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The first to attack was the Dragon Army. The No.20 Three Panzergrenadier Regiment came up and played their trump cards, all using submachine guns, sniper rifles and machine guns.Under cover of infantry guns, mortars, and tanks, a violent charge was made against the Allied positions.Soon they captured a slope 10 meters high on one side.The British army was not vegetarian either.After a brief preparation, two companies of British soldiers rushed down from the pre-ambushed place with their rifles in hand.

When two streams of people running at high speed collided, there was no fluctuation, as if time was forbidden because of this.If you don't observe carefully, no one would have thought that there would be 400 people fighting to the death in this small place of only 800 square meters.

The bayonet and sapper shovel shone coldly.Amidst the screams, red blood and white brains spurted out continuously.Every living person was highly excited. They stared at their blood-red eyes, let out bursts of hoarse roars, and mechanically waved the weapons in their hands.Some of these weapons are a rifle, some are a sapper shovel, and some are even an M24 long-handled grenade, and all they have to do is knock down people in other countries' military uniforms.

Half an hour passed, and the two sides still didn't seem to stop fighting.In the end, the British with high combat skills and superior numbers still won the victory.It's just that the price they paid was very high. 240 people were killed and 160 were seriously injured. On the Longjun side, all 320 people were killed.

Liu Xiang was very annoyed by the loss of so many soldiers at once, but without any effect.At the same time, he also had to put away his original heart of underestimating the enemy.After a brief adjustment, the grenadiers attacked again.This time, learning the lessons of the previous failure, Liu Xiang carefully invested in a battalion and a tank platoon for reinforcements.At this time, the British army, which lacked anti-tank firepower, was no longer the opponent of the Dragon Army.What's more, in the battle just now, they have already lost more than half of them.So the second thunderous attack quickly had its effect.Although he won the victory, Liu Xiang was not happy. The loss of so many soldiers, especially those assault engineers, made him feel heartbroken just thinking about it.

After winning the victory, the Dragon Army slightly adjusted its attack direction. A company of tanks drove onto the embankment and rushed towards the Calais train station along the long rails.On the high ground, there are teams of soldiers one after another, responsible for covering the chariot troops below.

Meanwhile, fighting continued in a small park outside the train station.This small park was originally established for the convenience of long-distance travelers to rest.The romantic French planted all kinds of flowers and trees here, and also carefully placed many bronze statues.But now, this place has turned into a terrifying battlefield.The originally beautifully carved statues were smashed into piles of scrap iron by shells and bullets flying all over the sky.Next to them, there are many postmodernist smoking sculptures made of steel.The original green lawn has turned into a large black pit filled with gunpowder smoke, and many incomplete human body parts are scattered on the pit.As for the delicate flowers that bloom on the side of the road, they are stained with various colors, including black.There's white, pink, and blood red.All kinds of colors are intertwined, making the whole battlefield even more weird.

Facing the air and ground attack of the dragon army, the British army's resistance seemed so weak.But even so, these brave Anglo-Saxons let the Chinese know what a real warrior is.The one-sided battle lasted for a full hour and a half before the Dragon Army achieved a partial victory.The remaining British were suppressed in a small area less than 1 square kilometer west of the park.Although they have lost the possibility of counterattack, it still takes a little time for the Chinese to swallow them in one bite.

After the obstacles from south to north were broken by the dragon army, Liu Xiang ordered a second wave of attacks.At 11 o'clock in the morning, he concentrated the two regiments in his hands and began to storm Calais train station.The British army still did not flinch. Colonel Paller, the British brigade commander defending the area, said to his superiors: "Our defense line is about to be breached, but we still have not given up. We are still fighting."

Montgomery Jr.'s answer was even simpler: "I'm also worried that your defenses will be breached. If it is breached, take your men to the house on the other side of the bridge. But now, you must fight like hell!" "

As a result, this building, which had condensed the painstaking efforts of countless French engineers and construction workers, was ravaged back and forth by the armies of two foreign countries. The cruel battle lasted for two hours before the dragon army gained a certain advantage.

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"Blossom in the center! Hehe! Is this your tactic? Is this your final tactic?" Looking at the map on the table, Little Montgomery laughed loudly, shaking his head while laughing. "The tactic is correct. But it is doomed to fail!" Having said that, little Montgomery shook his head slightly.For him, the opponent's tactics are very much in line with his taste.Although he was fighting a complete defensive battle on the surface, in fact, his ultimate goal was to delay time and wait for the arrival of his large army.And it would be foolish for the Chinese to throw all their mechanized troops and reserves at the start of urban street fighting.After all, for a fortified city like Calais, it is unwise to invest so many tank troops in a maze-like city. If it weren't for the British's lack of anti-tank weapons and anti-tank methods, Calais It will definitely become the grave of Chinese armored soldiers.

Soon, at 1:[-] in the afternoon, Chiang Kai-shek sent a team to persuade him to surrender.The capitulation squad, composed of the mayor of Calais, France, flew a white flag and passed through the firefighting area between the two sides to the headquarters of Little Montgomery.There, the mayor handed Montgomery Jr. a letter from the Dragon Army calling for the surrender of the British army.

"Surrender?" After seeing clearly what was written on the letter.Little Montgomery gave the hateful Frenchman a blank look, and then replied coldly: "If the Chinese want to occupy Calais, they must pay a heavy price." Then he asked the mayor to return a sentence: "Surrender is not The duty of the British Army, our duty is to fight. I believe you Dragon Army is the same. We will fail, but even if we fail, we must maintain the honor of our army.”

"Hehe! That's great!" After listening to the depressing description of the chubby mayor of Calais, Chiang Kai-shek was very happy. The commander-in-chief's abnormal behavior surprised everyone present.Because they really can't see that the other party's refusal to surrender is good for them.

Just when everyone was amazed, Chiang Kai-shek said: "It seems that Montgomery has been tricked!" Chiang Kai-shek rubbed his chin with a smile on his face, and then continued: "Order the troops to implement the second plan—— Plan B!"

At this time, the dragon army also began to step up their attacks.The troops led by Liu Xiang have gradually controlled most of the railway station.Now he was ordering the remaining infantry to mop up the blind spots inside the station.

The Long Army used explosives and flamethrowers to pull out the "nails" who were hiding in the station and were still fighting desperately one by one, and the rest of the troops organized a temporary defense line on the entire periphery, because they knew that it was very dangerous here. Important, the British will not be reconciled to the occupation of this area, so they will definitely launch a counterattack.

On the other side, the dragon army's attack on the Calais airport was also going on at the same time.Perhaps it was stimulated by Liu Xiang's capture of the railway station, which annoyed He Jian, who had just served as the commander of the independent brigade.The first battle in the Calais area was taken away by his colleagues, which made him very uncomfortable.

He ordered his troops to step up their attack on the airfield, while the British troops there fought to the death.Every building has to go through repeated scrambles.The corpses of soldiers from both sides piled higher and higher on the ruins. Although the dragon army had an absolute advantage, they still couldn't take down the entire airport.

The series of actions of the Chinese did not hide from Montgomery's eyes at all. He had already roughly judged the movements of the opposing commander.In response to Long Jun's series of actions, he immediately formulated corresponding countermeasures.First of all, the connection between the old city and the new city must be restored.If contact is to be restored, the Gare de Calais must be recaptured.As long as the railway station is captured, the British army will be invincible.Little Montgomery made a decisive decision and joined the reserve team to quickly seize the train station.

The British counterattack took place at four o'clock that afternoon.The soldiers of the two battalions rushed towards the Long Army's position from the southwest and northwest.In order to allow his troops to attack the opponent's defense line more quickly, Montgomery Jr. ordered the starting positions of the two battalions to be no more than [-] yards away from the Chinese defense line, so that the Chinese artillery and aircraft could not be used.

The British invaded the railway station like a tide, and the two sides exchanged fire quickly. The entire railway station building was surrounded by shooting and explosions. and chapped throat.Because the battle was so fierce, the medical staff on both sides couldn't enter the battlefield where the battle was raging.As a result, many wounded were not bandaged, and they could only lie in the basement temporarily converted to a wounded rescue center and wait to die.

Faced with such scorching and violent artillery fire, large troops could not be deployed at all.Soldiers on both sides took combat groups as units, built fortifications in some destroyed houses, and fought against the opponent's attack very hard.

The night came without knowing it, and for Calais it was a dreary and terrible night.The whole of Calais was shrouded in the light from the rising white powder flares. With this artificial light, the two sides continued to fight at night.At this time, the entire building of the train station was on fire, the walls collapsed, and the steel bars were twisted, but the soldiers continued to fight... At this time, the train station has become a huge mill, where there were still lively people. After entering this mill, they immediately turned into mutilated corpses.The battle lasted until the second half of the night. At the railway station, neither side made decisive progress. The British army did not capture the railway station. They only pushed their defense line into the park next to the railway station and occupied the ticket hall of the railway station. and a third floor building.And the Chinese have no way to completely drive each other out.

In addition, there are still several "nails" installed in the railway station that have not been removed.But in the face of such heavy casualties and such high-intensity fighting, both sides have lost the bargaining chip to continue fighting.

So the two sides had to stop again.They all seized the time to make up, waiting for the second round of attacks in a few hours.

At 5 o'clock in the morning on May 30, the sky was just turning pale.The little Chateau Nijore jetty near Calais was already buzzing with people.There are heavily armed Dragon Army soldiers everywhere, and the marching columns are neatly standing in an area that belongs to them.

On the other side are all kinds of equipment that have just landed ashore.From small Panther tanks, to 105mm howitzers and 75mm mountain guns, to tanks and trucks equipped with recoilless guns.All kinds of equipment are included, neatly piled up on the other side.

Chiang Kai-shek also arrived here in a half-track command vehicle, and the armored command vehicle with the five-clawed golden dragon logo was very conspicuous in the entire queue.Seeing the convoy slowly approaching, the noisy team immediately quieted down.Everyone's eyes are quietly watching the team.

"Long live!" I don't know who spoke first, and then all the soldiers present raised their arms and shouted involuntarily.

Chiang Kai-shek came to the temporary headquarters.

"Can we start attacking?" As soon as he stepped into the gate, he shouted loudly to Zhang Xuesi, who was issuing orders.

"Yes!" Zhang Xuesi replied immediately: "The troops are ready and ready to attack at any time!"

"That's good! Let's go!" Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly, and then said to Zhang Xuesi and several senior commanders expressionlessly: "Remember, the Port of Calais must be captured before eight o'clock!"

"Yes!" All the people at the scene burst into a roar, which seemed to have been backlogged for a full 100 years, and then they all put on their military caps, left the headquarters, and conveyed the order to attack.

"Du Yuming!" Chiang Kai-shek stopped and was about to leave the Lightning Assault Captain. He and his Lightning Troops just arrived here today by barge.

"Commander-in-Chief, what's the matter?" Du Yuming first stopped in his tracks, and then gave a military salute respectfully.

"Do you know your mission?" Chiang Kai-shek took out a cigarette case and threw a cigarette to the other party.

"I know!" Du Yuming took the cigarette unceremoniously, lit it and took a deep breath. "Commander-in-Chief, please rest assured, I have done this kind of thing more than once. Moreover, all the people I brought this time are elites."

"Have confidence, that's good!" Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly: "This mission is very dangerous, and I want this person whether he lives or dies! Remember? Whether he lives or dies!"

"Yes! Live or die!" Du Yuming immediately threw away his cigarette, gave a military salute, and then left the headquarters without looking back.

"Bang!" A clear gunshot came from near the Port of Calais, floating over the originally silent city, appearing unusually loud and strange.A few seconds later, a sound like fried beans replaced the ethereal gunshot.

"What? What did you say? You said that the port of Calais was attacked by the dragon army on a large scale? How many troops did the other side invest? What? You don't know, how many are too many? Ah? At least two divisions..." The headquarters on the ground floor of the Calais Opera House had exploded at this time.

Since the fierce fighting broke out in Calais Port, the telephone and radio in this place have not stopped, making everyone in the headquarters jump, they really don't know what happened in Calais Port.Ten minutes later, preliminary news was uploaded from all directions.That is, the port of Calais has been attacked unprecedentedly.The Chinese invested a lot of troops here, and the large number and intensity of their attacks made the British army defending the Port of Calais feel overwhelmed.Although they have built some positions, since the port of Calais is already in a relatively flat place, there are not many places to defend.In addition, a large number of refugees gathered near the entire port, and the refugees who scattered to avoid artillery fire at the beginning of the war also brought great difficulties to the defense of the British army.Finally, there is the powerful fighting power of the Dragon Army.All these made the British defenders feel very tight when defending.

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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 tanks of the Dragon Army quickly rushed through the most important defensive zone of the British army-two streets near the dock.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, and sometimes a black disc will fall—a landmine, and there will even be a “Molo” who is constantly doing 720 turns on fire. Toff Cocktail Bottle".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.”