Chapter 659: Gunfire

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The same bullet rain, the same fearless charge, took place in another corner of the earth. This is the desert of North Africa that can't be seen at the end. This is the main battlefield of the German and Italian African Army attacking the flank of Alexandria.
The bullets flew over the flat position like raindrops and knocked on the heavy armor of the German tank, just like real raindrops flapping the neighbor's eaves. German tanks moved slowly forward, wide tracks crawling up the sand little by little, slowly approaching towards the enemy.
Suddenly, the steel behemoth stopped and slowly turned up the huge turret in front of a trench. The slender barrel pointed to his target little by little as the turret oscillated, looking majestic and imposing. As the rotation stopped, within a few seconds, the tank fired its shells.
The huge air wave lifted the dust around the tank. The dry environment and the sand and dust rising in the desert accumulated a lot of sand on the tank. With this destructive gun, these dust and sand were all shaken up. , Forming a smog. However, the shell had accurately flown to his target, and spanned a kilometer in an instant.
And this shell from the 75mm caliber cannon of the leopard tank suddenly broke through the bunker accumulated by the sandbags, and penetrated an American m3lee tank equipped by the British team hiding behind the bunker . Then the tank burned, and thick smoke came out.
The nearby British soldiers began to retreat. The heading machine gun in front of the leopard tank began to make a unique sound of tearing the linen. The bullets swept towards the British soldiers who had just violently opened fire and penetrated these soldiers with ease.
After the first battle, although the German team lost part of their strength and ammunition reserves, they actually wiped out some of the main British forces entrenched in North Africa. For example, a division in New Zealand was hit hard and had to go from the front. Retreat for rest.
After these hard peripheral defense units were put together, the British also had to supplement the flanks of the position with less powerful Indian divisions and mercenary divisions in the Middle East. When these forces fight downwind, they can still hold a personal field. The performance of this kind of headwind battle is indeed not as reliable as the orthodox British team.
So Montgomery began to mobilize the few armored forces in his hand to enter his preset position, and strengthen these Indian divisions that were not strong in combat, hoping to support these divisions to defend their positions.
However, when Rommel invested in a new armored regiment and cut into the southern line of Alexandria, the situation on the battlefield became clear. British forces began to collapse from the flanks. Alexandria was now surrounded by German forces on both sides. Only the east side remains, still under British control.
"Detour to the two wings! Consolidate the position after occupying the trenches! Arrange the observation posts on both sides! Signal the battalion! We say we have controlled the first line of defense of the enemy!" A German company commander shouted loudly after jumping into the trench On his side, two machine gunners were setting up a new machine gun position on his side. A man was carrying a chain of machine gun bullets around his neck. Not far away, two grenadiers were firing fiercely with g43 rifles. At the feet of the man, the body of an Englishman lay there, already covered with a layer of fine sand.
"Hey! If we attack the highlands on the left, how many people can you draw to cover us?" On the side of the position, the captain's hatch of the leopard tank that had just opened fire was suddenly pushed open by the captain inside The telescope showed his head, and he asked the infantry company commander in the trench aloud, not caring about the crackling sound of enemy bullets hitting his tank.
"If you attack the highland on the left, I will deploy two squads of soldiers to follow you! You can also cover your back from me, but after you have captured there, it is better to withdraw, I worry that the British will fight back here." The company commander glanced at the high ground in the distance, and then shouted loudly to the captain on the tank.
The captain nodded, then drilled back inside the tank and covered the tank door. Then the gearbox of the tank was put into gear, and the sound became louder. The tank also drove towards the high ground in the distance with the noisy sound.
"Korhoff! Two soldiers of the squad were dispatched and attacked northward with the tank! Covering the flanks of the tank and the rear! After occupying the highlands, find a way to hold it there!" The company commander leaned on the helmet above him After more than a dozen meters of trenches, he found his men and assigned his task.
Their attack preparations had just been completed, and two Stuka bombers swooped down from high altitude. These two aircraft were part of the air force supporting the German attack, and 110 Stu were prepared for today's attack on the Germans. Ka and 50 do-217 bombers, these planes in turn greet the British position, have destroyed a lot of solid fortifications.
A Stuka dropped a huge bomb hanging under the belly of the aircraft at a low altitude near the target, with a whistling sound. Under the cover of another Stuka, the Stuca quickly pulled up and returned to the sky.
The other Stuka bomber used two 20mm caliber cannons on the wings, leaving two barrage formed by the two shots on the enemy's position. In just a moment, the British position on the high ground was turned over by two Stukhas. Then the British soldiers stationed here were horrified to see a German leopard tank slowly driving into the high ground .
"Don't fire! Let's surrender!" An Indian soldier raised his rifle and shouted loudly, and then the second and third Indian soldiers raised their hands, and the highland hardly passed by. Decent battles were captured by the Germans.
The fighting continued, and the British did not give up the remaining positions. In some areas, the British held on to the last moment. They ran out of their ammunition and were finally driven out of their trenches by German soldiers who rushed up. The smoke rose from the horizon. The fierce fighting made both parties exhausted.
"There is still 19 kilometers away from Alexandria. Just a few kilometers further forward, the German artillery can bombard that port. By that time, the British Mediterranean fleet will really get out!" Under the command of the Italian army In the tent, General Garibaldi was clearly very satisfied with the current fighting progress. The Germans did not seem to have much demand for the interests of North Africa. They only needed a piece of desert as a future weapon test base, and then they asked to co-host the Suez Canal.
These conditions Mussolini agreed to be very happy, because as the leader of Italy, he knew that without the help of the Germans, the Italians should not say that the Suez Canal is such an important place, whether it is possible to hold Tusi is a problem. So the two sides signed a memorandum to decide to jointly manage the Suez Canal, the time limit turned out to be permanent. As for the attitudes and demands of all Suez Canal itself, Egypt, it seems to be forgotten by everyone.
However, General Garibaldi ’s staff officer obviously had no expectations of these things. He was more concerned about the fragile logistics of his army and the high number of casualties: "My general, Cairo and Suez are for us. In fact, it is still far away. According to the current shell consumption rate and the casualties of the troops, it is estimated that when we went to the Cairo city, there was only one company. "
When the Italian troops lamented for their heavy casualties and consumption, Montgomery's side was actually burnt. The reserve team in his hand is already stretched. Most of the remaining troops are the remaining Indian troops. The combat strength cannot be compared with the original British Expeditionary Forces and New Zealand troops.
The Japanese army is rampant in Southeast Asia, and the threat to the Indian border is increasing. There are not many troops that can be transferred from Mountbatten. Now Montgomery is considered to be internally and externally troubled and the reinforcements are cut off. In other words, under the current battlefield situation in North Africa, the Americans are already the main force, and the British have done their last bit of blood on the outskirts of Alexandria.
After hesitating again and again, Montgomery still grabbed the phone in his hand. He could feel the trembling voice with himself, and said to the phone of General Barton ’s headquarters:
General Barton, the 9th Army of the British North Africa Army is powerless, now We can only rely on your counterattack to finally determine the ownership of the entire North Africa and even the Suez Canal! "
Barton ’s voice over the phone, but the content is not what Montgomery wants to hear: "General Montgomery, I have to regret to explain to you that the goods transported by the United States have been blocked by the Germans. This thing is arguing with each other. The key is that there are many new m4 tanks in the sunken ships used to stabilize the North African battlefield, which made me have to postpone the counterattack. "
He paused and said sincerely: "Wait for me for three days. After three days, I will invest in counterattacks and attack the troops outside Alexandria! Believe me, this time I will definitely attack on time!"
Montgomery sighed. He also heard that the US transport ship was attacked by German submarines and cruisers. Although there is no shortage of gasoline in the Middle East, the lack of equipment and ammunition is a problem that has to be solved. The US transports military equipment to North Africa It is too far away, so once interfered by the Germans, there will be very serious consequences.
"Okay! George, I hope that Americans will defend their interests in North Africa and the Middle East. I hope you can start the fight against counterattacks on time!" Montgomery remained silent for a while, and finally said.