Two days later, Benghazi fell into German hands, and the three British divisions that had left Merkili retreated.

At this time, Tobruk was already relatively calm, and after tens of thousands of British troops were defeated, there were no British troops outside Tobruk for the time being.

Rommel did not relent, and he ordered the Libyan militia in the city of Tobruk to work overtime to lay all kinds of mines and repair and expand sewers.

Now the situation in Libya is a bit complicated, the German army is surrounding tens of thousands of British troops in Merkili, and the British army is also surrounding Tobruk, the two sides are surrounded by each other, and who will eat whom first, no one can say now.

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Since General Gort was shot down by the Germans in the Mediterranean, the British Military Intelligence Service has particularly strengthened Montgomery's secrets of travel in the absence of traceability.

The route and departure time of Montgomery's flight to North Africa were all personally arranged by the British Military Intelligence Agency, so that the news of Montgomery's trip could not be leaked.

On 4 February, Montgomery arrived in the Egyptian capital by plane and immediately went through the handover formalities with the wounded Wavell, who officially took over the post of commander-in-chief in Africa on the day he arrived in Egypt.

Montgomery had carefully studied the situation in North Africa before taking over, and now it appeared that Britain had the advantage in military and strategic terms.

However, the British army could not capture Tobruk in a short time, and the main force of the German Afrika Korps of more than 100,000 was constantly driving to Africa, once all the German Afrika Korps were all assembled.

And what did the British army do to resist the German steel torrent? Montgomery still couldn't think of a way to crack Rommel's Trinity Blitzkrieg.

Montgomery carefully analyzed Rommel's tactical characteristics, and Rommel's offensive was always bombed by the air first, then attacked by armored forces, and followed by infantry at Pav.

Rommel's tactics, Montgomery summed up as a triad tactical blitzkrieg, which is an upgraded version of the blitzkrieg.

Montgomery knew that with the strength in his hands now, he would not be able to deal with Rommel's Trinity attack.

Therefore, Montgomery felt that he should definitely not spend time with Germany in Tobruk, and since he could not capture Tobruk, he had to give up decisively.

After the arrival of the German Afrika Korps, it was impossible for Montgomery to retreat from Merkiley.

Montgomery was a very decisive man, and since he did not want to continue the stalemate with Rommel, he retreated to the city of Tobruk at Raphael of Merkili that day.

At this time, the Germans did not attack Merkili at all, so the Germans could not entangle the retreating British army, and Rommel had limited forces in his hands, and he could not take the initiative to attack.

The retreat of the British army was detected by the Luftwaffe the next day, and Rommel was sure not to let tens of thousands of British troops slip away like this, so he ordered the air force to carry out interceptive bombing.

Although the British had slightly inferior air power in North Africa to the Germans, they had no problem covering the retreat of their troops.

The Luftwaffe's bombing of the retreating British troops only killed a few thousand British soldiers, and did not leave these tens of thousands of British troops behind.

On February 8, 1941, all British troops in Libya retreated to the Egyptian defense line, and the British troops in the entire Egyptian defense line reached more than 150,000 people.

After Rommel arrived in North Africa, the first phase of the North African campaign was over, and the British army, under the command of Montgomery, opened up the defense.

In the future war in North Africa, Rommel could no longer be opportunistic, and he and Montgomery could only face each other.

Rommel continued to hold the fortress of Tobruk, and the German Wansheng Volunteer Division successfully occupied Merkili, which had been abandoned by the British.

The German 7th Panzer Division, which occupied Benghazi, headed north to Tobruk with two Italian divisions, leaving an additional Italian division to defend Benghazi.

The rest of the German Afrika Korps troops, organized by Speer, were being transported quickly to the port of Benghazi.

And the British Montgomery was not idle, he waited for hundreds of Sherman tanks and hundreds of planes to be shipped from the United States, and at the same time stepped up the construction of the Egyptian defense line.

Rommel was preparing for the attack, the British army was preparing to defend against the German attack, and both sides were using all their manpower and material resources to make the final effort for the next battle.

Churchill did not interfere with Montgomery's command this time, and there was little objection to Montgomery's tactical arrangements for retreating his troops to the Egyptian defensive line.

Hitler, of course, was very happy with Rommel's victory, and he only promoted Rommel from the rank of general of the armored corps to general of the German army.

At this time, Hitler had already put all his energy into the "Barbarossa Plan" plan, and Hitler no longer had any interest in paying attention to the situation in Africa.

The African battlefield, in Hitler's view, was at Mussolini's invitation to help, and the territory conquered was also Italian, and Hitler could not have focused on Africa.

What Hitler wanted was the vast territory and countless resources of the Soviet Union, and North Africa, a local battlefield where others were clothed, could not be caught in Hitler's eyes.

But Hitler has been paying attention to Rommel, because Rommel is a confidant and favorite general cultivated by Hitler, and when Rommel gathers the military exploits of the promotion marshal, Hitler intends to let Rommel take charge alone, which is a later story.

When the news of the British army's abandonment of Tobruk reached the United States, several talented Alaskan bosses fainted, and the financial tycoons of Farr Street were even more mournful.

The American people, on the other hand, once again took to the streets to celebrate the victory of the great General Rommel in Tobruk.

Of course, most Americans are celebrating for the sake of winning, and tens of millions of Americans have bought Rommel's victory, and the total bet has reached more than $50 billion.

Alaska casino owners and Farr Street financial tycoons want to pay more than $30 billion in compensation to the American people, and it is no wonder that the American people are unhappy if such a large sum of money is paid.

The news that Rommel was holding Tobruk reached Japan again, and the Japanese were really not calm, and they put Rommel's statue on the shrine to worship.

This is only one aspect, most of the Japanese people bought Rommel's victory, and the whole of Japan bought a total bet of more than 30 billion dollars.

This is equivalent to the total GDP of Japan for most of the year, and this money is definitely a relief in the snow for Japan, and it will also play a huge role in boosting Japan's military strength, which is really an unexpected situation.

The northbound faction in Japan has lost its right to speak because of its defeat at Nomenkan, and Japan has also fallen into a stalemate on the battlefield in China, and the southbound faction has begun to occupy an absolute right to speak in Japan.

Japan's domestic strategy began to be the same as in history, and throughout World War II, what quietly changed was the place where Rommel led or governed.

[At the end of the month, if there are local tyrant friends who earn more than 10,000 yuan a month, or earn hundreds of thousands of dollars in minutes, can you reward the alliance leader? (To be continued.) )