At 9:40, Ramsden sent Churchill a telegram "Zip" to order the fire.

More than a thousand cannons opened fire at the German defense line almost at the same time. From the large sky from the north to the south, the lightning flashed, as bright as fire, and like many giants dancing while beating drums and dancing African war dances. Every time they stamped their feet, the whole world trembled. Even Zhang Chi, who was far away in the command of the Port of Said, could hear the roar and explosion of artillery fire.

The artillery fire lasted for half an hour, and the half hour of artillery fire was used to suppress the German artillery positions.

This is the routine of British combat, because British artillery fire has a great advantage over German army, so they always hope to silence or cripple the German artillery fire at the first time, and then they can bombard other targets with confidence.

But wars are often unsatisfactory because the German army had long been accustomed to the British tactics, so the German army always avoided the British army's edge and did not engage in artillery battles with them. Therefore, the British artillery could only roam the target or explode with inferred targets.

Instead, the large-scale bombing of the British army allowed the German army to easily control the position of the British artillery positions from the flames emitted by its artillery fire.

However, the British bombing was not without results. At that time, Major General Schdem, a German tank expert, was driving to the front position. The sudden bombing and several shells landing around shocked the driver. He hurriedly turned the front of the car to try to escape the range of the enemy's bombing. However, Major General Schdem, who was opening the door behind the car to observe the situation, threw it out of the car, but because of the sound of artillery and panic, the driver still drove at full speed because of the sound of artillery and panic.

As a result, Major General Schdem, who was left out of the car, died of a heart attack.

After the first shelling, the entire front was silent for five minutes.

The British artillery took this time to correct the shooting of the generals and pointed the target at the minefield in front of the German defense line.

Then with a command, another wave of ten thousand cannons fired, and the mines in the minefield sounded like firecrackers.

This time the shelling lasted for two hours.

In fact, the British artillery did not continue to bomb for two hours, they were divided into three parts to carry out artillery missions...

The first batch of attacking troops were the three Commonwealth armies, arranged from north to south, namely the 30th Army, the 10th Army and the 13th Army.

Montgomery assigned their own tasks to the three armies. The 13th Army on the southern wing launched a feint attack, which made the German army believe that the British army's main attack direction was the southern wing, but in fact, the 30th Army on the northern wing was the main attack direction, and its mission was to break through the northern section of the four divisions deployed by the German and Italian army.

Zhang Chi just laughed at Montgomery's idea.

Montgomery thought his opponent Rommel too simply. The southern wing is a desert that is not conducive to the advance of the armored forces. The northern wing is adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea. There is a coastal avenue built by the British along the coast... Even fools know that the British's main attack direction would be the North wing.

At this time, the British army's artillery was divided into three parts to prepare for the advancement of these three troops, so they were actually continuously extending artillery fire, hoping to open up a path in the minefield.

At this time, Ramsden received a reply from London: "Gentlemen, this battle that is about to begin will be one of the decisive battles in history. It will be the turning point of the war. The eyes of the whole world will be towards us, and we will anxiously watch the development of the battle, fight bravely!"

The battle went smoothly at the beginning, and the fierce artillery fire detonated a large number of landmines of the German army... This actually depends on the number of British shells, because the British army was indeed preparing for a counterattack before this, so they actually stored a large number of shells, which played a role at this time.

So the British infantry was able to easily overwhelm the frontier positions and advance into depth, and the armored troops followed closely behind under the guidance of the infantry... This was Montgomery's usual tactic. Infantry was of course the infantry of the colonial army cleared obstacles in the front. The armored division and artillery first covered the infantry with firepower to clear mines, and then opened a passage under the cover of artillery and infantry. In this way, under the cover of firepower of the ground artillery, the armored soldiers and infantry alternately covered and rolled forward.

There is a certain reason for this kind of battle. After all, this is a night battle, and the German mines can also pose a great threat to tank tracks. If infantry does not open the way and clear the obstacles in front, the armored division can be said to be difficult to move forward.

The problem is that almost all of these infantry divisions that opened the way and cleared the obstacles were British colonial forces.

Half an hour later, the British attack was blocked... The Germans fired black guns in the dark.

This is one of Rommel's deployments, which is that his minefield is not a simple minefield, but a minefield with snipers and artillery observers. Because these German soldiers are well-trained, they can usually act as snipers and artillery observers at the same time.

These Germans were in the minefield with a certain amount of food to build positions. Of course, they would leave a path in the minefield and equip a certain number of mines. They had a map in their hands, which marked the direction and signs of the minefield path in detail, which allowed them to move freely in the minefield. Once they wanted to retreat, they could bury the mines on the path and block them.

Of course, many of them did not do this, because most people chose to stick to the end, and some even used landmines to seal their retreat from the beginning.

The Germans' fighting will and sacrifice spirit are still very admirable. In contrast, the British who always let the colonial army be ahead are much inferior. This is probably one of the reasons why tens of thousands of German troops can fight the huge Commonwealth Army running everywhere.

These German snipers and artillery observers gave the British army great trouble.

The reason is that British infantry must use flashlights to clear mines and obstacles in front of them, otherwise they will not be able to see mines buried under their feet. German snipers rely on these flashlights to kill targets one by one.

Artillery observers caused heavy losses to the British army, because they often called for a piece of artillery shells to launch precise strikes on the British army.

For these small numbers of German troops, the British army was as helpless as tigers teased by beast tamers... Because they were in a minefield and did not dare to move or charge casually, German artillery observers could contact the rear artillery without any rush, then correct the ballistics, and then bombard in batches.
Chapter completed!