Once again, the camera is pulled back to North Africa, or to the place where North Africa meets the Middle East. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThere is a decent name here, called the Suez Canal, but most of the banks of this canal are still yellow sand.

Rommel finally decided to attack, and with insufficient logistics, with insufficient cars and supplies in his hands, he began a gambling offensive.

Even with deep trust in the Führer in Berlin, Rommel's personality was not changed by an imposter Hitler in a short period of months.

After a week of hesitation near the Suez Canal, he finally couldn't hold back the beast in his heart and fired a gun that terrified both the Supreme Command and the General Command.

The hot temperature in North Africa has not changed in any way because the time is already the end of November, it is still very hot, and it is still a yellow sand.

German soldiers began to force their way across the Suez Canal in a selected area, pushing barely managed rafts into the river under the heavy fire of the British.

Since the Germans advanced along the Suez Canal more than two weeks ago, there have been no ships passing through the artificial canal.

So, at least these tiny rafts have re-energized the Suez Canal and brought it to life.

Yes, it really comes alive, and every now and then a soldier on the raft will be shot and fall into the water, and the blood will stain the river red, so that everything here will carry the smell of life.

Or, to put it more intuitively, the smell of sulfur in the air, the blood in the river, and the place where life is not being conceived, but being devoured by others.

"Keep your head down! If you don't want to die! Leaning in front of the raft, the German non-commissioned officers reminded their men loudly.

Despite their experience in many battles, the German soldiers on the battlefields of North Africa really did not have much experience in this kind of river crossing - most of the time there was no water source in sight, let alone rowing in the precious water source.

Even the bitter waters are a precious treasure here – when one washes one's clothes five times in a row with sand, it is a wonderful luxury to be able to soak one's skin with the seawater.

"Suddenly! Dodo! "On the opposite side of the sandbar, tracer bullets rained down on the sandbags in front of the raft and into the surrounding water.

As low as possible to keep their bodies low, the German soldiers frantically shook the wooden oars in their hands. They hoped that their raft would reach the opposite shore quickly, so they rowed desperately.

"Bump Bump! Dodo! "Not unlike the machine guns on the opposite side, the German MG-42 machine guns roared. The bullets covering the crossing hit the sand bar, sending a cloud of smoke.

With the crushing rate of fire and the numerical superiority, the German machine guns quickly silenced the machine gun positions on the opposite side.

At this time, the German soldiers rowing seemed to have found an opportunity and began to swing their oars even more sharply. Let the raft get closer to the opposite shore faster.

As far as their vision could see, the smoke grenades fired by the Germans had formed a curtain wall, blocking the view of friendly forces as well as the enemy.

It is indeed good to not see the situation on the other side of the bank, nor to see how strong the enemy's positions really are, which is really good for maintaining morale. Coming to the shore in the clouds, the German soldiers finally regained their down-to-earth feeling.

It was still the same familiar smell, although the corpses of their comrades lay at their feet, but the German soldiers immediately found a sense of attack on the opposite bank.

The moment the platoon hit the river beach, the German soldiers lying on the raft jumped up by inertia and began their attack.

Without the slightest hesitation, the machine gunner quickly carried the machine gun on his shoulder, and the co-shooter picked up the ammunition box and followed him, and the speed at which the two men went ashore did not even exceed 2 seconds.

"Move! Keep moving! The non-commissioned officer leaned against a corpse with his MP-40 submachine gun in his hand, waving to his soldiers and loudly reminding them to dodge.

The MP-40 submachine gun had just been distributed to the Afrika Korps and, like the STG-44, the Germans were working to increase the penetration of automatic weapons among the rank-and-file troops.

The Führer therefore pinned his hopes on three weapons: the MP-40 and the STG-44, as well as the G-43 semi-automatic rifle, which was still in design and production.

For some reason, the Führer believed that the U.S. military would throw in a large number of semi-automatic weapons in the middle of the war, and its ammunition dumping capacity would be more than twice as powerful as the German army.

Driven by this conviction, the Führer was determined to increase the production of ammunition in his country and to increase the rate of popularization of automatic weapons in his troops.

The final standard configuration of the infantry squad of the first class of troops in the army is one squad MG-42 light machine gun, four Mauser 98K rifles, two submachine guns and three STG-44 assault rifles.

However, at present, it seems that this kind of configuration can only be used as the obscenity of the data party in the short term, and it can barely be imagined in the minds of some logistics directors and senior generals.

At present, the speed of refitting of troops is not fast, and the front-line troops basically continue an unwritten weapon distribution scheme: the units that get the assault rifles are not equipped with submachine guns for the time being, and the troops that get the submachine guns are not allocated assault rifles for the time being.

Even so, weapons and equipment are still stretched thin - many troops have to hand over MP-38 submachine guns before they can replace them with MP-40 or STG-44......

And as the Afrika Korps under Rommel, who was fighting in a foreign land, being able to get a batch of MP-40 submachine guns is already the best evidence that the transportation conditions have improved significantly.

The smoke dissipated faintly with the direction of the wind, and the British defenders' positions on the sand bar could already see the enemy in front of them clearly at this time.

But things are always relative, and when they can see the vague figures of the German soldiers, the German soldiers can also see the British soldiers on the sand bar against the light.

"Phew!" The German soldier with a Mauser 98K rifle shot the British soldier on the sand bar in the distance, and the other man slammed back into his trench on his back, never showing his head again.

And the German soldiers, who had already gained a firm foothold near the river beach, had also begun to use the bombs in their hands to open up a new battlefield for the troops who would attack later.

"It's going to explode!" The sappers fell to their knees on one knee and loudly reminded their comrades that bullets flew past him and clanged on the yellow sand at his feet.

He turned on the battery in his hand and activated the blasting device that had been arranged in the distance with the wires connected.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "The explosives were activated by the electric current, and one after the other began to explode violently. The sand bar was blown out of shape, and the British trenches on it collapsed, carrying with it countless corpses of British soldiers.

The explosion was so violent that the sand flew directly to the beach where the Germans were located, and countless clouds of dust flew up, and the sand bar garrisoned by the British army collapsed and collapsed, eventually turning into a slope that looked very gentle.

The barbed wire fence had been violently broken, and the British army did not have as many mines planted near the defensive line. So now the situation facing the German army is very simple, so simple that you don't have to think about it.

"Attack! Offensive! The German non-commissioned officer got up from behind the corpse and commanded loudly with a submachine gun. The soldiers beside him, who were also hidden, also stood up and took a step and ran towards the gap.

The British machine guns on both flanks finally realized the seriousness of the problem - or perhaps the British machine gunners had just woken up from the shock of the explosion, and the machine gun positions on both sides began to cross their firepower.

Dense ammunition flew from the flanks, and the German soldiers fearlessly charged forward. They ran with their weapons in their hands. Finally rushed into the dead corner of the opponent's machine gun fire.

"Suddenly! Dodo! "When we came to the flank of the British trenches, the MP-40 submachine gun in the hands of the German non-commissioned officer became a lethal weapon.

One of the reasons why a submachine gun can be the most feared weapon in the trenches is that its rate of fire is so oppressive.

Ten infantry in a trench may be suppressed by a submachine gun and unable to raise their heads, which makes it impossible for the defenders in the trench to take out the enemy who rushes in a short time.

As long as a gap in the position cannot be quickly closed, the gap will become a weak point. When this weakness is infinitely magnified, the entire trench will collapse with it.

"Extended artillery fire! Cover the brothers on the other side to expand the results! If nothing else, this is ours this afternoon! Seeing that his soldiers had hit the opposite bank and blown up the sand bar, the commander of the 46th SS Division handed the binoculars to his adjutant.

As a newly formed unit, it was also the unit to which the Führer personally gave the 46th number. The African division of the SS has always considered itself the best of the best.

In fact, the 46th SS Infantry Division had a more aggressive fighting style than the Wehrmacht 90th Infantry Division, which also fought in North Africa, and Rommel was more willing to use the SS 46th Infantry Division to break through the opponent's lines.

A few minutes later, the Italian artillery units supporting the Germans began to extend their fire, and a cloud of black smoke rose from behind the British positions.

At this time, as long as you are not a fool, you know that this line of defense may be gone. The same was true of the British defensive forces, who soon found themselves delayed by enemy artillery fire for their reinforcements.

There was chaos in the trenches, and although the Germans did not use the most terrible armored forces, the infantry attack was still extremely sharp.

The British army was constantly retreating, while the German support artillery fire continued to extend back with precision. An hour later, the Germans saw the British highway, a very important highway!

"Report to General Rommel! We've attacked that road! The enemy's line of defense has been completely cut off by us! The German soldiers, carrying radio stations, leaned against the roadbed and loudly reported the latest results of the troops.