'Da~da~' in Tripoli German Afrika Korps Command, Rommel, who was sitting at the table with his eyes closed, stretched out his fingers and tapped lightly on the tabletop. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info was silent for a moment, and then whispered, "Discovered?" ”

"Yes General." A young staff officer held a telegram in his hand and replied in a deep voice: "A telegram has been sent from the Panzer Cluster saying that they have been spotted by reconnaissance planes of the Ming Air Force near the Jufra Oasis. Now the whereabouts have been revealed. The commander of the armored group, General Anim, asked if it was possible to retreat. ”

"Retreat?" Rommel's fingers paused slightly, and after a moment he opened his eyes, and there was a fierce look in his gaze, "Where to retreat?" Retreat to the French? ”

The young staff officer didn't know how to answer, and muttered half-speechless.

Rommel slowly stood up, and a look of determination flashed in his eyes: "Order the armored forces to start attacking immediately." ”

The young staff officer looked at Rommel in surprise: "General? "In the eyes of the staff officer, the armored forces have been discovered, and at this time, is it necessary to continue to attack them to death?

"Major." Rommel's icy gaze turned to the staff officer with a surprised expression on his face, "Carry out the order." ”

"Yes, General!" The young staff officer paused, hurriedly saluted and turned to leave for the telegraph room. In any case, he was just an ordinary communications staff officer, and his job was to receive and receive telegrams. Legionary operations are something that generals like Rommel need to think about.

Looking at the staff officer who was far away, Rommel shook his head slightly. After stepping out of the headquarters, looking at the busy and chaotic city of Tripoli, Rommel's heart was very touched.

The strength of the Ming Dynasty is all-encompassing. Almost overwhelming superiority in every way. And even if Germany can win in a short period of time or on a single battlefield, it will have no meaning at the overall strategic level. If you want to defeat the Ming Dynasty, you need to gather all the forces that can be combined.

Rommel admired Mr. Prime Minister very much. After all, there are not many people who can see this kind of strategic direction. To be able to send most of the military strength to the Russian battlefield to help the Russians in the face of the huge opposition at home is in itself a very strategic thing.

"We must defeat Zhang Cheng and not add trouble to Mr. Prime Minister." Rommel greatly admired Mr. Prime Minister, who had the grace of knowing him, and was determined to defeat Zhang Cheng, the most powerful military general of the Ming Dynasty, in North Africa no matter what.

Rommel knew that his defeat in North Africa would seriously affect the Prime Minister's plans, something he could not tolerate.

At this moment, even if the armored unit is spotted. Originally, Rommel didn't think that he would be able to hide the armored troops under the nose of the Ming Mechanized Corps, but now it was discovered much earlier than he expected. Even if it is discovered, the armored troops must attack the logistics supply line of the Ming Army according to the predetermined plan, attack the Ming North African Army as much as possible, and buy time for the North African battlefield.

Whether Germany continues to send reinforcements and take Malta at the same time, or the French sweep Morocco, it will become a strategic event to cooperate with the Spanish to take Gibraltar. And it all takes time.

Rommel hoped to be able to force the Ming army, which was extremely concerned with logistics and transportation, to choose to retreat by striking at the supply lines of the Ming army. In this way, he was able to successfully hold Tripolinia in a short period of time. And not just for his own military career, but also for the strategic plan of Mr. Prime Minister not to be affected.

In Rommel's view, the armored forces that attacked on all fronts crippled the logistics supply line, and the Ming mechanized corps, which relied heavily on logistics transportation, could only choose the road of retreat.

But the reality on the battlefield is never what the commander thinks. In Rommel's view, the long logistical supply lines of the Ming Army were full of holes. Once their own armored forces attack on all fronts, it will be enough to destroy those key military stations before the armored forces of the Ming Legion return to reinforce. After losing those extremely important military stations along the way, the Ming mechanized corps could only retreat in the end.

But the reality on the battlefield was far beyond Rommel's imagination. The strength of the Ming Dynasty is not just in the show.

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The Ming Dynasty ruled North Africa for many years, and the local natives who survived were basically oriented to the Ming Dynasty. The reason why long-range reconnaissance planes were sent to search in the direction of the al-Jufra oasis was because they received a report from the local natives.

Moreover, even if the reconnaissance plane did not find anything, it would not be long before the local natives informed the Ming of the Germans' movements. More than 100 years of rule is no joke.

The Germans thought that they were attacking on all fronts, and the military stations that attacked the Ming everywhere were very hidden. But he didn't know that the closer his whereabouts were to the coast, the more people would report to Daming. Coupled with the reconnaissance planes in the sky, almost all the movements of the Germans were exposed to Zhang Cheng's eyes.

In fact, Zhang Cheng only used half of his armored forces to protect his supply lines, and the other armored division and the main force of the corps were all used to launch an attack on Tripoli. Zhang Cheng did this not because of the Tuo Da, but because Zhang Cheng, as the ultimate designer and commander of the Army Aviation, used his authority to mobilize a secret force to the North African battlefield.

Zhang Cheng attached great importance to intelligence work, and the intelligence department under the charge of his confidant Wang Yan strictly guarded all intelligence agencies at home and abroad, and it was rare for important information to leak out of his hands, especially about armored units and army aviation.

As Zhang Cheng, who is convinced that only by ruling the sky can he rule the earth, how could he have forgotten the ground attack aircraft? In the era of gunships without armored nemesis, powerful ground attack aircraft had a strong strike capability against armored forces.

Unlike dive bombers, ground attack aircraft have strong armor to withstand light fire from the ground. Equipped with a large-caliber cannon with ferocious firepower, it can penetrate tank armor, and the heavy bombs carried under the wings and belly are enough to blow up any tank or armored vehicle. The excellent handling performance allows the ground attack aircraft to have excellent shooting vision and accuracy when flying at low altitudes and low speeds.

The greatest threat to this aircraft is the fighter jet in the air. However, if air supremacy can be mastered, then such ground attack aircraft will be a nightmare for all armored forces, especially when they are extremely numerous.

Zhang Cheng secretly developed an excellent ground attack aircraft. After several years of development, Daming has made rapid progress in aviation technology, even if Zhang Cheng does not need to provide specific technology, just relying on Daming's scientific and technological ability at this time is enough to develop a fighter that meets Zhang Cheng's wishes. Zhang Cheng only needs to provide R&D direction and performance requirements. Daming's aviation design ability has grown smoothly, and it is no longer the time to rely on Zhang Cheng alone to win the world.

This ground attack aircraft, which Zhang Cheng called the Black Reaper, began to secretly equip the army aviation unit soon after secret flight tests and weapons tests. Zhang Cheng kept this fighter specializing in fighting tanks very secret, and even in the Ming Army, only a few high-level officials knew about it.

This ground attack aircraft is equipped with a 37mm gun in the nose, and when armed with tungsten core armor-piercing shells, it can penetrate the upper armor of any tank in the world, even the Tiger. Equipped with two 20 mm guns on the wings, it is also extremely effective against armored vehicles and tanks with weak upper armor.

There's a 12.7mm self-defense machine gun mounted in the back seat, but that's more of a psychological comfort than nothing. Once this kind of ground attack aircraft is really entangled by fighters, it will basically be dead. If you really want to exert the maximum power, you still need to master air supremacy.

It can carry a 500-kilogram bomb on the belly and a 100-kilogram bomb on the wings. Within the range of the bombshell, the armored vehicle simply had no way out. This attack aircraft is equipped with reinforced hardened armor in all important parts to increase the survivability of the fighter.

The length of the aircraft is 11.9 meters, the wingspan is 16.1 meters, the height is 4.1 meters, and the wing area is 38 square meters. The empty weight is 5.2 tons, and the full weight is 7.9 tons. The actual ceiling is 7000 meters, and the cruising radius is 520 kilometers. The maximum flight speed is capable of reaching 400 km/h, and the conventional cruising speed is 180 km/h.

The most important feature of this ground attack aircraft is that it can fly at a very low speed, providing a very stable firing platform that allows the aircraft equipped with aircraft guns to attack moving tanks.

In the name of the commander of the army aviation, Zhang Cheng formed a special attack aircraft flying wing. Equipped with reconnaissance aircraft, support aircraft, transport planes, and fighters to provide air protection, a formidable ground attack force was formed.

This unit was firmly grasped by Zhang Cheng, and he didn't want to be sent to the main battlefield of Russia at all. It wasn't until Zhang Cheng came to North Africa to fight with Rommel that he felt that Rommel was very good at commanding the armored forces, so he deliberately transferred this flying wing from China. This is also the fundamental reason why Zhang Cheng did not care about the German armored forces attacking the rear supply lines.

There are natives who provide accurate information, and the powerful army aviation has air supremacy in their rear. In such a situation, how could an armored attack, on which Rommel had high hopes, be able to resist a powerful air attack?

December 24th, the traditional Christmas in the West. Although forced back to Europe by the Ming Dynasty, the Western festivals of this era were far less influential than those of modern time and space. However, it is still the most important day in the pan-European cultural circle.

On this fateful day, General Arnim, a lieutenant general of the German Army's armored corps, led his armoured cluster from the Jufra Oasis all the way to the Libyan coastline.

Whether it was General Anim in a sedan or the German Panzers driving various vehicles to the battlefield, no one would have known that a powerful Grim Reaper in the air was flying towards them. (To be continued.) )