In the entire Afrika Korps, the technical officer is the most popular person here! Because they installed an air-conditioning system for the brothers that was not afraid of the heat, they suddenly changed the hard life of the armored soldiers! And they installed a new engine on the tank, and even the assault gun of the No. 3 modification had a speed of 75 kilometers per hour! And the technical officers made them new tanks, and just hearing the name can scare the British down! Tiger! And also... It is no longer possible to list the benefits of technical officers one by one! It's too much to read!

So they have a lot of face with the technical officials, no matter what kind of loot it is. As long as the apprentices say that the technical officer is interested, the brothers will directly load the truck without saying a word! Therefore, Xiao Afu specially arranged for his apprentices to follow the attacking troops, which is called battlefield ambulance, solving technical problems on the spot, but in fact, staring at the fun trophies!

At the same time, about 6 miles west of Ataba, the Fogel Division, supported by 20 Tigers, took control of the British supply warehouse here! The reason why it went so well was because of the help of a special unit! The 30 elites carefully selected from the Ranke Brigade took Rommel's special plane, the "Pai" helicopter codenamed "African Hippopotamus", and fell from the sky in the middle of the night in an environment where they could not see their fingers, and occupied the entire warehouse with night vision devices, thermal imaging, heartbeat sensing, silent weapons, and paralysis weapons. Then they took over the Fogel division to set up a defense here, but turned a blind eye to the British troops fleeing next to them! When they walked in, they immediately faked the illusion of blowing up the warehouse! Realistic fireballs rose into the sky, and powerful sound waves were transmitted to the ears of everyone on the battlefield. Everyone knows that the warehouse is destroyed! Even the Panzers of the Leopard had a look of pity, and the same expression was revealed on the faces of everyone in the African Army! Only the fox didn't mean anything, he had already heard the rhythm of the explosion and understood that the Fogel division had formed a position.

After laying out a simple defense, soon the Afrika Korps went to sleep with a satisfied joy! There's a war to be fought tomorrow, so a good night's sleep is especially important.

The 40 tigers who followed New Zealand took cover in a depression, and then under the cover of night, they boldly lurked within range of enemy artillery. Each tiger carries a shovel for digging, and buries its companion in sand. Then there were other companions who buried themselves, and the last wheeled engineering vehicle was busy with the concealment of the last tiger. Seeing that there were no flaws, I hurriedly drove away! Of course, I didn't forget to sweep away my footprints as I walked.

So this group of tigers, who were in a hurry to forage for food, lurked under the noses of their prey like real tigers!

Another 20 tigers swooped south along Luviset Ridge, ready to attack with the leopards.

Their lurking position was at the northernmost point of the El Alamein Line, the weakest area of defense. Because if Rommel had attacked here, his supply lines would have been exposed to the other three British positions. Such an adventure is something that any general must take into account, and basically he will not choose to attack without leaving a back road until he is broken. So Montgomery, who had just replaced Auchinleck, was adamant that Rommel would not attack on the northern flank.

He judged that Rommel would attack the walkway between the Luviset and the Karathelabad ridge, and then continue eastward between the Luviset and Alam Halafa ridges. Therefore, he laid out heavy troops here, and anti-tank guns and ** guns were lined up here one after another, preparing a fire net against tanks!

In fact, Montgoer was far worse than Rommel in terms of tactical cultivation and mobile warfare. He was a step ahead of Rommel in his strategic point of view. But the current fox is different from the previous one, he has advanced communication tools, and he can contact the General Staff in a timely manner. Received all kinds of support from the General Staff. You can also understand the battle situation and deploy troops as soon as possible. Xiao Afu gave him a dynamic sand table system, and through this miniature battlefield in the belly of the Tiger King, he further strengthened his grasp of the battle. So, he's not fighting alone!

Behind him stood an old fox who was stronger than him - Manstein, as well as the former commander of the navy, Raeder, and the former chief of staff Halder. These three pieces of old ginger are the top spicy!

With them picking up the leaks of the little fox who dared to punch and rush, Rommel was able to "turn a deaf ear to the outside world and only rush forward".

Therefore, in this offensive operation, Rommel planned to attack all the way to the Nile!

In addition, he also had the advantage that the Second Air Force, which had grown in great strength, would give full support to the attack of the African Army under the command of its commander Mirch. He has already transferred 100 new fighter planes and 300 new attack aircraft to the Cretan airfield. Prepare to use this as a base to attack the British army in Egypt.

Many favorable conditions show that the conditions are ripe for offensive operations. However, for the first time, the Gang of Six had a different opinion about the attack on El Alaman.

Now that the African army is pointing at El Alamein, the British in Egypt are already feeling the cold. The three-dimensional offensive of the German army deeply shocked them, so for this defensive battle, everyone felt that it was unreliable and unsafe.

In a panic, the British authorities in Egypt burned confidential documents and destroyed all kinds of materials. Pack up the fine, soft and hard goods, and always be ready to slip away. So on this night, the ashes of the burned documents and the remains of the paper fluttered in the wind and filled the streets and alleys of Cairo. Tonight is jokingly known as the "Night of Paper Ashes".

They still have the most powerful navy in the world, and the Royal Navy has not lost the sea supremacy on which they depend. As long as the warships are still parked in Alexandria, as long as the sea control is not lost, the back road will not be blocked, and everything can be started again!

The British used every means to increase their strength in the face of the strong pressure of the expeditionary corps, and tried to hold off the victorious German army in El Alamein, an excellent battlefield where the terrain was quite favorable for the defending side. Churchill mobilized all the forces he could mobilize and sent a large amount of manpower and material resources to Egypt in one go. The Royal Navy was able to organise a transport of nearly 10,000 tons of supplies every day, and Alexandria was now full of ammunition and supplies. Among the much-needed weapons of the British army were a large number of 47-mm anti-aircraft guns. This is a newly designed single-barreled anti-aircraft gun, and the Americans equipped him with a new type of electromagnetic fuse shell, which can explode within a range of more than 10 meters from the aircraft, and can increase the hit rate exponentially.

The British army is about to equip this kind of artillery at strategic points, and if the British army is allowed to act in this way and does not do anything about it, it will be itself that suffers in the end. Li Ming analyzed the performance data of this gun, and the results showed that this 47 mm caliber shell would pose a mortal threat to the two main combat forces of the German army at present. When an aircraft is hit by a 47-mm shell, its combat effectiveness will drop by 30 percent, and if it hits two, it is in danger of being shot down. What is even more deadly is that this new anti-aircraft gun is being produced by the Americans at full capacity, and with the huge industrial potential of the United States, the new anti-aircraft gun will soon spread to all corners of the British positions!

After the appearance of the new aircraft, the British and Americans reacted after the initial shock. A variety of countermeasures have been released, and the timeliness of new aircraft under new technologies is decreasing, while the countermeasures of the British army are not yet mature. It is necessary to launch an offensive as soon as possible to bring out the current advantages and not leave enough time for the British to continue to build up.

Even now, the numerical superiority of the British army is very different from that of the German army, and their tanks have reached 1,200, including 600 Shermans. The Germans had less than 600 vehicles. Artillery is 1000 against 500, anti-tank guns are 1500 against 850, aircraft are 965 against 300. They had a 2-to-1 advantage over the Germans in almost all categories.

It's just that in terms of quality, the British weapons are worlds apart from the Germans, the Leopard 3 and the Tiger are unrivaled at present, and the Sherman fired during the Battle of Matroux once concentrated the side armor of the leopard at a distance of dozens of meters but was bounced off. And the Leopard's 50-mm smoothbore gun can effectively penetrate Sherman's frontal armor even at a distance of 3000 meters. The Leopard's power system is driven by a 750-kilowatt rotary piston engine that stores the electrical energy in two sets of batteries, each of which can ensure that the Leopard travels a distance of 60 kilometers under normal working conditions. The high-energy battery is paired with a high-efficiency engine, and the engine occupies less than a cubic meter of space.

A single refill of fuel can drive a tank up to 1,200 kilometers at a time! The sturdy air-conditioned suspension keeps the tank at speeds of up to 80 km/h, even in rough terrain! None of the leopard's opponents even reached half of its speed! In the face of a tiger that is one grade stronger than the Leopard 3, it is naturally not to mention!

However, in terms of the performance of the aircraft, the newly launched Mustang fighter with a 40-mm gun mounted by the Americans has already posed a threat to the new aircraft of the Luftwaffe, although it is not as perverted as the German aircraft in terms of flight performance and armor level. However, in terms of firepower, they already have the strength to fight, and with their increasing numerical superiority, the competition for blue skies and blue seas will be even more intense.

At present, they do not have a set of effective tactics against German aircraft, and now the army is still fighting under the premise of air superiority, and the reason why Rommel decided to attack as soon as possible is also due to this.