Vincent's Italian SS Panzer Division commanded troops to attack along the coastline, because the Tiger tanks were slightly lighter, and the commander of another armored division, the Viking Division, Frieze, the commander of the original "Death Scythe" Panzer Regiment, had been promoted to the commander of the Viking Division because of his military exploits, and the Panzer Division commanded by Flitz attacked from the southeast of El Alamein, and the general direction was also in the direction of Egypt.

These two armored divisions are veterans of the battlefield, and their combat quality is extremely superb, and Zhang Jun also gave them two artifacts, the first is the FA223 helicopter regiment, a total of 164 F223 helicopters, and there are two brigades of helicopters above each armor to help these armored divisions break through, FA223 carries German-made six-barrel rocket launchers, the firepower is very fierce, and the British army is crushed under the three-dimensional fire of the SS.

Just now, Italy was defeated, and in an instant, it changed its role, becoming a British wolf chaser, can people escape from helicopters or tanks? Impossible, even the British tanks suffered heavy losses under the full fire coverage of the FA223, and the British "Firefly" heavy tanks, or the American "Sherman heavy tanks", under the dense and covered bombardment of 150 mm rocket artillery, how many can be left, even if they are not blown up, the tank crew will be shocked to death, not to mention the SS Tiger and Copycat Type 99 tanks below.

Zhang Jun's more opinion artifact to the SS is the RPG bazooka, although this thing is not as terrifying as the armor-piercing of later generations, the armor-piercing depth of RFG in later generations is 400 mm, and now it is more than 200 points of vertical penetration, only half of the penetration, and it is also a complete explosion of all British and American tanks, even the heavy tanks of the hat are coming, and they are also delivering food.

Montgomery's troops, Montgomery's tactical cultivation is still very high, but Montgomery saw Romme's armored division rushing towards his own defensive line, Montgomery's supplies and ammunition at this time have been almost consumed, and there is indeed no way to block Romme's fierce pincer attack, but Montgomery also has something to rely on, that is, the successor of more than 200,000 American troops, just more than 100 kilometers behind him, they are here to reinforce Montgomery on the one hand, and to send supplies to Montgomery on the other.

Montgomery deserved to be an excellent commander, and hurriedly ordered his two infantry divisions to carry all kinds of anti-tank weapons to delay the attack of the German SS as much as possible, Montgomery gave the two British infantry divisions the task of holding off the SS armored units for three hours, and Montgomery could use these three hours to withdraw a large number of soldiers from other units, and as for the artillery that could not be carried away, all the artillery would be blown up.

Montgomery is using the trick of survival with a broken arm, these British troops commanded by Montgomery have been stationed in the desert, fighting in the desert, and are very familiar with the desert environment, and although Rommele's military peak is sharp, it is very unfamiliar with desert operations, and the tank is in constant condition in such a harsh environment as the desert, in this case, Montgomery's two infantry divisions also dragged Rommel's two armored divisions for four hours, and after Rommel surrounded more than 40,000 British troops, The Montgomerie boy had already fled away with the rest of the troops, and all the heavy weapons that could not be taken away were blown up by the British army.

Although Rommel was angry that he could not annihilate Montgomery, who was boasted by the British, Rommel had another surprise, that is, the more than 200,000 Italian prisoners were rescued by the German army, and Montgomery could not escape with the prisoners, so he could only be placed in a temporary enclosure, no wall, no sentinel "prisoner of war camp", this prisoner of war camp was built by the Italian prisoners of war themselves, when Germany went to the Italian prisoner of war camp, let these Italians go back to find their own troops, To the surprise of the SS, however, the Italian prisoners of war refused the SS's demand, saying:

"They are prisoners of war by the British army, and the British army needs to come and release them, otherwise they are violating the prisoner of war regulations."

The SS had no choice but to get Vincent from the Italian SS to get these hilarious Italian prisoners of war and let them go back.

Although Rommel won the battle, Rommel was definitely not an arrogant person, and still sent a large number of reconnaissance planes to take pictures along the way to reconnoiter the situation, and soon the information was sent, more than 100 miles away from the Tunis Pass, there were a large number of Anglo-American troops, with 300,000 subordinates, while Rommel only had a few people, more than 50,000 people, including two armored divisions and one infantry division.

Rommel has to defend Tunisia, and Rommel intends to inflict heavy losses on the Anglo-American coalition in the defensive battle of Tunisia, and at the same time protect the Tunisian port and wait for Zhang Jun's army to arrive. Since then, the port of Tunisia has become the focus of Rommel's defense, which is a critical point in the survival of Rommel's forces.

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After Montgomery escaped, he quickly joined up with the American troops who had come to reinforce him, and after a short rest and redeployment, the weapons and ammunition of the British and American forces were quickly restored.

On November 25, 1942, the British and American leaders decided to implement the "Torch" operation to attack North Africa and appointed General Eisenhower as commander-in-chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force of the "Torch" operation. In late November, the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States and Britain determined the details of the implementation of the "Torch" operation plan in London, and decided that the two ** teams would land in Algiers, Oran, and Casablanca in French North Africa on 28 November, occupy the main coastal ports, and then the Algiers landing force would seize Tunisia to the east, and then wait to coordinate with the British forces in North Africa to destroy the German and Italian forces in North Africa.

The US and British troops participating in the "torch" operation totaled 33 divisions and 450,000 troops, which were organized into three task forces in the western, central, and eastern regions. Task Force West, commanded by Major General Patton of U.S. forces, landed in Casablanca, Morocco; Commanded by Major Generals Freddendale and Major General Ryder of the United States Army, Task Force Central and Task Force East respectively set out from Britain and landed in Oran and Algiers, Algeria.

On November 28, 1942, more than 300,000 U.S. and British troops landed in Algiers, Oran, and Casablanca on 1,664 warships and transports. The coalition encountered only slight resistance from the French, and on 11 November, Admiral Darlan, the commander-in-chief of the French forces who was inspecting North Africa, declared his independence from the Vichy government, ordered a ceasefire from the French army, and joined the coalition forces. After the successful Allied landing, the British 1st Army and the US 2nd Army continued to advance eastward to capture the city of Tunis and the port of Bizerte.

The German SS preemptively occupied Tunisia. On December 1, 1940, Zhang Jun organized the German SS units in Tunisia as the "German SS Afrika Korps", and Zhang Jun appointed General Rommel as commander. The "German-Italian Afrika Korps" gradually took over the size of 2 armored divisions, 1 motorized infantry division and 13 Italian infantry divisions of the German army. Rommel established a defensive line in the northern hills of Tunisia and gradually advanced south to counter the advance of the British 1st Army and the US 2nd Army.

On December 1, 1940, the leaders of Britain and the United States met in Casablanca and decided to establish a theater of operations in the North African theater, with General Eisenhower of the United States as commander-in-chief and General Alexander of Britain as deputy commander-in-chief. The Allied forces in North Africa were reorganized into the 18th Army Group, which consisted of the British 1st Army under the command of Anderson, the British 8th Army under the command of Montgomery, the 2nd Army of the United States under the command of Fredendale, and part of the French Army. Alexander was the commander of the 18th Army Group, commanding all Allied ground forces in North Africa.

Rommel was acutely aware of the emergence of a new fighting opportunity. The British 8th Army, which was in front of Rommel's forces at the time, had not yet posed a threat to the Maret Line, and Montgomery, after capturing Tripoli, was busy reopening the port of Tripoli, and it would take some time to prepare for a new offensive. The British 1st Army under Anderson and the 2nd US Army under Fredendoyle, to the west, threatened his rear. Rommel was determined to take advantage of the centrality between the two enemy forces to crush the allies behind him with a surprise attack on his back, and then turn against Montgomery. It was an excellent plan, but it ran into difficulties in its implementation, the Italian 5th Panzer Army was not under the command of Rommel, and the Italian army was not coordinated with Rommel.

Rommel also reported to Zhang Jun about the issue of command, Zhang Jun had the command of the Italian army in the early yuan, and Hitler agreed, but unfortunately Mussolini's stupid pig said that he would not hand over the command of the Italian army, and Zhang Jun had no choice, he should really hang Mussolini, the fat pig.

Rommel's offensive plan was reported to Zhang Junhe and the high command, and some of the information was somehow cracked by the Allies, but they misunderstood the location of the main attack of the German army, and the headquarters of Eisenhower and the command of the British 1st Army both believed that the enemy's attack was near Fontuk. To this end, the Allies deployed heavy forces behind Fonduk.

On January 4, 1940, the German and Italian forces launched an offensive codenamed Operation "Spring Breeze". To the north, Rommel's 5th Army launched a main attack on the positions of the US 2nd Army from the Verde Pass, and the Dviking and Dvincent Panzer Divisions attacked from both sides, inflicting heavy losses on the US 1st Panzer Division and capturing Sidibuzid. On the 5th, Rommel's forces to the south also captured Gafsa and advanced towards Feriana. On the 17th, Rommel entered and occupied Feriana.

Rommel planned to advance northwest of Feliana to Tebesa, Algeria, in order to cut off the lines of communication of the Anglo-American allies, thus turning a tactical victory into a strategic victory. However, although he received the support of the air force on the island of Malta, he could not get the cooperation of the Italian army, and Rommel dared to launch a counteroffensive against the 450,000 Anglo-American troops with only more than 50,000 men.

Rommel, who had no choice, had to attack Le Kev in the northeast first. In this way, Rommel faced the Anglo-American allies in front and not in the back. Rommel couldn't help but get angry. In his view, this meant that "being too close to the enemy's line would inevitably lead us to attack the enemy's strong reserves." ”

…… (To be continued.) )