The Third Reich in Desperation

Although dissatisfied and unwilling, Wavell had to admit that Montgomery, who was against him before, was right.

"Commander!" Seeing that Wavell was showing signs of fatigue, his adjutants and a group of military staff members in the headquarters puffed up: "We have not failed yet. Although the main force of our army was crazily suppressed by the enemy in Capucho, but , Our other two troops can still pull away and come back to support Capucho!"

These people have ridiculed Montgomery before and clamored for the unification of North Africa.Anyway, everyone is a general who graduated from a military academy, and they all have a certain understanding and analysis of the situation in Africa.

First of all, it is definitely impossible for the local side to send out more reinforcements to support the African battlefield.As for other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations, not to mention increasing troops in Africa to help Britain tide over the difficulties, on the contrary, most Commonwealth troops, including the Australian troops, are now considering how to withdraw and withdraw all the troops they have sent back to their own countries.

The United Kingdom used to be a super "giant ship" that was invincible at sea across the oceans, but now, the United Kingdom has become a dilapidated, crumbling ship.

No one would be so foolish as to come all the way to die together when Daying had no hope.The British can't even keep their own homeland now, so why should they ask other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations to contribute to the British war.Hurry up, the real point is to keep your homeland first.

Therefore, the troops under Wavell's command are not only not likely to increase in the slightest, but are likely to shrink a lot in the near future.

After all, the composition of the coalition forces in the British camp is also complicated.

South Africa and India are colonies. When they become soldiers, they become the British army and directly join the British army.For these troops, the British can naturally declare that "Britain will never surrender until the last drop of blood is shed by the Indians." They are all their cannon fodder anyway.

Then, the troops recruited by the British Isles are the main force of the main force, the elite of the elite, and the most orthodox British army.

As for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, they are all self-governing dominions.This country has its own army, nominally loyal to the British royal family, British enemies are their enemies, but their head of government respects the British king just like Churchill, but their leaders don’t have to obey Churchill, they are equal to the fat man .

To use the most vivid metaphor, the King of England is like the royal family of the Eastern Han Dynasty in ancient China, Churchill is like Cao Cao in the later period, and the Dominion is like the territory of Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others.

These dominions may fight for the royal family, but they are also driven by their own selfishness and interests, and they don't necessarily have to go all the way with you.

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Then, the troops recruited by the British Isles are the main force of the main force, the elite of the elite, and the most orthodox British army.

As for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, they are all self-governing dominions.This country has its own army, nominally loyal to the British royal family, British enemies are their enemies, but their head of government respects the British king just like Churchill, but their leaders don’t have to obey Churchill, they are equal to the fat man .

To use the most vivid metaphor, the King of England is like the royal family of the Eastern Han Dynasty in ancient China, Churchill is like Cao Cao in the later period, and the Dominion is like the territory of Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others.

These dominions may fight for the royal family, but they are also driven by their own selfishness and interests, and they don't necessarily have to go all the way with you.

Body 674 North African Erosion

"Send a telegram, we've lost."

In North Africa, in Wavell's headquarters, he, the general who led most of the African main force of the Commonwealth Army, finally accepted the defeat helplessly.

After the failure of the three-way unified attack tactic, Wavell immediately hit all the elite troops, focused on the Kapuzuo trail, and also occupied the nearby Musai, which was a great way to detour the Halfayad army's back road.

But at a critical moment, Rommel ordered the 15th Armored Division to attack the flank of Caputso, and met the British 7th Armored Division sent by Wavell as a killer in Sidioma.

After a fierce tank melee, the 7th Armored Division of the British Army was surprised to find that their new Crusader patrol tanks not only failed to beat the German tanks, but also broke down constantly, making it impossible to fight the Germans well. tank battle.

Wavell shook his head helplessly and said: "We encountered a flank attack from the German army on the front line of Kapuzuo. Although I sent a roundabout reserve team to fight back for a while and wiped out a large number of German tanks, the frontline commanders themselves were chaotic. He lost his position and was pushed back by the German counterattack."

Looking at his adjutant, he clenched his fists, then let go of his hands and said in relief: "The attack failed, and my journey as a marshal is over. The British Empire's struggle for rights and interests in Africa is also over. Report the situation to London and let The Prime Minister should learn about the situation here and find an opportunity to transport the North African troops back to the mainland."

Wavell has completely given up hope for the North African war situation.After this fierce and defeated "Operation Tomahawk", Wavell found that the British army could not defeat the German army in terms of combat quality, equipment, and coordination level, which were generally higher than the British army.

And the coalition forces of the Commonwealth are generally inferior to the opponent's combat power in front of the coalition forces of the allies.

The German 15th Panzer Division has now launched a counterattack into the Halfaya Valley, so that Rommel's best elbow tactic is almost completed.Even if most of Wavell's generals still want to struggle, the result is doomed to failure.

Before the start of the war, all of Wavell's subordinates were full of confidence, believing that the area controlled by the Allied Powers in North Africa was within reach and the battle would surely be won.

There was only one person, and that was Montgomery, who parachuted into Cairo from London. As long as he soberly pointed out that the victories in front of the Commonwealth army were all small-scale low-level victories, they could not be used as a reference to measure the development of the big situation.

However, at that time, no one gave Montgomery a good look. Almost everyone rolled their eyes at the "diabolical" general, and Wavell also dismissed Montgomery with the stay-at-home task very disdainfully, and blocked the other party's mouth.

Wavell never imagined that the mouth he blocked could have pointed out a way out for him!

"It seems that General Montgomery, who stayed in Egypt, was right. He guessed before the war that we were likely to be in trouble because of the weakness of our flank forces. As a result, we have now been attacked by Longmei in the Caputso area. Er's flanking assault."

Although dissatisfied and unwilling, Wavell had to admit that Montgomery, who was against him before, was right.

"Commander!" Seeing that Wavell was showing signs of fatigue, his adjutants and a group of military staff members in the headquarters puffed up: "We have not failed yet. Although the main force of our army was crazily suppressed by the enemy in Capucho, but , Our other two troops can still pull away and come back to support Capucho!"

These people have ridiculed Montgomery before and clamored for the unification of North Africa.Anyway, everyone is a general who graduated from a military academy, and they all have a certain understanding and analysis of the situation in Africa.

First of all, it is definitely impossible for the local side to send out more reinforcements to support the African battlefield.As for other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations, not to mention increasing troops in Africa to help Britain tide over the difficulties, on the contrary, most Commonwealth troops, including the Australian troops, are now considering how to withdraw and withdraw all the troops they have sent back to their own countries.

The United Kingdom used to be a super "giant ship" that was invincible at sea across the oceans, but now, the United Kingdom has become a dilapidated, crumbling ship.

No one would be so foolish as to come all the way to die together when Daying had no hope.The British can't even keep their own homeland now, so why should they ask other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations to contribute to the British war.Hurry up, the real point is to keep your homeland first.

Therefore, the troops under Wavell's command are not only not likely to increase in the slightest, but are likely to shrink a lot in the near future.

After all, the composition of the coalition forces in the British camp is also complicated.

South Africa and India are colonies. When they become soldiers, they become the British army and directly join the British army.For these troops, the British can naturally declare that "Britain will never surrender until the last drop of blood is shed by the Indians." They are all their cannon fodder anyway.

Then, the troops recruited by the British Isles are the main force of the main force, the elite of the elite, and the most orthodox British army.

As for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, they are all self-governing dominions.This country has its own army, nominally loyal to the British royal family, British enemies are their enemies, but their head of government respects the British king just like Churchill, but their leaders don’t have to obey Churchill, they are equal to the fat man .

To use the most vivid metaphor, the King of England is like the royal family of the Eastern Han Dynasty in ancient China, Churchill is like Cao Cao in the later period, and the Dominion is like the territory of Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others.

These dominions may fight for the royal family, but they are also driven by their own selfishness and interests, and they don't necessarily have to go all the way with you.

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Then, the troops recruited by the British Isles are the main force of the main force, the elite of the elite, and the most orthodox British army.

As for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, they are all self-governing dominions.This country has its own army, nominally loyal to the British royal family, British enemies are their enemies, but their head of government respects the British king just like Churchill, but their leaders don’t have to obey Churchill, they are equal to the fat man .

To use the most vivid metaphor, the King of England is like the royal family of the Eastern Han Dynasty in ancient China, Churchill is like Cao Cao in the later period, and the Dominion is like the territory of Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others.

These dominions may fight for the royal family, but they are also driven by their own selfishness and interests, and they don't necessarily have to go all the way with you.

Text 675 Rommel who understands strategy

Now Wavell finally knows what it's like to fight against a real elite army.His army went crazy for 6 days in Operation Tomahawk, and launched nearly a hundred attacks on various fronts. After leaving behind more than 1 corpses and more than 200 tanks, they were not even cheap. I didn't take it, so I withdrew to the place I started 6 days ago.

Only then did he know what kind of amazing combat power the German army possessed in the offensive and defensive battles between France and the British mainland.

He spent nearly a week without shaking the first line of defense of the German army, and it took only 4 days for the German army to cross the Maginot Line, which is known as the world's first line of defense in France.

When Wavell defeated the Italians at a 1-5 disadvantage, he had the illusion that he was the contemporary god of war.Until now, when he met Rommel, a famous German general, he realized that his little ability was not enough in front of others!

Echoing his emotion, he now also understands why Montgomery contradicted everyone when he arrived in North Africa, insisting that the combat effectiveness of the German army should not be underestimated, and put on a cautious posture.

Montgomery, as a general who experienced twice in Dunkirk and the British mainland and participated in the battle against the German army, can be said to be the British officer who knows the German army best in Africa.He was so worried before, because he was very aware of the gap between the British army and the German army.

Soon, Wavell's rear guard was also chased by Rommel's cunning armored troops, taking advantage of the night to eat up the British rear guard of the two regiments.As a result, at dawn the next day, he finally returned to Wavell on the Egyptian border. When he counted the number of people, he found that the number of remnants he brought back did not exceed 2.