The problem of the Germans, or Rommel, was that they relied too heavily on armour. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are some places that are not suitable for armored forces, such as mountains, swamps, etc.

The desert may be suitable, or rather, it is very suitable, because it is empty and the terrain is generally flat.

However, this suitability can sometimes become unsuitable through human factors, such as the construction of such a Golan trench six meters wide and seven meters deep...... Regardless of whether it was blown up by artillery fire or not, it was almost a layer of quicksand in front of the defensive line that was not conducive to the movement of the tank, and a tank weighing more than a dozen tons could easily sink into it and not be able to move, or worse, it was impossible to see anything on the surface.

If the Germans attacked with infantry instead of tanks, there would be no such problem, the infantry could easily cross the "Golan trench", they could even use the "Golan trench" as a cover, plus the German army had air superiority and the quality of the infantry was not lagging behind, it was not difficult to fight a battle that was evenly matched with the Chinese army or about the same casualties.

Of course, Zhang Chi didn't want Rommel to know this and apply it to the battlefield in front of him.

After a burst of artillery smoke, the German tank group slowly drove up again, and in the sky above the black cross, a large number of German fighters with a whistling sound crossed their tank group and swooped down on the Chinese army's defense line.

The battle was in a state of white-hot heat almost from the start.

The German army's charge this time can be said to be fully prepared, because they put in more than 70 fighters and bombers in one batch, and suddenly the Chinese army's defense line was full of German and Italian fighters, they were like bats flying in the sky, and when they found the target, they swooped down and fired a fierce strafing or dropped a few shells.

For a moment, the position was like a pot of porridge that had been stirred up, full of bombs, bullets, and smoke and blood that they had brought up.

To some extent, the desert terrain is not actually suitable for defense, because the loose soil of the soil is not easy to form, such as the bomb shelter that is very suitable...... It's almost impossible to build in the desert.

To be exact, it is not that it cannot be built, but even if it is built, it will not have the effect of air defense, not even air defense, and if the enemy shells hit this side a few times, those bomb shelters will collapse and bury the soldiers hiding inside.

In fact, there is no good way to defend air defense and anti-artillery in desert terrain, that is, to grasp two points: one is camouflage, and the other is to keep the formation scattered.

The camouflage color is the desert outfit of the soldiers, needless to say, scattered in trenches, craters, and foxholes like beans scattered by one or two people a few meters apart...... The enemy pilots looked down from the air, and it seemed that there were targets everywhere, and as if they were not targets everywhere, so they could only make a fool of themselves down.

To a large extent, the German and Italian air forces were fighting indiscriminately.

You must know that it is a fighter plane flying at high speed in the air, even if there is a tank or cannon covered in camouflage cloth underneath, it is not easy to be detected, let alone someone who is easier to hide.

Therefore, although the bombing and strafing of the German and Italian air forces were fierce, the casualties of the expeditionary force were very limited, and after a while, the battlefield was filled with gunpowder smoke and dust, and the fighters and bombers were even more blind to the battle.

However, Zhang Chi believed that the Germans would use so many fighters to bomb the defense line of the expeditionary force, not to kill the living forces of the expeditionary force, but to suppress them so that their tank forces could break through.

This can be seen from the fact that enemy fighters have the main target of the line of anti-tank trenches.

"Major!" Zhang Chi said to the Air Force Liaison, Major William: "You can ask the British Air Force to come up and behave!" ”

It was clear that this was a good time for the British Air Force to make a sortie, as the Luftwaffe had focused too much attention on the Chinese army.

"Yes, sir!" Major William answered, and then shouted into the walkie-talkie: "Griffon, griffon, I'm a vulture, let the eagle fly, repeat, let the eagle fly!" ”

The British Air Force moved quickly, and after a few minutes more than fifty Spitfires joined the warband.

After the war, Zhang Chi learned that Montgomery had kept a total of 30 fighters at the three airfields on standby in order to be able to reinforce the Chinese army in Alexandria in time, that is, to ensure that the Chinese army needed air support when it had enough fighters.

It doesn't seem like much on the surface, but if you look deeper...... The German air force was bombing the Chinese army at the same time as bombing the British artillery positions, ports and even airfields, which was supposed to be the busiest time for the British fighters, and they should all fly into the air and cooperate with the air defense forces on the ground to fight the German fighters.

But Montgomery simply held on to thirty fighters.

Here's what Montgomery said to Ramsden: "You know what? The Chinese army is fighting a great battle, they are fighting valiantly on the battlefield that does not belong to them, even at the cost of their lives, and especially valuable, they could have retreated...... I think that if any of the Commonwealth forces were on the Alexandria line, they would have chosen to retreat at this point. But the Chinese army did not, they still held that line of defense! The Germans did not take a step forward! Then, we should do our best to cooperate with them! ”

"I agree, General!" Ramsden agreed: "They are a great force, and I think their line of defense is more important than anything we have, because ...... If the Chinese army collapses, none of our armies will be able to hold back the attack of the greatly strengthened German army, and then the German army will drive straight in! ”

Montgomery nodded.

So, when Zhang Chi called for air support, the thirty fighters that had been prepared for a long time took off and rushed to the battlefield as soon as possible, and at the same time, Montgomery also transferred twenty fighters from other directions to turn and throw them into the sky over Alexandria.

Facts have also proved that Zhang Chi is correct, the German army has always thought that it has achieved air supremacy, at least over Alexandria, but it did not expect that the British army still has the ability to put in 50 fighters in one go.

To make matters worse, German and Italian fighters and bombers had been bombing the Alexandria Line indiscriminately, and by the time the British fleet arrived, they had almost run out of ammunition.

As soon as the British fighters joined the battle group, the German and Italian fighters fell from the sky one after another with black smoke, and finally were beaten by the British planes and fled in embarrassment, and even rushed to the sky over El Alamein.