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More than a thousand cannons fired almost simultaneously in the direction of the German lines, and the vast sky from the north to the south was so bright that it seemed to be on fire, and it was like many giants dancing with drums and African war dances, and the whole world trembled with every time they stomped their feet, and even Zhang Chi, who was far away in Port Said, could hear the roar of artillery fire and explosions.

The artillery fire lasted for half an hour, which was used to suppress the German artillery positions.

This is the practice of the British army, because the British artillery has a great advantage over the German army, so they always hope to dumb or cripple the German artillery fire at the first time, and then they can bomb other targets with confidence.

But the war was often unsatisfactory, because the German army had long been accustomed to this tactic of the British army, so the German army always avoided the British army's edge at the beginning and did not engage in artillery battles with it, so the British artillery could only bomb indiscriminately with aimless or speculated targets.

On the contrary, it was the large-scale bombardment of the British army that made it easy for the Germans to grasp the position of the British artillery positions from the light of their artillery fire.

At that time, a German tank expert, Major General Stim, was driving to the forward position, when the sudden bombing and several shells that fell around made the driver startled, and hurriedly turned the head of the car in an attempt to escape the enemy's bombing range, but because of the excessive movement, Major General Stim, who was opening the door behind the car to observe the situation, threw out of the car, and the driver was ignorant of what was happening because of the sound of artillery and panic, and still drove at full speed.

As a result, Major General Stim, who was thrown out of the car, died of a heart attack.

After the first shelling, the entire front fell silent for five minutes.

The British artillerymen took advantage of this time to shoot at Zhu Yuan and pointed the target at the minefield in front of the German line.

Then, with an order, another burst of 10,000 cannons fired in unison, causing the mines in the minefield to sound like firecrackers.

This shelling lasted two hours.

In fact, the British artillery did not bombard for two hours, they carried out the bombardment mission in three parts......

The first attacking forces were the three armies of the British Commonwealth, with the 30th, 10th, and 13th armies in order from north to south.

Montgomery assigned each of the three corps its own tasks, and the 13th Army on the southern flank launched a feint to convince the Germans that the main direction of the British attack was the southern flank, but in fact the 30th Army on the northern flank was the main direction of attack, and its task was to break through the northern defense line of the four divisions deployed by the German and Italian armies.

For Montgomery's idea, Zhang Chi just laughed it off.

Montgomery thought of his opponent Rommel too simply, the southern flank was a desert unfavorable to the advance of the armoured troops, the northern flank was close to the Mediterranean Sea, and along the coast there was a coastal road built by the British...... Even a fool knew that the main direction of attack of the British would be the northern flank.

At this time, the British artillery bombardment was divided into three parts to prepare for the advance of these three armies, so they were actually constantly extending artillery fire, hoping to open a way in the minefield.

At this time, Ramsden received a reply from London: "Gentlemen, the upcoming battle will be one of the decisive battles in history, it will be a turning point in the war, and the eyes of the whole world will be turned to us, and anxiously watch the development of the battle, fight bravely!" ”

The battle went well at first, and heavy artillery fire detonated a large number of German mines...... It really depended on the number of shells in the British army, because the British army was indeed preparing for a counteroffensive before this, so there was a real amount of shells in stock, and these shells came into play at this point.

As a result, the British infantry was able to push through the forward positions and advance in depth with ease, and the armored troops also advanced closely behind under the guidance of the infantry...... This is Montgomery's usual tactic, with the infantry of course the infantry of the colonial army clearing the obstacle in front, and the armored division and artillery first covering the infantry with firepower, and then opening a passage under the cover of artillery and infantry, so that under the cover of ground artillery fire, the armored and infantry alternately cover and roll forward.

There is a certain reason for this to fight, after all, this is a night battle, and the Germans' mines can also pose a great threat to tank tracks, and if there is no infantry in front of the road to clear obstacles, the armored division can be said to be difficult to move an inch.

The problem was that almost all of the infantry divisions that cleared the way ahead were British colonial troops.

Half an hour later, the British attack was stopped...... The Germans shot black guns in the dark.

This was one of Rommel's deployments, and his minefield was not simply a minefield, but a minefield with snipers and artillery observers, and because these German soldiers were so well trained, they could usually act as snipers and artillery observers at the same time.

The Germans carried a certain amount of food to build positions in the minefield, of course, they would leave a path in the minefield and equip a certain number of mines, they had a map in their hands, this map marked the direction and signs of the minefield in detail, which allowed them to move freely in the minefield, and they could also bury the mines on the path to block it if they wanted to retreat.

Of course, many of them did not do so, because most of them chose to hold out to the end, and some even sealed their retreat with mines from the beginning.

The Germans' fighting will and sacrifice spirit are still very admirable, and the British, who always let the colonial army go ahead, are much inferior in comparison, which is probably one of the reasons why tens of thousands of German troops can beat the huge Commonwealth army everywhere.

These German snipers and artillery observers gave the British a lot of trouble.

The reason is that the British infantry must use flashlights to clear mines in front, otherwise they will not be able to see the mines buried under their feet at all, and the German snipers rely on these flashlights to kill targets one after another.

Artillery observers were even more inflicted on the British, as they often called for a single shell to strike the British with precision.

For these small numbers of German troops, the British army was as helpless as a tiger being teased by an animal trainer...... Because they were in a minefield and did not dare to move or charge at will, the German artillery observers could unhurriedly contact the rear artillery, then correct the trajectory, and then bomb in batches.

While the Germans were doing this, the British could do nothing but desperately dig foxholes to hide themselves.