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Chapter 151: The bloody battle in East Africa (1)

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    After only one day and one night's rest in Mogadishu, the capital of Italy's East African colony of Somalia, the 45th Brigade and the 1st Brigade did not wait to rendezvous with the 108th Armored Division and the 8th and 11th Field Brigades, and immediately took off in the early morning.  The car embarked on the journey, bumping along the rugged and dilapidated road.  Along the way, tanks roared, helicopters roared in the sky, and the convoy of cars was billowing with dust. They trudged along the Somali transportation line that was in disrepair and in extremely poor road conditions to Addis Ababa, the capital of the Italian colony of Ethiopia, where Italy  The Duke of Aosta, the governor-general in East Africa, would greet them and replenish the troops with fuel and supplies, and then they were expected to continue northward toward the southwestern border of the British-controlled Sultanate.  Under strong pressure from Chu Qiming, the Northeast Frontier Defense Department and the entire Axis African Corps headquarters, General Garibaldi did not dare to slack off and sent about five divisions of Italian troops and a large number of local black migrant workers to work throughout the night.  The military transportation and supply line from East Africa to North Africa was built in the rest area. At the same time, three "the most elite units of the Italian army stationed in East Africa" ??were deployed to coordinate the Northeast Army's northward march, and the command was handed over to Chu Qiming.  These three Italian troops are the 38th "Amia" Division, the 45th "Bradisi" Division and the 66th "Milan" Division, with a total of more than 22,000 people. Although these three divisions are known as "Mechanized Infantry Divisions"  , but it is only equipped with a small number of cars and Italian-made "Ansaldo" light tanks. The commander-in-chief is Lieutenant General Cavaleiro Badorio of the Italian Army.  Since there were suddenly a large number of Italian soldiers under his command who did not have cars or other means of transportation, Chu Qiming had to rack his brains to let them squeeze into the Northeast Army's cars with the soldiers of the Northeast Army, and from  The local blacks and Arabs purchased a large number of camels, horses, and mules to use as means of transportation before they could barely get on the road.

    Bumping on the East African plateau known as the "Roof of Africa" ??(the whole of Ethiopia is in a plateau area, with an average altitude of 2,500 to 3,000 meters), Chu Qiming was in his new mount - General Garibaldi apologized for the accidental attack.  He gave Chu Qiming an Italian-made "Mammoth" heavy armored command vehicle, and sent two telegrams with the same content to the German commander-in-chief of the Afrika Korps, Marshal Rommel, and the Italian commander-in-chief, Marshal Graziani:  "NNNE's advance army has set off for Sudan and is expected to launch an attack on the British troops stationed in Sudan in five days. The follow-up army is rushing to China with all its strength."  (nne is the abbreviation of the German "nordos-chinakorpsnordsfrikaexpeditionsaemee" of "China's Northeastern Army dispatched to North Africa". Senior German and Italian officers of the Afrika Korps refer to the Chinese Northeastern Army dispatched to North Africa; the German abbreviation of the German Afrika Korps is dak  )

    Chu Qiming, who breathed a sigh of relief, felt a little more relaxed at this time. The heat wave rushing in from outside made him a little uncomfortable.  I have to admit that the Italian army's performance in the war was very poor, but the things they produced were quite comfortable, practical and user-friendly.  The spacious compartment of the "Mammoth" is basically equipped with everything, including desk lamps, radios, sofas, refrigerators, hammocks and other luxuries. Not only can eight officers hold field meetings at the same time, but there is even a computer installed inside.  Rugged, high-power air conditioner.  But Chu Qiming quickly ordered the air conditioning to be removed, because he did not want his officers and soldiers to march and fight arduously in the African desert where the average temperature reached over 50 degrees, while he, the top commander, hid in the air-conditioned compartment and enjoyed it.  Air conditioning.  In addition, the refrigerator in the car that was previously used by Italian officers to store beer, juice, and ice water was also ordered by Chu Qiming to be used to store special medicines.  "Officers and soldiers must share joys and sorrows, support each other in adversity, and are never allowed to make special arrangements." This is what Chu Qiming repeatedly emphasized when he served as the commander of the 45th Brigade, the "No. 1 Ridiculous Unit of the Northeast Army" and has been implementing it by example.  in principle.

    Along the roaring Shabelle River, the 45th Brigade and the 1st Brigade and the three Italian divisions marched more than 140 kilometers in one day and arrived at the Beledweyne area at the border of Somalia and Ethiopia at 7 o'clock in the evening.  (Eritrea at this time was part of Ethiopia. Like Djibouti, it was a colony that was abandoned by the British army and then "victoriously captured" by the Italian army. Djibouti at this time was also part of Somalia).  Under Chu Qiming's order, the tired but still high-spirited Northeastern officers and soldiers, as well as the complaining and sighing Italian officers and soldiers, finished just half an hour of dinner and rest. The entire army turned on their lights and continued on the rugged wilderness.  and advance through jungle swamps infested with mosquitoes and flies.  Amid the complaints of the Italian soldiers and the calls of the animals, the yawning soldiers were swatting wild mosquitoes as big as dragonflies while carefully watching out for poisonous snakes, scorpions, centipedes, toads and other strange and poisonous insects under their feet.  , supported each other and entered Ethiopia.  In the night sky, groups of bats and unknown wild birds were flying above the heads of the officers and soldiers, making bursts of creepy screams. A line of specially trained pure-blood German soldiersThere was blood splattering and corpses all over the place.  Both the British army and the Sudanese army suffered heavy casualties, and the Northeast Army also suffered heavy casualties under the opponent's air strikes; on the rear front, waves of Italian soldiers were terrified, as if they were being driven away under the pressure of MP submachine guns in the hands of the Northeast Army's military police.  Like a duck, they also jumped into the combat zone.  In this vast desert Gobi, tanks and armored vehicles are the only cover for infantry.  At 6 o'clock in the evening, when the fighting reached darkness, the tank troops on both sides suffered heavy losses. Black smoke rose into the sky on the battlefield, and destroyed tanks and armored vehicles lay across the field and burned.  Amidst the fire and smoke, soldiers from the Northeastern Army, Italian soldiers, British soldiers, and Sudanese Army fought with bayonets.

    "Commander, we have destroyed more than fifty British tanks and armored vehicles. However, twenty-six of the 'No. 1' tanks have been lost, and eleven of the 'No. 2' tanks have been lost. Armored vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles have been destroyed.  Nine tanks were destroyed, many of which were blown up by enemy planes. Only the Siberian Tiger tanks were safe and unharmed, and not a single tank was lost." Commander Zuo's report surprised the officers, and they all raised their binoculars. The scene shocked the officers.  The scene of people's blood boiling came into the eyes of the officers.  On the battlefield filled with black smoke and fire, with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, the only eight "Siberian Tiger" main battle tanks owned by the 45th Brigade and the 1st Brigade were like undead monsters made of steel, majestic  It majestically rushed left and right among the British troops, striking forward and behind. The 88mm smoothbore tank main gun and the 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun roared deafeningly. The shells and bullets rushed away like a storm, knocking out a tank.  Another British tank was bombarded into scrap metal, and row after row of British and Sudanese troops were swept to pieces, with blood and flesh flying everywhere. Some British light tanks weighing only a few tons were directly bombarded.  Knocked over and fell to the ground.  The British anti-tank guns and tank guns of various calibers, as well as the "Mosquito" bombers in the air, concentrated their firepower on the "Siberian Tigers".  In the fierce and violent bombardment, some "Siberian Tigers" had their spare bulletproof tracks blown off, some had their exhaust pipes broken and caught fire, and some even stepped on anti-tank mines or were directly hit.  The 76mm caliber tank guns of the British medium tanks were hit hard in the front, but what horrified all the British troops was that these scarred and bruised steel monsters still maintained unparalleled vitality and violent combat effectiveness.  Trapped in a tight siege, they showed no fear and continued to destroy British tanks in this tank battle and continued to swallow up the lives of a large number of British soldiers.

    "Look!" At the side of the fierce tank battlefield, Major General Lu Dongchang, the chief of staff of the 45th Brigade, who was watching the battle, held up a telescope and shouted loudly: "Are those tanks with pennants tied to the antennas the command tanks of the British army?"

    Chu Qiming looked at it carefully for a while and said with certainty: "Yes! Yes! How could I forget that the German army's tactical experience summary report stated that the British army was accustomed to tying pennants on the antennas used to command tanks?  "." He turned around and ordered to the communications soldier: "Immediately order our tanks to focus on killing the enemy tanks with pennants tied to their antennas!" "Yes!"

    Amidst the clouds of fireballs and bursts of explosions, the "Siberian Tiger" main battle tanks, as if they were in an uninhabited land, began to ferociously chase and kill the British command tank.  At this moment, a majestic thunderbolt roared from the clouds in the sky, and four huge black war eagles appeared over the battlefield. They were the four "Black Hawks" of the 45th Brigade Army Aviation Regiment.  The armed helicopter roared into the sky.  The earth shook and the mountains shook, and the roaring roar was overwhelming. The "Iron Fist" anti-tank rockets and the metal bullets of the "Vulcan" six-barreled heavy machine gun flew through the sky like a meteor shower, instantly covering the entire battlefield.  That room exploded into a sea of ??flames like a furnace of hell.  The British army, which had never seen this new type of aircraft, was caught off guard. Groups of British soldiers and Sudanese soldiers, as well as one after another "Matilda" infantry tank, "Valentin" medium tank,  The "Crusader" tank was instantly burned into coke and molten iron in the fierce flames of more than 3,000 degrees Celsius.

    The unprecedented bloody battle and the unprecedentedly powerful "Siberian Tiger" main battle tanks and "Black Hawk" helicopter gunships not only made the Italian soldiers on the Northeast Army's side tremble with fear, but also scared the Sudanese soldiers on the British side.  Amidst the bursts of desperate and shrill screams, the frightened Sudanese soldiers fled with their heads in their hands.  "Brothers, kill! The enemy has escaped!" shouted the soldiers of the Northeast Army who had already been red-eyed. Their morale and combat effectiveness increased instantly, and each unit marched forward bravely.  Seeing that victory was about to be won, what surprised the officers of the Northeastern Army was that the Italian soldiers who had been so cowardly and timid just now actually followed behind the Northeastern Army soldiers and rushed forward as brave as tigers.  , the expression of "seeing death as home" is written majestically on every face.  The Axis Allied forces rushed forward like a black tide and quickly overwhelmed the British army's last line of defense. With the "Siberian Tigers" and "Black Hawks" opening the way, the Northeastern Army and the Italian Army fiercely pursued the British army and swarmed into the city.  .  After fierce fighting until midnight, the Allied forces annihilated more than 3,600 members of the British 202nd Mechanized Reinforcement Regiment here, captured more than a thousand Sudanese soldiers, and captured the southern fortress of Khartoum, Wadmeerni.  (Today is the anniversary of the "September 18th" National Humiliation Day. Everyone must remember the national humiliation and keep the alarm bells ringing!) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)?Strengthened the regiment with more than 3,600 people, captured more than 1,000 Sudanese soldiers, and captured the southern fortress of Khartoum, Wadmeerni.  (Today is the anniversary of the "September 18th" National Humiliation Day. Everyone must remember the national humiliation and keep the alarm bells ringing!) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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