While the first charge of the Arab Guards Cavalry Division against Rehovot was crushed by the defenders, an elite combat force of more than 3,000 men was advancing rapidly on the coastal road from Tel Aviv to Egypt. Today, this force, which includes the "Viking" battalion of the Irish Foreign Legion, the "Muhammad" battalion, and the Tel Aviv Jewish "Flying Army", is not only the sharpest weapon in the hands of the Zionists, but also the most powerful ground force in the entire Palestinian region.www.biquge.info In recent years, they have defeated the regular armoured units of Germany and Ireland on the exercise grounds, and they have lost face to the newly formed mechanized units of the French, and they have won unanimous praise from the famous generals for their excellent tactical literacy and bold combat style......

As the official commander of the "Viking" battalion, Kurt Mayer led the battalion headquarters personnel in two armored command vehicles and galloped forward with the battalion's reconnaissance platoon. He wore a short-brimmed military hat without emblems, a cool black leather trench coat, and a diamond-shaped collar with a double-edged battle axe logo on the neckline, sometimes staring into the distance, sometimes turning his head to look at the long armored queue. The complete strength of the "Viking" battalion includes two armored combat companies, one armored assault company, one maintenance company, and a reconnaissance platoon directly under the battalion headquarters.

"Sir, I've received a report from the task force that the Rehovot offensive and defensive battle has begun. After more than 20 minutes of fighting, the defenders repelled the first round of the Arab cavalry attack, during which the task force did not move for the time being, and according to visual observations, the defenders suffered minor casualties. The on-board communications officer reported to Meyer.

Meier glanced to the southeast with an expressionless face: "The number one team of the Arab Kingdom is so unbearable?" It is no wonder that this unit has not appeared on the battlefield in all previous Palestinian conflicts, and it seems that this 'No. 1 force' is just a name! ”

Seeing that Meier did not give orders, the communications soldier sat back in his place.

Later, Meyer asked another signal soldier: "Did our reconnaissance plane report it back?" ”

The communications officer shook his head: "We have not heard from the Jewish Air Force yet. ”

"Aviation ......" Meyer shook his head mockingly. As far as the planes of the Tel Aviv Jewish militia are concerned, they are not even comparable to the level of the Irish Air Force 20 years ago, and it is still a big question mark whether they can find the traces of enemy troops when they are allowed to carry out night reconnaissance missions.

In the absence of incident, the combined force of the Jews and the Irish Foreign Regiment continued to march at the pace of a battle march towards the intended territory. By the time the "Viking" battalion arrived at its intended position, there was no news of fighting in Rehovot, but some reports of the enemy situation had been sent by planes sent by Jews on reconnaissance and harassment missions, but as Meyer had predicted, these night reconnaissance reports were contradictory and even bizarre, and therefore had no military reference value. Therefore, he ordered all companies to remain on alert and stand by on the spot, and sent a reconnaissance platoon to carry out surveillance reconnaissance on the periphery -- because the "Gray Squirrel" wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicle was sent to Rehovot to assist in the battle, the battalion reconnaissance platoon of the "Viking" battalion was organized into four armored reconnaissance squads with eight "patrol" light combat vehicles. It didn't take long for one of the squads to encounter the Arab cavalry in the desert about 5 kilometers from Rehovot. This group of Arab cavalry, numbering in the hundreds, camped on the spot and dug improvised fortifications, and because the tracked vehicles were slightly louder and less concealed than wheeled reconnaissance vehicles, the scouts under the command of Meyer were noticed by the Arabs before they could get close. Dozens of Arab cavalry slashed their horses and slaughtered, and the reconnaissance team with the firepower of two "patrolmen" was enough to tear these unknown fellows to pieces, but they were not afraid to startle the snakes, they quickly retreated, and successfully escaped each other by taking advantage of the cover of night and terrain.

By midnight, the "Muhammad" battalion and the Jewish "flying army" were deployed one after another, and the Arab army surrounding Rehovot had changed its usual languid posture and launched a second round of attacks overnight. According to the reports of the defenders of Rehovot, the Arabs attempted to break through the defenders' positions from both the north and the south, first by artillery fire and then by infantry, but judging by the forces invested and the posture of the attack, it was likely to be a reconnaissance attack.

After two rounds of night flights, the pilots of the Jewish Air Force were able to locate Rehovot with some precision, and during the second round of the Arab attack, they bombarded the artillery positions of the Arab armies under the guidance of the defenders' flares and flares. Although this air raid did not cause great casualties to the Arabs, it succeeded in diverting the attention of the Arab army, indirectly weakening their vigilance on the periphery, and alleviating the resistance to advance for the imminent counter-encirclement of their own forces.

At about 2 o'clock in the morning, the "Viking" battalion, which had been resting for a while, received a combat order to carry out a counter-encirclement with friendly forces against the Arab forces outside Rehovot. Without hesitation, Meyer assigned the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Armored Assault Companies to attack in turn - the two armoured combat companies used the "Celtic Knights" H-type combat vehicles - they used Irish-made 66x75mm tanks and an enhanced two-man turret with remote-controlled machine guns and twin anti-tank rockets, and the Irish military had largely exhausted the potential of this medium tank from the original A to H; The armored assault company is equipped with the famous "Irish Leopard", its combat weight is 34 tons, and it is equipped with a 60 times the diameter of the 88 mm rifled gun made by Krupp, which is slightly weaker than the 105 mm rifled gun used by the "Irish Tiger", but it is more than enough to deal with the vast majority of combat vehicles in this era, using a flattened semicircular cast turret and inclined hull armor, the ballistic performance is very superior, plus it is equipped with two 12-cylinder water-cooled diesel engines with 500 horsepower, and the maximum speed can reach 50 kilometers per hour. It can be called the best among medium tanks.

For the Arab armies, which are mainly cavalry, whether it is the "Celtic Knight" H-type or the more modern elements of the "Irish Leopard", they are like chickens. After all, the side of the "Viking" battalion responsible for interspersing and outflanking is the key direction of the Arab siege attack, gathering tens of thousands of cavalry, infantry and artillery units, the "Viking" battalion is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, the equipment level and tactical literacy of the government army of the Arab Kingdom are inferior, but the soldiers are not lambs in military uniforms, especially the troops who are named "Guards" have the potential to burst out with amazing energy in adversity, and he doesn't want the precious chariot to be especially" The Irish Leopard "was destroyed by crude Arab soldiers." In view of this, he and his armored command vehicle always rushed to the front line, and with his keen battlefield insight and judgment, he directed his troops to crush all enemy resistance in a simple and direct way, and properly extended the encirclement gradually to the other end of Rehovot......

In response to the reinforcements arriving from Tel Aviv, the Jewish forces holding Rehovot also launched a counterattack against the Arabs, and the fighters deployed in the city quickly advanced to the outlying positions built on the ring road, while the troops who had been defending the perimeter were supported by machine guns and mortars to cross the road and advance to their pre-set outposts, and then opened heavy fire on the Arab troops.

In the face of the enemy, the Arab army, which has always prided itself on its bravery, did not escape the doom of collapse. Their resistance was shattered like glass under the rapid onslaught of the opponent's armored fighting vehicles, the tacit cooperation of the opposing officers and soldiers, and the wrath of automatic weapons. Whether it was a few hundred Arab cavalry troops, thousands of Arab infantry, or artillery positions with thousands of men, they all collapsed in the face of the lightning-fast and beast-like onslaught of their opponents......

Attack, attack, attack! On this night, the soldiers of the "Viking" battalion, the "Muhammad" battalion, and the Jewish "flying army" were able to enjoy a knife and butter as they rushed through the Arab positions, leaving behind the Arab soldiers who were on their knees in fear!

At 4 a.m., the 1st Armoured Combat Company, which was in the vanguard of the attack, joined up with the vanguard of the "Mohammed" battalion east of Rehovot. On the left-wing front, which stretched for nearly 10 kilometers, more than 80 combat vehicles belonging to the "Viking" battalion were platoons and spaced 600-800 meters apart from each other. If a large force of Arab cavalry, infantry, and artillery wanted to escape from the area, they had to withstand the guns of the opposing chariots, but in fact most of the Arabs were already dazed by the fierce fighting, and were frightened to see the glare of these monstrous beasts, and to hear the roaring artillery fire and the sound of bursting machine guns, and finally only a few cavalry were able to break through the chaos.

As the sky grew brighter, the gunfire around Rehovot had subsided. After a night of fighting, most of the farmland, orangery, and pastures of the Jews had been destroyed and the remains of Arabs and horses were littered in the fields, as well as dejected captives - hundreds of Arab soldiers had been turned into obedient sheep under the watchful guard of the Jewish militia, a scene that the Jews of Palestine would have never imagined a few months ago. For a long time, they were respectful and submissive to the Arab rulers, and they constantly exchanged high prices for barren land, but from this day on, they no longer have to be inferior to this group of insatiable fellows, who bravely took up arms like the Jewish rebels more than a thousand years ago, but today is no longer in despair, but for hope!

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