In Nijmegen, the 30th British Army repaired the remaining enemy troops in Nijmegen for 18 hours before setting off at midnight.<><>The novel has passed for three days.

The German army did not charge at the village of Osterbek because they were afraid of the British anti-tank artillery, but they used the method of attacking Arnhem to blast one by one. However, the joining of Polish troops forced the German army to draw 2,400 people to the south bank to deal with the Polish First Brigade. At night, the 30th Army finally arrived in Delhi and met with the Polish army. At the same time, 52 Polish soldiers crossed the Rhine and met with the British army on the north bank. However, the British and Polish troops tried to build a boat bridge on the river but failed.

The German army briefly cut off the British-controlled Highway 69, but was quickly expelled from the area. On the 23rd, the Canadian assault boat sent 150 Polish soldiers to the other side of the Rhine. On the 24th, the General Command gave up its attack on the Arnhem Bridge and built a defense line in Nijmegen. The British retreat did not begin until the 25th. By the morning of the 26th, the British army had only 2,398 of the 10,600 people who had withdrawn from the airdrop.

From September 27 to 29, the British army advanced to the south bank of the Lower Rhine, but were forced to turn into defense and failed to win the landing field on the north bank. In addition, the 1st Canadian Army, which was used as a support, made a slow progress in the attack on the northwest of Antwerp, and the Canadian army did not enter the estuary of the Scheld River until the end of September. At this time, the Market Garden operation had already failed.

Until Li Mo directed Germany to launch an encirclement and annihilation war, the Rhine remained an insurmountable barrier between the Allied forces and the German mainland. One of the reasons for the failure of the Market Garden Operation was that the Allied forces did not notice the Delhi Ferry in the lower Rhine, which could help Allied paratroopers avoid the two armored divisions guarding the bridge in order to quickly cross the Rhine and attack the German army, and perhaps the operation would be successful.

Due to the lengthening of the front line and the progress of the armored forces stagnated, the Allied supply had to be reduced again and again. The 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd Division were on the front line for more than two months and were unable to draw back. They suffered nearly 10,000 casualties in the 10-day "market" battle. On September 27, 1941, after 10 days of hard fighting, the Allied forces had to admit that the "market-garden" operation was completely failed.

During this combat operation, only 3,300 casualties were killed and 3,400 casualties of the US 82nd Airborne Division and 3,800 casualties of the 101st Airborne Division. The assault was at the forefront, and the British 1st Airborne Division and the Polish Paratrooper Brigade, which were responsible for capturing the Arnhem Bridge, suffered even more heavy losses without any assistance.

Nearly 700 were injured or killed in the 1,000 airborne personnel of the Polish Paratrooper Brigade. Nearly 7,000 were injured and captured by the 1st Airborne Division, and less than 2,000 were successfully broken through the siege of German tanks. A field commander of the division faced the Arnhem Bridge that they would never reach and lamented: "That bridge is too far away for us!" After the end of this battle, neither the US 101st Division nor the 82nd Division had ever conducted airborne operations in World War II. Operation "Market Garden" has therefore become a masterpiece of the large-scale airborne operations of the US elite airborne troops in World War II.

The battle lasted 9 days. After paying a heavy price, the Allies advanced 45-90 kilometers deep on the 200-kilometer front. However, the German army regained control of Arnhem, which prevented the final goal of the battle. Arnhem's bridge was called "the bridge in the distance". People should believe that in the war, there will never be any heroes.

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The "Market Garden" campaign in the eyes of the German army. One of the armored divisions was the 107th Armored Division, and the commander was Colonel Zion. The division received a total of 53 new Leopard tanks and twenty-two No. 4 assault guns. All grenadiers and stormtroopers marched in armored personnel carriers. The entire division was equipped with about 230 armored vehicles of various types [the vehicles were equipped with flamethrowers or machine guns, mortars and 75mm cannons]. In summary, the division had extremely strong mobility and unparalleled firepower!

The 107th Division was originally a German reserve armored force. With a command from Li Mo, they were rushed to the front line before training was over. Before they could even spray numbers on the turret of the Leopard tanks had time to spray. Initially, the 107th Division was ordered to be transferred to the east rather than the western line. However, at that time, Li Mo's Western line lured the enemy deep into the west line, and gathered and annihilated the strategy, so they were transferred to the western line.

Just in time for the Allied Operation Market Garden, on Monday, September 18, seventeen long military trains were parked at Vinilo Station. Colonel Zion stepped out of the train to check around. The entire station was empty and the surroundings were very quiet. There was just a routine air strike that day, and all the station employees were staying at home and not working. He had to rush to the headquarters of the Army, where he met General Weisman of the Army General Staff.

He promised the 107th Division to obtain sufficient fuel supply and will be put into combat as a whole instead of gradually investing it bit by bit, which was exactly what Zion insisted on. His persistence was not unreasonable, because the situation in the area near Edhoven was already very dangerous and his division was the reinforcements, because Li Mo concentrated most of the troops on the Maginot Line and the Arden forest. The German army in the Netherlands had less than one division, and they were all World War II troops.

However, it takes a long time to unload the equipment. The 86th Army must wait until the entire division of his equipment is unloaded.

But shortly after he talked with Weisman, General Field, the commander of the Eighty-Sixth Army, called and ordered him to push towards Edhoven "immediately". Zion was furious at this stupid order, but he had no choice. Only a few leopards and half-tracked vehicles were unloaded. If he advanced rashly now, his division would be eaten by the enemy bit by bit. He decided to ignore it for the time being and continue waiting for the equipment unloading vehicle.

At the same time, due to the continuous harassment of Allied aircraft, the equipment unloading work was intermittent and it was not going smoothly. In the evening, Weissman called Zhai himself and ordered him to advance to Edhoven "immediately", and there was no room for bargaining. Zhai had no choice but to execute. The goal was a town named San,

Because the road to Nijmegan happened to pass the right side of the city and the bridge across the Wilhelmina Canal in the city was the key, the command was simple: occupy and defend the city! In the Helmond area, the 21st Paratrooper Battalion commanded by Heeves will be strengthened to the division.

In the early morning, the engines of the Leopard tank, No. 4 assault gun and half-track vehicle began to roar. Zion took the troops and set off. So far, only a part of the division can be put into combat, and other equipment is still unloading.

It was a peaceful morning, with a thin layer of mist in the air, and the scenery of the countryside was beautiful: scattered farmhouses dotted on endless fields and pastures, and birds singing in the forest. War seemed very far away from here, what a sharp contrast! But soon people were stunned by the sound of huge engines, and the Germans came.

The difference is that this time the Germans did not retreat to Germany on stolen bicycles or livestock, but marched in the opposite direction - Edhoven - to see what they were equipped with: tanks, rocket launchers and cannons! After a brief stop at the 107th Division of Helmond, the reinforcements of the paratroopers climbed onto the tanks and marched with the 107th Division. In the afternoon, the Germans arrived in Newnan (to be continued, please search for Piaotianyi, the novel is better and faster!

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