stonecrandall Chapter 1064
Chapter 1064
Although the Boers’ counterattack was quickly beaten back by the British army, this wave of counterattack still caused considerable casualties to the British army. At least most of the tanks sent by the British army were lost, and their ability to attack was discounted!
Moreover, for the Southern Philippines, the time the Boers bought for them also gave them time to form a new line of defense, so as not to be defeated by the British army!
After losing the opportunity to completely defeat the enemy with the rapid attack of tanks, the British army also lost the hope of a quick victory. They had to bite the bullet and launch a second or even third attack on the new line of defense of the Southern Philippines army! The
German observers who had been watching the battle from behind were very surprised at the fierce battle that broke out between the two armies under their noses.
They were surprised at the tenacity of the fighting spirit of the Southern Philippines army, and surprised at the British army’s mud that could not be helped!
After being defeated several times by the Germans, masters of armored warfare, the British army did not learn anything from the Germans. They were still using the old tactics of World War I to fight. Armored warfare was not how they played at all. The
German armored warfare was based on armored forces. All offensive means and even the entire military system were built around armored forces. In this case, the tank attack was definitely not a single action. There must be coordination and cooperation with friendly forces in the air and on the ground!
In order to allow the infantry to keep up with the speed of the tanks and protect the weak flanks of the tanks, the German armored forces had a large number of mechanized infantry. These infantrymen rode armored personnel carriers or troop carrier trucks, which could quickly maneuver on the battlefield, keep up with the speed of the tanks, and fight with tanks anytime and anywhere!
In this case, unless a large-scale tank decisive battle broke out with the enemy’s tank group, otherwise the German tanks could not face the attack of the enemy infantry alone!
Like just now, the British tanks were so seriously out of touch with their own infantry that it was simply unimaginable among the Germans!
But such an unimaginable thing actually happened under their noses!
Although this was the British army, not the German army, the German observers still felt very outrageous, and at the same time they also had a more serious contempt for the British army!
The British army was actually trying to learn from the first wave of the German attack. They also tried to coordinate infantry and tanks, but because of the artillery counterattack of the Southern Philippine army, their infantry suffered heavy casualties and were forced to retreat. However, their own tank troops did not receive the order to retreat. When the infantry retreated, they not only did not retreat, but continued to attack forward, which led to this situation!
Moreover, when facing the Southern Philippine army, which they had always looked down upon, the British army did not pay enough attention to it. They all thought that the other side was a soft persimmon that could be squeezed at will, so they rushed to the battlefield without being fully prepared, which led to such an eye-catching performance!
And when they changed their attitude and finally became serious, the number of tanks in their hands was not enough to support them to launch large-scale armored operations!
This is really a sad news!
But for the German army, this is good news!
The British army rushed thousands of miles, and the soldiers felt very tired. The German army rushed more than them, so the German army was no less tired than them.
At this time, the British army was busy fighting with the Nanfei army regardless of fatigue, while the German army had time to sit on the mountain and watch the fight in the rear, and by the way, they could take a break from their busy schedule. This kind of thing was naturally what the German army wanted!
So Rommel was not in a hurry. On the one hand, he was patiently waiting for the best time for both sides to fight to exhaustion and suffer heavy casualties, and on the other hand, he was also waiting for news from other troops he arranged!
It is not difficult to defeat these two armies, but how to annihilate them all!
Otherwise, if these two armies escape, it will become a huge hidden danger for the German army.
Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the indigenous army coming south from the northwestern Namibian country is not strong. These people are not even as good as the local army of Southern Philippines. It is okay to let them scare the local civilians in Southern Philippines. If they really encounter a regular army, whether it is the Southern Philippines army or the British army, this group of indigenous troops will definitely not be a match.
And once this army is defeated, the plan to sneak attack the capital of Southern Philippines will probably be stranded!
The capital of Southern Philippines is on the east side of the Atlantic Ocean, while the German army is on the west side of the Indian Ocean. If this indigenous army is killed, the German army can only cross Southern Philippines and run to the west to occupy the city. This will undoubtedly greatly increase the workload of the German army, and if the troops are divided in this way, it is easy to be defeated by the enemy one by one!
Therefore, it is particularly important to encircle and annihilate these two armies in Johannes City!
“Let the soldiers take the time to eat and rest, get enough energy, prepare to attack at night, and wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop!”
After watching for a whole day and seeing that both armies were exhausted and suffered heavy casualties, Rommel realized that his chance had come!
So he issued an order to attack at night!
At night, the British army, which had come from afar and was already exhausted, took the lead in stopping the exchange of fire, and the South Philippine army on the opposite side suffered even more casualties than the British army under the fierce artillery fire of the British army. Seeing that the British army stopped the attack, they were relieved and ceased fire!
The entire battlefield suddenly became quiet!
However, this situation did not last too long. Four hours later, at one o’clock in the morning, the German army took the lead in launching an attack from the north and south.
The British army’s camp and the South Philippine army’s camp were attacked almost at the same time. The attention of both sides was almost entirely focused on the enemy on the opposite side. They did not expect that there would be enemies behind them, so they were very cautious about their backs. The Germans’ attack caused a lot of panic to the two armies!
In the dark night, the German light division took advantage of its armored advantage and continuously attacked the camps of the two armies, causing chaos in the camps. The soldiers of the two armies ran everywhere and could not find their superiors. As a result, they were unable to unite to fight the enemy, and suffered heavy casualties in the continuous attack of the Germans. An unorganized army is easier to deal with than a group of pigs.
In one night, the Germans wiped out more than 80,000 enemy troops, including 30,000 British troops and 50,000 Southern Philippine troops. In addition, they captured more than 50,000 enemy troops!