Chapter 69: Anglo-African Armageddon (3)
Then the African People's Army, under the cover of tank troops, tore apart the defensive ring of the Willish Union in an hour and a half. It was inserted like a sharp knife. And began to thrust into the deep area.
The African People's Army did not stop after breaking through the British positions. After resting for a while, but at the moment when the position was opened, a large number of soldiers of the African People's Army poured in one after another. Divided into two sides, north and south, they rushed towards the enemy's new positions.
The combat intention of the African People's Army is very simple, that is, to completely encircle and besiege the tens of thousands of troops of the main force of the British army in the encirclement. And finally implement a complete encirclement. So as to eat this force in the fastest time.
At this time, Able had already learned about the crisis of the Left Army through several channels. hurriedly sent a report to Willian to seize the time to break through. But today, the British Left Army, which has no more than 10,000 men, has suffered heavy casualties, and the remaining personnel have been glued to the African People's Army. It was obviously unrealistic to withdraw from such a fierce battle, so all they could do was to hold on until the British right army ate the encircled rebels and their own companies and opened fire inside and out. Either or just wait to be completely wiped out by the other party.
However, judging from the current situation, according to the pace of advance of the offensive force of the African People's Army, it is difficult for these 50,000 men to hold out until the British army on the right flank destroys the encircled first division. It is also obviously impossible to eat the encircled 1st division.
So will the British choose to give up? The answer is clear, obviously not. So the British troops on the eastern road chose to storm it. But just as the British troops stormed the positions of the 1st Division. The African People's Army also chose to storm the main force on the left side of the British army, and for a time the pressure on the encircled troops on both sides increased greatly.
The stubborn resistance of the 1st Division caused heavy casualties to the attacking British army, coupled with the precarious situation of the army on the Western Front, so that Able, who had planned to eat the 1st Division, gave up his plan and ordered to stay behind and watch the encircled 1st Division. He led all the remaining main forces of the British army westward to rescue the British army surrounded by the thin line.
But then it was stubbornly blocked by the middle army, and at this time, the half-dead division, which had been in the past, suddenly bid farewell to that state and became extremely active, and the division that was watching its own British army was vigorously beaten. As a result, the strong attack of the Eastern Route Army on the Central Route of the African People's Army's blocking force was fruitless for three hours, and it was fruitless to see that its left army was being eaten away by the other side little by little, and its own close range could not be rescued.
Of course, during this period, the encircled British troops also tried to break through several times, but as soon as they moved, they were pushed back by the African People's Army. Several breakthroughs ended in vain, and the Willian who was originally very well-dressed also became Larata Tower at this time, surrounded by a group of officers and many people were injured. Let's discuss countermeasures first.
At this time, an officer said: "Commander, let's surrender." More than half of my division has already been killed, and there is not much point in continuing to fight. It's not that we don't work hard, it's that the other side is too strong. Even if the Germans come, they will lose. ”
"Yes, the responsibility for the defeat of this war lies not with you, but with the guy in Ebel, who was originally a nobleman, and after reading the war book for a few years, he thought that he could conquer the world. At first, we collectively opposed this military dispatch, did he hear about it? No. So it's not up to you to surrender. ”
In the end, under the words of the officers, it was regarded as finding a step for Willian, and finally Willian tidied up his clothes and said: "Inform the troops to lay down their arms and surrender to the other side, but even if they surrender, they can't lose the temperament of our British Imperial soldiers." ”
Soon the African People's Army accepted the surrender of the Union of Wil forces. After the elimination of these 50,000 British troops, all the hidden troops of the African People's Army surfaced. And it is also a large amount of nearly 200,000 troops. Among them, there are 8 infantry divisions, 4 tank divisions, and 4 artillery divisions. Then it began to pass from the north and south wings to the east and west.
At this time, the British army also knew that the army commanded by the Willian had been eaten by the African People's Army, and the map on the command table of the Abel faction said: "Not good, the other party is not only going to eat the Willian, this is to eat our 200,000 people, immediately order the army to seize the time to move lightly, and jump out of this area immediately, otherwise we will be finished." ”
Although the British reacted quickly, throwing away all their supplies and some oversized and heavy weapons, and began to retreat north at a speed of tens of kilometers per hour, they did not know that their escape route happened to plunge headlong into the encirclement of the African People's Army.
Just when the British were tired of running and fleeing, suddenly there was a burst of gunfire around them, and a group of people immediately fell one by one like dominoes. There are no natural dangers to defend in the plains here. His own army also abandoned all the heavy weapons and a large amount of daily necessities. But in order to return home alive, the belief supported them to launch several breakouts. But basically all of them ended in failure.
The African People's Army did not take the initiative to attack after encircling these British troops, because Nebron and Geriola concluded that they knew that the supplies and ammunition stored on these people would not last more than three days, based on the supplies abandoned by the British along the way. So the order was given to besiege but not to attack. If the enemy breaks through and pushes back, he is not allowed to attack. Just trap them like this, and then make plans after three days.
The result was similar to what you and the others had predicted, and the dry rations these soldiers carried were less than enough to eat for two days. The stockpiles of weapons and ammunition are even worse, and after several days of fighting, they are now averaging less than 20 rounds per person. On the first day, the British had a good day, but on the second day many soldiers had almost consumed food, and on the third day, the food ran out and began to catch rats and so on. As a result, the rats caught after half a day's work escaped.
During this time, the British also tried to break out of the encirclement several times, only to leave many corpses behind as before, and then collapse back into the encirclement.
Faced with the problem of long-term hunger, many British soldiers fought for food, and many British soldiers chose to surrender to the African People's Army.
In the face of the wave of surrender and hunger of the soldiers, Abel finally lost his fighting spirit and ordered the whole army to surrender, and when all the soldiers knew that the war was over, they cheered with joy, but they did not know that they were already captured by others.
In this battle, the African People's Army destroyed 78,520 enemies, captured more than 121,000 people, and the missing and escaped are unknown. The African People's Army (AFA) suffered 45,820 casualties and 35,900 wounded, with more than half of the first division suffering casualties.