218 Great Siege

The death of the British commander may have completed his own trial, but his death did not end the battle, because the war has reached a stage where it is completely out of the control of both sides, more and more troops are being thrown into this battlefield, and now the village of Maypam has become a meat grinder, and more and more troops are rushing into this small village!

By 8 o'clock in the morning, in addition to the lost British artillery, two infantry divisions reinforced from the direction of London had arrived at the village of Maypam, and at this time, the 1st Huaxia Division had just completely occupied the village of Maypam, and the battle for the village of Maypam had begun again. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Because it was tanks versus infantry again, all the troops were mixed, and there was a British infantry division in the back, and behind the village of Maypam, the two British infantry divisions in Aylsford were also moving in the direction of the village of Maypam after suffering heavy damage from friendly artillery fire, while the 71st Infantry Division was following closely behind the remnants of the two British infantry divisions, and to the east of the village of Maypm, the German 7th Panzer Division was also on its way to help.

It was an unprecedented melee, there were no positions, no open battlefields, all the troops were piled up, all mixed together, and there was no other way to distinguish them except for the military uniforms on their bodies.

The Luftwaffe was close to taking over the entire sky by this time, but by this time they were no longer able to provide any air support to the village of Mepham, because all the people were mixed together, and their aerial bombs did not know where to drop them.

"Order the 72nd Infantry Division and the 4th Infantry Division to rush to the aid of the village of Mepham, and the 7th Infantry Division will launch an attack on Tombbridge, and after taking Tombbridge, quickly move north to launch an attack on Severnox! The 15th Infantry Division plunged directly into Gravesend, seized the bridgehead, and then sent its 88th and 106th Infantry Regiments to attack Dartford, thus encircling the enemy at Maypam! ā€

In order to deal with the situation in the village of Mepam, von Bock used almost the entire force of the first landing group, and his purpose in doing so was not to defeat the enemy in the village of Maypham, but to destroy all the main forces of the British army here, and destroy all the resistance of the British in one fell swoop!

Orders were given one after another, and the headquarters was extremely busy.

Li Ling admired von Bock's bold move, but he had some worries, and finally, before the order for the 15th Infantry Division was issued, Li Ling stopped von Bock.

"Marshal, are you sure you want the 15th Infantry Division to capture Gravesend?"

"yes, what's the problem?"

"The force of diagonal insertion to the rear will be decisive, if you can take down Gravesend and Dartford, you can definitely eat all the enemies in the entire encirclement in one bite, but the problem is that in this way, the pressure on the 15th Infantry Division is too great! Moreover, this unit has not been on the battlefield since it was formed! Neither Poland nor France, they did not go! Isn't it a bit too risky to give them such a difficult task directly? ā€

Li Ling himself did not have too many doubts about the combat effectiveness of the German army, but this 15th Infantry Division had never been on the battlefield at all, and now as soon as it was pulled out, it would fight such an important battle, and he still had some worries in his heart, after all, the interspersed detours of the 15th Infantry Division would play a decisive role in the whole battle, and there was no room for loss at all.

"Don't worry, I have confidence in Friedrich's troops, besides, we don't really have any other choice, his troops are the only troops that can carry out this mission now, the other troops are too far away, or there are places where the British are focused on the front, it is not suitable."

"Well, since the marshal said so, I don't have much to say, besides, I hope that the air force will stop supporting the village of Mepam, now that the air force is basically no longer needed in the fighting there, and the air force will not intervene at all, it is better to let them fight somewhere else."

"Well, I think it's good, just do as you say, I'll contact the headquarters and ask them to make adjustments."

What happened in the headquarters seemed tense and somewhat comfortable, but on the battlefield it was a completely different scene, where no one gave you time to think too much about things, and everyone was desperate, fighting for survival.

The same goes for Karius!

There was no tension in the tank-to-tank battle for him, and when he commanded his Leopard tank to fire at the British tank, he was even faintly excited, and it was definitely a cool thing to destroy the enemy's tank with his own hands under his own command.

But when he commanded his tank to storm the village of Mepham, he felt at a loss for the first time.

He wanted to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield and fight the British, but when he commanded his tank to rush into the village of Maypam, and saw that the whole village was full of ruins, corpses, and wounded British soldiers who were lying on their stomachs or lying on the ground or kneeling and wailing, he was a little unnatural, and he didn't know how to order his tanks to fight next.

It wasn't until the crew of Wittman, who was fighting side by side with him, sent a radio and asked him to attack together, that Karius suddenly reacted, this is the battlefield, the battlefield is a place of life and death, and the battlefield will not give him any time to be compassionate.

He commanded the tanks to run over the British artillery positions that had been blown to ruins, and continued to advance forward, ahead of them, the British infantry divisions that were rushing to help.

When the British soldiers saw the tanks rushing towards them, many of them were a little timid in their hearts, they simply did not have any weapons in their hands that could pose a threat to the tanks, but the commander's order gave them a glimmer of hope!

Only by rushing up and approaching these tanks can they have a chance to turn over, and if they only know how to stand still or retreat in the face of tanks, then it is equivalent to giving the tanks more opportunities to wipe themselves out!

The British soldiers bravely rushed to the tank, Karius kept giving orders, the machine gunner kept harvesting the lives of these British soldiers, in the periscope, Karius watched row after row of British soldiers fall, the uneasiness in his eyes gradually turned into a kind of indifference, that was the disregard for the life of the enemy, at this moment, finally, his whole temperament began to change. (To be continued.) )

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