Chapter 301: Oath (II)
"Would you rather be a bunch of Vikings than fight to the end!?This is our immortal spirit!?Enough to make the enemy kneel at our feet and cry,?We have no way out? Only offense! Offensive! On the offensive! ”?
"The spirit of the Führer has always encouraged us, and the fighting spirit never dies? This belief in immortality underpins the blood of the Afrika Korps? Supporting the strong combat effectiveness of the Afrika Korps. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"The road ahead is still difficult? Warriors don't retreat? Are the people of the Motherland watching us? The Great Führer is praying for us? Forward!?forward!?bayonet tearing through this ugly world!?the day the storm stopped? That's when we win!?"
?“ The air was filled with tension, the great war was coming, tears crossed my mother's face, the motherland was behind me, the footsteps of the enemy could be heard in the distance, the earth was trembling, it was time to defend justice, the blood was already surging, the last leaf on the dead branches was knocked off by the cold wind, the lightning tore through the heavy black curtain in the distance, and look, it was the Afrika Korps advancing. ”
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The attack position of the "Viking Division" was directly north of Cairo, the attack position of the "7th Panzer Division" was directly south of Cairo, and the attack position of half of the "5th Panzer Division" was due east of Cairo.
Rommel's arrangement was a pincer attack on both sides, with a bottom in the middle, and as long as the three armies met, the eastern half of Cairo would be divided into two small speeds.
Now Steiner was satisfied, and finally got the task of attacking, and hurriedly returned to his troops to organize the attack, and the impatient Steiner took the lead in attacking.
The only minor change was a telegram from the German 7th Panzer Division, which roughly meant that General Edward wanted to personally command the tank assault group of the German 7th Panzer Division.
After a short period of thought, Marshal Rommel agreed to General Edward's request, because Edward would be of great use to Field Marshal Rommel in the future, and it was also important to train an Italian general who could fight now.
Edward got his wish to obtain the command of the tank assault group of the "Seventh Armored Division", and at the same time, the rest of the forces of the entire "Seventh Armored Division" will be centered on Edward's tank assault group to carry out tactical arrangements, that is to say, all the firepower and strength of the "Seventh Armored Division" will cooperate with the tank assault group commanded by General Edward, and they are the attack hammer of the entire "Seventh Armored Division".
"Offensive ......"
Edward is still very handsome, the brown head flower, because of the long-term bathing in the sun, and the original fair skin has turned into a wheat color, but it can show the majesty and masculinity of the soldiers.
"Knock knock...... Knock knock ......"
Suddenly, the tanks roared and sped towards their respective targets, and the armor and direct-fire artillery behind them also followed closely behind the tank, and everywhere the tanks and armor went, there was dust covering the sky and the sun.
Edward's tactical arrangement was as follows: 151 tanks, divided by Edward into five lines, with thirty tanks each, to assault from five adjacent junctions east of Cairo.
The advantage of this is that the maximum number of troops can be deployed on the front line to the greatest extent, and the disadvantage is that the attack surface is much larger, and it is possible that the attack will be blocked and the follow-up will be weak.
It is important to know that all the attacks of the "7th Panzer Division" must be completed independently, and it is impossible for Marshal Rommel to send them a single reinforcement.
The defensive position of Huangxing guarded by Field Marshal Rommel is now half a tank division plus an infantry division and a paratrooper division, and the two and a half divisions in Rommel's hands have to deal with 200,000 British troops, how can Rommel have the strength to support them.
Since Edward was the commander of the first line, all Rommel had to do was to fully support the success of Edward's tactical arrangement, and Marshal Rommel would definitely not interfere with the tactical arrangement of the commander of the first line.
As soon as Edward's tanks departed, the artillery of the "7th Panzer Division" began to roar, and their bombardment target was the section of the city that Edward was about to attack, and the shells of 150 mm, 105 mm, and 75 mm cannons fell on the city of Cairo.
"Boom...... The sound of "booming ......" resounded in the sky.
The south of Cairo City was filled with gunsmoke in an instant, countless buildings collapsed in the explosion, the artillery fire was unprecedentedly fierce, and countless building materials were carried up into the air by the explosion, and then fell down one after another, before they landed, and soon they were carried higher by the next explosion.
The sound of "boom ......" came and went.
Tank No. 4 slowly drove to the edge of the city of Cairo, and at about five hundred meters Edward used a walkie-talkie to inform the artillery to stop firing.
You must know that Cairo City was a large city in Europe at that time, with a population of more than 1.5 million and an area of more than 100 square kilometers, and it took 100,000 tons of artillery shells to blow Cairo City into ruins.
Therefore, Edward did not let the artillery units of the "Seventh Armored Division" continue to waste shells, you must know that all the materials of the Afrika Korps now are the 1,000 trucks, each truck is 5 tons, and it can be said that these strategic materials now, each of which is a matter of life and death.
"Attack slowly, speed 20 per hour, all the soldiers who coordinated support got out of the car, and the armored vehicle support distance was three hundred meters."
Edward gave the order in high spirits, retracted his body back into Tank Four, and closed the window door on the top of the tank.
"Woo...... Bang...... Knock knock ......"
Tank Four roared lowly, its huge body slowly rolling over the streets of Cairo, Edward's Fourth in the first combat position, for he was now the boss, and Marshal Rommel would never allow it if he knew.
Number Four drove slowly into the streets of Cairo, which were covered with broken bricks and crumbling door frames or furniture, the fruits of the shelling, and only occasionally a few militiamen killed by the shelling, in addition to a red cloth sleeve on their arm, an old-fashioned rifle and a few grenades at their waists, and that was all the Egyptian militia was armed.
Edward continued to slow down, basically keeping the speed that the infantry could keep up, about 5 kilometers per hour, of course the tank could not be so slow, Edward told the tank to advance a distance of twenty to thirty meters, and then stopped, while waiting for the infantry behind, while the armored vehicles were two hundred meters away, they could only use MG42 and Maxim machine guns to shoot at the enemy high on both sides of the street.
After advancing for about three hundred meters, Edward did not meet a single enemy, and for the first time Edward commanded a tank division in such a street battle, and did not dare to be careless, he ordered a part of the two thousand soldiers who followed the tank to divide into four groups, each group of five hundred men, one group was responsible for attacking the left side of the street, the second group was responsible for attacking the right side of the street, the third group followed the tank forward, and the fourth group was used as a reserve force, and there was danger to go to support there. (To be continued.) )