So why did neither the British and German sides that participated in the war come out for a long time to clarify the truth of this battle?

This should be due to a tacit understanding between the two sides: the British army needs to use this story to praise their fearless heroism against the German army, and the Germans need to use it to exaggerate the power of the Iron Stream and the "blitzkrieg" of the Third Reich, and as time goes by, the truth is gradually obliterated. ”

Regardless of the truth of the matter, at this time Neville basically opened the way to Egypt, and if the British "Nile Army" also set up a defensive line in front of the German 7th Panzer Division, the same merciless crushing awaited him there.

According to intelligence, Army Group "Nile" (3 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry brigade, commander General Dombu) was in the 2nd echelon, which was placed in the Cairo forward strip.

Rommel did not dare to relax at all, this was the last battle of his troops in the decisive battle in Africa, the first stop must play prestige, reputation, and morale, if the decisive battle is a defeat, then this unit will not be easy to bring in the future, and his reputation in Germany will also be seriously damaged.

"Report to the commander, report to the front."

"Read."

"The German 7th Panzer Division called: Our armored group set out at 4 o'clock on March 5, 1941, crossed the Egyptian border, and arrived at the British Nile Army defense line an hour later, and then launched more than 600 tanks and corresponding armored vehicles to carry out a lightning assault on the British position.

With the vigorous assistance of the air force, our army broke through the British defense line in only two hours, annihilated a large number of defenders, and the rest of the British army was scattered.

An hour later, the British sent about two Egyptian cavalry brigades to intercept our troops, trying to fill the gap, but were met by our troops, and at the same time outflanked them in a roundabout way, and completely annihilated more than 15,000 Egyptian cavalry troops.

Commander of the German 7th Panzer Division, Luxembourg: Luxembourg

March 5, 1941"

After the tank assault group of the German 7th Panzer Division had completely annihilated the Egyptian cavalry units, it did not stop, handed over all the British prisoners of war and wounded to the follow-up troops, and fiercely blitzed in the direction of Egypt.

As long as Germany continued to break through the defense line of the "Nile Army", Cairo, the capital of Egypt, would be completely open, and at the same time close the way for the "Nile Army" to retreat to the Middle East.

The rest of Rommel's forces fought fiercely with the British on the Egyptian lines, and they held the British Nile Army tightly behind, and Montgomery could not even reinforce or retreat.

As long as Luxembourg's armored assault group continues to break through to Cairo, the British Nile Army will be completely surrounded by the Germans, and it will be a matter of time before the more than 200,000 British troops are wiped out.

The Fifth Panzer Division and the Viking Panzer Division had nothing to fight anymore, and the task of expanding the breakthrough would have been a good one.

It was known that after the British line was broken by Neville's lightning bolt, Montgomery ordered the troops on the front line to resist desperately, and those who could retreat immediately disengaged from contact with the Germans, and then urgently retreated to Cairo.

There was no battle to fight, Steiner and Decker were gone, Luxemburg was galloping with his own tank assault group, the Fifth Panzer Division and the Viking Division were eating dust behind his ass, and the particularly unhappy Steiner and Decker let the troops move on, and the two of them drove to Rommel's command car.

"Report."

"Come in."

"Oh, it's you two, how can you two leave your troops and run to me, aren't you afraid that I will punish you two?"

As soon as Rommel saw that it was Steiner and Decker, his whole face suddenly became gloomy.

"Long Shuai, I have an opinion on your arrangement."

"Long Shuai, I also have an opinion."

Steiner and Decker, though afraid of Rommel's might, plucked up the courage to speak out.

"Oh, you two have an opinion about me, then speak up and listen, if it really makes sense, I can let you two go."

"Let's just say, Long Shuai, you are biased, why do you always arrange for your Seventh Armored Division to take the lead, and let us eat dust behind Neville's ass, we ask Long Shuai not to be partial, and it is time for our two divisions to go up."

Steiner was a little more straightforward and said it first, and then Decker hurriedly helped:

"Long Shuai, this war, you can't just let that kid from Luxembourg snatch up the battle merits, but also think about leaving some fuss for the brothers, if Long Shuai sends two of us divisions up, it must be better than that kid in Luxembourg, Long Shuai, don't you say?"

When Rommel heard them say this, he also realized that he was the commander-in-chief of the Afrika Korps, the new Führer who was about to ascend to the pinnacle of German power, so he could not be biased, otherwise it would be difficult to lead the troops, and his generals would also complain.

Besides, the "Fifth Panzer Division" and the "Viking Division" are also new units that need to be trained in actual combat, thinking of this, Rommel's face is slightly better, but his voice is just as serious.

"I know the opinions of the two of you, but now that the lightning assault has been launched, Luxembourg is rushing, there is no way to change the attacking troops at this time, and when the troops assault Cairo, replace the two of you to take the lead, don't give me a strain when the time comes, this time you leave the troops without permission, give a verbal warning, and go back to organize your troops."

Rommel threw out the two grumbling division commanders, but there was also a man from Rommel's army command post, who had come to study, Mussolini had sent him here to learn Rommel's "blitzkrieg".

Guderian's "blitzkrieg" theory, only Rommel used it best, and achieved great success, Mussolini was also an ambitious guy, Mussolini also knew the combat effectiveness of the Italian army, and a few natives could not get it, and now Germany is rising one of the brightest stars - Rommel.

It was also an opportunity for Germany to go to war with the British, and Mussolini sent his favorite general, Edward, to Rommel to learn blitzkrieg.

Mussolini was not a fool in politics, and Mussolini certainly knew that Rommel was made his successor by Hitler's man, and the significance of sending a confidant to Rommel to learn blitzkrieg at this time was profound!

Edward is the Italian Governor of the Balkans, born in Turin, Italy in 1915, joined the army in 1934, served in the Italian colonial army in Libya, 1935~1936 During the Italian-Egyptian War, he was incorporated into the Southern Army Group, led the invasion of Ethiopia from the south, and was promoted to major general in 1937. (To be continued.) )