In North Africa, on the barren hills outside Sirte, there are a few trees that are not very strong. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

And here, there are some half-buried barracks that have been set up, which were originally used by the Italians.

Now, with the Italian soldiers being transferred to the front, it has been handed over to the German Afrika Korps and has become a good barracks.

On the square of this barracks, 10 tanks of the original model No. 4 were parked, as well as 25 tanks of modified No. 3.

On a slightly more consoling note, although the 10 Tank No. 4 were old short-barreled infantry cover tanks, they were all fitted with air filters and replaced with desert livery.

The 25 No. 3 tanks, all of which were modified models, were equipped with 50 mm caliber long-barreled anti-tank guns that were powerful in North Africa, which were more than enough to deal with British targets.

These tanks are also equipped with iron boxes similar to side armor on both sides, which can carry a lot of daily necessities, which is very characteristic of North Africa.

In order to make the tanks more protected, the German tank crew also stacked spare load wheels in front of the tanks, making them look like a garbage heap.

It has to be said that when it comes to buying insurance for their own lives, the wisdom of soldiers of all countries is endless.

Counting the 30 SD.KFZ.251 armored vehicles on the side, Rommel's entire family is now here.

This is almost the configuration of a tank battalion and an armored grenadier battalion - not yet full, but close to full.

If you include the trucking troops, and some light infantry, Rommel can almost use the troops, about a "armored infantry division" that is not even half fully formed.

1 tank battalion, 1 armored infantry battalion - this is an armored regiment, plus about 1,000 soldiers and a truck supply team.

"The Führer expected the Italians to suffer in this attack, so he sent this telegram." Rommel handed a telegram from Brest to his lieutenant.

His lieutenant took the telegram and saw that it had told Rommel to move as far as possible towards Benghazi to meet the Italian army that was likely to rout.

The cable also said that he was trying to rush some tanks to support Rommel, and that the fastest 40 No. 3 tanks would be sent directly to Benghazi.

Returning the message to Rommel, the adjutant still had doubts and worries on his face: "Sir, we have just received news that the Italians have captured the ...... of Selum"

"Yes, I know!" Rommel nodded, and he also read this briefing from the front, which was full of news of the Italian victory.

Judging by the contents of this briefing, the Italians have triumphed all the way and have advanced to the front line of Bugbug.

If they capture Bugbug, they will not be far from West Dubai Gla, and if they capture West Dubai Gera and then occupy Zawiya Terfaye, then they will have already completed half the way to the important city of Matru.

Judging from this briefing alone, the British army was not strong in combat and seemed to have been eaten by the Italians, and there was no possibility of defeat at all.

"Sir! If, as the Führer said, the Italians could lose...... But the Italians have no reason to fail. The adjutant spoke, criticizing Li Le's inference.

In his opinion, it was simply impossible for the Italians to be defeated by the inferior British army: "Italy mobilized more than 200,000 troops, possibly close to 300,000...... How is it possible to lose? ”

"I don't think it's possible to lose, but we should still carry out the Führer's orders, even if it's just an empty trip, it's better than doing nothing." Rommel could see it.

Although on the surface, the Italians had no chance of losing the war, he still chose to believe in Li Le, who was far away in Brest.

"Even if the Italians lose, 200,000 Italian troops are defeated, what is the use of our less than 2,000 men?" The adjutant did not believe that the forces in front of him could prevent the defeat predicted by the Führer.

"I still choose to believe in the Führer's prophecy!" Rommel laughed and said to his adjutant, "Count your supplies and get ready to go." ”

"Why?" The adjutant looked puzzled and asked Rommel, "Sir! Why do you believe in such baseless judgments? ”

"It's easy!" Rommel slipped the message into his pocket and continued: "If the Italians win and conquer the whole of Egypt, then we will not come in vain? ”

As he spoke, he looked at the seemingly endless wasteland in the distance: "I came all the way here to bring victory back from North Africa...... If you go back without doing anything, are you willing? ”

When the adjutant heard Rommel say this, it dawned on him. They came here to make arrangements in advance for the Führer, and if these arrangements did not come in handy, then they would have become idle chess and outcasts, superfluous people.

Obviously, he was also unwilling to do that "superfluous role", so he also immediately chose to believe in the "prophecy of the Führer".

"Let the troops go! Follow the road to Benghazi! We replenish equipment and personnel there and go along the road to Tobruk! Rommel convinced his lieutenant and gave the order to advance.

The Afrika Korps began their operation, tank crews began to launch their own tanks, and the infantry climbed into the trucks and armored vehicles to which they belonged.

In the desert, it is not enough to rely on two legs, fortunately, these less than 2,000 soldiers have their own means of transportation.

Some are in trucks, some are sitting on boxes on the sides of tanks, some have their own armored vehicles.

When the vehicle started, the roar of the engine was also higher and higher, and the exhaust pipe spewed out incomplete black smoke, and the whole playground suddenly became lively.

Five 88-mm anti-aircraft guns were borrowed by Rommel from the German anti-aircraft units in the Libyan oil fields, and these cannons were carried out on anti-tank tasks in addition to the basic air defense of this unit.

Even if Rommel wore out his mouth, he would not be able to divert more oil field anti-aircraft artillery.

Even these five 88-mm cannons were drawn at the risk of the SS chief guarding the oil fields.

In fact, at this time, the anti-aircraft firepower of the oil field was still insufficient, let alone withdrawn for Rommel to use.

The trucks dragging the cannons and the ammunition moved slowly, the canvas on the carriages whirring in the fierce wind.

After saying his order, Rommel also climbed into his convertible car, his command car and the division headquarters vehicles of the 15th Panzer Division were still on the road, so he could only use the convertible car to get around.

His car had not yet started, and a No. 3 tank was already whizzing past his vehicle with 4 infantrymen.

The dust raised made Rommel's eyes narrow, and the infantry on the cart were still casually saluting the general.

The dust in the surrounding air had not yet fallen, and the second No. 3 tank drove away with the smoke.

Rommel finally gave up his intention to wait for the dust to calm down, and put the old goggles used by the Air Force around his neck on his eyes.

Through the glass lenses, which already had some scratches, Rommel saw the soldiers in the armored car staggering with the bumps of the vehicle, leaning against the inside of the iron plate on the side of the armored car, looking at him curiously.

Several motorcycles followed the armored car, rolled up smaller clouds of smoke and dust, and drove over at the same speed.

"I say! What are you waiting for? Standing in the back seat of his car, Rommel shouted to the driver of his car: "Don't you understand it yet?" If you follow these bastards, you can only eat ashes! ”

The driver, who had also put on his goggles, looked back and looked at Rommel without realizing what his commander meant.

"Drive! Go to the front! Rommel stretched out his hand and went straight in the direction of the convoy: "Go!" ”

With these words, Rommel felt the sand on his tongue, he spat and sat back in his place.

The back seats of the car were already covered with yellow sand in the threaded trim, but no one would find them in the way at this time.

Practically everything here will be dyed with the unique color of earthy yellow over time.

And behind Rommel's car, several officers' cars followed, and apparently, they had also found that following behind was not a good option.

Some clever soldiers have covered their noses and mouths with handkerchiefs or other cloths.

As a result, the main force of the German Afrika Korps, which looked like masked bandits, rushed along the road between Sirte and Benghazi to their destination.

"This is our army! You can see it by looking at it! Above the sky, a pilot teased his wingman over the radio.

Two patrolling ME-109E fighters flew over from low altitudes, and they were routine patrols to drive away the patrol planes of British reconnaissance planes trying to approach the Libyan oil field area.

In order to adapt to the desert climate, they are equipped with air filters, and the pilots in the cabin can easily spot the smoke rising from below.

"Why do you say that?" The wingman pilot also saw the little bit of smoke and dust that stretched forward, and asked through his own radio.

"Because the Italians don't have so many tanks! There is not so much sand rolled up by the car! The pilot of the long plane proudly packed the ticket for his wingman.

In fact, they could not confirm their inferences at all, and the pilots of the long plane were also talking nonsense. It's just a fun thing they found for themselves to pass the time while they were on patrol.

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I worked hard and added more! Today, the dragon spirit is not in a good state, and I didn't want to add more! But the update was late, so I made everyone wait for a long time, and I couldn't help it, and I rushed out a chapter, so I took it out and dedicated it to everyone! I hope you enjoy it!