"Don't entangle with them here, just rush over!" On the battlefield of the Halefaya Pass, Zhang Cheng, who was dressed in military uniform, with binoculars hanging on his chest and a steel helmet on his head, walked into the headquarters of the Second Armored Division of Major General Lu Zhiyuan and spoke in a deep voice. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Sir, why are you here?" Lu Zhiyuan, who was frowning and studying the map, raised his head and saw Zhang Cheng and was surprised.

"Why can't I come?" Zhang Cheng casually raised his hand to return the salute, signaled the staff officers in the command car to go to their respective affairs, and came to Lu Zhiyuan's side, "Yi Yanxue's side is hot, you don't move here at all." If I don't come again, are you going to wait until after dawn to collect their bodies? ”

“...... Sir. Lu Zhiyuan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "It's not that I don't want to fight over, it's just that the German army has deployed a large number of anti-tank weapons at the Halefaya Pass, and the armored forces have suffered heavy losses." ”

"How many?" Zhang Cheng turned his head to look at the map.

"The front reported that at least ten or more heavy anti-tank guns were deployed in concealed fortifications. Due to the limitations of the terrain of the battlefield, we cannot invest too many troops at once, and every time we invest less troops, we will be repulsed. Lu Zhiyuan reluctantly explained.

Rommel was not unprepared for the Ming reinforcements that came from Egypt. On the contrary, he attached great importance to the rescue corps commanded by Zhang Cheng. After all, once the positions are broken through, it will lead to the total collapse of the Afrika Korps. Rommel placed all his important anti-tank weapons in the area of the Halefaya Pass, Fort Kapso, and Hafid Ridge. Including more than 20 88mm anti-aircraft guns that can effectively deal with the new tanks of the Ming armored forces, the most important is at the Halefaya Pass, which is the closest to Tobruk.

Zhang Cheng raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist, there was still some time before dawn. At this time, it will definitely not be supported by air power. If they relied on artillery, it would have been difficult for them to directly destroy the 88-mm anti-aircraft guns hiding in strong and concealed fortifications. And the armored forces assault ......

"Can't wait." After a moment of deep groaning, a look of determination flashed in Zhang Cheng's eyes, "Yi Yanxue, I don't know if I can continue to support it." And if this place is blocked, even if the Germans run away, we won't be able to catch up. Offensive! ”

"But." The edge of the road, the edge of the road, there was a look of hesitation in the eyes of the edge of the road: "The casualties will be very large." ”

"This is the battlefield." Zhang Cheng sighed and shook his head a little helplessly, "Being on the battlefield means that you need to sacrifice." ”

After a pause, Zhang Cheng looked at the edge of the road, "Order the infantry to attack, and the armored troops will follow to cover." Tell the artillerymen to shoot me all the shells! ”

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In the darkest hour before dawn, the night over the Ming artillery positions near the direction of Egypt at the Halfaya Pass was lit red by the scorching firelight. Hundreds of cannons of all calibers were roaring desperately, regardless of the wear and tear of their barrels. Thousands of shells were poured on German positions.

The German artillery was clearly unable to counter the powerful Ming artillery units, and after the weak counterattack was suppressed, the German artillery resistance was already negligible.

After twenty minutes of heavy shelling, the suppression of artillery fire began to extend backwards. After a series of red signal flares rose into the air and reflected the sky, a thunderous shout sounded on the starting position of the Ming army.

"Kill!"

Thousands of infantry pulled out multiple waves of skirmishers and rushed towards the German positions. They are like endless waves crashing against the Halefaya Pass. In the line of infantry attack there are large groups of tanks and armored vehicles, and even Spitfires specially made for the assault sappers. This Spitfire tank is extremely effective against strong fortifications.

The resistance of the Germans was nothing worse than that of the marines on the nameless heights of Tobruk. They desperately pulled the trigger for desperate resistance, but the gap in strength with the attacking side was too great, and the front-line positions were soon overwhelmed by the raging sea of people.

"Fire! Fire! The German officers shouted as they could to order their soldiers to fire back, trying to stop the surging attack of the Ming army.

The 88-mm anti-aircraft gun, which was invincible against the new Ming tank, is now a little blind. Previously, the armored units of the Ming army rushed in a dense offensive formation, and these 88mm anti-aircraft guns only needed to aim and shoot to destroy a large number of Ming tanks. But now the number of tanks in the Ming army has decreased significantly, and the battlefield is full of surging infantry, and it is difficult for them to find a target.

The Germans resisted desperately, but the offensive of the Ming army was fierce, and they didn't care about the huge casualties at all, and they filled the German defensive positions. Rommel threw most of his forces into the attack in order to attack Tobruk. The force used to resist Zhang Cheng was not strong.

'Huh~~~' An engineer who stormed into the German position fired his flamethrower at a defender's fortification. The raging flames soon lit the fortification into a huge torch. Several German soldiers rushed out of the fortifications with all their might, waving their flaming arms in an attempt to get help.

"Don't shoot! Don't shoot! A non-commissioned officer of the Ming army shouted an order not to fire on these German troops around them: "Burn them!" ”

"Knock !!" After a loud bang, a Spitfire tank of the Ming army not far away was hit by an 88-mm anti-aircraft gun. The heavy shelling instantly detonated the fuel tank on the Spitfire, and a large amount of fuel burned violently. The entire tank resembles a giant torch that lights up the night sky around it. More than a dozen Ming soldiers were also affected in the vicinity of this Spitfire tank, and they became a burning man and wailed desperately.

The battlefield was more tragic than anyone could have imagined. Hundreds of soldiers fell to the ground. Countless people shouted and howled as they tried to kill all their enemies.

The ten 88-mm anti-aircraft guns deployed by the Germans were destroyed one by one after inflicting heavy casualties on the Ming army. As for the remaining 37-mm, 50-mm and 75-mm caliber anti-tank guns, they did not last long. Just as Tobruk's defenders were unable to resist the German armored assault with infantry alone, the German troops stationed at the Halefaya Pass were unable to resist the surging Ming army.

"Armored troops attack!" Sensing the dynamics of the battlefield, Lu Zhiyuan quickly ordered the armored forces of the 2nd Armored Division to make a full-scale attack. This is the best time to break through the position and expand the results.

"Tanks of the Germans!" Just when the fierce attack of the 2nd Panzer Division, regardless of casualties, was about to fully break through the German positions at the Halefaya Pass. The 15th Armored Division, which was unwilling to be defeated at this point, threw all its last armored forces into a counterattack, and had a fierce tank battle with the Second Armored Division of the Ming Dynasty.

"Fire! Fire! The armourers on both sides were almost all shouting the same words. At a distance of several hundred meters, the Leopard tanks of the 2nd Panzer Division were able to easily penetrate the armor of the 4th tank. And the German tank No. 4 was equipped only by luck. Most of the armor-piercing shells were fired by the Leopard.

The 15th Panzer Division has been at the forefront of operations since its landing in Tunisia and has not been replenished much. They had suffered heavy losses during the onslaught on Tobruk before, and the armor they could put into the battlefield was not strong in the first place.

Sixty or seventy German No. 4 tanks were defeated in a tank battle with the Ming 2nd Panzer Division. The 2nd Panzer Division was equipped with Leopard tanks not only with excellent performance, but also with nearly 200 of them. With the quantity and quality of the upper hand, and the officers and men of both sides equally well-trained and brave, the defeat of the German 15th Panzer Division was undoubted.

'Squeak~Crunch~~' In the dull sound of armor impact, the Leopard of the 2nd Panzer Division pushed away the destroyed German tanks blocking the road. Next to the tank, which was still burning in black smoke, there were German officers and soldiers who had fallen to the ground. They bravely resisted, but were ultimately defeated.

And the defeat of the 15th Panzer Division of the German Army directly affected the situation in Tobruk. After learning that the Halefaya Pass and the Kapso Fort had been broken through one after another. Rommel had to order the entire army to retreat. Now it's time for them to run away.

To Zhang Cheng's surprise, he had high hopes that the attack of the 11th Armored Division, another armored division in his hands at the moment, at Hafield Ridge on the southern front, was thwarted one after another. Until the full retreat of the Afrika Korps, it was still unable to achieve a breakthrough.

"What the hell!?" Zhang Cheng slammed the telegram from the 11th Armored Division on the table. It was inconceivable that the 11th Panzer Division, which was in full condition, was blocked by a small number of German troops at Hafid Ridge.

You know, although there are no new tanks, the 11th Panzer Division is a well-equipped Panzer Division. Tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles were not able to break through the positions of a small number of German infantry? This made Zhang Cheng, who originally expected the 11th Armored Division to outflank the Afrika Korps from the rear and directly surround the entire Afrika Korps near Tobruk, very dissatisfied.

"Too many minefields? Too many anti-tank weapons? Stubborn resistance of the defenders? Zhang Cheng stared at the telegram on the table with a cold face, "The German army here is not tenacious?" There are not many mines here? There are not many anti-tank weapons here? Zhang Cheng's voice gradually took on the color of anger: "It's all an excuse!" An entire armored division can't beat a group of infantry? What a disgrace to the armored forces! ”

Looking at Zhang Cheng, who was obviously in a state of anger, Lu Zhiyuan opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he still didn't say anything.

In fact, things here are definitely not as simple as they seem. That's right, Zhang Cheng is the director of the armored forces, and his prestige and real power among the armored forces of the Ming Army are extremely high. However, the Ming army is not Zhang Cheng's final say. Armored forces are the direction of the future development of the army, which can be seen by anyone with a little vision. Naturally, countless hands reached out to the nascent armored troops.

Zhang Cheng couldn't block all his hands either. Many forces have also left their mark on the armored forces.

This was the case with the 11th Panzer Division, where most of the commanders belonged to factions within the army supported by the Maison Foundation. This battle was lost, whatever the reason. In wartime, when such a thing occurred, Zhang Cheng would not let go of this great opportunity to seize military power.

Regarding military power, Zhang Cheng has never relaxed for even a minute. (To be continued.) )