Boom! Boom! Boom!
Several German Navy destroyers sailed to waters less than two kilometers off the eastern coast of São Miguel Island and fired madly at the shore with Naval Guns. Although most were small-caliber rapid-fire guns, their shells were more than enough to tear the officers and men of the US Marine Corps to pieces.
In the sky, fighters launched from German Navy aircraft carriers strafed US Marine Corps positions. Bullets from their aerial machine guns struck the sand, leaving deep craters one after another. Quite a few US Marine Corps soldiers were hit by the aerial machine-gun fire and split cleanly in two.
Under the cover of Naval Gun fire, a battalion from the 1st Marine Division was conducting a forced landing.
The US Marine Corps' defensive fire was weak and scattered. Moreover, their artillery positions had long since been destroyed by German Navy Naval Guns or carrier-based aircraft, leaving them utterly unable to stop the German Marine Corps' landing.
The German Marine Corps charged onto the beach at an extremely small cost and began attacking the US Marine Corps' defensive line.
Several slower Amphibious Tanks also drove onto the beach, providing fire support for the Marine Corps officers and men who had stormed ashore.
Under the fierce assault of the German Marine Corps, armed to the teeth, the US Marine Corps collapsed in utter disarray and was swiftly routed. This allowed the German Marine Corps to easily seize the beach and establish a solid beachhead.
Afterward, the German military's main force began landing. Once the landing was complete, they would begin sweeping into the depths of the island.
With the fleet's assistance, the German Marine Corps' two Divisions swept through the Azores with remarkable ease. The US Marine Corps simply could not resist. Many US soldiers, after