Eisenhower's kind reminder drew a roar from Churchill, who had really wronged Eisenhower. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Churchill also didn't want to think about how Eisenhower, an adviser from the United States, could have asked about the radio station of the British Ministry of Defense, which was a serious overreach, and Churchill was confused.

When General de Gaulle saw that the atmosphere was not right, he hurriedly played a round by himself.

"Mr. Churchill, General Eisenhower cannot be blamed for this, it was our negligence, just thinking about analyzing the situation of the war, and we didn't even care about such a big thing as the loss of contact with the headquarters of the Nile Corps, it was really negligence.

In the light of the present situation, even if the Germans were lying, we can be sure that our army in Africa is in serious trouble, and I suggest that we should immediately send someone to investigate the situation. ”

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The artillery and gunfire in Cairo continued incessantly, and since Rommel adopted Edward's suggestion to use urban frog jumping tactics and use armored vehicles and tanks to transport troops, he captured the entire eastern half of Cairo at strategic points, thus dividing the whole of Cairo into many small pieces that could not be connected with each other.

In this case, the Afrika Korps can mobilize heavy forces and attack a division zone from all sides, with enough troops, fierce firepower, and tank support, and those divided British reserves can only be wiped out if they do not surrender, and there is no other choice but to surrender or die.

The British reserve in Cairo can be said to be a group of citizens who have just picked up guns, and their combat experience is really poor, although they are very brave, but they are brave and have no way to resist bullets and tanks.

Edward leaned leisurely against the top of Tank IV, directing the battle with a microphone and observing with a telescope.

"The 1st Infantry Battalion, you go around from the rear, the 2nd Tank Battalion, you attack head-on."

"Dada...... Boom...... Flutter"

"Hurry up, machine gun cover, machine gun platoon, you block the three windows on the left side of the second floor, don't let the enemy come out and sneak attack, use an iron fist, punch in through the window, quickly...... Da Da ......"

Edward's armored regiment and an infantry regiment encircled and suppressed a divided area, which was basically a knife killing, and any resistance of the British army under strong attack and fire was futile.

"Stop...... The British soldiers flew the white flag...... The first company of infantry, you go up, pay attention to the discipline of the battlefield, you can't shoot prisoners, and the medics go up. ”

Edward simply regarded Luxembourg's armored regiment as his own, commanding it as he pleased, like an arm, while Luxemburg could only sigh and mutter:

"How can the commander-in-chief give my armored regiment to that little Italian whiteface to command! Doesn't that make me stare at it? When will Edward, the plague god, leave!! What about my armored regiment!! ”

The 7th Panzer Division had two armored regiments, and Luxembourg, which was missing one armored regiment, always felt as if it was missing an arm.

The loss of Luxembourg and Edward's high spirits form a strong contrast, which is also Luxembourg's bad luck, who called Rommel wanted to cultivate Edward, so Luxembourg's complaints had no effect, and it was not until the end of the African campaign that Luxembourg could re-command its two armored regiments.

The Afrika Korps has always used a knife to deal with the partition zone of Egypt, and all weapons are in battle. Tanks, machine guns, flamethrowers, iron fists, etc., were smashed down, and the British reserves would soon surrender.

The British reserves, which had done their best, were now divided and surrounded, and these men had not been very well trained, and their weapons were like "burning sticks" in front of the Afrika Korps.

These British reservists were able to hold out until they were divided and surrounded before surrendering, which was already very brave. Instead of fleeing in the chaos of Cairo, they chose to stay and hold on to their capital, and in that respect they are worthy heroes.

In the early days of the German Afrika Korps attack Cairo, they used the old-fashioned infantry tactics of coordinated attack, which met with fierce resistance from them, and it can be seen that these Egyptians were still very resolute in their patriotic intentions.

It was not until these British reservists were completely divided and surrounded that they completely lost contact with the British army headquarters and supplies that they surrendered, they had fulfilled their obligations to the country, they were well-deserved heroes, and they should have heroic courtesy for heroes.

Edward did the same, and had something in common with Rommel in his treatment of his captives. Rommel knew that the German mistreatment of prisoners would have a very bad effect in later generations, which also created the determination of the enemy soldiers to resist desperately.

If the Germans were able to treat the prisoners of the enemy country well, then Rommel would benefit greatly in the future, of course, it would not be effective for a short time, but the benefits of doing so would be unexpected.

The eastern half of Cairo was completely cleared by the afternoon of the same day, and Bismarck, who had succeeded Rommel in command of the Afrika Korps, immediately moved his headquarters into the British presidential palace, and from this moment on, the Germans completely occupied Cairo at 12 o'clock at noon on March 10.

In this battle of Cairo, Bismarck also captured the king of the Kingdom of Egypt, Farouk I, who was just a puppet of the British, and all the power in Egypt was concentrated in the hands of the British governor in Egypt, but the current British governor in Egypt had chosen to flee shamefully.

Farouk I, who was originally reluctant to surrender, finally decided to accept Rommel's suggestion after a kind reception and a kind conversation:

"Cairo is a historical city, it can't just be destroyed by war, those British reserves who are still holding on to the eastern half of Cairo, they have completed the mission entrusted to them by the country, now is the time to end the war, Cairo can't and should continue to shed blood and sacrifice."

At four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Farouk I ordered the surrender of the reserves in the western half of Cairo, and the city of Cairo fell in one day in front of the Afrika Korps, a miracle in the history of warfare, and the capture of the enemy's capital in one day.

Of course, the reasons for the fall of the British army in Cairo were manifold

The external reason for the fall of Cairo was that the British army was caught off guard by a surprise attack by the Germans, and the internal reason for its rapid fall was that General Montgomery's forces were deployed in a big way.

General Montgomery's mind was still stuck in the First World War, and the forces were evenly placed on the borders, only to be swept over by a torrent of steel from the German army, and then the Afrika Korps approached the British capital in one day.

It can be said that the passive situation of the British army is largely the responsibility of General Montgomery, if General Montgomery commands correctly, the British army will have no problem resisting for several months, and at least there will not be a situation where the capital seems to be taken by someone in a day.

[Ask for a monthly pass, recommend, reward, brothers, do your best! ] (To be continued.) )