North African battlefield, Tubrug.

The weather was extremely hot, the sun hung high overhead, and the temperature almost exceeded forty degrees.

This stuffiness makes people feel a little unbearable.

"These days, there has been no movement of the Germans." At the fortress headquarters in Tubrug, Klopp spoke to Wavell.

Now, Wavell has felt uneasy, a large number of German legions, surrounded Tubrug, as the British commander-in-chief in Egypt, Wavell was quite unlucky to be surrounded by the Germans, if there was a terrible battle here, he was killed or captured by the Germans, even if he himself did not care, it would be a heavy blow to the British.

Now, Britain is dangerous, and the situation has reached an extremely terrible level.

The Germans destroyed the whole of Exeter and shocked the whole world, the Germans, already having the ability to destroy a city in an instant!

Now, the Germans are holding their ground, are they planning to destroy Tubrug as they did Exeter?

In Europe, the Germans still have to make a show and drive the civilians away first, but in North Africa, in such a primitive and backward region, maybe the Germans will use the most barbaric way?

Thinking of this, he was a little afraid, but he knew that he couldn't slip away.

The encirclement of the Germans was not tight, at least every night there would be transport planes coming from Egypt, landing near the city, supplying them, and leaving by plane at any time if he needed to.

But this will seriously shake the morale of the army, and if the defenders know that at a critical time, as the commander-in-chief of the British army in the Middle East, they will flee early, and the soldiers will lose their fighting spirit.

So, he didn't do that.

"General, now the Germans outside the city are slowly retreating." At this moment, the commander of the British Eighth Army, Alain Gordon Cunningham, who had come with him, said to him happily: "The Germans have withdrawn!" ”

Germans, retreated? How is this possible? He immediately stood up.

"After all, the Germans came from a long distance, maybe their supplies are not smooth?" The commander of the fortress, Jurgen Klopp, analyzed.

When the Germans came, they were fierce and the armored forces were overwhelming, but some military brick makers had already analyzed that maintaining the operation of such a huge army required a huge amount of logistical supplies, needless to say, oil was astronomical. At the same time, the armored forces of the Germans, almost all burst weapons, were in considerable demand for ammunition.

If the supplies are not smooth, then they may retreat!

Hearing Klopp's words, Wavell relaxed a little, if this is really the case, it would be great, after the Germans retreated, they should also retreat immediately, before the arrival of aid from the United States, they should not continue to attack, they have to defend and protect the most important Suez Canal.

At this moment, suddenly, an anxious voice came: "Oh no, no, on the sea, a large number of warships appeared!" ”

Outside the city.

"General, our troops, have retreated twenty kilometers." The commander of the 5th Panzer Division, General Streicher, said to him.

Now the German North African Corps, having all landed in Africa, surrounded by the perimeter of Tubrug, did not attack immediately, because they were waiting!

Waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

Of course, Rommel also knew the cruelty of street fighting, especially outside the city, and a small number of Australian soldiers taught them a vivid lesson, facing a group of people who were not afraid of death, the German army would have great casualties, which Rommel absolutely could not bear.

So, Rommel asked for help from the base camp, and now, he needs support!

It would be best if the whole city was blown up, as Exeter did, but there was a great cost to such a bombing, and the Germans did not lose more than they gained.

Therefore, it was necessary to use a low-cost solution, and at Rommel's request, Ciric immediately mobilized the navy to support.

It's a pity that the main force of the German Navy is busy with the plan to land in Britain from Plymouth, which is also the most important strategic action of Germany, so there are not many navies that can be deployed, and the main force is only one Earl Spee, which is cruising in the Mediterranean Sea at this time and can be quickly arrived.

Therefore, the main force that came to provide artillery support this time was the Italian fleet!

When he learned of the arrival of the Italian fleet, Rommel immediately ordered his troops to retreat, and the results of the Italian army were obvious to all, they even bombarded their own North African commanders, in case any of the artillery fired the wrong ones and smashed them on the heads of their own troops, it would not be good!

So, the German troops retreated, giving up enough space for the Italian fleet.

In World War II, Italy has always regarded the Mediterranean Sea as its own territory, but unfortunately, the Italian fleet has not fought any decent results in the Mediterranean, and it was almost pressed by the British.

After all, the British Navy, which is a formidable existence, can mobilize dozens of troops to chase at sea for half a year in order to chase down a German battleship.

But now, the British Navy has collapsed, and when the Junker-290 bombers flew over Scapa Bay, the era of British sea power was over.

The British had to transfer warships from the colonies several times to support the mainland, and even the British fleet in Egypt was quite weak, and they dared to go out at night to supply Tubrug.

And now, when the huge Italian fleet appeared in front of Tubrug, the Italian Navy was in high spirits.

The new Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy, Admiral Ricca, personally served as the commander-in-chief of the naval fleet this time, leading a huge fleet to find the bad luck of the British, and in the entire fleet, there were only four battleships!

These include the old Count Cavour-class battleships Cavour and Giulio Caesar, the old Kao-Durio-class battleships, and the new Veneto-class battleship 1.

Then there are the Zara-class heavy cruisers "Zara", "Fum", "Grazia" and "Bora", which are the pride of Italy.

In addition to this, there were Taranto-class heavy cruisers, Borgano-class heavy cruisers, etc., more than thirty warships of various kinds, and now, they are all lined up, facing Tubrug on the side sides.

"Now, I order, the shelling begins immediately!" Admiral Rika shouted loudly over the radio.

"Boom!" Flagship Cavour, fire first!

The displacement of this battleship is not large, only more than 20,000 tons, but the firepower is absolutely against the sky, it has 13 305-mm naval guns! 9110