The sharpshooters were fed with bullets, and although Rommel felt sorry for his ammunition, he could not help but continue to allocate ammunition to those Libyan anti-aircraft artillery.

The city of Tobruk was blown up by dozens of British bombers, and the smoke rose into the sky, but it did not turn into a burning city.

The ordinary aerial bombs used by the British army on Tobruk certainly caused damage to the buildings in Tobruk, but it did not cause a chain reaction.

Because the houses inside Tobruk are made of sand and gravel rock, which is widely found in Libya and is easily accessible, this kind of gravel stone became the main building material in Tobruk.

This yellow gravel rock, of course, is not as hard as the big bluestone, but it is not too bad, if you hit it with a hammer, you need to smash it several times to smash it open.

All the buildings in Tobruk are made of this material, even the roofs are made of this yellow gravel stone.

The British bombing of Tobruk Cheng must have had an effect, a 50-kilogram aerial bomb can only destroy the buildings within 10 meters of the square garden, and it is not completely destroyed, and the soldiers can rely on those broken eaves and walls to continue to fight and resist.

The British army only had a few dozen bombers to bomb the city of Tobruk, and the damage and impact on the city of Tobruk was really not great.

As a result, the British bombardment, except for the destruction of some houses, did not suffer a single casualty among the Germans, dozens of anti-aircraft artillery members of the Libyan militia division were killed, and a few ordinary citizens injured their feet when they entered the sewers.

The German 7th Panzer Division had broken through the Mersha Pass in just one day, and was rapidly attacking Libyan territory, and General Wavell really did not have time to bombard Tobruk continuously.

Time was of the essence for the British commander, Wavell, and although several British divisions had begun to land in Alexandria, Wavell could not wait for them to arrive, and a continuous offensive had to be launched.

It was necessary to capture Tobruk before the arrival of the German 7th Panzer Division and the Wansheng Volunteer Division, otherwise Wavell would have to lead the remnants and retreat to the Egyptian border in disarray, and then wait for Rommel to attack him.

Wavell's Nile Army Group comprised six divisions and three brigades, including the 30th Army (British 7th Armoured Division, South African 1st Infantry Division and 22nd Guards Brigade), 13th Army (Indian 4th Infantry Division, New Zealand 2nd Division and 1st Army Tank Brigade), British 70th Infantry Division, Polish Carpathian Brigade and the reserve South African 2nd Infantry Division.

Wavell made a bloody decision this time, transferring all the British troops previously deployed in Egypt to the Tobruk front, and the Egyptian defense was taken over by reinforced troops.

In addition, tens of thousands of British troops retreating from the Greek island of Crete were also rushing to the Egyptian border to set up defenses.

Wavell was not stupid either, and although he was desperate to attack Tobruk, he was still very concerned about Egypt's defenses.

Even if he can't capture Tobruk and suffers heavy casualties as a result, as long as the main force of Army Group Nile is not surrounded by Rommel, he can calmly retreat with the remnants to the Egyptian border to join the reinforcements.

The British attack on Tobruk could only be to the south of Tobruk, and this area of attack was about 150 degrees, and if the British expanded the offensive area, they would be hit by the fire of the fortress and the port.

Although Wavell has more than 130,000 troops in his hands, he can't use so many troops at all, but people are alive, and Wavell is not a person who does not know how to be flexible.

Wavell divided the attacking British army into three lines, each with a range of about 30 degrees, and each road consisted of two divisions and an armored brigade.

In this way, the British army could use wheel tactics, which were the most tests of the defenders' will to fight.

Because the wheel tactic meant that the British army would attack continuously, day and night, in the next few days, and each attack was a well-trimmed new force.

The defenders of Tobruk City could only fight continuously without rest, because their strength was simply not enough for them to take turns to rest.

The British bombardment was followed by artillery bombardment, and the British shelling was mainly concentrated in the southern area of Tobruk, and countless shells fell on the city of Tobruk.

The heavy explosions shattered one house after another, and the members of the Libyan militia division who stood inside the houses suffered heavy casualties, including the German instructors.

Most of the city of Tobruk was plunged into a violent explosion, and in order to successfully attack the city of Tobruk, the British army did not hesitate to shell it, and more than 300 cannons bombarded Tobruk indiscriminately.

The Germans only had dozens of artillery pieces in Tobruk, and they also lost part of them in the British bombardment, so the German artillery counterattack basically did not work, but attracted the full coverage of the British artillery.

Now the Libyan division could only wait for the British to come and bomb it, and the British bombarded it for half an hour before the shelling stopped.

After the shelling, the southern half of the city of Tobruk has been completely turned into ruins of various broken walls, and more than 5,500 people were lost in this shelling of the 1st Brigade of the Libyan militia division defending the south of the city.

Immediately after the bombardment, the British launched a siege battle, and the British troops advanced on Tobruk in three directions, each with a tank brigade to assist in the attack.

However, the Libyan militia division did not have tanks at all, and even the anti-tank guns were captured by the British 37-mm anti-tank guns, and the use of British 37-mm anti-tank guns to hit the British tanks could only penetrate the British tanks within 500 meters, and there were only more than 10 50-mm anti-tank guns, which had a very limited effect.

At this time, the British armored forces were not equipped with American Sherman tanks, and in addition to the British Matilda infantry support tanks, British tanks and 37mm anti-tank guns still played a certain role in dealing with British tanks.

The British tanks were attacking along the streets, and the tanks were surrounded by infantry, which was a standard infantry tank, and it seemed that the British army had made great progress, and they also knew that they could learn war in the middle of war.

At this time, there were no German formed troops in the city of Tobruk to defend it, and a group of German instructors led a group of Libyan peasants who had just laid down their hoes.

With more than 20,000 peasant troops, armed to the teeth, against the 130,000 British troops who vowed to take Tobruk in one fell swoop, could they withstand the fierce attack of the British army? Will they be able to sustain heavy casualties?

All this is unknown, Harold is restless at the command, all the battle orders are issued, and then it depends on the combat effectiveness and will to fight of the Libyan militia division.

If the Tobruk sewers had not stored these tens of thousands of tons of supplies, Harold would not have cared about the gains and losses of Tobruk City, but now those tens of thousands of tons of materials are stored, which is the guarantee of the Afrika Korps attack Egypt.

…… (To be continued.) )