Chen Zuyin arranged two divisions along the road from Beirut to Damascus and hid them in the valleys on the eastern slopes of the Lebanon Mountains. The other two divisions were hidden on both sides of Damascus, leaving only one division in a defensive posture on the front.
When Lieutenant General Allenby led his troops to Damascus, the two divisions from the Bekaa Valley immediately rushed out and destroyed the regiment he left to destroy the airport, and then completely cut off the British army's retreat. {3w
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By the time Allenby learned the bad news, two other Chinese divisions were pressing over on his north and south sides at the same time. Together with the five divisions on the front, he and his two British divisions were completely surrounded.
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"Quick, rush over. You must rush over no matter what the cost." At this time, Bull broke out in cold sweat. He already knew that he had fallen into a well-arranged trap. As for why, he had no time to think about it. Now
The most important thing is to escape, he shouted at the commander of the chariot brigade, waving his saber.
More than a hundred British-made light tanks, under the cover of infantry, rammed head-on at full speed into the two Chinese divisions that were encircling them behind. Unfortunately, this small tank, which was only a little more than ten tons, was at the opposite door.
They are as helpless as lambs in front of recoilless rifles and rocket launchers. The 60 rocket launcher can penetrate the front of China's active Dragon heavy tank, let alone this severely shrunk version of the imitation Tiger. As for the 105mm
Vehicle-mounted recoilless guns are simply too cruel for them.
More than a hundred tanks, under Lieutenant General Allenby's sad and angry eyes, struggled for less than five minutes before they were all wiped out.
Lieutenant General Allenby, who fought against the Chinese Army for the first time, was dumbfounded. You must know that his tank brigade has always been his life-saving weapon on the Belgian battlefield. How many Germans hated their tracks, and now they are actually...
Is it all over in this simple way? He had an unreal feeling at this moment.
"Charge, warriors of the British Empire, use our swords to defend the glory of the empire!" The guy roared hysterically, and those poor British soldiers held the Lee-Enfield rifle with the bayonet and faced the powerful enemy without hesitation.
charge, and then were beaten to pieces by intensive firepower like waves hitting a breakwater. At this time, two other Chinese divisions on the north and south flanks also joined the battlefield. Together with the Damascus defenders attacking from behind, the five divisions were
They were gradually squeezing towards the British like five high-speed rotating grinding wheels. Of course, all they were grinding away was blood and lives.
While Lieutenant General Allenby led the British army into a desperate and bitter battle, the British sailors on the landing ship who were lying on the beach waiting for them to return were frantically putting away the gangplank, closing the hatch, filling with water and retreating, because they were just on the beach.
At this time, a group of bombers covering the sky had appeared in their sight, especially the fifty Liberators, which looked like prehistoric beasts. Their huge bodies came over with the aura of dominating the world.
At this time, the battleships, cruisers, and destroyers that can provide protection for these landing ships are either in distant ports or at sea a few kilometers away, but no matter where they are, it is certainly impossible to protect them. These battleships are not like landing ships.
They can also go straight to the beach, but the minimum draft is five to six meters, so they can only watch the bomber group flying over the landing ship.
But for the Chinese bomber pilots who came to bomb, the eighteen landing ships neatly arranged on the coast below were as close to their eyes as bacon hanging in front of them. Following the order of the bombing formation commander, a group of landing ships
The Liberator and Thunder bombers began to descend one after another. At the same time, the bomb bays were opened to prepare for bomb delivery, and the anti-aircraft weapons below also began to fire at the sky.
These landing ships are nothing more than 37mm anti-aircraft guns or anti-aircraft machine guns. The number is basically in the single digits. Their duty is to land on the beach. Air defense is not their job at all. Such strength faces more than 150 aircraft.
The bombers are too weak. Their only purpose is to prevent those Chinese bombers from dropping bombs at low altitudes. Unfortunately, if it is Thunder, the British may still have some effect. But when the bomb load reaches five tons, and it is equipped with the latest bombers
Liberator of sights, then it makes no sense.
The first round of bombing was these behemoths that were almost black technology for this era. The fifty Liberators passing by at an altitude of 5,000 meters, where the British anti-aircraft firepower was powerless, dropped 250 tons of solidified qi decoys on the coast.
Bombs, terrifying flames rose into the sky in an instant, and the eighteen landing ships were almost completely submerged in the sea of fire. Fortunately, after the Battle of Helgoland Bay, the British, who suffered a heavy blow, replaced the wooden decks of the landing ships with
Although the displacement has increased, it is made of steel. Fortunately, it has anti-aircraft protection, so the camp was not burned down like before. But the problem is that the ship can withstand it but the people can't. Those anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns are all open emplacements.
It is naturally impossible for soldiers operating weapons to persist in fighting outside against the raging flames and hot airflow. Hundreds of tons of coagulation qi decoys are burning in such a small range, and the surrounding temperature can cook people to death. It is not a big problem.
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Especially those that hit directly, after burning the deck red, then ignited the internal wooden materials, and fire rushed out from the interior of six landing ships. The poor British sailors had no choice but to scream in the flames.
Burned to ashes.
This scene made the British warships who were unable to come to the rescue full of grief and anger, but they could only feel sad and angry. The draft restricted them. Let alone getting close to the coast, even entering within two kilometers was very dangerous.
But the liberators were only used to kick in the door. After the fire below weakened slightly, the Thunder bombers loaded with heavy aerial bombs rushed over, with 50 kilograms or even 250 kilograms of aerial bombs falling.
, the landing ship, which was almost completely red-hot, had completely ushered in its doom.
"Get ready to retreat!" On a distant British Navy battleship, looking at the landing ships that were shattered in the explosion, the commander-in-chief of this operation, Marshal Fisher, sighed and said.
"Marshal, General Allenby hasn't come back yet?" a general next to him said doubtfully.
"They, they can't come back. This is a trap. Either the MI5 spies have rebelled, or the Chinese have obtained his code book and sent us false information." Marshal Fisher said with some pain.
He was right. Lieutenant General Bull Allenby and the nearly 40,000 British troops led by him indeed could not return. With the five Chinese divisions completing the encirclement from all sides, they no longer had any hope of breaking out and could only
Trapped in a small area in the Bekaa Valley, a circular defense line was set up to hold on. They would not have reinforcements, nor could they have supplies. The only thing they had was the courage to fight. Although they could persist despite being inspired by various ideas.
Fight, but this persistence cannot last long.
Fisher's retreat was very correct, because after blowing up their landing ship, the bombers immediately flew back to the airport in Aleppo to reload their bombs. At this distance, they didn't even need to refuel. They just reloaded as quickly as possible.
Taking off full of bombs, other British warships and transport ships crowded in the Beirut port were good targets. However, by the time these bombers returned, the British transport ships had already evacuated the port and returned to the sea, retreating westward under the escort of a large number of warships.
Using horizontal bombers to attack a sailing fleet protected by a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower was a completely thankless job. When the commander of the returning bomber formation saw that the British had withdrawn to the sea, he immediately gave up the attack on Marshal Fisher.
However, they would not take their bombs back, so the British Army who was immediately surrounded became the target of their anger.
"Damn, these Army Aviation guys are so shameless. They actually used 250 kilograms of aerial bombs to bomb infantry. They don't want to take the credit like this." On the battlefield in the Bekaa Valley, Wu Luzhen, commander of the 211th Division of the Chinese Army
He looked at the terrifying fireballs rising in the distance in astonishment and said with disdain.
"Whatever, it saves us some effort. It would be better if we just surround them like this and let them keep blowing up. These British veterans are very difficult to deal with. Their marksmanship is frightening, and their rifles can fire at a fast rate."
Get on our semi-automatic." said an officer next to him.
"This is a good idea. Let the Army Air Force replace it with solid gas decoys. Anyway, they are just burning some gasoline." After Wu Luzhen said that, he immediately asked for a radio station from the signal corps and began to contact the military headquarters.
In fact, it should be said that they are under a lot of pressure. This is the first time that the 71st and 72nd armies have participated in a real battle, but their opponents are different. These British troops are all elites from the European battlefields.
, a veteran who has been tempered in the past five years. After hundreds of battles, after understanding that he was in a desperate situation, out of hatred for Emperor Yang who deceived the British people again and again, he can be regarded as a tragic army. Bull Allenby was also the British at this time.
It is not easy to deal with a strong general who has great numbers, even if he goes all out to fight for it.
Although total annihilation is certain, the price China will pay will certainly not be small.
After receiving Wu Luzhen's request, Chen Zuyin immediately realized that this was the best way. He immediately issued orders to all armies. All five divisions that were attacking suddenly stopped and switched to defense. The troops who had just recovered from the bombing
Allenby was a little confused, but he didn't mind taking a breather. At this time, he had made up his mind. He would rather die than surrender. Even if the entire army was annihilated, he would let the Chinese see the power of the British Empire. At least he would have to fight.
Just run out of ammunition and food.
Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that at the Aleppo airport, the bombers that had just returned had already begun loading bombs, and they were all loaded with coagulated qi decoys that were a nightmare for infantry. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, and the novel will be updated.