"You don't look at the great Rommel's record, it's invincible, invincible, the British army is an egg!"

"Our leader Zafika will kneel and kiss Rommel's boots, if General Rommel is not worthy of his name, our leader will not worship the great General Rommel so much."

"Also, I don't know about the high-level things, I just know that it's cool to fight with the great General Rommel, it's cool, it's cool, and I feel honored to be able to fight under the great General Rommel."

"We are the sword in the hands of the great General Rommel, and the blade of the sword is absolutely invincible."

"Yes, we will follow Rommel in this life and this life."

……

Judging from the current situation, the German army has always been in the stage of strategic offensive, while the British army can only defend passively, almost everywhere defensively, everywhere weak, unable to form an absolute superiority in troops, if the British army does not have a qualified military commander, basically it will not be able to change its fate.

Rafael, a division commander of the British army, accidentally gathered tens of thousands of British troops in Libya because he escaped, but this was not done on their own initiative, so the British army lacked a complete set of battle plans.

Wavell, the supreme commander of the British army in Africa, did not have the ability to command strategically at all, and even lacked the ability to command tactically.

The British did not want to give up Benghazi until now, and most of them wanted to follow Rommel's example and occupy Benghazi in order to cut off the German troops of the fair Merkili at any time.

Benghazi thus became another isolated seaport city, not this time isolated by the British army.

How could Rommel give the British such an opportunity, Rommel had already ordered Luxemburg to take the German 7th Panzer Division and three Italian divisions directly to Benghazi.

The Battle of Benghazi in the East began on February 3, 1941, with the German 7th Panzer Division and the remaining three Italian divisions on the periphery of Benghazi on guard to prevent the British from rushing out of Merkiley to attack the German back.

The British 7th Panzer Division had already arrived at Merkili, so Luxembourg had to defend it. The British garrison in Benghazi was a brigade with a total of more than 5,000 British troops stationed in the city.

The German Seventh Panzer Division faced an infantry brigade of the British Army, and the German Seventh Panzer Division had more than 400 tanks and more than 200 armored vehicles.

Outside Benghazi, German units were ready to attack Benghazi.

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Although it was still morning, the smell of stinking sweat all day in the heat was unpleasant, and Scott and his company hid behind a sand dune five hundred meters in front of the enemy position.

When you touch the sand on the ground, the feeling of boiling hot in your hand is unforgettable, and the desert heat begins in the morning.

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

At eight o'clock, German artillery fire began to flourish, and the artillery fire of the German 7th Panzer Division began to fire heavily at the trenches outside Benghazi, which had been set up by the British.

Because the British army did not have many troops, they only set up a trench outside Benghazi, and the number of defensive troops was not much, which was almost equivalent to the role of a guard post.

Next to Scott's company was a tank company, a total of twelve tanks, and the company commander was Claes.

This world is so small, not long ago Claes and Scott fought together, and they didn't expect that after just a few months, both of them became company commanders.

Scott and Claes were tasked with conquering two semi-concrete semi-crypt bunkers stuck in the road into the city.

The two pillboxes were not high, at most one meter above the ground, and at the same time they were five hundred meters from Benghazi, and there were two deeper trenches connected to the city, and the most important thing was that the two semi-crypt pillboxes were equipped with two 47 mm anti-tank guns.

(Gun caliber conversion using the pound system during World War II: 3-pounder gun 47 mm...... ）

Because the 47mm anti-tank gun was so lightweight, the muzzle could be turned around at will inside the pillbox, which was very lethal for Scott's tank company.

The short 50-mm tank gun of Tank No. 4 could not destroy such reinforced concrete fortifications at all, and Tank No. 4 could only be the target of these two anti-tank guns.

German artillery also concentrated its heavy bombardment of the photo area, and earth-shattering explosions rang out around the pillboxes.

The earth from the explosion was sprinkled from the air like a storm, and occasionally a few shells fell on the pillbox, and only a small crater was blown up, destroying the permanent fortifications that were not so strong.

Scott and Claes crouched on the edge of the bushes, carefully observing the effects of the shelling with binoculars in their hands.

The accuracy of the German artillery is still very high, but unfortunately it can't shake these two large semi-crypt pillboxes at all, in response to this situation, Scott and Claes began to discuss in a whisper:

"Lieutenant Claes, I don't think it's better for your tanks to appear now, I'll lead the infantry to advance two hundred meters under the cover of artillery fire, and then attack the pillbox on the left from the direction of nine o'clock.

I can call in ten MG34 machine guns here to block a few of the stands in the pillbox on the left, as long as our machine guns successfully suppress the machine gunners in the bunker.

Our company's two flamethrowers can quietly get close to the bunker, and this flamethrower burning bunker is a good thing, what do you think of this plan? ”

Claes also used a telescope to observe the two pillboxes, and the muzzles of the 47 anti-tank guns inside were clearly visible, and the tank crews loved their tanks very much.

Like this kind of battlefield that can only be beaten passively, Claes is not willing to let his tanks die in vain, and now that Scott, the infantry company commander, is willing to lead the infantry to pull out these two pillboxes first, Claes of course can't ask for it.

"Thank you very much, my brother Lieutenant Scott, I agree with you, but let's charge the front line in the street fighting!!"

"It's a deal!"

Scott and Claes agreed to return to their own units, and now the shelling continues, and the British pillboxes are filled with gunsmoke, and Scott takes advantage of this time to quietly lead people to the British pillboxes.

"Everyone, follow me, target a ridge three hundred meters from the bunker on the left side of the British army."

This ridge was also the only place where the British could hide in front of the bunker, and the British had already cleared all shooting obstacles for their bunkers.

The area around the pillbox was basically bare, and even the land had been carefully leveled by the British army, and if it weren't for the German shelling, there were large and small craters around the pillbox, so to speak, a machine gun blockade, no one would have been able to get close to the pillbox.

In addition to the German bombardment, Scott and the others created some cover, the other thing was that they could use the craters to cover themselves, and then keep leaping forward to get closer to the pillbox.

After giving orders to several platoon commanders, Scott took the lead in leaning over and touching a ridge two hundred meters away.

When the other soldiers saw that their company commander was in the vanguard himself, they dared to slack off, and hurriedly followed Scott and ran quickly towards the ridge.

[Fallen leaves have to go on a business trip for three consecutive days, and the outdoor temperature is 41 degrees! ] I have a heat stroke, I have a terrible headache, and I have to get up and go out at 6 o'clock tomorrow, I feel like I'm about to die, I really want to cry, and I will continue to code after crying......]

…… (To be continued.) )