The battle to encircle and annihilate the defeated Alamein army took less than three days.

Because there was no hope of breaking through and was hit by intensive artillery fire, General Bran, who was commanding the unit, ordered the cessation of the battle on the night of January 5.

It was not until the next morning that Bran's army officially surrendered.

About 200,000 Bran officers and soldiers, less than 6,000 were killed and about 30,000 were injured, and the rest gave up resistance while still able to fight.

Less than 10,000 Bran soldiers broke through at night, and some of them fled to Alexandria.

Almost all the Bran officers and soldiers who had lost their way into the desert died in the desert, and only a few of them were lucky enough to reach the colonial stronghold in the upper Nile River.

No one was surprised by this result.

The key is that during these days, the Bran army guarding Alexandria did not come out to respond at all, and even did not intend to send troops to respond.

It’s not Montgomery’s cruelty, it’s because he can’t help.

Before the Imperial fleet entered the narrow sea, all the main forces of Bran's army were in Alahman and were deployed in depth, with more than 200,000 troops distributed in a radius of 300 kilometers. As a result, when Suez City was besieged and the defense line collapsed, Bran's army had no time to return to defense.

It is easy to withdraw troops, but it can be difficult to withdraw equipment and supplies.

That's true. The Bran army in Alexandria actually has less than 50,000. Therefore, even if Montgomery knew that the troops who broke through outside had run out of ammunition and food, he would not dare to send troops to respond. If the opponent caught the opportunity, he would probably not have to defend Alexandria to the death.

Nearly 200,000 troops were completely wiped out in just three days.

For the Bran army in Alexandria, the impact of this battle will definitely not be much smaller.

However, I only waited for one more day.

In the early morning of January 7, under the command of Rommel, the Allied Alliance launched a combat operation to attack Alexandria. The Imperial Army armored troops commanded by Lian Xusheng were the leading forces.

This arrangement can be regarded as mutual praise.

In the words of Lian Xusheng, Rommel is the commander-in-chief and the Imperial Army is at least able to live up to its face. There is no problem of who owe whom.

In addition, the 11th Special Mixed Fleet is provided.

Obviously, cooperating with the Imperial Army will definitely be smoother than cooperating with the Tsuman Army, at least there are no verbal communication problems.

Previously, during the march northward, several misattacks occurred due to poor language communication.

In the worst mishap incident, a Moban battalion was hit by a fleet of covered artillery fire, killing more than 100 Tyman Army soldiers.

However, the main force attacking Alexandria was actually two special mixed fleets.

But before dawn, a support formation composed of four fast battleships, six heavy cruisers and six light cruisers threw thousands of tons of shells at Alexandria. Thousands of rounds were used up in just 400 mm bombs, and the consumption of 200 mm shells reached 3,000 rounds.

In love, these shells are about to expire, and they will only be scrapped if they are not used.

In fact, the common way to deal with expired ammunition is to send it to the battlefield or use it during training and exercises.

A new record was set by the measurement of shelling density.

Don't forget that Alexandria is just a military port.

As for the damage caused by shelling to port infrastructure, Bai Zhizhan obviously had never thought about it.

Although according to the arrangement, the Imperial Navy will use Alexandria as its base in the future and serve as a transit port for strategic sea transportation, Zheng Jiangming gave Bai Zhizhan a good start. The Imperial Navy has the ability to support the fleet in combat in Luxinhai without infrastructure.

All you need is a safe haven.

As for the infrastructure in the military port, all of them can be replaced by engineering ships.

For example, self-seater floating docks can be used to replace shipyards and ship repair yards, oil tankers with recharge capacity can be used to replace oil and water docks, dry ammunition transport ships can be used to replace ammunition depots, and even barges equipped with heavy artillery cannons can be used to replace shore defense turrets responsible for protecting ports.

By this time, the Imperial Navy had the most lacking in various engineering ships.

Bai Zhizhan is also very familiar with this.

The Imperial Navy vigorously developed engineering ships, which were actually aimed at the east ocean, that is, in the east ocean, especially in the northeastern ocean facing the Newland Federation, it was seriously lacking in ports and bases that could provide support for the fleet, and it was impossible to carry out infrastructure construction during wartime.

To allow the fleet to cross the vast east ocean and fight outside the earth, we can only place hopes of maintenance and support on engineering ships.

The key is that the Imperial Navy's ships, especially the main ships such as aircraft carriers, have not outstanding endurance.

Fundamentally, this is a sacrifice made after comprehensive trade-offs, reducing endurance, and allowing other more important performances such as speed to meet design indicators.

At least now it seems that the Imperial Navy is not wrong to abandon its endurance.

After the outbreak of the war, the Imperial Navy not only did its best to build aircraft carriers, fast battleships and other main warships, but also built the world's strongest engineering fleet.

It must be said that most of the engineering ships were actually built before the war.

Many engineering ships have civilian properties and only need to be modified simply, mainly to install self-defense weapons, and become military auxiliary ships.

Because of the guarantee, there is no need to be afraid when you start.

The shelling is just the beginning.

After dawn, the air force came on stage.

Because the 12th Special Mixed Fleet had ventured through the canal three days ago, at any time, a carrier-based aircraft of a Special Mixed Fleet could perform support missions.

In fact, there is no need to worry about being hit by the air at all.

Outside Alexandria, Bran Airport is closest to Malta, more than 1,000 kilometers away, and there is no way to pose a threat to the two special mixed fleets.

As a result, before launching the ground attack, all two special mixed fleets participated in the strike operation.

For the Bran officers and soldiers in Alexandria, especially those who are fortunate to live until after the war, this is probably the longest day in their lives.

According to the meeting of a few survivors, the shelling and bombing were never over the whole day.

Under the cover of gunpowder and flames, Alexandria became a boiling volcano, as if the sea water in the harbor was ignited.

Even if you are alive, you are just a numb body.

Before the intensive bombing ended, the ground forces launched an attack.

Unlike previous offensive operations, the armored troops of the Imperial Army did not attack forcefully, and often played the role of scouts.

Simply put, stop immediately whenever you encounter resistance, and then call for artillery support or air support.

The ground troops continued to advance after the fleet used artillery fire or bombs dropped by carrier-based aircraft to destroy the enemy's fortifications.

In the words of Lian Xusheng, there is no need to hurry up.

Obviously, this steady advancement tactic made the Bran army unable to find a chance to counterattack.

In fact, it was also thanks to Rommel.

While discussing the battle, Rommel clearly told Lian Xusheng that Montgomery was good at counterattacking and never gave him a chance to counterattack.

In order to attract Lian Xusheng's attention, he repeatedly emphasized it several times.

It was only after listening to Rommel's warning that Lian Xusheng chose to adopt the tactic of steady progress.
Chapter completed!