When the Italian air assault legion on Sicily completely lost air support, combat became extremely difficult. All fire support weapons of artillery and machine guns were not likely to survive under the attack of the US "Amina Gunship" hovering in the air and the air fleet led by Lieutenant General William Frederick Halsey.

No matter how hidden it is, it cannot resist it for too long under the shooting of a 50mm cannon or a 25mm machine cannon. The US military's "Paving Stone Series" and "Needle Series" are thrown from the air at any time to respond to the needs of their infantry. The "Paving Stone Series" TV-guided bombs are like a small fighter plane when flying in the air.

They have short and straight wings and slender bullet bodies. Although they do not have an engine, they can maneuver in snake shape when gliding. The bombs of the "Needle Series" are like fat people in the air. Their short and thick streamlined bullet bodies are perpendicular to sea level. Although their mobility and gliding distance are worse than those of the "Paving Stone Series" TV guided bombs, they adhere to the inertia characteristics of weapons made in Germany.

In this matter, the Chinese Federal Defense Forces almost completely inherited the old-school German officers' regiment, so this is their characteristic. Relatively speaking, the US military pays attention to quantity. For example, when dealing with the "Tang Knife" tanks of the Chinese Federation, they may send 8 to 10 m4 Sherman tanks. And when they have air force, such as the "Amina Gunboat" cooperation, they will never use their own tanks to fight against it.

The Seventh Army commanded by Omar Nelson Bradley concentrated armored forces to break through along the coastal highway. The Army carried out a battle to clear both sides of the highway behind the armored forces. Above the armored forces, the "Amina" gunboat aircraft of the landing aviation were hovering above the heads of the armored forces. They responded to the army's request and poured waves of shells from the air to the ground.

The hills along the road were like bread from unattended bread stoves. The entire hill was dyed black by the ashes of explosive explosions. In the black area where life was almost impossible, the Italian infantry were still holding onto their positions. As mentioned earlier, the guns were gone, and the machine guns were destroyed by the "sentinels" in the sky - the reconnaissance/command/electronic warfare airships. At this time, the flesh and blood of the Italian air assault legion soldiers were still fighting against the US tank troops.

This unit was established in the 4th Air Assault Army of the Chinese Federal Defense Forces. The entire unit was an elite in the Italian army. It either came from veterans who had participated in the fight against Europe and Russia, or from soldiers in the recruit training camp. After the formation of the legion, instructors from the "Kill God" unit of the Chinese Federal Government conducted a long training camp for them. The training time was too long that they did not have the opportunity to participate in the defensive battle of Sicily organized by Patton at first.

The Marine Corps, which was in defense at that time, now, under the training of those instructors, supplemented their strength and became a replica of another Fourth Army of the Chinese Federal Defense Forces. These people have a characteristic like their teachers, that is, they do not care about other people's lives or their own lives.

When the cluster bombs dropped by the "Washington-class Flying Fighter" in the air "cleaned" this hill, in the short gap before the US soldiers came up, the characteristics of life were also featured on the surface of the positions connected by craters. On the black land, there were first a bunch of land being lifted up and down, followed by a bunch of land being lifted up and down.

When the soil on the surface of the explosives turned to the side, soldiers wearing camouflage appeared on the land.

"Mammi, look at this place, it's like on the moon. In this case, scientists don't have to study any moon landings. Just come here to take a look!"

The joke is that Rosenick's subordinates have never helped the Italian soldiers to get rid of the problem. Fortunately, although they don't look like gods of killing on the outside, these Caesar's descendants are still quite ruthless when fighting straight battles. The Italians are not unable to fight, but they are not allowed to stay in the military camps of the Chinese Federation. If they stay for three months, they will rush to go to the battlefield. Because in the military camps, they will be exhausted by training. After they become on the battlefield, they find that those cumbersome training makes the battlefield easier.

"Stop talking nonsense, Uncle Sam's young men are coming!"

The guy following behind stabbed the guy in front with his fist twice. When he was transformed by a cluster bomb, it seemed like a position on the moon, the first thing he did was to take out the cigarettes from behind his ears. The anti-cannons deep into the ground were good, but unfortunately he didn't let him smoke. As more and more soldiers on the position, sandbags were also sent from the ground. The soldiers built several small sandbags together, and the single bunker dug up from the ground, even if they were their positions.

When the people above were preparing for battle, in the tunnel below, more infantry were loading the soil into sacks, and the entire base was built by the Italians like a rat hole. They dug out new passages from the ground based on the gun hole and assembled using the hexagonal module of the fast front. Under the attack of the US military with their artillery and air firepower, the Italians were digging down like field mice. When the opponent's air firepower stopped, they would drill out of the ground to fight.

These changes are all the work done by the Italian army when they began to prepare for defense after the emergence of the new "sentinel" of the US military - reconnaissance/command/electronic warfare airship. Although it was not expected that the "timely rain gunboat aircraft" as the pillar would be defeated by the attack of the US military's "pirate special forces", the defense on land was still very strong.

Like the US military, a resistance hub based on the "fast front" was established on the hills. However, with the significance of the Chinese Federal Military Advisory Group, they built lower fortifications. A 15-meter tunnel system deep underground allowed the Italian army to persist under the fierce attack of the US military. They tried their best to delay the progress of the US military when they lost air cover.

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Italian screams came from the position, and the soldiers who heard them immediately threw down everything in their hands and rushed to the fox pits dug out on the floating soil made of shells. Some people raised their heads from the pit and saw that from the road, there were groups of rockets rushing into the sky. The 107mm rocket launcher has always had very good sales performance on the list of exports of the Chinese Federation. In the US military, this rocket launcher was loaded in Hummers, and the equipment density reached the battalion level.

There is such a platoon of rocket artillery in the weapons company of an infantry battalion. The five 107mm rocket launchers they have are enough to open the way for the infantry battalion to charge. They can flatten the minefield and hit the morale of the enemy. Under such dense rocket attacks, no one is not afraid.

In the blink of an eye, the beakers' fire fell to the place where the Italian soldiers were.

The body was arched tightly at the bottom of the fox pit, and everyone felt how unreliable the fortifications they built on sandbags and floating soil were. The entire hill was like a small boat in the sea, pounding in the storm. The baptism of blood and fire brought by artillery fire made everyone's souls tremble at the same time.

"I am not afraid of death, if I have to die for my duty. The only thing I am afraid of is that I cannot do a good job of a soldier who should do something!"

Such words are ridiculous when ordinary people say them, but as Italian soldiers trained by the instructors of the Fourth Air Assault Army of the Chinese Federation, they do not feel that this sentence is OK. At this time, they were arched at the bottom of the crater or fox pit, shouting this sentence loudly as a basis for their survival. For them, it doesn't matter whether this sentence is correct or not. What's important is that when they can still shout this sentence in a hoarse voice because they suck too much smoke, it proves that they are still alive.

Just when Italian soldiers were attacked by fierce artillery fire on the position, a large number of infantry soldiers of the US armored infantry began to climb up from under the hills. Such hills had long been built into steep hills that were difficult to climb by Italians. Before the infantry attacked, the US engineers used explosives to build these steep hills into passages that could be passed through while preparing for aviation fire.

At this moment, the soldiers of the US Armored Infantry Battalion were carrying their heavy weapons, and struggling to move upwards on the floating soil that was sliding next. Looking at the smoke that exploded on the top of the mountain, feeling the trembling from the hillside of the floating soil, the US soldiers were not relaxed. They knew that the Italians in front of them were not easy to deal with. Especially the aerial assault legion in front of them, these guys were ruthless, and sometimes they even fought until the last person was left.

This is different from the Italian army that the Seventh Army initially encountered on the battlefield in Sicily. The Marines fought well and were well-trained, but they were not out of the scope of humanity. But these guys in front of them were not like that. Because the wounded soldiers of these guys even pulled grenades and died together with the US soldiers who were attacking in front of them.
Chapter completed!