The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The British Indian Army only had one infantry battalion stationed at the Ruwaisat Ridge.

The reason for only one infantry battalion was that the Alamein Line was 55 kilometers long, and the British Army was slightly short of manpower at that time, especially since the line laid out by General Auchinleck was still concave towards the mountain... This made the actual line of defense exceed 55 kilometers, so the manpower was even more dwarfed.

It was also because of this that some unimportant areas on the line of defense were even replaced by the African Army formed in Egypt.

On the other hand, because the Ruwaisat Ridge is a mountain, the mountain has the advantage of being high above, but it also has the disadvantage that the area of ​​the top of the mountain is not large and the garrison cannot be too large... Too many troops stationed will lead to too dense personnel, which is easy to cause heavy casualties when covered by enemy artillery fire.

Major John, who was in charge of the defense of the Ruwaisat Ridge, was a veteran who participated in World War I.

All veterans who participated in World War I have a characteristic, they have a lot of experience in building fortifications... World War I was fought in trench warfare, so officers and soldiers who had experienced World War I may not be good soldiers, but they will definitely be good at civil engineering.

Major John was no exception. He arranged the defense of the Ruwaisat Ridge into three lines.

These three lines of defense are at the foot of the mountain, the mountainside and the top of the mountain, with two platoons, one company and two companies respectively.

This is a very reasonable arrangement. It can provide the British and Indian army with defensive depth while also enhancing the firepower of the British and Indian army... The three lines of defense in echelons form a natural firepower superposition due to the height difference of the mountains. The German army's attack on the first line of defense will be hit by firepower from the three British lines of defense at the same time.

Just like now, although the German army has the support and firepower cover of tanks, the British machine gun bullets are pouring down from the top of their heads, in addition to mortar shells, which makes the German army fail to successfully break through the defense line after launching several attacks, and even lose three tanks.

Objectively speaking, the combat effectiveness of the Indian 4th Infantry Division is still quite good.

This does not mean that Indian soldiers obey orders or are not afraid of life and death... Although it seems to be true, the nature is different.

It is not wrong to say that obeying orders, the Indian soldiers do whatever the British officers say.

But this is not really obeying orders.

On the surface, it does seem to be, but if you analyze it in depth, it is a kind of "slavery"... Indians believe in Hinduism. The essence of Hinduism is a religion created by the Aryans after the invasion of India in order to better enslave the Indian people. It divides people into high castes and low castes, and the high castes can treat the low castes at will... Until modern times, there are still cases in India where low-caste untouchables pick up a few leaves in the vegetable fields and their palms are chopped off as punishment. What's more terrifying is that Indians think this is normal.

On the other hand, the high castes are often white, and the British are white. At the same time, the British colonized India with strong military force, which made the Indians naturally treat the British as high castes, so there was no contradiction in obeying the slavery and control of the colonizers, and they were even proud of their "loyalty".

It is true that they are not afraid of life and death. The resistance of Indian soldiers is much more tenacious than that of the British army. There are even many Indian soldiers holding cluster grenades in the dark and approaching German tanks for close-range blasting... This way of fighting is unimaginable for the British army.

But is this really a heroic act?

Hinduism promotes a spirit of afterlife... that is, suffering in this life and enjoying happiness in the next life.

So many Indian soldiers, under the influence of this spirit, rushed towards the German tanks with grenades holding the idea of ​​enjoying happiness in the next life.

So this is not bravery, but ignorance.

This shows how cunning the Aryans were. They established a whole religious system to impose on the Indians. Not only did they successfully enslave the Indians in the present, but they also made this system continue from generation to generation until the present, and it will continue in the foreseeable future...

There is a saying that is very suitable for Indians: It is easy to break the physical shackles, but it is difficult to break the spiritual shackles.

Finally, when eight tanks rushed up at the same time, Qin Chuan and the German soldiers used mortars, grenades and bayonets to capture the first line of defense.

When the German soldiers saw that there were only more than 50 bodies of Indian soldiers in the trenches, they felt a little frustrated, because this result was somewhat disproportionate to the price and time they paid.

"Keep going!" Bazel, with red eyes, ordered loudly, and the tanks stopped for a while and "rumbled" to lead the soldiers to rush towards the second line of defense of the British army.

The sky was full of dazzling flares, and artillery shells were fired from both sides. The sparks of bullets flashed in the dark, just like the light of fireflies, but with the sparks came bullets with whistles and hot steam, and these bullets could kill you at any time.

"Captain!" At this time, a signalman shouted to Bazel: "The colonel ordered us to retreat!"

"What? What did you say?" Bazel couldn't believe his ears. This was the time to break through the enemy's defense line in one go. How could he retreat?

"The colonel ordered us to retreat!" The signalman repeated the order.

The German soldiers, including Qin Chuan, secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this order... They were almost at the limit of their physical strength. Although they knew that retreating now would be tantamount to abandoning all their previous efforts, who could care so much!

"Retreat!" Bazel gave the order in a rage.

The soldiers stumbled back, and Qin Chuan felt like a piece of wood. Even though there were constant gunshots and cannons behind him, he didn't know how to dodge... He no longer had any extra energy to dodge. Action.

Fortunately, the British army could not see the target in the night, and there were tanks following behind to block the bullets, so Qin Chuan finally returned to the hiding place of the car safely.

When he was about to get into the car, he felt his feet go weak and collapsed to the ground. Several soldiers quickly pushed and pushed him into the car, and then the car started to move with a "rumbling" sound.

At that moment, Qin Chuan suddenly discovered that the car compartment he had always hated before was so cute, like a warm and safe home.

"Why retreat?" Kuhn asked the driver.

"I'm not sure either!" the driver replied: "I heard that an enemy armored force appeared on our flank!"

The shadow of the "Strate" tank flashed quickly in Qin Chuan's mind.

Auchinleck became smarter and knew that at this time, it could not defend the defensive line but should use offense instead of defense. Or it can be said that Auchinleck is better at this kind of defensive battle where logistical supplies are not threatened, so his performance is completely different from before.

Now... what should the Germans do?

Qin Chuan looked at the Alamein defense line in the distance where the sound of cannons was still ringing and a few flares were raised from time to time, and then looked at the already dim sky...

This is almost telling everyone that it is impossible to break through this line of defense tonight at least, and Rommel's plan has failed.