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- The Italians have persisted until now. This is something that would move even God to tears. At this moment, Rommel immediately discovered the advantage to himself.
"The whole army launches an assault and lets the Rito Aio Division hold on for the last two hours!"
An incredible thing happened on the battlefield of Kantara!
This is often the case on the battlefield. No matter how precise the calculation is, various unexpected situations will always occur. And the occurrence of some accidents may even affect the direction of the entire war.
Such as this time.
Montgomery never expected that the Italians would persist for such a long time, which completely frustrated his plan to reinforce the 4th Hussars Regiment after annihilating the Ritoio Division.
Rommel never thought that the Italians were going crazy
Rommel simply regarded the Rito Aio Division as artillery fire, and Montgomery did not take the Rito Aio Division into consideration at all. In his plan, the Italians could be completely collapsed in an hour or even less. .
However, an incredible miracle still happened!
Rommel made his choice at the first opportunity and continued to launch an assault on the enemies surrounding the Lito Aio Division!
Now, Montgomery is in a very passive situation. The Litoio division in the encirclement is about to collapse, but it is only "about". They are still resisting, and there is no sign of surrender at all.
And on their outer lines, the Germans began to intensify their attacks. This forced the Allies to deal with the Germans and the Italians.
Montgomery was forced to put the Australian 3rd Infantry Division and the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Gurkha Rifles into the battlefield, which were originally reserved as reserves, in an attempt to block the German advance.
But Rommel was tit for tat and showed no signs of weakness. He decisively deployed the German 90th Light Armored Division, the 15th Armored Division, the Italian Ariete Division, and the six Egyptian uprising brigades on the front line of the battlefield.
The decisive battle has reached its most brutal stage!
??The Germans, British, Italians, Egyptians, and Australians are all working hard, and everyone is completely red-eyed.
Tanks are running on the battlefield, infantry are charging on the battlefield, machine gun bullets are intertwined into fire nets, and the explosions caused by grenades are drowning everything.
Crazy, the whole battlefield is crazy
At 12:30, the 15th Armored Division tore a hole in the battlefield. Rommel immediately ordered the Lito Aio Division to break out and complete the rendezvous with the German army.
At this time, the 2nd Battalion of the British Gurkha Rifles rushed towards this opening
The loyalty of these Gurkhas to the British and their bravery on the battlefield are beyond doubt. They are far more trustworthy than the Indians.
However, no matter how loyal and brave they are, they cannot deal with the German steel torrent.
When the Gurkhas were called to fill the gap, they did not hesitate at all. They began to resolutely carry out the British orders with their own flesh and blood.
So the massacre finally happened tragically
The Germans began to fire with machine guns and started to burn with flamethrowers. The Gurkhas died at an alarming speed, but they did not stop executing the mission even for a second, even if the last one of them fell.
They used their lives to fulfill the promise they made to the British: loyalty is better than life!
They are dead, all of them are dead, every one of them is dead. There are corpses everywhere on the ground, so the German officers can't help but perform standard military salutes to these corpses.
Brave and loyal people are always more likely to be respected by their opponents
This was just a small episode on the battlefield. The entire Gurkha army was killed, which did not have any substantial impact on the battlefield.
The Germans began to tear the gap wider!
The Lito Io division is also desperately trying to break through. They know that the sooner they reach the gap, the easier it will be for them to survive.
And just when the battle was at its most intense, something happened that could change the trend of the battlefield:
Egyptians appeared from all directions!
Yes, you read that right, there are Egyptians everywhere!
Egyptian soldiers, Egyptian people and almost all Egyptians appeared here.
A big flag looks particularly eye-catching:
Free Egypt!
Under the call of General Canlemu, these people who fought for a free Egypt have now all joined the siege of the British army in Cantara.
The situation has taken a turn for the worse!
There are Egyptians all over the mountains and plains, and those bursts of shouts and calls are enough to drown the entire battlefield.
They used the terrain they were extremely familiar with to attack the British everywhere; they used their familiarity with the local area to constantly guide the Germans on the most suitable path to attack.
Now, the victory is on the side of the Germans!
"Make Kantara ours."
At 13:00, Rommel once again received a telegram from Marshal Ernst Brahm.
General attack¡ªGeneral attack!
All forces are thrown into the battlefield, all without reservation!
The Australian 3rd Infantry Division was the first to collapse. Rommel concentrated the superior forces and launched a devastating attack on the Australian 3rd Infantry Division.
Then, Rommel took advantage of the situation and launched an assault on the 42nd Royal Tank Regiment.
Under such a passive situation, Montgomery was forced to stop the attack of the Lito Aio Division and instead deal with the successive waves of challenges from the Germans and Egyptians.
The Rito Aio master once again created a miracle:
After struggling to defend themselves against the British attack, they unexpectedly miraculously broke through the Italians, whose performance since the beginning of the war had been disastrous. In the Cantara attack, they actually achieved such great military exploits.
At 14:30, Montgomery, who was in a passive position, received a piece of bad news:
Ismailia fell under a joint attack by the German 21st Armored Division and the 164th Infantry Division, and the South African 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Brigades suffered a disastrous defeat.
The German troops who had captured Ismailia began to suppress the flanks of Kantara.
Montgomery knows that the war here is over. He has no way to continue to hold on to Kantara. If he resists, he can still defend for a long time, but what will be the final result?
The German army will complete the siege of Kantara and completely eat up the Allied forces here
At 14:45, General Montgomery gave the order to retreat.
Kantara fell into Rommel's hands, and this duel between famous generals came to an end for the time being.
Montgomery lost this duel, but in fact the responsibility did not entirely lie with him.
There were too many unexpected situations on the battlefield. First, the Italian Rito Aio Division showed a completely unimaginable combat effectiveness, destroying all Montgomery's plans. Then, the Egyptians¡¯ unwavering support for the Germans was unimaginable.
In fact, this is nothing. The British had always colonized Egypt, which made the Egyptians already seriously dissatisfied with the British. They urgently needed the emergence of a leader, and Canlemu appeared in the most timely manner.
This leader was regarded as a savior by the Egyptians, and coupled with Canlemu's strong influence, the revolting Egyptians chose to support Germany without reservation.
¡°But what can Montgomery say, and what can she complain about?
In the battle where Montgomery defeated Rommel, Rommel and his Afrika Korps also encountered difficulties that could not be solved by manpower and failed.
So God is fair
Rommel finally took revenge, and he returned defeat to his lifelong enemy:
Bernard Montgomery!
With the capture of Kantala and Ismailia, the door to Cairo was opened.
Rommel said this in a telegram to Field Marshal Ernst Brahm:
"Now, I will launch an attack on Cairo, please help me take a look at those magnificent Egyptian buildings in advance!"
Extremely strong confidence has returned to Rommel. At this time, no one can stop Rommel's determination to seize Cairo.
Berlin also received this sudden news, and Adolf Hitler was ecstatic.
Previously, Hitler had not had much hope in whether he could capture Egypt. Being able to stabilize the situation in North Africa was already a great achievement.
However, the African Legion gave the marshal a miracle:
They are heading towards Cairo!
Marshal Ernst Brahm once again completely planned such an attack without any thought. When Hitler learned that Ernst was in Cairo, the Imperial Marshal became a little anxious. He clearly instructed Rommel to seize Cairo in the shortest possible time to ensure that Marshal Ernst would not suffer any damage.
Germany needs Ernst!
After receiving the order from the marshal, Rommel was full of confidence. He firmly believed that there was no force that could stop his Afrika Korps.
Ernst? That amazing Ernst??Even if he is surrounded by a million enemies now, he still has a way to escape. Wasn't his miraculous performance in the battle at Montfaucon enough to explain everything?
No one can beat Ernst, no one!
After taking a short rest in Kantara, on November 13, 1942, Marshal Erwin Rommel issued the order to advance towards Cairo.
The Egyptian Pyramids and the Sphinx all seemed to be waving to Rommel. And among those scenes, Rommel seemed to see that very familiar face:
Ernst Brahm!
"Let's complete the rendezvous in Cairo, Ernst" Rommel thought silently in his heart, and then ordered the entire army to attack.
The battle for Cairo has begun! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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