0p0 Third Reich Episode 322
Third Reich Episode 322
Third, our army has just experienced a few big victories, and our morale is very high. Compared with the successive defeats of the French army on the mainland, and even the capital was captured by the Germans, the morale is low. Compared with the two, it is not difficult for us to win. "
Wavell laughed loudly after hearing this, and said, "Good analysis, this is the conclusion I want!"
Text Chapter 496 Game between England and France
"Enemy attack!"
"Get out, get out!"
"Don't back down, push up, push up for me!"
"Sir, I can't stand it anymore!"
"God! We're screwed!"
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The violent flames, accompanied by the shock of the explosion, spread one after another on the French Algeria border position.
The soft sand was scattered in all directions by the blast, and soon after the power lost, it fell to the ground like raindrops.Amidst the billowing smoke, apart from the turbid dust and pitch-black scorched earth, what people saw and heard was only the broken limbs and arms, howling and screaming.
The howitzers of the British staggered unscrupulously on the French positions, and their giant Matilde tanks appeared in groups in front of the French positions, like piranhas who smelled blood.
The opponents of these tanks are just a group of Algerian colonial conscripts operating a small number of 37mm anti-tank guns.
It's a heartbreaking picture.
These black soldiers recruited by Berante were very brave, facing the British heavy tanks, firing again and again without fear.However, they were quickly overwhelmed by the torrent of British armor.All the places in sight are filled with British tanks.
Farther away, many small tanks seized from the Italians gradually jumped out of the horizon.This is the British army's second wave of offensive replenishment!
On the border between Algeria and Libya, Berente deployed a full 3 black soldiers.This number is not too much, but it is definitely not too little.
However, if this long line of defense is divided evenly, 3 people will not be enough at all.Even in the special environment of Africa, where only important cities need to be guarded, 3 troops are only barely qualified for the standard number of defenses.
But their opponents were the British army with excellent weapons and equipment, and the guys they got were just some outdated equipment eliminated by the French army.
As for anti-tank guns, it's not that there are no larger caliber guns, but that they only have 37mm guns.As Berente's second-tier team, they were destined not to get the best equipment from the very beginning.
On the British side, an Indian infantry regiment and an Australian infantry regiment as the vanguard were advancing side by side, advancing rapidly under the cover of tanks.
The officers kept urging the soldiers to speed up. The barren land of Nuo Kuan was filled with the dense and heavy footsteps of soldiers, coupled with the roar of tank engines and occasional explosions, it was extremely depressing.
And when the vanguard of the British army broke through the defense line of the black soldiers and officially entered Algeria, everyone believed that this would soon be another great victory in Africa belonging to the UK.
The British army chose to attack the northern part of Algeria.
The reason for attacking here is very simple, that is, the central and southern parts of Algeria are endless deserts.Further south is the vast Sahara Desert.In Algeria, only its northern regions are really worthy of strategy.
Although the northern part of Algeria is just a belt of mountains and mountains, the environment here is much better than the lifeless desert.The administrative center and capital of Algeria are also at its northernmost tip, relying on Algiers, a seaport city at the northern foot of the Taylor Atlas Mountains in the north.
By breaking through the northern defense line of the French army, it is possible to go deep into the Atlas Mountains, wipe out the command center of the French army in North Africa in one fell swoop, and capture the famous French general Berente alive.Ten thousand steps back, the route to the large oil fields in Algeria can also be opened to the south, and it is easy to choose a way to occupy these oil fields.
Occupying the oil fields of the French, they should surrender again in this battle!
Admiral Wavell, who was in the frontline headquarters of the British Army, had already unabashedly smiled triumphantly at the scenery in the binoculars.
In fact, destroying Algeria's oil fields is only a last resort and a last resort.Churchill gave him orders to occupy, or destroy, the Algerian oil fields.In other words, occupation takes precedence over destruction.
The reason why Churchill was able to continue to launch this unjust war was largely driven by profit.The capitalists in the United Kingdom have long coveted the Algerian oil field in the hands of the French, and have been eager to hold the benefits of the oil field in their hands by means of plunder, as their predecessors did in the Americas, Asia, and African colonies. inside.
In fact, this is not just a matter of the British.Wavell knew very well that not only was the material in his hands not lacking, but it was even more abundant than before the war with Italy. In this, the shadow of the Americans was indispensable.
Algerian oil fields, this pie is too big, and the French should not have it alone.Of course, it’s not okay to share only with Germans!
For the distribution of oilfield benefits, not only the United Kingdom, but also the Americans have begun to send equipment to Wavell in Africa, which is why Wavell is striving to fight this battle.
A democratic country still has to give an explanation to the people and to the capitalists.
The Algerian oil field means the hope of revival to the French, and it is the source of power for revival to the United Kingdom and the United States.
In addition, the means of the British Empire are much higher than the French can imagine.
"It seems that the famous general Berente, who was praised by the French, is nothing more than that. He actually only uses black soldiers to defend such an important border line." Wavell raised his high-magnification binoculars with one hand, and laughed loudly. .
In his opinion, he only let the 7th Armored Division split half of the tanks of the [-]st Royal Tank Regiment, and successfully cooperated with the Commonwealth Army of Australia and India to open up the situation.
To be able to rely on the strong and bully the weak with such precision, and find a suitable breakthrough, the means used by Wavell are actually not very authentic.
That's right, he bought traitors inside the French army, learned of the weakness of the French army in Algeria, and knew that Berente's fate was in the north!
It is not difficult to find a few traitors in France, let alone in today's low morale of the French army.Xu pays a lot of money, and then arranges a good way out for it, there are always a few people who are weak in heart.
However, Wavell still underestimated Berente too much. He didn't expect that the opponent set up the northern defense line so weakly, not to allow the British army to penetrate all the way, but to plan to take advantage of the situation to kill the British vanguard who entered the defense line in one fell swoop. eat it!
This is a method that Berente learned from Manstein in the Polish campaign, using the defense line as bait, and specifically picking the opponent's offensive troops to attack.
These soldiers from India and Australia saw that the breakthrough they had just rushed through was suddenly sealed by white soldiers who emerged from the French army's main formation.
And when they turned their heads, they found that in the direction of their charge, dozens of huge flat and long tanks filled with vertical spring coils and leaf springs appeared unknowingly.This is a French tank that is not inferior to the Mathilde tank sent by the British army to support the attack!
66 French-made B1 heavy tanks!
Obviously, the first battle between Britain and France in Africa is not destined to be so simple and ordinary.
And this is just the beginning...
Chapter 497 and the South End
It only took a few minutes to go from encounter to collapse.
Under the impact of the French armored group, the Indian and Australian regiments that broke into the defense line were crushed before they had time to organize a defensive formation.
No mortal body can resist the tracks of a steel behemoth.
Those low-slung French tanks, equipped with one 47mm and one 75mm gun, are no less inferior to the fifty or so tanks sent by the British army in terms of quantity and quality.
Chaos, ensued the moment the line was recaptured by the French.
The Australians are okay. These Indian soldiers who took the lead found that their opponents were suddenly replaced by white soldiers from black soldiers. Panic generally occurred.
The fight quickly turned into a one-sided crush.Temporarily blended together, the Indian and Australian soldiers who had previously lacked experience in infantry-tank coordinated operations quickly opened up a gap with the support tanks sent by the British army.And because of the chaos and divergent formation, they also had to face an enemy army several times larger than themselves.
In less than 10 minutes, the Indian regiment, which was defeated first, became the first victim.Their regimental headquarters was destroyed, the regiment was killed, and a large number of grassroots officers either raised their hands to surrender or were killed.And the will of the troops, along with their cut formation, disintegrated with the wind.
Immediately afterwards, the Australian regiment also collapsed.Under the influence of wreckage and corpses all over the ground, Indian friendly troops raised their hands and knelt down to surrender. The heads of these Australians lost their initial courage and took the lead in surrendering.
In the end, the British tanks, which lost the infantry cover, had to turn around and break through.