Then Zhang Chi received a call from Montgomery. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"I heard that you held off the German attack with just one anti-tank trench?" Montgomery asked curiously, "And the loss is small?" How did you do that? ”

"Uh......" Zhang Chi replied: "General, how to do it, I think we should wait until we meet!" ”

"Of course, Major General!" Montgomery said, "You know what? You have surprised us all again, and until now I have many of my subordinates who do not believe that you did it, but they cannot explain why the Germans are still outside Alexandria! ”

Later, Zhang Chi learned that at this time, the British officers in Port Said had already quarreled, and a considerable number of them were like Montgomery's mentality, thinking that the information from the victory in Alexandria was not credible, because the British army had fought in the North African battlefield for several years, and each time it took months or even longer to build fortifications, but finally collapsed under Rommel's fierce offensive.

As for the Chinese army, a defensive line that they built temporarily in only a few days, they did not have air supremacy, and even in this battle Chinese did not call for air power...... In such a situation, it is almost impossible to repel the German attack.

So they came to the conclusion that the Chinese were making false reports about their war achievements.

This was especially the commander of the British 1st Armored Division, who said at the meeting: "It is said that the Chinese destroyed three 'Tiger' tanks, what did they use to destroy them? Fist? ”

"But how do you explain that the defense line of Alexandria is still under the control of the Chinese?" Someone asked rhetorically.

"We heard that the Americans falsely reported the enemy's attack when they were fighting in Australia!" Major General William said: "I think it is very likely that the Chinese are also playing such a trick!" ”

At this time, Montgomery was calmer, because the Chinese troops had already performed miracles again and again, especially he had learned Zhang Chi's wisdom and strategy, for example, everyone thought that it was impossible for him to mobilize the Italian army to attack Alexandria, but this Chinese general did it easily.

So, Montgomery was somewhat convinced that all of this was true.

In order to confirm his thoughts, and also to come up with evidence to convince his subordinates of this group of officers who "don't fight but only complain", Montgomery contacted Brigadier General Jack, commander of the 1st Division in South Africa.

Brigadier Jack's call back made all the British officers shut up.

"Oh my God, there are people who doubt the attack of the Germans!" Brigadier General Jack said: "I can't believe it, why don't people who doubt this battle come here to see for themselves?" They did not have the guts, so they pretended not to see the shells from the Germans and the bombs dropped from the sky, and at the same time they could not see the group charge launched by the hundreds of tanks of the Germans, and of course they could not see the bloody sacrifices of the Chinese troops on the front line...... Send them up, General, and I can take them to see the wreckage of the Tiger tank, and if I want, I can bring some fragments of the Tiger back to them as souvenirs! ”

After seeing this telegram, the conference room was silent, British officer, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to explain about this.

Montgomery raised the telegram in his hand and said, "So, gentlemen...... You will not suspect that the South African 1st Division and all the British officers are colluding with the Chinese! ”

"Well, yes!" Montgomery scoffed: "They must have colluded, as well as the artillery and air force liaison we sent, and our reconnaissance planes......"

"Admit your mistakes, gentlemen! Just because we can't do it doesn't mean others can't. The right way to think is not to question why others can do it, but to ...... ourselves."

Speaking of this, Montgomery accentuated his tone: "We should question ourselves and think about why the Chinese army can do it, but we can't!" ”

Of course, Zhang Chi and the Chinese army did not care about this, and all he thought about was how to face the next German attack.

And because Rommel and Heinz had the same idea, Zhang Chi knew that the next German attack would not be too long...... It is even possible to wave after wave until the dilapidated anti-tank trench in front of you is destroyed.

Moreover, Zhang Chi also believed that the next wave of German attacks might be more fierce and more dangerous at the same time.

The reason is very simple, as the so-called "spear has a shield", the battlefield is a place where spear and shield, attack and defense compete with each other, both sides will do their best to break through or defend, their first attack failed just because they did not know the "Golan trench" is powerful, now they know, then it is impossible for their troops to pay the price of their lives and repeat the last failed offensive.

Sure enough, twenty minutes later the Germans attacked again.

The offensive still began with bombing, and unlike the previous ones, the main target of the German bombing was anti-tank trenches and sand dunes, and the bombing time was very short, only two minutes.

Then, there was an interval of about ten minutes and two minutes.

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Zhang Chi soon understood the intentions of the German army:

The Germans were trying to destroy the anti-tank trenches of the Chinese army with artillery fire, which was feasible, because this was a desert geology, which caused the fortifications to be very loose, and many places collapsed as soon as the artillery fire exploded.

Of course, this is also one of the reasons why German tanks cannot cross, and it is easy for tanks to get bogged down in such loose ground and not be able to advance.

As for why they fought two minutes at intervals of ten minutes, Zhang Chi guessed that this was because the German artillery fire was inferior to the British army, and they were worried that they would be suppressed by the British artillery fire.

In other words, the Germans were making full use of the mobility of their artillery fire, quickly changing their artillery positions after two minutes of artillery, and then firing for two minutes......

The British artillery, on the other hand, was often unable to suppress or only hit the open ground because it could not keep up with the speed and rhythm of the German artillery changing positions.

In this way, within a few rounds, the anti-tank trenches in front of the Chinese army became dilapidated, and in some places collapsed so that the shadow of the anti-tank trenches could not be seen at all, and even the parts that should have been sunken protruded were raised high, while the sand dunes that should have been protruding became a crater.

Fortunately, the Germans should still be in a predicament of running out of shells, so the anti-tank trench as a whole can still be used.

Zhang Chi sometimes thinks that in this battle, the Germans are actually wrong, and in the face of such terrain and the "Golan trenches", the Germans should have the courage to fight an infantry-to-infantry battle rather than using tanks according to custom.