At the same time as the fierce fighting in Manim, General Liu Zhaocheng, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, arrived at the battle site.
Liu Zhaocheng's arrival also means that China's large-scale attack is about to begin!
Liu Zhaocheng immediately issued an order for Wang Ding, who was the first to arrive on the battlefield, to come to his headquarters. He carefully inquired about the situation on the battlefield, and Wang Ding also reported to him truthfully.
In the report, Wang Ding believed that the British strength had been severely weakened after the fierce attack by the German army, and after the Chinese troops entered Africa, the war situation was tilting in favor of the Chinese.
"Intensify the attack on Manimu." After listening to Wang Ding's report, Liu Zhaocheng pondered for a moment: "Invest two more regiments of troops in the Manimu area, under your unified command, and the attack must be completed before the end of the month.
The war in Nimes, the rendezvous with the German army is completed!"
"Yes!" Wang Ding's answer was very resounding.
With the injection of fresh blood, the attack momentum of the Chinese team suddenly strengthened.
A tank battalion with two infantry regiments appeared on the battlefield of Manim and launched the fiercest attack on the Sharia Fort, which was under siege.
At the same time, Liu Zhaocheng once again opened the Gangba-Sagom front line while fierce fighting was going on in the front line, hoping to break through the front line and complete the encirclement of the British troops in Manim.
An elite armored division was dropped on the "Gangsa Battlefield".
This was the first time that the elite Chinese armored divisions appeared on the battlefield, and the enemy in front of them was the British 120th Infantry Division.
Obviously, the newly opened "Gangsa Battlefield" caught the British by surprise, and they did not even have time to respond adequately. Currently, Chinese and German armies are joining forces to fight in the African battlefield, which makes the British army feel a serious shortage of troops.
In order to deal with the Chinese attack, the British command not only required the 120th Division to hold out for twenty days, but also hastily mobilized a brigade of troops to reinforce the Gonza battlefield.
The war broke out right here.
This will be a decisive battle! The outcome of this battle may determine the final direction of the war in Africa.
No one wants to lose the victory in the battle.
When the Chinese armored division appeared on the battlefield, Lieutenant General Capri, who commanded the British army, felt heavy pressure. General Capri faced pressure not only from the Chinese, but also from Bernard, the commander-in-chief of the 8th Army.
General DeLloyd Montgomery.
After defeating Rommel's offensive, Montgomery's reputation soared, and the British army's confidence also increased to an unprecedented level. But soon afterwards, the Chinese Army began to officially intervene in Africa. Their outstanding performance on the Asian battlefield, as well as the British army's
The continuous defeats in the Far East battlefield began to make the British army have a sense of fear towards the Chinese troops. In the hearts of the British officers and soldiers, the Chinese were even more terrifying and difficult to defeat than the Germans.
Montgomery was determined to break the myth of the Chinese army being undefeated. The first step he had to do was to stop the Chinese's continuous advance on the Gansa battlefield and create a victory here.
But obviously the Chinese will not let him get his way, and the Chinese also decided to continue their undefeated myth on the Gangsa battlefield¨
Liu Zhaocheng vs. Meng Gemai!
Now the showdown finally begins.
Before the start of the Gangsa offensive, when Liu Zhaocheng summoned Wang Ding, he also gave him a secret mission. As for what this mission actually was, I am afraid not many people knew it.
The offensive war of Ganza broke out in March 1943.
The squadron on this battlefield received only one order:
Attack, attack, and attack again! Use continuous attacks to resolutely destroy the British defense on the opposite side.
The person commanding the frontline troops was Colonel Zhang Lingfu. Although he was only a colonel, he had shown his bravery without exception in the series of battles he had participated in before.
For orders, he always fulfilled them to the letter without bargaining. But in the order he received this time, there was only one requirement: Defeat the British army before March 16th!
From the first day when the battle broke out, Zhang Lingfu did not leave any fallback for himself. He threw all available troops on the battlefield.
When his subordinates asked him where the headquarters was, the brave colonel had only one answer:
"Wherever the front line is, my headquarters will be there!"
Zhang Lingfu used his answer to tell his soldiers what to do, and also told his soldiers that he would fight with them.
He also fulfilled his promise
In the most intense fighting areas, you can always see a solemn-looking colonel riding in his jeep and suddenly appearing on the front line. He then carefully observes the situation on the battlefield with a telescope, gives a few simple warnings, and then jumps on top of him.
The jeep rushed to another more intense battlefield.
This is Zhang Lingfu, an extremely brave commander!
And his soldiers obviously did not live up to his expectations. Their performance on the battlefield far exceeded the command's imagination.
These soldiers, who were as brave as their commanders, under the cover of armored vehicles and artillery, fought with the British in every corner of the battlefield and continued to gain advantage on the battlefield with victory after victory.
If there is any regret, it is that so far there has not been a Chinese plane in the sky.
German aircraft appeared on the battlefield in time, constantly using bombs and aircraft machine guns to provide the most direct and effective support to allies on the ground.
This was the first time that the Chinese and German armies fought side by side in a practical sense. Although one was in the sky and the other was on the ground, this did not hinder their tacit understanding.
The day after the Gonza offensive broke out, a battalion of British soldiers suffered the most disastrous defeat under a double blow from the air and the ground.
Their battalion commander was killed in action, and most of the soldiers in their battalion died in Africa forever.
This battalion once made outstanding achievements in Montgomery's counterattack against Rommel, but now the Chinese are avenging their German allies¨
The change in the situation made General Capri very worried. He proposed to Montgomery that if he did not want to fail on the Ganza battlefield, he must reinforce another brigade of tanks to resist those formidable Chinese tanks.
But Montgomery rejected his request. It was not that Montgomery was unwilling, but that he did not have the strength to reinforce his subordinates.
While the Chinese launched an attack, the silent Rommel also commanded his troops to attack the British to coordinate with the Chinese troops on the frontal battlefield.
Montgomery's current situation is very passive. He has to fight on two fronts to deal with challenges from China and Germany at the same time.
On March 3, the Chinese ** team launched the largest attack since the outbreak of the Ganza Offensive against the British concentrated in the Tambia Valley.
Here is the British St. Meissen Infantry Brigade, which has just been reinforced to the battlefield.
The British team, which had just arrived on the battlefield, had not even had time to take a breath before they encountered the fiercest and most ferocious impact from the Chinese team.
Major General Boerke, the commander of the St. Meissen Infantry Brigade, was a little helpless.
The troops were really exhausted. Not long ago, they had just fought a big battle with the Germans and had just been withdrawn from the front line. Montgomery, who felt that his troops were severely stretched, was sent to Tambia.
Major General Burke didn't have much confidence that he could defend this place. Of course, for the honor of the British Emperor, he decided to do his best as a British officer.
The Chinese attack began.
As always, the Chinese ** team used tanks as the leading force!
This was an attack that the St. Meissen Infantry Brigade will never forget.
With the support of tanks, the Chinese soldiers launched a roaring attack, while the exhausted British rushed into the battle.
The bad news coming one after another from the front made Major General Burke a little uneasy.
He saw a frightening scene in the telescope. The Chinese's wave-like offensive made Major General Boerke doubt whether his troops could last until dark.
The casualties were too great, and the Chinese offensive seemed to never stop.
Under the cover of tanks, they broke through several lines of defense of the British in one breath. Now even Major General Burke, who was standing in the temporary headquarters, could feel the tremendous pressure.
Fortunately, we finally persisted until nightfall, and the Chinese attack temporarily stopped, which allowed General Burke and his men to breathe a little easier.
However, it will not be night forever, day will come soon. When the sky lights up again, what kind of offensive will the Chinese launch?
Burke didn't know it, and neither did all the British.
Montgomery asked about the battle situation on the front line. Burke told Montgomery that in this day's battle, he and his troops had suffered heavy casualties. He had no way of knowing how long he could hold on here. Maybe tomorrow the Chinese would
Appear outside his headquarters.
Montgomery expressed deep sympathy for the suffering of his men, but he firmly told his men that no matter how difficult it was, they must hold back the Chinese there. This was crucial to the entire war situation.
General Burke reluctantly accepted the order, or he and his St. Meissen Infantry Brigade will be buried here, who knows?
The war situation in Africa, which had been gradually reversed, has become complicated again with the strongest entry of the Chinese army.
If the Chinese attack cannot be defeated here, then for the Allies, everything will undergo the most important and terrifying change!