Chapter 135: Let's Run Away
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Why did the British troops in the Gibraltar fortress escape, because they knew how much ammunition was stored in the Gibraltar fortress, and once the tens of thousands of tons of ammunition in the total ammunition depot were detonated, the entire Gibraltar fortress would be completely wiped off the face of the earth.
Do you think these British troops can not run for their lives? Moreover, this order to flee was given by the chief of staff of the Gibraltar Fortress, and the British soldiers fled even more without hesitation.
The German troops on the top of the mountain are also trembling at this time! The air around them became warmer and hotter, the mountain under his feet shook more and more violently, and the explosion became more and more violent.
The German troops trembling on the hill were also at a loss when they saw the British troops desperately trying to pull out the fortress of Gibraltar, but the Germans have always been relatively dull and stubborn, and the Germans of this regiment will definitely not retreat without orders.
Just when Eddie didn't know what to do about the unexpected crisis, Rommel's latest order came over the radio:
"Retreat immediately, don't retreat by helicopter, it's too late, you immediately wrap the blankets on your bodies, roll down the western slope, move quickly, Eddie, you take the lead, the ammunition of the Gibraltar fortress is about to be destroyed, I order you to roll down the hill and run immediately to the eastern land."
Add didn't dare to delay, and now he understood why the British were desperately trying to escape from the fortress.
"Herald, quickly convey the order of the commander, everyone wrap the military blankets around their bodies, roll down the hill from the eastern slope, and immediately run to the eastern land."
Several heralds shouted as they ran, and the helicopters in the sky kept throwing flares to help Add and them in their direction.
Nearly 2,000 Germans on the top of the mountain followed Eddie to the eastern slope while taking off their backpacks from their shoulders, and when they reached the eastern slope, Eddie took the lead and rolled down the mountain wrapped in military blankets.
This slope is about 45 degrees, the slope is about 500 meters long, the bottom of the slope is the beach, such a long slope, there must be casualties in the process of rolling, the casualties are the sudden stones on the slope, who can "win", then it depends on God's will!
The black-pressed crowd wrapped in green military blankets began to roll down the hillside, thus forming a waterfall of people, and from time to time there were screams from this waterfall, and it seemed that some unlucky person had hit the sudden stone.
Rolling down such a high and long steep slope, as long as you hit a stone halfway, it is generally a matter of more death and less life, which is also a matter of no choice, and even Rommel did not expect such a crisis situation.
The "Eye of God" is definitely not omnipotent, and neither is the traverser, and through this incident, Rommel can also be indirectly reminded of the traverser
The German troops on the mountain are rolling down the mountain desperately, the British troops in the mountain are desperately escaping, Gibraltar has a situation that Rommel did not expect, all the people are fleeing, if they don't run, they can't do it, tens of thousands of tons of ammunition in the Gibraltar fortress are about to explode, if they don't run, they can only become molecules.
The temperature at the foot of the mountain was not high, but because of the strong wind caused by the fire, Eddie didn't even have time to count the numbers after everything had rolled down, he just let the uninjured carry the limbs of his wounded or dead German comrades to join the British army's escape party.
At this time, there are still British and German troops there, and it is important to escape! The Germans had about half of the men with weapons, while the British had less than one-fifth of them.
Many British soldiers are running and throwing away everything that prevents them from escaping, what weapons! Kettle! Grenades! And so on all the loads, throw them all away.
Eddie and the others fled in the midst of the British troops, and watched in amazement as the British soldiers threw weapons and equipment, which was an incredible thing in the eyes of the Germans.
The German army has always advertised that weapons are the second life of soldiers, and throwing weapons and equipment on the battlefield is a shameful coward in the eyes of the Germans, and it is a shameful deserter.
At this moment, the soldier with the radio on his back received another latest order from Rommel:
"I am Commander Rommel, and I order you to immediately throw away all weapons and ammunition that hinder your escape, remember that all weapons and ammunition, all the bodies of the wounded and dead brothers, must be brought back and the order must be carried out immediately."
The radio soldier immediately sped up and ran to Eddie's side and told Eddie the order, and Eddie was still despising the British army for throwing equipment, and in the blink of an eye, the commander asked them to throw weapons and ammunition as well.
Eddie has two options, he can accept Rommel's order, or he can refuse to carry out Rommel's order, which violates the combat manual.
Rommel's prestige in the Seventh Panzer Army was extremely high, from generals to soldiers, all of them cooperated with Rommel, so Eddie could only tearfully order his men to throw weapons and ammunition with the British army.
All right! Look at who throws fast, see who escapes fast, the beach under the mountain of Gibraltar is still very wide, even if more than 10,000 people escape, the road is not crowded.
This is mainly due to the fact that the British army only has two exits to the fortress of Gibraltar, and more than 10,000 British troops can only come out of this road, which cannot form a flow of people who instantly block the beach.
"Run, run with everything thrown away, run as far as you can."
Behind the fleeing crowd was a "mountain of flames", with five flames soaring into the sky, and the continuous explosions of the Gibraltar fortress made the ground shake for a while, which undoubtedly made the fleeing people run even more desperately.
The German helicopters cruising in the sky originally wanted to go down to pick up the people, but when they saw the surging flow of people, they did not dare to land, and these helicopters soon received Rommel's order to return.
These helicopters are too precious to be lost. For example, in the next battle for Crete, the role of these helicopters was crucial, and the German army in history relied entirely on paratroopers to seize Crete, resulting in heavy casualties.
In the battle for Crete, the German paratroopers suffered heavy losses, which was not the most serious thing, mainly because the German top brass lost confidence in the paratroopers, and after the Germans arrived in Crete, they used the paratroopers as elite infantry.
Rommel's helicopters just don't want to repeat the tragedy of history, the German paratroopers will play an incomparably huge role in the future, and they can't completely give up because of the loss of Crete, and only helicopters can do it to change this historical trajectory, so Rommel treats helicopters as a baby bump.
Speaking of Rommel, more than 50 kilometers away, the fortress of Gibraltar had an unexpected situation because of his fire attack plan.
Rommel could not discuss with anyone how to deal with this sudden situation, and he could only make up his mind as the commander of the army, and the infantry of that regiment must be rescued, which was a matter of morale.
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