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"Sir! Team 4 has lost contact, and their search is farther south, which I think may be a disorientation. The subordinate who rushed over reported the latest news.

The young man nodded, looking further south. At last he withdrew his gaze and led his camel onwards.

The United States received news from various sources that Germany and Italy had discovered oil in Libya, and this news made Roosevelt and his team feel uneasy.

This kind of strategic-level resource discovery has already affected a series of strategic arrangements for Europe by the United States before, and what is even more terrifying is that the United States does not know anything about the Libyan oil fields that have already affected the strategic level.

The top level of the United States absolutely did not want to face this situation, so they relied on the status of a neutral country, starting from the French colonies of Algeria and Egypt, under the guise of scientific investigations, and began a large-scale search for the specific location of the Libyan oil fields.

Armed with cameras and weapons, they hoped to get close to the Libyan oil fields and see if they had any chance of destroying them and delaying Germany's use of the Libyan oil fields.

There were five teams, one from the French colonies and the other four from Egypt - after all, France had already surrendered to Germany, so the United States did not dare to invest too much in France.

The 5 teams have lost contact because of their different routes and different levels of difficulty.

It can be assumed that these two teams have been buried in the rolling yellow sand, and have become the victims of this plan of action.

Before the secret oil field of Germany was found, at least 60 soldiers had already been lost, which was not a small loss.

Why not just send a spy to find it? Because this is also the area where the Germans are most heavily regulated. Anyone who tries to get close to Sirte is subject to strict scrutiny.

Because Sirte was previously a small port with a thousand people, it was very convenient to supervise. It is precisely because of this that the United States has no way to launch an investigation here.

The Americans, who were desperate to go to the hospital and were unwilling to wait for their chances, planned to create their own opportunities, and organized soldiers to go deep into the desert to find the German oil fields, which they used to judge the size of the German oil fields.

"Keep walking! Our most important task now is to find the oil fields of the Germans and bring back to our homeland what we have seen with our own eyes! The young man said as he walked.

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The smoke from the huge explosion obscured the view of the British defenders. The shells fired by the Italian artillery landed on the positions of the British defenders, highlighting the fierceness of the battle.

"Boom!" The first explosion was not far away, the second explosion had already begun, and the British soldiers, holding their steel helmets, crouched in their trenches and prayed, praying that the shells would not fall on their sides.

However, shells still fell near the trenches, taking the young lives of British soldiers. The shouts of the medics on the battlefield were drowned out by the sound of shells exploding, leaving the shouts full of despair.

"Dangchang, dangchang......" With the sound of metal crashing, a German No. 4 tank rushed into the defensive positions of the British defenders. It staggered past the crater and staggered through the sand.

Behind this tank, the second German tank No. 4 also showed its form, and the 21st Panzer Division was launching a fierce attack on the enemy.

The German tanks were covered by Italy's most elite infantry, and the well-supplied Italian soldiers had plenty of ammunition and were very disciplined when attacking.

After all, it is one of the great powers, and after all, it still has the ferocity of the Roman Empire buried in its bones, if the Italian army is a coward that is about to collapse at the touch of a button, then how can this country still stand tall under the eyes of the European powers?

The Italian army in history is still very capable of fighting, although it is not as good as the German army, but in horizontal comparison, it is almost on the same level as Romania and the like, and it is not a one-touch collapse.

These Italian soldiers were now supported by a large number of artillery, and with German tanks clearing their way, so the ferocity of the attack startled even the British defenders.

The South African 2nd Infantry Division, opposite them, had little determination left to resist at this time. In a state of total backwardness in firepower and troops, it is absolutely doubtful how much combat effectiveness of the colonial army remains.

"The 1st Regiment retreated to rest in the city, and the 2nd Regiment continued to hold the defensive line...... If the momentum is overwhelming, then abandon the outer line of defense and slowly retreat along the road to the rear of the 10th Panzer Division. Putting down the binoculars, the commander of the 2nd African Infantry Division commanded helplessly.

Although the British army wanted him to hold his position, he knew that if this situation continued, the collapse would only be a matter of moments.

The danger was that he had reached the limit, and he himself did not know whether his troops would collapse in the next second, or in an hour.

This uncontrollability is the most dangerous state. This left the rest of the British army behind him at a loss as to what to do with the frontal defense.

So, just a few minutes earlier, Oklekin had relented his demands and ordered the South African 2nd Infantry Division to slowly retreat to the core of the Nile Delta.

Oklykin's order can be said to have saved the 2nd South African Infantry Division from the side, and the British army's stubborn defense of Damanhur has finally changed.

On the day of the attack, on October 4, part of the German army stormed the city of Damanhur, and the two sides fought fiercely in the city until late at night.

In the early hours of 5 October, the British army completely abandoned Damanhur and retreated to the outskirts of Tanta, where they continued to lay out their defenses and tried to hold on along the tributaries of the Nile.

However, the main force of Rommel's Afrika Korps, which had not yet appeared, including the German 15th Panzer Division, the 10th Mechanized Infantry Division, and the 90th Infantry Division, began to move rapidly south along the Nile.

About 200 Modified No. 3 tanks, under the cover of more than 20,000 infantry, forced their way upstream into the Nile and captured Hibbingum and Minuf in one fell swoop.

Both cities, important gateways to Egypt, were now in the possession of the German army, leaving the British defenders at Tanta in disarray.

They had intended to build a strong defensive offensive at Tanta and engage the German attacking forces in a tug-of-war, but now they found that the Germans had gone around their flanks!

The defenders of Cairo did not even have 3,000 men combined, and they were all lightly armed troops with no combat effectiveness, and it was simply impossible to repel the German army with this force.

On 6 October, the Germans set out at Minuf and once again forced their way across the Nile to Benha. Benha is as important to Cairo as Tianjin is to Beijing!

At this moment, the main British forces that were preparing to hold on to Tanta could not sit still! Because the Germans are clearly cutting off their rear!

But even though the British commander Oclegin realized that his rear route was in danger of being cut off, he did not have many combat troops to intercept the main German force that was rampaging near Cairo.

With no choice, Oklegin finally handed over the front line to his chief of staff, and personally led the British 7th Panzer Division, which had just been replenished and rebuilt, to kill the German troops on the flank.

Oklakin led the 7th Panzer Division along the road, hoping to recapture Benha and open the road and rail between Tanta and Cairo while the Germans were still on hold.

In this way, he could organize a defense in Benha, stabilize his rear, and force the German army to withdraw from the Nile Triangle because of the lack of supplies.

From this point of view, this can be said to be a life-and-death decisive battle between the British army in Egypt and the German Afrika Korps.

In the city of Benha, Rommel, who had annihilated 450 British defenders, leaned on a German Improved No. 3 tank and watched the situation on the road in the distance with a telescope.

This roundabout force under his personal command was actually the main force of his attack. So he left the command of the frontal battlefield to Lieutenant General Alfred and General Garibaldi, and personally led this main force to kill here.

With a large amount of fuel on his belt, Rommel was now able to choose between attacking Cairo in the south or facing the British army in the south.

"Cairo's supplies, I am determined to get them, if I leave a force to guard here, can I stop the British tank troops?" He turned around and asked a general with the rank of major general standing beside him.

The general grinned and nodded, "Leave it to me, Your Excellency!" My troops are responsible for this kind of work! ”

"Don't let me down! This is the first time that the Führer's opinion has played its own effectiveness on the battlefield, and you know what that means. Rommel stretched out his hand, lifted the brim of his hat, and said solemnly.

"Hey! Hitler! The major general raised his arm, stood upright and saluted, and shouted: "For the Führer!" I will hold on until a new order arrives! ”

"Excellent! I'll go to Rome to get supplies from the British, and you drive the British tanks back here! Rommel tapped him on the shoulder, turned and walked to his car.

And where he passed, with one order after another, groups of German soldiers jumped out of their trucks.

Next to the city highway lined up by these soldiers, a Pursuer tank destroyer painted in desert camouflage drove up, followed by a second and third.

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