Because Crete had already caused discontent among the Italians, Rommel did not dare to rush to declare Libyan independence, after all, there was no need to rush it.

But sometimes it didn't matter whether to declare it or not, because the German army did it in Egypt and Greece, and the Libyans took it for granted that Germany would support Libyan independence, and even many of them guessed that Germany did not do it because of the Italian army.

These policies of the Germans were soon supported by the common people, Egyptians, Greece, and even Libyans and other people.

This support was manifold, the main one being the ease with which the Germans organized a militia.

In fact, this militia was not organized by the German army......

Colonel Dennis on Crete and General Shreif in Egypt.

With the support of Germany, they acquired a large amount of equipment, and at the same time, these troops armed with patriotic ideas had no shortage of men, so they only needed to distribute rifles and quickly grew stronger.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of this army is not flattering, especially the Egyptian army of General Shreif, and after the guns were distributed, armed robbery and internal fighting soon appeared, as mentioned before...... There are always countless tribes within Africa, and the interests of the tribes always outweigh the interests of the state, which makes it difficult for them to be organized together towards the same goal.

But this was nothing for Rommel, as his aim was not for these troops to defeat the British...... Of course, these troops could not defeat the British army, and what he wanted was to provoke the hatred of the local natives against the British and intensify their contradictions.

Then Rommel received information from General Shreve: "A large number of American troops have landed in Port Said!" ”

General Shreif even provided detailed unit numbers: 10th U.S. Air Force, 1st Armored Division, 503rd Airborne Regiment", and the British 1st Airborne Division transferred from the British mainland.

This was the result of Churchill's efforts, and he flew to Washington the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to negotiate with Roosevelt, and reached a consensus with Roosevelt that the African battlefield was superior to the China-India-Burma battlefield, so the US military transferred all the US 10th Air Brigade, which was originally located in India to support the Chinese Expeditionary Force, to North Africa.

In this way, there was no doubt that the British army had an overwhelming strength in North Africa.

Rommel, who was holding the information, raised his eyebrows and said to the staff officer: "Interesting, the situation is exactly as the 'legendary sergeant' said, as if he saw it!" ”

The staff knew what Rommel meant by this, and the British had obviously not brought in a large number of fighters and airborne troops to break through the Alexandria Line, but to parachute into Algeria.

Without much thought, Rommel forwarded the information he had received to Hitler.

Hitler was stunned when he saw this telegram, he walked anxiously back and forth in front of the headquarters, and then scolded: "This is the good thing that those Japanese fools have done, look at them, what have they done at this critical moment?" ”

It is no wonder that Hitler was so angry, Hitler actually hoped that Japan would not attack China in an all-out way and would attack the Soviet Union with the German army, but Japan was afraid of the Soviet Union in the Battle of Nomenkan and did not do so.

That's it, but Japan wants to provoke the United States at this time...... Hitler was a man who came from the First World War, and he always thought that one of the reasons for Germany's defeat in World War I was the entry of the United States into the war.

So what Hitler hoped for most was that the United States was watching from the sidelines, even if it was secretly helping the Allies, it was bearable, but Japan disrupted Hitler's overall plan.

From this point of view, the Japanese have indeed evaluated it like their descendants...... A tactical giant, but a strategic dwarf.

Of course, Japan also had its last resort to start the war.

For example, the United States has imposed a fuel ban on Japan, and Japan has only half a year's fuel reserves.

But the problem is that Japan's opponent is China, not to mention fuel at this time, not to mention tanks, and Japan is fully qualified to take into account the overall situation of the Axis powers and let the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor be delayed...... All Japan is thinking about is hoping to occupy the entire territory of China as soon as possible and get out of this quagmire.

Of course, anger is anger, Hitler still has nothing to do with this reality, he thought about it, and sent a telegram to Rommel: "No matter what method is used, you must hold the Alexandria Line!" ”

"Honorable Führer!" Rommel replied: "I don't know if you noticed that the target of the British in the build-up of airborne troops is most likely Algeria?" ”

Hearing this, Hitler couldn't help but be stunned, and when he set his eyes on Algeria, he couldn't close his mouth for a long time...... It was clear that the French were disobedient to Hitler, so the Allies could take Algeria almost effortlessly, and the Afrika Korps would soon collapse.

"How do I need to support you, General!" Hitler asked helplessly, because he knew that in such a situation, Rommel's Afrika Korps would not be able to avoid the final defeat even if it had three heads and six arms.

"It's obvious!" Rommel said: "We must take Algeria in our hands before we do, Your Excellency! ”

Hitler agreed: "I'll arrange it!" ”

So Hitler hurriedly transferred the two infantry regiments stationed in France: the 36th Infantry Regiment and the 155th Infantry Regiment to Africa to prepare for the occupation of Algeria, and even sent the 200th Infantry Regiment in Italy to Tripoli first and then staged a scene to occupy Tunisia.

The scene was played by a German fighter...... The German fighter plane made an emergency landing at a Tunis airport under the pretext of a malfunction, and then a battalion of German troops entered Tunisia under the pretext of protecting the plane's secrecy, and then more and more German troops poured into Tunisia and disarmed the French colonial army.

The Vichy government of France protested against Hitler at the first opportunity.

Hitler replied to Petain: "Your Excellency, we have reason to believe that the British will land or parachute in Algeria, and since Algeria is a matter of life and death for the Afrika Korps, we hope to enter Algeria and defend with the French army!" ”

Petain couldn't help but be fooled, and he replied at the first moment: "Honorable Führer, we are capable of defending our territory, and not only...... The entry of German troops into Tunisia and the disarmament of the French army is a violation of the armistice that we have signed, and I am sure that the Führer will take care of it! ”

Hitler simply ignored Petain's words, so who would take a puppet government seriously?

However, it was also difficult for the Germans to enter Libya, because there was a Matri line in front of them.