Chapter 492

"Suddenly! Suddenly On the battlefield, the German machine guns roared, and the sudden attack made the American soldiers who had just arrived in North Africa a little confused. They are not experienced German soldiers. These recruits from various states of the United States can't even figure out which direction the attack came from.

"We are under attack! German fire from all sides! Oh, my God! Now we are suppressed behind a sand dune, the fire of the other side is very fierce, we have no way to cross the predetermined area at all A U.S. official yelled to his boss with a radio. On one side of him, a newly equipped U.S. heavy machine gun team was pouring its ammunition violently, but it seemed that they were in a hurry. Only God knows where the bullets were hit by them.

An American tank platoon tried to aim at the German armored reconnaissance vehicle, but found that the main gun had no way to deal with the fast-moving four-wheel reconnaissance vehicle, and it was difficult for the shells to hit a moving target, not to mention some American recruits who had not experienced real combat.

The U.S. armored forces, who were responsible for the attack in the front, came to an even more tragic end. They were stunned by their German counterparts - more than a dozen German tanks began to attack at a distance of almost 1500 meters. Two rounds of fast to the extreme shooting cost the Americans nearly 20 tanks.

Soon the first attack of the US * team was pushed back by the Germans, but the Americans also found that the German army on the opposite side was not as strong as it seemed. After a limited counterattack, these German opponents backed back and began to retreat in an organized way.

"They must have found the flanking British team. It seems that this is Elvin? Rommel's guys are still a bit of a level While smoking his cigar, Patton looked at the battle map and said to his staff, "our losses are not small. Even if the German army is weakened, it is still very effective. The German armored forces on the front are more difficult than I thought. I can't think of an effective way to deal with these German tanks. "

"It may be a good way to arrange plane bombing, but it's not easy to fight for air supremacy with fw-190d fighters. According to British pilots, German fighter pilots are very powerful and can skillfully control their planes." The staff officer said to Barton with a curl.

"Combat effectiveness comes from fighting. I know that German tanks and airplanes have good performance, but this time they are not so easy against us." Patton sneered and said, "try to collect German information. That's one of our purposes here. Today we won Rommel. It's worth opening champagne to celebrate! "

On the opposite side of the U.S. * team, the German army was also dazed by the American attack, and there were reports that the defense line had been broken and the ammunition had run out everywhere. Rommel gave all kinds of orders in his command car, which stabilized the German army.

He ordered his right-wing forces to spread out to the flank, in a desperate posture, to guard against Britain's Eighth Army, which would detour to his South. Then he made his left wing stick to his position, even if he had exhausted the remaining ammunition, he could not step back.

Then Rommel personally led his most powerful 30 leopard tanks to conduct an anti assault against the US * team in front of him. It was this counter attack that repulsed the aggressive American troops and covered the German troops' safe withdrawal from the battle.

Then Rommel's fighting posture became less elegant. He ordered the armored forces to retreat 110 kilometers backward and join general Friedrich behind. So a retreat that was faster than his advance was launched.

As he retreated, Rommel reorganized the battle report. He found that his opponent had changed from an Englishman to an American the head of state had always been afraid of. These American troops are more difficult to deal with than their British counterparts, which proves the farsightedness of the head of state akado.

"The individual firepower of the Americans is more powerful than that of the British, and their guns are just like this..." the staff officer handed Rommel a captured M1 garland rifle of the US Army, and continued to introduce it: "it's said that the US has just equipped this kind of rifle, which is developed to counter our G43 automatic rifle. It's heavier in weight, but its performance is very good."

In order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of American soldiers under Patton's command, the American high-level also made a lot of efforts. They studied the German weapons and equipment from the information provided by the British and purchased a batch of M1 garland rifles as individual weapons against the mp-44 and G43 automatic weapons of the German army.

Of course, they also strengthened the front armor of the M3 tank, learned from the German methods, temporarily welded steel plates in front of the tank, hung spare tracks or even sandbags - but judging from the results of this battle, the front armor of the M3 tank was still unable to resist the 75 mm caliber artillery of the leopard tank's extended barrel.

More importantly, the news that American soldiers appeared on the battlefield, which Rommel knew was the most troublesome. The head of state has been trying his best to avoid a direct war with the Americans. Now it seems that these efforts are in vain. The Americans have appeared on the battlefield to fight with the Germans to protect their interests in the Middle East and North Africa. Although the fighting capacity of these Americans is similar to that of the British, their appearance still puts great pressure on Rommel.

Because he could not correctly estimate the strength of the opposite British, all the intelligence from Italy became obsolete because of the US military. The combat effectiveness of the British Eighth Army must be reassessed, and the size and nature of the US * team must be investigated as soon as possible“ Just now our fighter planes patrolled nearby, so they drove away the British bombers who came to harass us. But good luck can't always accompany us. We must speed up the March and get rid of the British and Americans! " Rommel looked at the battle map for a long time before he stopped thinking and said“ It's not that there's no good news. Just now, the radio reported that an investigation company has joined our team. " The staff officer pointed to Rommel on the map: "they brought two armored reconnaissance vehicles with 40mm caliber guns that can shoot at high elevation. It seems that general Friedrich also had a premonition that we were in a bad situation, so he made some arrangements in advance. " Rommel looked even more depressed. He took off his military cap, scratched his hair, sighed and said, "that proves that the Supreme Command already knows that we are defeated. I didn't make a miracle. I didn't win Tobruk. " This time, the German army suffered a disastrous defeat. About 30 trucks were destroyed by themselves, 14 tanks were destroyed or destroyed by themselves, about 700 soldiers were killed or captured, 50 seriously injured were left to the British, and another 200 lightly wounded retreated with the army - almost a third of the 3000 German soldiers who marched with Rommel were lost in this battle. Now he can only lead the troops to retreat continuously until they reach the relay station where general Friedrich is located. One of the advantages of desert war is that if you win, you can advance hundreds of miles in an instant. The record sounds amazing; Of course, one of the disadvantages is that if it fails, it may collapse hundreds of miles overnight, which sounds miserable. But in fact, whether Rommel defeated the British army or the British army defeated Rommel, the actual results are not too big, at least much smaller than many people think. The yellow sand is long, and the road of retreat is not much better than that of attack. In the previous days, Rommel and these soldiers relied on their perseverance to pursue the 9th group army. Now they have used up their breath, so the way home seems more dangerous and terrible. After a day's retreat, Rommel gathered up the troops and counted the number. It was found that only 1810 of the 2000 troops were left, and a total of 190 were covered up by yellow sand or killed by the British and US forces. When Rommel set out again in the morning, only 1770 troops could be taken away. At this moment, Rommel finally realized the pain of the British 9th army when it was chased and killed by itself, and finally bought a lesson with his blood, which once again proved the correctness of the old Chinese saying: do not pursue the poor. The sad Rommel finds that he can't even organize a local counterattack, and his army is running out of fuel and ammunition. Even if he can beat back the British and American allied forces, he will be trapped on the way to escape because of the fuel problem. So he could only retreat westward in a straight line, and he didn't even have the courage to look back. On the afternoon of the second day of retreat, Rommel finally reached his first light. Three Crusader helicopters sent him much-needed fuel and a small amount of ammunition. Although these things were not enough to make Rommel fight back, there was no doubt that these supplies provided hope for the German soldiers on the run. When people flee in the boundless desert, they will despair because of lack of water and food. This kind of despair is sometimes the most fatal. Most of the time, the dead are already on the edge of the desert, but because of their own despair, they fall on the last few kilometers of the road. Rommel's troops were close to collapse before the helicopter arrived. The 36 hour flight reduced these elite German troops to 1500, but these helicopters saved Rommel and gave his troops courage and hope. After sending off three helicopters, the German "Desert Fox" now licks his dry lips and sits in his open car. He has spread out his map and is thinking about how to meet general Friedrich with the fastest speed to launch his revenge.