The decisive battle against the Third Reich

But it is not easy to block multiple highlands at the same time. This can even be said to be impossible, because there will always be several mortars set up in a hidden position that cannot be discovered for a while, and all the German mortar operators need to do is to Under the guidance of the observer, the cannonballs were fired as quickly as possible and then hid back in the tunnel.

In other words, this road is a supply line and a retreat route for the British army. From then on, it is in a semi-blockade state... The British troops passing here will at least have their skin peeled off.

That's not the worst part. Neither Colonel Bud nor Montgomery realized the danger the tunnel fortifications posed to them at night...

There was a saying on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea that year, "The daytime belongs to the enemy, and the night belongs to the volunteers!"

This means not only that enemy equipment such as aircraft and tanks cannot function at night, but also when the volunteer army comes out of the tunnels to move around.

Of course Qin Chuan would not let this opportunity go.

At one o'clock in the morning, while the British officers and soldiers were sleeping soundly, the German soldiers emerged from the tunnel one by one... The first to come out were the scouts. They observed the situation outside and sent a signal to the others when they were sure it was safe. force.

Not long after, under the moonlight, there were everywhere figures of cats with their waists bent and rifles in hand, hiding towards the position on the top of the mountain.

At the same time, a few darkness appeared on the top of the mountain, and then more and more...

Several British sentries were shivering in the cold wind. The temperature in the desert area was already low at night, and the wind was strong on the highlands, which made it difficult for the British sentries to adapt.

"Damn weather!" complained one soldier. "I wish I could make a fire and make a cup of coffee!"

"Forget it, Tom!" another soldier responded: "The German shells will blow us all up!"

"Compared with the shells, I'm worried about my feet!" Tom replied: "These damn Germans... there's nothing we can do about them, can we?"

"At least we don't have to worry about this now. Most of their tunnel entrances were blown down by us!"

"I don't think so!" Tom said: "Last time, the people of the 3rd Infantry Battalion thought so too, and in the end they only had more than a hundred people alive!"

"This is not the same thing. We have built a line of defense..."

His voice suddenly stopped before he finished speaking. Tom turned around and was shocked to find a black figure covering his comrade's mouth, a sharp military thorn inserted into his neck and a spurt of blood spurting out like a fountain. .

Tom was about to shout when a big hand suddenly covered his mouth from behind, and then his heart hurt... and then he struggled a few times and stopped moving.

The ones who eliminated the two British sentries were German scouts. They were professionally trained and knew how to find the enemy's sentries, and then silently approached and killed them.

The scout waved to the darkness, and many black shadows crawled out of the darkness, crawling like ants towards the enemy's hilltop position and reverse slope. The rifle had its bayonet mounted and was shooting under the weak moonlight. The gleaming cold light of the human heart and soul.

There was a sudden "bang" of gunfire. Apparently a scout made a mistake and gave the British sentry the opportunity to fire a warning shot.

Colonel Slain immediately took the gunshot as a signal, stood up and shouted: "Soldiers, attack!"

"attack!"

…

The German soldiers shouted and got up from the ground and rushed towards the hilltop position.

The British soldiers hurriedly got up from the trenches and prepared to fight, but it was too late to react at this time. Rows of smoking grenades were thrown up from the darkness, and there was only a chaotic sound of "boom", and the trenches The British troops inside were blown up and staggered.

The surviving British soldiers struggled to get up and tried to resist, but before they could pick up their guns, several bayonets ruthlessly pinned them to the ground.

In just a few minutes, the German soldiers captured the position on the top of the mountain. Most of the British infantry battalion stationed on it fell in a pool of blood before they could react. Only about 300 reacted quickly or were positioned relatively far back. The British troops had time to escape.

But it’s only “temporarily available”.

After capturing the position on the top of the mountain, the Germans did not stop and continued to charge towards another slope with their rifles drawn.

Colonel Boyce, commander of the 13th Infantry Regiment of the 6th Australian Infantry Division, emerged from the tent in a panic. When he saw the guards, he loudly ordered: "Flare bombs!"

As soon as the flare took off, the menacing and murderous German soldiers appeared in front of him, and the entire hilltop was covered in darkness.

"God!" Boyce shouted, and then ordered: "Get ready for battle!"

"Colonel!" A soldier soon replied: "The one at the front is the British!"

To be precise, they were British deserters. They blocked the view of the young Australian army... It should be said that the German army had mixed with the British deserters in the dark, which made the Australian army avoid the enemy.

The correct choice for Boyce was to order the shooting, otherwise the enemy would soon use the cover of British deserters to disperse the Australian position.

But the problem is that these deserters are British and superior people, and the Australian army can be said to be their servant army. This kind of psychological inferiority made Boyce issue an order that made the soldiers feel incredible.

"Fix bayonets!" Boyce ordered.

He obviously wanted to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Germans.

"Colonel!" a staff officer shouted to express doubts about Boyce's order.

But the officer did not let Colonel Boyce change his mind. He loudly ordered with great courage, as if he was worried that the British officers and soldiers would not hear his shout: "Cover the retreat of friendly forces, and do not allow the enemy to cross the defense line!"

"Yes, sir!" The Australian soldiers could only install bayonets for their rifles.

But war is war, and it will not change just because of an officer's pretentious behavior. With a "rumbling" sound, a dense row of artillery shells hit the Australian army's defense line... It was the 50MM mortar, the German army's close combat weapon.

As soon as this round of artillery shells hit the ground, the Australian troops howled. Before they could react, the German grenades were thrown over the British deserters into their position.

Sadly, these Australian soldiers who were blown up by the Germans as soon as the fighting started still did not dare to shoot easily because they were still facing British deserters...

It is conceivable that when the German troops came from behind, these Australian soldiers, who were not weak in combat effectiveness, had no power to fight back.

Qin Chuan did not take action in this battle.

He led the soldiers of the French battalion to follow the German army far behind... Although the French battalion had received training and even won a battle, they were still new recruits.

They need to rest and learn, and this is their best opportunity to learn.