Chapter 827: Montgomery personally greets him
The soldiers of the 1st Army, from one transport ship after another, descended to the dock in an orderly manner, the pier was not large, and it was impossible to accommodate all the transport ships to dock at the dock, and more transport ships docked directly on the beach several kilometers near the pier.
These transport ships, numbering more than 20 units, are all the latest type of landing ships produced by the Tianjin Shipyard, with a displacement of five or six thousand tons, a very shallow waterline, and can land directly on the beach.
More than 20 transport ships lined up, the hatches were wide open, and groups of fighters, lined up in neat lines, quickly landed on the beach, and one after another tanks, armored vehicles, and off-road vehicles drove from the landing ships to the beach one by one.
In the distance, many British troops were watching the soldiers landing, and they were slightly surprised to see such an advanced landing ship and a lot of combat vehicles.
Many British officers and soldiers thought in their hearts that the Chinese army is really a mysterious army, not only neatly groomed, but also with so much heavy equipment.
Most of these British officers and soldiers are not rookies, but just a little look from a distance, these British officers and soldiers know that the performance of these tanks will definitely not be worse than the British main battle tanks.
"Oh! Oh, God! I can't believe it! ”
"Sir! You see, the main battle tanks of the Chinese army are really mighty! ”
"Look! That's an infantry fighting vehicle! It looks so beautiful! ‘
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Many British officers and soldiers were only slightly surprised at first, but later on. These British officers and soldiers were amazed.
Although there are more than 1,000 British troops in this small harbor, equipped with more than a dozen chariots and several cannons, such a level of equipment still cannot be compared with the 1st Army, and these British troops are naturally very surprised.
Comrade Wang Haiyang, commander of the 1st Group Army, had already disembarked from the landing ship at this time, riding in an off-road vehicle, when Wang Haiyang passed in front of these British troops. Seeing the surprised expressions on the faces of these British soldiers. Wang Haiyang couldn't help but smile slightly.
A sense of pride rose from the bottom of his heart, and Wang Haiyang felt sincerely proud, his army showed its face in front of these British troops.
Not far from the harbour. It's a town of thousands. Wang Haiyang's off-road vehicle. Escorted by several off-road vehicles and several armored vehicles, they headed for the town not far away.
On the way to the town. A group of soldiers were also marching in the direction of the town, the town was not far from here, only two or three kilometers, and soon, Wang Haiyang's convoy reached the town.
At the gate of the town, a British colonel, with several British officers and soldiers, warmly greeted Wang Haiyang and his party there.
However, after receiving the report, tens of thousands of troops came from the Chinese side, and they were well-equipped, and there was a huge fleet on the Red Sea not far away, and the Chinese army led several generals.
After receiving such a report, the British colonel was immediately excited, and there was no longer a little arrogance, and immediately took his own group of officers and hurriedly came to the entrance of the town to welcome Wang Haiyang and his party.
Seeing that there were British officers welcoming him at the entrance of the town, Wang Haiyang's motorcade stopped in front of these British officers, and Wang Haiyang personally got out of the car.
Seeing several Chinese generals coming down, the British colonel stood up straight, saluted a military salute, and then said respectfully: "Welcome!" Welcome friendly forces. ”
The translator next to him immediately translated for everyone, and Wang Haiyang replied lightly with a military salute, and it was completely okay to put a shelf in front of a colonel.
A colonel's staff officer of the 1st Army, apparently proficient in English, began to introduce himself, and when he learned that tens of thousands of troops had come from the Chinese side, and that the leader was still a group army commander, the British colonel became more and more respectful.
"Your Excellency, General! We have reported to our superiors, and our General Montgomery is also on the way to arrive, so everyone will go to the town to rest. ”
The supreme commander of the Allied forces in the North African theater was Montgomery, and the Allied high command naturally knew that the Chinese troops landing here would be an entire army group.
On the Allied side, the Chinese army entered the African theater to fight very much, and General Montgomery personally came here to show the importance of the Allied forces.
However, the British colonel had just learned that Montgomery was on his way, and when he saw that his supreme commander was on the way, the British colonel became more and more respectful and enthusiastic.
At the same time, the British colonel also secretly wiped his cold sweat, when he began to learn that the Chinese army had landed here, he still wanted to take a shelf, and now it seems that he was lucky, as soon as he got the report, he immediately came to greet him personally at the entrance of the town.
Wang Haiyang and his entourage, under the leadership of the British army, soon came to the headquarters of the British army, and the British army was even more warmly welcomed.
More than two hours later, Montgomery and his entourage rushed over and saw Wang Haiyang, Montgomery was very enthusiastic and gave Wang Haiyang a warm hug.
The two sides exchanged a few words of greeting, and soon cut to the chase, Montgomery gave Wang Haiyang a detailed introduction to the situation in the North African battlefield.
Throughout North Africa, the Allies had 195,000 troops and 1,029 tanks, including American troops, British troops, united under Montgomery's command, with the British in the majority.
There were tens of thousands of Italian troops in North Africa, as well as nearly 100,000 German troops, all under the command of the famous German commander Rommel
At present, the two sides are in a state of strategic confrontation and are in a kind of strategic balance, but this time, the Chinese side has brought in so many troops and a lot of chariots, and the allies have seen hope, and Montgomery also knows that this strategic balance, which has been maintained for a long time, will soon be broken.
When the two sides were talking, Montgomery reminded Wang Haiyang that Rommel, together with Manstein and Guderian, was known as the three famous generals of the German army, which was very powerful, and the German army led by Rommel was even more known as the elite of the German army.
After listening to Montgomery's reminder, Wang Haiyang expressed his gratitude, but also said lightly, we are the elite.
Seeing that Wang Haiyang didn't take Rommel in his eyes, Montgomery shook his head secretly, and thought to himself, these Chinese troops are too arrogant, even our British and American coalition forces can't defeat Rommel's German army, you are new to the world, can you win against them.
Montgomery felt that Wang Haiyang was too arrogant, and he was a little worried in his heart, thinking in his heart that he might have thought highly of this Chinese army.
Montgomery's expression, Wang Haiyang naturally saw it in his eyes, Wang Haiyang didn't mind, as long as the facts speak in the future, he will fight a few beautiful battles, Montgomery will naturally know that he is not arrogant at all.
The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and suddenly, a major of the Chinese army came over and reported immediately: "Chief! Received a telegram from the Navy, a large number of planes are flying from here. ”
Hearing this, Wang Haiyang's face changed, and he thought in his heart, the German army's movements were quite fast, and it was only a few hours since he landed here, and a large number of planes came over.
These planes are certainly not Allied, Montgomery, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in North Africa, is here, and these planes are definitely German.
The interpreter next to him also began to report the situation to Montgomery, and when he learned that a large number of enemy planes were coming here, Montgomery was slightly worried that these German troops were coming for this Chinese army, and he didn't know if this Chinese army, which had just arrived here and had not yet gained a firm foothold, would be spared.
If this Chinese army suffered heavy losses under the bombing of German planes, not only would its morale suffer a great blow, but he also hoped that this Chinese army would upset the strategic balance in North Africa.
Montgomery knew very well the power of the German planes, the Allies and the Germans had been at war for many years, so it can be said that he knew himself and the enemy and knew the German army very well.
Montgomery thought to himself, this Chinese army is in danger, it seems that his hopes have been disappointed, and it seems that the strategic balance in North Africa is not so easy to be broken.
Knowing that the German planes were attacking on a large scale, Wang Haiyang was also more cautious, and immediately issued an order for air defense, and each mechanized infantry regiment and tank regiment had a large number of 30-mm machine guns, and this time, these troops would assume the heavy responsibility of air defense.
Due to the radio communication system, Wang Haiyang's order was quickly issued, and the soldiers were doing air defense in an orderly manner, and one by one 30 mm machine guns were aimed at the sky.
On the surface of the Red Sea.
The two aircraft carriers of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy, one after another, were taking off, and the radars of the Indian Ocean Fleet were the first to discover that the German planes were attacking in a big way, and these radars discovered the German aircraft group 200 kilometers away.
One plane after another, the formation was completed in the sky, and soon, at least dozens of planes completed the formation, and the two aircraft carriers had more than 100 carrier-based aircraft, and each aircraft carrier had 50 or 60 aircraft.
Persian Gulf base.
This time, the radar showed that there were at least 200 German planes, and the carrier-based planes of the Chinese Navy were obviously inferior in numbers.
The position of the 1st Army was completely within the combat radius of these Mustang fighters, and these planes could reach the combat site within an hour, hoping to catch up.
The first to engage the German aircraft group must have been the fighters from the two aircraft carriers, and then these planes could rush over to fight.
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