Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

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Of course, it was Montgomery Jr. and his staff who were most depressed.Because the battle was too fierce, they could only keep in touch with the battlefield by phone, radio, and understand the situation and issue orders.But the battlefield on the front line is too chaotic.The confusion makes people feel incomprehensible.For example, the strength of the Dragon Army ranges from a regiment to an army, and the numbers are also inexplicable, ranging from ordinary infantry to armored troops to marines and even airborne troops in the end.These inexplicable news spread to Little Montgomery's desk all at once, making the commander's head dizzy for a whole circle.

Taking advantage of this chaos, the Dragon Army's tanks quickly rushed through the two streets near the pier, the most important defensive zone of the British army.For the tanks of the Dragon Army, the threat from high places is always very scary.Sometimes it’s a bundle of cluster grenades, sometimes a pack of explosives will fly down, sometimes a black disc landmine will fall down, and there will even be a “Molotov” who is constantly doing 720 turns on fire. Cocktail bottles" In addition, those sniper and machine gun positions hidden in high-altitude buildings and ruins have become a lingering nightmare for soldiers following behind tanks.

Therefore, in order to ensure that their tank troops can quickly break through these natural obstacles, the commandos organized by the soldiers of the two combat engineering groups joined the battle. The soldiers of the Dragon Army seem to be very good at this kind of battle.Due to the experience of the Asian War and the Sino-American War, many officers and soldiers of the Dragon Army who participated in that battle had lingering fears about the brutality of the street fighting.Therefore, in addition to training assault troops specialized in street fighting, the Dragon Army also conducted special training on street fighting for all soldiers.Most of the soldiers quickly mastered the relevant skills of street fighting. By setting up explosives to blow up the walls, the pioneer engineers quickly opened up two buildings next to the two sides of the street. Assault sappers with flamethrowers.Most of these engineers were temporarily drawn from the reconnaissance units and combat engineers.They have more combat experience than the average infantry.Therefore, it took only three to ten minutes for the passage to be opened, and the speed surprised the British army.

Without the restraint of the natural moat, the armored troops of the Dragon Army began to exert their power.A group of more than a dozen tanks rushed to the front, and a company of engineers followed closely behind the tanks.After approaching the British defensive positions, the tank first stopped and fired to suppress the British machine guns.Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Dragon Army infantry who followed behind charged again.Soon the fortifications temporarily built by the British defenders were moved to the ground under the artillery fire of the Dragon Army.

At 6:30 in the morning, the battle in the outer port of Calais and the freight yard was over. The remaining British troops resisted in the inner port and in an old fort on a distant hill, but it was meaningless. They lacked heavy weapons and could not pose any threat to the entire pier.

At 6:50, the first convoy of transport ships flying the flag of the Chinese Navy arrived at the Port of Calais. These transport ships were all sea ferries below 2000 tons, and 5000 people were put down on the pier at one time.Two or 10 minutes later, the second wave of ferries also arrived, and quickly put down 2000 people and a large amount of supplies.

At 7 o'clock, the headquarters moved to the port of Calais. Among the busy crowd, the bald commander seemed very happy, because he knew that the Allied forces had no way to retreat.

"Ah? What did you say? The port is lost? Which port? The main port of Calais? You said the main port of Calais is lost?" When everyone heard the news from the phone, the original port was still there. The British Army Headquarters, which was full of people, became silent.Everyone put down their work and stared blankly at the source of the sound.

"Hello? Who are you?" Seeing that everyone stopped.Little Montgomery, who was still looking at the map, stepped forward angrily, snatched the phone, and then yelled, "What? Who am I? I'm Montgomery, your division commander! What unit are you in? From the 8th Corps? So that you can call your regiment commander, Colonel Mby, and I will ask him personally!" At this time, little Montgomery was already disturbed by the idiot on the phone. "What? Mbi was killed? When? Where?"

"I see! Then you will temporarily lead the 8th Corps, and I will send reinforcements to support you in a while. Please hold your positions!" After sinking for a while, Little Montgomery gave his order.But for him, this order can only temporarily stabilize the confidence of these people, because he doesn't have many reserves in his hands.

After a while, little Montgomery put down the phone, rushed to the front of the map, and studied it carefully.

"How many reserves do we have?" While looking at the map, he asked the Chief of Staff Nicholson loudly.

"General!" Nicholson replied: "We still have about 3000 reserve soldiers, most of whom are from the reconnaissance and logistics units. In addition, we have also recruited about 2000 soldiers. French volunteers. But most of the French soldiers have lost the confidence to fight. We have no way to force them into the team.”

"That many people are enough!" After listening to his chief of staff's explanation, Little Montgomery nodded slightly, "You lead the team to the pier yourself. Note that your task is not to seize the pier, but to destroy it as much as possible .Especially the oil depots and cargo storage yards at the wharf.”

As soon as the words fell, there was suddenly a violent explosion outside the door, followed by intense gunshots like fried beans.A guard covered in blood stumbled in and said out of breath, "Commander, something is wrong. A large number of Chinese have appeared near our headquarters, and they have already surrounded us!"

"What? There are Chinese people here." After hearing what the guard said, little Montgomery jumped up in surprise.

"Yes! That's how it is." The guard stammered and described: "They are very elite, all of them are automatic weapons in their hands, and the guns are very accurate. We have nothing to do!" Before the words fell, another voice came from outside There was a loud explosion.Accompanied by this explosion, the entire Calais Opera House seemed to be plunged into an extremely severe earthquake.

"Damn it!" After patting the spilled dirt on his body, little Montgomery suddenly cursed loudly: "The Chinese are blasting the outer wall! Send someone to block it!" After a few seconds, he issued a second Order: "Everyone take up arms and prepare for the final battle." He didn't finish speaking.Another explosion.

A puff of thick smoke seeped in through the crack of the door, and just as little Montgomery desperately wiped the dust off his face with his hands, "General, be careful!" A voice suddenly came from beside him, and then a black shadow pounced on him. on him.

"How did you do it? So many people from the first and second combat groups haven't taken this place yet?" Listening to the constant explosions and the whistling of bullets, looking at the soaring smoke and the Du Yu was obviously very dissatisfied with the huge flame.Although it took less than 48 hours for his troops to receive the attack order, as a special commando, they should be able to instantly destroy the opponent's vital forces.But now.This battle has been going on for half an hour, and there is still no result, which makes him feel ashamed.

"Bastard!" After a while, Du Yuming couldn't bear it anymore when he saw that his troops were once again blocked by the crossfire of the opponent's two machine guns on the second floor. Passing the submachine gun in the hands of a soldier, he quickly loaded it, and waved his hand: "The third team follows me!"

A group of elite Lightning soldiers quickly followed their boss and rushed out.

"Rush up! Capture Montgomery alive!" Seeing that the obstacles in front of him had been completely eliminated, Du Yuming waved his arms and rushed in first.The two sides engaged in a fierce close-range battle inside the stairs. They used almost all types of weapons in their hands, from daggers, bayonets, grenades to heavy machine guns and flamethrowers.Automatic weapons swept like the wind.The exquisite marble walls of the entire opera house have all become honeycombs at this time.In the dimly lit building filled with gunpowder, soldiers from both sides kept falling from the stairs or the floor and fell to the hard ground to die.After arduous fighting, the lightning commando finally cleared the superstructure of the opera house and compressed the British army in the basement.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, two battalions of the 187 Infantry Regiment of the 686th Division that came to reinforce entered the Opera House.The balance of power is tilted towards Long Jun.More and more British defenders were killed.The British defenses began to weaken.At this time, Du Yuming began to withdraw his elite troops from the battle.

Soon, the Dragon Army fired armor-piercing shells at the Opera House building, and the tanks opened fire immediately after the troops withdrew.Bricks and high-explosive armor-piercing shells were mixed with the bodies of British soldiers and flew around.In the end, the remaining British troops hid in the basement of the opera house. After the persuasion failed, the Long army sent combat engineers to blast the basement as a whole, and finally took down the opera house.The whole battle lasted 3 hours.

When the five-clawed golden dragon flag fluttered over the incomplete opera house, it also proved that the entire Calais battle had entered the closing stage.The change of hands of the Opera House resulted in the severing of Allied communications in all directions throughout Calais.At the same time, the British army also lost the highest command and dispatch.Like a human body without a brain, it cannot coordinate effectively.

"Where did the person I want go? Where is the British supreme commander Montgomery?" As soon as he arrived at the opera house, he asked Du Yuming face to face.

"Ah?" Du Yuming was stunned for a long time, then scratched his head and said: "This! That! I don't know if I heard that he was killed by the bombing. But we didn't find the body, maybe it has turned into pieces of meat! After all, the shells It is not surprising that such a powerful force died."

(End of this chapter)