2078 Counterattack 3
The battle broke out again behind the British army, and the flames and explosions terrified the British army who were attacking on the front line. This is different from the previous small fights of the German army. In terms of scale, this is at least an army-level battle. The British army's successful advance of more than ten kilometers just now has finally become a complete joke. The Germans were not defeated. Everything just now was just a cruel joke to the British like a giant beast playing with prey!
If someone can stand in the sky and observe the earth here through the darkness, they can clearly see that the German armored troops easily tear open the British defense line like plowing the ground. Where they locked the country, there was no grass growing! Black lines that ran across the British front line continued to extend and then merged, forming a blockade line, which was like a noose around the neck of the British. When they realized this, everything was too late! Hope burst like a bubble!
"It seems something happened behind us." A British officer looked at the sky-storming flames rising behind him in horror. According to experience, he knew that there should be an ammunition piled up, and the ammunition was detonated!
"It doesn't matter, our follow-up troops are enough to destroy these wandering German troops. We must now capture the town in front, and then use the last time before dawn to build fortifications and shelters." Another officer looked at the fire in the distance, then looked at the town that had been trapped in fierce battle and said.
The British army, who were already attracted by the German defended towns in front, ignored the chaos behind because they could not be distracted. Once they gave up, all efforts and efforts they had made before would be wasted. Now the British army is already in a difficult situation. Whether it is the enemy in front or the enemy behind, you must destroy one, otherwise it will be attacked on both sides during the day.
Marshal Hege finally learned about the abnormal movements on the battlefield. Several powerful German troops almost penetrated the British front line. Hundreds of thousands of British troops were almost cut in half, and in the melee just now, the British lost a large amount of artillery and supplies. Now, it was only 4 hours before dawn. When Marshal Hege shuddered when he thought of the overwhelming bombing of the German Air Force after dawn! Now he had only two choices. The first choice was to withdraw the second half of the British army, and the second choice was to rush forward and solve the opponent while the Germans were at the foot of maintaining stability! After only half a minute of thinking, Marshal Hege decisively chose to take all his bets!
This time, the British fought all the reserves, and they rushed to the area where they were fighting like moths throwing fire. The British did not know how many German troops were involved in the assault this time, and they were not even sure where they were. While the night brought convenience to the British, it also made the command chaos inevitable. In this case, the original army and division-level battles directly turned into brigade and regiment level! On the front line that stretched for more than 20 kilometers, German armored troops rushed around, and the British reinforcements were involved and turned into a chaotic battle!
The roar of artillery and machine guns roared all night long, the smell of blood donation and gun smoke turned everything here into a Shura field. The bodies and burning vehicles that died on the ground announced to the world the cruelty of the battle. The two sides were completely confused, and there were also many accidental injuries caused by tension and chaos. However, no matter what, the Germans finally held it back. When the sun rose, the second half of the British army still did not break through the German defense line, and the British troops of nearly 7 divisions in the front were still firmly surrounded. The British reserve team responsible for the attack also suffered heavy losses.
During this night, the British knew that they had not yet launched a steady attack by using the Germans to establish a foothold, and the Germans were also transporting troops day and night. With the cooperation of the French, at least more than 6 divisions of German troops entered the battlefield in that night. When the sun rose at dawn, it was a signal of the German counterattack!
"Master Heg, it's almost dawn, but we still haven't achieved the expected goal. Our troops are in the wilderness and are entangled with the Germans. It's probably too late to retreat." General Wilson said with a look of earth. The British army's heavy blow did not achieve the original battle goal. Although the Germans must have paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties in this night's fierce battle, it's a pity that it's useless! The forces of ten British divisions were firmly restrained by the Germans and could not evacuate. After dawn, the fate of these troops was confirmed!
"Order the Fourth and Fifth Army to recover the troops north as much as possible. The equipment and ammunition that cannot be taken away can be directly blown up. How much can it run out? "Master Hege said after thinking for a while. Now he has no power to mobilize troops to rescue, so he can only use the time of the Germans to eliminate the British army at night to withdraw troops north as much as possible. As for how many troops in the south with a total number of more than 400,000 troops, the number of troops in the south will eventually return?Master Hege didn't know. Maybe it was 40,000 or 60,000, but it would definitely not exceed six figures!
The British were mentally prepared to lose the counterattack force, and the Germans were also ready to accept it. But what the British did not expect was that just after the German army's southern front had resisted the British counterattack, the Germans on the front battlefield also began to launch a full-scale attack. The roar of thousands of artillery pieces broke the calm of the battlefield. The Germans launched assaults in more than a dozen places at the same time. Every minute, more than ten tons of artillery shells fell on the British positions. In Dunkirk, the atmosphere of fighting between the two sides in the distance could be felt. While the Germans launched an attack behind the back, the Germans on the front also began to launch an attack!
There are two axes of the German offensive. The Lille region on the northern line and the Cambray region on the southern line are the top priority of the German offensive. The former is a prominent part of the British army, and it also protects the British army's last retreat - the Port of Dunkirk. If the latter can be taken, it can close the encirclement in the south in advance and completely block the British army of the two armies! Now, because the British army has used too many mobile troops to launch a counterattack against the German army, they can no longer provide enough troops to resist the German army on both fronts!
"Now, we are concentrating all elite troops to defend against the Lille region. This is our last barrier. We must not be discarded. We told the two armies on the southern front that the main force is no longer able to provide reinforcements. I ask them to hold the opponent for half a month! After that, they can choose to surrender!" Marshal Heg sent a telegram!
Chapter completed!