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"Get off the boat! Machine gun cover! "A landing craft, washed to the shore. The soldiers on the ship rolled over and descended into the knee-deep sea and began to rush towards the shore. The light machine gun was set up in the bow of the ship and began to fire wildly towards the shore to provide fire support to the comrades who landed.

"Da Da Da!" A row of heavy machine gun bullets swept over, splashing waves on the surface of the sea. The soldiers who rushed to the front fell into the sea at once, and blood flowed from their bodies, staining the sea red.

The soldiers who survived, there is no extra time to be sentimental! They rushed to the shore and returned fire with their weapons.

Landing operations have always been rather tragic. In the process of landing, the soldiers of the Marine Corps had to face the blow of the enemy's superior firepower. In the process, there are often huge casualties. And all they can rely on is the fire support of naval warships on the sea!

"Fire! Hit hard, send all those Brits to their God! "A destroyer of the Chinese Navy, approaching less than two kilometers from the shore, frantically poured artillery fire on the British positions to provide fire support for the landing marines. Rows of shells landed on British positions, blasting British soldiers who were shooting Chinese marines who had landed. For the sake of victory, both sides are already desperate!

"Mortars mount and take out the enemy's heavy machine guns!" As more and more Chinese Marines successfully landed, mortars and infantry guns were brought ashore to provide fire support to the landing soldiers at close range.

"Boom! Rumble! "Two shells went down, and a heavy machine gun position of the British army was destroyed, and a Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun was directly blown into parts. Several machine gunners were killed, leaving the British firepower stagnant.

"Da Da Da!" The heavy machine guns of the Chinese marines also began to roar, and the dense firepower frantically strafed the British positions, and the British soldiers who hit them could not raise their heads at all.

The warships on the sea also began to launch artillery attacks on the depth of the British army, striking at the living forces of the British army, and at the same time blocking the support of the British reinforcements to the forward positions. Create favorable conditions for the offensive of the Marine Corps.

With strong fire support, the landing marines launched an attack on the positions of the British troops. The British army guarding the front-line positions was only a regiment, less than 2,000 men. In the previous shelling, they had already suffered heavy losses. In the midst of a landing operation to block the Chinese marines. There is a lot of loss. In the face of the attack of the Chinese marines, the British army was unable to prevent the defeat, although it put up stubborn resistance. After two charges, they were attacked by Chinese marines. In less than half an hour, the front-line positions fell into the hands of the Chinese marines.

Subsequently, more and more marines landed. Immediately after the landing of the 21st Marine Regiment with the fire support of the Navy's warships. An attack was launched on the deep positions of the 5th Division of the 9th Army of the Anglo-French Army. The morale of the British troops, with the heavy fighting and huge casualties, continued to disappear, and at 11 a.m., the British abandoned their positions on the outskirts of Suez City. With less than 4,000 remnants of the British Fifth Division, it retreated to Suez City, ready to put up a stubborn resistance.

Having taken the beach, the 2nd Marine Division stopped the offensive. During the landing operation in the morning. Although the 2nd Marine Division was victorious, it also paid nearly a thousand casualties. Thereinto. The number of dead and seriously wounded reached more than 400. However, their task has also been completed, and it is better to leave the attack on Suez City to the army. When it comes to street fighting, the Army is better than the Marines!

On the afternoon of December 13, the 23rd Division of the Seventh Army of the Chinese Army and the artillery brigade attached to the army landed. They will undertake the assault on the city of Suez. The 23rd Division is the most elite army of the Seventh Army. Add to this the powerful firepower of the artillery brigade and take the city of Suez, and Britain will not have problems with the people! What's more, Suez City is less than two kilometers from the coast, and the naval guns can provide them with sufficient fire support.

At this moment, in Suez City, the British troops defending this place have already panicked. Major General George Donald, commander of the British Fourth Division, kept sending telegrams to the Ninth Army for help, but the reply he received was that there were no reinforcements. The commander of the Ninth Army believed that Suez City was close to the coast, and the squadron would be supported by powerful naval artillery, and that if the squadron fought hard here, it would obviously suffer.

"General, the Chinese army began to land, and our men found that they had at least 20,000 people ashore. The sea is densely packed, all of which are Chinese transport ships. In addition, there are a lot of heavy guns ashore, all of them are more than 105 mm heavy guns! The number is at least 200 or more. In addition, the Chinese can also get naval artillery support, they can easily blow Suez City into ruins! "A young brigadier general reported to Major General George Donald.

Major General George Donald's face suddenly turned black like the bottom of a pot, and he felt more and more that the task of guarding Suez City was a dead end for him!

"Someone, send a telegram to the military department, we can't hold it, ask to retreat!" Major General George Donald ordered. He would rather be punished than lose his life here.

However, soon a telegram came from the headquarters of the Ninth Army, and the commander of the Ninth Army, Lieutenant General Kayes, asked Major General George Donald to hold on to Suez City for two days, so as to create a favorable opportunity for the decisive battle between the Ninth Army and the squadron. At this time, the 10th Army, which was stationed in the northern part of the Suez Canal, was rapidly moving south. However, they need enough time to arm. And the army stationed in Suez City must buy enough time for the main forces!

After receiving the telegram from the military headquarters, Major General George Donald immediately cursed. For such an order, he could not accept. However, the military order was like a mountain, and he had no way to do it. If he disobeys, it is estimated that Lieutenant Kais will shoot him directly!

On the morning of December 14, the 23rd Division of the Seventh Army of the Chinese Army, with the fire support of more than 200 heavy artillery members of the artillery brigade attached to the army, launched a fierce attack on Suez City. At the same time, the warships of the Indian Ocean Fleet moored on the sea also frantically poured shells on Suez City. The tiny city of Suez was suddenly shrouded in gunsmoke!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Under the heavy shelling, the houses in Suez City were constantly turned into ruins under heavy shelling. The British fortifications were also destroyed under heavy shelling. The artillery of the British army, which had just begun to counterattack. But before a few shells were fired, they were destroyed by an overwhelming dense number of shells. After the loss of artillery, the British resistance became even more weak.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the 23rd Division of the Chinese Army entered the city of Suez and engaged in fierce street fighting with the British army. The British army's combat readiness in Suez City was relatively adequate. And they built barricades on every one of the city's paths. Many houses have been transformed into firepower points by them. However, this qiē seems to be all in vain.

The Chinese Army has always attached great importance to training in street fighting, and has summed up a set of effective tactics. With infantry squads and light machine guns and snipers, gradually clear each building of enemy troops. When encountering a strong point of fire, the artillery support is requested. Under such a blow, the fortifications carefully prepared by the British army could not be of much effectiveness at all.

Only half a day later, most of Suez City was occupied by the squadron. Major General George Donald, commander of the British Fourth Division, led less than 5,000 remnants of the army and fled northward.

On December 15, most of the strength of the Chinese Army's Seventh Army had landed in Suez City. The 23rd, 32nd and 33rd Divisions, in the direction of the Navy, were advanced along the canal. The Navy sent a number of light cruisers and destroyers into the canal to provide fire support to the army and protect logistical supply lines. In addition, the remaining nine submarines of the submarine force also rushed to the Gulf of Suez. Following the fleet, we entered the canal. Their mission was to hunt down the large warships of the British and French navies that entered the canal.

On December 17, the Seventh Army of the Chinese Army and the Ninth and Tenth Armies of the British and French Coalition Forces fought at Dakuhu. The Anglo-French coalition army invested two armies, more than 80,000 men. The squadron threw four divisions and more than 70,000 men.

The two sides fought fiercely on the south side of the Great Bitter Lake. The battle lasted a day, but in the end it was the squadron that emerged victorious, and the Anglo-French forces had to retreat after losing more than 40,000 men. At the same time as the army was fighting fiercely, two armored cruisers of the British and French navies also entered the canal in an attempt to provide fire support to the army. However, the Chinese submarines, which had long been ambushed in the canal, launched an ambush on the two armored cruisers. Both armoured cruisers were sunk, and the Anglo-French forces were forced to flee north, not daring to send large warships into the canal.1

On December 20, two divisions of the Seventh Army of the Chinese Army, with the cooperation of the navy, landed directly at Ismailia in the middle of the canal, and defeated the British and French forces here, destroying more than 10,000 enemies. The remaining Anglo-French forces had to retreat into the interior of Egypt. Most of the entire Suez Canal has fallen into the control of the squadron.

By 24 December, the squadron had captured Port Said to the north of the Suez Canal, taking complete control of the entire Suez Canal. The submarine forces and the main forces of the Indian Ocean Fleet also entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Guò Canal to confront the British and American navies who had already reached the eastern Mediterranean!