In the northwest region of France, there is an important military port and commercial trade port, located at the northern end of the Cotentin Peninsula, near the English Channel. Although the population here is only 80,000, it has a 3,700-meter-long breakwater.
An important military fortress, it has military ship manufacturing, machinery, metallurgy and other industrial facilities. Mail ships from North and South America to the European continent were once parked here. This is the French seaport of Cherbourg, but now it has been occupied by the German army.
At three o'clock in the afternoon on May 1, 1910, location: Bern, the capital of Switzerland, the country's highest military meeting building.
"The Port of Cherbourg is located in the north of the Cotentin Peninsula, and the Cotentin Peninsula is shaped like a bull's head. Cherbourg is located exactly on the cow's forehead. Cherbourg's land defense line is composed of 6 to 10 kilometers of concrete field fortifications.
A semicircular defensive zone, as long as it occupies all the commanding heights, can control all roads leading to Cherbourg. The German troops currently stationed also use rivers and canals as anti-tank obstacles. In the east and west of Cherbourg, the German troops have 20
A bunker artillery battery uses weapons such as 150mm artillery and 280mm artillery. In addition, there are many 75mm and 88mm field artillery. These German artillery can shoot both inland and at sea! "A
The officer with the rank of major was holding a document in his hand, reading it aloud, and seemed to be reporting the situation.
Just after the major finished speaking, an awe-filled voice sounded from behind a large chair: "How many artillery pieces do the Germans have, and how many troops and backups do they have?".
Hearing the question, the major officer couldn't help but straighten his waist, as if he were interviewing. However, the person behind the chair did not turn around and look over. Then the major officer said in a standard tone: "150mm 15-door, 280mm 3-door
, the data of 75mm and 88mm field artillery is unknown, but the German army also built forts on the breakwater. However, due to the insufficient number of German defenders, only one-third of the German army did not reach the defense circle. Now the German defenders
The army commander originally incorporated all German civilian personnel, as well as cooks, signalmen and dock sailors into the combat troops. Therefore, there were only four German regiments responsible for the defense of Cherbourg. Among these troops, five
One-third of the people are foreign soldiers, basically Turkish and Polish!".
"Okay, go ahead! Help me call the iron soldiers in!" The person behind the chair said without turning around.
The major did not hesitate and immediately accepted the order. Before leaving, he did not forget to salute: "Yes, Mr. Yu!".
It turns out that the person behind the chair is Li Ningyu, who led the First Corps into France. The Far East Army had just captured Switzerland a week ago and successfully drove away the Germans. However, it took over everything in Switzerland and adopted a series of military measures.
Control, fortunately, Switzerland is a small multi-ethnic country. The people here do not care who is in power. They just want to live healthy and happy, and the Far East Legion can definitely do this.
Since the division of troops, Li Ningyu's million lions have been killing all directions, causing the German troops to retreat continuously. However, after advancing all the way to Switzerland, Li Ningyu ordered to start repairs, as if the purpose of sending troops this time was only Switzerland, not Switzerland.
France.
In fact, this is not difficult to guess, because Li Ningyu has never thought about going to France, but he will not stay in Switzerland for long. After all, being surrounded by France, Germany, and Italy is not a good thing.
, so he is planning his next move.
"Dong dong dong!"
There was a knock on the door, and Li Ningyu didn't even raise his head. He continued to look at the map of Europe on the floor and said, "Come in!".
Then I saw a burly man walking into his temporary office. If you just look at his figure and appearance, there doesn't seem to be anything attractive about him, but if you look at his military rank, you will definitely be shocked.
Because a man in his thirties actually carried three gold stars, and this man was Tie Bing, the former head of the Far East Intelligence Group and the European region, and now the general and deputy chief of staff of the First Corps.
"Master Yu, look for me!" As soon as he entered the door and found that there was no one in the hall, Tie Bing walked directly towards the desk.
"Well, Tie Bing! Come and take a look together!" Li Ningyu's voice came from behind the chair.
Then Tie Bing was behind the chair and saw Li Ningyu, who was only wearing casual clothes. At this time, he was holding a high-power magnifying glass and carefully looking at a huge map of Europe, as if a geographer was examining some kind of substance and thinking about it.
It is necessary to clearly see the lines and impurities in it.
But the quick-thinking Tie Bing soon discovered that Li Ningyu was very interested in the northern part of France and had been looking for something on the coastline.
"Master Yu, are you planning to send troops to France?" Tie Bing asked cautiously.
But Li Ningyu did not respond immediately, but said: "If you want to quietly seize a well-fortified fortress, do you find it difficult?".
Hearing Li Ningyu's words, Tie Bing immediately frowned, and after thinking about it, he was ready to say it was difficult. However, when he thought about it, he still didn't know the purpose of Li Ningyu's question, so he said tactfully: "It's probably difficult to be silent, but it's just a cover-up."
But it can be done, but we don’t know the enemy’s total strength and deployment!”.
Tie Bing's response came to his ears. Li Ningyu slowly put down the magnifying glass in his hand, with a smile on his face. Seeing Li Ningyu smiling at him like this, Tie Bing felt a little embarrassed, and then he heard
Li Ningyu said: "Haha, Tie Bing, you have learned to be diplomatic now!".
Hearing Li Ningyu say this, Tie Bing immediately felt embarrassed, but Li Ningyu then said: "If the opponent has four regiments of troops, how many people do you think are needed to end the battle in one night?".
"The strength of four regiments? One night?" Tie Bing said to himself in response to Li Ningyu's words.
After thinking carefully for a while, Tie Bing responded: "Master Yu, one night should be enough, but the strength of the four regiments is a bit tricky, but if you give me a special operations division, I can handle it!"
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"Haha, okay, I've been waiting for your words!" Li Ningyu laughed immediately when he heard Tie Bing say this.
In fact, the reason why he called Tie Bing in was to arrange a mission for him. Although Tie Bing was already the deputy chief of staff with the rank of general, his main job was to take orders from Li Ningyu, and he already had a plan in mind.
Li Ningyu, at this time, had already begun to explain to the iron soldiers: "Although the German army has four regiments, their combat effectiveness is very weak. This mission is actually not difficult. The most difficult thing is to seize the fortress silently.
I have a suggestion. First, you can use soldiers of different nationalities here to create a little conflict, so that you can avoid some eyes and ears..."