P: Guderian has the rank of army general, the previous text has been changed, thanks to uk readers for pointing out.

"Spread out in two directions, advance in depth in an outflanking formation, and destroy all enemy forces, especially armored and artillery targets." Heinz immediately issued a second order. The rumbling German tanks continued to move forward while switching to high-explosive shells to attack all fortifications, equipment and personnel within visual range, and there was constantly the sound of ammunition or gasoline drums exploding after being hit, and a large number of artillery, armored vehicles and trucks were blown aside, and occasionally a few extremely brave and fearless British ** men tried to resist but were all destroyed mercilessly.

The German tanks kept advancing, and there seemed to be nothing to hold them back. Behind the line of the Panzer Squadron was a hastily assembled infantry battalion of the British, which had been assigned to the Panzers to occupy enemy positions and expand the breach, but they were apparently frightened by the sudden appearance of German tanks, because they found themselves fighting not with their own tanks, but with the black holes of the Germans. The soldiers instinctively picked up the weapons in their hands to resist, rifles, light machine guns, mortars, anti-tank guns and all kinds of weapons tried to attack, but the armored forces of the Third Reich had long seen this kind of futile resistance, dozens of shells beat this group of infantry to the devil and howl, no barbed wire, no anti-tank fire, and no strong fortifications, the infantry could only be a trembling kitten in front of the armor.

All the soldiers who resisted were the ghosts of the tank machine guns and high-explosive shells, and the rest of the soldiers ran away when they saw that the situation was not good, and the tank lookout scope was full of corpses that had been knocked down by machine gun fire, and about 2 platoons of soldiers were probably frightened by this barbaric killing, and tremblingly threw down their weapons and prepared to raise their hands in surrender. Heinz lifted the hatch of the tank, poked his head out and shouted to them in half-baked English: "Throw down your weapons and crouch aside, the infantry unit we are following will come and capture you, do not run away and do not resist, we will treat the prisoner preferentially, and the officer will be treated in the same way as his rank." ”

This bluff shouted frightened the soldiers on the other side, who obediently threw down their guns and hid aside, and the other soldiers and officers, seeing that the Germans had really kept their promise not to do anything to the soldiers who had laid down their arms, also raised their hands in surrender and spontaneously gathered to wait for the German infantry to come and "contain". In their stunned eyes, the 67 tanks of the two armored battalions turned an arc and continued to advance in depth.

"Enjoyable! It's really enjoyable! It's been a long time since I've enjoyed it this much. Looking at the pile of smoke and flame tank wreckage behind him, and then looking at the group of dejected British officers and soldiers next to him, Heinz sitting in command of the tank was simply crazy, he did not expect to achieve such a result without one of his own tanks being injured, which also marked the unimagined start of the feint on the southern front.

Heinz and Dessau had discussed with Guderian about the route of the attack before the attack, and if the map was originally captured, it would be ideal for the southern front to pass through the Ragil Sands between the Geithara Basin and the Delm Hafield Ridge, because the land was not only wide but also marked with hard ground attributes, and the minefields did not look tight, from which Rommel had originally planned the line of attack. However, Guderian insisted that this was the place of death arranged by the British for the African Army, and once the geological situation changed, the tanks of the African Army would be trapped in it and would be unable to extricate themselves, and at that time, the German tanks that were moving slowly and in the open area would definitely become the target of the British waiting for the rabbits, not only the anti-tank positions on the mountain ridge would directly name the tanks, but the armored forces that might be ambushed in the basin would also be flanked from the flanks, and if the British bombers that could appear at any time overhead would be added to it, it would be the rhythm of the total annihilation of the armored forces of the African Army.

No one knew that it was this area that had buried Rommel's last hope of victory under the command of the African Army: not only did his tank unit suffer heavy losses in the attack, but the commander of the 21st Panzer Division, Major General Bismarck, who commanded the attack, was killed by a British artillery shell, and the former commander of the African Army, Nilin, who had returned home, was also wounded by bombers. Fortunately, after Guderian's manipulation in the early stage, everyone knew that there was a ghost in this map, and they had to decisively abandon Rommel's plan and choose a new offensive line.

"Our first goal was to deal with the British Panzer Division in the Basin." Guderian found the way for his troops to cut along the edge of the basin and face the British defenses. On the surface, this line seemed to be running headlong into the British line, but because he chose a time to surprise everyone to attack, coupled with the fact that he did not adopt the conventional blitzkrieg mode, that is, the routine of using artillery and aircraft to open the way and then the tank attack, this kind of suppressive fire preparation can certainly be effective, but it also indirectly reminds the enemy that it is not conducive to achieving the suddenness of a surprise attack. Now, this **-type blitzkrieg, which quietly used armored forces to open the way, worked wonders, the British could not organize a decent defense at all, and the defense line where the 9th Panzer Brigade was located was torn to pieces.

Guderian's choice of the second wave of offensive route for the armored battalion was also bizarre, he gave up taking advantage of the favorable time for the 9th Panzer Brigade to break through to the depth of the basin when the morale of the troops was shaken and the whole line collapsed, and instead asked them to make a circle to the north, preparing to sweep the British forces along the Delham Harfield Ridge in a counterclockwise direction, which Heinz and others were puzzled about.

Guderian patiently explained to them: "After breaking through the defense line at the edge of the basin, we have a high chance of defeating or destroying the British troops in the basin, but you should not forget that we only have two unsatisfactory armored battalions, even if we achieve a surprise attack effect for a while, we cannot occupy or consolidate the battlefield without the infantry accompaniment, and the terrain of the basin is too special, and it is likely that the British who will not be able to get out of it if we advance in depth." We are not qualified to be a python that wraps itself around its prey with all its might, we should be like a cobra with its head held high and its fangs bared, wandering around and seeing an opportunity for Montgomery to come to a moment, the British anti-tank fire and tanks on Durham Harfield Ridge should be facing the Ragille area, and we can get a miraculous kick in their ass from the back. ”

Dessau asked: "As soon as the battle in the basin is fought, the British troops on Durham Hafield Ridge will know the situation immediately, can't they judge this possibility?" ”

"Gentlemen, trust my judgment, we Germans have always been called rigid and inflexible, but I don't think the English are even more incapable of turning our brains. Maybe the remnants of the British troops in the basin will report to the back, but it is difficult to pass on information on the battlefield, not to mention that they have so many miscellaneous colonial troops in their hands, it is not easy to report the situation and adjust the deployment, but it will cause greater chaos. The only thing I ask of you is to be fast! Fight quickly, don't fall in love with the war, and don't drag the mud and water, you must withdraw before Montgomery reacts. ”

The German armored assault forces were now advancing along the tangential line of the edge of the basin towards the Delm Hafid Ridge in accordance with Guderian's request, and it happened to bypass the Ragille area from the rear, and the more they looked at it, the more frightened they became, because they ran into dozens of concealed anti-tank positions and tank concentrations, large and small, and if they really attacked from the Ragille area according to Rommel's plan, the custody would be beaten into a sieve by the British troops who had been prepared for a long time. The British troops deployed here were equally shocked that the German tanks actually took from them

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