Chapter 229 Rescue
Montgomery was running in the morning at this time.
This is Montgomery's personality trait. Even when the front line is at its hottest, he will sleep, eat and work on time according to his own life rules, and of course this includes exercise.
At this time, a jeep drove quickly to Montgomery and stopped with a "scream". De Gangan hurriedly shouted at Montgomery, "General, the First Armored Division...they are surrounded!"
"What?" Montgomery was stunned when he heard this: "How is this possible? Surrounded by the Italian Armored Division?!"
"No, general!" De Gangan replied: "There are more than one armored division in Aguila, including the Italian armored division, and there are three... that is to say, all their armored divisions are there!"
Montgomery's face turned pale. After being stunned, he immediately jumped into the jeep. The driver turned around and drove the jeep towards the command center.
On the way back to the command center, Montgomery took out the map from his pocket and looked at it, and then realized that he had been fooled... This German military deployment map was obviously fake, otherwise the two German armored divisions would not have been able to concentrate on Aguila overnight without any warning.
"These cunning Germans!" Montgomery cursed, and then asked De Gungan: "How is the situation now?"
"It's awful!" De Gangan replied: "They (the First Armored Division) were attacked by two German Armored Divisions and were defeated. They are now trying their best to defend the gap in the open defense line. If this place is also captured by the German army..."
There is no need to say more about the next words.
There was a minefield in front of the German defense line. The British First Armored Division opened a passage in the minefield to attack. If this passage was blocked by the German army, then the First Armored Division would probably not be able to return a single soldier.
"Order the Air Force to Reinforce immediately!" Montgomery ordered.
"Yes, General!" Degangan responded, and then asked again: "Which branch, General?"
"All!" said Montgomery: "Send them all!"
"yes!"
"Wait!" Montgomery ordered again: "Order the 15th Armored Division to provide reinforcements!"
"Yes, General!"
While DeGanggang was conveying the order through a walkie-talkie, Montgomery stared at the German defense map in his hand, with even a little blood on it... Suddenly, Montgomery tore it to pieces a few times and threw it hard outside the jeep.
Seeing this scene, De Gungang couldn't help but be stunned. He had never seen Montgomery get so angry.
Of course, Montgomery had reason to get angry. This was not only because he was fooled by the Germans, but also because of the losses of the First Armored Division... It was the First Armored Division, a large number of parliamentarians, noble children, and relatives all served in this army. Montgomery wanted them to harvest a victory and boost morale and make those parliamentarians proud, but unexpectedly this was the result.
As you can imagine what happened in the future, those congressmen and nobles were afraid that they would not let Montgomery go easily.
The battle was very fierce.
Of course, the word tragic is more appropriate to use in the First Armored Division of the UK.
The fleeing British army was chased by the German army to the defense line near the minefield, where an infantry regiment of the British army was stationed, but this infantry regiment had basically no ability to resist.
This is not because the infantry regiment is not strong in combat. In fact, the Third Infantry regiment is a unit that performed well in World War I. Many of their officers fought from World War I and have rich combat experience.
Colonel Breen is one of them.
"God!" Colonel Breen looked at the British defeated soldiers who were rushing down from the front line like a tide, and said, "They blocked our shooting circle, and the Germans would follow their butts and break into our defense!"
What Colonel Breen said was exactly what the Germans were doing.
This is a flat and wide desert, with British deserters rushing towards the defense line of the Third Infantry Regiment in front, and it became an excellent human shield for the German and even German tanks.
"What should we do, Colonel?" the staff officer asked Bran anxiously.
Colonel Breen made a quick decision and ordered: "The line of defense can't be defended anymore, prepare to retreat!"
"Yes, Colonel!" This order is obviously very popular.
Then Colonel Breen made two forward-looking orders: "Order the minesweeping tank to sweep the mines back!"
The meaning of this order is very obvious, in order to open up a wider channel for British deserters.
"Buried all anti-tank mines near the position!" said Colonel Breen.
"But, Colonel!" someone questioned: "Our troops have not passed yet!"
"They have given up tanks and cars!" said Colonel Brann. "Even if there are still a few... they will be unlucky if they hit the mine!"
It turns out that Colonel Breen’s approach was correct.
The characteristic of anti-tank mines is that infantry can pass through safely, and tanks and cars will explode only after they are rolled on, so a minefield against German tanks can be quickly built near the defense line.
It was this minefield that slowed down the German pursuit speed, and then stopped the pursuit under Colonel Albridge's order.
The Germans had to stop pursuing because they didn't know how many anti-tank mines the British had buried in their positions... This was the advantage of mines.
At the same time, there were not many tanks of the German army, and they had no conditions to take this risk.
But British soldiers were not having a good time. German tanks and soldiers followed the defeated soldiers with machine guns and artillery from behind, and only defeated the defeated soldiers and ran around. Many deserters fled into the minefield in a panic... There were many "S"-shaped bouncing mines buried there. After they were activated, they bounced up and shot out many steel balls everywhere, making them fall to the ground and scream in tears.
But no matter how they call for help, it will be useless. In this case, they did not dare to save them, because it not only could not save anyone but also would take their own lives... This practice is even explicitly forbidden, and the enemy often uses this to lure and kill other people.
The battlefield is a reality, and the act of saving people for a certain spirit even though it knows that it will not play any role.
So in a short while, there were only bloody corpses and a British soldier who was injured and wailing on the ground.
Of course, the German army would not rescue them, because that meant they had to step into the minefield.
Therefore, the wounded could only lie there and wait quietly for the arrival of death.
Some of the British soldiers had realized this and simply took it out and broke themselves.
At this time, Bazer shouted to everyone: "Distribute, air defense is hidden!"
This order was a bit surprising because German fighter jets were now occupying air superiority.
Chapter completed!