On November 30, the German military was the first to launch an attack on Cape Breton Island.
At six in the morning, before dawn had broken, fifteen Capital Ships from the German Atlantic Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet split into three formations and unleashed fierce bombardments on the designated landing beaches.
These three landing beaches had all been carefully selected by the German Marine Corps. They were New Waterford and Morien Harbour in northern Cape Breton Island, and Louisbourg in the east of Cape Breton Island.
In this landing operation, the German Marine Corps would deploy three Marine Divisions at once, landing at the three beaches respectively. If all went smoothly, the forces of the Army's 1st Army Corps and 4th Army Corps would be committed afterward. If things did not go smoothly, the Marine Corps' other two Divisions would also be thrown into the landing operation.
Of course, in the eyes of General Ernst von Busch, Commander of the Marine Corps, the British should not have been able to withstand the German Marine Corps' attack. Not only could they receive fire support from Naval Guns at sea, but they could also receive aerial support from the Carrier-based Aircraft Unit. The Marine Corps' own amphibious fleet was no weak force either. In addition, the air force had deployed a Ground Attack Wing on Newfoundland. This would give them even more fire support in their attack on Cape Breton Island.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Out at sea, the German Navy's Capital Ships were pouring shells onto the landing beaches. Although the Home Fleet's Capital Ship formations had been wiped out, the Capital Ships of the Atlantic Fleet and Mediterranean Fleet were all equipped with 380mm Main Guns. Their power was somewhat inferior to that of the Home Fleet's Capital Ships equipped with