What Chen Dao saw was the former head of the Führer's base camp guard, and today's commander of the 7th Armored Division, Major General Erwin Rommel.

The troops of the 7th Panzer Division should have been sixty or seventy kilometers south of the city of Syria at this time, and why did Rommel not command his troops to continue south, so why did they appear in the city of Syria?

Chen Dao was about to ask, but Rommel preemptively asked: "Heinz, isn't the Hermann Goering Regiment in the 19th Panzer Corps commanded by General Guderian?" How did you get here? ”

Chen Dao had to say that he went to Norway before the outbreak of the Western Front Campaign, and later because of a series of battles and the early launch of the Western Front Campaign, the ghost battle group led by him was late, and now he is struggling to catch up with the past of the main force of the regiment.

Rommel listened to Chen Dao's explanation and nodded, but he was even more puzzled in his heart, saying that he was going to chase the main force of Hermangolin's regiment, which should be on the marching route of the Twelfth Army, and now how did he run to the route of the Fourth Army? Is he lost?

"According to your itinerary, you should be sixty or seventy kilometers south of us at this time, how can you end up here?" Chen Dao expressed the doubts in his heart.

Rommel replied: "My troops are advancing too fast, the 37th Reconnaissance Battalion in the front and the logistics troops in the rear have opened up a distance of 100 kilometers, and my 78th Artillery Regiment is marching on the left flank of the Skeleton Division, and they told me that the British have launched a major attack here, so I will come back with the 3rd Battalion of the 25th Panzer Regiment to see if I need help here." ”

Chen Dao watched Rommel's eyes flicker when he spoke, and his face showed a look that looked very cunning from time to time, and said in his heart that Rommel must have something inside to appear here, since he refused to say that he didn't want to ask more, it was rare to be confused.

Looking at Chen Daohe and Colonel Simon standing on the side, Rommel said in his heart that it was fortunate that he came back in time, otherwise he would definitely not be able to guarantee the safety of his logistics troops and artillery regiments with a "police" unit like the Skeleton Division, even if he added this ghost battle group of the Air Force.

This "Your Excellency Brother-in-law" actually named his unit the Ghost Battle Group, what kind of messy name is this? With such a loud name as "Frederick the Great", "Marshal Moltke" or "Prinz Eugen", he had to be called a ghost, did he think he was writing a novel?

Whether it is the "ghost" led by His Excellency the brother-in-law or the "skeleton" composed of the group of concentration camp thugs, it seems that he will have to recall some troops overnight, and the next battle will have to rely on our authentic army units to fight.

Colonel Simon, as a landlord, saw that Chen Dao and Rommel had finished talking about the old days, and asked Rommel, the highest-ranking soldier, "What should we do next?" ”

"Report the situation here to your division commander first, that ・・・・・・" Rommel didn't know who the division commander of the skeleton division was, and he was a little stuck for a while.

"Lieutenant General Theodore Icke." Colonel Simon said.

"Report the situation here to General Ike first, and then ask him how big is the enemy's attack and how many troops are there?" Rommel said.

"All the troops in the city of Sypp are under my full command for the time being, and this church is to be my temporary headquarters. You go back and sort out your troops, and then report to me the number of men and weapons of your troops, so that I can work out the next step of the combat operation. "As the highest-ranking German in the city of Syria, Rommel took command from Colonel Simon.

Colonel Simon knew that now was not the time to talk about the difference between the branches of the service, so he did not object. Chen Dao has long admired Rommel's name, so naturally he has no objections.

After meeting with Rommel and Colonel Simon at nine o'clock at the church, Chen Dao returned to the municipal building of the Sypp City, the temporary station of the Ghost Fighting Group in the east of the city, in Bandit No. 1.

As soon as Chen Dao got out of the car, Major Schumacher mysteriously approached Chen Dao. The two walked to a secluded place, and Major Schumacher whispered: "I learned after interrogating a few British prisoners of war that they are our old friends. ”

"Do we have friends in the UK?" Chen Dao asked confusedly.

"They were men from the British 3rd Infantry Division." Major Schumacher said.

"Ah・・・・・・" Chen Dao let out a long exclamation, "it turned out to be Montgomery's troops, so it's really our old friend." ”

"What should we do?" Major Schumacher said.

"Since it's an old friend meeting, of course we have to catch up. The people in the maintenance department were asked to work hard tonight and carry out maintenance of the vehicles overnight, especially the tanks and the No. 4 assault gun, and we will rely on them tomorrow to catch up with old friends, and we will not be allowed to strike again as we did the day before yesterday. Chen Dao said.

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Thinking of the strike incident that occurred the day before yesterday, Chen Dao couldn't help but sigh that Colonel Simon was really a lucky man.

After a week-long journey from the German mainland, the armored vehicles in the battle group finally could not withstand the bumps of the journey and broke out one after another.

At two o'clock in the afternoon the day before yesterday, the vehicle strike reached its peak, and in just one hour, four No. 4G tanks and one No. 4 assault gun broke down, and together with the various vehicles that broke down before, the number of vehicles striking in the ghost battle group has reached seventeen.

At the suggestion of Major Schumacher, Chen Dao ordered the ghost battle group to stop in a small town called Bissilesato, and the vehicles that broke down due to various breakdowns were also towed into the village for repairs.

Not only those broken down vehicles, Chen Dao also ordered all personnel to work together to carry out a deep maintenance of the vehicles in the ghost battle group.

This in-depth maintenance took a whole day yesterday, because it was in the heart of France, about 10 kilometers to the west was the area controlled by the French army, Chen Dao cautiously sent a reconnaissance platoon, and also recruited reconnaissance planes from the air artillery regiment to conduct reconnaissance, so as to avoid a surprise attack by the French army.

This morning, two Fi-156 reconnaissance planes flew early into the sky near Bisileshato, which is located south of the city of Sup, with a distance of only 10 kilometers, and the two reconnaissance planes did not unexpectedly discover the British attack on the city.

After receiving the report from the reconnaissance plane, Chen Dao immediately led the ghost battle group that had just rested for a day to rush to the aid of Xupu City, which relieved Colonel Simon's pressure in time.

It took about an hour for Chen Dao to arrange the garrison for the troops, and after counting the available equipment and the number of soldiers, he returned to the church with the latest establishment table to discuss the battle plan with Rommel and others.

"We have been ordered to hold the city of Sup, and not to take a step back. If tomorrow the British army north of the city of Syria continues to attack eastward, we will also send troops to attack their right flank, so that they will not be able to advance eastward with peace of mind. Rommel said to Chen Dao.

"What was the scale of this offensive by the British and French?" Chen Dao asked.

"I don't know, we only know that the positions of the Skeleton Division in Su'an and Somerpita and other places north of Xupu City have been broken through by the coalition forces, and the enemy in the area of Somerpita Town has gone the farthest, and has broken through to three kilometers deep in our defensive line." Colonel Simon said.

"I have a hunch that the scale of the coalition offensive this time is far greater than what we have seen so far, and that we need more troops." Rommel said, "Tonight, the 296th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, the 42nd Anti-Tank Battalion of the 7th Panzer Division, and the 2nd Battalion of the 6th Motorized Rifle Regiment will arrive one after another. ”

In response to Rommel's questioning, Colonel Simon shook his head in shame and said that he could not do anything.

"I'll be able to find some reinforcements." Chen Dao pondered for a few seconds and said.

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