And the British army did not know the sky, and they were still gathering outside the city of Tobruk.

The six 280-mm cannons on the Tobruk Fortress had been adjusted according to the firing elements given by Rommel, and all the firing work was ready.

Rommel had already been drinking tea and resting at the headquarters, and when he learned that the firing range of the fortress artillery had been transformed, he had not been able to trigger it, just waiting for the British army to assemble, so that these British troops could also taste the heavy artillery of the fortress.

After the British army was assembled and was about to leave, the fortress artillery received Rommel's order to fire.

In an instant, all six 280mm guns let out an earth-shattering roar that was so deafening that every gunner had to wear earplugs.

Six 217-kilogram shells were ready to fall on the British troops assembled in the barracks outside the city.

"Boom ......" Six earth-shattering explosions sounded in the phalanx of the British army, six lines of gunpowder smoke rose into the sky, and countless human stumps flew into the sky along with the gunpowder smoke.

One artillery went down, and a company of the British army was directly reimbursed, and this was still the British army killed by one shot, and there were even more British soldiers around who were injured.

The shells of the 280-mm fortress guns weighed 217 kilograms, and the absolute killing radius was 25 meters, and the British troops within this distance, whether lying down or standing, could not escape death.

Twenty-five to fifty meters from the center of the explosion, the absolute distance of the shock wave at this distance, the British troops at this distance, will definitely be shocked into serious internal injuries, if they are treated in time, they may not die, but the loss of combat effectiveness is certain.

At this time, the British army had just finished assembling, and the heavy artillery of the German fortress fell, and the British troops who were assembling were immediately blinded, and those who did not die immediately lay down on the spot.

Some British troops were still shouting: "Enemy aircraft air strikes." ”

Soon six more heavy shells roared down on the British army's assembly area, and with each shot, more than 100 British soldiers were killed and 200 were wounded.

The whistling sound of the cannonballs is like the sound of a train passing by, and the "boom" is heartbreaking, and the earth-shattering explosion makes people even more soul-studded.

This heavy shell set off wave after wave of casualties in the build-up of the British troops, and in just 30 minutes, there were five or six thousand British casualties.

It was simply terrifying, but fortunately a veteran of the British army reacted, who, regardless of his personal safety, stood in a staging area full of corpses and shouted:

"Run, it's the fortress cannon bombarding us......"

"Run! The rate of fire of the fortress cannon is slow, don't wait here to die. ”

The British soldiers, who had been bombed to death, also forgot military discipline at this time, they got up and ran away, and these fleeing British soldiers threw away everything that hindered their escape.

Guns, thrown away, grenades were thrown away, kettles were thrown away, the British threw away everything that prevented them from escaping, military discipline was not bullshit at this time.

The British wolves in the assembly area rushed and scurried in all directions, and the heavy shells from the Tobruk fortress were still bombarding indiscriminately at the British assembly area, and those who ran slowly and had bad luck were definitely blown apart.

Wavell was on the school platform, perhaps at the care of the god of luck, when a heavy shell exploded more than 200 meters from the school platform.

Wavell was only shocked to the point that his ears were bleeding and his hearing was lost, but Wavell was already so frightened by the heavy artillery that he had forgotten his commanding duties.

Wavell, who had not been on the front line for a long time, was really frightened when he saw this kind of terrible and incomparably heavy shelling for the first time.

When his guards saw Wavell's appearance, they had no choice but to carry Wavell on their backs and run away, and tens of thousands of British troops were blown up by the fortress cannons.

And the fortress cannon seems to have eyes, as long as there is a large force of British troops gathered in everything, it will immediately attract the attention of the fortress artillery.

The British army had no choice but to flee as much as possible, outside Tobruk was the desert, the terrain was still very wide, as long as the British army scattered and fled, there was indeed not much to do with the six heavy fortress guns.

While the British were scattering and fleeing, the Libyan militia division in the Tobruk sewers, under Rommel's orders, began to attack.

The Libyan militia division of more than 10,000 men rushed out of the city of Tobruk, and then it was all over the mountains to capture prisoners.

Although these British troops threw away their weapons, they still could not outrun the native British troops, because these British troops were not surrounded, and a considerable number of British troops still escaped.

Some of the British troops fled in cars when they fled, but the Libyan militia division did not have cars, so they could only arrest those British soldiers who did not flee in cars.

The battle came so suddenly, so suddenly that the British army was not prepared at all, and the British army was originally the attacking side, but it was bombed and collapsed under unclear circumstances.

As a result, the Libyan militia division rushed out to catch the British soldiers who had thrown away their weapons, and the 70,000 or 80,000 British troops outside Tobruk were killed by the bombing, and more than 20,000 were captured by the Libyan militia division.

The remaining 50,000 or so British troops fled to the Egyptian defense line desperately, and there were still 50,000 or 60,000 fully armed British troops on the Egyptian defense line.

When the Libyan militia division had pursued thirty kilometers, Rommel's order to retreat was given.

Rommel ordered the Libyan militia division to take all the British troops to the port of Tobruk, and to select some middle-aged Libyans to guard them at gunpoint.

Libyan militia divisions continued to retreat into the sewers and planted a large number of mines in the city of Tobruk for the next British counterattack.

Why did Rommel order the Libyan militia division to retreat, because these militiamen only had light weapons in their hands, and even if they had captured some British artillery, they were still no match for the British 7th Panzer Division.

Wavell believed that the Panzer Division did not play a major role in the battle to attack the sewers, so Wavell sent the British Seventh Panzer Division to reinforce Merkiley.

There were tens of thousands of British troops on the Egyptian defensive line, and if the Libyan militia division continued to pursue, the British 7th Panzer Division would definitely turn around and attack the back of the Libyan militia division.

What did Rommel do to help those Libyan militias? Rommel didn't have any troops in his hands to help them, and he must accept it when he sees it, otherwise he will win first and then lose.

When those Libyan militias began to retreat with more than 20,000 British troops, the morale of the Libyan militia was high, and every Libyan militia was elated.

An army is a monster that needs to be fed with victory constantly, and an army that has been defeated and fought again and again is definitely an army without military spirit and morale.

The Libyan militia division is starting to get energetic, and just listen to the arguments of ordinary Libyan militiamen:

"Oops...... It was a really cool fight. ”

"You don't look at who is in command, it's the great General Rommel who commands our battle."

"Yes! When General Harold commanded us, we were beaten everywhere, and as soon as the great General Rommel commanded us, the British army was beaten by us everywhere. ”

[I'm on a business trip today, I've just come home, and I'm desperately trying to finish the next chapter before 12 o'clock. 】

…… (To be continued.) )