Six Hundred and Ninety-Eight Poems

Just when the two were mourning for their motherland, the sharp air defense sirens suddenly rang through the sky. The eardrum-piercing howl of the portable hand-cranked air defense siren interrupted the painful thoughts of the two of them at once.

"What's the matter? The Germans almost never bombed the facilities in the city. What does it mean to sound the anti-aircraft combat siren?" Montgomery stopped a soldier who hurried over to transfer the bed, and asked with a frown, but he was very concerned. Soon he knew the answer, because in the sky above him, one German bomber after another was already visible.

"My God!" Montgomery lowered his head and saw civilians and soldiers in a mess. There are too many things in the whole city that have not been camouflaged or protected due to haste. There are piled up supplies There is also fuel, whether there is any ammunition that has been distributed, first aid supplies, and of course there are wounded and civilians all over the ground. On the contrary, due to geological reasons, there are very few air-raid shelters and other facilities here.

There are hordes of German bombers covering the sky, and you don't need to think about it to know what kind of losses the German bombing will bring to Alexandria. Although I know that this kind of thing will come sooner or later, I have seen it with my own eyes At that time, Montgomery still realized that in this afternoon, the British would face their most terrifying test in a month.

Because of the lack of artillery fire, most of the anti-aircraft guns in the city were sent to the outer positions. They either acted as temporary anti-tank tasks like the German 88mm anti-aircraft guns, or they were used as support artillery. Moreover, most of the artillery has been lost in the fierce battles outside, and there are only a few anti-aircraft weapons in the city, which can groan at this time.

Yes, moaning, in front of the overwhelming bombers of the Luftwaffe, the British anti-aircraft gun firepower can definitely be described by the word moaning now, several small-caliber anti-aircraft guns sprayed flames into the sky, but they did not disturb at all The dense bombing formation of the German bombers.

The local Egyptians looked up in horror and saw the bombers open the hatch under the belly, revealing the terrible bombs. Then with the whistling wind, these bombs were dropped one after another, and then there was a shrill sound in the wind. It was the sound of the wind blowing the whistle on the bomb, and it was also the whistle of death blowing to harvest life.

A bomber dropped its bomb, followed by dozens of bombers who dropped their bombs together, and then more bombers opened the hatches and dropped their heavy bombs. So the whole port of Alexandria seemed to have a heavy rain, a heavy rain of steel and destruction.

The British general who lost his hand looked at the densely packed German bombers in the sky, and sighed with a wry smile: "How can human beings resist such a terrifying force? How can the human body resist the destruction of steel? In the face of such a powerful war machine, How long can we last?"

"Sir! Please leave here with me immediately! This is too dangerous!" The adjutant pulled Montgomery's arm,

He hoped that he could take away General Montgomery who was already sluggish there, but his efforts were obviously futile. Montgomery stood there with no intention of leaving.

Montgomery recalled what he saw when he was in England. Hundreds of German bombers appeared over London, and then dropped hundreds of huge bombs. Those bombs were filled with terrible chemical agents. Let the flames burn that not even water can extinguish. The whole of London is burning, the whole earth is trembling, and the civilization built by human beings for thousands of years collapses and destroys within ten minutes.

That kind of terrible thing, once experienced is enough to make people collapse, but Montgomery witnessed it twice with his own eyes. What's even more tragic is that the bombing target of these two times was the city he swore to defend, and the result was the same , the city he was trying to defend was in ruins, and his efforts were in vain.

A bomb fell not far away, just hitting the crowd, the huge flame swallowed countless fresh lives in an instant, and then the huge explosion spread to a wider range, tearing and destroying people's bodies . Montgomery saw an arm flying to the surrounding roofs, and saw a broken body flying into the distance.

Then more bombs exploded, the latest bomb exploded, and the air wave created a gust of wind that blew away the hat Montgomery was wearing on his head. From time to time, there was a loud bang in the distance. It was the sound of buildings collapsing. Montgomery remembered that the buildings in London collapsed more loudly, because the buildings there were thicker and taller.

Before Montgomery could recover, his head was pressed down by his assistant, adjutant and surrounding guards. A group of people surrounded him and ran to an anti-aircraft artillery position not far away. There was only one pitiful gun Anti-aircraft guns, but there are fortifications made up of sandbags, which can serve as a cover.

The field hospital, which was overcrowded, turned into a mess in an instant. People avoided the bombs dropped by the bombers, and then collided with each other, and were trampled under their feet. The white tents fluttered with the wind, and the gauze and sheets were blown away. Incomparably precious instruments were scattered all over the place, no one cared at all.

The Germans dispatched a full 190 -217 bombers in one go. This number is a bit scary for Alexandria. What's more, there are a total of 140 Stuka bombers supported by the front line, and 50 FW-190D fighter jets equipped with small bombs. Counting the 40 fighter jets for cover, Germany dispatched a total of more than 400 planes, which can almost cover the sky. Blind to describe.

And this time the German Air Force also mixed a large number of napalm incendiary bombs into the bombs, which increased the power of destruction and destruction. In an instant, thick smoke billowed throughout Alexandria, and some buildings were ignited by the fire, making crackling noises. . Even the sea was on fire, and some ships were set ablaze.

Some of the wounded who were lying on the hospital bed and struggling in pain soon ended their lives in this chaotic situation. They lay on the unattended beds, struggling to sit up, but finally stopped Breathing on his own, he hangs his arms weakly.

More people were engulfed by the fire and turned into coke, the sheets were ignited and turned into black powder, and the beds were also burned and turned into twisted iron frames. The wounded were glued to the chemical agent in the napalm bomb, and then struggled frantically in the flames, tearing off their own skin and screaming heart-piercingly.

The escort fighter jets responsible for the cover of the Luftwaffe began to dive and attack because they had nothing to do. They fired machine guns through the crowd and knocked down the British soldiers carrying stretchers and medical equipment to the ground.

Montgomery was carried into a bunker full of sandbags by his subordinates. Before he recovered, he saw that the only anti-aircraft gun not far away was patronized by two Stuka bombers, and one was dropped. The bomb blew up the cannon into scrap iron, and the other one poured hundreds of shells with a 20mm cannon, shooting out a cloud of white smoke around the entire anti-aircraft gun.

The whole of Alexandria turned into a sea of ​​flames and became a real purgatory on earth. Although the Germans bombed London on a larger scale and lasted longer, London has a relatively complete underground bunker structure that can protect the lives of most people. The underground structure of Alexandria is almost zero, so the ability to withstand bombing is even weaker.

All the buildings trembled from the explosion of aerial bombs. People looked desperately at the destruction of their homes, at the death of their relatives and friends, and at the ruins of everything they were familiar with.

However, the high-intensity bombing ended soon, and the German planes came and went faster. Because the scale of the bombing was unprecedentedly large, the Germans did not prepare for the second bombing. Most of the bombers left towards the sea after losing all their bombs. A few covering planes and Stukas were still circling.

With tears in their eyes, everyone walked out of their bunkers before the German plane had completely left, and began to rescue those things that were of little rescue value. Now it's festered and charred, with a burnt smell.

Crying began to come from all directions. In fact, the crying had been there since the bombing began, but the sound of explosions everywhere was too deafening, so it covered up these hoarse cries. Calls for help also came sporadically, but they seemed weak in the cries, with a deep sense of powerlessness.

"General! Are you... all right?" Montgomery's assistant, whose face was blackened by smoke, asked Montgomery dumbfounded. The German bombing finally came, but it came too soon. It was too fast and without warning, and it also brought a real disaster to the people in Alexandria.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died in the bombing, and more wounded and civilians also died in this catastrophe. More than 10,000 people died directly from the bombing. At this time, the living people did not know that the city’s fresh water storage and purification facilities were still in use. Some power systems were also destroyed, and the destruction of these living facilities will bring death to more people.

"I'm fine... find a phone call, quickly organize people to help rescue the wounded, and... send someone to count the damage, I want to get the damage report as soon as possible." Montgomery looked at the burning flames everywhere, and murmured: "Hurry up ! Go help! Leave me alone!"