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Chapter 1213 The First Shockwave

On the other side, after learning that the British army's troops have shrunk, they also laughed, "Little Montgomery, let's see who is the strongest in this era!"

On the evening of May 5, the day-long battle outside Calais finally came to an end.Although generally speaking, the Dragon Army and the Allied Army did not invest a lot of power, but the bloody battle situation still made the commanders of both sides frown involuntarily.But the people here are very happy.Because Chen Jitang's reinforcements arrived here.

It was the Tenth Armored Division of the Dragon Army who came for reinforcements.Joining this team made me feel much better.On the same day, regardless of the distinction between superiors and subordinates, he dragged a few people to the headquarters to drink Moutai, and ate a meal of French seafood by the way.The warm atmosphere made everyone present feel as if the Dragon Army had won a decisive victory at this time.

On the other side, while they were gorging themselves on the sea, Little Montgomery was also working with his chief of staff, Colonel Nicholson, in his underground command post to plan a strategy against the dragon army.Compared with him, his troubles are even greater.After all, the opponent still has a steady stream of reinforcements, and he seems a bit stretched in terms of using troops.Compared with the area he wants to defend, his troops are too small.Fortunately, an elderly French colonel escaped from the encirclement of Boulogne, so Montgomery Jr. let him command the French troops in the Calais area and accepted orders from Montgomery Jr.

At the same time, Montgomery Jr. also incorporated some French coastal artillery units into the entire defensive force. These people were originally used as coastal fort artillery to shoot at ships, but because the Chinese came from land, coastal fort artillery could not carry out 360 ring shooting, so the usefulness for the allied forces is very limited.Therefore, this kind of gun has become a useless decoration in the eyes of little Montgomery.

Another problem is Calais' defense.Although the fortifications of Calais have a very long history, in the eyes of little Montgomery.Even so, these fortifications could not withstand a decisive attack by a modern army supported by aircraft and heavy artillery fire.In particular, the Dragon Army's long-known Eastern Fortress Destruction Cannon and the Dragon Army's newly developed 1.1-ton concrete blasting aerial bomb.So little Montgomery knew very well that if he put his troops on those ancient city walls, he could only become the target of the opponent's planes and cannons.

Therefore, after carefully studying the layout of the city of Calais, Little Montgomery decided to rely on the canals inside and outside the city to organize defenses.He ordered that several lines of defense inside the city must be guarded, and all roads and railways leading to Calais must be closed to prevent the opponent's tanks from rushing in along the road.In addition, several important areas were to be mined and barbed wire fenced, and positions began to be established.It's just that when the battalion commanders and regimental commanders just started to deploy troops, the gunshots were getting closer and closer.

At dawn on the 29th, the Long Army began to attack according to its own schedule.Under the cover of heavy and accurate mortar and howitzer fire, three dragon infantry regiments attacked the British positions simultaneously from the south, southwest and southeast of the city.On defense there was the [-]st Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles.Faced with such a crazy infantry attack from the opponent, this battalion could not resist it at all.After all, the battle line is too wide.Such a wide position can easily be infiltrated by the dragon army.Soon, they wisely withdrew from their first position and entered the second position one kilometer away, thereby strengthening the defense of the second battalion of the Royal King's Rifles.

But soon the dragon army rushed there, and the two sides started a fierce exchange of fire.However, due to the gloomy sky, the lack of air support, and the absence of chariot troops, the three attacks of the Dragon Army all ended in failure.This made Hu Sanyu, the commander of the [-]th Armored Division who had sworn at the banquet and boasted that he could take Calais in two hours, feel very embarrassed.However, after he invested in an armored battalion in his hands, the situation of the battle turned instantly.With the support of the powerful firepower of the dragon army, the dragon army began to advance steadily, constantly squeezing the defense line of the allies.

Finally, at 10:15 in the morning, the 69th Infantry Regiment of the Dragon Army under the 86th Armored Division occupied the castle of Point de Colony and began to clear several satellite strongholds attached to its periphery.The [-]th Infantry took Colony Harbor.

At the same time that the Tenth Armored Division of the Dragon Army was fighting fiercely in Calais.Another armored division of the Dragon Army also began to attack. They set out from the high ground captured yesterday and attacked several bastions southwest of Calais.There they met stubborn resistance from the French defenders.Especially the sailor unit of the French Navy. Many people in this unit had already boarded the ship and prepared to evacuate.However, at that time, a French captain named Carlos de Lambert was ordered to go to the pier to gather volunteers to defend the fort, so these sailors resolutely went ashore again, took their weapons and joined the battle.These volunteers, assembled from various units, occupied the important Bastion No. 11.Bastions No. 12 and No. 13, occupied by another French army, did not choose to fight.Some of them huddled on the concrete floor of the Calais wharf with large and small packages, while others hid in the city's cellars and sewers or other places quietly waiting to surrender.

By noon, fierce fighting continued.The 86st Guards Company of the British Royal Tank Battalion, supported by two companies of the 13th Infantry Division, attacked from the west of Calais.They tried in vain to attack the weak flank of the Dragon Army in order to cut off the rear of the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Dragon Army that had entered Calais, thereby restoring the defense near the port of Colony.But the dragon army seems to have been prepared for the British attack.The A[-] tank of the British army had just set foot on the battlefield, and the No. [-] tank of the Long Army appeared out of nowhere.After a fierce confrontation, the Long Army instantly gained an absolute advantage.

The Dragon Army troops arrived at Fort Nijore, and the strength of the three regiments surrounded the place with water.After a burst of fierce shelling, the dragon army began to attack.Facing the high granite wall of Fort Nijore, which is more than ten meters high, they used an extremely primitive method, that is, the ladder tactic.The wooden ladders were collected by Long Jun from various French houses, and then quickly mounted on the wall.At this time, the Dragon Army infantry took submachine guns, grenades and engineer shovels and began to charge up one after another.

But for the defensive side, this tactic is too simple.They condescendingly used rifles and machine guns to easily deal with several dragon soldiers who came up, and then used grenades to clean up the dragon infantry who had placed ladders below.The battle lasted for more than 3 hours.By 4:35 in the afternoon, the Dragon Army's offensive against Fort Nijore still hadn't made any progress.So Long Jun immediately changed his tactics.They quickly separated a regiment of troops, bypassed some strong fortresses on the outskirts, and began to attack the core positions of the British army.

However, the soldiers of the [-]nd Battalion of the Royal King's Rifles who stood firm there did not retreat, and used the complex terrain to resist wave after wave of attacks from the Dragon Army.Even, they relied on grenades and Molotov cocktail bottles to destroy two No. [-] tanks of the Dragon Army during the battle, and damaged two No. [-] tanks.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the British army's troop carrier "Kohistan" arrived at the port of Calais, brought in urgently needed ammunition and supplies for the defenders and a company of supplementary soldiers, and evacuated hundreds of refugees and wounded from Calais. .

With the help of reinforcements, little Montgomery was relieved.After all, after a day of arduous fighting, facing such strong pressure from the Dragon Army, the allied forces did not retreat, on the contrary they fought in a more orderly manner.Moreover, through a preliminary assessment, Long Jun's losses are still relatively large.This made little Montgomery very happy.In his opinion, it shouldn't be a problem for him to be able to hold on for two days.

On the other side, the one who received the information about the setback in the attack didn't get angry. He just casually looked at the battle report and then threw him aside.

"Huang Jun! Is everything ready?" He raised his head and asked his adjutant.

"Yes! Commander-in-Chief! Everything has been prepared, just wait for tomorrow!" Huang Jun immediately reported.

"Good! Start on time tomorrow!" said slowly.

At 5 o'clock in the morning on May 29, Calais, which had just been calm for 3 hours, fell into endless artillery fire again.Under the scorching artillery fire, about three companies of the Dragon Army Grenadiers began to launch a fierce attack on the No. 6 and No. 11 Bastions along the gap opened in the northwest direction.A large number of smoking grenades flew out of the hands of these soldiers, spun around, and threw them into the firing port of the castle.In an instant, the entire castle was shrouded in artificial thick fog.First, a large number of soldiers approached the outer wall of the castle through the dense fog, and then the engineers who advanced first took out the plastic explosives and special anti-fortress bombs they carried with them, and blasted the granite outer wall of the multi-bracket one by one. .Soldiers with submachine guns and flamethrowers then entered the fort again and began to clean up the remaining defenders inside.

However, the Allied forces still steadfastly defended. Relying on the complex maze-like structure of the multi-bracket, they continued to deal with the dragon army inside.The battlefield once again fell into a stalemate.

"General! Our defense line in the northwest has been breached by the opponent. Although several bastions are still under our control, based on the current situation, I'm afraid it won't last long." Colonel Nicholson looked at himself anxiously the boss.Judging from the current situation, after two days of preliminary testing, the Dragon Army has already understood the weak areas of its defense, and then began to adopt the method of focusing on assaults, constantly attacking those areas, in an attempt to turn them into large and small areas. the gap.This tactic was deadliest against Allied forces lacking reserves.

(End of this chapter)