Chapter 217: Urban Guerrilla Warfare (Part II)
After giving the signal, Musharraf and Sirte each dragged the body of a British sentry to a corner, and then crouched in the corner and waited for the rest of the fighters to join them.
After Musharraf and the others had dealt with the British sentries, the company commander hurriedly dispatched the rest of the squads, eight squads attacking the warehouse, and the remaining four squads went to the left and right sides to lay mines and guards.
Soon the company commander joined Musharraf with eight squads. But this is not the best time to attack, and it is necessary to wait for the brothers on the left and right to set up the minefield.
At this time, Blake did not dig a pit, but tied the mines to ropes and made them into tripping mines, in case the British army came to reinforce them, these mines could stop the British army for a while, thus giving Musharraf time to retreat.
Ten minutes later, the brothers on the left and right sent a signal that they had finished their preparations, and the company commander asked everyone to quietly assemble at the door of the warehouse.
The door of the warehouse was wide open, and eight squads of Libyan militia walked into the warehouse lightly, and then lined up in two rows, the first row of militiamen all using Stern submachine guns, and the second row all using grenades against the British troops in the innermost part of the warehouse.
At this time, the British army was still asleep, and the company commander began to shoot at the sleeping British soldiers with a Stern submachine gun.
The sound of gunfire was an order, dozens of tongues of fire stirred in the warehouse, most of the British soldiers in their sleep died tragically in their sleep, and the militia in the second row kept throwing grenades at the innermost part of the warehouse.
In an instant, the warehouse burst into gunfire, and the flames of the explosion flickered and did not break.
Musharraf's Stern submachine gun did not stop, and he used up three magazines in just one minute.
The bullets hit the bodies of those British soldiers, blooming a mist of blood, many British soldiers were killed in their sleep, some British soldiers were lucky not to be killed, they were awakened by the sound of gunfire, and they sat up in a dream.
As a result, more dodging bullets whizzed at him, and the British soldiers, who sat up in a daze, were immediately beaten into a sieve.
The most miserable were the British troops in the innermost part of the warehouse, all of whom were killed by grenades, and they were all blown to pieces and their limbs were flying.
The company commander did not call to stop, Musharraf changed his magazine and fired at the corpses of the British soldiers who did not move much, and the bullets flew everywhere in the warehouse, and countless cotton was thrown all over the sky.
It wasn't until Musharraf ran out of five magazines that the company commander shouted, "Stop firing and retreat immediately." ”
Musharraf hurriedly ran out of the warehouse with the company commander, and the British troops eight hundred meters to the right had already blown up the pot, where the lights were bright, the voices of people were boiling, and the roar of tanks was also heard.
On the right is a battalion-sized unit of the British army, I can't imagine that they actually have tanks, and if they don't run at this time, they will wait for when.
After the company commander ran out of the warehouse, he immediately blew the whistle hanging around his neck, and the whistle of "doo" was particularly harsh in the night.
The whistle was an order for everyone to retreat, and everyone immediately rushed in the direction of the dog cave where they came, most of these people were Libyan militiamen who were very familiar with the environment here.
All the people ran to the entrance of Cave 1368 with ease, and the company commander immediately ordered:
"Musharraf, after your shift is broken, seven or eight classes are braided, and the rest of the people immediately climb the hole back to the sewer."
Musharraf and his squad were actually assigned the task of breaking off, and this was not the time to complain, Musharraf hurriedly beckoned his brother and arranged a small defensive circle fifty meters outside the dog hole.
The British troops 800 meters away had already driven out of the camp gate with tanks, and these British soldiers did not fire indiscriminately, because they were also afraid of hurting their own people.
The lights of the tanks illuminated the road in front of the warehouse as if it were daylight, and occasionally the lights swept towards Musharraf and them, but fortunately the dog hole was behind a wall, and Musharraf and they were all lying down, and the British could not find them for the time being.
Five or six British tanks were followed by hundreds of British troops, and because it was night, and the British did not know what was going on in the warehouse, they advanced very slowly, basically at the same speed as on foot.
But the British army is getting closer and closer, Musharraf and they are more than 500 meters away from the warehouse, as long as the British tanks drive to the warehouse, the bright headlights must expose Musharraf and them.
As long as Musharraf and them are exposed, they will be greeted by British tanks non-stop, and maybe Musharraf and they will end up with no bones left.
Musharraf kept saluting and prayed silently, company commander, hurry up!
The British army was getting closer and closer to Musharraf, a thousand meters, eight hundred meters, six hundred meters, Musharraf and his brothers were sweating all over their foreheads, and their hearts were beating faster.
Suddenly, there were two insect chirps, and Musharraf turned his head to see that it was the company commander who was learning to chirp at them around the corner.
Musharraf saw the company commander waving at them, it was an order to retreat! Musharraf did not hesitate, and hurriedly crawled towards the corner where the company commander was, and his brothers also crawled with Musharraf.
After the corner was the dog cave, and the company commander patted Musharraf on the shoulder approvingly, and then asked Musharraf to climb the dog cave first, while the company commander stayed outside to guard and hide the hole.
It was a German tradition that the commander had to be the last to retreat, and the company commander had moved some of the crushed furniture stacked in the corner.
After Musharraf and the others had all climbed into the dog hole, the company commander piled up the broken and rotten furniture on the side of the dog hole, and when everything was arranged, the company commander went into the dog hole and placed a bundle of cluster grenades in the dog hole.
As soon as the British discovered the hole, they would pull the cluster grenade when they removed the broken furniture, and the whole dog hole would be destroyed.
After Musharraf and his men returned to the sewers, they were led by the German staff officers to rest in a designated place, and two hours later, Musharraf and his troops received orders to attack.
Musharraf took advantage of the terrain to face the British army with cold guns and cannons, and then grenades.
The whole city of Tobruk was filled with the sound of gunfire, cannons, and grenade explosions, and it continued all night until it was light, and the sound of gunfire gradually became quieter.
The Libyans who came out like rats disappeared at the dawn of the day.
The British commander, Wavell, was awakened by the sound of gunfire at two o'clock in the morning and could no longer sleep, and reports of attacks on the British garrison in Tobruk kept coming.
The number of casualties also increased, and by the time it was dawn, the British army handed over the casualty statistics to Wavell.
More than 3,800 British troops were killed and more than 6,300 wounded last night. When Wavell saw this casualty figure, he was so angry that he scolded in the command war room, and vowed to annihilate all those hateful Libyan "rats" underground.
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…… (To be continued.) )