The Third Reich in Desperation

As for Rommel's German army, he thoughtfully did not let Klopp bring people to participate in the third surrender ceremony.In Rommel's view, he is now only looking forward to the victory parade in Cairo in the near future.

Therefore, during these days when the Italian and French allies were on the assembly road from Tobruk to Gambut, Rommel bumped across the desert in a command vehicle every day, visited every barracks, and inspected the construction of new tactical strongholds on the Sallum front. Condition.He promised to provide each position with enough food and ammunition to last eight days of fighting, and repaired the rusty cannons abandoned in the desert by the Italian army after the British army failed to retreat alone and put them on the front line.

Here, an Italian infantry division that Rommel had prearranged from Garibaldi had spent a week of training and live-fire exercises in its absence from combat against the British in Operation Tomahawk.

A supply of artillery and ammunition was also transported from Italy to the African front line under the arrangement of Rossi.

Tanks and trucks plodded through the bush to give the appearance of a large tank army.A reconnaissance battalion shuttled back and forth across the border, conducting radio feints, creating the illusion that the entire African Army was on the offensive.

As Garibaldi and Berente gradually gathered their troops, Rommel's Alamein war plan could finally be launched.

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In Alamein's position, sweat slowly flowed down the human skin, and when it occasionally flowed into the eyes, one could clearly feel the burning and tingling sensation.

A blond-haired Brit deftly wipes the sweat around his eyes with a towel, lest the sweat interfere with his vision at work.As far as the eye can see, there is barren land all around.

But right now he is not in the mood to look at the scenery, the higher-ups are pressing for this fortification, and they have never been to other places after they got here by car.

"Damn it, what the hell is this place, it's so hot that I'm almost melting." He moaned while wiping his sweat.

"Hey, you can be content, at least this place is safe, and you don't need to carry a gun to kill the enemy." Said a tall and thin man named Henry next to him. Henry was also transferred from the original team and the front line to come here.

Although he seems to belong to the kind of gloomy and reticent person, in fact Henry is a humorous and a little timid person. He always makes some harmless jokes, making everyone laugh, and making the boring journey a little bit more interesting After all, everyone likes this guy a lot.

However, the previous man was very disapproving of Henry's words just now.He shouted loudly: "If the Germans dare to come, we can drive them away with guns!"

In the fierce battle to capture the fortress of the Battle of Tobruk, although the allied African coalition forces suffered a huge loss in terms of soldiers, supplies, and equipment, most of these lost troops were French and Italian troops with a large troop base, not Longmei. The precious and rare German troops in your hands.

On the other hand, due to the fact that a large number of strategic materials seized from the British Commonwealth fortress garrison can be used to relieve the urgent need, and the Roman authorities also assured Berente of goodwill: as long as Tobruk is occupied, they will definitely try to get an appropriate amount of The materials were transported to the African battlefield and handed over to the French army.

This is not because Rossi, who only played for Germany, has a big picture, but also contributes to the French army, which is the same ally.The reason why Rossi did this was actually a return to Berante for arranging the British to surrender to the Italian army twice alone.

Others Berente has already become the new French Marshal, and the favor given by the French Marshal should still be repaid.

The current coalition forces of the African Allies are extremely united.

The governments of France and Italy have increasingly believed that they have the golden key to open the gates of Cairo.

If Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is captured, British rule in the Middle East will fall like "dominos".In this way, Syria, Iraq, and Iran will be included in the territory of the Allied Powers, Turkey will be forced by the situation to completely stand on the Allied Powers' side, and then the central part of the Soviet Union will be directly exposed to the Allied Powers.

The high morale of the three-nation coalition forces in North Africa, the frustration and panic of the defeated Commonwealth troops, and the rich strategic reserves captured by Tobruk all fueled new desires in the French and Italian military.

You know, the legacy of the British Empire is definitely a good thing that makes people greedy.

The legacy of the empire on which the sun never sets cannot be swallowed by any country alone.Germany, which is at war with the Soviet Union, is bound to distribute a large amount of benefits seized from the British Empire to the friends of the Allies, so that they can win over countries to further support Germany's ongoing war, and then compete for more spoils together!

It's a virtuous circle!

In the next step, Rommel and Berente, two famous generals from different countries, pointed out with precise and unique eyesight that the next strategic goal of the African coalition is to fight the final decisive battle with the British Commonwealth in the Alamein region.

This decisive battle will determine the final fate of the Allied forces and the Commonwealth forces!

In Rommel's German headquarters, Berente, who had just received his field marshal, came to Rommel very comfortably to discuss the next stage of the plan.

Similar to the German Marshal's Staff, the French Marshal's Staff is slightly longer and larger in diameter, made of gold and velvet, with a blue gold star in the center.

Seeing Berente approaching with a scepter, Rommel suddenly felt inexplicable envy.

The opponent won the symbol and honor belonging to the French Marshal in the fortified battle of Tobruk Fortress, but when will he get his own scepter with the eagle logo and the iron cross......

However, without waiting for Rommel to express his emotions for too long, Berente, who came to him to discuss the battle plan, started talking about business through an interpreter.

"Commander Rommel, I told General Garibaldi of the Italian Army about the expected decisive battle in El Alamein." Berante said with a smile: "General Garibaldi is very supportive of this decision. , And also told me that he will ask Rome to send another 1 to 2 divisions of troops, and the power will cooperate with the coalition forces to win the most critical battle."

Want to send Italian soldiers to Africa?Rommel couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it.

How he wished to send to Africa, the German troops and not the happy soldiers in Italy.Not to mention one or two divisions, even if only one German infantry regiment was sent, Rommel would be happier than getting an Italian infantry division.

It's a pity that Reinhardt obviously has sufficient strategic reserves in the country, but he is only allowed to use them on the Eastern Front.Although Rommel understood this, he still felt sorry.If he can get 2 more German divisions, he can even take Berente's French army without Italian allies, and he can completely solve the war situation in Africa and drive the British army out of North Africa and even the entire Middle East.

"No matter how many Italian troops are transferred, it is just for the British army to build a few more prisoner-of-war camps." With a bit of praise, Rommel said jokingly: "If it is Marshal Berente who is strengthened, your troops , I think we will win the next battle more easily."

"Hahaha..." Berente smiled unabashedly when he heard the praise: "I heard that Commander-in-Chief Rommel doesn't often praise people, it seems I should be honored."

"You are worthy of the title of Marshal of France." Rommel nodded politely, vaguely enviously mentioning the title of Marshal Berente obtained in Tobruk.

"Actually, if you command the Battle of Brutok, I believe you can also win this victory." Similar to business bragging, Berente also raised Rommel.

A few seconds later, Berente suddenly remembered something, and suddenly mentioned to Rommel:

"By the way, I heard the British news broadcast in our country today saying that a British general named Montgomery has taken over the command of Wavell's Eighth Army. They said that he will be your nemesis."

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"The Italians should have tasted the whip. It's a shame that 6 British tanks surrounded a whole battalion. This damned people should be shot and we have to fight for them now! I'm so sorry The commander-in-chief is saddened to have to fight with such a force."

It was Rommel's new translator, Lieutenant Albrut, who issued the curse.The lieutenant, who had just been transferred to North Africa, happened to encounter the embarrassing and embarrassing scene of the Italians.

This is an unplanned war.

Because Rommel and Berente ignored the Italian officers to discuss the next combat policy, this made an Italian division commander under Garibaldi feel that he had lost the face of the Italian Army.

Although Garibaldi himself didn't feel ashamed, after all, there was a gap in ability between people, and Garibaldi was just good at accepting the existence of this gap.

However, the division commander under Garibaldi couldn't sit still. He decided to bypass the German and French troops and rely only on the Italian troops in his hand to make the last attack on the British defense line.

In the view of this teacher, the British have been defeated, and the collapse will happen sooner or later.The Italian Army was brutally abused by the British Army in Africa during these days, and it was completely embarrassing.If you don't take this opportunity to regain face, what prestige will the Italian army have in the Allies after the Germans and French win the war?

As a result, the Italian division commander quickly organized the semi-motorized infantry division of the Ariti Division under his command.

Since this is a rare powerful mobile unit in the Italian army in North Africa, Garibaldi had been reserved as a strategic reserve of the High Command of the Italian Army in Africa before. It had not experienced any battles, and it had a complete system and normal strength.

The menacing Italian Ariti semi-motorized infantry division rushed in front of Montgomery and became the first training stone for the new Egyptian army after Montgomery's reorganization.

The Italian division commander who launched this offensive is already a rare nationalist among the top Italian army in North Africa.Moreover, this division commander also carried the opportunistic thinking that was popular during the Mussolini period, and liked to fight speculative warfare.

Unfortunately, this ambitious but mediocre Italian major general happened to meet a well-known British general like Montgomery. As a result, the assault he organized was quickly used by Montgomery to deploy the fierce artillery fire on the defense line. stopped.

At the same time, the Italian army even began to show signs of collapse under the indiscriminate bombardment of Montgomery's concentrated artillery and fighter planes.

On the other hand, Montgomery invested all 3 battalions of Australian troops in his hands at one time to counterattack the Italian Ariti division. The Italian army was severely damaged and about 400 people were captured, and the rest fled.

The disastrous defeat of the Italian army and the Allied Forces of the African Allies brought the situation on the battlefield, which was originally overwhelming, to an abrupt end. Rommel had to order the entire army to stop attacking and temporarily maintain defense.

Because among the Allied armies in Africa, except for Berente's French army, which relied on France's own transport force to undertake supplies, Rommel's German army almost all relied on Italian transport fleets to supply various materials and ammunition, that is, It is said that Rommel's army only sent out people and equipment from Germany, and after that it was all Italians who were supporting them.

The benefits of this needless to say, Germany's own logistics department does not have to worry about arranging capacity for the supply of the African Army. It only needs to regularly transport some of the required German-standard parts and equipment from the north to Italy, and then the Italian logistics department will be fully responsible for the rear transportation arrangements.