Although the German top brass never believed that the United States would stay out of the war in Europe. www.biquge.info But before Crete, everyone was discussing this matter with a relatively relaxed attitude.

Everyone is optimistic that the United States will join the war, but it will eventually join the side of the victors. As long as Germany defeated Britain, then the United States had no reason to support Britain.

It is not without insight that people of insight believe that the United States' support for Britain is relatively limited, and they also need to take into account the isolationist ideology in their own country.

But through the seizure of the new American bomber on the island of Crete, the Führer and Goebbels had already controlled public opinion within Germany.

At least the top brass no longer has any illusions, and they are now convinced that the United States is indeed on Britain's side and could join the war at any time.

In fact, the United States had already participated in the war, selling arms to the British, imposing an economic blockade on Germany, and even directly sending pilots to appear in the air battle of Britain in the form of volunteers.

Without the generosity of the United States, Britain would have almost surrendered by this moment. And because of the support of the United States, Britain was able to maintain a stalemate with Germany on several fronts.

For example, in the current air battle on British soil, the main force is already American pilots. Because a large number of British pilots had already been lost in the Battle of Brest.

For another example, the British army that Rommel is facing now, tanks and even some tents, bedding and other military supplies are all made in the United States.

"Now everyone knows that the United States is already on the British side, and when they get involved in the war, Germany will have one more enemy." Lieutenant General Alfred said gloomily.

This was not good news, at least not an encouraging one, for the Afrika Korps - the United States was far behind Britain, and across the Atlantic, the Germans could not do anything at all.

In the face of such an opponent, which could not attack directly within a year or even three years, the German army lacked effective counterbalances.

The newly rising Third Reich did not have colonies all over the world, nor did it have the ability to manipulate the world economy in the face of the three oceans like the United States.

Sanctions and embargoes and other means are inherently world-wide powers, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, which can only be played.

And Germany, which has been relegated to a corner, can now only be the object of sanctions and embargo. Everything can only be obtained by war, and everything can only be solved by war.

Germany may now be one of the most war-fighting countries in the world, but it is a pity that this powerful country can only solve all its problems by war.

There were many people who longed for China in the 50s, and felt that China at that time dared to challenge the world powers and let go of any opponent to fight back, which was really hard enough to convince people.

But the fact is that the choice of war is often a direct reflection of the lack of other ways to solve the problem - not that it is not a bad response, but at the national level, what is the most effective solution.

Economic sanctions, equipment arms embargoes, financial intrusions, cyber attacks...... When a country becomes strong, there are countless means to solve the problems it faces, and war is often the most expensive and risky one.

So, it's not that you sit at home and protest against others to appear incompetent or cowardly. It is possible that on the invisible battlefield, a trade war has quietly begun.

And without anyone knowing, tens of billions of national reserves may have evaporated as a result of defeat - or, on the contrary, the enemy has lost tens of billions by this time.

Sometimes, it seems that a certain country has lost trillions of dollars of funds and suffered heavy losses, but the strategic goal of this country to prevent the other party's economic growth has been achieved, and the other country may lose a more valuable development opportunity.

Poor Germany, at this time had been forced into a corner by the United States and Britain, and could only pin all its hopes on the war, which in itself had already lost half of its national strategy.

However, fortunately, Li Le has crossed over and has become a character who can influence the direction of history, and can make history embark on a completely different path.

At least, at this moment, the Libyan oil fields found by Li Le for the Axis powers, Germany and Italy, weakened the results of the blockade of Germany by the United States and Britain.

Soon after the start of a powerful economic war, the other side has found another point of economic growth, which is the key to changing the economic victory or defeat.

Li Le found the key and solved the most serious problem facing Germany at once: the problem of energy shortage.

"Let the artillery return fire, there are still too few ships, attack at this time...... After all, it's still a little too risky. Rommel seemed a little helpless, and the main reason that restrained him from attacking was on the ships in the Suez Canal.

When the British retreated, they took almost all the transport ships in the Suez Canal with them. Only one was left for Germany, which blew up a small half of Port Said.

Without ferries and assault boats, it was very difficult for Rommel's Afrika Korps to cross the river to attack the British troops.

The number of ships waiting for him was actually the main reason why Rommel was unable to cross the Suez Canal.

Of course, there is one more thing to add now, that is, the worry of the sudden attack of the United States behind it. Although it did not bring actual losses to Germany, the psychological pressure brought by the 50 American B-17 bombers to the German top brass was still very great.

"Let the Italians find a way to pull out trucks and keep the traffic as smooth as possible." After Rommel gave the order to attack, he added.

Lieutenant General Alfred nodded and agreed, "Okay! I will communicate with the Italian side about this...... We are not feeling well now, and the enemy does not seem to be feeling well. ”

He was referring to Britain's logistical supply problems -- the Germans' problems were in the lack of supplies themselves, but Britain was running transportation with their backs to the entire desert.

In order to get supplies, the British had to start from near the oil fields of Iran and Iraq, and start crossing the entire Middle East desert into Saudi Arabia to deliver supplies to the troops on the front line.

There was practically no road line on this route, and all supplies were basically transported to the front line by camels and cars.

As in the German invasion of Egypt, the losses of transporting supplies over such long distances were astonishingly high.

If it weren't for the large resource area of the Middle East oil fields, even Britain would have taken the initiative to retreat and cede the east bank of the Suez Canal.

The hot sun was shining on the earth, and a German non-commissioned officer was not far away, spreading the eggs directly on the engine compartment of the truck, and heard the sizzling sound.

Although it is late November, the temperature in Egypt is still very hot. At least when the sun is abundant, the surface temperature is enough to bake an egg.

Spreading eggs on the fenders of cars or on the bonnets of the engine compartment is an important way for Afrika Korps soldiers to feed themselves.

This can be done without a fire, and you can get a good quality eight-ripe egg food. Not to mention convenient, it is also easy to operate.

Of course, no matter what you eat here, there will be some sand that will pour into your mouth with the wind, so everything here is made with natural condiments......

The condiments are sand flying in the air, fresh water that smells of gasoline, moldy bread and hard dried vegetables – that sounds delicious, doesn't it?

Completely different from the photographs, the German soldiers dressed in all kinds of bizarre tropical military uniforms are countless times scruffier than later generations imagined.

"It's noon?" Seeing the soldiers behind the hillside in the distance making their own food, Rommel turned his face to look at Lieutenant General Alfred beside him.

Lieutenant General Alfred looked at his watch, nodded and replied, "Yes, General, it's already noon." ”

"Then let the artillery open fire just in the middle of the day! Feed the enemy's bastards for lunch! Rommel's bad taste was admired by Lieutenant General Alfred, so he quickly gave the order.

Of course, Lieutenant General Alfred also gave the British defenders on the opposite side a meal - he ordered all infantry artillery fire, including mortars and other weapons.

So, at noon that day, a grand shelling began. The British artillerymen, who felt good about themselves, also began to return fire violently.

After an hour of artillery fighting, when it finally stopped, the German Afrika Korps found themselves firing more shells than expected.

The British were even more depressed, and they had accumulated a stockpile of shells for a long time, and they had more than half of them depleted - much to Montgomery's distress, and he did not speak for a long time.

He looked at his subordinates depressedly, and asked in a cold voice: "Which bastard ordered to return the shelling of the Germans?"

Of course, he was answered by silence - no one wanted to admit that it was because he had enough ammunition in his hand that the Germans shelled at lunchtime, and as soon as the crowd was excited, they opened fire and returned fire.

Moreover, after the return fire, as the intensity of the artillery battle continued to expand, it finally became a mental contest on the mental level of whoever stopped first and softened by half a point.

In the end, it was the Germans who became tougher, and the British runners remembered their own stocks and took the initiative to stop the shelling......

"As a result, you have exhausted half of your ammunition stockpile, and you still haven't suppressed the Germans?" Montgomery's tone was much sharper when he asked this.

Slapping one hand on the table, he said hatefully: "Write me a report when you go back!" By the way, I will write about how to improve transportation! ”