Nasser had long been pulled down from the city wall by his own men. Facing the thunderous offensive of the Chinese army, the Egyptian army was completely in disarray. The rout did not happen. However, due to nervousness, the troops responsible for defending the city gate were actually among their own troops. The gate was blocked before they were completely withdrawn, which directly caused about a thousand Egyptian officers and soldiers to be blocked near the city gate, and then they were violently attacked by Sun Jiang and others with mortars, grenade launchers, machine guns, and sniper rifles.
"Hit me, hit me hard." Sun Jiang stood on a jeep and ordered loudly with a stern face. At the same time, he looked to the west with a little worry and asked all the drivers to keep their engines idling in preparation. Run away at any time.
According to the intelligence, the Egyptian rebels had artillery, and their scale was quite large. Therefore, Sun Jiang had to be prepared to speed up the withdrawal of the entire army once the enemy fired artillery. However, what puzzled him was that until his own side The main force arrived, but he didn't even hear the enemy's artillery fire.
What Sun Jiang didn't know was that in previous battles, the Egyptian rebels would be bombed by Chinese fighter planes as soon as the artillery sounded. Therefore, Nasser had to give a special order so that the artillery could only participate in the battle at night. Well, no country has yet manufactured an all-weather fighter jet, so using the cover of night can indeed increase the survivability of artillery. However, without the support of artillery, how can the Egyptians be so well-armed with infantry alone? The Chinese army is fighting, and if the infantry is wiped out, there is no use in having more artillery. Oh, maybe Nasser is considering it from the perspective of holding on for two days, and wants to leave the artillery until the evening to build Qixun, but Zhang Xuyun will give him Are there any opportunities to realize this strategy?
The answer is of course no.
It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon when Zhang Xuyun led the main force to reach the city of Mansoura. Because Sun Jiang's regiment had already made a good start, Zhang Xuyun immediately issued an order to attack without hesitation, "Mansoura must be captured today." La, tomorrow, we will try to open up the entire transportation line." After shouting these words to all combat units with a walkie-talkie, Zhang Xuyun picked up a sniper rifle and, surrounded by several guards, searched for sniper points for fun. Went.
This commander-in-chief is a bit unprofessional, but no one dares to stand up and accuse him. If before the war, everyone was still a little worried because they did not understand the strength of the Egyptian rebels, after Benha was defeated, No one takes the Egyptian rebels seriously anymore. As a former British colony, the Egyptian army has inherited the characteristics of the British army in terms of the fighting style of the troops and the fighting will of the soldiers. That is, it can still fight when the wind is favorable, but once it If the war situation is unfavorable, the army will be defeated immediately and there will be no need to fight again.
I don’t want to waste too much time in Mansoura. With Zhang Xuyun completely delegating power, the commanders of each unit are not stingy with ammunition. From brigade-level artillery units to squad-platoon-level grenades, everything that can be called artillery Firearms first blasted the city of Mansoura, and then, when the Egyptian rebels were completely stunned, nearly 20,000 troops led by several armored vehicles rumbled in.
When the artillery of the Chinese army started roaring, Nasser was pulled into the artillery cave by the dedicated guards. His disappearance immediately made some Egyptian rebel officers and soldiers think that he had escaped first. Well, since Nasser has escaped, so why are we still here, waiting to die? So, the defeat occurred naturally.
By the time Nasser went to the ground again, Sun Jiang's regiment had already taken the lead and rushed into the city.
It is not that there are no troops in the Egyptian rebels who resist to the end, such as the two all-British armorers of the Arab Army. However, they obviously did not learn from the experience of the Battle of Benha because they did not build strong enough defenses in time. Lack of experience in urban defense warfare, coupled with the lack of firepower to target Chinese artillery, the result was that these two British armorers first lost nearly half of their lives under the Chinese army's artillery fire, and then when they faced Sun Jiang's regiment, they lacked the ability to deal with armored vehicles. The experience of the Egyptian rebels was completely defeated, and with their defeat, the total defeat of the Egyptian rebels was actually announced.
As mentioned earlier, although an unprecedented number of Egyptian rebels have gathered in the city of Mansoura, the only ones that can really fight are the Arab armies. The Arab armies are brave enough, but their bravery only accelerates their own defeat. Since then, other systems have The rebels couldn't help but wonder: Even the elites like the Arab Army were beaten to a pulp by the Chinese. Is there any need for third-rate troops like us to go up?
The army was defeated like a mountain.
When he rushed out of the underground fortifications, Nasser was still encouraging his men, saying that he could use his numerical advantage to encroach on the Chinese army point by point with street fighting. But when he rushed to the ground, he found that there were running figures everywhere he saw. At that time, he was stunned and only suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes.
"Go back, come back to me. We must fight to the end for Egypt's tomorrow." At first, he waved his pistol before he could figure out the situation, and tried to restore the decline through suppression. However, as China followed closely behind him, he waved his pistol. The figure of the soldier appeared in his field of vision. He had not yet reacted, but his guards reacted immediately.
These guards were very loyal. Without saying a word, they first took off his hat and title badges from his clothes, and then several people lifted him up and left.
Along the way, we met several Egyptian officers. These guys were smart enough to put on soldiers' uniforms early. When they saw him, many people felt like they were seeing their own mothers and cried to him. Some said that the Chinese had great firepower. There is no way to fight the war, and some say that the Chinese bully others and do not play their cards according to the rules. Those who are more calm-minded consciously join them and declare that they will follow him in order to make a comeback.
"Why is this happening? Our military strength is far greater than that of the Chinese." Nasser was still unwilling until this moment, because until this moment he had not figured out how they were defeated.
How did the Egyptian rebels defeat the Battle of Mansoura? Later Chinese military historians gave a more reasonable answer after a lot of evidence-based research. In the related book "War in the Middle East", the relevant The description is as follows: "...At that time, many officers of the Central First Army thought that Commander-in-Chief Zhang Xuyun was a little unprofessional. Now we know that it was precisely because of his unprofessional conduct that he invented the unlimited sniper war, which completely destroyed the Egyptian officers. Their courage will be the soul of the soldiers. It is conceivable that after the officers were completely discouraged by the unrestricted sniper battle, will the Egyptian soldiers still have the courage to continue fighting? According to our current investigation and evidence collection, What we can be sure of is that in the Battle of Mansoura, General Zhang Xuyun alone killed sixteen Egyptian officers, including a division commander, a deputy division commander, and three brigade commanders... We can even snipe to death The Battle of Mansoura is defined as a war fought by General Zhang Xuyun alone." This book was first published on 17K Novel Network, and you can read the original content for the first time!