0p0 Third Reich Episode 323
Third Reich Episode 323
However, going deep into the enemy's hinterland, the back road was cut off, facing more local tanks than itself, and the anti-tank guns placed on the French defense line, coupled with the lack of infantry cover, our own side fell into chaos... want It was too difficult to break through.
Ten minutes later, Wavell's main attack on the black soldiers here on the northern French defense line was easily defeated by Berante's sudden ambush.
The British army lost 2 infantry regiments, with half the strength of an armored regiment.Correspondingly, the French army in northern Algeria captured a large number of guns and ammunition, destroyed 32 British Matilde tanks, and captured another 19, strengthening its own strength.
The emotion of failure, like a miasma, started from the two and a half regiments in the first round of the British attack, and quickly spread to the subsequent troops.
At the beginning, Wavell also tried to use the British troops as the spearhead, bringing the allied troops of India and Australia with him, and launched a second round of offensives several times, trying to establish contact with the vanguard force that was cut off.However, after many attacks were blocked by the French army on the defense line, and after making no progress in a short period of time, even the commander-in-chief of the Commonwealth Army, Wavell, gave up the two and a half regiments as the vanguard.
The situation was out of his control.
"Shrink the troops, you can stop the pursuit."
Standing in his frontline command post, Berente gave an order to the adjutant in high spirits.
The sloping land in the distance has changed from the bare side to the smoky one.
The sound of artillery is still ringing.But the ones playing this ceremony have changed from British cannons to French cannons.
From the prediction, to the ambush, to the shot, everything went smoothly almost exactly as expected.
At this moment, Berente really wanted to laugh.
He has fought against the Soviets and seen what crowd tactics are.
He played against the Germans and experienced the German mission command style of play.
He also fought the Italians and discovered how incompetent an army without equipment and logistical support was.
But today, it wasn't until he fought against the British that he realized that troops with good equipment and good logistics could be beaten so badly.
To put it bluntly, the British army did not have the strength conditions of the Soviets to use crowd tactics, but they fought according to the Soviets' pit-filling style of play. ,
After so much experience, Berente can fully conclude that the British army's rigid style of play is fine against the Italians, but it is obviously overkill against the French army.
The three divisions under Berente's command were brought to Africa from the mainland of France by him, and they were brought out by himself when he was still a general.
Although these three divisions were originally only second-rate troops in the French army, under his training from Berente, he believed that he had built these troops into elites that were stronger than the first-class troops of the French army.
The British did win the Italians with fewer victories and more victories, but this is not a great skill.As early as in the French campaign, Berente used the current three French divisions to achieve better results.
This battle seems to be a battle between 20 French North African Army and 12 Commonwealth African Army.
But in fact, the two sides do not need to press all the troops up.The key to absolute victory lies in whether Wavell ate up Belante's French army, or Belaante defeated Wavell's British army.
Whoever loses their core force will lose!
Wavell would buy off the French traitors and use the traitors within the French army to find weak points in its defenses, which Berente did not expect.
But it was precisely because of this that Wavell stepped into the trap deliberately set by Berente, and Berrante, who was about to set the bait, successfully caught a big fish.
In fact, the French army is divided into three lines of defense in the northern part of the border between Algeria and Libya.
The southern defense line is garrisoned by a small number of French soldiers and has no armored troops. However, bunkers and anti-tank conical fortifications have been built, which have certain defensive capabilities.
The middle line of defense is garrisoned by the Moroccan regiment brought by General Alphonse. Among them is a French infantry regiment plus 3 black Moroccan soldiers. They belong to the reinforcements Berente found in Africa, and Vichy France can help him The main force raised.
The defense line at the northern end is the line of defense that seems to be garrisoned entirely by blacks.
The defense line at the northern end is the longest and most critical.So Berante used this place as a bait from the beginning, as the location he used to win the first battle.
Using Algerian soldiers with slightly inferior combat effectiveness and equipment to fortify, Berente originally intended to let the British army "lucky" break through the defense line when fighting by themselves, and then be wiped out by the French ambushing troops.
The 66 B1 heavy tanks in Berante's hands are not very mobile and cannot be used as a mobile firefighting team in the distance, so he must deploy these tanks in advance where they are most needed.
Since the defense line at the northern end is the most important, Berente put the tanks here according to the importance.
As for the southern end and the middle end, on the one hand, they have certain anti-tank capabilities.On the other hand, losing it is not unacceptable.
After all, Berente still left a French division behind the middle line of defense as a reserve team, who can be transferred to support these two lines of defense at any time.
And Wavell's method of buying the traitor was to let him jump into Berrante's key defense section and fall into the trap as soon as he came up.As for the other two defense lines, although Wavell also sent troops to attack, the scale was not large.
Of course, after buying some French traitors and blocking the supply of the southern defense line, Wavell still has certain expectations for the offensive in the southern section.
For example, although the British army has suffered heavy losses on the northern front, Wavell has received battle reports showing that the southern battle is normal.
Text Chapter 498 Southern Front
"Am I dead?"
"No, you're alive, brother."
"My God, why am I not dead yet? Living is much more uncomfortable than dying."
On the French army's position, several French soldiers were talking desperately. They knew that they were in a very dangerous situation and would face death at any time.
"Gululu." Second Lieutenant Grant's stomach made a hungry growl. Of course, not only Grant, Shirs also looked the same, and even Edward was the same as all the soldiers on the French army. The little food they ate in the morning, It's not enough to fill everyone's stomachs, and now after experiencing a fierce attack by the British army, the hunger is even more unbearable.
"Damn it, how long did it take for our logistics supplies to arrive?" Second Lieutenant Grant complained, "I'm starving to death, I'll be a deserter if I don't have anything to eat."
Grant's face was ugly and gloomy. It can be seen from the defensive battle just now that they consumed a lot, especially in terms of ammunition. The British tanks consumed their anti-tank shells in sevens and eighties. Air support support, I am afraid they have lost this position on the Algerian border.
Shiers shook his sore arm, leaned forward to Grant with a grim expression, and said, "Platoon leader, I'm almost out of ammunition now, and there are still 20 rounds in the heavy machine gun, and all three belts are empty." , if we encounter a large-scale attack by the British army, we can only sit and wait!"
Shiers can be regarded as the one who consumes the most energy in the entire team. The recoil of the Shaterilla light machine gun is not small, and it is carried all the way while shooting. Three belts are [-] rounds, and a heavy machine gun plus three belts The weight is extremely heavy and consumes a lot of energy, and he is considered strong enough, otherwise he would be really tired and lying on the ground like a dead dog.
And Grant's own bullets are also seriously insufficient.The British troops sent by Wavell to attack this flanking position on the southern line, like crazy, launched group charges against the French positions again and again. Under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, they advanced step by step.
The French army can only use crossfire to continuously strike them and stop the opponent's offensive pace, which makes the French army consume too much bullets.
Seeing that there were only a dozen rounds left in his last spare magazine, Grant, who unloaded the magazine, felt a burst of frustration.As Shirs said, if they encounter another group charge by the British army, they can only wait to die.
At this time, Edward panted heavily, fanning his neck with his hands, and said, "I have another bad news. The anti-tank shells are gone. While there is time now, let's think of a way to escape!"
He slowly analyzed for Grant: "At the beginning, our anti-tank guns were quite loud. But when the British army attacked last time, our anti-tank guns seemed to have become dumb, and there was no movement. I think that next time the British army will definitely attack where the gunfire on our side is sparse."
When Grant heard Edward's words, he felt a sudden palpitation. While holding the few remaining bullets in one hand, he said to everyone: "Well, this is a problem. So, Edward, you go to see how our bunker is going. Be careful! Be careful not to be targeted by British snipers, they are all very accurate with their marksmanship!"
The reason why Grant arranged for Edward to check out the environment of the bunker is because he is the only one in the whole team who is relatively relaxed and does not consume much energy, and Edward's reaction is not slow. A class of work.
Under Grant's instructions, Edward picked up his MAS36 rifle and walked towards the bunker.
As Grant said, the matter of investigation must belong to Edward.
On the one hand, Edward's marksmanship and observation skills are good. His MAS36 rifle was also a good thing that was installed in the local French army in 1936. It has good shooting accuracy, which makes Edward a half-sniper.
On the other hand, except for Edward who hadn't exercised much before and preserved his strength, the others present were too hungry to investigate.