Lin Youde looked at the telegram intercepted and deciphered by the Eye of Odin, and almost fell into a state of ecstasy - and the reason he did not fall into that situation was that it was already twelve o'clock in the evening, and Lin Youde was quite tired after a day at the headquarters.

He came to the map table again.

On the map, near Avani Naniel, the one representing the British 7th Panzer Division is framed with an oval rectangular marker, which is pasted with the marker representing the German 15th Panzer Division, and the two markers are color-coded.

But in fact, there was no large-scale engagement between the two divisions after the initial contact, and in the initial contact, due to the British setting up 17-pounder anti-armor cannons, the forward troops of the 15th Division suffered some losses in the encounter, and then although the 15th Division had been trying to rush up to win back a game after the arrival of the main force, Lin Youde did not agree, but asked them to wait for the arrival of the Zhanji troops.

After the arrival of the battle queen troops, night had already fallen, and the attack was naturally postponed - the battle queen could fight at night, but the chariot could not, and at night the chariot troops became really blind, and the gap that was originally observed outside was very small, and the night was even less useful, and it was useless to shoot flares, so the commander had to stick out his head and observe. Although it is a tradition for the commander of the German tank unit to stick out his head to observe, it also leads to a high death rate among the commander of the German tank unit, especially at night, and there may be infantry who are waiting to probe the head of the commander.

In short, if both sides are armored forces, it is almost common sense that the battle will be suspended at night.

At night, when the infantry infiltrates the battle, the armored soldiers can only stand aside.

Of course, Lin Youde was very sure that the 15th Division would let the accompanying infantry make some moves, but today's battle could almost be regarded as over.

Lin Youde looked at the map, the 15th Division had already converged with the 3rd Zhanji Brigade, the two armored chasseur divisions advanced to a distance of 20 kilometers from the battle site and stopped according to Lin Youde's orders, and several brigade-level battle groups that were ordered to rush to support were still on the way to Avani Nanir, and it was expected that they would all arrive tonight.

At dawn, the Allied forces in front of the British 7th Division would be increased to one division and two brigades, plus a battle jetty brigade.

In addition to a division of the Anzac Corps, the British Army Brigade stationed in Abu Ogra has also begun to operate. At the same time, according to the monitoring of the telecommunications situation of the British troops by the electronic listening department, especially the monitoring of electronic reconnaissance planes in the air, the intelligence department determined that the 9th Australian Division, the 2nd New Zealand Division, the 44th Infantry Division, the 50th Infantry Division, the 51st Highland Infantry Division, and so on, as well as the 1st and 10th Armored Divisions, which were the main forces of the Eighth Army, had sent and received telecommunications higher than their daily values in the past hour, which generally indicated that they were preparing to attack.

It is clear that the British are going to act, and on a considerable scale.

Lin Youde felt that the tiredness in his mind was constantly fading.

Now his mind is full of ideas for digging holes for the British to jump on.

At this time, a staff officer came with a telegram.

"Your Excellency, the Turkish Fifth Division is asking for help."

"They have been engaged in an exchange of fire with the British near Avani Nanir, but they are not strong enough to break through the British defenses and make contact with them. You assure them that tomorrow morning we will launch a decisive offensive to get in touch with them, and until then ask them to stand by and help. ”

After the staff officer left, Lin Youde continued to stare at the map.

The terrain around Avani Nanir is not suitable for encirclement and annihilation, as the terrain is relatively flat and there is no danger to defend.

Encirclement warfare is actually different from what many people understand, it is not to literally surround the enemy like an iron barrel, but to block the enemy by defending strategic points. For example, guarding high ground where roads can be blocked, or guarding villages where open land can be covered with firepower, and so on.

Therefore, in most siege battles, there will be some small troops who escape from Ascension, because the small forces are small enough, and they will be touched out by the light of night and the luck of not encountering patrols or secret posts.

But the large army could not do such a thing, because there were too many people, and if they moved, they would be discovered, and then the enemy's living forces would come and intercept them. And if the large army is reduced to pieces and turned into a small army, then even if it breaks out, the formation will disappear, and it will be a very huge project to regroup.

Like the retreating British Expeditionary Force in Dunkirk, another time and space, it was reorganized in Britain for several months, and finally re-established into a combat-ready organization.

Lin Youde wanted to fight a war of annihilation near Avani Nanir, but the only ones that could be used to build a defensive point were a few dirt bags that were not too high.

And most of the ground on the western side of the Sinai Peninsula is suitable for the mobility of armored troops, and wheeled vehicles can also drive, but they will drive more slowly, and by the way, the mechanics in charge of maintenance will be exhausted.

The above two points determine that unless Lin Youde invests enough troops to surround an iron bucket here, it is entirely possible to be slipped by the enemy troops.

It is obviously unrealistic to encircle iron barrels, and there are no roads to maintain too many troops in the same operational direction.

To reduce the pressure on supplies, it was necessary to disperse the troops on several different offensive routes.

Lin Youde has a total of three roads that can be used to transport supplies, one is on the coast, which is considered a road. The other two roads can only barely be counted, and since January this year, German sappers have been urgently leveling these two roads, and they are still functional. This meant that Lin Youde had to deploy his troops in two areas in order to maximize the capacity of these two roads, rather than putting pressure on one road.

One such area is the Avani Nanir-Abu Ogra line, which is now being contacted, which runs from Avani Nanil through the western side of the copied Turkish division's defense zone and the junction with another Turkish division, to Abu Ogra. The British Uniform 7th Division, which was interspersed, probably also fought along this road, and the two Turkish divisions estimated that something was wrong with the distribution of defenses at the junction.

Lin Youde originally planned to go to the front line to inspect in another week, and in the process of inspection, he might be able to discover this defense distribution problem and solve it, but unfortunately the British attacked first.

Of course, the British may have bypassed the Turks' defensive supports.

When thinking like this, Lin Youde looked up at the salon that was looking at him -- this cargo was in another time and space, and it also took advantage of the topographical characteristics of the Sinai Peninsula to first slip past the joint part of the Egyptian army, and then outflank the rear route of one of the Egyptian army, and also took out small units to form a battle group, and took advantage of the characteristics of the Sinai Peninsula that are suitable for small-scale armored troops to "wander" and put a bunch of Egyptian SAM anti-aircraft missile positions.

Sharon noticed that Lin Youde was looking at him, so he asked, "What's the matter, sir?" ”

"Sharon, are you familiar with the terrain of the Sinai Peninsula?"

"Of course, sir, before joining the League, we had been fighting the Bedouins and Arabs here for almost three years."

"And you fought in these battles as a scout."

"No, I was fourteen years old and ready to fight."

"That's Shinhime. Forget it, no matter what. How feasible do you think it is to carry out an encirclement and annihilation operation in this area? ”

"Sir, we have tried many times to encircle and annihilate the Bedouin and Arab guerrillas, but they have failed." Sharon shrugged, "This place is a paradise for mobile warfare, and only by moving and fighting can you win the war on this land." ”

Lin Youde nodded.

"You're right, but there's one thing you're ignoring. That is, we are not fighting Arab or Bedouin guerrillas now, these guerrillas do not need much supply and can fight for many days without any replenishment, so you cannot surround them. But we are against the British, and they need supplies. It is impossible for them to hand over all their supplies to tracked vehicles with a relatively high failure rate, and in fact the number of tracked vehicles is far less than that of cars on wheels, both on the enemy and on the other. In other words, we would be able to form a de facto encirclement of the British army by cutting off the road. Without supplies and fuel, the British had to abandon their heavy equipment, and then we could slaughter them in chariots in the wilderness. ”

"What do you mean ......"

"We drew the enemy to our eastern defensive line, and then broke through from the reconnaissance battalion of the 90th Light Division and advanced to Bilkatev behind Abu Ogra."

Lin Youde dotted on the map.

(The water has been hanging for more than a week, and now it's finally over...... ）