for this operation against Gibraltar, in reality, their actual combat effectiveness was only slightly higher than that of the second-line troops.

There is no way, it is because there are too many new recruits. They lack sufficient practical combat training, and it is difficult for them to perform up to expectations on the battlefield.

At this moment, the German officer was completely disappointed with these recruits who performed so poorly during the forced march, and decided to give up on them.

In his opinion, it would be better to eliminate them now, at least these young people could save their lives. If they were really taken to the battlefield, they might just die in vain.

"Ahhh, I must beat you." Unexpectedly, the recruit who was whipped, kicked and scolded by the officer suddenly stood up from the ground, his face flushed red, and he roared with gritted teeth, and then chased after the supervising officer.

The new recruit was extremely angry at the moment. He could not swallow this humiliation and he had to get back at his enemies.

"Okay, very good, you are a man. I'll wait until you catch up with me and beat me up." The supervising officer, who was originally disappointed when he saw these recruits were weak-willed and fell behind, was stunned when he saw the recruits suddenly rise up to resist, and then a smile appeared on his face.

In his mind, forced march is not just for the purpose of speeding up the journey, but more importantly, it is to strengthen the willpower of an army.

If a troop does not have strong willpower, it will be vulnerable on the battlefield. The enemy can completely defeat it with just a little pressure. Such a troop will have no combat effectiveness at all.

It is like saying that if the battle is going their way, they might be able to win by relying on their numerical advantage or the enemy's momentary negligence. However, once they are faced with an enemy blocking battle, where they need to grit their teeth and resist tenaciously, they will definitely lose, and may even lose miserably.

That's why he was so strict with these new recruits, hoping to temper their willpower. Now that he saw that these new recruits had some blood in them, he felt somewhat relieved.

The German colonel riding in the truck ahead heard the roar coming from the infantry division, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, revealing a smile of relief.

"I didn't expect these infantrymen to catch up."

Although I was dissatisfied with the performance of the new recruits before and even wanted to give up on them at one point, I am still quite surprised and relieved to see that they can grit their teeth and keep up with the team.

"Orders, the assault troops speed up. We can't let a group of new recruits catch up with us." The German colonel's expression suddenly changed, and he raised his voice to issue new orders.

In his opinion, the assault troops have always been known for their swift action and bravery in combat, and they cannot be overtaken by the new recruits at this time.

"Field Marshal Keitel is waiting for news of our victory. We must not let him down." The colonel said as he clenched his fists, his eyes revealing firm determination.

He knew very well that this operation carried out a major mission and Marshal Keitel had high hopes for them. If they could not achieve victory, how could they be worthy of the Marshal's trust?
"Yes." After receiving the order, the adjutant beside him immediately passed it on.

Soon, the vanguard of the German army arrived at the border at lightning speed.

At this time, the British army was dizzy and running around due to the bombardment of German and French naval guns. The entire defense line was in chaos and they had no time to defend properly.

"Hurry, get out of the car and charge." At the command of the commander of the first German assault company to arrive at the border, the soldiers immediately jumped out of the car as quickly as nimble cheetahs.

They were holding MP40 submachine guns, with sharp eyes, and without hesitation they fired fiercely at the British troops on the position.

"Da da da!"

A German soldier squeezed the trigger tightly, and the MP40 submachine gun suddenly made a crisp and rapid shooting sound, and bullets poured out like raindrops.

A British soldier not far away was hit by the sudden bullet before he could react. His body swayed and he fell to the ground, his blood instantly dyed the ground beneath him red.

"Kill, kill, kill!" The German commandos shouted slogans to kill the enemy with high morale.

"Charge, charge, charge!" They attacked fiercely in the depth of the British defense line like a surging tide, and their momentum seemed to crush all obstacles in front of them.

"Hurry up."

"Boost!"

These commandos are all elite veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. They feel very familiar and intimate with the fighting scenes on the battlefield.

Every pull of the trigger and every charge into battle seemed to be an instinctive reaction of their lives.

At this moment, each of them was like a tiger descending from a mountain, with an indomitable momentum, continuously launching fierce attacks deep into the British defense line.

Before this, the Spanish Army suffered greatly from the rocky fortifications.

But at this moment, there was no sound of gunfire in the rock fortifications.

It turned out that because of the power outage, the British soldiers stationed in the fortifications, unable to bear the scorching heat and the suffocating oxygen-deficient environment, had already run out.

As a result, as soon as they ran out, they encountered the ruthless "washing" of naval guns. The fierce artillery fire blew all the British soldiers who escaped into the sky. Some died and some were injured. It was a tragic scene.

And now, they encountered a sudden attack by the German commandos. It was really raining cats and dogs. The British soldiers were directly stunned and completely disorganized.

"Damn it! Fight back! It's the German army! Fight back!" A British officer shouted anxiously, trying to organize the soldiers to resist.

"Damn it, where's the machine gun?" Another British soldier frantically looked around for the machine gun, but it was impossible to find it easily in such chaos.

"Hurry up and get into the fortifications." A soldier shouted, thinking of hiding in the fortifications first, but the fortifications might not be safe at the moment.

"Where's the machine gunner? Suppress the fire quickly." The officer continued to shout loudly, hoping to have firepower to stop the fierce offensive momentum of the German army.

"Damn it, where are the people?" However, the only response he got was a panicked cry and the increasingly fierce gunfire from the German army. Unfortunately, they were facing a fully armed and high-spirited German army. At this moment, the German army was like a tide, surging in, and there was constant gunfire. The British soldiers who were alone had no power to fight back at all, and were all killed one by one by the German bullets.

Even if someone raised their hands to surrender, they would be ruthlessly killed by bullets in this chaotic and fierce battlefield, and no one would care whether they surrendered or not.

"Speed ​​up, quick!" The German captain shouted anxiously while marching behind him and hearing the fierce gunfire coming from the front.

He knew very well that if he failed to gain any merit in this battle, there would be no chance of promotion in the army. Therefore, he had to lead the troops to catch up quickly, strive to get a share of the spoils in this battle, and make great military achievements.

At this moment, the German colonel took the lead and personally led a guard company to advance rapidly towards both wings.

His resolute figure and fearless posture seemed to give the soldiers behind him a shot of adrenaline.

With such heroic leadership from their superiors, all the German soldiers seemed to be ignited with fighting spirit and burst out with extremely strong morale.

Their faces flushed, their eyes widened, they shouted the passionate slogan "Long Live the Empire" and charged forward recklessly. The surging momentum was like a flood that broke through a dam, unstoppable.

The German soldiers charged all the way and rushed straight to the outer positions of the Governor's Palace, where they encountered an extremely fierce battle.

The Governor's Palace is located in the urban area and has also suffered from naval gunfire before.

However, because the Governor's Palace was designed to be built right next to the rocky mountain, the terrain of the rocky mountain was cleverly used as a natural barrier, so the attacks from naval guns could not reach here at all, allowing the Governor's Palace to remain intact for the time being.

At this time, there were nearly 5,000 British troops concentrated here.

It can be said that in this area, all British soldiers who are still able to fight have basically gathered here.

"Damn it, we must hold our position. When will Fleet H open fire?" The British Governor was anxious and shouted angrily.

He knew very well that if he failed to defend the Governor's Mansion, the consequences would be disastrous, so he now placed all his hopes on Fleet H.

"It will take another two hours." The adjutant beside him responded quickly, with a hint of anxiety in his voice.

Who made Fleet H follow the main British and American fleets to the Mediterranean? No one expected that the four-nation fleet would come to steal the home.

"Damn it, tell them to speed up, they will be able to collect the bodies for us in two hours." Upon hearing this, the British Governor became so angry that he jumped up and down and cursed loudly.

In his opinion, these two hours were too long. With the fierce offensive momentum of the German army at the moment, they might be defeated before Fleet H arrived.

"Yes!" After receiving the order, the adjutant immediately went to convey the instruction to speed up Fleet H.

At this time, the gunfire around the Governor's Palace had reached an extremely intense level.

The British army's counterattack was extremely tenacious. Relying on their familiarity with the terrain and their own combat skills, they fought desperately to resist the German attack.

As for the German army, its offensive momentum was also very fierce. With the slogan of "Long live the Empire", the soldiers rushed towards the Governor's Palace one after another, not afraid of the British gunfire at all.

Although the British army's counterattack was so tenacious, judging from the overall situation, they were destined to fail.

Because the intensity of the German attack was beyond their imagination, the German soldiers completely ignored their own casualties and only wanted to break through the Governor's Palace as soon as possible and capture this key position.

"Quick, quick, speed up, we will win if we break through the Governor's Palace in front." On the street in the distance, the German commander was observing the situation on the battlefield, waving his arms and loudly mobilizing the soldiers.

He knew very well that as long as he captured the Governor's Mansion, victory in the battle would basically be secured.

"Da da da!" A team of German infantrymen had just mustered up the courage to launch a charge towards the Governor's Palace, but they were suppressed by a machine gun position set up by the British Army and could not raise their heads.

The dense machine gun fire poured down like a violent storm, making it impossible for the German soldiers to move forward even a single step. They could only lie on the ground, looking for cover to avoid the bullets.

"Damn it, where are our machine gunners? Counterattack quickly." Seeing this, the German commander shouted anxiously.

He knew that if the British machine gun positions could not be suppressed in time, the charging soldiers would be in danger.

"Damn it, medic, save him." On the other side, a German soldier shouted. It turned out that a comrade was unfortunately injured in the hail of bullets and urgently needed a medic to come and treat him.

Not long after, the machine gunners on the German side finally found the right opportunity and began to counterattack.

They set up machine guns and fired fiercely at the British machine gun positions opposite.

"Da da, da da!" I saw a string of flames spurting out from the machine gun muzzle, and bullets poured out like raindrops. In an instant, the machine gun position of the British army on the opposite side was completely unable to raise its head.

The British machine gunners had to stop shooting temporarily and look for cover to avoid the fierce firepower of the German army.

"Charge, charge!" Seeing that the British machine guns were successfully suppressed, the German commander made a prompt decision and immediately issued the order to charge.

He hoped to take this opportunity to allow his soldiers to break through the British defense line and attack the Governor's Palace in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, when the Governor's Palace was built, defensive requirements were fully taken into consideration.

The terrain around it is very open, with almost no obstacles that can be used to conceal one's body or approach quickly.

It is too difficult to just rush forward like this.

Soon, the two teams of German soldiers mustered up the courage to launch a charge.

However, as soon as they rushed out, they were hit by intensive gunfire from all directions by the British army.

Although the German soldiers fought desperately, they were eventually driven back by the British army. In this charge, the German soldiers suffered heavy losses. The ground was littered with wounded and dead soldiers. The tragic scene was unbearable to watch. (End of this chapter)