Chapter 699: Different options

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When Montgomery climbed out of the trench, there was a fire field ignited by incendiary bombs about a hundred meters away. The fire jumped and burned near the building, and there were still scorched bodies and other craters around it.
He was pulled back by his men in recent months because of the need to strengthen the defense of Alexandria, he dug an underground headquarters, and before he got back the report of the damage caused by the bombing, he heard the exhausted air defense warning again. It was rang again, and the harsh sound echoed in the sky, making people feel a desperate sorrow.
The 100 butcher bombers from Crete once again visited Alexandria. Although they still did not damage the port facilities, they dropped more bombs in other cities. When it comes to the amount of bombs, the butcher bombers are obviously There are much more bombers than do-217 bombers, so although the second bombing used only aerial bombs and no napalm incendiary bombs, the damage caused was not much less.
The collapsed buildings and broken rubble piled up the streets and alleys. The originally spacious streets are now blocked by bricks and tiles. People looking for the bodies of their relatives and friends in the ruins are everywhere, crying and rummaging through the ruins. The rubble on the wandering around the building still burning.
The sound of explosions kept coming. It was the second explosion after some arms and combustibles were affected by the bombs. From time to time, there was a black smoke rising from time to time. In the ruins, only a few buildings were not destroyed by bombs.
When Montgomery came out of his basement headquarters again, the port of Alexandria that he saw seemed to be no longer the beautiful port he knew. There were smoke and rubble everywhere. The bustling port city has now and Hell makes no difference.
He held a piece of sandbag with shrapnel, frowned, and looked at the reddish sky. The German shelling also hit the outskirts of the field, one after another, although it was not as loud as the explosion in the city, but it was really dull. It's like hitting people's hearts. These distant explosions remind people all the time that the war is far from over, and everything is just the beginning.
Just as the overwhelming number of German bombers greeted the city for half a day, the British defenders outside the city were also frightened to worry about the situation of the friendly forces in the city, because the high-density bombing destroyed many telephone lines and made the front lines in many places. The troops could not reach the rear headquarters and logistics department.
"Sir! There is chaos on the radio, there is help and shouting everywhere, we can't reach General Montgomery." The radio operator looked up and looked at the British commander who was anxiously waiting, and another time, two Next to the telephone, the staff and the telephone operator shook their heads helplessly.
The entire communication was in chaos. The telephone line was estimated to have been blown or burned out. In short, the division has been unable to contact the higher institutions such as the military and the headquarters of the group army. It just repulsed an Italian attack and consumed ammunition It is also very worrying.
The people who rushed to contact the rear supply department had set off long ago, and there is no news now. Even if the huge material supply station was not destroyed by the bomber, there is no manpower and energy to distribute so many materials requested by the frontline troops. Replenishment.
"Can't wait any longer, send someone to drive the remaining two trucks back! In any case, we must first find some ammunition to come back, medicine and military supplements can be released first!" After calling the phone to find that there was no response in the receiver, he said helplessly to the teacher: "It seems that the loss in the port is greater than expected, and there has been a collapse."
"The first batch of dispatched people should have arrived there. It is estimated that the exact news will be brought back soon." The teacher looked at the city that was burning not far away, and then looked back at Italy flying in the distance. The military flag, shook his head after a sigh, and carefully looked at the map of the defense zone on the table.
When the war hit this point, everyone knew that these soldiers were struggling to die, and still hopelessly struggling for the British friendly forces in other directions. They just dragged as much time as possible on the Germans and tripped Rommel East. In the footsteps, so as to win a trace of dignity for the empire's tomorrow. At least almost all British people here now understand that the future of the United Kingdom can no longer be a world power. It can only be regional and will be suppressed by both allies and enemies.
But the war is still going on, and their battle is not over, but at this moment, everyone is desperate for their future. No one feels that they can escape this disaster, and no one feels that they can live until the end of the war. .
Outside Montgomery's own command post, he saw some signal soldiers coming from the west and south. Many people sent soldiers to find him because the grass-roots units could not reach him. There was a mess in the city, and few people remembered that they once had a commander named Montgomery. However, the soldiers worked hard to restore some of the communications, and contacted some front-line troops. The peripheral battles continued. The bombing caused the British to suddenly lose several of the peripheral bunker garrison areas.
"Shrink the line of defense! After the communication resumes, I will speak." Montgomery looked at his soldiers, and finally opened his mouth tiredly. His voice was a little deep, and he didn't have so many days of high spirits and spirit , Seems lonely and sad.
Right next to him, the Chief of Staff reluctantly announced this bombing loss. The ammunition and weapons stacked on the field waiting to be distributed were almost completely destroyed. Several Stukas also deliberately visited these places where the supplies were placed. The wounded died almost one-half of the attack and lost two-thirds of medicines and beds, so the overall shortage of drugs is even more serious.
At least 5,000 wounded people of various degrees and 900 soldiers died in this unprecedented bombing, and at least 7,000 civilians were killed in this catastrophe. More sadly, there are still 5 more people tonight. If more than 10,000 people are homeless, then the situation here will be even more chaotic.
"Ammunition! The line of defense in front of you needs more ammunition! Can someone help collect some ammunition?" An English officer standing on the truck shouted to the listless wounded on both sides of the road. No one answered his shouting. The wounded people sat there as if they had lost their souls. They said nothing.
Many Indians looked at the British soldiers on the truck in horror. The habit that they had developed for many years made him used to succumbing to the British rule. Common sense told him that the British were powerful and could not be provoked, but he saw many British people being stunned. The bomb dropped on a plane with an iron cross painted on the wing was torn, and I saw these British soldiers crying and crying from the destruction of the German plane.
Some British soldiers surrendered some spare ammunition in their own hands, and some smarter wounded knew that they could not find a place to sleep after shrinking in the city tonight, so they boarded the truck and returned to the front line as a supplementary soldier, at least there There is also a trench that is sheltered from the wind, which is no less dangerous than the city. Why is it not dangerous here?
So a few rounds of bullets were thrown into the truck, as if it were alms, more people were indifferent, the scene looked a little chaotic, and even a little out of control, and finally the logistics soldiers raised two The box of ammunition came along with the machine gun on an armored vehicle, which only slightly stabilized the military heart that was on the verge of collapse.
"There is not much ammunition. I do n’t know if the Germans and the Italians will fight at night, but I can only promise you to resume normal ammunition supply tomorrow morning. After all, it ’s too confusing here. Some underground ammunition depots are It ’s blown up and some are buried, we need time to clean up.
The logistics officer headed by explained that the smoke and explosion were not far away. He explained that he was too busy to find his way, but he still could n’t find it. Meet the soldiers who came to apply for ammunition supply from various positions.
Montgomery, who stood aside, looked at everything in front of him, and his heart was like a sword. He had been fighting here for his ideals and perseverance for so long. Today, he realized that all this is just a pitiful struggle. Churchill destroyed Britain as a ruin for his perseverance. The century-old empire collapsed overnight, but he was still obsessed with this road, and turned another place into a scorched earth.
"Go back! If communication resumes in the evening, I will give you an account!" Montgomery seemed to have made up his mind, glanced at the position of the sun, and then said to the soldiers around him: "No one should bear all this , It's time to end this senseless war. "
My choice is different from Churchill after all! Contemplating such a sentence in his heart, Montgomery turned and walked back to his air defense bunker. Then he issued an order to summon all the division commanders of the entire 9th Army to the headquarters to have a meeting. Then it came out that the British troops would surrender in the evening News.
Then the British envoy rushed to the German position for consultations, and then rushed back to his defense line in the fastest time, bringing back the news of Rommel accepting conditional surrender. Rommel promised that the British soldiers could return to their homes instead of Was sent to a terrible concentration camp.