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Armed with rifles and machine guns, they drove trucks, were ordered to come to the German tanks and repel these steel monsters more than two meters high and nearly five meters long!

The point is that these monsters have two 7.92mm machine guns and a long-barreled 50mm cannon!

The most devastating thing is that they were ordered to counterattack not one such German tank, but at least ...... At least 150 cars!

All right! The commander of the 101st Infantry Division in Egypt admitted that he had not even seen how many tanks the Germans had, so he left his troops and retreated on his own.

But if he slows down a little more, will he still have a chance to escape? Those terrible monsters can open fire from a distance of 1,000 meters, knocking his car into a sieve.

After escaping from the death zone, the poor division commander found that his car had several bullets piercing holes......

He felt for a long time before he confirmed that he had not been hit by the bullet that had pierced the car. Fortunately, he began to curse Cunningham in his heart over and over again.

The entire Egyptian 101st Infantry Division that counterattacked, and now he can find only some of the people who ran out with him in front of him - probably, about 100 people, right?

What about the rest? Of course, it was impossible to be wiped out, and about 2,000 people raised their arms decisively on the battlefield against the German tanks that drove by.

The German Panzergrenadiers who followed looked at the surrendered Egyptians in amazement, their hands held high, and the weapons had long since been lost.

There was also a lot of ammunition on the truck, as well as some valuable gasoline, which was taken away by the German Panzergrenadiers, and the rest was handed over to friendly units further behind.

Behind them were the Italian troops who had been in charge of escorting the prisoners, and it was ironic that they arrived two hours later.

For two hours, the Egyptian captives sat in the sun, waiting for the Italians who came to take them to the prisoner of war camp...... As a result, the Italians were still late......

For two hours, no one paid any attention to the Egyptian prisoners of war, not even far from them, the rifles they had dropped when they surrendered.

Because the Germans simply did not have time to care about these prisoners who had already lost their will, they rolled forward, in order to take more and more prisoners.

In fact, they did succeed, and Cunningham's troops did not have time to withdraw from the defensive positions they had dug all night before, and they staggered with the attacking Italian troops.

As a result, it was too late to retreat, and the troops of the Australian 6th Infantry Division and the South African 1st Infantry Division could only fight hard defensive operations in place.

Then, Cunningham was still mobilizing his troops, hoping that he could thwart the enemy's counterattack with a counterattack and buy time for his own retreat.

German tanks appeared on his side, as well as on the road in the rear! At least 30 German tanks smashed into his supply depot, turning it into a sea of fire.

Cunningham was now aware of his situation, and he didn't even have the forces to organize and try to break out or something.

The frontal defensive battle had exhausted the British troops, and now the flanks were exposed to enemy fire, and the rear had been occupied by the Germans, and the supplies had been burned.

"Gentlemen! We had the biggest setback since the beginning of the fighting. Cunningham said bitterly in his headquarters.

He still hadn't figured out how the Germans had managed to get a lot of supplies and win the battle, which was sure to be lost.

Now, he can be sure that behind the Italian fleet that has come from afar, there must be a supply fleet of no small size.

As for how the supply fleet managed to get supplies ashore, he had no way of knowing.

"The 1st Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division of South Africa has now lost contact, and a large number of our troops are being seen surrendering to the enemy." An officer replied depressedly.

The commander of the 101st Infantry Division of Egypt, who had just rushed back to the headquarters, brought news at this time that made people even more pessimistic.

As a commander of an Egyptian infantry division, he was a true Englishman, and when he said that the German army had at least 150 tanks, everyone did not know what to do.

"Sir! Now, all we can do is gather all the troops we can find and break out! Return to El Alamein! An officer spoke anxiously and persuaded Cunningham.

Cunningham didn't want to break through and retreat, but in this case, how easy was it to draw up his forces and rush through the middle of the German tanks?

In other words, if he still has the strength and is strong enough to tear a breach through the German tanks - then why is he retreating?

He could have relied on this force to counterattack the German tank units, knock back the German tanks on the flanks and back, and then leave calmly, wouldn't he?

It's late! The commander of the 6th Infantry Division in Australia put down the phone in his hand, and then said tremblingly: "My 1st regiment has surrendered, they are divided and surrounded, and they are attacked by a kind of German tank that has never been seen before......"

Looking at his pocket watch, Cunningham saw that the German counterattack had only been going on for three hours, and that his three infantry divisions, and one understaffed armored division, had almost collapsed.

It's too late to say anything, he has no way to break through, and he doesn't have any strength to defeat the Germans.

From beginning to end, defeating the Germans and recapturing Matroux was a fantasy, a complete joke.

If it is not now clear that the Germans are using a pretentious offensive to lure him into counterattacking, then he is not worthy of being the commander of the British Nile Army.

Sadly, he had just seen that the Germans were actually capable of fighting back last night, and that Rommel was not a mad gambler.

On the contrary, everything on the other side is a genius idea based on rational strategy, and it is a whimsical lure to the enemy after a breakthrough in technological development.

"We lost...... North Africa is over......" Cunningham smiled bitterly, then grabbed his military hat from his head and threw it on the table.

He looked at his subordinates with annoyance, if he was asked to make another choice, he would rather be a turtle for the rest of his life, shrinking in El Alamein's defense line, whoever moves is the king!

Unfortunately, there is no chance for him to regain his principles, and it is a pity that all the armies of North Africa are now buried here.

"Surrender! Be decent, like a gentleman. He squeezed out a pained smile, as if the nerves on his face had died.

This smile is even more terrifying than the smile of the star who has been paralyzed by plastic surgery, because this smile means that there will be no troops in all of North Africa who will be able to stop the German attack on Alexandria.

Alexandria, at this moment, was like a stripped girl, lying naked in front of Rommel's army......

"General! You've got to check this out! "No sooner had Rommel stopped than an officer delivered a telegram from the British.

The above is simple, they will surrender after half an hour, hoping that the Germans will exercise restraint and abide by international conventions and properly settle their prisoners.

Rommel smiled at the telegram in his hand, returned it to the officer in charge of the radio, and commanded: "Give the job of capturing the British to General Garibaldi!" We...... Go Alexandria! ”

At noon, the command of Army Group Nile, including the British 7th Panzer Division, the Australian 6th Infantry Division, the South African 1st Infantry Division, and the Egyptian 101st Infantry Division, surrendered to the Afrika Korps.

More than 30,000 British and colonial troops became Rommel's prisoners.

Because Rommel barely had time to hurry, his vanguard had already reoccupied Deba by the same time the British surrendered.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the Germans entered El Alamein and simply launched an attack on the 1,100 British troops left behind by El Alamein.

An hour later, at 3 p.m., the Germans captured El Alamein and captured the supply depot before the British burned Hammam.

Before dinner, the reconnaissance detachment in front of Rommel's army arrived at Amiria, which had been set ablaze by the British defenders.

Under the fire, the German tanks rumbled forward and reached the city of Alexandria, where the British guard was less than 3,000 men.

Fearing German air raids, the British Mediterranean Fleet had already transferred its home port to Port Said.

So the only role of Alexander, now is to transport supplies to the Nile Army, which has been annihilated by the Germans.

The port was piled up with supplies, and there were even some A9 cruiser tanks that had just been transported here from the Middle East.

It is a pity that the people who used these equipment and weapons were already in Rommel's prisoner of war camp at this moment, waiting for dinner.

Because the Germans were advancing so fast that the British were not at all prepared for battle.

Most of the fortifications were built at El Alamein, and there were only a few simple trenches near Alexandria - the British army did not even have enough anti-tank guns, and even fewer tanks could be used.

An even more tragic thing is that at this time, the soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division of South Africa had just left the port from Said, and were preparing to go ashore in Alexandria......

On the evening of September 18, the British in North Africa were in disarray, and the German tanks, already on the outskirts of Alexandria, were showing off their might......