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Just as Jerome expected, he succeeded in capturing El Alamein, which was captured by the Egyptian army, but he was not complacent, this is not worth being proud of, his current strength, after constantly dividing his troops along the way, still has 100,000 people, while the Egyptian army defending El Alamein has less than 50,000 men.

The Egyptian army is well armed with light weapons, but heavy weapons are scarce and tactics are outdated, almost from 10 years ago. But the new weapons and new tactics in the world have changed dramatically, from the beginning of the American Civil War to the Russian Civil War, trench warfare began to become the best way to defend, bringing great disasters to the attacking side.

The Greeks also built defensive positions, but the use of new weapons was unreasonable, they purchased a batch of machine guns, the number was limited, and they had not yet used the place, the ratio of fire was very unscientific, a large number of dead ends, and there was no protective treatment, as a result, the machine gun positions were easily killed by snipers.

Their trenches, which had been dug in the soft sandy soil, were not properly reinforced, and collapsed extensively under artillery bombardment, not only did they not serve a protective role, but also buried many Egyptian soldiers alive.

But at El Alamein, Jerome saw something different, probably because of the proximity to their important cities, where the Egyptians defended more tenaciously than ever.

Of the more than 40,000 Egyptian troops, less than 20,000 managed to retreat, the same number lost their lives to El Alamein, and nearly 10,000 wounded soldiers were left behind.

Jerome didn't get any useful information from the Egyptian captives, but what was stronger than before was that the Egyptians here had at least heard about Tripoli, but most of them were hearsay, some said that Tripoli had been captured by Chinese troops, and some said that Tripoli was still holding out.

After the Battle of El Alamein, Jerome continued to advance towards Alexandria, but this time he was more careful, because such a small town as El Alamein cost him tens of thousands of casualties, and Alexander's Egyptian defense must have been more tenacious.

And Jerome confirmed from the captives that Alexander's strength was as high as 100,000. Jerome lamented that if it were not for the sudden landing of the Chinese in his rear, he would not have left a large number of troops along the way, he could at least draw 150,000 troops to attack Alexandria, but now he had to defend the cities along the railway to prevent the Chinese from landing again, resulting in fewer and fewer troops on the front.

In the battle of El Alamein, he lost more than 10,000 people, of which more than 3,000 were killed, and the rest were wounded and incapacitated, which means that the troops he used to attack Alexandria were a little more than 80,000.

He was not afraid of the inferior troops, he was still confident that he would capture Alexandria, but after advancing to Cairo, they had no confidence. So at this time, Jerome began to have the idea of saving his troops. At the same time, there was a long recuperation at El Alamein, trying to treat the wounded soldiers as much as possible, and trying to get some of them back on the battlefield.

Unbeknownst to Jerome, the fighting in Tripoli was at a fever pitch.

Jerome's guess is right, the navy's attack on Sicily is indeed mobilizing the British Navy, Tripoli is too close to Malta, Tunisia, Malta, and Tripoli form an almost isosceles triangle, Tripoli is only five or six hundred kilometers away from Malta, and the British Navy has established a 500-kilometer cruising range with Malta as the center, and constantly patrols within this range to prevent unexpected actions that the Chinese Navy may take. Therefore, the Chinese transport ships were sailed to North Africa almost under the nose of the British fleet.

Therefore, after the landing battle, the Chinese fleet set out from the Ionian Islands in Greece and attacked Sicily, making a posture of seizing the Strait of Messina, and the British Navy had to come to the rescue.

However, this movement was soon discovered by the British, and after landing in Tripoli, the local defenders sent messages to all parties through the uncut telegraph line, some of which were sent to France.

As soon as they heard that the Chinese army had landed in North Africa, Britain and France immediately understood the plan of the Chinese, so the French staff headquarters issued such an order to Jerome, hoping that Jerome could withdraw his troops and attack the Chinese army together.

Unfortunately, Jerome was self-righteous, he thought that the order was too late, and felt that it was too late to rush back, and he underestimated the tenacity of the defenders, who were still his remaining defenders. They are all veterans who have experienced the baptism of war, and a group of French Americans even fought from beginning to end in the Civil War, and they are extremely experienced in war.

And trench warfare happened to be matured on the American battlefield, and the Confederate states built a large number of trench fortifications, which caused headaches for the northern army at that time. Now they are using these methods in Tripoli against the Chinese army.

The most critical thing is that China's landing forces are insufficient.

Due to its proximity to Malta, the British navy put great pressure on the landing force, and the Chinese fleet constantly attacked from the Greek coast, indeed moving the main British forces to Sicily. But no one could have guessed that Britain still had a large number of cruisers to blockade the coast of Tripoli. The Chinese fleet can only provide escorts, and this is when the superiority in the number of warships is manifested.

As the naval battle in Sicily continued, more and more ships were damaged by both sides, more and more soldiers were killed and wounded, and capital ships were constantly sent to the rear for repairs. The joint operation of the British, French and Italian navies, on the one hand, took advantage of geographical advantages, and on the other hand, began to shrink their defenses, relying on battery fire to cover themselves, and the losses were much smaller than those of the Chinese fleet.

As a result, after ten consecutive days of naval battles, the Chinese fleet found that it was no longer possible to continue, and because of the damage to the warships and the loss of personnel, if it continued, it would be difficult to guarantee the continuation of the offensive against the British in the Mediterranean. Although the two sides have not decided the winner or loser, it has always been China that has been pressing the British, French and Italian coalition forces to fight again. Both sides have adopted the tactics of infiltration into the other side's waters, and small detachments are often encountered, but it is very difficult to seize the opponent's detachment and destroy it. Because in an unfavorable situation, no one will choose to fight.

This game has been going on on the sea for a year, and the British control of the two straits, so the Chinese fleet has never been able to enter the western Mediterranean, but after all, the offensive posture has been maintained, the Chinese fleet has always been eyeing the Tunis and Messina Straits, and the British Navy is unlikely to threaten the Darnelles Strait and the Suez Canal. However, if the fleet loses a certain amount, it will be difficult to continue this offensive strategy. Then the situation is unfavorable, because the eastern Mediterranean is open to Britain because it does not control any of the bases in Sicily and Malta, and if it cannot form an advantage at sea, the opposing fleet can pose a threat to any part of the Suez Canal and the Dardanelles.

Ten days later, the Navy gradually reduced the number of escort warships, handing over more escort tasks to cruisers and other auxiliary ships, while the capital ships continued to threaten Sicily, dragging the main British force here.

But the biggest disadvantage of this kind of conspiracy is that it is easy for the other side to formulate a targeted strategy, and after the British discovered this trend of the Chinese fleet, although they also suffered a large number of warships, the losses were smaller, and they did not have to fight a naval battle with the Chinese fleet, because Sicily was not so easy to capture. As a result, the British instead drew capital ships and carried out an attack on the Chinese escort transport formation between Malta and Tripoli, sinking five cruisers and capturing six transports.

The Chinese fleet then took a retaliatory attack on Malta, pretending to attack Sicily as before, but drove directly into Malta, as a result, the main force of the British fleet was not here, but unfortunately it was not well prepared, and did not bring a landing force, and the capital ships could only shell the coast of Malta, and the fire of the opponent's batteries was bombarded.

After that, the tactics of both sides were more flexible, cunning, and false. The Chinese fleet abandoned its assault on Sicily, and the British fleet began to carry out the tactics of breaking the diplomatic relationship, but also to guard against another surprise attack on Malta.

The navy sometimes uses the main fleet to carry out escort missions, but it still encounters the main force of the British army to intercept it from time to time. Both sides carried out high-mobility operations, divided into combined attacks, and the British fleet tried its best to avoid the decisive battle of the main force, detours, pinning, and sneak attacks, and it was difficult to carry out each escort smoothly.

At this time, the ground fighting in Tripoli was unresolved for a long time, and supplies could not be interrupted. In a situation where mandatory escorts have become unsafe, various measures have been taken. The most effective thing is that it is transported at night. And in order to avoid losses, it has begun to switch to fast cruisers to transport supplies. This is very similar to the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Pacific War, where the Americans held the sea supremacy, but they could not prevent the Japanese from using cruisers to supply their own soldiers at night. Moreover, Britain did not gain sea supremacy, but it was only a sneak attack tactic using the Maltese base closer to Tripoli, and it was impossible to stop the cruiser's transport operations.

Circuitous, random and so on, sometimes taking a detour to the south and then detouring around the Bay of Sirte. Or sometimes in the middle of the night, sometimes in the middle of the night, so that the British could not find the pattern.

Sometimes traps were laid for the British, and a cruiser fleet seemed to be carrying out secret transport work, but as soon as the British rushed over, the two sides began to fight, and soon the Chinese Grand Fleet followed, although it still did not achieve the record of sinking the opponent's main ironclad ships, but also destroyed many British cruisers.

Around the Tripoli landing, China and Britain fought an informal naval battle of wits and courage in the Mediterranean, but this was only part of the battle of Tripoli, and the main battlefield was still on land. The back is not posted.,Add qun if you want to see it.。 The speed of acceleration, because the website will delete the qun number at any time, four. Four. Six. Five. Six. One. Three. Four. Two. If you have added 1qun, you don't need to add it, and the two qun will be sent together.

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