In recent days, Churchill has begun work on rebuilding radar stations in southern Britain. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he judged that even if the other party's spy had not been caught, it should have been effectively contained.

As long as the other side does not have access to detailed information, it will not be able to attack the radar, and these important radar systems can continue to be used.

Under his judgment, Britain has begun to rebuild three radar stations, but in the process, it will take time.

Having curbed the annoying spies of the other side to a certain extent, Churchill thought that he could take advantage of this time to win a few victories, so as to complicate the one-sided war situation.

He had high hopes for North Africa...... After all, on all fronts, the only thing that did not have to face the German army head-on was the barren land of North Africa.

Unfortunately, in North Africa, the British army was victorious and then defeated, rushing all the way into Libya with the original pressure on the Italian army, and finally being driven back to Egypt by the German army.

What was even more humiliating was that the two commanders of the British troops, Admiral Wavell and Lieutenant General O'Connor, became prisoners of the enemy.

"But if we keep our mouths shut, the Germans will certainly make a big deal about it." One of the staff members looked at Churchill and spoke persuasively.

This was not a small defeat, but a battle that could not be exaggerated to say that it was the battle of the fate of Egypt.

It is impossible for the German side not to advertise such a victory, and if the other side tries hard to capture the port of Matrou, it can be said that Alexandria will be in a very dangerous situation.

At that point, Churchill had even more difficulty explaining how the defeat had come about—without the foreshadowing of the previous failures, the more abrupt ones had been the more abrupt after the more disastrous failures.

"Find a way! Let General Canning command the navy to find two Italian ships to sneak up on you...... Or let Australia's 6th Infantry Division hold Matru to the death. Churchill didn't know what to do, so he casually gave two examples.

"Sir! If the 6th Infantry Division is encircled and annihilated at Matrou, then what do we use to prevent the Germans from entering the heart of Egypt? An army general asked.

He was not worried about the German army entering the heart of Egypt, because everyone knew that the Germans were almost as well supplied as Italy.

It was unrealistic to rely on this logistical supply to push Egypt flat, and he was more worried that the Germans would reinforce North Africa, and then the British Mediterranean fleet would be in danger.

If the anchorage was lost, the British Mediterranean fleet would have to retreat along the Suez Canal to the Indian Ocean......

This is definitely not good news, because the Mediterranean Fleet is, after all, a fleet stationed in the Mediterranean, and it is supposed to take on the task of responding to the home fleet to a certain extent.

After Germany occupied Egypt and cut off the Suez Canal, it was not a task that could be accomplished in the short term if the Mediterranean Fleet wanted to support the H Fleet in Gibraltar, or to support the mainland.

What is even more terrifying is that although the Axis powers have inflicted heavy damage on the British Navy's H Fleet and occupied Malta - after all, the Mediterranean Sea is still relatively wide, and it is still possible to barely pass through here to rush supplies to Gibraltar.

As long as you pass through Malta, the Luftwaffe base, while it is dark, you will rarely encounter enemy forces that come to attack you.

As for the fleet of the Italians, they don't come out to patrol much at all now, and the probability of encountering them is lower than that of the French fleet.

And what about the French fleet? In fact, no fire was fired at any of the ships - although the French hated the British navy, they exercised considerable restraint.

Of course, it all starts from the fundamentals, that is, the Suez Canal must be in the hands of the British.

After all, no matter how clumsy the Italian fleet was, it would have no problem holding a canal.

"Sir! Now is not the time to think about other issues......" Another army general opened his mouth and persuaded: "If the Germans are allowed to break through individually, there really will be no room for manoeuvre!" ”

His concern was the barely defending Matru, which was annihilated by the Germans and the destruction of Australia's 6th Infantry Division, leading to the collapse of all of Africa.

The British troops in North Africa now had to face not only the German troops in the direction of Libya that had rushed into Egypt, but also the threat from the direction of Ethiopia.

Although the Italian army in Ethiopia was all locally recruited from the local army, the combat strength was at most 5.

However, although these troops could not face the British army head-on, they were more than enough to receive the empty territory.

"What do you mean...... Is it to abandon Matrou? Churchill's sharp eyes looked at the general who was speaking, and he questioned fiercely.

"Uh......" The army general did not dare to speak anymore when he heard Churchill's questioning. If the other party buckles the black cauldron lost by Matru on the top of his head, how will he carry it?

"Report! Report! Good news! Good news! Another officer ran in quickly, with the happy expression of a sleeping female secretary on his face.

He rushed into the conference room, looked at everyone's expressions as if they had died of their own mother, and was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly reported: "Mr. Prime Minister! Good news! Great news! ”

When someone said good news, Churchill thought that things had taken a turn for the better, so he quickly stood up, stretched out his hand, grabbed the telegram, and looked at it carefully.

It turned out that this telegram came from the front-line defenders of Matrou, that is, the command of the 6th Infantry Division in Australia, which was not yet fully in place.

On the morning of August 31, that is, today, the other side found that the Italians and German troops outside the city had retreated.

Instead of attacking the important port of Matru, as expected, the enemy chose to pack up all his belongings and retreat.

"Retreated?" Churchill couldn't even believe his eyes after reading it, and when he was hesitating whether to give up Matru or not, the enemy helped him make a choice before him.

From the outskirts of Tobruk to the periphery of Matru in one fell swoop - the German troops in North Africa did not even look at them, and just turned around and left.

They didn't even try to attack Matroux once, and in this way they made a magnificent turn to the fullness of Churchill and his staff.

"The North African commander of the Germans...... Who exactly is it? Churchill felt like he was about to be paralyzed by his joys and sorrows.

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"You think I want to retreat? I'm retracting my fist now so that I can get it better in the future. Rommel leaned back in his car, took a sip of the gasoline-scented water from the kettle, and smiled at Marshal Graziani, who had just arrived.

His troops had already consumed many, many pieces of ammunition due to the rapid attack. In fact, all the tanks in Rommel's hands had only about half of their ammunition left, and these ammunition could not be replenished from Tobruk.

These munitions are in small quantities in Benghazi and more in Sirte, further afield...... This embarrassed Rommel, who had attacked Matru.

Along the way, however, the Germans rescued more than 60,000 Italian troops and captured a large amount of Italian supplies captured by the British.

Unfortunately, most of these materials are not needed by Rommel now, and many of them can only be returned to Italy in exchange for favors or other things.

Because there were too many Italian prisoners who wanted to retreat in the direction of Tobruk, they also delayed the transportation of some of the supplies that Rommel urgently needed.

Therefore, although Rommel hit the city of Matrou, he really had no ability to attack again.

Not only did he lose the ability to attack, but he was even worried, fearing that the British follow-up troops would see what clues and launch a counterattack to drive him away.

Fearing this and that, Rommel simply abandoned Matrouh and retreated to West Dubai Nila with his troops.

This time it was a well-prepared retreat without any panic. The trucks he had brought with him, almost all empty, were filled with supplies that had been thrown away by Italy outside Matru.

Taking away these artillery scattered on the position, taking away the discarded ammunition, the 20,000 Italian prisoners who were carried to the front line, finally knew why Rommel had come with them.

In the desperate moment when they thought they were going to be sent to the front line to die, they found that they were only escorted to carry things......

It seems to be a great irony, because Graziani, who hurried to the front line knowing that his troops had been taken away by Rommel, now watched his soldiers happily working as porters for the Germans.

"However, will such a retreat have any adverse impact on the situation?" Graziani "with great difficulty" pushed his front line to Matru, and now feels a pity.

"It's nothing to affect, my first plan was to relieve Baierdi, and now I've done it." Rommel replied with a smile to the Italian marshal.

Although he did not report the withdrawal from Matroux to his higher army command, he believed that the commanders at the front should have the freedom to judge the situation arbitrarily.

Rommel had only 3,000 men in his hands, and 13 tanks had been lost, and at least 30 were scattered behind him due to breakdowns and other problems.

With less than 90 tanks left, he didn't want to waste it attacking an urban target like Matroux.

Expecting his 3,000 men to defeat Matroux's defenders and occupy it is a decidedly unrealistic idea. Rommel decided to shorten his supply lines, catch his breath and wait and see.

"When all my troops are in place, I'll come back and trouble the British." Glancing at Matru in the distance, Rommel turned and climbed into his car as the commander of the German Afrika Korps.