In fact, for the war on the border, Petain, who was far away in France, was also as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

In the southern ports of Vichy France, there were French soldiers waiting to board to support Algeria.

It's a pity that their navy is no match for the British Mediterranean Fleet, and they can't afford to send these native French soldiers to the places where France needs them most.

And the war in Algeria was also somewhat unexpected by Reinhardt.

According to Reinhardt's initial estimate, it would not be difficult for the French army in Africa to resist the British army, at least there would be no big problems in the early stage.

However, he never expected that the British would actually think of a way to deal with the French army by bribing the internal response.

Because of the internal support, Wavell took a lot of advantage in the early stage, and Biranger suffered a lot.

This made Reinhardt, who saw the situation wrong, motivated the idea of matching Italy and France to join forces.

After all, Italy's Garibaldi had already lost to the British army in Africa, and if France's Berente lost to the British army again, then Africa would immediately be the family of the British!

This is a situation that Germany does not want to see in any case.

However, before Reinhardt could intervene, Mussolini and Petain had miraculously united, which was once again a surprise to him.

After all, history has been detached from its original appearance with the birth of Algerian oil fields.

And now, Mussolini, as if he had changed as a different person, began to make a series of decisions that even Reinhardt could not fault when his dominance was facing a huge challenge after his defeat.

Yesterday, Mussolini ordered the remnants of Algeria's Italian troops to cooperate fully with the French army, and sent a telegram to Algerian Governor Berente, saying that he had the right to shoot Italian soldiers and officers who fled or surrendered on behalf of Mussolini.

And the second point, Mussolini actually ordered the Italian fleet to form a combined Mediterranean fleet with the French fleet that he had always wanted, ready to fight to the death with the British Mediterranean fleet.

What surprised Reinhardt even more was that Mussolini had been tirelessly giving speeches on Italian radio today, encouraging the demoralization of the military and civilians.

When Reinhardt saw these reports about Mussolini, his first reaction was to suspect that he had drunk too much and was hallucinating.

But then he thought about it, he hadn't heard of the precedent of drinking Fanta soda to get drunk?

Don't....... Mussolini's guy was also possessed by someone through the time?!

And that's not all that surprised Reinhardt.

In order to regain air supremacy and send supplies to the suppressed Franco-Italian coalition forces in Algeria, Mussolini and Petain jointly sent a telegram to Reinhardt, hoping that Germany could support them with more ME-109 export aircraft and related technical equipment.

Because the war in Algeria is a war related to the rise and fall of France's national fortunes in the next 30 years, Petain, the hero of France, once again published an article in front of the public called "We have no way to retreat", in his words, showing his determination to fight to the end.

At this moment, many French people seemed to see the French marshal who turned the tide again during World War I.

In fact, what makes Reinhardt wonder is that there is a deep rationality and inevitability.

Mussolini suddenly became normal and wise in his eyes, not because the Italian leader suddenly opened his mind, nor because he had been crossed. The reason for this ideal behavior was that he began to fear losing power and being liquidated by his enemies.

After all, Mussolini has too many enemies, among which the Italian mafia has a blood feud with him!

There is no way, if it is finally determined that he will lose all the Italian territory in Africa, even if Mussolini's power in Italy is huge, he will have to step down.

This was the war he single-handedly provoked, and France was dragged into the water by him in the final analysis.

Once Mussolini is out of power, it is estimated that he will not live more than 48 hours.

Perhaps, he will have to be captured and shot by the guerrillas earlier than in history, and let the post-mortem be on the streets.

As for Petain, he was afraid that his Vichy France would lose the big oil fields, which would make life difficult for the people, make the Germans turn their faces, and be appealed to by the vested interests of the capitalists in the French oil fields.

With oil fields, France's reparations to Germany can be repaid with oil, and the oil fields are close to the French mainland, which can also stimulate the recovery of the French economy. And as long as the Algerian oil fields are there, and the lives of the people and the interests of the capitalists are still guaranteed within France, the rule of the Vichy regime can continue smoothly.

In the same way, if it were not for the possessiveness of the domestic capitalists, Churchill, the war criminal in Reinhardt's eyes, would have been able to get the support of parliament in the shortest possible time and launch an invasion of Algeria in full swing.

However, at this stage of the war, it was no longer just a matter between Britain, France and Italy.

Reinhardt, who had always deceived himself about upholding world justice, felt that whether it was for world justice or for the interests of the Third Reich, the German army should not continue to watch at this time.

Preparations for landing on the British mainland are still ongoing. It was impossible for the Germans to transport all their troops to fight a landing battle at once - there was not enough capacity.

At this time, since Vichy France and the Kingdom of Italy both expressed their desire for German assistance, it was better to help people to the end, and send a good army that had been prepared for a long time to Africa to participate in this multinational melee.

The famous German Afrika Korps should also move.

In Austria, Rommel's Afrika Korps has done enough adaptive combat training.

The tanks they want to use are also equipped with windproof sand filters, and have been modified accordingly to cope with the desert environment.

Rommel's Afrika Korps, if you only count its German troops, has a total of 2 divisions. An armored division with an infantry division.

The tanks of the armored division are Leopard tanks of the offensive sand control modification. And the infantry division is also equipped with a closed Hunter tank destroyer that is naturally suitable for desert combat.

Only two divisions were given to Rommel, not that Reinhardt was more stingy than the historical Hitler and was reluctant to give more troops to his henchmen.

On the one hand, Rommel was given only two divisions because Reinhardt needed more troops to prepare for a landing operation on the British mainland, as well as to maintain defensive forces against the Soviet Union. Even if he had more troops than the Third Reich at this time in history, it was still not enough.

Rommel, on the other hand, had two divisions under his command in Africa, but it was completely sufficient.

The reason is simple, because in addition to the Italians, his teammates also have the French army of Belant. There were more teammates and more reliable than in history, and Rommel was much less stressed, and there was no longer a need for as many German troops.