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Volume Four, Chapter 24, Iron Fortress

Beijing, the command of the three armed forces.\,qb5.c0m/

Li Xiucheng came to meet Yang Yi with a telegram sent by Liu Yongfu and Chen Yucheng.

"Chen Yucheng and the others believe that there is a fighter jet in the North Africa war situation and are determined to use this fighter jet to solve the North African problem in one fell swoop." As he said that, Li Xiucheng presented the telegram to Yang Yi. After taking it, Yang Yi thought about it carefully, then lie down in front of the big map, and then replied: "Return the call and tell them that they will be outside and the military will not be able to bear the fate of the army. As the head of the war zone, they have the right to make decisions. The commander is only responsible for major strategic decisions, and there is no need to report other things in the future to avoid delaying the opportunity to fight. In addition, this battle cannot be like the Sinai Peninsula, like driving a duck, and it is better to try to annihilate the main force of the British and French army."

On the 24th, after the 66th Division and the Armored Brigade were all prepared, Lin Moran ordered the entire army to hurry up and rest. At 5 pm, Sefajie was in a state of excitement, with 120 tanks as the pioneer and more than 1,300 cars following up and heading towards the vast eastern Egyptian desert.

Senna, the French army showed surprising tenacity in today's attack, almost constantly attacking. The interval between each attack ranged from half an hour at the beginning to 5 minutes later. In one day, the French army launched 33 attacks on Senna's defense line.

Faced with the French army's crazy attack, Liu Yongfu also felt a little difficult. Although the French army suffered a lot of casualties, the casualties of the Marine Division began to increase. After three days of fighting, the First Land Division sacrificed more than 1,200 people and injured 2,000 people. The French army's three-day fierce attack caused more than 10,000 people to die in battle and more than 20,000 people to be injured. Senna's small town is almost an iron-killing fortress.

The desert kept tossing the people who walked into its arms with the most violent ultraviolet rays and heat. On the first day when the officers and soldiers of the 66th Division entered the desert, three of them were heatstroke. In order to arrive at the battlefield as soon as possible, Lin Moran ordered that the troops rest from 10 am to 5 pm and rush to other times. In order to ensure the smooth arrival of the troops, Lin Moran used 300 cars, specially carried fresh water and oil.

Cars are struggling to move forward in the desert, and often cars are stuck in the sand and slip. Fortunately, there are tanks, which use tanks to pull trapped cars, which is quite effective.

In the early morning of the 27th, 1,500 heavy artillery and 2,500 various artillery aimed the guns at the British positions on the other side of the canal. On the opposite side of the canal, the British army deployed 10 infantry divisions, three cavalry divisions, four independent brigades, 200,000 troops, 1,500 artillery and 300 fortress artillery. In order to completely eliminate the British military force in North Africa, Chen Yucheng concentrated two-thirds of the troops in the war zone, 30 infantry divisions, and two reorganized divisions, totaling 600,000 troops.

The general attack of the Zhongxun team always chose to roar at the early morning, at about three o'clock, and 4,000 artillery fires roared at the same time, and the other side of the canal suddenly turned into a sea of ​​fire. The Zhongxun team launched an attack along the 175-kilometer canal. Amid the rumbling canal, our Zhouqiao troops took advantage of the cover of artillery fire and began to set up a floating bridge on the canal on the 135-meter wide.

After the British army was suddenly attacked, it quickly responded that the British artillery fire continued to shoot the river surface and tried to organize the bridge construction work of our boat bridge troops. The officers and soldiers of our boat bridge troops braved the fierce artillery fire of the British army. In just two hours, 15 pontoon bridges appeared on the canal.

The tanks spitted thick smoke and rushed to the front as the first assault force. The 360 ​​tanks were divided into clusters, starting to cross the river from three directions north and south. Behind the tanks were dense infantry groups.

In Africa, there was no retreat, the British army launched a desperate resistance to our attack. In the fortifications along the coast, the British army was still trying their best to shoot at our crossing river troops during the artillery attack. Unfortunately, our artillery fire was really fierce, and the British troops on the front line were basically eliminated by our powerful artillery fire, and the resistance of the remaining troops was minimal.

Using the most violent artillery fire to block the British reinforcements to the front-line positions and completing the first wave of crossing the river as quickly as possible is Chen Yang's requirement for the officers and soldiers of the 60th Army. As the main force of the southern attack, the main task of the 60th Army was to quickly break through the canal defense line and build a bridgehead on the other side. In order to successfully complete this combat mission, Chen Yucheng also transferred a tank brigade to Chen Yang.

The vanguard of the 60th Army was still the 121st Division, which Chen Yang trusted the most. Under the cover of tanks and with the support of fierce artillery fire, the 121st Division quickly advanced toward the other side.

The British have been operating in Egypt for many years, and the entire canal defense line has been built a year ago. Although our army has absolute advantages in equipment and troop strength, the battle to cross the river is still extremely difficult. The British army seems to have found a set of experience in dealing with our artillery fire. Once our artillery fire starts to extend shooting, the British reinforcements began to emerge from various places and shoot fiercely at our crossing forces.

Liu Chengming stood in the command post on the front line, looking at the opposite bank of the canal, the first wave of attack of the 121st Division encountered a strong blockade from the British army. Liu Chengming clearly saw in the telescope that soldiers fell under the guns of the enemy while advancing bravely.

The British army seemed to have found some ways to deal with tanks, and almost all the artillery fire was shooting at our tank troops. Sometimes, regardless of the safety of the British army on the position, they directly fired at the tanks that rushed to the British position.

The three-hour fierce battle soon passed. After paying the price of more than 2,000 casualties, the 121st Division finally struggled to tear a small hole in the British position and continued to expand.

Unwilling to fail, the British army immediately organized a counterattack against the 121st Division. The British army used fierce artillery fire to shoot at the positions occupied by the 121st Division, followed by a fierce charge. The two sides launched a arduous tug-of-war on the small positions. Often, the British army took advantage of our army's unstable footing and fought back the position, and one of the 121st Division's continuous impacts took back the position.

After more than four hours of repeated battles, the British army finally failed to resist the increasing number of crossing forces of the 60th Army. At noon, the 60th Army finally stood firm on the other side of the canal. At this time, the 60th Army also paid the price of 5,000 casualties, and the tanks also lost 31.

The fierce battle was 12 noon, and the Chinese team successfully established 15 bridgeheads on the entire canal front and pushed the British army's counterattacks more than 100 times. The British army's front-line defensive positions were basically completely broken.

In the city of Senna, the sky fell again. The defense line of the land division was still unbreakable. The dense trenches and fierce firepower were simply nightmares for infantry. The French army's efforts on the fourth day failed again.

The sunset shone softly on the desert, and the battlefield was full of gravel stained with blood. Corpse in all directions, guns scattered everywhere, and the broken French military battle flags weeping in the evening breeze.

The French army, which had attacked for four days, left more than 12,000 corpses outside the city of Senna, and more than 30,000 injured. The strength of the army has been greatly reduced. Liu Yongfu still has a complete Second Marine Division in his hand. The First Marine Division only suffered more than 7,000 casualties. The French combat troops are now only over 100,000. How long can such an attack last? The small City of Senna is like a bottomless pit, ruthlessly devouring the French soldiers and morale. French soldiers who luckily returned from the battlefield all have the impression that the firepower of the Chinese ** team is too terrifying.

At 27th night, 10 o'clock, Lin Moran and his 66th Division finally saw the lights of Aisuut. The lights in the distance looked so dim and appeared in the darkness, but the lights looked so bright again.

"Attack! Armored Brigade, attack! Brothers of the 66th Division!" Lin Moran shouted loudly at the walkie-talkie.

120 tanks made terrifying and terrifying screams in the darkness, 120 tanks lined up, and more than 200 mortars opened fire together, and Aisuth was awakened on a quiet night.

The British and French troops always thought that this place was a safe rear, and they did not expect that they would be attacked here. The panicked French army organized an effective defense and the tanks had already rushed into the city. Hundreds of cars followed the tanks, and after the tanks rushed into the city, a regiment of soldiers quickly got out of the car and began to massacre. The frightened French army hurried in the barracks, trying to make the final stubborn resistance, but the tanks ruthlessly knocked off the machine gun in front of the barracks with artillery shells. Before the British artillery opened fire, the artillery was blocked in the barracks by the infantry of the 66th Division. The artillery became prisoners and the cannons became trophy.

The Chinese Type 96 tank easily broke through the wall of the French barracks, and the artillery fire on the tanks opened ruthlessly at the French army hiding in the barracks. Seeing that resistance was equivalent to death, the fighting spirit of the French and British army was completely destroyed, and they threw down their weapons and walked out of the barracks with white flags. At this time, the officers and soldiers of the 66th Division discovered that many French troops were wearing underwear.

The 66th Division's surprise attack was very effective. 500 British and French defenders were killed and injured, and the rest were all surrendered. The 5,000 tons of combat supplies hoarded by the French army in Aisuut fell into the hands of the 66th Division.

After occupying Aisuette, Lin Moran did not immediately turn into defense, but sent a regiment of troops from the 264th Regiment to move south quickly. Before 6 o'clock in the morning, he arrived at another important town on the Nile River. The regiment took advantage of the French army's unpreparedness to launch a sudden attack on Sohajie. The French army of a defender was caught off guard and was quickly defeated. After the 264th Regiment succeeded, he did not want to fight, but instead hoarded the French army in these two arsenals and exploded, and then quickly escorted the prisoners to withdraw Aisuette.

The explosion of Sohajie's arsenal resounded throughout the desert. The French army finally found that their retreat had been raided. The French army was immediately in full panic. The first reaction of the French army was to immediately send two divisions to try to capture Aisuth.

At this time, the French army had already known that the Chinese team had begun to cross the canal and successfully established a solid bridgehead on the west bank of the canal. The British army had retreated to the second line position and asked the French army to give up the attack on Senna and return to defense quickly.

The French army originally planned to start retreating this morning, but unexpectedly, the retreat was cut off by the 66th Division. The French army was completely panicked. The French army's retreat began, leaving the two divisions to cut off, and the main force of the French army began to escape.

The two armies that were setting off the road for the French army to escape were very fast. They arrived at Aisuit at noon on the 28th. What greeted them was the fire of artillery, followed by 120 tanks charging unscrupulously. The French army obviously did not expect that the tanks of the Chinese team would be met in this place, and they were the latest tanks. French soldiers fired at the tanks with machine guns in panic. The machine gun bullets hit the tanks and made a sound, as if they were the most ruthless mockery of the French army.

The Armored Brigade easily disrupted the formation of the two French divisions, and Lin Moran took the opportunity to order the 66th Division to fight back in full. The two French military advisors who were originally here to open the way became the dishes of the 66th Division and the Armored Brigade.

The French army, which was hit by tanks, was in chaos and was chased by the motorized troops of the armored brigade. The battlefield was full of panicked French soldiers, and French soldiers holding up their weapons and shouting for surrender. The 66th Division and the armored brigade easily defeated the two French military advisors who came to open the way, and immediately retreated to Aisuth. At this time, the French army's main force had already escaped for more than 60,000 yuan.

Senna, the French army fled, and Liu Yongfu launched a full-scale counterattack. The cannons bombed the two French divisions behind the rear into a mess. He had no intention of defending the **** army trembling in hiding in the temporary simple fortifications.

The Second Marine Division, which had been raising its strength, was like a tiger descending from the mountain, launching a fierce attack on the French position. The offensive of the Marine Division was unstoppable. Although the French army's severance troops struggled to support it, the French army's defense line was fully broken three hours later, and the Marine Division began to hunt down the French army's severance troops.

When the French army learned that the two divisions that opened the way were defeated, they were even more panicked. But the main force still bit the bullet and launched an attack on Aisuut, but what awaited them was the most ruthless artillery fire. The tanks of the armored brigade had several beautiful counterattacks, and the efforts of the French army were immediately disintegrated.

At 3 pm on the 28th, rumbling cannons sounded from the rear of the French army. Liu Yongfu led the landing division to chase after him. At this time, Lin Moran immediately led the entire army to kill the generals. The French army was isolated and helpless and was attacked from the front and back.

Outside the city of Aisuit, the sound of cannons rumbling and the sound of killing was shaking the earth. The armored brigade was in the enemy formation, like a dragon entering the sea, unscrupulously crushing the French army's weak resistance. Our soldiers fought for the first place, and the French army was defeated and collapsed on the whole line.

There were messy and scattered supplies everywhere, cars caught fire everywhere, broken French flags everywhere, French soldiers scattered everywhere, French soldiers wailing on the ground injured and wailing on the ground early. The sound of shouts of killing, persuading surrender, begging for mercy, and painful wails resounded throughout the battlefield.

In just one week, nearly 200,000 French troops were wiped out like this. French commander Almond committed suicide by lifting a gun, Chief of Staff Ksvier was captured, 13 major generals became prisoners, and 130,000 French troops became prisoners.

On the 29th, the victorious North African Legion continued to head north, and even the important towns along the Kroni River and occupied Mingya in the evening. At this time, our North African Legion was only 300 kilometers away from Cairo.

At 3 a.m. on March 1, the North African Legion began to move north quickly again. The main British army is now struggling to support the west bank of the canal and has no spare energy to deal with Liu Yongfu's North African Legion. The North African Legion is invincible and has advanced 220 kilometers in one day. Fayum, the gateway south of Cairo, was conquered, and Cairo is in front of us.

The North African Legion is advancing rapidly, and Chen Yucheng's troops have been advancing tenaciously. Our army has stubbornly broken through one line of defense of the British army, and the 60th Army has even approached Damaha.

Damahalai was shrouded in a scattered artillery fire. As long as Damahalai was occupied, the 60th Army could approach Tanta. Tanta was the only way to Cairo from Alexandria. As long as Tanta was occupied, the British army deployed its defense in Cairo would have no way out. As long as Tanta was occupied, the British army's 290,000 troops would be completely surrounded by our army.

The British army had a whole division in Damaha. The 60th Army launched a series of attacks with the strength of two divisions. The two sides fought fiercely for one day, and the 60th Army barely broke into the city. That night, Chenyang ordered an attack overnight, and the 60th Army came out in full swing and siege. The British army knew the importance of Damaha and defended to the death. The two sides fought fiercely overnight. The British army finally had the last troops in the west of the city. Chenyang ordered the use of chemical artillery bombardment. The British defenders completely collapsed and Damaha was conquered.

After the 60th Army won the victory in Damaha, with the cooperation of the 59th Army's flanks, the British army attacked Tanta in two groups. Seeing that the situation in North Africa was hopeless, they began to retreat in full swing. Tanta became a key battle to eliminate the British army.

On March 2, the 60th Army used chemical artillery to bombard the Tan Tower. Due to the lack of gas masks, the two divisions stationed in Tan Tower suffered heavy losses. The 60th Army bombed heavily and used tanks to open the way. The British army resisted stubbornly. After a fierce battle, the 59th Army rushed into the Tan Tower from the left wing, and the 60th Army rushed into the east. The British army resisted stubbornly. On the night of the 2nd, the two sides carried out fierce street fighting. The British army was outnumbered and the Tan Tower was captured. At this point, the main force of the British army was surrounded in Cairo, Giza, Benha, Biles, etc.

The British fleet cruising in Alexandria could only watch and be anxious. In addition, our navy approached the Bay of Suez and began to sweep mines. The British Navy was worried about the sneak attack of foreign submarine forces, so our ground troops advanced rapidly towards Alexandria. 68 warships of the British Navy fleet were forced to leave the port. Before leaving, the British Navy shelled Alexandria. Alexandria was bombarded into ruins, and countless residents were killed and injured.

The British army was besieged and still made a final resistance, but after being attacked by our army, all the areas around Cairo were occupied, and the British army could only hide in Cairo.

On March 8, our army issued an ultimatum to the British army in Cairo, limiting them to surrender within 24 hours, otherwise they would refuse the British army to surrender and leave no living seldom.

On March 9, the British army opened the city gate and the entire army surrendered. At this point, the North African battle ended. 450,000 British and French coalition forces were wiped out by our army, 320,000 prisoners were captured, 2,100 artillery pieces, 5,588 machine guns, and 330,000 rifles were seized. After the agreement, the forces in North Africa began to retreat in full, and the French began to withdraw troops from Morocco.

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