The goal of the 1st Group Army was the Suez Canal, which was naturally instructed by Zhang Yunfei, and before the 1st Group set out, Zhang Yunfei specially handed over to Wang Haiyang and ordered the 1st Group Army to wait for an opportunity to seize the Suez Canal.

After Montgomery's departure, the 1st Army temporarily stationed in this town and within a dozen kilometers around the town, resting on the one hand, and waiting for the arrival of the 6th Army on the other.

In this attack on the African theater, the Chinese side will certainly not be able to send only the 1st Group Army, the 1st Group Army is only a vanguard force, and several large group armies will arrive one after another in the future.

During the period when the 1st Army was resting in this area, several reconnaissance planes that took off from airfields in the Persian Gulf kept conducting reconnaissance along the Suez Canal, and even as far north as Egypt and the Mediterranean coast, with the aim of ascertaining the situation in this area as soon as possible.

On the third day after the air battle, at this time, the 6th Army had not yet arrived, and the 1st Army had not yet begun to launch a large-scale offensive against the Germans, but the Germans struck first.

In the air battle three days ago, the German army was defeated, which made Rommel very angry, and Rommel, who had never fought such a big defeat, gathered more than 200 tanks and two elite infantry divisions within three days, and first launched an attack on the 1st Army.

Although the 1st Group Army rested in this area, Wang Haiyang was not careless, and released the cordon dozens of kilometers away, and there were guard posts of the 1st Group Army at a distance of 30 to 40 kilometers from the town.

Fortunately, with these guard posts, the German army attacked in large numbers and was immediately discovered.

The fighting style of the German army was obviously different from that of Little Japan. The German army was simply menacing, with more than 200 tanks at the head, followed by a large number of German infantry, two entire infantry divisions, and the number of infantry reached a terrifying more than 20,000 people.

The level of armament of the German infantry is several grades better than that of the previous little devils, and the German tanks are not comparable to the peeding tanks of the little devils, and the main tank of the German army, the No. 4 tank, is relatively excellent, not much worse than the Type 39 tank of the 1st Army.

More than 30 kilometers northwest of the town.

Several combat vehicles of the 1st Army were on guard here, a small unit consisting of one wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, three off-road vehicles. The warriors parked their chariots on a small high point. From time to time, he looked around.

The surrounding terrain is relatively flat, with a lot of desert and Gobi, which looks very desolate, if it is spring or summer. You might even see a little bit of greenery. But. It's winter, and all you can see is some sparse, dead grass and trees.

This belongs to Egypt. Although it is close to the Red Sea and only a few dozen kilometers away from the Suez Canal, it still seems relatively desolate, and the whole of Egypt, only along the Nile River and the mouth of the Nile River appear to be vibrant, and most of the rest of the country is desert and the Gobi.

The location of this small group of fighters is basically the same, and it is mainly desert Gobi, but the terrain is quite flat, and the small plateau where the soldiers are located is only twenty or thirty meters higher than the surrounding area.

These fighters have obviously been standing guard here for a certain amount of time, several fighters are constantly observing the distance with binoculars, and the rest of the fighters are resting and chatting.

"Platoon commander! The big air battle three days ago was really enjoyable! I heard that more than two hundred German planes were shot down. ”

A second lieutenant platoon commander nodded and said with joy on his face: "Our navy really raised its face a few days ago, and the first battle with the German army was perfect. ”

"Platoon commander! I reckon that it will be the turn of our ground forces next, and we may be about to start a ground battle with the Germans. ”

A goblin-looking warrior, blinking his big eyes, began to boldly speculate that there would be a ground war next.

The platoon commander nodded slightly, "I think so too, we have been resting in this area for a few days, and we will definitely take the initiative to attack soon." ”

"I'm really looking forward to fighting with the Germans, and fighting with Little Japan in the past is not fun at all."

Everyone gathered around their platoon commander, kept talking, and it could be seen that the soldiers' mental state and morale were good, everyone was looking forward to a big battle, and everyone wanted to have a good fight with the German army.

Many soldiers naturally heard about the strength of the German army, but the soldiers were not timid at all, and the soldiers were looking forward to fighting the Germans as soon as possible.

"Everyone, be quiet! What was that! ”

A soldier who was on guard suddenly shouted loudly, and when he heard the shouting, everyone suddenly fell silent, and everyone heard a faint voice in the distance.

Everyone listened for a while, and the sound became louder and clearer.

"Not good! It's the sound of a large number of tanks driving together. ”

"It's definitely a German tank group."

Several fighters held binoculars and looked at the direction from which the sound came, and it didn't take long for a large number of tanks in the distance to appear in the soldiers' field of vision, fortunately, the location of the fighters was a small high ground, otherwise it would not be possible to see the tank group in the distance.

It was a huge group of tanks, rumbling towards this side, forming a front of several kilometers, which looked very spectacular, and raised a cloud of dust.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers were slightly surprised, it was obvious that the German army had begun to attack them on a large scale, and they had dispatched so many tanks at one time, at least more than 200 of them.

The second lieutenant platoon commander did not dare to slack off at all, and immediately reported to the headquarters of the 1st Army through the radio communication system on the car, and after the report was completed, he organized the evacuation of the fighters.

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Headquarters of the 1st Army.

Wang Haiyang received a report from the forward observation post, and immediately knew that the Germans had come to take revenge, and it was still not good, and it seemed that it would be a big war.

Wang Haiyang immediately issued a series of orders, telling the soldiers to avoid their edges, especially the infantry, not to go head-to-head with the German tanks, and let these German troops overdrive straight into the depth of their own defense area.

In addition, Wang Haiyang began to mobilize three tank regiments and three mechanized infantry regiments to prepare for a big battle with the German army, of course, the main force was the tank regiment, and the three tank regiments had more than 300 Type 39 tanks, which occupied a great advantage in numbers.

In addition, the three tank regiments had some armored vehicles, wheeled infantry fighting vehicles, which, together with the combat vehicles of the three mechanized infantry regiments, covered the attacking tanks against the infantry that the Germans were following.

In addition, immediately report the situation to the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy on the Red Sea, these Chinese warships and aircraft carriers cruising in the Red Sea are equipped with a lot of helicopter gunships, at least more than 30 helicopter gunships, the helicopter gunships are known as tank killers, and the German tanks are attacking in a big way, for these helicopter gunships, the opportunity has come.

After giving the order, Wang Haiyang's face seemed calm, but in fact, he was still quite nervous in his heart, for the first time in such a large-scale battle with the German army, if he was defeated, his 1st Army would be in danger, and he would be gnawed to scum by the German army.

Front.

As orders were issued, the infantry regiments avoided the menacing Germans, while the three tank regiments quickly assembled and gathered at the predetermined location, where they would have a big battle with the Germans.

Wang Haiyang had already chosen the predetermined location for the decisive battle, which was a huge Gobi less than 20 kilometers north of his headquarters, a flat Gobi, which was dozens of square kilometers in circumference, and was just used for tank Armageddon.

The huge tank group of the German army, driving unscrupulously, seemed to completely ignore the Chinese army, especially some German troops, who saw the Chinese infantry in the distance getting out of the way, and these German troops were even more arrogant.

The German army drove straight in, and the German army never thought that it would fall into encirclement, it had more than 200 tanks, what troops could surround it, even if it was surrounded, relying on so many tanks, it would be easy to break out of the encirclement.

The German tank group, followed by a large number of infantry, plunged headlong into the defensive depth of the 1st Army.

After the German army marched more than ten kilometers, the German army saw that it was already an endless Gobi, and in front of them, an even larger tank group appeared, which was the tank group of the 1st Army.

This time the German tanks were menacing, and the three tank clusters of the 1st Group were used in a concentrated manner, and in a short time more than three hundred tanks were brought together to form a very large tank group.

Seeing such a large tank group, many German troops were slightly surprised, but they didn't expect that this Chinese army also had so many tanks, but they didn't know how the performance of these tanks was.

Relying on the confidence of their tanks, the German tank group did not slow down, but rushed towards the Chinese tank group head-on.

Tank battles are not won by quantity, the key is the performance of tanks, such as Little Japan's Peanding tanks, even if there are more of them, it is useless, so although there are a lot of Chinese tanks, these German tanks still rushed forward without stopping.

The tank group on the Chinese side, naturally, also saw the German tank group in the distance, and the soldiers launched tanks one after another, maintained formation, and met them.

The fighters did not have the arrogance of the Germans, the fighters were calmer, and besides, the fighters did not fight with German tanks, but only briefly learned about the German No. 4 tank from some introductions. Naturally, the fighters do not underestimate the enemy.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the big war is about to begin.

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