Egypt, the command of the British Army Group Nile:

On January 24, Wavell received a telegram from Churchill, in which Churchill judged that Rommel would not attack in the next month, but Churchill asked Wavell to be prepared for war in case Rommel jumped over the wall.

Wavell took Churchill's reminder as a deaf ear, and he simply forwarded Churchill's telegram to his men, and then, and then there was no follow-up.

Wavell was waiting for the British troops to be withdrawn from Greece, as well as reinforcements from various colonies, as well as various weapons and equipment purchased from the United States, especially the 600 Sherman tanks and more than 500 P38 and P39 aircraft.

The P38 Lightning fighter is a twin-engine fighter produced by Lockheed Corporation of the United States during World War II. The aircraft is versatile and can perform a variety of missions, including long-range interception, air supremacy, escort, reconnaissance, ground attack, dive bombing, and horizontal bombing.

P38 is a multi-role fighter, the function is comprehensive, but the performance is not too prominent, so the P38 fighter is more than the BF109G.

The P39 is pure combat, but it is still worse than the BF109 in terms of performance, especially the high-altitude grappling ability.

These two aircraft are still not the trump card in Waveville, this time the United States began to deliver the P51 Mustang Battle, which is a better fighter than the BF109, and now the United States is delivering the P51A type, and the performance in all aspects surpasses the BF109 not too much, and when the P51B type comes out, the BF109 is fully behind.

The British Afrika Korps was allocated 36 aircraft, which was the killer weapon that Wavell used against the BF109.

At this time, Wavell had only one armored division in his hands, and most of the tanks in this armored division were some old-fashioned tanks, which were very different from the German No. 4 tank.

Wavell was definitely not a stupid commander, he did not take the initiative to attack Rommel, that was he waiting for these vital weapons and equipment.

"If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools."

There is nothing wrong with Wavell's idea, not to fight, and to wait for the time when he has enough strength to decide the situation.

Wavell's ideas are good, but the reality is often cruel.

On January 25, a sandstorm suddenly blew across North Africa, and this kind of sandstorm, which is also common in North Africa, is not a big deal.

The yellow sand of the sandstorm interfered with the radio signal, and Wavell lost contact with the front line.

But Wavell was not worried, such a raging sandstorm, not seeing the weather with five fingers, even if Rommel was God's illegitimate child, he could not launch an attack on the British army, Wavell was very relieved.

The German paratroopers raided and occupied Tobruk, and Wavell, who was in the Egyptian command, received no message, and the British troops in Tobruk could not contact Wavell.

Throughout the 25th, the whole day was filled with dust, and on the 26th, it was still the case, and the whole of North Africa was shrouded in yellow sand.

The sandstorm raged for three days and three nights, and the sandstorm came and stopped suddenly, and by 10 o'clock in the morning of the 29th, the sandstorm that ravaged the whole of North Africa for three days and three nights suddenly stopped.

As soon as the sandstorm stopped, a telegram was delivered to Wavell, who, after reading it, immediately had a dull gaze, a pale face, and a black lip.

Then the entire command could hear Wavell's roar:

"This is a telegram from which bastard said that the German paratroopers captured the fortress of Tobruk on the 25th.

How is it possible, how is this possible, the 25th is a sandstorm weather, and it is absolutely impossible for German planes to fly in sandstorm weather, absolutely impossible.

Immediately send a report to Tobruk and ask Boulder to take the bastard who sent the fake telegram to court-martial. ”

The messenger who delivered the telegram did not dare to stop, for fear of setting himself on fire, he hurriedly went to the telegraph room to send a telegram according to Wavell's wishes.

More than ten minutes later, the communications officer returned with a sad face, a telegram in his hand.

When Wavell saw the picture of his dead father as the communications officer, an ominous premonition rose in his heart...... "Isn't it, isn't it, this is absolutely impossible, the Germans can't carry out airborne operations in sandstorms." ”

Wavell kept comforting himself in his heart. The communications officer trembled and said:

"General Wavell, this is a telegram from Selum, the telegram says that there are more than a dozen soldiers who have escaped from Tobruk, and it is they who report the fall of Tobruk, and they have sent a reconnaissance plane to verify it."

One soldier may lie, how can more than ten soldiers lie at the same time, this kind of big event of losing the city and land, I am afraid that few soldiers dare to lie.

After hearing this telegram, Wavell felt only darkness in front of him, and fell to the ground without warning, which frightened the people of the headquarters.

When the Germans called, the commander actually fainted, whether he fainted in fright or fainted in anger, it was a fatal blow to the morale of the army.

The British command suddenly jumped like headless flies, some calling for doctors, and some coming up to carry Wavell.

Finally, a slightly clever British officer went up and held down Wavell's man, and Wavell, who had fainted, woke up slowly.

Wavill, who woke up, first looked at the officers around him in confusion, and after a while, he immediately understood what had just happened, and suddenly Wavel laughed and said:

"Haha...... That damn Rommel was finally fooled, what I was waiting for was his parachute to Tobruk, Rommel's paratroopers, and it was the food delivered to the door!

If you think about it, Rommel's 7th Panzer Division was outside the Mersha Pass, where we had an infantry division plus an armored brigade to defend it.

Even if Rommel were to break through the Mersa Pass, it would take at least a week! From the Mersha Pass to Tobruk, the distance in a straight line is more than 500 kilometers.

We have garrisons in every city in Libya, and if Rommel's 7th Panzer Division wants to rush to Tobruk, it must attack city by city.

Rommel has the 7th Panzer Division in his hands, plus a few Italian divisions like ****, Rommel wants to attack more than a dozen cities, and then reach Tobruk, it will take at least two weeks!

We're setting aside a week, and even if it's two, we'll have two weeks to besiege the German paratroopers in Tobruk.

We first estimated that the German paratroopers in Tobruk were 10,000, while our army at Selum had six divisions, and the entire British Afrika Korps had more than 500 aircraft.

In addition, we can also send the British 7th Panzer Division in Egypt to support, our 7 divisions, nearly 100,000 people, to attack the 10,000 German troops in Tobruk.

Ladies and gentlemen, did you say that Rommel had brought us food...... Ha ha. ”

"Bang Bang ......"

After a while, some British officers who understood it began to applaud, and some of the officers' faces that were still very solemn just now also relaxed, and some people began to discuss:

"Well, let's teach Rommel a hard lesson this time."

"Anyone who dares to offend the British Empire will be punished even if he is far away."

"Yes, we can finally let go of our hands and feet and beat up the self-righteous Rommel."

"By the way, we're going to have to beat that damn Rommel all over the ground."

"No, it's a fight to your knees begging for mercy."

…… (To be continued.) )