Chapter 222: El Alamein Reconnaissance

The German Nazis, who had been plotting for Africa for a long time, were all smiling after receiving the gifts from the spies. They didn't expect Rommel to use the downed plane as the raw material for this "meritorious car", and it was really a great mood to sit in this comfortable and safe six-wheeled off-road vehicle!

Delighted, they held another conference call. After deliberation, the countdown to the final 24 hours of the Battle of El Alamein has been activated!

As early as the capture of Tubruk, Rommel received a secret order from Hitler. Li Ming told him that in the future, Tubruk would be used as the base of the European Legion. Therefore, it is necessary to build a strong line of defense. Regarding the protective equipment of the defensive line, the arrangement of fire, etc., it was left to the German architects to design and implement.

Professor Linfriel had to painstakingly devise a perfect defense system, and after the arrival of the big furnace in the salon, on the one hand, he would manufacture equipment for the energy base, on the other hand, supply mining machinery for the Algerian iron mines, and on the other hand, produce weapons and equipment. Professor Lin Feier's design of the stereotyped three-weapon station system was unanimously praised by everyone, so he designed this solid defense line based on the three weapon stations.

This line of defense is highly automated, hidden in the shadows, or unknown. Little Afu's design has liberated 3 divisions of troops! The defence, known as the "Desert Tribulus", begins at the seashore 25,000 meters east of Tubruk and extends deep into the southern desert. The main force of construction was mainly 400 apprentices of Little Afu, and about 3,000 people of a regiment of the Italian 21st Army that defended here in the future. Under the guidance of Little Ah Fu, they built a variety of weapon station systems in hidden locations. On average, there is one heavy weapons station, three heavy weapons stations, and five light weapons stations for every kilometer of defense line. The heavy station consists of 20 tubes of 60 mm *** and 50 tubes of 40 mm ***, providing instantaneous fire coverage and armor resistance. The medium station had a 10-mm machine gun with a new caseless cartridge. This bullet does not produce a lot of heat, but it can create enough chamber pressure, and it also has the ability to accelerate in the middle of the trajectory after flying out of the muzzle, similar to the bottom exhaust bullet in a shell. With a range of up to 5,000 meters and a dense rate of fire of 1,600 rounds per minute, this heavy machine gun can quickly weave into a tight rain of bullets, which is an absolute nightmare for infantry! The second weapon division of the outer medium station has a 20 mm ** gun, firing 20 mm of various **. Provides small-area lethality and good strike performance against light combat vehicles. The light station was two 5-mm machine guns with a firing range of 3000 meters. It is characterized by flexibility, fast rate of fire, and sufficient ammunition. The Italian soldiers, under the help of Little Afo and his 400 tall **, quickly mastered the operation of some weapon stations. They stay in safe and comfortable bunkers, and operate various weapon stations as if they were playing a video game - beach-grabbing landing. Four shifts are rotated every day to ensure that the Italians, who have low morale, can defend smoothly and dedicatedly.

1,000 meters behind this line of defense, there are 20 captured 105 guns from the British army. The barrels of these cannons have been reheated by a large furnace, and their performance has been nearly doubled! With specially made range extender projectiles, the range can be up to 40 kilometers! They are concealed in well-camouflaged positions, with 30 artillerymen per cannon ready to fire at all times! Xiao Afu, who had already calculated the areas in front of the defensive line to shoot Zhu Yuan, measured all the terrain that was convenient for the attacking troops to deploy, and numbered them, and if the British really came to attack, the first thing to receive them would be their own 105-mm shells! If the shells are not accurate enough, the battlefield monitoring system that Xiao Afu has already arranged can also send back on-site data in a timely manner to help the artillery attack the enemy in a more timely and accurate manner! These surveillance devices are ordinary stones in the appearance of high-altitude and open areas, and their panoramic cameras can monitor the surrounding area of 2,000 meters, and they are densely packed in this area, and when they detect the enemy, they send back an alarm to activate the Italian soldiers in the underground bunkers. In order to avoid maintenance, Xiao Afu equipped them with high-energy batteries, which are enough to use for up to 6 months!

With such a strong defensive line, if there is no air power, anyone who wants to cross this line of defense is doomed to pay the price of at least 200,000 casualties!

Rommel already knew about Lin Feier's hard work in the past few days, and he knew that this living treasure was preparing a surprise for the British that was different from his original self! So he didn't worry about Tubruk's safety at all, and devoted himself to the upcoming battle of El Alamein. He obtained very detailed information, satellite data of the General Staff, pictures, and the defense situation, weapon configuration, and troop deployment of the British army collected by the drones of the reconnaissance unit. In response to Auchinleck's clever defensive deployment, Rommel's offensive plan was also cleverly formulated.

Alamein, in Arabic, means "flag". Perhaps the Arabs used this term to describe the abrupt terrain of the El Alamein region. Originally a small railway station, it was just as famous during the war as London's Waterloo railway station.

100 kilometers behind El Alamein was Alexandria, the most important port of the British army. This is a choke point that protects Egypt, and if you succeed in breaking through the defenses here, then there will be no danger from here all the way to the east!

So this is already the last place for the British army! After the defeat, Egypt changed hands, and the British Empire would lose its ties with its Asian colonies. Countries such as Australia and New Zealand have not been able to count on it ever since. Food supply and fuel supply can only rely on the snort of the United States! This will be a critical moment for the UK, and even more a moment of shame!

In Britain, Churchill had to face an embarrassing vote of no confidence in the House of Representatives, and it was only by his eloquence and shameless praise of Rommel that he won the debate again. Kept his prime minister's seat. But he was ridiculed that "our Prime Minister has won debates time and time again, but he has lost battles time and time again." This shows that Britain cannot afford to fail, if it fails, Egypt will not be guaranteed, and then Churchill will not be guaranteed!

When the battle of Matroux began on the night of June 15, the main forces of the New Zealand Division and the Indian 10th Division, plus some units of the British 50th Division and the Indian 5th Division, had no intention of fighting. Their defense was nothing under the German army's advanced air-ground integrated tactical attack! The only thing worth mentioning is their new Sherman tank, which lined up in line and fired at the attacking Leopard 3 with their 75mm guns! When there was an occasional hit to the front armor of the leopard, a miracle happened! The cannonball landed on the body as if it were tickling the leopard, and the unaware leopard continued to move forward until it broke through to the rear of Sherman! Sherman, who was reversing at full speed, didn't have time to react more before he was blown up by a leopard with fast speed and nimble movements! The original intention of the leopard was to wreck but not cause an explosion, because these were good trophies. With a slight modification, it could be used as a tank for the Italian armored forces, so the leopard chose to destroy Sherman's engine instead of giving him a cold blow in the front! But what I didn't expect was that Sherman, who had a thin skin and a big stuffing, actually caught fire as soon as he hit it! And there isn't a single one that's not like that! Now the desire to deliberately attack the engine has come to naught! Since then, the title of Sherman tank "Langsen" lighter has been spreading! This kind of 30-ton chariot of the same level as the leopard is vulnerable in front of the leopard, and the strength of the entire brigade of 80 Shermans has been reduced to torches burning in the dark night! It wasn't until the leopard urgently pulled out the fire extinguisher in the car that the fire stopped! Poor British armored soldiers were made into barbecue alive!

Their sacrifice was exchanged for a successful escape of the New Zealand Division! The barbarians seized almost all the vehicles by any means and fled to the east in a swarm! They were followed by 60 tigers painted with color-changing camouflage paint。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。

The easy victory in the Battle of Matru pleased Rommel's heart, and little Ah Fu who came with him was also in such a good mood. The only fly in the ointment is that there are not enough expected captives! The cunning British just used the Indian 10th Division, with Ah San as the main force, as a shield and gave it to Rommel. Their main infantry moved to the El Alamein Line as soon as the battle began, and the New Zealand division led by Fort Forley escaped a considerable part of it, and there is no doubt that they had received orders to flee similar to those of the British! It's just that the British missed their chariot troops, thinking that as long as the chariots were gathered, it would be difficult for the Germans to have such a big appetite to eat in one bite!

At the very least, the chariot units were able to cover the infantry for maximum escape, and they themselves were able to quickly get out of the battlefield with their armor and good mobility. They probably couldn't have imagined that the Germans were using a chariot with the speed of a leopard with an off-road speed of nearly 80 kilometers per hour! And the accuracy rate of shooting at moving targets at high speed can reach more than 95 percent! When the leopards wiped out the Sherman Brigade, the night was not over. The thermal imaging of the leopard came in handy, and the red-colored Sherman was spotted from 2,000 meters away, and he quickly rear-ended the attack. Most of the Shermans didn't react at all!