Chapter 278: The Decisive Battle in Africa (Part I)

Himmler was a human spirit, of course he knew that Hitler wanted to eliminate Field Marshal Brunburg, so as to pave the way for the new Führer Rommel, this was a good opportunity to curry favor with the new Führer Rommel, how could Himmler, the owner of the chicken farm, let it go! So Himmler hurriedly told Hitler, who was in his hospital bed, the secret.

Hitler took the opportunity to be furious, saying that his marshal had deceived him and made him a witness, which was to take him for a fool, which was absolutely unforgivable.

Field Marshal Brünberg actually married a prostitute, and Marshal Brunburg, as the leader of the traditional German aristocracy, himself ignored his strong marriage precepts as a general of the Wehrmacht and discarded his honor as a German nobleman.

This news undoubtedly slapped all the German aristocracy in the face, and the traditional German forces immediately abandoned Blunberg completely, and the chief of staff of the army, Beck, publicly stated to the media:

"It is absolutely intolerable for a field marshal to marry a ****."

Soon, on March 5, Hitler dismissed Blunberg and forced to retire, and the illustrious field marshal was forever crossed out of the army list, suddenly disappeared from the public eye, and after retiring from the army, Blenburg could only live in seclusion with his wife in the small village of Visy in Bavaria.

In this way, Hitler helped his successor Rommel eliminate Brünberg, the German power tycoon, and he removed the biggest obstacle for Rommel to ascend to the Führer's throne.

Although Hitler, paralyzed in bed, was tormented, he was extremely happy because he had successfully defeated a political opponent.

But Hitler still wanted to live for a few months, because he had a wish unfulfilled, he wanted to see the swastika flag flying over the Kremlin, and Hitler was really unswerving about the invasion of the Soviet Union!

Hitler, who was dying on his hospital bed, urged Keitel, the chief of staff of the High Command, to strictly implement the "Barbarossa Plan", and the armed forces of Germany and the client states continued to assemble on the Soviet-German border in accordance with the established plan, and the Soviet-German war was about to break out.

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After Rommel returned to Africa, he actively adjusted his deployment and made final preparations for an all-out attack on the Egyptian defense.

The British "Nile" Army is still very strong, with more than 100,000 troops, because they have been receiving American weapons and equipment, Montgomery is also very strict in all kinds of training of soldiers, and the British army has no way to compare with the German army except for tanks, and the British army is no worse than the German army in other aspects.

The offensive forces in the upper and middle directions were the 164th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht, the 15th Panzer Division, the Wansheng Volunteer Division, and three Italian divisions.

The commander-in-chief of the containment attack was Bismarck, and their task was to drag the British troops to the defensive line with a frontal attack and not retreat, or to reinforce the lower line of defense.

The main offensive on the lower road was personally commanded by Rommel, and the troops involved in the battle were the 5th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht, the 7th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht, and the Viking Panzer Division of the SS.

Rommel concentrated three of the most elite armored divisions of the Afrika Korps to attack the lower road, in order to break through the British defense line in one fell swoop, and then encircle the British army on the Egyptian defense line in a roundabout way.

Rommel's time in Africa is really running out, so he must settle the war and must not let the British troops in Africa flee to the Middle East, otherwise Africa will never be at peace, which Rommel cannot tolerate the most.

In terms of tactical arrangement, Rommel chose a conical attack formation, with Rommel's ace arm, the Wehrmacht's 7th Panzer Division, as the attack arrow, Steiner's "Viking Division" on the left flank, and Decker's "5th Panzer Division" on the right flank.

Rommel decided to act with the 7th Panzer Division, Bismarck and Hans could not keep Rommel in any way, and Rommel said "I want to be with my soldiers." Bismarck and Hans were left speechless.

Rommel could have stayed in the security of the command headquarters, not to mention that he still had the "Eye of God" to observe the battlefield, but "I want to be with my soldiers" became a, so Rommel insisted on going to the front line to command the battle.

By the time Rommel reached the 7th Panzer Division, the three Panzer Divisions involved in the interspersed attack had already been assembled, and Rommel boarded his command tank, as was customary.

Although Rommel was with the 7th Panzer Division, he would not interfere with Luxembourg's command, which was Rommel's consistent principle.

The Battle of the Egyptian Line began at 4:40 a.m. on March 4, 1941, when the Luftwaffe began to bomb the British-backed city of Selum, and at 4:45 a.m., the German Army attacked the British from above, center, and bottom.

"Attack."

Rommel gave the order for an all-out attack from his command vehicle, and suddenly the roar of the tank resounded in the sky, merging with the morning glow in the sky to form a perfect picture of war.

More than 300 Type 4 tanks, roaring and galloping, rushed into the distance, rushed to the other side of victory, rushed to the defense line of the British defenders, and shook the earth, vowing to crush all heroes.

In order to ensure the smooth operation of the attack, Rommel directly contacted the command of the 10th Air Army by radio:

"Amini?"

"Hey! Hitler, Long Shuai is me, is it time for us to go. ”

"Yes, my heroic commander Amini, I order you to divide the aviation division into three groups, each of which must have fighters, horizontal bombers, dive bombers, clear all obstacles for our tank forces.

At the same time to provide complete air cover for our tanks, to tell you, Commander Amini, I don't want to hear reports that even one of our tanks was destroyed by enemy aerial aircraft, can I complete the mission? ”

"Hey! Hitler, promise to complete the task, my longshuai. ”

"Well, my valiant Commander Amini, I'm giving you another order."

"Long Shuai, what order, let's talk about it together."

Amini began to smile on the phone, but Rommel's order instantly made the young German commander scream.

"Mr. Amini, I know that you are a brave and fearless man, so you don't have to go back to the battlefield to prove your honor, I order you to stay in the command and not to fly the enemy yourself."

"Ah!! Long Shuai, spare me, so that I will be suffocated to death, my Long Shuai, you are so great, so sagely, so selfless, so benevolent......"

"Boy, that's enough, it's useless to me, where to stay cool, if there's really nothing to do, you can squat in the corner and count the ants."

"Long Shuai, I don't have any ants here, I've trampled them to death......"

"Then you draw a circle in the corner."

"Doodoo ......"

Amini only heard the busy tone of the phone, and Amini did not dare to call the command headquarters to plead with Bismarck, you must know that at this time, in the command room of the Afrika Korps, the ticking of the telegraph, the sound of the phone had already converged, and Bismarck was also busy. (To be continued.) )