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Neither Rommel nor Heinz Landau could have imagined that it was not the Chinese armored forces that retreated to Alexandria that caused them big trouble in the end, but precisely the anti-tank trench that they did not do anything wrong.

Fearing that Alexandria would be broken by the Chinese army and unable to join the Italian army, the Germans launched an attack on the Chinese line an hour later.

Unlike in the past, the German offensive was not carried out first by artillery, but by the air force.

In the first wave of the German army, there were more than 50 bombers, to be precise, the German and Italian air forces, because the shadow of the Italian tricolor was faintly seen on the fighters flying in relaxation...... This is also normal, if the combat strength of the Italian Air Force is not good, then it does not take much skill to drive a bomber to drop bombs, the difference is only whether there is a target or not, but this point is difficult for others to judge.

One by one, the bombers swooped down from the sky with a shrill whistling sound and dropped bombs on Chinese positions, targeting the trenches of the Chinese army.

However, Zhang Chi believes that this is not their purpose.

Bombing enemy trenches with bombers is undoubtedly a huge waste, and even artillery can do it.

Therefore, the purpose of the German and Italian armies was probably to attract the fighters of the British army.

"General!" Major William ran to Zhang Chi's side with an explosion next to him, and asked loudly, "Do you need me to contact air support?" ”

"No!" Zhang Chi replied: "Let them not come, this is likely to be a trap, a large number of German fighters may be ambushing above the clouds!" ”

"Yes, General!" Major William replied, and then sent Zhang Chi's words by telegram.

Major William was a liaison sent by Montgomery to liaise with the British Air Force, and another was an artillery liaison named Avery.

Obviously, Montgomery did his best for this battle, because these two liaison officers allowed Zhang Chi to command almost two-thirds of the British army's warplanes and artillery fire.

"Major Avery!" Zhang Chi said to the artillery liaison: "I need artillery in place!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Zhang Chi knew that if the British Air Force did not come up as the Germans hoped, then the German ground offensive would begin.

Sure enough, ten minutes later, before the fighters could withdraw the fierce artillery sound, pieces of shells poured towards the defense line, most of their targets were anti-tank trenches in front of the defense line, and the rest were indiscriminately bombed in front of and behind the defense line...... Its purpose is to clear the obstacle for the tank, and the shock and explosion of the shell can detonate the mine.

Zhang Chi, of course, would not let the anti-tank trench he had worked so hard to build be destroyed in this way, so he immediately shouted to Major Avery: "Now, give them some color!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

As soon as the order was given, the sound of artillery in the direction of the British troops rang out.

If the German shells were like raindrops, then the British shells were torrential rain, and even the sun was eclipsed when the shells streaked over Alexandria.

The British army was strong enough in this regard, and the British army may not be able to match the German and Italian forces in terms of air force, because they mainly deployed their air forces on the mainland to defend against German bombing; Perhaps it was inferior to the Germans in tanks and armored vehicles, due to the tactical mistakes of British tanks, which produced a large number of unsuitable so-called "infantry tanks"; Perhaps they could not match the Germans in terms of infantry, because the British army was complex and did not fight on their own soil after all, and the infantry tactics were relatively weak.

But in terms of artillery, the British had the advantage.

The reason is that artillery does not require a lot of advanced technology, and the British colonies can produce it in large quantities, and this does not require any money and manpower from the British...... Everything including mining, ironmaking, etc., can be done in the colony and using the colony's human and material resources.

As a result, the cannons and shells were almost constantly being transported from all directions, so that the British could easily organize thousands of artillery pieces in a single attack on the North African battlefield.

In fact, this can also be said to be a difference between strategic defense and strategic offense.

The overall strategy of the German army is to emphasize the offensive, and if the emphasis is on the offensive, there will be a problem, that is, mobility...... This mobility refers not only to tanks, armored vehicles, cars, but also to artillery.

As a result, the artillery above the German regiment was almost all mechanized, either self-propelled guns or towed by cars.

As a result of the emphasis on mobility, the number of artillery pieces will be reduced accordingly, and the caliber will be limited: if there are too many of them, it is likely that they will not be able to provide enough towing vehicles; If the caliber is too large, it will increase the pressure on logistics and supply in stages.

And for a country like Great Britain, which strategically emphasizes defense, its artillery can be liberalized both in terms of quantity and caliber......

Don't have enough tractors in large quantities?

It doesn't matter, it's a big deal to make a few more trips and deploy it to the artillery positions one by one.

A large caliber increases the pressure on logistics and supply?

This is even less of a problem, the defending side has much shorter logistical supply lines than the enemy.

Just like at this moment, as soon as the British opened fire in the direction, the Germans hit the Chinese army's defense line with significantly fewer shells, and after a few minutes, there were even only a few sparse rounds.

It is clear that the German artillery has been successfully suppressed by the British artillery.

But this does not mean that the British artillery is not in danger...... In the next second, the German bombers crossed the air in a black pressure and then attacked in all directions, and the Germans were obviously using air power to suppress the British artillery.

Needless to say, the British artillery would use anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and their own small number of fighters to return fire on the German fighters, and it is conceivable that it will be a fierce battle.

But Zhang Chi didn't care about this, because at this time, in the aperture of his telescope, German tanks had slowly driven out of the smoke and dust of artillery fire.

Needless to say, it was the old opponent of the 21st Armored Division, because Zhang Chi recognized that most of these tanks were No. 4 tanks, and occasionally a little "Tiger" type figure could be seen, but it was quickly overtaken by No. 4 tank and disappeared...... Obviously, the Germans wanted to let the No. 4 tank explore the way in front first, and if the "Tiger" broke down because of a mine, it would be a big loss.

At the same time, there is no need for the "Tiger" to drive so fast, on the one hand, there is a fear of overheating the engine, and on the other hand, its range is very long, and it can completely carry out long-range strikes against the enemy.

Then Zhang Chi turned his gaze to the anti-tank trench in front of the defensive line, and the situation was fine, although some parts had been blown up, most of them were still intact.