Mussolini personally spoke to Hitler on the phone, asking Hitler to let his beloved general, Major General Edward, go to Germany to study "blitzkrieg", and the dying Hitler agreed, and it was impossible for Rommel to refuse Mussolini's request.

Although Rommel knew that Mussolini had other intentions, most likely because Mussolini wanted to show favor to him, the new Führer, Rommel felt that this Edward should be more valuable, and that if he wanted to run Italy in the future, this student and comrade-in-arms were indispensable.

Edward was a young general promoted by Mussolini alone, and compared to other Italian officers who only knew about pickling girls, Edward was an outlier and was always keen on war, which was of course one of the reasons why the dictator Mussolini took a fancy to Edward.

Edward, an Italian general, actually ran to Rommel's front-line command post, which made Rommel's first impression of Edward good, at least the Italian general was not afraid of war.

Rommel asked Edward to sit down and drink the best Longjing tea while reading Edward's resume, and Rommel would not take it out to entertain ordinary guests, and the coffee was enough.

"Long Shuai, your Chinese tea is so amazing, I can say that this is the most delicious drink I have ever had, a beautiful country, a magical country."

"Oh, General Edward also likes the tea leaves of my hometown, and I'll give you a small bag when I leave, General Edward, you're right, my hometown is a beautiful country, a magical country, a country that haunts people's dreams."

Edward sipped tea while quietly waiting for Rommel to read his resume, in fact, Edward wanted to go to the front-line combat troops to see, of course, it depends on Rommel's arrangement.

"General Edward, I've read your resume, yes, you have some combat experience, but you must know that the Italian army you command and our Germany are two completely different troops.

I think you have heard of the tactics we use, this latest tactics is called blitzkrieg, about the theory of blitzkrieg, you can read Guderian's book, there is also a huge gap between actual combat and theory.

Now you have to learn Blitzkrieg, and I personally welcome your arrival, as for whether you stay in the front-line command or go to the front-line combat units, it is up to you to make up your own mind. ”

Edward immediately stood up and gave Rommel a standard military salute, and said very solemnly:

"General, I want to go to the front line, preferably a tank assault group."

"General Edward, since you have decided to go to the front line, of course I will fulfill your wishes, so let's go, you go to Neville's tank assault group, he is now assaulting in the direction of Egypt, I can send an FA223 transport helicopter to send you over."

"Thank you Long Shuai......"

Rommel's "Hummingbird" helicopter gunship is now unusable, and the hummingbird helicopter gunship produced in the early stage of training has continuously had various problems and malfunctions, and as a result, a few helicopters have fallen, and Rommel has no choice but to send all the helicopters back for upgrading, and the things that came out in a hurry are really unreliable, and it seems that it will take some time for the "Hummingbird" to come out.

Edward refused Rommel's request to invite him to finish the meal with him and go to the front, took a piece of bread from Rommel's table and hurried out of Rommel's command post, and did not forget to turn around and make a cute expression to Rommel, Edward's romance in his bones can't be concealed, cute Italian.

However, Rommel felt that he particularly liked this young Italian general, the 24-year-old major general, not only by chance, but also by strength, if it was cultivated well, it should be a very far-reaching strategic arrangement for Rommel in Italy in the future.

The performance of the Fa-223 at this time was unparalleled: the ceiling exceeded 7500 meters, the payload exceeded 4000 kg, and the cruising speed was 200 km / h.

Rommel conducted extensive experiments with the aircraft, such as lifting 75mm anti-tank guns to deliver ammunition and supplies for mountain troops.

The transport capacity of the aircraft was jaw-dropping to the German units operating in the mountains, and all the 75-mm anti-tank guns of the entire mountain artillery battery could be transported from the valley to the combat area at an altitude of 2,000 meters with just one Fa-223.

And ammunition and supplies only need one Fa-223 to complete the task, if it is transported by mule, it will not work without 40~50 heads.

Rommel's Afrika Korps already had sixty-eight FA223 transport helicopters at this time, and even if the three armored divisions that served as breakthrough interspersed were cut off by Montgomery's retreating troops, the transport helicopters in Rommel's hands could ensure the basic combat effectiveness of the three armored divisions.

The roaring FA223 transport helicopter soon sent Edward to the top of the Mercedes-Benz Neville tank assault group, Edward saw the tank speeding below through the window, with a huge body, a high and huge barrel, and a streamlined posture, and couldn't help but exclaim:

"Ahh It was the No. 4 Tank Assault Group, and hundreds of No. 4 tanks were attacking together, which was really shocking, it was really beautiful. ”

The helicopter pilot was not polite either, and began to talk directly to Edward:

"General, you don't know this, this is the No. 4 E tank designed by Rommel, the elongated 50 mm tank gun, the power is gone, one shot down, directly piercing the 80 mm steel plate 1000 meters away, now there is no tank in the world that can withstand our No. 4 tank a cannon, as long as it hits any kind of gun, it will directly turn him into a part."

"It's so powerful, I can't imagine that you Long Shuai can still design tanks by yourself, if only we Italy could have such tanks, when I go back, I must ask the president to apply to your head of state to buy some."

"I think it's a bit hanging, we don't have enough ourselves, and now the armored corps on the Wehrmacht's side are almost fighting for the head in order to give priority to equipping Type 4."

A look of disappointment suddenly appeared on Edward's face, yes! It is impossible for Germany to sell such an advanced tank to Italy, and if Italy resells the Type 4 tank to other countries for its own interests, then Germany will be very dangerous.

But it's not impossible, it depends on how Mussolini negotiates with Hitler, the Leopard tank that Rommel has invested in research and development has reached the stage of experimental prototypes, and mass production is imminent, Hitler should shadow Mussolini's purchase request, nothing is absolute, you see if the price you pay is enough.

"General, I've already contacted Commander Neville, he told us to land in an open space ahead, where is his tank waiting for you, that tank is numbered 3321, I wish you happiness, General."

"Thank you, corporal, you are such a nice person, may God bless you." ……

The helicopter landed smoothly, and when Edward stepped out of the helicopter, he was greeted by Neville himself.

"Hey! Hitler, welcome, General Edward. (To be continued.) )