Chapter 253: Montgomery's Counterattack

Montgomery also received the sad and desperate news that a flawless sneak attack plan had caused Britain to completely lose the Mediterranean Fleet, and Montgomery's dream of cutting off Rommel's sea transportation line had completely failed.

Montgomery was once again anxious to circulate his command room, the news of the destruction of the Mediterranean Fleet must be blocked, otherwise the morale of the African front would be too great.

Even Britain itself must block the news, the navy has always been a proud existence of the United Kingdom, and the navy is also the spiritual pillar of all the British people, if Britain does not have a navy, then what is left of the United Kingdom?

Fight the Germans? Don't be nonsense, since the beginning of World War II, the British Army has been defeated by the German Army in France, again by the German Army in Greece, and also in Gibraltar.

It is understandable that the British Army could not defeat the German Army, but now even the British Navy, which has dominated the world for hundreds of years, is no match for the German Army, so what can Britain use to fight the German Army?

Montgomery asked himself in a muffled heart, no one could answer him, Montgomery did not dare to consult with anyone, because the news of the fall of the Mediterranean Fleet could not be leaked.

Montgomery held back his grief and personally sent a telegram to Churchill reporting the fall of the Mediterranean Fleet.

Churchill did not call back, Churchill did not call back to instruct Montgomery what to do, nor did he call Montgomery to accuse him, in fact, this is Churchill's cleverness.

If he dealt with Montgomery, the news of the destruction of the British Mediterranean Fleet would not be able to contain it, and Churchill could only pretend that nothing had happened and that it would be business as usual.

In fact, after Churchill received the telegram, he locked himself in the office of the prime minister and cried bitterly, but Churchill really had no way to solve the crisis in Africa, and everything could only rely on Montgomery himself.

Churchill could only pray, "May God bless Britain," and that's it.

Montgomery did not wait for Churchill's telegram, and he vaguely guessed what Churchill meant, which was the first opportunity for Churchill to give him atonement.

For the current crisis, if we blindly stick to the Egyptian defense line and absolutely cannot hold it, then what should we do?

Montgomery was alone in his office, pondering over the map, and after a long time, Montgomery slapped the table and made up his mind to attack instead of defend.

Montgomery decided to concentrate the main forces of the British army along the coastline and attack to Tobruk, where he must destroy the German stockpiles and the port of Tobruk in one fell swoop.

As long as Rommel destroys the supplies that Rommel has hoarded in Tobruk, then Rommel will have no logistics to support the offensive, and the destruction of the port of Tobruk will slow down the availability of fresh water for Germany.

Fighting in the desert, if the Germans did not have enough fresh water, it was an act of seeking death, so Montgomery had to risk attacking with all his might.

And Rommel made a plan for the offensive in a few days, and Rommel's plan was to bypass the front of the Anglo-French Egyptian line, attack the British Egyptian line from the edge of the desert, and then make a big encirclement.

Rommel and Montgomery attacked in opposite directions, and they attacked like two people facing each other, attacking their opponents with right hands at the same time.

Montgomery's right hand was in Rommel's left shoulder, while Romme's right hand was in Montgomery's left shoulder.

The two attacked at six o'clock in the morning on February 28, which was supposed to be a good show.

The day before the attack, Koromel suddenly received an order from Hitler, who asked Rommel to return home to attend the marshal's promotion ceremony.

Rommel can choose not to go to other things, but the marshal's promotion ceremony must not be absent, and what Rommel has been waiting for is the rank of this marshal.

Rommel's plan of attack had to be delayed for a few days, and Rommel told Bismarck and Hans when he arrived:

"Hold your ground and protect Tobruk's supplies and ports."

The supplies and ports of Tobruk, Rommel certainly knew the importance of them, which was the key to the battle for Africa, and there was absolutely no negligence.

Hans and Bismarck, who went to see off the plane, hurriedly promised that they would protect Tobruk's supplies and port. After shaking hands with the brothers who had come to see him off, Rommel flew to Berlin to attend his marshal promotion ceremony and received the marshal's scepter.

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In the early morning of February 28, 1941, the sky was silent, the night was about to disappear, the dawn of the morning slowly woke up the sleeping creatures, the morning light slowly opened the curtain, and it was a gorgeous and colorful morning, with freshness to the world

Anderson was a captain and company commander of the Wansheng Volunteer Division, and the whole company of more than 180 people came from all over the world, and they were ordered to defend the one-kilometer defense line near the coast in front of the Egyptian line, and the desert was still very beautiful, and everyone held their guns, or sat or stood here to admire the beautiful morning.

Anderson's defense line is a kilometer long, basically up to one meter with two people defending, and these kilometers of defense near the sea are all such defensive densities.

Because this defensive line was only held in Rommel's battle plan, Rommel had already moved the main force of the attack to the east, and Anderson's position was to the west, which happened to be the position of the British assault.

The fire of their company consisted of 12 machine guns, two 50-mm anti-tank guns, six 50-mm mortars.

The machine-gun fire was scattered by Anderson, and all the mortars were concentrated in the second line of trenches to provide heavy low-power artillery support for his own infantry.

A 50-mm mortar is only as powerful as a grenade, but for a charging infantry, the power is absolutely enough, and if 6 mortars are fired together, they can attack at least an enemy within a hundred square meters at the same time.

Suddenly, a vigilant soldier reported:

"Company commander, the enemy is coming, there are a lot."

The observer was visibly nervous, and his voice was a little out of shape.

"Don't panic, put the enemy two hundred meters before fighting."

"Put the enemy two hundred meters."

The black British army was bent on the waist, running quickly with guns in hand, charging towards Anderson's position, there were too many people, and the British army was a regimental charge as soon as they came up, because the British commander also knew that there was not much time left for them.

Because the Luftwaffe was stronger than the British army, the British did not even prepare for artillery fire, and with the cooperation of the tanks, they charged directly, and the British army just wanted to be entangled with the German army, so the German planes had no way to bomb, which was also the only correct way for the British army.

"400 meters, 300 meters......"

Just as the British approached Anderson's position, British tanks and mortars from behind began to fire, and the British began to attack with artillery fire.

Plumes of smoke rose from the German positions and violent explosions raged, and the sudden artillery bombardment blinded the Germans at that time.

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