PS: Guderian has the rank of army general, the previous text has been changed, thanks to the reader of Oukami for pointing out.

"Spread out in two directions, advance in depth in an outflanking formation, and destroy all enemy forces, especially armored and artillery targets." Heinz immediately issued a second order. As the rumbling German tanks continued to advance, they switched to high-explosive shells to attack all fortifications, equipment, and personnel within visual range, and there was a constant sound of ammunition or gasoline drums exploding after being hit, and a large number of artillery, armored vehicles, and trucks were blown aside, and occasionally a few brave British soldiers tried to resist but were all ruthlessly destroyed.

The German tanks kept advancing, and there seemed to be nothing to hold them back. Behind the line of the Panzer Squadron was a hastily assembled infantry battalion of the British, which had been assigned to the Panzers to occupy enemy positions and expand the breach, but they were apparently frightened by the sudden appearance of German tanks, because they found themselves fighting not with their own tanks, but with the black holes of the Germans. The soldiers instinctively picked up the weapons in their hands to resist, rifles, light machine guns, mortars, anti-tank guns and all kinds of weapons tried to attack, but the armored forces of the Third Reich had long seen this kind of futile resistance, dozens of shells beat this group of infantry to the devil and howl, no barbed wire, no anti-tank fire, and no strong fortifications, the infantry could only be a trembling kitten in front of the armor.

All the soldiers who resisted were the ghosts of the tank machine guns and high-explosive shells, and the rest of the soldiers ran away when they saw that the situation was not good, and the tank lookout scope was full of corpses that had been knocked down by machine gun fire, and about 2 platoons of soldiers were probably frightened by this barbaric killing, and tremblingly threw down their weapons and prepared to raise their hands in surrender. Heinz lifted the hatch of the tank, poked his head out and shouted to them in half-baked English: "Throw down your weapons and crouch aside, the infantry unit we are following will come and capture you, do not run away and do not resist, we will treat the prisoner preferentially, and the officer will be treated in the same way as his rank." ”

This bluff shouted frightened the soldiers on the other side, who obediently threw down their guns and hid aside, and the other soldiers and officers, seeing that the Germans had really kept their promise not to do anything to the soldiers who had laid down their arms, also raised their hands in surrender and spontaneously gathered to wait for the German infantry to come and "contain". In their stunned eyes, the 67 tanks of the two armored battalions turned an arc and continued to advance in depth.

"Enjoyable! It's really enjoyable! It's been a long time since I've enjoyed it this much. Looking at the pile of smoke and flame tank wreckage behind him, and then looking at the group of dejected British officers and soldiers next to him, Heinz sitting in command of the tank was simply crazy, he did not expect to achieve such a result without one of his own tanks being injured, which also marked the unimagined start of the feint on the southern front.

Heinz and Dessau had discussed with Guderian about the route of the attack before the attack, and if the map was originally captured, it would be ideal for the southern front to pass through the Ragil Sands between the Geithara Basin and the Delm Hafield Ridge, because the land was not only wide but also marked with hard ground attributes, and the minefields did not look tight, from which Rommel had originally planned the line of attack. However, Guderian insisted that this was the place of death arranged by the British for the African Army, and once the geological situation changed, the tanks of the African Army would be trapped in it and would be unable to extricate themselves, and at that time, the German tanks that were moving slowly and in the open area would definitely become the target of the British waiting for the rabbits, not only the anti-tank positions on the mountain ridge would directly name the tanks, but the armored forces that might be ambushed in the basin would also be flanked from the flanks, and if the British bombers that could appear at any time overhead would be added to it, it would be the rhythm of the total annihilation of the armored forces of the African Army.

No one knew that it was this area that had buried Rommel's last hope of victory under the command of the African Army: not only did his tank unit suffer heavy losses in the attack, but the commander of the 21st Panzer Division, Major General Bismarck, who commanded the attack, was killed by a British artillery shell, and Nilin, the former commander of the African Army who had returned home, was also wounded by bombers. Fortunately, after Guderian's manipulation in the early stage, everyone knew that there was a ghost in this map, and they had to decisively abandon Rommel's plan and choose a new offensive line.

"Our first goal was to deal with the British Panzer Division in the Basin." Guderian found the way for his troops to cut along the edge of the basin and face the British defenses. On the surface, this line seemed to be running headlong into the British line, but because he chose a time to surprise everyone to attack, and because he did not adopt the pattern of conventional blitzkrieg, that is, the routine of opening the road with artillery and aircraft and then attacking with tanks, this kind of suppressive fire preparation was effective, but it also indirectly reminded the enemy, and it was not conducive to achieving the suddenness of a surprise attack. Now this atypical blitzkrieg, which quietly used armored forces to open the way, worked wonders, the British simply could not organize a decent defense, and the defense line on which the 9th Panzer Brigade was located was torn to pieces.

Guderian's choice of the second wave of offensive route for the armored battalion was also unbelievable, and he gave up taking advantage of the favorable time for the 9th Panzer Brigade to break through to the depth of the basin when the heart was shaken and the whole line collapsed, and instead asked them to make a circle and detour northward, preparing to sweep the British forces along the Durham Hafield Ridge in a counterclockwise direction, which Heinz and others were puzzled about.

Guderian patiently explained to them: "After breaking through the defense line at the edge of the basin, we have a high chance of defeating or destroying the British troops in the basin, but you should not forget that we only have two unsatisfactory armored battalions, even if we achieve a surprise attack effect for a while, we cannot occupy or consolidate the battlefield without the infantry accompaniment, and the terrain of the basin is too special, and it is likely that the British who will not be able to get out of it if we advance in depth." We are not qualified to be a python that entangles its prey with all its might, we should be like a cobra with its head held high and its fangs bared, wandering around and seeing an opportunity to give Montgomery a moment, and the British anti-tank fire and tanks on Durham Harfield Ridge should be oriented towards the Ragille area, and we can get a miracle from the back of the bakery - kick them in the ass. ”

Dessau asked: "As soon as the battle in the basin is fought, the British troops on Durham Hafield Ridge will know the situation immediately, can't they judge this possibility?" ”

"Gentlemen, trust my judgment, we Germans have always been called rigid and inflexible, but I don't think the English are even more incapable of turning our brains. Maybe the remnants of the British troops in the basin will report to the back, but it is difficult to pass information back and forth on the battlefield, not to mention that they have so many colonial miscellaneous troops in their hands, it is not easy to report the situation and adjust the deployment, but it will cause more chaos. The only thing I ask of you is to be fast! Fight quickly, don't fall in love with the war, and don't drag the mud and water, you must withdraw before Montgomery reacts. ”

The German armored assault forces were now advancing in a roundabout way along the tangent of the edge of the basin towards the Delm Hafield Ridge at Guderian's request, just bypassing the Ragille area from the rear, and the more they looked at it, the more frightened they became, because they had run into dozens of concealed anti-tank positions and tank concentrations, large and small, and if they really attacked from the Rajile area according to Rommel's plan, the guards would be beaten into a sieve by the British troops who had been prepared for a long time. The British troops deployed here were also shocked that the German tanks actually drove from behind them, and many anti-tank positions had no time to turn their guns and had to give up, and even before they had time to escape, they were blown into a pile of parts by the roaring No. 3 tanks, while a dozen or so obviously confused British Crusaders and Cromwell tanks rushed over in twos and threes, in a vain attempt to block this torrent of steel, but they were reimbursed by the No. 4s one by one before they could open their stands.

According to Dessau's observations, the British deployed here with a lot of numbers, and he saw at least seven or eight divisions and brigades, including the British 8th Armored Brigade, the Indian 5th Division, the Greek 1st Infantry Brigade, the 2nd Free French Brigade, and the New Zealand 6th Infantry Brigade. But they were clearly deterred by the rout of the 9th Panzer Brigade and the unexpected direction of the attack of the German tanks, and they were in disarray. Heinz did not dare to fight, in addition to clearing the anti-tank firepower that posed the greatest threat to himself, he focused on the British tanks that appeared from time to time, and the division of labor of the armored battalion was very clear, and the crispy and thin guys like Stuart and Crusaders were handed over to the No. 3 to deal with, while Sherman and General Grant let the long-barreled No. 4G confrontation.