Chapter 1719 Fierce Battle

A river less than fifty meters wide is nothing. Although the river is a little turbulent because of the melting snow. But for a well-trained army, there is no obstacle at all. If it weren't for the blocking of the Americans on the other side of the river, the German army could easily cross the river. Even German engineers were able to erect pontoon bridges within extreme events.

However, because the bridge on the river was blown up by the US military long ago. It is not easy for the heavy equipment of the German army to cross the river. It is necessary to wait until the German engineers have built a solid pontoon bridge before they can cross the river. But the prerequisite is that the German army must establish a solid position on the other side of the river, so that the engineers can build the pontoon bridge without being affected.

The German 3rd Army, 8th Army, and 14th Army all dispatched an infantry division to cross the river at one time. Tens of thousands of German troops struggled across the 50-kilometer-long river. They carried the boat that had been prepared a long time ago and pushed it into the river. Then take the squad as a unit, jump into the boat, and row hard to the other side of the river.

On one's own position, a series of mortars and a series of light and heavy machine guns are firing, suppressing the US positions on the other side of the river and providing fire cover for these troops crossing the river.

However, it is obviously impossible for the US military to allow the German army to cross the river so easily.

"Come into position, the Germans are starting to cross the river, we can't let them cross the river, otherwise we will die!"

The low-ranking officers of the US military shouted loudly.

Countless American soldiers raised their heads from the trenches, set up their weapons on the trenches, and prepared to fire. There are also many American soldiers who got out of the anti-gun holes and joined the battle.

Although, the fierce firepower of the German army caused a lot of casualties to the US military. However, the surviving American soldiers are still fighting bravely. The densely packed landing troops on the river made these American officers and soldiers fearful. But as the officer told them, they have no way out now, and if they don't want to die, they have to stop the Germans in the St. Croix River.

"Da da da! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Various types of light and heavy machine guns of the US military began to fire, and the M1 semi-automatic rifles in the hands of ordinary soldiers also began to fire.

For a moment, a dense rain of bullets enveloped the German soldiers who were now crossing the river.

There is no place to hide in the small wooden boat, even lying on the inside of the boat. But the wooden hull will still be penetrated by bullets.

"what!"

The screams kept ringing out, and German soldiers were constantly being hit by bullets.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The mortars on the American positions also began to fire. One after another, the shells fell like raindrops.

Although the mortar shells were not very powerful, there was no problem dealing with those small wooden boats.

"boom!"

A shell hit a wooden German ship. The entire small wooden boat was torn apart by the explosion, and the German soldiers on it suffered heavy losses. After the wooden boat was blown up, the soldiers on board fell directly into the river. Where the water is shallower, there may be a glimmer of life. But where the water is deep, it is doomed. In the case of being fully armed, there is no possibility of escape at all.

On the positions behind the U.S. military, the U.S. artillery, which had been silent until now, also started shelling at this time.

"Fire and hit me hard. Blow up all those damned Germans!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A large number of U.S. artillery began shelling, 203mm heavy howitzers, 155mm heavy howitzers, and 105mm light howitzers fired one after another. Dense shells fell into the German positions like rain. The U.S. military used this method to suppress the firepower of the German army, thereby creating favorable conditions for its own side to resist the German army's landing operations.

Continuous small wooden boats were blown up, and the German army, which was launching a crossing operation, suffered a lot of losses.

"Woo!"

The fleet of the Luftwaffe in the sky will not sit still. They attacked immediately.

A dive bomber dropped a heavy aerial bomb on the American artillery position. immediately. The entire artillery position was shrouded in flames and smoke. Several cannons were blown up in the explosion, and even the barrels were twisted into twists. Many of those artillerymen were blown up and torn to pieces. The rest of the U.S. artillerymen were also frightened, and began to run away.

"Bastard, fire the anti-aircraft fire and shoot down the German plane." The commander of the US military ordered.

The anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns on the American positions began to fire in an attempt to shoot down the German aircraft. However, this is undoubtedly very difficult. One after another, German fighter planes began to attack the U.S. artillery positions, destroying the U.S. artillery. At the same time, it also suppressed the firepower on the U.S. defense line, provided support for the troops crossing the river, and covered them to cross the river with relatively small casualties.

The U.S. Army Air Force also scrambled to take off a large number of fighter planes in an attempt to hold down the Luftwaffe and prevent the Luftwaffe from attacking the U.S. ground forces.

However, the U.S. Army Air Force's fighter planes were stopped by the Luftwaffe before they entered the battlefield. After the German air search radar discovered the U.S. fighter planes, they immediately took off a large number of fighter planes to meet them. This made it impossible for the fighter planes of the US Army Air Forces to approach the battlefield at all.

Although it doesn't take much time to cross the river less than 50 meters away. However, the U.S. military seized this opportunity and blocked the river with powerful firepower, causing considerable casualties to the German troops crossing the river.

"Shhhhhh!"

The U.S. positions were covered by a rain of rockets. Intensive explosions sounded, and the US troops on the defense line suffered heavy losses in the explosions. Many firepower points were destroyed by German rockets.

Hundreds of helicopters, both gunships and utility helicopters, took to the battlefield. Compared with armed helicopters, general-purpose helicopters do not have rocket launchers. But also with aviation machine guns. At the same time, you can also open the hatch and use the heavy machine guns erected there to shoot at the ground.

For a while, the German helicopters began to ravage over the heads of the US troops, using aviation machine guns and rockets to destroy these US troops.

"Bazooka launch, kill the German helicopter!"

An American second lieutenant officer ordered.

"call out!"

A bazooka roared towards an armed helicopter.

The gunship did not have time to evade and was hit by a rocket on the spot.

"boom!"

There was an explosion, and the German gunship turned into a fireball and fell to the ground.

The U.S. military is not defenseless against German helicopters. Rocket launchers, anti-aircraft machine guns, etc. are all prepared for these helicopters.