Soon, Montgomery's order came down, "Take back the train station!"
"Commander! Which unit should we use as the first to attack? Do we need to formulate a plan?" the deputy commander asked, "I heard that the unit that captured the train station just now is called Grossdeutschland! It shouldn't be easy to deal with. Team, I think it’s better for us to be more careful!”
"Plan? Attack first?" The regiment leader is very dissatisfied with his deputy now. When did he have to calm down and make a plan? He asked angrily, "You don't even look at what's going on now? Why don't you pick someone to attack first? Prepare immediately. The whole group will wait for fire cover and then attack together! What other tactics are needed? What we need most now is the human sea tactic!"
Although the British army was in a difficult situation from inside the city, Montgomery still provided as much convenience as possible for the troops who captured the train station, because Montgomery knew that once the area beyond the train station was lost, his troops might be completely annihilated. The remaining thirty or so cannons were used to conduct a violent bombardment of the area where the Grossdeutsche Infantry Regiment was stationed at the train station. Montgomery's move allowed Guderian to figure out the location of the remaining artillery of the British army, and ordered the artillery to suppress the British artillery positions. At the same time, he notified the Air Force of the hidden location of the British artillery. It is believed that the Stuka dive bomber wing will visit soon. British artillery positions.
"Attack..." Before the smoke cleared, under the order of the commander of the 94th Infantry Regiment, the 94th Infantry Regiment launched a group attack. Almost everyone except the signal corps and a few staff officers Everyone participated in this attack, and no reserve team was left, not even a single soldier. The three battalions of the 94th Infantry Regiment and a motorized assault company were divided into two lines, attacking from the north and northeast. Now the southern part of Bradford was under the fire of the German army, and as for the west, the British had not yet made the habit of exposing their flanks to others.
"They are coming, Colonel!" In an underground bunker that had just been cleaned and there were still some blood stains on the ground, Colonel von Stockhausen's staff reported to Colonel von Stockhausen who had nowhere to go. ; "There are a lot of people. It seems that the British didn't intend to test them. They used all their strength as soon as they came up!"
Colonel von Stockhausen raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Great, let the British know how different their so-called army soldiers are from our Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment? In that case, first of all Put them in, remember! Use quality over quantity, and try not to let my soldiers face the huge British!" Colonel von Stockhausen was not joking, but said these words in a very serious tone , it can only show that in the eyes of Colonel von Stockhausen, the British Army's combat effectiveness is really only this much, and there is no need to worry about its own troops at all.
"Understood, Colonel! Aren't there many places to hide here? Let the British see how our Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment fights in street battles!" The staff officer gave a military salute, turned around and walked out of the underground bunker. Colonel von Stockhausen looked through the observation hole and saw someone firing a signal gun. This kind of signal gun can make a distinctive sound, and his soldiers must be able to understand the meaning.
The soldiers of the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment, who were preparing to take a good fight, suddenly heard a whistle-like sound and raised their heads in surprise. Of course they knew what the sound meant, but they immediately began to pack their things and carried out the execution meticulously. Colonel von Stockhausen's order, this situation is no longer unfamiliar to the soldiers, at least they have encountered this situation many times during exercises, and the orderly retreat has simply become an instinctive reaction. Of course, before retreating, they did not forget to leave some surprises for the British soldiers. They were all modified gadgets. Although they may not cause many casualties to the British, it was still easy to make them jump around. .
The British launched this attack with the determination to die, but the result was unexpectedly smooth. In the British's random thoughts, the soldiers of the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment gave up many seemingly good positions, "These German What are people doing?" The gunshots gradually stopped. As the commander of the 94th Polish Infantry Regiment under the command of the British troops on the battlefield, Colonel Kemmering turned his head and asked in confusion. Of course, the staff officer standing next to him at this time also looked at a loss when he saw this situation.
Colonel Kemmering, the leader of the 94th Infantry Regiment, was very puzzled by the Germans' move. However, time was tight and Colonel Kemmering did not allow him to think about it. The soldiers of the 94th Infantry Regiment continued to penetrate deep into the positions abandoned by the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment. After thinking for a long time, the confused Colonel Kemmering could only attribute it to the fact that the German soldiers had spent all their research on armored warfare and had little experience in street fighting. If Colonel von Stockhausen knew Colonel Kemmering's thoughts, he would not be able to describe it simply with a sneer.
"Maybe the Germans feel the intensity of our attack, so they are unwilling to fight us head-on! Reduce their troops and stabilize their defense!" The staff officer expressed his opinion. Then he pointed at the map and said to him: "Now the German army here will definitely focus its defense on the rear. I suggest that the troops start attacking immediately. Take advantage of the enemy's unsteady foothold to give the opponent a fatal blow. Break through The opponent's defense line. Since they are unwilling to confront us head-on, we have to do this! Now we have no choice!" What he said before was fine, but why did Colonel Kemmering feel that what he said and what he said later was so offensive
Putting the strange thoughts out of his mind, Colonel Kemmering ordered, "Tell the soldiers that the Germans have been frightened by our attack! Keep the offensive! Keep putting pressure on the opponent. Use the form of wheel warfare to make the opponent collapse. ".
Upon receiving this order, the British army immediately began to attack. From the perspective of the German soldiers, the British's dense formation was comparable to the Macedonian infantry phalanx. If their commanders allowed them to fire, I believe the British army would suffer the heaviest losses. At this time, some people remembered the rumors of the British army, which once charged in a dense formation in front of the Maxin heavy machine gun, resulting in the loss of 60,000 people in one day. After seeing the actions of the British army today, everyone believed it in an instant. This rumor.
Soon most of the British finally began to gradually break through the defensive positions originally set up by the German army. Sure enough, as their commander said, they were not frantically blocked by the original German army. However, as battlefield commanders, they were still very careful to approach each other quietly. They searched every place carefully, not even the corners, because that was a sniper's paradise. But what surprised them was that the Germans did not place snipers there.
Most of the British troops saw this situation. After a rough inspection, the engineers sent out. There were no mines set up by the Germans. Of course, this also shows that the German army did not set any terrible trap. So most of the troops began to slowly penetrate inside, and soon they occupied the first line of defense of the German army. It is only 500 meters away from the core area of the train station. There is another block in between, and this block is obviously not among the lots abandoned by Colonel von Stockhausen.
At this time, the British army's good luck also came to an end. On that street, the German army began a frantic blockade, and various automatic weapons began to shoot wildly at the Polish army. Grenades flew like a storm to the British army's position. Recoilless rifles and mortars set up in several positions also joined the battle. The British army, which had been charging smoothly, was obviously unprepared for the sudden blow.
At first, the soldiers of the British army, organized by their officers, wanted to break through the dense firepower network of the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment with a fierce charge. But after paying the price of hundreds of deaths, the British finally realized that this move was in vain. They were not the British Expeditionary Force more than 20 years ago. The 60,000 casualties and casualties of the British Expeditionary Force were followed by millions of British Expeditionary Forces. There were only about a thousand British soldiers behind them. This mindless method of warfare was obviously not suitable for today.
For a moment, the two sides were shooting randomly at the opposite side of the building occupied by the two sections of this small road. Dazzling tongues of flames spurted out from the window sills facing the street, and the glass and wooden windows of those windows had been removed and replaced. Blocked with wooden boards and bricks, they have become real fire points, and there is no one on the road anymore, because if anyone walks there, they will be mercilessly knocked down by bullets fired by machine guns and snipers. Who cares? Let’s talk about who brings it down.
In this way, the soldiers of the 94th Infantry Regiment had no choice but to hide in the block facing the German soldiers, and fired at the German soldiers who were also hiding in the buildings on the opposite block. Colonel von Stockhausen had been observing the battle. Shaking his head and sighing, "If the building you are hiding in suddenly collapses, wouldn't you all be buried alive? How long will it take for the next batch of Stuka dive bombers to arrive?" Feng Colonel Stockhausen asked impatiently.
"Colonel, it will take another fifteen minutes!" the staff officer replied respectfully.
"Detonate the explosives on the opposite block in thirteen minutes!" Colonel von Stockhausen ordered coolly, "This way the target will be much smaller when the Stuka comes! After the air force bombing is completed, immediately stop the counterattack ! It is estimated that the British will be almost dead by then!"
The ordinary equipment and weapons of the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment are second to none in Germany, but it is impossible to bring enough explosives to blow up a city block, but it doesn't matter, the method of blowing the building into pieces is stupid, as long as the explosives are used Buried in key places, such as the roof beams that support the entire building. Once the building loses support and collapses, the soldiers inside will naturally have no chance of survival. It is not that no one has thought of this method, but in their own city, the British will not and are reluctant to use such cruel methods. The soldiers of the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment do not have such pressure. This is not Germany anyway.
The moment Colonel von Stockhausen issued the order, the British army commander Colonel Kemmering, who was about two kilometers away, suddenly had an ominous premonition, but was immediately suppressed by Colonel Kemmering. , at least so far, Colonel Kemolin has not found anything unusual.
"Ten, nine, eight..." Colonel von Stockhausen began to look at his watch to count down, "Three, two, one, start..." As soon as Colonel von Stockhausen finished speaking, he saw the people on the opposite block. In many buildings, huge fireballs appeared at a speed visible to the naked eye. Almost as fast as the fireballs were seen, accompanied by violent sounds, even the glass on the buildings in the neighborhoods where the German troops were stationed became shattered, and the entire The ground began to shake.
A plume of gray smoke spewed out from underneath the entire row of buildings, and then the entire row of buildings fell down like a group of giants tripped at the same time. "This is really a big tragedy!" Colonel von Stockhausen commented coldly, "The British will not think of this method, but they take it for granted that we will not do it! How stupid!"
The building that lost its support began to collapse irreversibly. Although British soldiers tried to escape from the building, it was obvious that their speed was not proportional to the speed of the explosive explosion. As a result, the escape mission failed. But even if they managed to escape, there would still be a group of snipers about two hundred meters away, aiming at the exits of the British defense blocks. No matter what, these British people would be dead.
But the tragedy is not over yet, because the distance between the buildings on the street is too close. So those collapsed buildings quickly hit the building in front of them. Faced with such a powerful impact, those buildings that had some walls demolished and were not very strong after being baptized by gunfire began to fall forward, like dominoes, falling one by one.
"Are these Germans all coming out of hell?" Colonel Kemmering almost couldn't bear the blow when he saw this scene. Now he knew why he had an ominous premonition just now.
The matter was far from over. Just when the dust from the explosion had just cleared away, a sound that made Colonel Kemmering's heart palpitate came from the southern sky. Colonel Kemerling had heard this sound many times today. , that was the German aerial artillery Stuka dive bomber wing. The loud sound made it possible to convey fear to the bombed even from a great distance.
For the pilots of the Stuka dive bombers, this mission is very simple. Compared with a target as big as a house, such a huge building is already very big and there is no difficulty at all; "According to their own formation, There are not two planes bombing a building. Remember to throw the bomb as close as possible to the British side! To avoid accidentally injuring our own troops!" The captain who came to perform the mission carefully evaluated the mission, and finally A more conservative plan was chosen.
"Understood!" At the same time as the voices of the team members came from the headphones, the pilots pulled up, and then dived down quickly. During the dive, they gradually approached the building they were responsible for. The British soldiers in the building that had not collapsed had almost seen it. The demonic expression of a German pilot sitting in a dive bomber with strange graffiti patterns. But they can't do anything now. I could only watch helplessly as the Germans pronounced their fate.
Boom boom boom... With a series of earth-shattering loud noises, the few remaining buildings were completely destroyed by dive bombers. The blocks that existed just now have now turned into a pile of rubble.
Now is the time. When all the British soldiers hiding in the building have been eliminated and most of the soldiers of the 94th Infantry Regiment have been lost, it is the best time for the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment to counterattack. The Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment shouted Saying, "God, honor, motherland!", the British soldiers began to fight back. The British soldiers had already checked carefully when they came, but the German soldiers who suddenly appeared in front of them made them feel that they were full of confidence just now. The idea that there were no hidden German soldiers is laughable.
Some German squads that were already lurking in cooperation with the counterattacking Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment strangled the 94th Infantry Regiment. At this time, the victory or defeat was already determined. The Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment firmly controlled the train station, and the armored group no longer had to worry. Montgomery was able to escape and ascend to heaven.
The success of the battle for the railway station allowed Guderian to put down a huge stone in his heart. Now he can concentrate on taking care of other British troops. The final result is that the British troops who cannot bear the pressure will be smashed like eggs by the German army. broken.
"Take a prudent approach and slowly squeeze the space of the British army!" According to the current situation, Guderian is no longer in a hurry, but is preparing to destroy this difficult opponent. If such an opponent is released, it will definitely be a disaster. A bigger trouble was that Guderian was unwilling to make such a mistake. So Montgomery must be annihilated again.
At this time, good news seemed to come all at once. The train station had just been controlled by Guderian for about an hour. The staff officer reported another good news like Guderian. Rommel's 7th Armored Division had captured Leeds. Now I heard that After Guderian encountered stubborn resistance in Bradford, Rommel returned to block Montgomery's encirclement route, and after preparing to leave some garrison troops, he led the main force of the 7th Armored Division to attack Bubu from the north. Ledford City.
"What? Chamberlain has called General Rundstedt and is preparing to negotiate peace with us!" At the SS headquarters, Lin Wei's adjutant Crawford had just told Lin Wei the news about Chamberlain. Lin Wei almost drank what he had just drunk. Water spurted out of his mouth.