"Do I have to have some plan? No! There are no strange schemes this time! No! Putting down the binoculars, Rommel smiled and said to Lieutenant General Alfred beside him.

He stood on the Mercedes-Benz car that had accompanied him for a long time, and his clothes were still clean and tidy.

The last time he left North Africa, he wore an overcoat covered with sand and dust, and the image of returning home by ship and showing himself in an Italian port can be described as embarrassing.

But no one would dislike such Rommel, because he is the god of war in North Africa and the hero of the Axis powers.

On a strategic level, Rommel could well have single-handedly saved the entire Axis bloc.

From Tobruk all the way to Egypt, Rommel not only stabilized his position in North Africa, but also helped the Axis powers to preserve the strategic resource of the Libyan oil fields in North Africa.

If Rommel loses the Libyan oil fields, then even if Li Le, a traverser, has a thousand skills, it will be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Although the news of the oil field was brought by Li Le, although the development of the oil field had nothing to do with Rommel, Rommel's record in North Africa could be regarded as allowing the Axis countries to pass through the most dangerous period.

Rommel had of course become one of the Führer's most important generals, and it was only a matter of time before he was promoted to marshal.

It is reported that the main reason why Rommel has not received the marshal scepter that belongs to him for a long time is that he is waiting for the next marshal promotion schedule.

After all, when it conquered France in 1940, Germany promoted too many marshals to make the title of marshal a half-joke.

So this time, the Führer intends to enhance the gold content of the marshal's rank, and cautiously waits for the generals under his command to get really dazzling results.

Rommel, who had just arrived in North Africa from Italy, had recovered from his stomach ailments and was now in good health.

"Are we just going to kill all the way through? Don't take a detour? Don't arrange surprise soldiers in other directions? Chief of Staff Alfred asked, somewhat incredulous.

As the chief of staff of North Africa, Lieutenant General Alfred is actually a bit overkill. During Rommel's return to recuperate, Alfred showed his superior organizational skills and kept the Middle Eastern Army in place without any trouble.

Because of this, in fact, Lieutenant General Alfred's promotion report was already on Marshal Brauchitsch's desk, just waiting for a suitable time.

To put it bluntly, on the day Rommel was promoted to marshal, Lieutenant General Alfred became General Alfred.

"Actually, there are no tricks to talk about in this battle! The most economical and practical way is the nearest road! Rommel jumped out of his car and walked into the pergola where the command car was open.

There, on a folding table, lay a map of the Iraqi military. The two sides mark some of the spouted Montgomery lines, and there are a few simple notes.

"If we go north and kill the Tigris, it is tantamount to wasting our own oil at the expense of the near and far." Rommel stretched out his hand to the north of the Euphrates and tapped it with his hand: "So it looks like it can bypass the British line, but it doesn't save much effort." ”

"Judging by the actual situation, it is the responsibility of the commander to choose the best route of attack!" Rommel's confident smile always hung on his face: "Since there is no threat to the frontal line of the British army, why go around in circles?" ”

Then he pressed his hand on the position of Saudi Arabia again, and continued: "It is also a reason to take a detour from Saudi Arabia in the south, and it is not impossible to borrow Saudi Arabia, but it is still not cost-effective to give benefits to those kings. ”

"We have already conducted fire reconnaissance on the frontal line of the British army, and the enemy's line of defense is very ordinary, and the number of troops stationed there is not much." Withdrawing his hand from his Saudi position, Rommel looked at the upper Euphrates region and calmly explained.

After pausing his explanation, Lieutenant General Alfred nodded convincingly and agreed: "Your decision was right, and I agree with your analysis. Arranging for only a small number of Italian troops to attack the Tigris was a correct choice. ”

"Going along the Euphrates, we're still upstream, so it's a good solution to the water problem, we have plenty of ammunition and a lot of fuel, and it's much better than in Tobruk." After talking about the actual reason, Rommel paused slightly.

Then he continued: "Another reason is that the British thought that I must have come up with some strange plan of attack, after all, they called me the Desert Fox. Now if I do the opposite, I will use the most direct way of attacking, and they will be caught off guard! ”

After Rommel finished speaking, he looked into the distance. There, one Leopard after another, was slowly moving along an improvised road. On both sides of the road were German soldiers soaking listlessly in the sun.

Italy's elite Middle East Corps units had already taken the lead in attacking the British defenders' positions as the vanguard, with German troops following closely behind.

These troops were followed by more than 200,000 Italian soldiers who were responsible for the maintenance and support of fuel and ammunition.

This attack was a natural and well-prepared attack, not to mention very well-prepared, and just in time for Montgomery's troops to be drained.

"That's right! They're going to be shocked! Lieutenant General Alfred laughed and nodded.

Rommel had been recuperating in Germany these days, and in fact he had attended many of the Supreme Command's staff analysis meetings.

At the request of the head of state, the Supreme Command, in addition to supervising the navy, army, and air force, also organized the post-campaign analysis and summary.

Countless staff officers and marshals and generals who are not front-line commanders regularly attend such meetings to explain their analysis and choices, and then discuss the pros and cons.

Such meetings gave Rommel a new understanding of logistics support and offensive positional warfare, and his operational command style gradually changed from radical to practical.

Now Rommel is more mature and steady, and retains his radical and sharp side, which can be said to be a more powerful all-round general.

This battle between Iran and Iraq also became the first battle after his style change, and it became an "attempt" for him to experiment with his own ideas.

Much to the dismay of his opponent, Montgomery, Rommel now had the capital to experiment with his own style shift, and he had no power to parry it......

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