Until he took this line of defense, Xu Jiaxing still couldn't believe it, especially after seeing the prisoners and a large number of mortars and heavy machine guns in the trenches. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

YOU MUST KNOW THAT XU JIAXING ONLY HAS SOME HALF-TRACK ARMORED VEHICLES IN HIS HANDS, THE THICKEST FRONT AND UPPER PART OF THESE ARMORED VEHICLES IS ONLY 12.7MM, AND THE REST OF THE PLACE IS ONLY 7MM, SUCH A THICKNESS CAN BLOCK AN ORDINARY RIFLE BULLET, BUT IF YOU WANT TO BLOCK MACHINE GUNS OR EVEN MORTARS, IT IS A FANTASY.

In other words, the enemy can rely on the trenches with the strength of a regiment, even if he is caught off guard by himself, and even if he can't hold it, he will suffer a lot of damage to himself.

But it turned out to be ......

The expeditionary force suffered no casualties, and the only loss was that a half-track broke down and could not be used, but the result was that more than 2,000 prisoners were captured and a large amount of equipment and ammunition were captured.

Xu Jiaxing, who got out of the car and walked into the trenches, touched his head and said to himself: "How can I fight all the foolishness?!" ”

The meaning of Xu Jiaxing's words refers to the fact that when he was in the northeast, he led a company of reconnaissance troops into the Japanese garrison camp in a daze, not to mention crashing into it, and as a result, he also took the camp with many more troops than himself, which also made Xu Jiaxing promoted from a company commander to a battalion commander.

The deputy battalion commander couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Battalion commander, this foolish battle is well fought, because it is a winning battle, and I wish there were more such foolish battles!" ”

The next thing to do was to take those Italian prisoners to build fortifications in front of the defense line, including laying mines in front, pulling barbed wire, and arranging anti-tank guns in the defense line.

When Litorio withdrew from Alexandria with the main force of the armored division, he couldn't help but be moved to tears when he saw the Italian army working so hard to arrange the defensive line: he has always been more focused on tank regiments, but he didn't expect that the infantry could be relied on at the critical moment!

Just as I was about to go up to say a few words of condolences, I couldn't help but hear the sound of gunfire on the other side.

Litorio couldn't help but be puzzled and shouted at the other side: "You guys are crazy, we are our own people!" ”

"General!" The sharp-eyed staff officer hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Litorio down, saying, "The defense line may have been captured by the enemy!" ”

"What? No way! Litorio raised his binoculars and looked at the opposite side, and sure enough, he saw that the Italian army had been disarmed, and the Chinese were holding the guns.

Seeing this, Litorio couldn't help but curse angrily, and immediately ordered a breakthrough.

But the staff officer stepped forward to stop him: "General, are you confident that you can break through this line of defense in half an hour?" ”

"Half an hour?"

"I must warn you!" The staff officer said: "The main forces of the enemy will arrive here in half an hour, and if we do not break through the line of defense......"

The staff officer didn't finish his words, but Litorio knew what it meant.

Once the enemy's main forces arrived here, then the 133rd Panzer Division had no other possibility than to be completely annihilated.

"What can we do now?" Litorio asked distressedly.

"We have no choice but to retreat to Alexandria!" The staff officer replied: "We can use the houses in the city to set up defenses, which are not suitable for tank combat." And then ask for reinforcements, it's really not okay......"

Everyone knows the words behind this, and everyone knows this last resort, which is to surrender.

In fact, if he were a soldier, the Italian army would have chosen to surrender at this time, but Litorio was a major general, and he didn't want his military position and honor to end there, so he nodded helplessly and ordered: "Withdraw to Alexandria!" ”

So when Zhang Chi rushed to the defensive line with the main force, he completed the encirclement of Alexandria.

Everything went unexpectedly well, and the cost of the expeditionary force was only two tanks with minor damage and more than thirty casualties, such casualties were almost negligible.

"Congratulations, Major General!" Zhang Chi soon received a congratulatory telegram from Montgomery: "Well done, you surprised all of us." This fully shows that you are right, and the concentrated use of the 'Sherman' tank can indeed exert extraordinary combat effectiveness! ”

"No, General!" Zhang Chi replied: "The battle with the Italian army doesn't mean anything. ”

"That's right!" Montgomery replied, "They're just bait, and we'll wait for the fish to bite the hook!" ”

"There's only one thing I'm worried about!" Zhang Chi said.

"What?"

"I'm afraid that the bait will surrender and that our whole plan will not be carried out!"

Montgomery couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "That's why I left a batch of supplies and food in Alexandria!" ”

The distress signal of the Italian 133rd Panzer Division was quickly sent to Marshal Cavalero.

Marshal Cavalero walked back and forth at his desk for a long time, hesitated, and then decided to call Rommel for help.

The staff officer once asked Cavalero: "Marshal, why don't we try to go to the rescue ourselves?" ”

"Do you know which army the enemy is encircling Alexandria?" Caballero asked rhetorically.

"Chinese troops!"

"Yes, it's the same Chinese unit that defeated the German 21st Panzer Division!" Cavalero said: "And looking at the intelligence, they are also equipped with a large number of 'Sherman' tanks, so what do you think...... Which unit do we have capable of rescuing the 133 Panzer Division from them? ”

The staff officer was speechless when he heard this.

But Caballero was nowhere to be found.

Cavalero's call was answered by Rommel's staff officer, Thomas.

"Honorable Marshal!" Thomas responded: "The general has gone to the front to inspect and may not be back until dark!" ”

Caballero shouted angrily: "I don't care what method you use, inform General Rommel as soon as possible, I need to talk to him!" ”

"Okay, Marshal!" Thomas replied politely: "I will do it as soon as possible, but you know, General Rommel often flies around alone, and I am not sure where he is!" ”

In fact, Rommel didn't go anywhere, he was right next to Thomas.

Rommel did this because he was clever enough to know that Cavalero would call for help from the Germans, and that if the Germans went to the rescue, they would fall into the trap set by the enemy......

"An armored division of 'Sherman' tanks!" Rommel said: "The most important thing is the Chinese division, and the British have finally done one thing right!" ”

After a pause, Rommel added, "Oh, no! Maybe this is not the idea of the British at all! All this comes from the hand of that abominable Chinese......"

"General, what are you going to do?" Thomas asked, "We can't hide like this all the time!" ”

"No!" Rommel replied: "We need to wait!" ”