Chapter 577: Huishi
From December 3, when the Rangman army set out from El Alamein, to December 10, when they captured the city of Suez, it took less than 8 days to fight and complete.
This time can be said to be very accurate.
In even a few more days, the Manman army would have used up the last barrels of fuel outside Suez City.
In fact, by the time the defenders of Suez City surrendered, the assault force of the Yama army had already burned out of fuel, and it was only with the captured fuel that they drove into the port of Suez.
On the same day, the convoy of transports of the Imperial Navy arrived.
When the flotilla entered the port of Suez, there was also a small episode.
A handful of Bran soldiers, who did not want to surrender, tried to lay mines in the main channel of the port, blocking the main channel by blowing up and sinking freighters.
It's just that the first to enter the military port were several destroyers, and one of them has been guarding near the main channel.
After the Bran soldiers were in the speedboat, before they could release the mines, they were hit by the destroyers violently, and the mines exploded after being hit by shells, blowing the speedboat and the more than 10 Bran soldiers on the speedboat to pieces.
The incident also led to the interrogation of other Bran soldiers who had surrendered in isolation and only to be sent to a prisoner-of-war camp under the care of the Men army several months later.
That same night, the Yamaman army received supplies from the Imperial Navy.
In fact, this was also the first time since the outbreak of the Great War that the Imperial Army and the Manchurian Army met on the battlefield.
As for the previous contacts, including the arrival of several warships of the Manman Navy to the Empire, and the encounter of the reconnaissance forces of the two sides north of Suez City, they cannot be said to be divisions, but at most they are in contact or contact with each other. In terms of military significance, it is here in Suez City that it is the division.
To this end, the Riman army also held a banquet as the host, and invited the Imperial Navy officers and soldiers who came from afar.
All along, it was the Euman army that attacked the Yufan Canal, the Imperial Navy was indeed an expedition, and it was the Hindran army that occupied and controlled Suez City.
It was also at this banquet that Bai Zhizhan met the commander of the Manman army, the famous Desert Fox.
However, Rommel was now Field Marshal of the Hammans.
On the day of the capture of Suez, Rommel received a promotion order from the Emperor of Suez himself, directly from general to field marshal.
To say, it is several levels higher than Bai Zhizhan.
Don't look at the White Stop War, he has always won battles, so far, he is only a vice admiral of the Imperial Navy.
It's just that in front of Bai Zhizhan, this cadre of the Manman Army did not have the slightest arrogance, but was very polite.
It is completely understandable that the gold content of the rank of vice admiral in the Imperial Navy is not bad at all, and the name of the White Stop War has long been spread all over the world.
On the battlefield of the sea, there has been no defeat so far, and there is only a war of white stopping.
Relatively speaking, there are too many victorious generals on the land battlefield, and many of them are still above Rommel, such as Lian Xusheng.
Even in the Manman Army, there were many people who were superior to Rommel in terms of ability and talent, or who were on par with him, such as Guder, who swept away the Locke Republic, Moder, who withstood the army of Rosa in the defense of his homeland, and Manstein, who later commanded the counterattack.
In addition, on the side of the alliance group, there are also many famous generals.
In fact, there is one in the Beixuan region, and Montgomery, who commanded the Royal Army of Bran on the west side of the Xifan Canal and resisted the army of the Man.
In the months before that, Rommel had not taken a single step in front of Montgomery's defensive line!
If it weren't for the Imperial fleet's risk of entering the narrow sea, rushing to Suez City, and disrupting the deployment of the Royal Army of Bran, even if Rommel had enough supplies, he might not have been able to break through the El Alamein line deployed by Montgomery and guarded by 100,000 officers and men of the Royal Army of Bran.
Prior to this, Rommel had been in front of that line for several months and had suffered extremely heavy losses.
From this point of view, Rommel can be regarded as a famous general at best, and has not reached the level of winning all battles.
As for the military rank, it's just a title.
If anything, Bai Zhizhan has a more weighty title than "Marshal".
In any case, Bai Zhizhan is the concubine of the Empire, according to the standards of the Empire, he is a genuine member of the royal family, and he has the right to inherit the throne, even if the ranking is definitely outside a hundred, the probability of inheriting the imperial throne is not much higher than that of an asteroid hitting the earth.
However, the status of a member of the royal family made Bai Zhizhan a genuine and noble nobleman.
For a traditionally educated soldier, the status of "nobility" is inherently extraordinary.
Obviously, even with the rank of marshal, Rommel was only a general from the civilian class until he received the title of nobility.
As for this dinner, there is not much to say.
Even if supplies are tight, it is not difficult to organize a dinner.
The key is that when Bran's army surrendered, it did not destroy the warehouses where supplies were stored, and many of the drinks used to entertain the Imperial Navy officers were captured trophies, some of which also came from the Newland Federation, providing strategic assistance to the Bran Kingdom for the Newland Federation.
In fact, this is what interests Bai Zhizhan the most.
Before, Bai Zhizhan had long heard that the Nuland Federation's products were so abundant that they could not be used up at all, and the supplies for aid to allies had not shrunk.
Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Many of the loot seized was shoddy.
The most typical is that military chocolate is adulterated with corn flour. Although the taste of natural cocoa is maintained by adding spices such as spices, the taste is much worse, and the nutritional value, that is, the calories, is certainly not as good as that of real chocolate, and the production cost is much lower.
Undoubtedly, this reflects from one side that the Nuland Federation has not had enough supplies to the extent that it is inexhaustible.
Even if it has not reached the level of material shortage, it must not be enough, otherwise it will be difficult to provide aid to allies.
This also shows that the war potential of the Nuland Federation has reached its limit.
If this is the case, then the war will hopefully end in the best interests of the Empire.
If nothing else, at least so far, the Empire has not been in short supply, even imported foods like chocolate, which resemble luxury goods, were regulated soon after the war, and not only could not be purchased by normal means, but also had ridiculously high prices on the black market.
But the key point is that the materials that people need in their daily lives are almost sufficient, and they are not controlled.
Food, for example, is still market-based, and supplies are plentiful, with rich production to help several major allies.
If nothing else, after the Republic of There entered the war, the empire sent food to the Terman Empire by land.
In general, the empire remained an exporter of subsistence goods.
It was at this time that the White Ceasement learned from Rommel that the Nuland Federation had launched a full-scale war mobilization.
Obviously, that's the key.
Up to now, the empire has only carried out partial mobilization, and has not imposed compulsory military service, nor has it brought all industries under control.
If the Nuland Federation mobilizes for a full-scale war in advance and still can't turn defeat into victory, then there is a great possibility of losing the war.