Chapter 697: Sand and blood

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A shell fell so straight on the yellow sand position. Several soldiers had not yet waited for the sand raised by the shell to fall, so they carried their rifles and stooped from one trench to the other. Trench on the side. They have been standing here for a whole month. For them, these crater positions are their homes.
Moving his eyes away from the artillery mirror, Rommel took off the big brim hat above his head, shook off the dust twice, snapped it back on his head again, and turned to shake his head at his adjutant. Obviously he did not like this time-consuming and labor-intensive attack, but for the time being there is no good way.
Alexandria, surrounded by Germany, has been holding on for more than a month. This seaside port city already has many material reserves. Although the hundreds of thousands of British soldiers in it are not the main force, they are tenacious under the urging of Montgomery. Hold on to his own fighting post.
"We are still not good at dealing with such a fortified city. The casualties of soldiers are high, and the consumption of ammunition is more than that of sports." Rommel looked at the map of the entire theater with some emotion.
German troops have never been very comfortable with this kind of battle relying on human life to pile up. It prefers the siege of annihilation, which is more open and wide, and is more suitable for the kind of battle that quickly advances into the position of cutting the enemy and then captures tens of thousands. As for the repeated battle for ruins with the enemy in an environment full of buildings that are not suitable for tank operations, the German team has experienced many times, but it still cannot effectively adapt to this kind of battle.
"The British have good marksmanship. They rely on the outer positions and the ruins to resist. Although the losses are heavy, they still do not flinch. This morning we killed 3 lieutenants. I had to promote some non-commissioned officers to supplement the lost officers. "" A division commander responsible for the offense reluctantly reported. His troops lost a lot in the attack, but Rommel still had no plans to replace this army.
Rommel, or the generals of Rommel ’s head superior Army Staff Headquarters and the Supreme Command of the Empire, wanted a complete and ready-to-use port of Alexandria, so Rommel could not use heavy artillery and bombers to repeatedly bomb this British In the last position of the army, Rommel could only use his precious infantry to consume British troops in the port little by little.
According to the prisoners of war, as the old opponent of the African Army, the commander of the 9th Army, it can also be said that Montgomery, the highest British commander in North Africa, is now in Alexandria. For Rommel, this is not just a matchup, but a fateful end.
Just a short distance away, an Italian tank was destroyed by British anti-tank artillery and was burning flamingly, and not far from this tank, several Italian Army artillery were firing violently, these artillery were attacking There is a hidden bunker and bunker group. With the core support there, the British army built a circular fortification nearby, which made the attacking Italian army pay a heavy price.
A deafening volley made Rommel frown involuntarily. His command was too close to the artillery position, and the noise made him feel a little uncomfortable. But this is war, everything will not be arranged according to the needs of comfort.
Walking back to his office, he patted the dust on his body twice with gloves, and the entire small tent was immediately filled with dust. When everything returned to normal, Rommel took off his military coat and lost it. On the side chair.
General Frederick has just returned from Cairo. Italy and Germany ’s strike forces have arrived outside Cairo. Unsurprisingly, 30,000 British and Americans in Cairo City, and 50,000 local Egyptians The troops refused to surrender, and had built strong fortifications. Another war quagmire was waiting for the Germans to come, making people unhappy.
Despite being meticulously dressed, Frederick, a servant, is a bit messy. After all, he has been running in the desert with his troops for a whole month. He can maintain such a decent appearance and is already a German. The persistent pursuit of military capacity. He said softly with hoarseness: "My general, Cairo is surrounded by minefields and bunker groups. My troops tried to attack once, and the opponent was very resolute."
At this point, the Supreme Command has also expected that after the Germans entered Egypt, they broke the original rules of the region and shaken the foundations of many vested interests. Therefore, it is inevitable to encounter strong resistance. In terms of repression, there is no better way.
"Notify Lieutenant General Durlo of the Air Force and send a bomber to attack all targets except the port area! We don't have time to spend time with a group of dead people here!" After listening carefully to General Frederick's information about Cairo After the introduction, Rommel thought about it and said, "After all, our General Patton has returned to the Suez Canal. If he lets him strengthen the defense line there will not be much benefit for our future attacks."
In fact, the Allied forces are already strong in the Middle East and have little power, but at this time, Turkey, which has always been the second child of the Axis state in mentality, sent troops to the Middle East controlled by the United States and Britain. Big tentative offense.
Approximately 10 Turkish divisions attacked south, and as a result, they were smashed by local armed forces near the border. When an American light armored division arrived, half of these Turks were captured and they were sent to the dead end. A timely "Northern Victory" for the US military in the Middle East.
This not only allowed the United States and Britain to see the weak nature of the Turkish threat in the north, but also strengthened their determination to continue to resist the Germans. As a result, the encirclement of Alexandria and the battle near Cairo inevitably entered a rhythm of attrition, and the Germans' shortage of reserves in North Africa was magnified.
"It's time for these locals to look at our strength. Since they can't be invincible, then they will be ruthless once, and for the sake of our rule in the future, we will have a prestige!" Friedrich nodded in agreement. He is in favor of promoting his own firepower advantage. After all, reducing his own firepower suppression is definitely more in line with Germany's current situation in North Africa than the consumption of limited troops.
Alexandria is full of open-air field hospitals and refugee shelters. Because the Germans rarely shelled the facilities in the city, as the fighting continued and the losses increased, more and more wounded soldiers and refugees could only pile things on the streets and put Alexander ’s streets and alleys. Has become a lively place like a bazaar.
Montgomery took his assistant to visit the wounded in an open-air hospital. In the morning, a frontline commander was injured by shrapnel and was sent here for amputation. The open-air hospital was full of blood and soldiers' howling. From time to time, some people die here, and from time to time, some people become partly disabled.
"If, if you can, most soldiers need to rest, we should give up part of our positions and retreat into the city. The Germans are less good at street fighting than the Germans." The British major general who had lost his hand looked at Montgomery, Said weakly. He was more concerned about the soldiers who had fought bloodyly with him than himself. As a veteran British nobleman, this very gentleman middle-aged has a very traditional British style.
Montgomery does not hide the current situation. He seems to be twenty years old these days: "To be honest, now we are just fighting for our beliefs. The ending is clear to you, me and others, we are just dying. That's it. Compared to Italians and Germans, our military strength and ammunition are not sufficient, and now it is the best result I can command. "
The eyes of the teacher who was still very calm after losing a hand seemed a bit sad. He was willing to fight for his motherland in any corner, but he was really reluctant to accept the reality that his motherland had collapsed and died. What it means for Britain to lose North Africa, as the commander here, can't be more clear.
"I'm unreliable. I have tried my best to do everything I can." Seeing the other party not speaking, Montgomery cried and then continued to talk to himself: "Now I can count on General Mountbatten's troops in India, if He can retain those elite and return to the British mainland when he needs it. There may be some turning points in things. "
Everyone knows that this is just a self-deception. The troops in Mountbatten are already stretched. The expansion of the Japanese in Southeast Asia has broken the British colonial system there. India and Myanmar have now become front lines. As for the British soldiers there How much can be saved, can only pray for the scale of the Japanese offensive, rather than counting on the command and dispatch capabilities of General Mountbatten.
Today ’s Britain is similar to an old master with deep skills, but was caught by a young boxer in Germany and was caught by surprise. Without a full body of skills, only a strong breath is left. As for fighting back this kind of thing, I am afraid it is already difficult to do.
The British wounded division chief sighed and glanced at the pavement beside the bed. The sand was covered with yellow and red blood stains. The dryness was desperate.