It took only two days for the Germans to clear the outlying positions of Benghazi, and the British strongholds outside the city were completely cleared, and Luxemburg immediately ordered the army to storm Benghazi on all sides.

There was certainly a reason why the Germans were so eager to attack, because the British had drawn three divisions out of Merkieli.

As long as the British broke through the blocking line of three Italian divisions, they could support the defenders in Benghazi, and the Italian army was really uneasy for Luxembourg.

In order not to find itself in the predicament of fighting on two fronts, Luxembourg must destroy the thousands of British troops in Benghazi and the servant army formed by more than 10,000 Libyans as soon as possible.

Libya is a multi-tribal country, and the Libyans have a weak sense of the state, and Zafika owes allegiance to Rommel in Tobruk, but in Benghazi the tribe here owes allegiance to the British.

Although the British army in Benghazi numbered only a few thousand, these Libyan servants were quite numerous, and they were familiar with the terrain of the city, and the German 7th Panzer Division would have to go through a bloody battle to capture Benghazi.

The German assault on the city of Benghazi began on 3 February 1941, and Scott's starting point was the two pillboxes they occupied.

After they departed, it was to be used as a regimental command post, and the main task of Scott's regiment was to attack the street in front, and this wide street was called Sammy Street.

At the beginning of the war, Luxembourg took a closer look at the street and the downtown area of Benghazi.

Blanching the Mediterranean Sea to the northwest and southeast of Merkili, Bangah is like a rugby ball, and Sami Street runs through the middle of the rugby, dividing Benghazi in two.

As soon as Scott and the others captured the street, Benghazi would be split in two, and the defenders who could not be balanced would be wiped out more quickly.

Sami Street was only five kilometers long, and Scott's regiment was only responsible for attacking the front two or three kilometers, and the rest was completed by the rest of the 7th Panzer Division.

And the two companies of Scott and Claes are the advance commandos, and the commandos are the most dangerous offensive troops, and all the hard bones are gnawed on their own.

Scott was assigned such a task, so that if their regiment commander deliberately embarrassed Scott, who called Scott can fight! So Scott was very honored to be the captain of the commando.

The shelling of the 7th Panzer Division began at 8 a.m., this time only on the buildings on the edge of the city, so that the commando team led by Scott could gain a foothold on the edge of the city.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

In order to cheer up its own troops, the 7th Panzer Division concentrated all its artillery and began to bombard the section of the road it was attacking, and the smoke from countless explosions rose in Benghazi, and countless buildings were shattered in the shelling.

As a commando leader, Scott temporarily commanded Claes's tank company and his own infantry company, which was specially given to Scott by Major General Luxembourg.

It stands to reason that commanding such a unit requires at least one battalion commander, and because Luxembourg understands Scott's bravery, it gave Scott this special case, which can undoubtedly practice Scott's ability to command infantry coordination.

Before the shelling stopped, Scott had already pulled his troops to 500 meters outside Benghazi.

As soon as the shelling stopped, Scott let the twelve tanks under his command begin to assault.

Each tank is followed by an infantry squad, every three tanks in a row, Sami Street is very wide, visually more than 50 meters wide, can fully accommodate three tanks side by side.

At a distance of five hundred meters, a few minutes away, Scott personally led a squad to follow behind a tank in the middle of the first row.

The regiment commander sent a special person to Scott, a war correspondent of the "German Daily" named Messi, who was sent to Scott's commando team in order to obtain first-hand information.

Messi, a military journalist, also acted with Scott, and the camera was his weapon, and Messi's previous photos and reports were published in the German newspaper and have already aroused enthusiastic responses, especially those real battle photos.

Because Messi, a journalist, also wrote about Scott when he was in the French campaign, several of Messi's reports and several photos of Scott immediately caused a strong response in Germany as soon as they were published.

At that time, Scott was still a small squad leader, and he had already begun to become famous, otherwise Scott would not have been promoted to lieutenant in a few months.

In his own report, Messi described Scott as a low-level commander who was heroic, wise, convicted and loyal.

Scott is famous in Germany, and now Scott himself is still in the dark, and the role of propaganda is very huge, and a person is famous, and propaganda offensive is indispensable.

Just like the Internet celebrities of later generations, they must be behind the scenes, and Scott's sudden fame in Germany is completely the role of Messi as the behind-the-scenes promoter.

You must know that fame is a thing, but it is extremely beneficial, at least for Scott's future promotion.

Rommel was able to rise from lieutenant colonel to general in just a few years, and his fame helped him a lot, and of course Hitler's appreciation and his great military exploits.

The gasoline engine of tank No. 4 emitted a "poof...... The advantage of the gasoline engine is that it is light and quiet, but the disadvantage is also very obvious, that is, it is easy to catch fire after being hit, causing the ammunition inside the tank to detonate.......

In addition, the power provided by the gasoline engine is not as strong as the diesel engine, and the No. 4, No. 3 and No. 4 tanks used in Germany today can also be powered by the gasoline engine because of their small tonnage.

To the Tiger and Leopard in the back, because their own weight is at least forty or fifty tons, the 700-horsepower tank gasoline engine is easy to spontaneously ignite while driving, and such a powerful tank is destroyed on this damn gasoline engine.

It's not that Germany doesn't want to use diesel engines, but Germany is an oil-poor country, and all crude oil is imported, and the oil synthesized by Germany from coal gas is also based on gasoline, and Germany's resources determine that Germany has to be equipped with gasoline engines on a large scale.

You must know that Germany is leading the world in engine technology, the diesel engine was invented by the Germans, and the German diesel engine is very good.

For example, the two 700-horsepower Maybach diesel engines used in the U2 submarine are of very good quality, and if a turbocharger is installed on this engine, it can reach 920 horsepower.

With such a strong power output, the combat power of the Tiger and Panther produced by Germany later increased by at least 30 percent, and even the best tanks of the Allies in the late stage of World War II could hardly compete with them.

But Germany did not have much diesel to support a large number of diesel tanks, and the problem of Germany's lack of oil and diesel fuel would be completely changed by Rommel's occupation of North Africa, and in about a year, Africa's oil fields would be mass-produced.

…… (To be continued.) )