Chapter 299: El Alamein Attack and Decisive Battle (1)

In fact, Mi Guo is like a bitch, "I want to be a bitch again, and I want to set up an archway," the best way is to let Mi Guo, a bitch, kneel under his crotch and sing conquest, this is the most correct way to deal with "sluts", does Zhang Jun have this strength? There is also no, the decisive battle in North Africa is an opportunity, and the loser is the one who kneels down and sings about conquest.

In order not to let the battle drag on for too long and the battle line was too long, Zhang Jun decided to wait for the British and American troops to basically mobilize their heavy troops to El Alamein, and then start a decisive battle, and the battle was decided. If the Anglo-American forces were dispersed, Germany would have to hunt down the Anglo-American armies throughout Africa.

The scattered Anglo-American armies were easy to defeat, and Germany was tactically successful, but strategically! It is impossible for Germany to annihilate the British and American armies in the whole of Africa in a short period of time, and the entire African war may be fought for several years, Zhang Jun cannot afford to delay, and Germany cannot afford to drag it out, and after a few years, the improvement of the military strength of the British, American, and Soviet Union will definitely be much faster than that of Germany, that is, Germany will not have any superiority in weapons and equipment, and in the end it can only turn the African war into a never-ending war of attrition.

On the contrary, Germany will fall into the "quagmire" of the soaring war, and finally drag Germany to death, Zhang Jun wants Britain and the United States to gather all the forces in Africa, so that they can use El Alamein, a self-righteous fortress, to have a strategic life-and-death decisive battle.

The assembled Anglo-American coalition forces are not easy to fight, and it is an offensive war, and even the SS may be defeated, but Zhang Jun has no choice, although Germany now has the strength to fight on two fronts, but it can definitely last a long time, and it must be resolved quickly, which is why Zhang Jun chose to attack, waiting for the British and American troops to assemble.

Of course, the British and American troops were massing on a large scale, and Zhang Jun did not let himself take a vacation, but quickly transported all kinds of supplies, and at the same time let his army move to a hundred kilometers before El Alamein, and built a large wharf by the sea, so that he could transport his troops directly by sea, without landing at the port of Tunis, and transporting them to the front line by car, which was more than 1,000 kilometers of desert transportation, and Rommel failed in North Africa because of the logistics in history.

Of course, Zhang Jun will learn the lessons of Rommel's failure, and attaches great importance to his logistics and transportation capabilities, all EU countries have been dispatched to support Germany's North African battlefield, regardless of size, it can be opened, Zhang Jun is not picky, both sides are actively transporting, Germany's transportation distance is close, but the transportation capacity is not as strong as Britain and the United States, so the pre-war preparations of both sides are basically the same.

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Zhang Jun was about to start an offensive against the British and American coalition forces, but suddenly received an order from Hitler, ordering Zhang Jun to immediately leave for the Soviet front line and continue to perform the command task of Army Group South, but Zhang Jun commanded more than one million troops of the Wehrmacht this time, and the harsh winter of the Soviet Union really greatly reduced the combat power of the German Wehrmacht, reducing the combat effectiveness by seven layers, and the millions of troops of the Wehrmacht were beaten back again and again by the Soviet Army in the ice and snow.

If it weren't for the Russian SS's hard work on the Eurasian dividing line of the Soviet Union, which almost allowed the Soviet army to break through the encirclement of Moscow, Hitler, knowing about this situation, hurriedly flew to the front line in Moscow and told the senior generals of the Wehrmacht who were preparing for a large-scale retreat:

"Generals, even if you are retreating three hundred kilometers, it is still the same cold, I order you to hold on, hold on, hold on."

Hitler was still not at ease, afraid that those Wehrmacht forces would disobey the sun and let Moscow go, so that the previous efforts of the German army would be wasted, so Hitler thought of his "little radish head" again, and hurriedly transferred Zhang Jun to the Soviet front, Hitler appointed General Rommel as commander-in-chief of the North African Army Corps in order not to let Zhang Jun resist his orders, and commanded all the North African SS troops. (In order to commemorate and cherish the memory of Long Shuai, Zhang Jun will avoid it for the time being!) Let Rommel continue the glory of North Africa. )

In January 1941, the situation was getting worse for the British. Rommel led his North African army to press forward, while the Anglo-American forces were defenseless. The German armoured forces advanced at such a rapid pace that the Anglo-American forces could not expect to resist at all, and the Germans advanced the front all the way to the El Alamein area, just over 150 kilometers from Alexandria in Egypt. It is less than 100 kilometers from the Nile Delta. At this time, the ancient pyramids were already far away. General Rommel excitedly wrote to his wife, Lucy, saying: "It's only more than 100 miles from Alexandria!" The day was January 10, 1941. In the evening of Rommel's letter, his corps advanced more than 60 kilometers.

Now as long as his armored forces advance a little further and capture Alexandria, he will be able to get the last "key" to Egypt. As if God intended to fulfill Rommel's fame, Auchinleck, the commander of the 8th Army Corps of the Anglo-American Coalition at this time, was preparing to withdraw from Egypt in order to preserve his strength. It can be said that as long as Rommel's rumbling armored tracks go one step further to the east, Alexandria and Cairo will be within reach. Once Hitler occupies the Middle East, it will certainly have a serious impact on the entire world war situation, and Germany's tentacles will reach into the Indian Ocean, thus dividing half of the world into the territory of fascism. Rommel's great victory not only won him great honor, but also made the whole of Germany indulge in the victory from North Africa. A newly inaugurated bridge is named after Rommel; The cinema screens the news documentary "Admiral Rommel in North Africa" every night. From the provincial governor to the generals, congratulatory telegrams were sent to Vienna - Taistadt? Lucy's residence.

General Strasius, commander of the garrison near Vienna, even wrote to Lucy under the guise of Hitler: "Rommel's name will be included in the ranks of the greatest military strategists in history!" For a moment, Lucy's home was almost completely covered with flowers. Yet, while the whole of Germany was celebrating, Rommel was sleeping in his command car deep in the desert of North Africa. Because the constant fighting had exhausted him to the point that he could not gather around the radio with his staff officers and listen to special radio broadcasts from Berlin. At 9:45, Rommel was suddenly woken up by a staff officer, at this time, loud singing sounded from the loudspeaker, and after a while, the announcer excitedly said: "Führer's base camp, January 12." The Führer was promoted to the commander of the Afrika Korps, Admiral Rommel, Field Marshal. "Field Marshal Rommel! Rommel was so excited that he immediately wrote to his wife, Lucy: "To me to be a field marshal is like a dream, and the great events of the past few weeks are like a dream. ”

Being able to be promoted to the rank of field marshal is undoubtedly a great honor for a Prussian serviceman. For in Prussia the field marshals were never retired or dismissed, they would remain in that position for the rest of their lives, and would be entitled to a secretary, a horse or a car, as well as a full-time driver and other perks. This is a traditional reward for warriors who have conquered a fortress or won a great battle. In addition, in Prussia, once you become a field marshal, it means that you can live forever.

With Rommel's successive victories, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had a harder and harder time. On British soil, the narrative of defeat once again hangs over the isolated island nation. Early that morning, Churchill walked into the halls of Parliament with difficulty, ready to deal with all the reproaches of the snarky parliamentarians. Welsh MP Anerlin? Bevan said unceremoniously: "Prime Minister Churchill, although he won again and again in the debates, he lost again and again on the battlefield. "John? Wadlow? Sir Milne reproached: "Your Excellency, how can we explain the root causes of our successive failures over the past two years?" In the face of such a caustic rebuke, although Churchill has always been known for his eloquence, he could not help but sweat on his back.

Because, now almost the hero of the world's press is the "desert fox" who wears plexiglass glasses and wears an oak leaf medal for merit, and almost all of them blame him for the defeat in North Africa. In his reply, Churchill avoided the sad details and recounted only the defeat in North Africa, saying: "In North Africa, our 8th Army has done its best. Although we have a certain advantage in terms of personnel and air power, the commander of the opposing side is a very bold and tactical man. If the catastrophe of war is aside, Rommel was indeed an outstanding military genius. In the end, it was the Führer of Windsor who helped Churchill, and the power supported Churchill, who was the main battle, that allowed Churchill, the British, to tide over the crisis. The next day, the Berliner Wirtschblatt reported with a headline: "Churchill said - blame Rommel!" "This was one of the greatest mockery of Churchill by the Germans.

The German SS slowly approached the El Alamein Line. The reason why Rommel lightly applied the brakes at high speed was partly because his troops were approaching the limit of their energy by the time they arrived at El Alamein, and many of their soldiers fell asleep in broad daylight. Another major reason is inaccurate intelligence. When he drew up his plans for the attack on 17 January, he had no idea that the Anglo-American armoured forces had been overtaken by his attacking forces by the time of the retreat. His estimate was that the Anglo-American forces had moved south to cover their flanks. According to this estimate, he intended to launch a diversionary attack to the south first, and then quickly turn to the north to "tear" a gaping hole between El Alamein and Babtala. (To be continued.) )