The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Montgomery was jogging in the morning.

This was Montgomery's personality. Even when the battle was at its hottest, he would sleep, eat and work on time according to his own life routine, including exercise.

At this time, a jeep drove quickly to Montgomery and stopped with a "whoosh". Deguingang got out of the car and hurriedly shouted to Montgomery: "General, the First Armored Division... They are surrounded!"

"What?" Montgomery was stunned when he heard it: "How is this possible? Surrounded by the Italian Armored Division?!"

"No, General!" Deguingang replied: "There is more than one armored division in Aguila, including the Italian armored division, there are a total of three... That is to say, all their armored divisions are there!"

Montgomery's face turned pale, and after a moment of stunned, he immediately jumped into the jeep. The driver turned around and drove the jeep towards the headquarters.

On the way back to the headquarters, Montgomery took out a map from his pocket and looked at it, then realized that he had been fooled... This map of the German troop deployment was obviously fake, otherwise it would be impossible for the two German armored divisions to gather in Aguila overnight without any signs.

"These cunning Germans!" Montgomery cursed, and then asked Deguingan: "What's the situation now?"

"Very bad!" Deguingan replied: "They (the 1st Armored Division) were attacked by two German armored divisions and were defeated. Now they are trying their best to defend the gap in the defense line. If this place is also captured by the Germans..."

There is no need to say more about the following words.

There is a minefield in front of the German defense line. The British 1st Armored Division opened a channel in the minefield to attack. If this channel is blocked by the Germans, then the 1st Armored Division may not be able to return even a single soldier.

"Immediately order the air force to reinforce!" Montgomery ordered.

"Yes, General!" Deguingang responded, and then asked again: "Which one, General?"

"All of them!" Montgomery said: "Send them all!"

"Yes!"

"Wait!" Montgomery ordered again: "Order the 15th Armored Division to reinforce as soon as possible!"

"Yes, General!"

When Deguingang conveyed the order through the walkie-talkie, Montgomery stared blankly at the German defense map in his hand, which even had a little blood on it... Suddenly, Montgomery tore it to pieces and threw it out of the jeep.

Seeing this scene, Deguingang was stunned. He had never seen Montgomery so angry.

Montgomery certainly had reason to be angry. This was not only because he was fooled by the Germans, but also because of the loss of the First Armored Division... That was the First Armored Division. A large number of parliamentarians, children of nobles, and relatives served in this unit. Montgomery wanted them to reap a victory to boost morale and make those parliamentarians proud, but he didn't expect this result.

It is easy to imagine what will happen next. Those MPs and nobles will not let Montgomery off easily.

The battle was very fierce.

Of course, the word "fierce" is more appropriate for the British 1st Armored Division.

The fleeing British troops were chased by the Germans all the way to the defense line near the minefield, where a British infantry regiment was stationed, but this infantry regiment had basically no ability to resist.

This is not because the combat effectiveness of this infantry regiment is not strong. In fact, this 3rd Infantry Regiment was a unit that performed well in World War I. Many of their officers came from World War I and have rich combat experience.

Colonel Bryan is one of them.

"God!" Colonel Bryan looked at the British fleeing soldiers pouring down from the front line like a tide and said, "They blocked our firing range, and the Germans will follow them into our defense line!"

What Colonel Bryan said is exactly what the German army is doing.

This is a flat and wide desert. The British deserters are densely packed in front of the defense line of the Third Infantry Regiment, becoming a perfect human shield for the German army and even the German tanks.

"What should we do, Colonel?" The staff officer asked Brian anxiously.

Colonel Brian immediately ordered: "The defense line can't be defended, prepare to retreat!"

"Yes, Colonel!" This order is obviously popular.

Then Colonel Brian gave two more forward-looking orders: "Order the minesweeper tanks to go back to clear the mines!"

The meaning of this order is very obvious, in order to open up a wider passage for the British deserters.

"Bury all the anti-tank mines near the position!" Colonel Brian said.

"But, Colonel!" Someone questioned: "Our troops haven't gone there yet!"

"They have abandoned tanks and cars!" Colonel Brian said: "Even if there are still a few... they will be unlucky if they hit the mines!"

Facts have proved that Colonel Brian's approach is correct.

The characteristic of anti-tank mines is that infantry can pass through them safely, and tanks and cars will explode only when they run over them, so a minefield targeting German tanks can be quickly built near the defense line. It was this minefield that slowed down the German pursuit, and then they stopped the pursuit under the order of Colonel Olbrich. The Germans had to stop the pursuit because they didn't know how many anti-tank mines the British had buried in their positions... This was the advantage of mines. At the same time, the Germans didn't have many tanks, so they didn't have the conditions to take this risk.

But the British soldiers didn't have a hard time either. German tanks and soldiers followed the defeated troops with machine guns and artillery, which only caused the defeated soldiers to flee everywhere. Many deserters fled into the minefields in panic... There were hidden things buried there. There were many "S" type bouncing mines. When they were activated, they would bounce up and shoot out many steel balls everywhere, causing all the British soldiers to fall to the ground and howl in agony.

But no matter how much they called for help, it was in vain. In this case, they did not dare to save them, because not only would they not be able to save anyone, but they would also risk their own lives... This practice is even expressly prohibited, and the enemy will often take advantage of this. Trapping others.

The battlefield is a real place, and the act of saving people for a certain spirit even though they know it will have no effect only exists in movies.

So after a while, there were only bloody corpses and an injured British soldier lying on the ground wailing.

Of course the Germans would not rescue them, because that would mean having to step into a minefield.

Therefore, the wounded could only lie there quietly waiting for death to come.

Some of the British soldiers had realized this and simply took out their pistols and killed themselves.

At this time, Bazel shouted to everyone: "Disperse, air defense and concealment!"

This order was a bit surprising, because the German fighter planes were occupying air superiority at this time.

Then Qin Chuan understood...more British fighter planes were coming soon.