At dawn on September 12, Li Mo drove to the front line of the battlefield, and the first thing that caught his eye was that this narrow area was covered with wreckage; Many tanks are still burning, there are German tanks and British coalition troops, of course, the British coalition tanks have been destroyed a lot, after all, the German army's iron fist range is 300 meters away, the British coalition army's medium tanks can not be carried even if they are frontal, and they will be killed with one shot, and the German tank No. 4 and Leopard are also very dangerous under the "large-caliber anti-tank guns" of the British coalition army. []

That morning, Li Mo and his troops were bombed six times by the British. The German air force was also desperately attacking, and the British Allied planes suffered great losses, and the choking smoke mixed with fine sand was suffocating; Fragments of red-hot metal fell everywhere.

The Alam Halfa ridge was finally occupied by the Germans, and Li Mo immediately drove to the Alam Khalefa ridge and ordered two divisional artillery groups to immediately move to the Alam Halfa ridge to launch a comprehensive artillery bombardment of the British and American defensive lines. Even if Montgomery tried to plug the huge opening, it would be impossible.

Montgomery's British forces were heavily damaged by Limmer's Afrika Korps. On 12 September, Montgomery felt that he could no longer support himself and began to retreat, and on the 13th, the British army accelerated its retreat. At this time, Li Mo allowed his armored forces to carry out a limited pursuit, but he absolutely forbade the capture of the Himimamet Heights, which were held by the British forces.

Li Mo said. He wanted Montgomery to keep the observation post there so that the British could see the deception that the Germans were going to take in preparation for the next big battle. The Battle of Alam Halfa lasted only three days, and it was not until 17 September that Limer's Afrika Korps had completely defeated the British forces and reached Egypt. Leemer's current forces were not enough to encircle the tightly knit British forces at once, and they had to disperse the retreating British forces to defend their strategic points, such as Cairo, the Suez Canal, and their ports

So, Li Mo ordered the campaign to be stopped, because he knew. In the current situation, Montgomery's forces could not be completely annihilated. And he was not willing to let his precious armored forces lose too much in the pursuit as they did in the past.

And after the British coalition lost the El Alamein line. The door of Cairo will be completely opened, if Cairo can't hold it, the Middle East of the British coalition army will be in danger, and it will directly face Li Mo's troops. Once Britain and the United States lose the oil of the Middle East. It won't be much better than Germany. The port city of Tobrug can't hold it. Even the last place of escape for the British forces was closed. Either surrender directly, or cross the Suez Canal directly and run to Iraq.

As for the counteroffensive of the British coalition forces. After all, the British coalition army still has lingering fears about Li Mo, the cunning "Desert Tiger". Montgomery still put forward a counteroffensive plan, but Eisenhower also opposed Montgomery's plan, and the American monarch opposed it, and Montgomery, the person who stole the commander-in-chief, had no choice but to deploy his troops to strategic points such as Tobrug and Cairo.

Li Mo achieved a major victory, which greatly encouraged the confidence of the German soldiers, and admired their commander Li Mo even more, after all, these German troops were under the command of Li Mo to achieve brilliant achievements, Li Mo can lead them to victory and glory, these soldiers' trust and worship of their commanders is the most important morale.

On the same day, at a dinner in Berlin, Hitler said firmly:

"There is no danger in Egypt anymore, and I will finally destroy the British coalition forces, there is no doubt about it."

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The battle of Alam Halfa was a crucial battle, and Montgomery was unable to stop the desert whirlwind that was blowing by Limer at El Alamein, and after the battle, Montgomery wrote to his friends in London:

"My first encounter with Li Mo was painful and interesting, and I fortunately still had time to clean up the mess and plan it, so how ridiculous and naïve it seems now that we want to get rid of Li Mo without difficulty, even God commands the battlefield war, and it is impossible to defeat this cunning tiger. I feel like I'm losing another round in this game, this time it was his serve, next time it's my turn to serve, and now it's 1:0. ”

After the Battle of Alam Halfa ended, with both sides preparing for the next battle, Montgomery's forces retreated to the Katara Basin and began to defend. The terrain of the area is too difficult for armored vehicles to pass, and to the north of it is the sea with fierce waves. Montgomery has a geographical advantage here.

In order to stop the German attack, he built a fortified defensive zone known as the "Devil's Paradise". This so-called "Devil's Paradise" consisted mainly of minefields, infantry defensive positions, and armored and motorized divisions behind the defensive positions as mobile reserves.

The minefield was its main obstacle to the German offensive, and although it was unmanned and guarded by a small number of outposts, it laid thousands of mines and traps, most of which were powerful enough to blow up a tank's tracks or destroy a truck, 3% of which were of multiple devastating effects or detonated by wires. Or a touch-and-go. The mines then fly into the air like toy boxes and explode. Countless steel balls splashed in all directions.

Here, about 250,000 anti-tank mines and more than 300,000 anti-personnel mines were planted by the British and Allied forces!! Who calls people rich! Together with the minelaying area occupied by the British army occupied by El Alamein, the British coalition forces had more than 1.5 million mines of various kinds on the defensive line. Montgomery wanted to trap the German attacking forces in his minefield, and then launch a counteroffensive from the north and south to trap Limer into his trap.

On the surface, the "Devil's Paradise" project is not a problem, and Montgomery's command ability is also very outstanding. However, Li Mo didn't fall into his trap at all. He was in no hurry to attack. He had to make all the preparations before he attacked, and he had to launch a complete attack. The victory at the Battle of Alam Halfa greatly encouraged the German soldiers. At the same time, the sea lanes were completely controlled by the remnants of the Italian navy due to the destruction of the British Mediterranean Fleet.

British reinforcements are also arriving, and now, the British 8th Army alone has expanded to 17 infantry divisions, 13 tank divisions, and 7 brigades; Montgomery already had more than 2,100 tanks, including more than 400 "Grant" tanks, as well as a large number of new "Sherman" tanks that had just arrived from the United States, so that the British Allied forces had almost twice as many tanks as Limer. (To be continued.) )

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