Rommel led Germany's Afrika Korps to gallop on the African continent to the fullest, without the support of Britain itself, the colonial army alone was no match for the powerful German army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It can be said that in the whole of Africa, there is no longer the strength to threaten the German army, and the British and American armies are now only concerned about escaping, and Africa is also within the British abandonment plan, and they have never thought of confronting the German soldiers in Africa, but only hope that with the vast depth of Africa, they can block the speed of the German army's assault, and exchange space for time, so as to facilitate their escape from this land of right and wrong.

Those who had escaped from the British mainland were first sent by the fleet to Gambia in West Africa, and then prepared to use the Gambia as a springboard to go south by land with the help of the colonial army, all the way south by land, and the other way to South Africa with the fleet.

Because the people who escaped from the British mainland were the result of the fleet's multiple transfers, most of them were destined to need to be transferred to South Africa by land, after all, the fleet did not have so much time to travel from Gambia to South Africa non-stop.

However, Africa is not a British family, especially in West Africa, where there are not many colonies, and if you want to go from Gambia to South Africa, you have to cross many regions in between, including the French and Belgian colonies. And now, both countries have surrendered to Germany.

If it had been before the Germans landed in Britain to fight, the French and Villa colonies might have turned a blind eye to the British, leaving a way out for themselves.

But now, with the defeat of the British, the orders of their own puppet government, and the threat of the Germans, they had to stop the British army's movements.

The British apparently took this into account, so they put important non-combatants on the fleet and took the waterway, and the main British army attacked in the direction of South Africa with the remaining non-combatants.

Due to the small population and resistance in Africa, the number of colonial troops sent here by various countries is not large, so naturally they cannot really block the way of the British, their main purpose is to find a way to drag the British, and then wait for the arrival of the German army.

The biggest enemy of the British was not these colonial troops, and the British also knew that they did not have so much time to delay here, and after defeating the blocking colonial army, they would not expand the results of the battle, and immediately leave the battle and continue to retreat.

At the same time, Churchill also ordered all the colonial forces in Africa to abandon the colonies in North and Central Africa, and was responsible for clearing the way for the evacuation of the troops from Gambia on one way, and going directly to South Africa on the other way.

Obviously, the British wanted to use all the forces at their disposal to cover the next German attack and their own retreat, and as for the colonies in Africa, there was no need to think about it anymore, and they could not stay behind.

The British are hurrying, the Germans are also hurrying, and the Germans know very well that the whole of Africa will become a German colony in the future, so there is no need to rush now, there is no need to waste troops and time to grab it immediately.

Rommel led his armoured troops south from North Africa, hoping to reach and occupy South Africa first, so that the British could be skinned before fleeing to Australia.

Rommel, like Guderian, was a resolute man, and his troops were very mechanized, the only thing was the delay in supplies.

Originally, Germany also had some colonies in Africa, but it was defeated in World War I, and all the British robbed it. Otherwise, colonies can be quickly replenished.

Fortunately, since there was hardly much fighting along the way, the supplies Rommel needed were mainly fuel, military rations and other materials that were consumed immediately, and the ammunition replenishment was not so urgent, so it also saved a lot of trouble for logistics and transportation.

In order not to delay as much time as possible, the German army mainly replenished by airdrops and helicopter transports, first guided by helicopters, and calculated how far it needed to be replenished on Rommel's inevitable route, and then airdropped the supplies in advance, and then collected and guarded by helicopter gunships and a small number of parachutes.

When Rommel's troops arrived, they quickly replenished and moved on. This set of tactics was proposed by Wei Qidong, who instilled some modern combat methods into the German army, so that they accepted many modern concepts.

Wei Qidong also published a book for this purpose, which contained many modern combat concepts, which was highly valued by the Chinese and German military and was used as a teaching material to train new officers.

In fact, Wei Qidong is not a clever tactician or strategist, but as a modern person, plus he has more contact with and research on military information, so many ideas are only composed of copying the ideas of some modern military strategists.

This idea may not be a big idea in the 21st century, but in World War II, it was ahead of its time, and it is not surprising that it was taken seriously.

Although the British arrived in Africa first, the distance was shorter, but because the degree of mechanization was far inferior to the German army, and the French and Belgian colonial troops along the way, their speed was much slower, and they could only watch the German army frantically advance towards South Africa.

In desperation, the British military top brass urgently ordered the colonial army to urgently build a blocking line in Zambia, Zimbabwe and other northern South African countries, hoping to delay the German army's actions and buy more time.

It seems that in order to escape, the British used all the means at their disposal.

The Germans also used all means to pursue, in addition to the Rommel Panzer Division by land, by water, Dönitz also sent part of the submarine force through the Suez Canal through the Mediterranean, and then through the Red Sea into the Indian Ocean, preparing to attack the British between South Africa and Australia.

From this it can be seen that the withdrawal of the Allied forces is much more complicated and thrilling than Dunkerke, and can be called a thousand-mile escape.

Fortunately, Britain had more colonies in Africa, and there were not many colonial troops scattered all over the country, but after the colonies were abandoned, it was still quite considerable to concentrate the colonial troops.

The defensive line built by these colonial troops did temporarily stop Rommel's rapid attack, and finally allowed the fleeing British to reach South Africa first. However, the long-distance attack also left nearly 50,000 people behind.

After arriving in South Africa, the British did not have time to rest and began to continue their retreat.

At that time, when the British were preparing to abandon their homeland and evacuate to Australia, the British authorities secretly ordered the colonial army in South Africa to prepare various ships to facilitate the transit through South Africa to Australia.

At this time, these means of preparation came in handy, no matter what kind of ship it was, as long as it could be used, all of them were requisitioned, and then distributed as quickly as possible.

Officers assigned vessels with different levels of safety according to their level of importance and then allowed them to drive autonomously to Australia.

South Africa is not close to Australia, and no one knows how many mutations will occur in the complex marine environment.

The British also experienced first-hand how tragic this kind of national destruction and flight was. At this moment, will they connect with the aborigines who were once colonized by them? No one knows.