The green smoke south of the city became the focus of the warring sides' eyes, Montgomery's eyes were uncertain, and Chen Dao's eyes were full of anticipation.

There was no suspense that the dazzling green smoke was a guide for the Luftwaffe aircraft.

Twenty Ju-87 Stuka bombers and ten ME-109 fighters descended from the sky and swooped down on the British troops exposed outside the city of Syria.

Montgomery's eyes showed a hint of solemnity: "They are really guiding the Luftwaffe, immediately contact the Wo airfield, let them send fighter jets, and we will find a place to hide." ”

Montgomery turned and walked deeper into the woods, and the moment he turned around, a fierce and dense shelling sounded around the woods.

Montgomery's 12 20-mm and 10 40-mm anti-aircraft guns opened fire one after another, forming a dense network of fire towards the German fighters, desperately trying to stop the German fighters from diving down.

Facing the fire net of the British troops on the ground, the Stuka pilots of the Air Artillery Regiment bravely drove their planes to the ground, and successively smashed 500 kg and 50 kg aerial bombs on the heads of the British soldiers exposed in the wilderness outside the city.

The pilots of the ME-109 fighter were not far behind, they drove the plane to a height of thirty or forty meters above the ground, and the dexterous fuselage rolled up a gust of wind on the ground, and the shells of 12.7 mm machine guns and 20 mm aircraft guns swept out one after another on the ground.

In the face of death falling from the sky one by one, the British infantry, who had no choice but to lie on the ground with their heads on their heads to avoid air raids, swept away the joy brought by successfully breaking through the outer defenses of the city of Syria.

Seeing that the arrogance of the British troops outside the city had been successfully suppressed by the planes of the Air Artillery Regiment, Chen Dao called Major Schubert, the commander of the 2nd Paratrooper Battalion, and Captain Bach, the commander of the 2nd Bandit.

After some discussion, Chen Dao ordered Schubert to leave all the twelve 81-mm mortars of the heavy equipment company of the second paratrooper battalion and the three infantry companies to Captain Bach, who commanded the artillery bombardment of the British troops outside the city.

Seeing that three Stuka were shot down by British anti-aircraft guns in the first round of air raids, Chen Dao specially told Captain Bach to give priority to shelling British air defense units.

Shortly after Captain Bach's artillery bombardment began, Chen Dao led the rest of the Ghost Battle Group around the east of the city of Syria, and then set up a formation to kill the British troops east of the city.

To the east of the city, four infantry companies under the 1st Battalion of the 185th Infantry Brigade of the British Army had already attacked the city, and there was only one battalion of battalions outside the city.

Although the battalion headquarters company of the 1st Battalion of the 185th Brigade had as many as six platoons of troops, it instinctively panicked in the face of an armored group composed of 22 Type 4G tanks, four Type 4 assault guns, and more than 40 Type 251 armored vehicles, because they only had 12 Beuys anti-tank guns in their hands, and this 14-millimeter anti-tank gun only had an armor-piercing capacity of 12 millimeters at a distance of 100 meters.

In the face of the charging Ghost battle group, these twelve Beuys anti-tank guns could not stand up to the Germans either in numbers or in firepower.

When the Ghost Battle Group rushed to a distance of more than 500 meters from the British troops, twelve No. 4G tanks and four No. 4 assault guns stopped and stood in place to fire 105-mm grenades and 75-mm grenades at the chaotic British positions.

One shell after another fell on the positions of the British troops, and from time to time the stumps and severed arms of the British soldiers flew into the air in the air of the explosion, and the British soldiers who were lucky not to be shot either hid in the trenches or lay on the ground to avoid the shelling.

With the support of artillery fire, the remaining 10 Type 4G tanks did not open fire, but just strafed forward with machine guns in front of the vehicle and coaxial machine guns in the turret, and more than 40 Type 251 armored vehicles followed closely behind, and it took less than two minutes to rush through a distance of 500 meters and plunge headlong into the British position.

Seeing the steel monster rushing in front of them, the British infantry, who had fought with the German tanks for the first time, were frightened, and they scattered and fled despite the constraints of the officers, trying to avoid the march route of the German tanks.

In the open field, people's legs could not run bullets, and the merciless muzzles of guns were aimed at the British infantry who were frantically fleeing, countless 7.92 mm bullets flew out, and the fleeing British soldiers fell to the ground one by one with spasms, and died.

Seeing the tragic end of fleeing for their lives at gunpoint of the Germans, more British soldiers chose to raise their hands and surrender.

Chen Dao sent a squad of paratroopers to guard the prisoners, and then led his troops to continue to rush towards the city of Xupu.

Rushing to the east of the city, Chen Dao ordered each Type 251 half-track to keep only the paratroopers who operated the front weapons, and the rest of the paratroopers all got out of the car, entered the city under the leadership of Major Schubert, and attacked the British troops east of the city from behind. In order to deal with the British tanks in the city, four No. 4 assault guns and five No. 4G tanks also followed Major Schubert in street battles.

After Major Schubert entered the city, Chen Dao led the rest of the combat vehicles around the northern part of the city and finally ran into a group of soldiers of the Skeleton Division.

The group was the driver of the anti-tank battalion of the Skeleton Division, and because the eastern part of the city was also attacked, they had to run to the north of the city in the surviving trucks near the regimental headquarters and hid.

Seeing the familiar Type 4G tank and Type 251 half-track, these drivers, who had dealt with the Ghost Combat Group, immediately rushed up.

Looking at the tearful drivers, Chen Dao didn't have time to catch up with them, so he took out a piece of white paper, wrote a line of words with a brush, folded it and stuffed it to a lieutenant officer, and ordered him to be sent to the regimental headquarters of the first regiment immediately.

The lieutenant was so efficient that about five minutes later, Chen Dao heard an unfamiliar voice on the radio, which identified himself as Colonel Max Simon, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the Skeleton Division.

Chen Dao immediately asked after reporting home, "Colonel Simon, how many reserves do you have on hand?" ”

"I still have two companies of the reconnaissance battalion now." Colonel Simon said.

"My men have entered the city from the east of the city, and they are outflanking the British in the east of the city, you had better send someone to pick them up, and we will flank the British in the east of the city together. After destroying the British in the east of the city, we attacked to the south of the city, then to the west of the city, and finally to the north of the city. Chen Dao said.

"The British tanks are powerful, can your tanks deal with them?" Simon asked.

"No problem."

"I'll send those two companies to the east of the city at once." Colonel Simon made a decisive choice.

"In which direction is the battle in Syria City most urgent right now?" Chen Dao asked.

"To the northwest, the British are already hitting my headquarters." Colonel Simon replied.

"Okay, I'll go to the northwest to relieve your pressure first, you pay attention to your own safety, and if you can't hold on, move immediately." Chen Dao said.

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