The shells fell between the ridges, stirring up the loess in the sky, and the smoke of gunpowder covered the entire hillside. Chen Xinmin leaned his body in the bunker and endured the vibration of the landslide. The trenches were filled with the smell of gunpowder, and his throat looked like
It was as if it was roasted, and it was so painful. He shook the military kettle in his hand and was drunk inside. There was not enough water in the North African battlefield under the scorching sun.
The 13th Republic Army Group took more than 20 days to land in the Port of Masawa, Italy, and then together with the Italian army, they began to attack the British Sudan. As the Republic Army gradually approached Egypt, the British
As the number of soldiers increases, their resistance becomes more and more tenacious, and the battle becomes more intense.
The 5th Cavalry Division and the 2nd Marine Division of the Marine Division made a very smooth progress in the attack on the Port of Sudan. The flat desert terrace along the Red Sea coast is more suitable for the maneuver of armored troops and is not conducive to the construction of defensive fortifications. The battle started only five days, and Land 2
The division has already captured Sawakin, a small supply port that is only 30 kilometers away from the Port of Sultan.
However, the attack of the 28th Mechanized Infantry Division, which attacked the southwest, and the Sino-Italian coalition formed by the Italian Savoy Grenadier Division commanded by General Kanimeo was very unsatisfied, and was blocked from the British defense line outside Atbala.
Chen Xinmin spit out the yellow sand that had penetrated into his mouth, took out a half-broken cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took two sips. The unique stimulating smell of tobacco passed through his scorching throat and rushed to his lungs, and his mouth was thirsty.
It felt a little relieved. He squinted his eyes and aimed at the outside of the position. The British position was about five hundred meters away on the opposite side. Balls of fire were constantly rising on the battlefield, and both sides of the battle were on the ground.
There was a boring artillery battle, and no one was willing to forcefully attack the opponent's tight defense line.
The smoke of gunpowder floated on the positions, sometimes thick and sometimes light. In the open ground between the positions of both sides, the yellow land that had been overturned by artillery several times, corpses in military uniforms were lying down from the Republican army's desert camouflage outfits,
The British were rosy uniforms, the British African army’s green uniforms, the Italian army’s gray uniforms, and even some SS’ black uniforms. These were left behind by the repeated struggles between the Sino-Italian coalition and the British colonial army in this area.
Dozens of destroyed chariots were discarded between the battlefields, some of which were burnt black, some of which were overturned, and the barrels were twisted, including Republicans and Italians, and more
The British equipped Crusaders, as well as some American Sherman tanks. Now these frightening steel beasts are all piles of scrap iron. Several Type 35 tanks still maintain a relatively complete appearance.
It is difficult for the British anti-tank guns to destroy the front of such tanks. However, their anti-tank mines are powerful, and most of these tanks are anti-tank mines with chassis destroyed between the battlefields.
There are some undulating mountains outside Atbala that are not too high. The British army built three dense lines of defense based on the terrain. General Prat commanded five divisions of the British and Indian army received the commander-in-chief of the British North African Army stationed in Egypt.
General Wewell's orders required them to fight to the death and defend Atbala.
Atbalaka is in the middle of the Nile River. If it is cut off, more than 400,000 British troops in Sudan and British East Africa will lose supplies and contacts, and can only retreat to the Belgian Congo. One third of them have been lost.
After the troops were given, Vevere would be unable to withstand the military pressure from the Arabian Peninsula, Libya and East Africa.
General Zhang Tingfu, commander-in-chief of the North African Battle, soon realized the importance of the Atbala battlefield. In the original plan, the Sinai Peninsula and the Suez Canal line were the focus of the entire battle. Zhang Tingfu quickly adjusted his troops and ordered the original plan.
The 36th Army, which landed in Mombasa, was also transferred to Massawa, and together with the main force of the 13th Army and two newly formed Italian infantry divisions, attacked Atbala.
The regular number of the Savoy Grenadier Division is the 5th Infantry Division of the Royal Italian Army, which is one of the only two Italian regular divisions in East Africa. It has strong combat power, especially when it is waiting for the Republican Army to provide it.
After the first batch of 230 Type 28 tanks, the combat effectiveness of this army has become one step further.
After carefully analyzing the defense situation of the British army in the Alabat region, General Carnimeo suggested to General Zhang Zizhong, commander of the 13th Army of the Republican Army, to divide some of the troops to attack the weaker defense of the Krabai town, which is also possible to achieve the same
The purpose of cutting off the British supply line.
After careful consideration, General Zhang agreed to General Kanimeo's suggestion and ordered the 39th Division to cooperate with the Savoy Grenadier Division to bypass the British defense and seize Carabai, about 80 kilometers downstream of Alabat.
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In order to cooperate with the coalition's military operations in Krabe, the 13th Army carried out a large-scale attack on the British army.
When the supply line is cut off, Europeans generally have poor fighting will. Most of the time, when the rear path is cut off, Europeans will choose to surrender instead of continuing to resist. Generally speaking, mountain people do not have supplies.
Under the circumstances, it can maintain a high combat will. In addition, the Japanese were indoctrinated by the Bushido spirit for many years. The combat will can be regarded as a top in the world. Some of the German mountain troops can also do a good job.
Due to the relatively abundant material conditions, the US military and the Republican army are relatively not particularly tenacious in combat. If the logistics line is in danger of being cut off, their first reaction is to retreat one after another and organize the offensive after ensuring the safety of the logistics line.
, instead of choosing to strive for the hard work. The unique weakness of the mainland country's military, especially the army of big countries, is that it has a lot of strategic space and does not need to pay special attention to the gains and losses of a city and a place, and will not lead to the destruction of the country due to partial retreat.
Therefore, when fighting, preserving strength is generally the top priority.
A country like Japan has decided that it must fight hard during wars, and likes to use unconventional combat methods such as surprise attacks and sneak attacks, because retreating means destruction of the country. Generally, major countries with backgrounds rarely use risks.
A large surprise attack tactic is mainly steady during combat, and it defeats the enemy with its strength.
Most European troops generally collapse when the rear route is cut off, especially like these miscellaneous colonial troops in the hands of the British.
The war was not as magical as the newspapers that promoted the "Crabble Armor" and the British soon discovered the intention of the coalition forces, but the British commander General Pratt was unable to send reinforcements. He had less than 60,000 people in his hands.
The army had been entangled by the Republican army, and could only watch the army of more than 30,000 Chinese coalition forces attacking the small town of Carabai on the east side of the Nile River where only four battalions of British troops defended.
In less than a day, the town of Krabai was captured, and the Republican army had already strangled the throat of the British army in East Africa.