As time passed, not only the two major tank regiments of the 1st Army came, but also quite a few infantry regiments were rushing here, which was only a few kilometers from the city of Gary, and even the infantry could rush over in only thirty or forty minutes.

The Second Infantry Regiment, which was preparing to rush into the battlefield, saw a large number of tanks in the distance driving quickly, and the soldiers suddenly cheered again, "Comrades, a large number of our tanks have arrived, let's rush!! ”

With the arrival of a large number of tanks, as the soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Regiment entered the battlefield, the remaining German tanks were quickly destroyed, destroying all the German tanks, and the three major tank regiments began to converge and attack in the direction of Suez without stopping.

After the German army came out of Suez City, at present, it is basically located between Gary and Suez, the distance between the two places is about ten kilometers, and this area is full of German troops.

The three major tank regiments immediately spotted the large German army, and the infantry regiments that followed followed also arrived, and in this area, the sound of gunfire rang out everywhere.

In the afternoon.

Many units of the 6th Army arrived here one after another, and the 1st Army and the 6th Army fought a major battle with the Germans in this area.

In terms of weapons, numbers, and morale, the Chinese army had an absolute advantage, and the fighting was one-sided, and it was basically difficult for the German army to organize effective resistance, and a large number of German troops were annihilated on the spot.

The next day.

The battle gradually came to an end, and the German army was basically completely annihilated, and only one or two thousand German troops broke through and fled to the direction of Cairo, and the whole battle began. The Chinese side won by a big margin.

On the morning of the next day, a large number of Chinese troops began to appear in the city of Suez, Suez is basically an empty city, and the German troops stationed here almost poured out yesterday, and there are almost no German troops in the city.

Without much effort, the Chinese army captured the city of Suez.

The Suez Canal runs north from Port Said to Suez City in the south, and Suez City is the southern gateway to the Suez Canal, controlling Suez City, almost half of the Suez Canal.

The Suez Canal is the dividing line between Asia and Africa. At the same time, it is also the most direct water passage between Asia, Africa and Europe. Connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, it is the most important water access to the Mediterranean, and its strategic location is very important.

If in peacetime, the Suez Canal is also a golden waterway. Once. Marx called the Suez Canal "the great waterway of the East".

After the completion of the Suez Canal. It greatly shortens the voyage from Asian ports to Europe, and can be shortened by more than 8,000~10,000 kilometers. It connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea, connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Indian and Pacific Oceans via the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal. It is an international shipping waterway of great economic and strategic importance.

The important position of the Suez Canal has never stopped competing in the international community.

In the beginning, the management of the Suez Canal belonged to France, because the excavation of the Suez Canal was basically completed by a large number of coolies organized by France.

As early as 1858, France became the Canal Company, forcing poor Egyptians to dig canals through the desert, a job that took nearly 11 years, and most of the coolies were even whipped. A large number of coolies died of starvation, disease, and strenuous manual labor.

After the completion of the canal, France obtained the right to operate and control the Suez Canal.

In 1875, foreign debt forced the French side to sell its stake in the canal to the British. In 1882, British cavalry entered the canal, and in 1888 the Congress of Constantinople declared the canal a neutral zone under the protection of the British Empire, making it open to ships of all nations, both in peace and in wartime. In addition, the Convention provides that there shall be no hostilities in the waters of the canal and that no fortifications shall be built along its shores. In 1936, Britain signed the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty with Egypt, in which Britain insisted on retaining control of the Suez Canal.

After the outbreak of World War II, the commander of the German Expeditionary Force in North Africa, Rommel, commanded an Egyptian offensive in preparation for the capture of the Suez Canal.

Now, the German army in this area of Suez City has been annihilated by the Chinese army, and the Chinese army has taken control of Suez City, and the southern tip of Suez has been controlled by the Chinese side.

After the Suez area was occupied by the 1st Army and the 6th Army, it was impossible for either the German army or the Italian army to recapture it, and the German army in North Africa had been severely damaged by the Chinese army, and its strength had been greatly weakened.

On the day of the occupation of Suez, the two armies jointly sent a telegram to the country, reporting the good news to the Ministry of Defense, and also made a general report on the fighting situation in the past few days.

After receiving the report from the two major group armies, the Ministry of Defense immediately reported to Zhang Yunfei and learned that the 1st Group Army and the 6th Group Army had successfully captured Suez, and Zhang Yunfei was in a good mood.

Soon, Zhang Yunfei gave instructions and ordered the two major armies to send another part of their forces along the Suez Canal to the north to occupy Port Said at the northern end of the Suez Canal, and the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy would cooperate with the operation.

Only by controlling the two ends of the Suez Canal, that is, controlling Suez City and Port Said, can it be regarded as truly controlling the Suez Canal, in view of the importance of the Suez Canal, Zhang Yunfei is ready to take advantage of the war to seize the control of the canal.

Zhang Yunfei's order was quickly conveyed to the two major group armies, the 1st Army and the 6th Army, which did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent a tank regiment and a motorized infantry regiment each to march northward, the target was naturally Port Said, and the Indian Ocean Fleet also sent several warships to cooperate.

The Indian Ocean Fleet's two heavy cruisers, a light cruiser, and two guided missile destroyers formed a formation of warships, coordinated the operation, entered the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, and went north along the river to Port Said.

Two days later, more than 1,000 German troops and hundreds of Italian troops stationed in Port Said were completely annihilated by the Chinese team, and the Chinese army began to take full control of the Suez Canal.

After taking full control of the Suez Canal, the 1st Army and the 6th Army did not continue to fight, but rested in Suez City or Port Said.

During the recuperation period, the two major armies began to organize some local laborers, as well as some German prisoners, to build permanent military bases in Suez City, Port Said and other places, and some to build some military fortifications.

The Chinese troops in the North African theater did not participate in military operations anymore, and the United States and Britain sent telegrams demanding that the Chinese troops continue to cooperate in the operations in North Africa, but the Chinese side refused to accept the request of the United States and Britain on the grounds that the troops were tired from continuous combat and needed to recuperate.

However, tens of thousands of German troops in North Africa have been annihilated by the Chinese army, hundreds of planes have been shot down, and a large number of tanks have also been destroyed by the Chinese side.

Sure enough, a few days later, the United States and Britain began a full-scale counteroffensive, which lasted more than a month of hard fighting, and finally basically annihilated the German and Italian armies.

During this period, the Chinese army reached North Africa with the 11th Army, which was stationed near Port Said and built a military base in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula near Port Said.

The military base in the Sinai Peninsula, including a naval port, an airfield, and a military barracks, is not as large as the base in the Persian Gulf, but the amount of work is not small, and after completion, the Chinese army will have an additional military base on the Mediterranean coast, near the northern mouth of the Suez Canal.

Over the past month or so, the Chinese military has been carrying out large-scale construction near the Suez Canal, and the United States and Britain have protested, but the reasons put forward by the Chinese army are very sufficient, and the purpose of building these military bases is to prepare for entering the Mediterranean Sea and entering the European battlefield.

This time, the real purpose of the Chinese army's entry into the European theater is naturally to take advantage of the war to seize the greatest benefits, such as building military bases in the Middle East, seizing the Suez Canal, including building military bases in the Sinai Peninsula near Port Said, and so on.

The Chinese army does not really want to fight against the German army, fighting for its own best interests is the goal, and the Chinese side will not do anything without interests.

On the Allied side, they also took a fancy to the strong combat effectiveness and sophisticated equipment of the Chinese army, and in the North African battlefield, the performance of the Chinese army made the Allies even more excited, and saw the hope of quickly defeating the German army.

It's July.

The Allies began a large-scale landing in France, and the Soviet side also began a large-scale counteroffensive, and under the blows of the Allies, the German and Italian armies were defeated.

On the Chinese side, at the joint request of the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, France, and other countries, the Chinese army is also preparing to land on the European battlefield, and Zhang Yunfei is preparing to send the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy and the 1st, 6th, and 11th armies into Europe to fight.

on the Mediterranean.

An aircraft carrier battle group, sailing, this is an aircraft carrier formation consisting of one aircraft carrier, one heavy cruiser, three light cruisers, five missile destroyers, three missile frigates, several supply ships and transport ships.

In front of the formation, there are three more submarines, which are sailing on the surface, and under the surface, there are two more submarines, which are part of the aircraft carrier formation of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Navy.

Shortly after the formation passed through the Suez Canal and entered the Mediterranean, this aircraft carrier battle group was tasked with navigating the Mediterranean, patrolling, looking for the German fleet and annihilating it.

In Port Said, a large number of transport ships have been gathered, the soldiers of the 6th Army, and a large amount of equipment are being loaded, and the 6th Army will land on the Italian peninsula and enter Italy to fight.

In order to ensure safety, this aircraft carrier battle group will patrol the Mediterranean Sea for several days, cruising and annihilating all enemy ships, so that the convoy of the 6th Army can be transported safely to the landing site.

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