Five hundred and sixty-six. Return
The sudden surrender of the Second Free French Brigade brought a major turning point in the battlefield.
Now, the Germans aimed the main attack direction at the British 133rd Infantry Brigade.
The situation of the 133rd Infantry Brigade is also not optimistic.
In previous battles, the 133rd Infantry Brigade was used as a firefighter. Wherever the crisis arose, the troops would appear.
But because of this, this has caused the troops to have never maintained a complete sequence since the battle, and the soldiers have long become exhausted due to constant mobilization.
One of their regiments was attacked by the Germans on the way to aid the Greeks, and one of their battalions was attacked by the Germans on the way to aid the French.
The surrender of the French made this battalion a target for the Germans.
They were basically using light weapons and were soon hit by the German army.
At this time, General Woodrow issued another wrong order:
He asked the 1st Armored Division, which was in fierce battle, to find a way to draw troops to reinforce.
Originally, the 1st Armored Division was evenly matched with the German army at this time, but under General Woodrow's repeated orders, General Johnson of the 1st Armored Division had to draw some of the troops to reinforce.
But when the reinforcements finally arrived at the battlefield, they found that the battalion of the 133rd Infantry Brigade had been defeated. When the Germans who had won the victory saw another British man who was far inferior to them, the joy of the German commander was imaginable.
This is how wars are. One seemingly small mistakes eventually come together, resulting in the heaviest failure!
Major General Johnson, who was forced to withdraw his troops, soon appeared in the complete sequence.
Originally, this gap was not very large, but the worst thing was that standing opposite General Johnson was the "Desert Fox" - Erwin Rommel!
Rommel will never miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! He quickly mobilized his troops to launch the most fierce assault into this gap
Now, the danger of being torn is also placed before Major General Johnson.
The Germans' offensive momentum was really too strong, especially their commander Rommel could always find the enemy's weaknesses and flaws most accurately.
At 6 o'clock, Rommel successfully commanded his army, penetrated into the defense line of the 1st Armored Division, and quickly broke through to depth.
General Johnson and his 1st Armored Division were troubled
6:10.
The "1128" tank is the confidence of the Germans on the battlefield!
Wherever this tank appears, it is the guarantee of victory.
At this time, it was not only Wang Weiyi and the German army under his command who were fighting, but the secret intelligence department under Colonel Fells was also joined in the efforts to win the final victory of the war.
The telegrams were cracked by Colonel Fells, who was proficient in the methods of sending the Allied forces, and quickly reported them to General Ernst.
Previously, the cracking of the "Fighter" organization also allowed the British to have the contact password completely.
The Allied forces' every move is completely in the hands of the Germans
At 6:10, Wang Weiyi received the latest information sent by Colonel Fells. The remaining troops of the 133rd Infantry Brigade were ordered to pass through Tassosi and complete the 1st Armored Division, which was very passive under the attack of the German army one wave higher than another.
This was the information that made Wang Weiyi most happy. Under his command, the German army quickly advanced towards Tassoxi.
Colonel Fells's intelligence was correct at all. Less than 20 minutes after the Germans arrived in Tassossi, the British 133rd Infantry Brigade appeared.
It can be imagined that the British looked horrified when they were suddenly attacked by the German army.
This was a clean and neat annihilation battle, with the well-prepared Germans against the unprepared British troops.
A terrible disaster occurred in Tassosi.
Countless British people died under the attack of German artillery fire and machine guns, and Tassosi was covered with British bodies in a short time.
The 133rd Infantry Brigade still carried out the most tenacious resistance, but it was obvious that such resistance was futile.
They fell in pieces under the guns of the Germans, and Tassosi completely turned into hell on earth.
Even the battle-hardened German soldiers couldn't help but be frightened by such a bloody scene.
When the last gunshot fell, only 300 British soldiers fled the battlefield.
This is a battle that was later called the "Tasossi Massacre" by the Allies. This massacre is as famous as another massacre in the "Second Battle of Alama":
Limsey Massacre!
The entire 133rd Infantry Brigade was completely finished, and even their commander was killed in this battle.
The 2nd Royal Artillery Regiment of the Allied Army, the 1st Infantry Brigade of Greece, the 2nd Free French Brigade, and the 133rd Infantry Brigade of Britain were successively destroyed. Now, the victory or defeat of the war is completely in the hands of Wang Weiyi.
Lieutenant General Woodrow now has a complete army left with the 1st Armored Division and the 111th Field Artillery Regiment.
At this moment, the German army was completing the encirclement
When General Montgomery ordered the retreat, it was too late
On October 25, 1942, the 10th Armored Division, the 90th Light Armored Division, and the 164th Infantry Division of the German African Legion completely encircled the 1st Armored Division of the British Army.
The great tragedy of the British began.
After repeatedly asking about the situation on the front line, Montgomery photographed the most famous telegram from the "Second Battle of Alamein"
"Please remember your honor, please remember that you are a British official. Reinforcements are on the way."
Reinforcements are on the way?
General Woodrow was very aware of the situation of the British army. In order to win the "Second Battle of Alamein", the British mobilized almost all the forces that could be used.
Even with reinforcements, General Woodrow was convinced that it was a temporary piece of force.
And now, the supply problem that once plagued the Germans for a long time was also tightly entangled with the British.
Due to the bombing of the supply base, the British's fuel and ammunition replenishment was in crisis, and in a short period of time, new supplies could not arrive at all.
Things in the world are really hard to say, a series of disguised deceptions, and now the supply situation between Germany and Britain has been completely adjusted.
General Woodrow was not sure if he could wait for reinforcements, but he decided to follow General Montgomery's telegram:
Please remember your honor, please remember that you are a British official!
Even if you want to die, let yourself die on the battlefield
At a disadvantage, General Woodrow issued a very bold order:
Attack – Attack the Germans!
This is beyond Rommel and the German commander's expectations. With such a passive attitude, the British actually launched an attack!
The sudden attack caused considerable losses to the German army, which also made Rommel amazed.
Although General Woodrow made a big mistake before, he deserves the honor a soldier deserves with courage alone.
Faced with the British aggressive attack, Rommel was not panicked, but calmly ordered the German troops to turn attack into defense and wait for the arrival of the 10th Armored Division.
Rommel judged the situation on the battlefield too clearly
The British now can only exude their last courage and use their last light and heat to carry out a final assault.
They are very energetic, but they will not succeed
The German army, who had firmly grasped the battlefield situation, suddenly defended on the spot under the British counterattack, which was also what General Woodrow was most worried about.
If the Germans attacked each other, the 1st Armored Division could still find a chance to break through, but Rommel's age was a silly shot.
11:00, several attacks were fruitless, and the British were exhausted.
At this time, Wang Weiyi's 10th Armored Division completed the last puzzle in the siege battle
Just as Wang Weiyi was about to issue the general attack order, something that made him ecstatic happened:
Klingenberg and his assault squad are back!
It's said it's a team, but it's not accurate. There are only three people left in this assault team.
"Klingenberg, aren't you dead?" Although he watched Klingenberg standing in front of him alive, Wang Weiyi still patiently endured the ecstasy in his heart and asked calmly.
"Yes, I jumped out of the British encirclement." Klingenberg's answer was so calm: "I have been fighting guerrilla wars with the British. Although most of my team members died in battle, I still survived."
Then he pointed to the hot battlefield: "Marson, can I rejoin the battle now?"
"Klingenberg, you are now the major!" Wang Weiyi announced the new appointment of the "creator of the Belgrade Miracle" and said: "I will arm you a new commando, Major Klingenberg."
"Thank you!" Klingenberg saluted Marshal Ernst.
"So, let's start." Wang Weiyi took a long breath: "General Guo Yunfeng, Major Myristel, are you all ready?"
"Yes, Marshal, we're all ready!"
"So, let's end it now!"
When Wang Weiyi gave this order, the German army's final general attack on the British 1st Armored Division began. This will be the largest and most critical annihilation battle in the "Second Battle of Alamein".
Even, it can be said to be a key battle that determines the entire North African war.
The German army will completely reverse the passive situation in North Africa under the command of Marshal Ernst Breme.
Chapter completed!