As three red flares rose into the air, the first batch of hundreds of tanks of the British 1st Panzer Division "rumbled" towards the Italian defensive line.

At the forefront was actually the "minesweeping tank", which was similar in structure to the minesweeping tank invented by Qin Chuan, except that the British army used a special drum and a chain with spherical counterweights because of its strong industrial capacity and transportation capacity, and also added a small warehouse on the right side of the tank...... This small chamber was barely accessible to one person and housed the operator of the minesweeper drum.

This improvement is obviously much more advanced than the rudimentary "minesweeping tank" of the German army, and because it is modified with the "Valentine" tank with a small failure rate, it runs very smoothly, and the mines are detonated one after another with a "whoosh" whipping forward.

At the same time, the timing of the British attack was also just right...... The British tanks were located in the east, and the sun had just risen, and the sun cast shadows on the British tanks, but they shot directly into the eyes of the Italian gunners, making it difficult for the Italian tanks and anti-tank gunners to aim at the target, while the British tanks could hide in the shadows.

In fact, even without these factors, it was difficult for Italian gunners to aim at their targets, as mentioned before, Italian tanks did not even have gunners, and machine gunners were used to improvise when they needed to fire.

As a result, shells from the Italian direction always hit the sand near the British tanks.

IN FACT, EVEN IF IT HITS, IT WILL NOT HELP, THE ITALIAN M13 TANK IS EQUIPPED WITH A 47MM GUN, AND IT MUST BE AT LEAST WITHIN A RANGE OF 300 METERS TO BE ABLE TO PENETRATE THE BRITISH "GENERAL GRANT" TANK, AND AT THIS TIME THE BRITISH FIRST ARMORED DIVISION HAS STRICTLY ABIDED BY MONTGOMERY'S ORDER OF "ONLY LONG-DISTANCE COMBAT AND NO CLOSE COMBAT", AND THE TWO ARMIES ARE MORE THAN 700 METERS APART.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE BRITISH ARMY'S "GENERAL GRANT" TYPE, ITS 75MM TANK GUN CAN EASILY PENETRATE THE ARMOR OF THE ITALIAN M13 TANK AT THIS DISTANCE, SO THE ITALIAN TANKS TURNED INTO FLAMES IN THE WHISTLING SOUND OF SHELLS, AND SOME WERE EVEN BROKEN INTO SCATTERED PARTS.

A few minutes later, the Italian army began to fully retreat as British fighters swarmed in to join the group.

Rommel's order to the Italian 132nd Division was: "Resist for a little and pretend to be defeated!" ”

This task was actually very easy to complete, so the commander of the 132nd Division, Major General Greco, responded in one bite.

But what Rommel didn't expect was ...... The Italian army did not have to pretend at all, but really retreated.

The difference was that if they pretended to be defeated, they should have planted anti-tank mines behind them to stop the speed of the British tanks, but the Italian army did not do this, which caused the Italian army to lose almost half of its tanks in the ensuing battle because the tanks were far inferior to the British tanks.

(Note: The M13 has a top speed of 33 kilometers per hour, and the General Grant tank has a maximum speed of 42 kilometers per hour.) ）

Seeing the rout of the Italian Panzer Division, Major General Eberlet was extremely excited...... The proudest thing for the Panzer Division was to destroy the enemy tanks, which were blown into flames and scrap metal every time they saw the enemy's tanks, despite the fact that they were vulnerable Italian tanks...... The comfort and pride of being a commander is something that outsiders can't experience.

"Attack, boys!" Eberlai's face flushed with excitement, and he waved his hand and shouted over the walkie-talkie: "Use your shells and tracks to teach these self-righteous Italians a hard lesson, victory is ours!" ”

Major General Eberlay's anger in France, as well as the suspicions and eyes he received in his own country, finally got an outlet at this moment.

This kind of behavior of Major General Eberley is actually quite normal, and the defeat of the 1st Panzer Division in France made Major General Eberley feel afraid and inferior to the battlefield, which is one of the reasons why he has always been afraid to accept this task.

And the psychology of inferiority often turns into the other extreme when the situation is reversed...... Pride.

Major General Eberley's performance at this time is the proud side.

In this respect, Major General Eberley is not a qualified general, because he does not have the determination to "win without arrogance and defeat".

So this doomed the 1st Panzer Division to the next one......

"Fire!" With an order, the German troops, who had long been ambushed on both flanks and prepared, fired shells.

The Germans didn't have many tanks, so most of the anti-tank guns fired at this time, most of their guns were hidden in bunkers, only one barrel was exposed, and the sky was just bright and the light was not very sufficient, so the British troops chasing all the way did not find the black barrels facing them.

"What's going on!" Rear Admiral Eberley watched his tanks being destroyed one by one and asked, "What destroyed our tanks?" ”

"General!" The staff officer seemed to see the problem: "We fell into an enemy ambush, and shells were coming from both flanks!" ”

Major General Eberley turned his telescope to the flank, and sure enough, he saw that the area that looked like a patch of yellow sand was intensively firing shells at the British tank group, but the British "General Grant" tanks did not even find out where the shells that destroyed them came from because of the problem of vision and firing range.

"Retreat!" Major General Eberley hurriedly ordered: "Let them withdraw immediately!" ”

But now it is clearly too late to withdraw.

Dozens of German tanks suddenly emerged from the sand, covering the flanks and rear of the British tank group.

At the same time, the German fighters also joined the battle group at the right time to fight with the British fighters......

Major General Eberlay's face turned white for a moment, and at this moment he realized that the 1st Panzer Division would suffer another defeat, and it would probably be the worst defeat.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on Major General Eberley, nor can it be said that the 1st Panzer Division is not strong in combat...... While this is true, and because of this, the 1st Panzer Division was converted into a "non-combat" unit and disbanded soon after the war.

But...... The moment Montgomery got his hands on the map and believed that the information on it was true, the defeat was doomed, no matter which British unit came in.

Because the British were not faced with one panzer division, but three panter divisions: two German panter divisions on the left and one on the right, plus an Italian panzer division.

Although, among them, the Italian Panzer Division did not have much combat effectiveness, and the two German Panzer Divisions did not have many tanks, but they were ambushed by a large number of anti-tank guns...... And also exposing the weak points of the sides under the anti-tank artillery group, and what the result will be can be imagined.

There were even a couple of 88 anti-aircraft guns among them...... This thing will be too large and easy to be bombed by fighters when used for offense, but it can still play its role in defensive warfare if it is concealed in a bunker and has air cover.