Chapter 233 Rescue

At this time, Montgomery was jogging in the morning.

This is Montgomery's personality trait. Even when the battle on the front line was the most intense, he would sleep, eat and work on time according to his own life rules, of course, this also includes exercise.

At this time, a jeep drove quickly to Montgomery and stopped with a "chi". Deguingang got out of the car and hurriedly shouted to Montgomery: "General, the First Armored Division... They are surrounded!"

"What?" Montgomery was stunned when he heard it: "How is this possible? Surrounded by the Italian Armored Division?!"

"No, General!" Deguingang replied: "There is more than one armored division in Aguila, including the Italian armored division, there are a total of three... That is to say, all their armored divisions are there!"

Montgomery's face turned pale, and after a moment of stunned, he immediately jumped into the jeep. The driver turned around and drove the jeep towards the headquarters.

On the way back to the headquarters, Montgomery took out a map from his pocket and looked at it, then realized that he had been fooled... This German troop deployment map was obviously fake, otherwise it would be impossible for the two German armored divisions to gather in Aguila overnight without any signs.

"These cunning Germans!" Montgomery cursed, and then asked Deguingan: "What's the situation now?"

"Very bad!" Deguingan replied: "They (the 1st Armored Division) were attacked by two German armored divisions and were defeated. Now they are trying their best to defend the gap in the defense line. If this place is also captured by the Germans..."

There is no need to say more about the following words.

There is a minefield in front of the German defense line. The British 1st Armored Division opened a channel in the minefield to attack. If this channel is blocked by the Germans, then the 1st Armored Division may not be able to return even a single soldier.

"Immediately order the air force to reinforce!" Montgomery ordered.

"Yes, General!" Deguingang responded, and then asked again: "Which one, General?"

"All of them!" Montgomery said: "Send them all!"

"Yes!"

"Wait!" Montgomery ordered again: "Order the 15th Armored Division to reinforce as soon as possible!"

"Yes, General!"

When Deguingang conveyed the order through the walkie-talkie, Montgomery stared blankly at the German defense map in his hand, which even had a little blood on it... Suddenly, Montgomery tore it to pieces and threw it out of the jeep fiercely.

Looking at this scene, Deguingang was a little stunned. He had never seen Montgomery so angry.

Montgomery certainly had reason to be angry, not only because he was fooled by the Germans, but also because of the loss of the First Armored Division... That was the First Armored Division, and a large number of parliamentarians, children and relatives of nobles served in this unit. Montgomery wanted them to reap a victory to boost morale and make those parliamentarians proud, but he didn't expect this result.

It is easy to imagine what will happen in the future. Those parliamentarians and nobles will not let Montgomery go easily.

The battle was very tragic.

Of course, the word tragic is more appropriate for the British First Armored Division.

The fleeing British army was chased by the German army all the way to the defense line near the minefield, where a British infantry regiment was stationed, but this infantry regiment had basically no ability to resist.

This is not because the combat effectiveness of this infantry regiment is not strong. In fact, this Third Infantry Regiment was a unit that performed well in World War I. Many of their officers came from World War I and had rich combat experience.

Colonel Brian was one of them.

"God!" Colonel Bryan looked at the British fleeing soldiers pouring down from the front line like a tide and said, "They blocked our firing range, and the Germans will follow them and kill our defense line!"

What Colonel Bryan said was exactly what the German army was doing.

This was a flat and wide desert, and the British deserters were densely packed in front of the defense line of the Third Infantry Regiment, becoming an excellent human shield for the German army and even the German tanks.

"What should we do, Colonel?" The staff officer asked Bryan anxiously.

Colonel Bryan made a prompt order: "The defense line can't be defended, prepare to retreat!"

"Yes, Colonel!" This order was obviously popular.

Then Colonel Bryan gave two more forward-looking orders: "Order the minesweeper tanks to go back and sweep the mines!"

The meaning of this order was very obvious, in order to open up a wider passage for the British deserters.

"Bury all the anti-tank mines near the position!" Colonel Bryan said.

"But, Colonel!" Someone questioned: "Our troops haven't passed yet!"

"They have abandoned their tanks and cars!" Colonel Bryan said: "Even if there are still a few... they will be unlucky if they hit the mines!"

Facts have proved that Colonel Bryan's approach is correct.

The characteristic of anti-tank mines is that infantry can pass safely, and tanks and cars will explode only when they run over them, so a minefield targeting German tanks can be quickly built near the defense line.

It was this minefield that slowed down the German pursuit, and then they stopped the pursuit under the order of Colonel Olbrich.

The Germans had to stop the pursuit because they didn't know how many anti-tank mines the British had buried in their positions... This is the advantage of mines.

At the same time, the Germans didn't have many tanks, so they didn't have the conditions to take this risk.

But the British soldiers were not having a good time either. German tanks and soldiers followed the fleeing soldiers with machine guns and artillery, and they were forced to flee everywhere. Many of them fled into the minefield in panic... There were many "S"-shaped bouncing mines buried there. After being triggered, they bounced up and shot out many steel balls everywhere, and the British soldiers fell to the ground screaming.

But no matter how they called for help, it was useless. In this case, no one dared to save them, because it would not only fail to save anyone but also cost their own lives... This practice was even expressly prohibited, and the enemy would often use this to lure and kill others.

The battlefield is a real place. The behavior of saving people for a certain spirit even though they knew it would not work only exists in movies.

So after a while, there was only a bloody corpse and a British soldier who was injured and lying on the ground wailing.

Of course, the Germans would not save them, because that meant they had to step into the minefield.

Therefore, the wounded could only lie there quietly waiting for death.

Some of the British soldiers had realized this and simply took out their pistols to commit suicide.

At this time, Bazel shouted to everyone: "Disperse, air defense and hide!"

This order was a bit surprising, because the German fighter planes were occupying the air advantage at this time.

Then Qin Chuan understood... More British fighter planes would soon arrive.