"Qi Zhen, if they don't come out, we won't be able to get in." Wang Jianguo said.
"Well, I originally wanted to use a trick to scare the snake out of the chaos, but now it seems that this commander really has a lot of tricks up his sleeve." Qi Zhen said in a low voice.
"The enemy now has more troops in the headquarters than before. Although our explosives killed many people, they are still putting out the fire calmly. I'm afraid it will be difficult to handle."
Liang Sicheng looked at the heated scene inside the headquarters from a distance and said worriedly.
"How about a tank assault?" Zhang Qi suggested.
"Do you feel that the streets around you are much quieter than before?" Liang Sicheng asked him.
"What do you mean?" Zhang Qi was confused.
"It means that the enemy has made arrangements where we can't see it. Once there is a suspicious mission, it is certain that they will come to you to catch the turtle in the urn, so don't think about it." Liang Sicheng said, giving him a sideways glance, "That's not the case just now. Are you still complaining in the tank? What? Have you changed your gender?"
"Harm! Don't you think it's fun to be in a tank? Besides, as you said, the tank is the safest." Zhang Qi said.
"Let me just say that, if the enemy really dares to rush out and fight us with all his life, with just one tank, it is estimated that there will be a platoon-sized dispersed charge, and we will explain it." Liang Sicheng said.
"Hey! You lied to me!?" Zhang Qi glared at him.
"Then I'm not going to lie to you, can you operate in the tank obediently?" Liang Sicheng asked.
Zhang Qi was speechless for a moment and said helplessly: "I told you a long time ago, I will just come up with ideas from behind. I don't like these fighting and killing things."
Liang Sicheng glanced at his resentful expression, rolled his eyes at him, and said no more.
"The kid is right. Since the enemy has returned, there is a high probability that sufficient preparations have been made in advance. We cannot act rashly." Qi Zhen said.
"Who is this commander? He's quite powerful." Lin Biao suddenly interjected, "It's not easy to remain calm under such circumstances."
"Nonsense! This is a random fate!"
In the headquarters, Colonel Meyer was furious at this time.
As early as in the combat headquarters outside Caen, Meyer had already telegraphed Caen to Berlin, requesting the 12th Armored Division to evacuate the defensive position, because no matter which direction they looked from, they would never be able to hold this place. Now If you don’t withdraw, as time goes by, it will become extremely difficult to withdraw later.
He did not expect that after returning to the headquarters, he actually received two opposite orders.
A letter came from July 5th. Marshal Rommel ordered that the 12th Armored Division, which has made outstanding achievements and fought bloody battles, can evacuate at any time when it is ready to rotate. Other divisions will switch defenses and continue to defend the city of Caen.
One letter came from today during the day. It was already an order from Marshal Rommel, but the order stated that it was a direct order from the leader, not a defensive plan designated by the Western Front Command.
Whether it was an order or a plan, in fact there was only one cold and unquestionable sentence in the order: defend Caen at all costs, and do not take a step back until the last person is standing.
"Report from the front!" A reporting soldier hurriedly ran to Colonel Meyer and saluted, "The headquarters of the third regiment in the north of the city reported that the enemy has now controlled the Orne Estuary area, and our army is retreating steadily. Please support!"
"I know..." Meier put his hands on the table and looked at the military map on it, saying without looking back.
"...Also, the second and third regiments in the east and west directions of the city, as well as the independent regiments wandering around the periphery, have also exchanged fire with the enemy! A large number of enemy troops have appeared on the east and west sides of the city of Caen!" The reporter hesitated for a moment. , then said.
Meier suddenly raised his head and looked towards the east and west sides of Caen City on the map.
"Order the reserve team in the headquarters to go to the east and west sides of the city in two ways. Be sure to hold the enemy back before they pass through the defensive positions on both sides!" Meyer ordered.
"Yes!" The messenger arrived.
"Telegraph all participating troops to evacuate the frontal battlefield in an orderly manner and retreat from the south of Caen City. They are not allowed to fight!" Meier continued word by word.
"..." The reporter was stunned for a moment.
"Huh?" Meyer raised his eyelids and glanced at him.
"Yes!" the messenger replied, and then ran away quickly.
"Colonel, this..."
A staff officer next to him was about to say something, but he saw Meier tearing up the order sent by Rommel with a furious look on his face.
The pieces of paper were flying and falling miserably in the air, just like Meier's mood at this time.
This approach is self-explanatory, and everyone present is silent.
Meyer didn't want to see those teenagers die for such a meaningless practice, and was prepared to do everything possible not to carry out this ridiculous order.
The only way out now was to retreat quickly and establish a new line of defense in the rear before the Allies surrounded them.
The reserve team had just arrived here not long ago. Five of their Leopards had just been damaged, and the remaining number did not exceed ten, which looked a bit pitiful in the empty headquarters.
Before the fire was completely extinguished, they heard Meier's order, and then began to gear up and prepare to go to the target location for support.
"Cai Fan, they are forming a team and it looks like they are going out?" Liang Sicheng said. "I know why the Allies asked us to attack the headquarters!" Qi Zhen said suddenly.
"Why?" Wang Jianguo asked.
"Think about it, the headquarters has a fuel depot and an armory, and it is the enemy's command center, so the Germans will never allow problems to arise here, right?" Qi Zhen said.
"Then what?" Wang Jianguo asked.
"Once a problem occurs here, the Germans will definitely send all their troops to support this place to prevent any problems from happening here." Qi Zhen continued, "But I guess the German troops around the city of Caen must be extremely difficult to defend and under great pressure, so it must be We cannot move the defenders away from their original posts to support this place.”
"You mean the reserve team!?" Wang Jianguo looked at the German soldiers in the distance who had completely formed a team, and keenly grasped the key points.
"That's right, these Germans supporting the headquarters must be the reserve team that the enemy kept until the end!" Qi Zhen said categorically, "If the reserve team is assembled here, then the Germans will no longer be able to spare any effort to support others. On the battlefield, the Allies will definitely make great progress!"
The fact is as Qi Zhen expected. The Allied offensive momentum has become stronger and stronger, and has gradually defeated the German troops defending the frontal battlefield positions. As the battle continues, the German defensive positions have been gradually divided, and the battle It has gradually lost its organization, and its tanks and anti-tank guns have become scrap metal because they have exhausted their ammunition.
On the other hand, the Allied troops were divided into two groups, and the remaining troops had gradually moved toward the east and west sides of the city of Caen during the night. They would completely surround the city of Caen within one day and never let go of a single person. A fish that slipped through the net.
The Allied Forces Command knew very well that in order to hold off the Allied forces in the Caen area for a month, the combat effectiveness and combat literacy of the troops in the city, and even the command capabilities of their commanders, were by no means comparable to those of ordinary troops. Once these forces were allowed to German soldiers who managed to escape were bound to suffer endless consequences.
However, the Allies did not expect that Colonel Meyer's response would be so quick. He almost tried to block the Allied encirclement with the determination of a strong man, and buy time for the large forces to evacuate from the city of Caen.
"We can't let them leave, at least we can't let them leave smoothly!" Qi Zhen said.
"Do you want us to fire mortars from private houses?" Liang Sicheng asked with a frown.
"What good ideas do you have?" Qi Zhen asked.
"Let's fight in the streets, otherwise we will face the enemy's tanks and infantry for nothing," Wang Jianguo said.
The tank's tracks were galloping on the road. After exiting the headquarters gate, it drove in both directions.
Boom boom boom!
The mortar shells landed accurately on the path of the Germans and exploded loudly.
Several soldiers were killed on the spot, while others looked for bunkers on the spot and started shooting in the direction of the artillery shells!
Ta-ta-ta-ta!
boom!
A bullet accurately shot out of a certain window and directly hit one of the Germans in the head.
"I can't see clearly at night, and I can't guarantee my marksmanship." Liang Sicheng hid behind the window. The glass next to him had been shattered into pieces by enemy bullets.
After the gunfire stopped for a while, he moved to another room, continued to aim there, and fired another bullet.
"The enemy has no lights, so we can only judge the position through our gunfire. We use grenades and mortars. We can shoot at a different location to avoid being blocked by the opponent."
In front of Wang Jianguo, the mortar's base suddenly sat down, shaking violently on the floor and stirring up a cloud of smoke.
After firing, he turned around, went downstairs, and disappeared into the streets without even looking at the impact point of the mortar shell.
The nine members of the team plus Mark began to slow down the advance of the reserve team in this way.
They did not know what was happening on the east and west sides of the city, nor did they know that the Allied forces were going to surround the entire city of Caen. They only knew that the more the enemy wanted to do something, the less they could let the enemy do anything.
Bang bang bang bang bang!
Violent serial explosions rang out among the crowd of German soldiers, and the flying shrapnel instantly knocked down more than a dozen people.
Zhaka, hidden in the darkness, disappeared in a flash.
Sufficient ammunition is the confidence and the courage of everyone in the team!
"Report!" The reporter walked into the training room again, "Report to the colonel, the enemy and our side..."
"I saw it!" Meier stood in front of the window, looking at the explosion lights outside, listening to the intensive sound of submachine guns, and his heart sank to the bottom.
There are no reserves in the division, ammunition is about to be exhausted, and reinforcements and supplies have become an unattainable luxury...
At this time, Meier realized that the situation was very critical and his youth division would soon be annihilated.
