The attack by Xia Fei on Cape Town had entered its fifth day.
Everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion. Five infantry divisions had gathered at the front of Cape Town, and the soldiers launched assaults on the enemy lines day and night.
Artillery preparation, charge, more artillery preparation, another charge...
During the day, there were also aircraft joining the battle, suppressing the enemy artillery, though the effects were not significant.
The reason was that the Germans had realized the threat of air superiority to their artillery. They deployed their artillery in a basin surrounded by hills while camouflaging Maxim machine guns on the high ground around the area.
As soon as any aircraft lowered its altitude to bomb or strafe the artillery positions, these concealed machine guns would immediately shoot them down with a barrage of bullets.
