Rommel the Traveler could not have made the same mistake, and the island of Malta had to be taken with lightning speed.

At this time, the attention of the British army was all attracted to the Greek battlefield, and the more than 60,000 British troops sent by Churchill to Greece were defeated by the German army.

Although the island of Malta was extremely important, the British did not have the energy to pay attention to this strategic location, and the British Mediterranean Fleet, which had recovered to a certain extent, had to rescue the British troops trapped in Greece.

This is why Rommel is in such a hurry to attack the island of Malta, because the British Mediterranean fleet is delayed, and even if Rommel goes to attack the island of Malta, Britain does not have the extra naval forces to rescue the island of Malta.

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On January 18, 1941, Rommel was recalled to Berlin by Hitler to discuss sending troops to Africa, which was also attended by Admiral Catherine of the Air Force.

This meeting, as in history, did not attract the slightest attention from Hitler and the German leadership, after all, there was only one Panzer Corps in this operation, and this number of troops participating in the battle could only be regarded as a small battle level.

The meeting took place in Hitler's office:

"Hey! Hitler ......"

Rommel and Catherine saluted Hitler and waited quietly for Hitler's instructions.

Knowing that Hitler did not pay attention to the African battlefield at all, he sent Rommel to Africa to help Mussolini, purely because he did not want to see Italy surrender to Britain after the defeat of the war.

Where was Hitler's attention? Of course, the Soviet Union is in the vast land, and I don't know what the reason is? Hitler had a soft spot for attacking the Soviet Union,

It can be said that Hitler was obsessed with attacking the Soviet Union, and a small battlefield like Africa could not arouse Hitler's interest at all, and if Hitler had not seen it for the sake of his confidant Rommel, he would not have held this military conference.

When Hitler saw Rommel and Catherine coming, he put down the documents in his hand and said to himself:

"Two generals, our old friend Mussolini is not good in Africa again, if we don't send troops to rescue the Italians in Africa, they will only be driven into the sea to feed the sharks, the Italians have lost the glory of the Roman Empire.

Mussolini had already sent several telegrams asking me to send Rommel's Seventh Panzer Army to Africa, which I had intended to use on the Eastern Front, and the damned Mussolini had disrupted my plans.

But we can't give up Italy now, so we can only agree to Mussolini's request to send Rommel to Africa, and in order to cooperate with the Seventh Panzer Army, Catherine's Tenth Air Force will be transferred to Africa to assist Rommel.

General Rommel, I know that part of Africa is full of deserts and the living conditions are very harsh. ”

Since Hitler has put all the words on his lips, Rommel will not be polite, and Rommel does not want to be like in history, Germany's reinforcements to Africa are like refueling tactics, and they will never be able to form an absolute advantage over Britain.

Hitler's intention to attack the Soviet Union was already obvious, and Rommel simply could not stop Hitler, and perhaps he would lose Hitler's favor. Since there is no way to prevent Hitler from going to war against the USSR, let's take advantage of the situation!

Rommel put his feet together with Hitler, and after a "lay-down" sound, he nodded at Hitler and said:

"Great Führer, Britain has a lot of troops in Egypt, and they have the support of the Mediterranean Fleet, and at the same time Britain can also draw troops from the Middle East and India to reinforce the African theater.

And after our Afrika Korps fought on the Eastern Front, it was difficult to get reinforcements, so I asked the great Führer to send three mechanized infantry divisions.

If the great Führer can give me three divisions, I promise to cut off the Suez Canal in Britain in the shortest possible time. ”

After listening to Rommel's request, Hitler did not rush to answer, according to Hitler's original intention, he did not want to answer Rommel's request, because Hitler planned to attack the Soviet Union in June, and Hitler and the military top brass had already estimated that it would only take three months to take the Soviet Union.

On the surface, Germany has more than 5 million troops, but Germany occupies many countries at this time, and when it comes to France alone, Germany has 500,000 troops stationed in France, and these 500,000 troops cannot be moved casually, and they are troops to prevent Britain from counterattacking Europe.

With nearly one million German troops stationed in the occupying country, and more than 300,000 German troops dragged down in the Greek campaign, Hitler certainly couldn't get too many troops on the African side.

However, Hitler regarded Rommel as his confidant, and Hitler planned to train Rommel to be his spokesman in the Wehrmacht.

"General Rommel, you have always been my most trusted person, just as I have fulfilled your desire to command an armored division, this time I have also fulfilled your wish to transfer three mechanized infantry divisions from the French garrison to your Afrika Korps."

"Thanks to the cultivation of the Führer, the sword of the great Führer is invincible, and Rommel is the sharpest sword in the Führer's hand."

After the crossing, Rommel gave Hitler some compliments, which was a matter of hand-to-hand capture, but for Hitler, it was like eating honey.

The dull and stubborn Germans sang praises to Hitler, and they would only shout boring slogans at Hitler, which Rommel said so beautifully.

As soon as Hitler was happy, Rommel had a lot of benefits, and sure enough, Hitler spoke:

"The war in Africa is far away, if you ask for instructions and report everything, it will definitely delay the fleeting fighter, General Rommel, the future tactical arrangements of the Afrika Korps are up to you, and you can report to the high command afterwards."

Historically, Hitler also gave Rommel such the power to make decisions on the spot, otherwise Rommel would not have achieved such brilliant results in Africa, and other generals of the Wehrmacht would not have such treatment.

Originally, Rommel wanted to get a fake report about the presence of oil in Africa! Now it seems that there is no need, Rommel has already obtained all the oil he wants, African oil, Rommel is confident that it will be mass-produced in half a year.

(The highest daily production of a single well in the world is the Cerro and Azer No. 4 well in the Golden Lane oil area in Mexico, with an initial oil output of 37,140 tons per day.)

The world's longest ultra-high-yield oil well with a stable production period is Well No. 35 in the Gachisaran Oilfield in Iran, with a daily output of 16,600 tons, and in 1974, two pipelines with a diameter of 203mm were used to produce oil, with a daily output of 19,000 tons.

China's oil well production is up to 550 tons, and the difference between the production of oil wells is very different, and the production of each well in Libya and Algeria cannot be traced.

Let's assume that the daily output of each oil well is 1,000 tons. If you have a friend who knows, please provide the data. ）

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