The engine was roaring, the sand under the tracks was lifted by strong exhaust gases, and the entire assault order of the tank corps soon created a huge wave in the desert that was nearly ten kilometers wide.

Not big enough, but even more terrifying, because it was a sand wave of yellow sand.

There was no suspense in the battle at the entrance to the city, and after the order to avoid freedom was issued, the defense of the multinational forces on the edge of the city was no longer in order, and a few Crusaders and M3 Stuart light tank Tiger 85mm smoothbore guns that were ordered to stay behind and only play the role of guards were torn apart like rags.

What's even more bullying is that the M3, which was blocked at the intersection after being destroyed, was made a cameo bulldozer by the Tiger tank of the assault regiment that was anxious to enter the city, and was slowly pushed to the side of the road in the ugly "creaking" chronicle.

In the ensuing tank street battles, the fate of the other Stuarts and Cross light tanks was no better than the few of their kind that were pushed away as garbage at the intersection. In this kind of pure armored battle, the light tank, which is known for its speed and agility, has become a pitiful thing that everyone deceives, and even the Cheetah can use the individual Willow Leaf rockets fired by the vehicle-mounted infantry to destroy it.

However, none of this was enough to determine the final outcome of the battle, and in the slightly narrow streets of Edhibidaya, the main force of the tank battle was still the battle between Sherman and the Tigers.

If it is in the flat desert terrain in the field, if it is just a simple tank gun fire, then the M4 is definitely not the opponent of the Tiger. This was already demonstrated in the desert of Jufra, during the battles of the multinational forces with the 6th Guards Infantry Army.

The M4 Tiger firing result is at least four to one, which means that the multinational force has to pay the price of four Sherman tanks to destroy a tank Tiger, and it must be outflanked, hitting the Tiger in the side or rear armor to be effective.

The front armor of the Tiger tank is called the "breakwater" by the US armored troops, which means: it is impenetrable.

To this end, Eisenhower's request for domestic tank factories to provide a report on the more powerful 85-mm main gun tank as soon as possible had already been presented to Roosevelt's desk.

But in the street fighting in Ajdabia, the multinational force under the command of Patton solved the problem well. Since the front armor of the Tiger is indestructible, hit the side and hit the back. The complex and varied streets and the desert buildings made of civil engineering materials give the multinational force a lot of room to implement such tactics.

The Tiger often shoots at the enemy tank on the opposite side, and before it can get out of the alley, it will be hit by the Sherman who appears behind, or Cromwell will tear down the dirt wall on the side of the road and put the barrel against the side of the Tiger.

Unlike the Russian tanks on the Siberian battlefield with backward communications, the United States and Britain are not backward in tank radio technology! The Han army was ahead of the Entente, and only the search range of the synthetic technology radar of communications.

At least, the development concept and technology of "Beidou" are absolutely ahead of other countries.

The helpless, brutal but effective "pair" tactics allowed the 7th Division of the 3rd Guards Army to be destroyed in just three hours by the 7th Division of the 3rd Guards Army that entered the city of Ajdabia.

The losses of the multinational forces also exceeded 200 vehicles, but in many duels between Han and American tanks, such a record was already glorious! Once again, the grumpy Patton established his reputation as an expert in armored warfare in the U.S. Army in the encounter.

And in the south of the city, the 8th Guards Division, which was responsible for blocking reinforcements from the multinational force, was also in a bitter battle.

The Canadian 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division, the U.S. 27th Motorized Rifle Corps and other units arrived at Ajdabia, and the 8th Guards Armored Division, which lacked the coordination of other arms, was forced to charge the enemy in the form of active attack in order to avoid being attacked by enemy artillery.

Fortunately, the multinational forces, which had just arrived on the battlefield, did not have time to build their positions; Fortunately, through the "Beidou", the armored division can quickly call for support from the navy and air force.

With the support of 40 G-40C brutal attack planes taking off from the border airfield in Egypt and Liberia, the 8th Guards Division miraculously repelled the reinforcements of the multinational force and drove the US 27th Motorized Infantry Army away 60 kilometers southwest of Ajdabia.

However, the situation of the 8th Division was not as smooth as the assault on the battlefield, and it could even be said that the situation was quite bad. The Canadian 3rd Infantry Division inserted diagonally along the coastline and tore a hole several kilometers wide in the flank and rear flank of the 8th Division, and as a part of the US 27th Army moved to the right, the 8th Division was even in danger of being divided and surrounded outside the city.

The fact that an armored division, known for its high mobility, was surrounded, sounded like a joke. However, it should not be forgotten that the Multinational Force also fought with mechanized and motorized units, and in the city of Ajdabia it was the American and British ace armored units that fought against the 7th Division.

The 9th Division, which was retained as a reserve, also had a special task, and before the battle, Commander Dong Zhihua personally explained: Once the battle situation is not good, the 9th Division can break through in advance. "Keep some seeds for the 3rd Army!"

"What!" Fang Myanmar, the commander of the 9th Division, who made a name for himself in Iraq and Syria, did not dare to be presumptuous in front of the army commander, but he turned around and immediately turned his nose at this incredible-sounding order, "What are you kidding!" Let the 9th Division be a deserter? Isn't the commander crazy? ”

"Whoever dares to take a step back in the battle will immediately take off my guards camouflage uniform and swim back in the Indian Ocean by myself!"

After receiving the order to lead the 9th Division to attack the 3rd Canadian Division, Senior Colonel Fang Mianhua said something that the soldiers also thought was inconceivable in the division's public communication channel.

Did the Guards flinch from battle? Not to mention the 9th Division, do you see if there is any military history of the Royal Guards Corps?

"Isn't the division commander crazy?"

Fang Mianhua's doubts about the army commander were immediately returned to him by the soldiers of the 9th Division.

No one will back down, and no one will retreat. In order to prevent the Canadian Division from continuing to penetrate and divide the combat area of the Panzer Corps, the 9th Guards Panzer Division bypassed the south of the city and charged in the direction of the coastline behind the 8th Division.

"What do you mean by defense? In the dictionary of armored soldiers, you can't find the word defense. All we have is offense, offense, and offense! ”

This is a quote from the Emperor, which is said to be a sentence from His Majesty's speech to the soldiers of the whole regiment when the First Armored Regiment, the predecessor of the Guards Regiment, was established in the Golden City.

In all the books and historical materials, you can not find this sentence, and the full text of His Majesty's speech that can be found is definitely passionate, noble and civilized enough.

But among the Guards armored forces, this is the most widely circulated sentence. Especially the last few words, it's strong enough! "It's a little vulgar, but it's dynamic, this is the real voice of a soldier, the language of a man!"

This evaluation comes from Jiang Yunzhi, the commander of the first Guards Corps, of course, this is more of a rumor. If General Manager Jiang is held accountable and says that he has never said such a thing, at least Jiang Hei is beaten to death and does not admit it.

But this does not prevent the Guards armored troops from advocating that sentence, all the guards armored units from top to bottom, from generals to non-commissioned officers, no one does not take offense as the only combat concept.

"Attack, attack, attack again!" This is also a favorite phrase of commanders at all levels of the Imperial Armored Forces, which is common to give orders, mobilize before battle, and improve morale.

There is only another quote from the Emperor on the same level: Guards, forward!

Well, in the history books, there is actually only this sentence.

Canada and the United States were both colonies of the British, who ruled all of North America for a long time. The difference is that the United States has a Washington, while Canada has only ...... Bethune.

What is now Canada, known as the Dominion, is still legally headed by the British Crown, but in practice has its own constitutional system, independent trade policy, and limited foreign policy autonomy.

Under this system, Canada had its own army, but did not have the right to declare war, and Canada, like the other British colonies, joined the Entente with its overlords and declared war on the Iron Alliance.

The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division is also an ace division armed with all-American equipment, and its combat effectiveness even far exceeds that of the British army. Equipped with a large number of individual anti-tank weapons and self-propelled anti-tank guns, they took advantage of improvised positions to face the charge of the 9th Division's armored group, and burst out with tenacious combat effectiveness. More than 80 M4 Shermans of the division were also concentrated on the flanks of the position, preparing to launch a surprise attack on the 9th Division.

However, the 9th Division had already accumulated rich experience in group operations on the Middle East battlefield, and the defensive positions of the Arabs and the British were far better than those of the Canadians, who had no battlefield experience. The coordinated assault of the Cheetah armored vehicle and the Tiger tank was used to effectively combine the two types of strike firepower from far and near, and the flexible combat of the Cheetah was used to deal with the individual anti-tank weapons hidden behind the dunes, which greatly reduced the lethality of the infantry to the tank. At the far end, the Tiger's 85mm cannon was enough to destroy the improvised fortifications of the Canadians.

The concentrated Sherman tank regiment did not have much effect, losing the opportunity to surprise the enemy, and the M4 that was engaged in front of the enemy was a moving target in the eyes of the Tiger tank gunners. Destroying the Sherman is not worth showing off, blowing up the M4's gasoline engine and creating a small mushroom cloud on the battlefield is the best.

The 9th Division fought very well, one-on-one, and the Canadians were not opponents. But because of the 9th Division's advance towards the coast, the flanks of the 8th Division were once again exposed. This time it was the C Brigade of the 2nd Armored Division of the US Army that appeared at the fatal spot, and Patton discovered the weakness of the Han army's formation in time and put the last reserve in his hand into the battlefield in time. Brigade C quickly passed through the streets of the city, and the Sherman 75 mm smoothbore main gun, although much less powerful than the Tiger 85 smoothbore, but within a thousand meters, the pointed armor-piercing projectiles of the American army were enough to penetrate the 60 mm uniform armor behind the Tiger tank - the Tiger medium tank, only the front armor was composite armor.

The fierce tank artillery fire caused the 8th Division to lose dozens of Tigers and Cheetahs almost instantly, and what was even more dangerous was that the M109 155mm self-propelled howitzers of the US 27th Motor Infantry Army on the opposite side began to exert their might after stabilizing their footing, and the dense firepower cut off the route of the 8th Division's charge.

Flanking from the front and rear, if you are not careful, the 8th Division will face being surrounded and annihilated.