The Lambeth Bridge defense line was breached, dealing a heavy blow to the usurpation forces of Prince Henry's family.

Most of these hardcore members of the royal family have aristocratic roots, and they have received elite education since childhood, which of course also includes various war courses and military training. They would not be unaware of the importance of Lambeth Bridge in the Westminster defensive circle, which was located at the waist of the Thames Defence, and the Germans could cross the bridge to enter Whitehall and penetrate the heart of the British Empire.

Therefore, they had previously strengthened the defense of Lambeth Bridge, putting the most elite Welsh Guards in their eyes in this key position. This Guards, like the Scottish Guards, retained an infantry battalion on its own territory, and the other battalion, which served as the face of the British Empire, was now blocked in the fortress of Gibraltar.

As the only remaining veteran of the Old Guards Division on home soil, the Welsh Regiment was of course regarded by the royal family as the humerus, and was given special attention during the reorganization. It's a pity that the foundation of the Welsh Guards Regiment is not very solid, this new Guards Regiment formed in 1915 was originally a cover to win over the Welsh, after the start of the First World War, the first month this unit was incorporated into the expeditionary force to go to the French battlefield, the War Department knew that this force was very soft-footed, so they did not let them go directly to the front line to fill the crater, and finally had a thrilling mix of four years of war.

After the end of the First World War, the unit continued to serve as a sign of Wales' loyalty to the royal family, spending most of its day performing royal ceremonial tasks, such as performing the changing of the guard and lining up the parade phalanx at Buckingham Palace Square. Because he appeared in front of the royal family more often than any other guard, and the military appearance revealed after a long period of training in the queue drill looked indeed mighty and majestic, so that it left the impression of an elite division in the hearts of the royal family members.

This time, the Welsh Guards Regiment was transferred to the first line of defense, and it was also for this reason that in the eyes of the royal family, the veterans of the Welsh Regiment were all elites. If not overtake the German Army, at least not too far behind. The end result was that they put a semi-professional guard of honor on the front line.

What is even more incredible is that the officers and soldiers of the Welsh Guards have the same opinion as the royal family, because they have long been sought after by the media, they have long regarded themselves as the elite of the British army. The Welsh estimated that it might be difficult to counterattack the enemy-occupied territory, but it should be easy to resist the German attack. As soon as the two sides came into contact, the Welsh were stunned by a chaotic punch from the German Army.

It was the 1st Infantry Division of the German Army that beat the Welsh. The division commander, Colonel Ravi, was eager to fight and did not control the speed of the troops when turning, which led to chaos in the marching order and also affected the operations of friendly forces. Colonel Ravi had been scolded by Manstein on the phone, and he had never known that the well-mannered chief of staff could be so vicious when he scolded people.

Because this was indeed his own mistake, he had no reason to explain or refute it, and in the end he could only vent his frustration and anger on the head of the hapless Welshman. In Ravi's opinion, all the trouble was caused by the idiots on the other side, if it weren't for some messy mutiny. He wouldn't have been scolded in vain.

What is more serious is that this incident must have left a bad impression on the mind of the fastidious chief of staff, who will certainly write down this matter in his legendary little book, and if this matter reaches the ears of the Führer, perhaps his career and future may be affected by it.

Cutting off people's financial routes is like killing their parents, and cutting off people's futures is like killing their entire family, how can this tone be endured, even without Manstein's order. He also wants to teach the British guy on the other side a lesson that they will never forget. Ravi knew full well that his career was in jeopardy. Only by shining feats and the blood of the enemy can the stain and shame on him be washed away.

The 1st Infantry Division did not carry out any tentative and feint attacks at all, Ravi personally commanded in the first line, and the German infantry launched a frontal assault on the British positions.

The River Thames made a ninety-degree turn in Southwark, the river near Lambeth Bridge turned north-south, and the German infantry, under the cover of wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles, launched repeated attacks on the bridgehead position set up by the Welsh regiment on the east bank, and the British soldiers waited until they exchanged hands to realize how far the imagination and reality were.

This area is different from the complex environment of Waterloo railway station. The bridge head was surrounded by a large open green area, and the German infantry first cleared the British skirmishers from the surrounding buildings house by house, and finally turned into the Germans relying on the cover of the buildings to suppress the fire of the British soldiers in the position with crossfire.

Ravi was not too pleased with the pace of the German advance, knowing that the 7th Panzer Division was met with stubborn resistance from the British at Waterloo Station. Although he knew he shouldn't think so, he still thought that this was an opportunity for God to give him, if he could tear through the enemy defenses before the rest of the troops and open a breakthrough for Cyprus, then those previous false records would be wiped out.

After repeatedly inspecting the position of the British army, Ravi immediately ordered the infantry guns and mortars of the regimental artillery to be mobilized to launch a bombardment, because there were no historical buildings in the vicinity, which was fully in line with the High Command's regulations on the use of artillery in the city of London.

As a result, only a small number of the soldiers of the Welsh Guards Regiment had experienced heavy artillery bombardment, and the others had so far only heard the sound of artillery from a distance during the peripheral battles, and had no concept of the shelling at all.

The so-called defeat is like a mountain, which is also the scene in front of you. In fact, there is a more vivid metaphor, the scene is like an ant nest doused with boiling water. The two rifle companies and one logistics company stationed in this large bridgehead position together numbered about 400 people, and in addition to those who had been killed and wounded before, there were at least 300 more than 300 left after a round of shelling, and at this time, both officers and soldiers all threw away their guys, climbed out of the bunkers and positions they were guarding, rushed to the Lambeth Bridge behind the position, spread their legs and ran towards the other side of the river.

Ravi was also taken aback by the reaction of the British, aren't these people the so-called elite of the British army, how can they not even be as good as the militia of the National Defense Corps that they encountered before entering the city.

The quality of the German front-line officers was very high, and before Ravi could give the order to pursue, some of the infantry platoons that reacted quickly had already rushed out of their positions and spontaneously launched a pursuit of the Welsh. Lavi was so pleased with his men's command of the planes that he immediately ordered the armoured reconnaissance company and the divisional guard company to join the pursuit, trying to take the British positions on the west bank in one fell swoop.

On the famous bridge over the Thames, the Welsh regiment was mercilessly slaughtered by the Germans, who used rifles and machine guns to knock over the fleeing British soldiers on the bridge deck, and a sandbag barricade near the west bank to block the German attack became a ghost gate, where the Guards soldiers were killed like cattle by the Germans, and the twisted corpses of the Guards soldiers piled up into a low wall.

Some desperate Welshmen turned around and charged at the Germans with their bare hands, only to be knocked to the ground with bayonets without hesitation by the German infantry. A group of German infantry rushed into the rear of the retreating British army because of the pursuit too quickly, and the German soldiers who had emptied their guns did not have time to reload at this time, they directly strode forward with their rifles with bayonets on them, and mixed with the British troops and engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

The hand-to-hand combat at Lambeth Bridge became very famous after the war, and every time the Battle of London is mentioned, the cold-blooded killings on the bridge are repeatedly mentioned, all because of a photograph taken by a German war correspondent at the scene.

The photograph shows a man in a British infantry uniform lying on the sidewalk by the railing of the bridge, his mouth open and his hands stretched out forward, as if begging his opponent to spare his life, and in front of him stands a heavily armed German soldier, who is flipping his elbow and raising his bayonet rifle ready to fire, and judging by his powerful posture, the next moment must be a standard and swift assassination.

The shadow of the brim of the M35 steel helmet obscured the eyes of the German soldiers, and all they could see was a firm nose and angular jaw, and the corners of the soldier's mouth were slightly upturned, revealing a chilling smile.

"Did this German soldier stab him?" It has been a point of contention for decades after the war, because the unknown war correspondent wrote in the corner of the photograph the English line "To live or to perish".

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