Chapter 659

The same barrage of bullets, the same fearless charge, happened in another corner of the earth. This is the endless desert in North Africa. This is the main battlefield of the German Italian African Legion attacking the flank of Alexandria.

The bullets flew over the flat position like raindrops, hitting on the heavy armor of the German tank, just like real raindrops on the eaves of the neighbor's house. The German tank moved slowly forward, the broad track rolled up the sand bit by bit, slowly approaching the enemy's direction.

All of a sudden, the steel giant stopped and slowly turned the huge turret in front of a trench. The slender gun barrel pointed to its target bit by bit with the swing of the turret. It looked dignified and powerful. As the rotation stopped, within seconds, the tank fired its shell.

The huge air wave raised the dust around the tank. The dry environment and the sand dust raised in the desert left a lot of sand on the tank. With this devastating shot, the dust and sand were blown up, forming a piece of smoke. However, the shell has accurately flew to its target, and in an instant, it has crossed the distance of 1000 meters.

The shell from the leopard tank's 75mm cannon suddenly penetrated the bunker accumulated by sandbags and penetrated an American m3lee tank equipped by the British * team hiding behind the bunker. Then the tank started to burn, and there was a lot of smoke.

The British soldiers nearby began to retreat backward. The heading machine gun in front of the leopard tank began to make a unique tearing sound of linen. The bullets swept at the British soldiers who had just opened fire and easily penetrated them.

After the initial bloody battle, although the German army lost part of its troops and ammunition reserves, it actually annihilated some of the British main forces in North Africa. For example, a division in New Zealand was badly damaged and had to withdraw from the front line for rest.

After all these hard peripheral defense forces were used up, Britain had to add Indian divisions with weak combat effectiveness and mercenaries from the Middle East on the flanks of the positions. These troops could hold their own field when fighting against the wind. Now, the performance of this kind of headwind battle is not as good as that of the orthodox British army.

Therefore, Montgomery began to mobilize a small number of armored forces into his preset positions to strengthen the Indian divisions, which were not very effective, hoping to support these divisions to hold the positions.

However, when Rommel put in a new Armored Regiment and cut into the southern defense line of Alexandria, the situation on the battlefield became clear, the British troops began to collapse from the flank, and Alexandria was now surrounded by German forces on both sides. Only the east side is still under British control.

"Detour to both wings! Consolidate your position after occupying the trench! Set up observation posts on both sides! Signal the battalion! Let's say we have control of the enemy's first line of defense! " A German company commander jumped into the trench and issued a loud order. On one side of him, two machine gunners were setting up a new machine gun position. A man was wearing a machine gun chain around his neck. Not far away, two grenadiers were firing heavily with G43 rifles. At their feet, the body of an Englishman was lying there, covered with a layer of fine sand.

"Hey! If we attack the highlands on the left, how many people can you spare to cover us? " On the edge of the position, the captain's cabin door of the leopard tank that had just opened fire was suddenly pushed open, and the captain inside showed his head with a telescope. He asked the infantry company commander in the trench loudly, ignoring the crackling sound of the enemy bullets on his tank.

"If you attack the highland on the left, I will send two classes of soldiers to follow you! You can cover your back from me, but you'd better withdraw after you capture there. I'm afraid the British will fight back here. " The company commander took a look at the highland in the distance, and then called out to the commander of the tank.

The captain nodded, then went back inside the tank and covered the hatch. Then the gearbox of the tank was put into gear, and the sound became louder. With the noise, the tank drove towards the distant highland.

"Colchhoff! Send two classes of soldiers to attack north with the tank! Cover the flanks of the tank and the rear! After occupying the high ground, try to keep it there! " The company commander held his helmet on his head and bent through the ten meter long trench. Then he found his men and assigned his tasks.

As soon as the preparations for their attack were completed, two Stuka bombers swooped down from high altitude. These two planes were part of the air force supporting the German attack. For today's attack, the German army prepared 110 Stuka and 50 do-217 bombers. These planes took turns to greet the British positions and destroyed many solid fortifications.

One Stuka dropped a huge bomb hanging under the belly of the plane at a low altitude close to the target. With the roaring sound, this Stuka, under the cover of another Stuka, quickly pulled up and returned to the sky.

Another Stuka bomber, with two 20 mm caliber machine guns on its wing, left a barrage of two straws on the enemy's position. In a short moment, the British position on the highland was overrun by two Stuka. Then the British soldiers stationed here were frightened to see a German Leopard tank slowly driving up the highland.

"Don't fire! We surrender An Indian soldier raised his rifle and yelled. Then the second and third Indian soldiers also raised their hands. The highland was occupied by the German army almost without any decent fighting. The fighting continued. The British did not give up the rest of their positions. In some areas, the British held on to the last minute. They ran out of ammunition and were finally driven out of their trenches by the German soldiers who came up. The smoke of gunpowder rose on the horizon. The fierce fighting exhausted both sides“ It's 19 kilometers away from Alexandria. Just push forward a few kilometers, and the German artillery will be able to bombard that port. At that time, the British Mediterranean fleet will really go away! " In the command tent of the Italian army, general Garibaldi was obviously 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 desert as a weapon test base in the future, and then they asked to jointly manage the Suez river. Mussolini was very happy with these conditions, because as the leader of Italy, he knew that without the help of the Germans, it was a question whether the Italians could hold Tunis, not to mention the Suez Canal, which was such an important place. So the two sides signed a memorandum, decided to jointly manage the Suez Canal, the deadline is permanent. As for the attitude and demands of Egypt, the owner of the Suez Canal itself, it seems that everyone has forgotten. However, general Garibaldi's staff officer obviously has no extravagant hopes for these things. He is more concerned about his army's fragile logistics and the high casualties: "my general, Cairo and Suez are far away from us. According to the current rate of shell consumption and the casualties of the army, We'll only have one company when we get to the bottom of Cairo. " When the Italian troops lamented for their heavy casualties and consumption, Montgomery's side was in fact exhausted. The reserves in his hands were already stretched. Most of the remaining troops were the remaining Indian troops, and their combat effectiveness could not be compared with that of the original British Expeditionary Force and New Zealand troops. The Japanese army is rampant in Southeast Asia, and the threat to India's border is increasing. There are not many troops that can be transferred from Montgomery. Now Montgomery is in a state of domestic and foreign troubles, and aid is cut off. In other words, under the current situation in North Africa, the Americans are already the main force, and the British have done their last bit of blood outside Alexandria. After much hesitation, Montgomery grabbed the phone in his hand. He felt a trembling voice and said to the General Patton's headquarters: "General Patton, the 9th North African group army of Britain has nothing to do. Now we can only rely on your counterattack to finally decide the ownership of the whole North Africa and even the Suez Canal!" Patton's voice came from the phone, but the content was not what Montgomery wanted to hear: "general Montgomery, I have to regret to tell you that the materials transported by the United States were blocked by the German army. Now the diplomats of both sides are quarreling with each other about this matter. The key is that there are many new M4 tanks used to stabilize the North African battlefield in the sunk ships, It makes me have to delay the fight back After a pause, he said earnestly, "wait for me for three days. After three days, I will put in counter attack forces to attack the troops outside Alexandria! Believe me, I will attack on time this time! " Montgomery sighed. He also heard about the attack of us transport ships by German submarines and cruisers. Although there is no shortage of gasoline in the Middle East, the lack of equipment and ammunition has to be solved. The US transport military equipment to North Africa is too far away, so once it is interfered by the German, there will be very serious consequences“ ok George, I hope the Americans will defend their interests in North Africa and the Middle East. I hope you can start the counterattack on time! " Montgomery was silent for a long time, and finally said.