At the same time as the fierce fighting in Manim, General Liu Zhaocheng, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, arrived at the battle site.
Liu Zhaocheng¡¯s arrival also means that China¡¯s large-scale attack is about to begin!
Liu Zhaocheng immediately issued an order for Wang Ding, who was the first to arrive on the battlefield, to come to his headquarters. He carefully inquired about the situation on the battlefield, and Wang Ding also reported to him truthfully.
In the report, Wang Ding believed that the strength of the British had been severely weakened after the fierce attack by the German army, and after the Chinese troops entered Africa, the war situation was tilting in favor of the Chinese.
"Intensify the attack on Manimu." After listening to Wang Ding's report, Liu Zhaocheng pondered for a moment: "Invest two more regiments in the Manimu area, under your unified command, and the attack must be completed before the end of the month. The war in Nimes has completed its rendezvous with the German army!¡±
"Yes!" Wang Ding's answer was very resounding.
With the injection of fresh blood, the attack momentum of the Chinese team suddenly strengthened.
A tank battalion with two infantry regiments appeared on the Manim battlefield and launched the fiercest attack on the Sharia Fort, which was under siege.
At the same time, Liu Zhaocheng once again opened the Gangba-Sagom front while fierce fighting was taking place on the front line. In order to break through this front and complete the siege of the British army in Manim.
An elite armored division was dropped on the "Gangsa Battlefield".
This is the first time that the elite Chinese armored divisions have appeared on the battlefield, and the enemy in front of them is the British 120th Infantry Division.
?Obviously, the newly opened "Gangsa Battlefield" caught the British by surprise, and they did not even have time to make an adequate response. Currently, Chinese and German armies are joining forces to fight in the African battlefield, which makes the British army feel a serious shortage of troops.
In order to cope with the Chinese attack, the British command not only required the 120th Division to hold on for twenty days, but also hastily mobilized a brigade of troops to reinforce the Gangsa battlefield.
The war broke out here.
This will be a decisive battle! The outcome of this battle may determine the final direction of the war in Africa.
No one wants to lose the victory of the battle.
When the Chinese armored division appeared on the battlefield, Lieutenant General Capri, who commanded the British army, felt heavy pressure. General Capri is facing pressure not only from the Chinese, but also from the commander-in-chief of the 8th Army, General Bernard Law Montgomery.
After defeating Rommel's offensive, Montgomery's reputation soared, and the British army's confidence also increased as never before. But soon after, the Chinese Army began to officially intervene in Africa. Their excellent performance on the Asian battlefield and the British army's continuous defeats in the Far East battlefield began to make the British army have a sense of fear towards the Chinese Army. In the minds of the officers and soldiers, the Chinese were even more terrifying and difficult to defeat than the Germans.
Montgomery is determined to break the myth of the Chinese team being undefeated. The first step he has to do is to stop the Chinese's continuous advance on the Gangsa battlefield and create a victory here.
But obviously the Chinese will not let him get his way, and the Chinese also decided to continue their undefeated myth on the Gangsa battlefield¡§
Liu Zhaocheng vs. Meng Ge¡¯s horse power!
Now, the showdown finally begins.
Before the start of the Gangsa offensive, when Liu Zhaocheng summoned Wang Ding, he also gave him a secret mission. As for what this mission was, I am afraid not many people can know it.
The offensive war of Gangsa broke out in March 1943.
The squadron on this frontline battlefield received only one order:
Attack, attack, attack again! Use continuous attacks to resolutely destroy the British defense on the opposite side.
The person commanding the frontline troops was Colonel Zhang Lingfu. Although he is only a colonel, he has shown his bravery without exception in the series of battles he has participated in before.
For orders, he always fulfilled them to the letter without bargaining. Among the orders he received, there was only one requirement: Defeat the British army before March 16!
From the first day when the battle broke out, Zhang Lingfu did not leave any fallback for himself. He put all available troops on the battlefield.
And when his subordinates asked him where the headquarters was, the brave colonel had only one answer:
"Wherever the front line is, my headquarters is there!"
Zhang Lingfu used his answer to tell his soldiers what to do, and also told his soldiers that he would fight with them.
He also fulfilled his promiseNo matter how long we hold on here, maybe the Chinese will appear outside their headquarters tomorrow.
Montgomery expressed deep sympathy for the suffering of his men, but he firmly told his men that no matter how difficult it was, they must hold back the Chinese there. This was crucial to the entire war situation.
General Burke reluctantly accepted the order, or maybe he and his St. Meissen Infantry Brigade will be buried here, who knows?
The war situation in Africa, which had been gradually reversed, has become complicated again with the strongest entry of the Chinese army.
If the Chinese attack cannot be defeated here, then for the Allies, everything will undergo the most important and terrifying change!