Imperial Overlord

"Boom!" With the sun slanting westward, the British defenders really felt a violent storm.

Originally thought that the German counterattack should not come, but who would have thought that the German team's counterattack would come suddenly when it was already too late.

At least 50 German Panzer III tanks broke into the defensive positions of the Australian 6th Infantry Division, dividing the British troops stationed there.

Unlike the attack on El Alamein, the Germans used more tanks this time, and the infantry under cover fought more fiercely.

The 6th Australian Infantry Division finally felt the strength of its opponents after being separated from the strong defensive positions of El Alamein and without the minefields laid in advance.

"Hello? Hello? Commander? Ask for support! My position is about to be breached!" A regiment commander shouted into the phone in mourning on the Australian defense line.

Although it was a temporary defensive position, Cunningham also counted on it to prevent the German counterattack as much as possible.

Therefore, the layout of this line of defense is still very particular, and 30 tanks have been strengthened as tactical support.

However, after a short exchange of fire, the Germans destroyed at least 10 A9 and A10 cruise tanks, making the entire British defense line crumbling.

Before the sun went down, the German tanks had already penetrated into the British defense lines, and even cut the 1st regiment of Australia into two parts.

Hearing his subordinate's call for help, the commander of the Australian 6th Infantry Division glanced at Cunningham next to him, hoping that the other party could give him an explanation.

"Forget it! Let your troops start retreating! Don't worry about the gains and losses in front of you." Cunningham ordered in a somewhat depressed manner.

Although the opponent's behavior of defending Matrulu looked stupid, tactically, this German commander named Rommel was indeed an admirable opponent.

The opponent seized the most vulnerable time of the British team and launched the most correct counterattack, maximizing the effect of the gasoline left in his hand.

If it wasn't for the certainty that Rommel didn't have that much gasoline in his hands, Cunningham would have even turned around and fled in fright now.

"Retreat in the direction of Fouquet! Don't rout! Don't let the German tanks take too many prisoners!" He knew that the German counterattack would not last long, so just retreat a little to avoid losses.

"It seems that this Rommel is really a tactical master. In this passive situation, he chose the most powerful countermeasure against the German army at once." Cunningham praised while packing his things.

"Okay! Almost 100 prisoners were captured, right? Don't go too deep, let's retreat!" Rommel stood on a position garrisoned by the Italians and put down his telescope.

Although he ordered the armored troops to counterattack and performed tricks, he did not expect that the enemy's defense line was really so weak.

Seeing that his tanks were about to pierce through the 6th Infantry Division in Australia, Rommel was really afraid that the British would be driven away.

Just after the British defense line had collapsed across the board, the German tank troops finally stopped the attack.

These German tanks seemed to be hovering at a distance unwillingly, and opened fire violently at the retreating British troops.

Seeing what was happening in front of him, Cunningham nodded with satisfaction—the enemy's logistical limit was reached, and he still had to succeed after all.

Soon, he will wipe out the German-Italian Afrikaans in Matru! With this feat, it is estimated that His Majesty the King will give him a real noble title!

"Counterattack! Take the position back from the Germans!" Cunningham saw that the Germans were starting to retreat, and ordered the Australian 6th Infantry Division, which was frightened, to return to the place where it had just escaped.

Several Australian officers around him are counting the losses just now - in the battle just now, they lost a total of 107 people and killed another 211 people.

In addition, 4 trucks were destroyed, 2 trucks were captured by the enemy and drove away, and 3 machine guns, some machine guns and ammunition were lost.

After such a farce-like German counterattack, the British team returned to the defensive position they had just excavated after dinner.

At ten o'clock at night, the 1st Infantry Division of South Africa was all in place, and their arrival finally relieved the terrified Cunningham.

At midnight, some Egyptian infantry also rushed to the front, and the British had more than 30,000 troops nearby.

Although the Italians tried to repel the British team with counterattacks all night, they could only say that they had nothing to gain except for the loss of thousands of people.

And that night was a long night for both British and German commanders in Africa. They are all waiting for the dawn, waiting for the moment to decide the winner.

At 4 a.m., Cunningham was dazedly called from the camp bed by his subordinates: "Sir! Radio communication from the Navy!"

"Navy?" Cunningham frowned, seeing that in two hours, he was about to start the offensive and defensive battle against Matrouh. What does the navy mean at this time?

After getting out of his field fortification, Cunningham walked along the trench to the built radio equipment bunker in the dark.

There is still a long way to go here, and huge antennas have been erected to receive radio communications from the sea.

"I'm General Cunningham!" He grabbed the earphone, pressed it against his ear, and said into the microphone.

"I'm Commander Cunningham! The Italian fleet has not left! It's near Matrou! I can't get close to reconnaissance, I don't know what's hiding behind them!" On the radio, Cunningham came clearly eager voice.

What is hiding? Can you hide a landing fleet? Cunningham sneered in his heart and despised the timidity of the Navy.

However, the news of the Italian fleet near Matrou still made him somewhat cautious - he didn't want to be greeted by an inexplicable round of naval guns when he attacked tomorrow morning!

"I don't know if the Italians will bombard your position, but I think your current position is very dangerous!" Cunningham still took the trouble to remind.

"Even if Germany gets additional fuel, and my defensive positions have been reinforced overnight, they have limited resources and can only choose to retreat." Cunningham didn't think he was in any danger.

At least in his judgment, the Italian fleet, covering the supplies, arrived at Matrouh at this time, and the German army received a small amount of replenishment, which could only be used to retreat.

After all, supplies of this scale cannot be available every day. The small amount of supplies that the Germans got, after Matru's unsavory throughput exploits, only God knows how much they can get.

And these materials, Rommel can organize one more counterattack at most! What is enough for a counterattack? Rommel fought back once yesterday evening, but didn't he still retreat?

What's more, his current defense line is stronger than that of yesterday evening. It is not easy for the German army to fight the breakthrough battle like yesterday.

"Hopefully, your judgment is correct! But it seems that you can't do it by asking the navy to shell Matrou." Cunningham was afraid of the battleships of the Italian Navy, and did not intend to approach Matrou too much.

The navies of both sides looked at each other at a sufficiently friendly distance until the very early morning of September 18.

When the sun rose from the east, the British team was ready to continue the attack. They had already started preparing for the battle half an hour ago, waiting for the command of the headquarters.

And at the southernmost point of their position, the armored forces of both sides had already attacked each other at the same time.

This time Rommel's army did not hold back at all. He took out more than 200 No. 3 tanks to face the 35 A10 cruise tanks of the British team...

On the Italian line of defense, the 40 German Stalker tank destroyers have aimed their artillery at the 15 A10 and 18 A9 cruise tanks that the British team opened their positions.

At the same time, the Italian navy was approaching the British Mediterranean Fleet at sea. Admiral Cunningham commanded his own fleet to retreat ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and notified Cunningham, who was preparing to attack on land.

"Sir! Sir! Our defense line is due south, and the German tank units are attacking!" An officer hurriedly sent Cunningham a shocking news.

In his mind, the German tank troops were already insufficient in fuel, how could they go to the south to waste fuel and fight roundabout battles?

He looked at the officer who seemed to deliver the message, and suddenly a bad premonition came into his mind: "Confirm the number of German tanks! Immediately! Quick!"

How many German tanks are there? Even the British tank commander, who was fighting against German tanks, did not know the answer himself.

The reason is simple - before he could see the end of the German tank, he was pierced by a flying shell!

He didn't have time to cry out, he didn't have time to pay attention to the huge hole in the armor that was pierced by the enemy's artillery shells in front of him, and he died unwillingly.

And the British tank force, without confirming the specific number of German tanks, chose a decent surrender...

There is no way if you don't surrender. The opponent's tanks you see are already twice as many as your own tanks. In this case, if you surrender slowly, you may end up like those burning wrecks!

The British tanks on the flanks lost 13, and the rest went to the spoils of German armor.

The more than 30 British tanks that attacked from the front were named at about the same time and reported to the Lord of Hell - oh, no, the place where the Europeans should go after death is under the jurisdiction of the **** of death...

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