Chapter 2078: Counterattack Three
The battle broke out again behind the British army, and the flames and explosions terrified the British army who was attacking at the front. This is different from the previous small fights of the German army. From the perspective of scale, this is at least an army-level battle. The record of the British army's smooth advance of more than ten kilometers just now has finally become a complete joke. The Germans have not been defeated. Everything just now was just a cruel joke played on the British like a giant beast playing with its prey!
If someone can stand in the sky and observe the land here through the darkness, they can clearly see that the German armored forces tore through the British defense line as easily as plowing the ground, and there was no grass growing where they locked the country! The black lines that traversed the British army's front continued to extend and then merged to form a blockade line. This blockade line was wrapped around the necks of the British like a noose, and when they realized this, everything was already Too late! Hope burst like a bubble!
"There seems to be an accident behind us." A British officer looked in horror at the soaring flames rising from behind him. Based on experience, he knew that there should be a place where ammunition was piled up, and these ammunition was detonated!
"It doesn't matter, our follow-up troops are enough to wipe out these fleeing German troops. Now we must capture the small town in front, and then use the last period of time before dawn to quickly build fortifications and shelters." Another officer looked at the distant Huo Guang said after looking at the small town that was already in fierce battle.
The British army, which had been attracted by the towns defended by the German army, ignored the chaos behind because they could not be distracted. Once they gave up, all the efforts and efforts made before would be in vain. Now the British army is already in a difficult situation. Whether it is the enemy in front or the enemy in the back, you must eliminate one, otherwise it will be the result of being attacked by two sides in the daytime.
Marshal Haig finally understood the changes on the battlefield. Several powerful German troops almost penetrated the British front line horizontally. Hundreds of thousands of British troops were almost cut in half, and in the melee just now, the British lost a lot of artillery and supplies. But now, it is only 4 hours before dawn, Marshal Haig shudders at the thought of the overwhelming bombing by the Luftwaffe after dawn! Now he has only two options. The first option is to withdraw the second half of the British army, and the second option is to swarm up and solve the opponent while the Germans are gaining a foothold in maintaining stability! After thinking for less than half a minute, Marshal Haig decisively chose to put all his eggs in one basket!
This time, the British deployed all their reserves. They rushed towards the fighting area like moths throwing fire. The British did not know how many German troops participated in the assault, and they didn't even know where they were. However, while the dark night brought convenience to the British, it also made command chaos inevitable. In this case, the original army and division level battles directly became brigade and regiment level! On the front that stretched for more than 20 kilometers, the German armored forces rampaged, and the British reinforcements became involved and turned into a chaotic battle!
The roar of artillery and machine guns continued throughout the night, and the smell of blood donation and gunpowder smoke turned everything here into a Shura field. The dead bodies and burning vehicle wreckage proclaimed the cruelty of this battle to the world. The two sides were completely confused, and there were many accidental injuries caused by tension and confusion. However, the Germans finally held back. When the sun rose, the second half of the British army still did not penetrate the German defenses. However, the British army with nearly 7 divisions in the front was still firmly surrounded. The British general reserve team in charge of this attack also suffered heavy losses.
And during this night, the British knew to use the Germans to launch an offensive, and the Germans were also sending troops day and night. With the cooperation of the French, there were at least 6 more troops during the night. The division's German troops entered the field,
And when the sun rises at dawn, it is the signal for the German counterattack!
"Marshal Haig, it's almost dawn, and we still haven't reached our expected goal. Our troops are in the wilderness, entangled with the Germans. I'm afraid it's too late to retreat." Admiral Wilson He said with a sullen face that the British army's all-out attack did not achieve the original battle goal. Although the Germans must have paid the price of tens of thousands of casualties in the fierce battle this night, it is a pity that it will not help! The strength of the ten divisions of the British army was firmly restrained by the Germans and could not be evacuated. After dawn, the fate of these troops was already determined!
"Order the 4th and 5th armies to recover the troops as far as possible to the north, and blow up the equipment and ammunition that cannot be taken away. Let's count as much as you can escape." Marshal Haig thought for a while and said, now he has no strength to mobilize again The troops went to the rescue, so they could only use the time when the Germans wiped out the night raids on the British army to withdraw as far as possible to the north. As for the two southern armies with a total strength of more than 400,000, how many troops can come back in the end? Marshal Haig didn't know, it might be 40,000 or 60,000, but it would definitely not exceed six figures!
The British were ready to lose the counterattack force, and the Germans were ready to accept it. But what the British didn't expect was that just after the German army's southern line withstood the British counterattack, the German army on the frontal battlefield also began to launch a full-scale offensive. The roar of thousands of artillery broke the peace of the battlefield. Attacks were launched in more than a dozen places. Every minute, more than ten tons of artillery shells fell on the British positions. In Dunkirk, the atmosphere of the two sides fighting in the distance could be felt. While attacking behind the Germans, , The frontal German army also began to attack!
There are two axes of the German offensive. The Lille area on the northern line and the Cambrai area on the southern line are the most important points of the German offensive. The former is a salient part of the British army, and at the same time defends the British army’s last retreat—— — Port of Dunkirk. And if the latter can be won, the encirclement in the south can be closed in advance, and the British troops of the two armies can be completely blocked! And now because the British army has used too many mobile troops to launch a counterattack against the German army, they can no longer produce enough troops to resist the German army on two fronts at the same time!
"Now, concentrate all the elites to defend the Lille area. This is our last barrier and must not be discarded. Tell the two armies on the southern front that the main force is no longer able to provide reinforcements. I ask them to hold back the opponent for half a month. After that, they can choose to surrender!" Marshal Haig sent a telegram!
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