Afterward, Carter walked out of the cabin and half-crouched around to observe the situation. By chance, he spotted several Italian soldiers near the hut, moving in his direction, and Carter wanted to summon them to the hut to fight with them.

After all, a few more soldiers would be better and safer than the current three of them, although these soldiers probably didn't have much combat effectiveness.

However, the Italian soldiers of the reconnaissance company, although they were also greedy for life and afraid of death, at least in terms of training level, they still had the advantage in the entire Italian army. Otherwise, this is a soldier who would not have been selected for the reconnaissance company.

Thirty meters is a short distance, and it doesn't take more than a few seconds to run over. As soon as the Italian soldiers ran to the backyard of the hut, they bumped into Captain Carter, who had crept out of the house to greet them.

The men were led by a sergeant, and when he noticed someone a few meters in front of him, the sergeant subconsciously raised the Carcano M1891 rifle in his hand and prepared to shoot.

Fortunately, Carter said in Italian in time: "My own people! ”

As a result, the sergeant had already felt the finger of the trigger and paused, without causing accidental injury.

When he saw the captain's epaulette on the shoulder, he couldn't help but suppress his voice and said, "Company commander, why are you here?" Come with me and get out of here. ”

Obviously, there could only be one Italian captain officer in this area, and that was Carter, the commander of the reconnaissance company. Although the sergeant did not look closely at Captain Carter's appearance, he was still able to determine the identity of the other man.

Captain Carter and the two officers, unable to understand the battle outside, chose to follow the sergeant's advice and followed him around to another two-story house. The sergeant was armed with a total of four soldiers, two of whom were in a machine-gun fire group, and the other two were armed with the same Carcano M1891-style rifle as him.

Don't look at them with a machine gun, but this is a Beretta M1930 light machine gun!

A "machine gun" with a single-round load, a magazine capacity of only 20 rounds, and a very low duration of fire.

Therefore, this machine gun is actually not reliable. Even, the entire reconnaissance company is not very reliable......

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"What?!" In the headquarters, Garibald looked at the staff officer who reported the battle situation with an incredulous face: "You told me that the reconnaissance company was ambushed and completely wiped out?!" ”

"Yes, General." The combat staff officer swallowed his saliva, bowed his head and said, "The British should have discovered our whereabouts a long time ago, otherwise they would not have laid more ambushes against our reconnaissance company." ”

Whereabouts discovered? Garibaldi suddenly had an ominous premonition: "What's going on, tell me clearly!" ”

After receiving the order, the staff officer quickly explained: "According to the last telegram sent back by Captain Carter, they were caught in a trap by a pre-set ambush by the British army. ”

A pre-set trap, doesn't that mean......

"Oops! Pass my order, and the whole army will ......," Garibaldi was only halfway through when he was interrupted by the sound of an artillery explosion that suddenly landed outside the headquarters.

That's right, since the British had insight into the movements of the Italian army, and they all set up an ambush against their reconnaissance company, then there was no reason why the British army would let Garibaldi take command of this deep Italian main force!

The overwhelming shells fell into the formation of Garibaldi's troops, and in the distance, a large number of Matilda tanks showed their sights in the dust......

Known as the Desert Rat, the British Army's 7th Panzer Division!

It was this division that fought the Italian army under Garibaldi's command and lost the border stronghold of Bardir, the famous fortress Tobruk, the important town of Benghazi, and the whole of Libya.

Now, the British 7th Panzer Division, which was like a nightmare for the Consent Army, is back!

"I have just sent a telegram to the leader, saying that we are going deep into Libya and are about to recover the whole territory ......of Libya," Garibaldi covered his face and said bitterly: "As a result, the British armored division, which had been prepared for a long time and transferred the main force, was transferred. ”

I have to say that Garibaldi was a little unlucky, from his initial strategy of attacking on two fronts in the east and north, to preserving his strength all the way after the rout, and joining forces with the Algerian French army, all of this shows that he is not an incompetent wine bag and rice bag.

However, providence made people, and his soldiers were indeed no match for Wavell's soldiers.

In addition, he left one armored division (with a serious shortage of tanks) and two infantry divisions in Algeria to wait for Rommel to be reorganized, and transferred a division of a disobedient major general to support the German-French forces. At this moment, the troops in Garibaldi's hands not only did not have an advantage in combat effectiveness, but even the number of troops lost their advantage.

Definitely lose! This is the ending that Garibaldi is 100% sure of.

"Let the vanguard regiment be deployed on the spot, and order the 37th Division to transfer another regiment to the second blocking position behind the vanguard regiment......"

Speaking of this, Garibaldi finally gritted his teeth for a moment and ordered: "The rest of the divisions and regiments should quickly retreat 45 degrees north-west with our general headquarters, and consider the German and French forces there." ”

"Yes." The voice of the staff officer was a little trembling.

Not only this staff officer, but every officer present knew very well that when the British army had the upper hand, withdrawing back the large forces, leaving behind the vanguard regiment with lack of anti-tank weapons and a regiment of the 37th Infantry Division, and using these two regiments to build two blocking positions to block the advance of the British Matilda tanks, was tantamount to ordering the officers and men of these two regiments to commit suicide!

Obviously, Garibaldi, this is a lizard-tail sacrifice in exchange for time for the large army to flee.

A strong man breaks his wrist, this is Garibaldi's tactic!

Despite the horror, none of the officers in the command objected to Garibaldi's deployment. Everyone understands that this is the best response at the moment. Garibaldi, despite his defeat, was still left in the command of the Afrika Korps by Mussolini, not by coincidence or luck.

He is more skilled at fighting than most Italian generals!

In the dust, the main force of the Italian army, under the command of Garibaldi, quickly broke away from the battlefield.

Pity...... They have not escaped the cruel fate.

In the midst of the crisis, Garibaldi showed his abilities to the fullest.

With a broken arm to survive, he gave the order very decisively.

However, the commanders of the two Italian infantry regiments after the break were even more decisive than Garibaldi...... They decisively surrendered to the British!

It only delayed the tanks of the British army for ten minutes, if not less. The Italian vanguard regiment, which had not yet completely broken up, chose to surrender.

With a precedent, the regiment deployed in the rear simply surrendered together.

However, they also held back the British army for a while.

Because after surrendering, they were captives...... blocked the path pursued by the British 7th Panzer Division.

By the time the British cleared the road and arranged the prisoners, Garibaldi's main force had slipped out for a long distance.