"The airport warehouse was attacked by the enemy, and the fuel supplies were bombed!"

"The bus station warehouse was attacked, and the fuel supplies were bombed!"

"312 Heights Lost!"

"219 Heights Lost!"

"Enemy armored forces have been spotted near Tozeur!"

……

Item after piece of information was handed to Montgomery and Eisenhower, and beads of sweat from Montgomery's forehead seeped down his cheeks as the staff officer marked the contents of the information on the map at the right time.

"We have fallen into the trap of the Germans!" Eisenhower said: "They have made the whole of Tunisia a trap and surrounded Tunisia with two of our armored divisions plus an airborne division and an airborne regiment!" ”

"How much fuel do they have?" Montgomery asked.

"The 15th Panzer Division has less than a day's fuel left, and the 7th Panzer Division can barely use it for three days!"

The 15th Armored Division is a unit stationed in Gafsa, they have no reserves because they are in the supply city of Gafsa, and they will be stretched thin as soon as the fuel is bombed, but the 7th Armored Division, which is fighting on the front line, can hold out for a while.

But Montgomery knew that it didn't make a difference, the 7th Panzer Division had entered the depths of Tunisia, and the fuel was almost exhausted when the tanks were driven back.

"The airport is still in our hands!" Montgomery set his sights on Eisenhower.

"Yes!" Eisenhower replied: "But we can't get our hopes up at the airport. First of all, in addition to blowing up the supply depots, last night's sneak attack also caused a fire with gasoline and most of the facilities in the airport were burned. In addition......"

Eisenhower pointed to a point on the map and continued: "The loss of Heights 312 and several heights around Gafsa has allowed the enemy to block the airfield with artillery fire!" ”

Seeing that Montgomery did not react, Eisenhower said in a hurry: "We should find a way to get the troops out now, they are our elite troops, we can't let them be annihilated by the Germans......"

"Of course I know this!" Montgomery said, "Otherwise, what do you think I'm thinking about right now?" ”

"Is there anything else we need to think about?" Eisenhower said: "312 Heights, it blocks our way back and at the same time blocks the airfield!" ”

"So the garrison at Heights 312 is the first regiment of the Germans!" Montgomery said: "The Germans must have been prepared, but we don't know what they are prepared for!" ”

Montgomery's fears were justified, as he could not imagine that the Germans wanted to trap the Allies with only a few heights...... As Eisenhower said, those who entered Tunisia were elite, not to mention the two armored divisions, they were the elite of a hundred battles on the African battlefield, although they failed again and again, but at the same time gave these two troops rich combat experience. The British Army's newly formed 1st Airborne Division was even engaged in combat from the time of the German invasion of France, and of course, the Dunkirk evacuation was one of them.

Thus, although the raids on the warehouses at the airport and bus station caused heavy losses to the British army, it was more important that the British strategy had failed at this point...... In the absence of sufficient fuel and ammunition, it was almost impossible to achieve the strategic goal set before, that is, to divide and encircle the German army and then break through the Tunisian Strait.

But Montgomery did not believe that the German high ground would be able to encircle the Allies...... The Allies could launch a flank attack on the high ground with a combination of the inside and the outside, just as the British had taken these high grounds.

However, he was deceived again and again before and told Montgomery that the Germans would not be so simple...... Could this be another trap for the Germans? What the hell are the Germans playing ?!

Obviously, Montgomery has a psychological shadow.

What he didn't expect was that the Germans relied on these heights, the tunnel fortifications that he didn't even pay attention to.

Unable to figure it out, in the end Montgomery could only try to launch a joint attack on Hill 312, which was the German Army's Heights Zero.

It is said to be a joint offensive because Montgomery gave this task to the 15th Armored Division and the 1st Airborne Division to operate together, and the front was coordinated by the Australian 6th Infantry Division...... All three units were the main forces of the British army, which had strong combat effectiveness and experience.

At this time, Qin Chuan had just returned to Heights Zero.

The soldiers of the French battalion proudly waved their guns to the German soldiers who cheered and saluted them, and the task they accomplished was enough to change the attitude of the German soldiers who despised them...... Respect for the strong is the unchanging law of the battlefield.

"You did it!" Colonel Slack greeted him and warmly shook Qin Chuan's hand: "It's unimaginable, you really did it!" ”

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "There is one thing I have to confess to you, the reason why they can do it is because they want to prove you wrong!" ”

"What?" Colonel Slain didn't understand what he meant.

"You didn't believe they could do this!"

"Oh yes!" Colonel Slain nodded and replied, "I was wrong! ”

Then Colonel Slein turned to the French soldiers and exclaimed, "I was wrong, brave soldiers, you have done a good job!" Now, I will continue to think that you will never be able to defeat the enemy, that you will not be able to hold this position......"

The French soldiers burst into laughter.

Colonel Slain shouted, "Can you prove me wrong once again?" ”

"Boom!" The French soldiers responded with cheers.

With a "woo-......" sound, several shells exploded near the position.

A discerning person knew at a glance that this was a test firing, which meant that the British were about to carry out artillery bombardment.

Colonel Slain quipped: "Hide yourself, I dare say the British will be fierce this time!" ”

"Why?"

"Because they are surrounded, they know that the shells can't be brought back!"

The soldiers burst out laughing.

"Back to the tunnel!" Slane ordered, "This time, give them a good look!" ”

The soldiers answered, and each of them went back to his tunnel along the communication trench, and in an instant there were only craters, weeds, and corpses left on the heights of Nuoda.

Qin Chuan followed the flow of people into the tunnel, and when he saw Yulia who was squatting in the corner and was silent, he said, "Hey, Major, I'm glad you're still in the tunnel!" ”

Seeing that Yulia didn't respond, Qin Chuan looked back, and then seemed to understand something: "I think, you've already gone out, haven't you?" ”

Yulia nodded feebly.

"It doesn't have to be like this!" Qin Chuan said: "You will get used to all this!" ”