Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 21: Ending
Xu Jun sat in the command post and felt that he could not calm down for a long time.
Hans stepped forward and handed him a cup of coffee. Then he smiled and said: "General, what you said before is so good, I am very touched."
"Really, I was so excited, I didn't say anything too much, right."
"Of course not, I don't think you are cruel enough to scold those British cowards. Even if they are enemies, they can't look past their behavior! They don't have the honor of an officer at all." Mueller said on the side.
"Your Excellency Deputy Head of State, after listening to your speech, as your direct subordinate, I feel very honored!" Randolph never let go of any opportunity to express his loyalty.
Dogen was taken first by his subordinates and he was about to say something, but was interrupted by a trainee staff who rushed in.
"General, the 58th Engineer Battalion and the heavy corps have returned. They wiped out the remnants of the British 151st Brigade that had escaped from the battlefield. Colonel Glenn, the commander of the 151st Brigade, was killed on the spot, and the rest of the personnel went to the 58th Engineer Battalion. Captain Barnes, commander of the 58th Engineer Battalion, will be here soon."
There was a commotion after the officers heard the news.
"Oh. Killed the enemy brigade commander, congratulations, your deputy head of state" Daogen finally caught this opportunity.
At this time, a forty-year-old officer came in. He first looked at the people in the room. When he saw Xu Jun, he immediately walked up to Xu Jun and stood at attention, and said loudly: "The 58th worker Captain William. Barnes reports to you, General Reinhardt."
"Captain Barnes, you have worked hard, come, hurry up and tell us about the battle."
Barnes happily recounted the whole battle. Last night, the 58th Engineer Battalion was ordered by Xu Jun to dig a pit at the back of the 151st Brigade overnight, and dozens of mine formations were placed on dense cloth. Then he lay in ambush beside the minefield.
Xu Jun originally wanted them to slow down the speed of the British army's escape, and then let the large forces to eliminate the escaped troops, but unexpectedly, the British army was defeated so thoroughly. As a result, only Glenn and his several staff officers And a company of guards ran out. They rushed directly into the minefield, and then Glen's car was blown into the sky by a heavy anti-tank mine. The other personnel immediately surrendered to the German engineers who rushed towards them. Then Barnes escorted the prisoners and the captured vehicles and rushed back with the logistics unit.
After listening to Barnes’s report, Xu Jun expressed his satisfaction with the performance of the 58th Engineer Battalion. He asked Barnes to go to rest first, hand over the seized materials to the logistics unit to count, and send the prisoners to the prison camp. He also ordered Barnes to make the engineering battalion immediately prepare to dig a number of graves for the soldiers on both sides of the dead to bury them. Barnes went on to execute it without saying a word. It seems that this is also a standard professional soldier.
"General, now all the results of our side have been fully counted."
Hans said while holding a document.
"Oh, tell me about it."
" With the support of the Air Force, the 6th Infantry Regiment and the 78th Artillery Regiment have so far annihilated most of the opposing infantry's 151 brigade. Killed 2940 enemy troops and captured 4540 soldiers, including 127 wounded. Destroyed tanks. 20, 16 artillery pieces. Seized 5217 enemy rifles, 96 machine guns, 33 mortars, 2 25-pound infantry guns, 19 tanks, 67 trucks, and 4 small cars. There are countless other logistics materials. The previous 58th Engineer Battalion killed 6 people below Colonel Glenn and captured 128 enemy troops. Now I can say that we have completely annihilated the British 151st Infantry Brigade and 2nd Armored Battalion. Their designations have never been since. Will disappear from the British Army sequence. Congratulations, General, you have eliminated a British brigade with one regiment. This is a brilliant victory."
Xu Jun smiled and accepted the congratulations from his subordinates. Then he asked Hans again: "How about the 25th Armored Regiment."
"They have already sent the combat report. They have killed more than 2,800 British 13th Brigade soldiers, captured more than 4,300 soldiers, destroyed 34 enemy tanks, and captured all British artillery. Now the 25th Armored Regiment is working. Pursuing and destroying the remaining enemy troops should end the battle soon. The 37th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and the 7th Infantry Regiment are already approaching us, but these two units have suffered heavy losses in the two days of fighting. Senior officers have already All were killed. Now the highest commander of these two units is the 38th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion Trainee Staff Officer Sanders Warrant Officer. So I think it’s better to wait for the Luxembourg colonel of the 25th Armored Regiment to report to you in person."
"That's fine, but you can report their battle to me first." Xu Jun eagerly wanted to know the result of his sinister plan.
Hans hurriedly flipped through the pile of documents in his hand, took out the report of the 25th Armored Regiment and handed it to Xu Jun.
The 25th Armored Regiment and the 7th Infantry Regiment contacted Xu Jun yesterday and immediately followed Xu Jun’s plan to rearrange their positions. They sent seven best and most capable tank crews to receive the seven Matilda II tanks at the location designated by Xu Jun. Then put the tank in ambush on the side of the battlefield.
The next day, Colonel Luxembourg provoked the 13th British Brigade like Xu Jun. When the British Army's 13th Brigade launched a retaliatory attack, the seven Matildas entered the battlefield from the side. They put a lighted paint bucket on the hood of the tank according to Xu Jun's plan, and in this way burst into the British offensive formation with pungent black smoke.
The British never thought of this happening. They regarded the seven tanks as the tanks of the British 151st Brigade who were injured and escaped. Just when they were guessing whether the 151 brigade had been defeated, the seven Matilda IIs that had been placed in the British offensive formation suddenly launched a challenge. They turned the muzzle of the 40mm two-pounder of the Matilda II at a close distance to the eleven Matilda II tanks of the 1st Battalion of British tanks that were charging towards the German army positions. The tail armor shot up. The 55mm thick armor simply couldn't stop the 40mm gun attack at such close range. All the Matilda II tanks of the First Armored Battalion were completely destroyed in one minute.
Just when the British soldiers were shocked by the cannibalism in front of them, the seven tanks had already been exposed to the remaining "Matilda" tank machine gun bullets directly into the British 13th. The core position of the brigade crushed the British command headquarters within 5 minutes and killed all the senior commanders of the 13th brigade remaining in the command headquarters on the spot ~ IndoMTL.com ~ followed by the 25th Armored Regiment of the German Army and the 7th Infantry The battalion launched a counterattack across the board.
The 13th British Army Brigade, which had lost its command, immediately fell into chaos. At this moment, the dive bombers of the Luftwaffe entered the battlefield, and the British army was blown away. As a result, the Germans completely defeated the 13th British Brigade within 30 minutes. In the end, only more than one hundred logistics personnel escaped the battlefield, and now the Luxembourg leader of the 25th Armored Regiment led his tanks to chase and kill the escaped British remnants.
Xu Jun took a sigh of relief after reading the report. The complete annihilation of the 13th British Brigade was already destined. His own wisdom not only brought the Seventh Armored Division back to life, but also created a miracle on the battlefield. It should now be possible to focus all our energy on how to face the highest leadership of the Third Reich.
Xu Jun asked Randolph: "When will the plane arranged for me by General Longdstedt arrive?"
Randolph hurriedly replied: "After receiving your telegram, General Rondstedt immediately arranged the plane. I received a telegram from the headquarters of Army Group A earlier that they have taken off. Arrived with us after lunch. Now I am going to let the 58th Engineer Battalion go to erect the runway immediately."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you."
"Oh, Major Hans!"
"Yes, General!"
"We are very short of time now, you immediately go and pack our luggage and bring all the papers. We are going back to Munster Eifel immediately and back to the "cliff castle"."