As Allied follow-up forces gradually arrived in Ajdabia, the multinational force's plan to establish a coastal corridor to rescue the British Eighth Army was a complete failure.

With the control of the sea in the eastern Mediterranean firmly controlled by the naval and air forces of the allies, Patton's defeat of Ajdabia actually ruined the last glimmer of hope for a breakthrough by British Field Marshal Brooke.

Around Benghazi, the Green Mountain defense line had already been broken through by the German and Italian legions, and strategic points such as Shurongamai and Maigron had also been lost, and 200,000 British troops were forced into the big corner of Sugart Bay, with only a few hundred square kilometers of dead ground.

Yes, if the British Royal Sea State could not break the blockade of the allied fleets, then this is a dead land.

The fighting at Tukra, the northern gate of Benghazi, was still fierce, and news that South Africa had been captured by the Han army was tightly sealed, and the South African 2nd Army stationed in Tukra was unaware that their homeland had broken away from the arms of the British Empire. The fierce attack of the Italian 10th Army and the 101st Mechanized Division could not shake the line of black soldiers.

But the battle for Gerdinae, the last barrier to the south, is not encouraging. The 7th Panzer Division of the British 13th Army was crippled by the German 21st Panzer Division at Maigron, and only the remaining two infantry divisions, the 44th and 50th, held on to Gerdine, how long could they hold out under the onslaught of German armored forces?

Brooke didn't have much hope!

On the front, the German 20th Mechanized Corps and the 90th Panzer Division led by Rommel himself were approaching step by step, eating away at the British defenses little by little. Rommel didn't seem to be in a hurry to break into Benghazi, and he had enough patience to play a game of cat and mouse.

"Shit! What kind of German mechanized army is he? What else is German, except for a Germanic face? Yishui's Han equipment, even the M35 helmet has been replaced with the Han standard 'pangolin'! ”

It's no wonder that Brooke said this, in the first Battle of Benghazi, the German 20th Mechanized Corps, which had fled in panic, lost almost all its heavy equipment.

German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop personally stepped in and exchanged Germany's colonial rights on several small islands in the South Pacific for a large amount of equipment to rearm the German troops who had fled to Ethiopia, including the 21st and 90th Panzer Divisions and other ace units with Siberian Tiger tanks.

The German Führer once joked: The war is not over yet, and we have lost the few colonies we have.

Of course, this is really just a joke, and by the end of World War I, Germany had lost de facto control of most of its overseas colonies. In this era of sea power, it was all the British sphere of influence...... Well, this argument was also limited to before the establishment of the Han Empire.

The Han Kingdom redressed the German troops in Africa for free, while Germany only had to pay for a few small islands that it nominally owned. The mustache felt that this was too cheap, and after Ribbentrop returned, the Führer made a special confession: look at where there are similar islands, and exchange them for the Han Kingdom......

Of course, Zhong Yi is not wronged, although it is not a big problem to support Rommel's equipment, but since it is a business, the wool must still be on the sheep.

Recently, there have been more people who have signed up to buy royal qualifications, and dozens of letters of intent have been sent out by Wilson. But Hebal's island resources are dwindling.

Hebar even came to His Majesty once to discuss whether to develop the small islands on the other side of the South Sea, and there were many scattered islands around the Zhiqiu Sea alone, all of which were sold, and the financial expenditure of the empire for several years was over.

This kind of detrimental move will undoubtedly attract His Majesty's laughter and scolding, but His Excellency Hebar is not afraid. As His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Timor, people are shouting, "The work of the Imperial Finance Minister is too tiring, and the next cabinet will say that he will not do it." Buy a luxury car, live in a luxury house, spend a lot of money, and make a few girls...... Experience the corrupt life of the aristocracy and the rich second generation......"

For this matter, His Majesty once sighed: While the material civilization of the empire is developing rapidly, the construction of spiritual civilization is also very important! Grasp with both hands, and be hard with both hands......

The military expenses for the change of uniforms of the German army in Africa were naturally paid for by the local tyrants who were bent on getting over the king's addiction. Everyone takes what he needs and everyone rejoices in this business.

The mustache felt that he had taken advantage of it, the local tyrants fulfilled their wishes, and His Majesty was also happy, "Why hasn't Luo Cripple introduced a policy prohibiting funds from going abroad?" Still not in a hurry? Hehe, then sell a few more royal ......"

In just over a year, there have been nearly 100 more kingdoms in the South Pacific, and if you look at the number of countries on each continent alone, Oceania probably ranks first...... Although, except for the Han Dynasty, the territory of those countries together is not as large as a province in China.

As a direct consequence of the emergence of these countries, the number of Americans, the number of the world's top 100 richest people, has shrunk from 60 two years ago to 16 -- everyone has their own kingdom, so why do they need American citizenship? Moreover, the United States is not stopping, and the West Coast is about to be bombed.

It's better to be Oceania, except for Antarctica, which has no people, and only Oceania has not been affected by the war. Even the countries of South America started wars of independence.

When traditional powers such as Britain, the United States, and France were caught in a world war and had no time to take care of South America, Ecuador was defeated by a border dispute between Peru and Ecuador, and forced to accept an unequal armistice under the joint pressure of the United States, Argentina, and Brazil.

Of course, the Son of God would not sit idly by and watch such a tragic event, and the 7 divisions of the Military Intelligence Bureau were quickly formed and helped Ecuador expand its armaments.

Don't have money to buy gear? It's okay, you can take credit, win the battle in Peru, and then use Peru's copper mines to pay off the debt. "With the Han Empire here, US hegemonism will never be allowed to run rampant in South America."

Mu Yu said this to Ecuadorian President Arroyo del Rio.

The United States regards South America as its backyard, and the big man must start a war there. The border dispute between Peru and Ecuador is the best excuse for the military intelligence to intervene in South America.

The two oceanic fleets stationed in Hawaii sent an aircraft carrier battle group headed by the Fengxiao and Wenruo to visit Ecuador, and the Han Emperor also signed Ecuador's plan to purchase ships with domestic minerals as collateral.

However, in the eyes of the White House think tanks in the United States, the Fengxiao aircraft carrier battle group is definitely not going to South America to pull a bias, and their target must be ...... Panama canal.

The Han people should already know the news that several Essex-class aircraft carriers have been built at the Newpole Neuport shipyard and that the US Pacific Fleet is about to be rebuilt.

There are two aircraft carriers blockade, which is undoubtedly fatal for the lock-style Banabad Canal. The Han army didn't even have to land to capture Panama, as long as they flew and naval artillery to block the canal locks. Roosevelt did not think that the Caribbean Treaty, which prohibited the Panama Canal from being the target of attack in wartime, was also effective for Han.

Without safe passage through the Panama Canal, the U.S. Pacific Fleet would have to make a detour through the Strait of Magellan, the southernmost point in South America.

Roosevelt frowned, "Are you really going to give up the Pacific to that hateful fellow?" ”

In London, at the Prime Minister's Office at 10 Downing Street, Churchill was in an even worse mood than Roosevelt. With 200,000 British troops in Benghazi surrounded, in danger, and the final rescue plan of the multinational force failed, Field Marshal Brooke confessed that if rescue from the sea could not be obtained, the Eighth Army would have to surrender.

…… When Churchill saw the telegram, he almost burst into foul language. Do you still think Libya is France? Or do you think the Mediterranean Sea is the English Channel? Indeed, Brooke's godlike command at Dunkirk brought the British army out of a desperate situation. But this time...... He again brought the British army into a desperate situation.

Churchill now deeply regrets his decision to trade Brooke for Montgomery. He was not a stubborn and unrepentant man, on the contrary, as a successful politician, Churchill was always able to admit his mistakes, as he now sits across from General Montgobare.

"Bernard, I have to apologize to you. Now I admit that it was a bad decision to transfer you back home from Africa. Now that this wrong decision has pushed 200,000 British troops into a desperate situation, do you have any good way to rescue them? ”

Churchill's attitude gave Montgomery, who was already very angry, no reason to criticize the prime minister again, "Your Excellency, I want to ...... Only the Royal Navy could save the Eighth Army. ”

"Bernard, our plan will not only determine the fate of the 200,000 British soldiers in Benghazi, but probably the fate of the entire country! Are you sure? The Royal Navy has a chance to save the Eighth Army? Churchill sat up straight, his fat body upright, and a pair of eagle eyes fixed on Montgomery.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I don't think the battle plan of the Royal Navy will be formulated by an army general like me, I just said that if you want to save the Eighth Army, only the Royal Navy can do it, as for how to save it, I think, Your Excellency Prime Minister, you should ask Sir Cunningham and Sir Charles"

Facing Churchill's eagle eye, Montgomery appeared very calm. Those two knights were the commanders of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet C, representatives of the Royal Navy's powerful faction, and the two closest to the Admirals at present.

The Prime Minister and the General exchanged eyes for dozens of seconds, and finally ended with Montgomery's retreat. Churchill nodded in satisfaction, "Okay! I'll ask the Royal Navy for advice. Bernard, please prepare to return to the African battlefield...... I mean, if the Royal Navy can successfully rescue the Eighth Army. ”

Montgomery shrugged his shoulders and replied noncommittally: "I look forward to your good news, Your Excellency, Prime Minister!" ”

In fact, at the moment when Brooke was holding Benghazi, in his heart, the death sentence for the Eighth Army had already been pronounced. For Rommel's understanding, Montgomery is confident that no one has surpassed him, "The Desert Fox has not yet made a general attack, it is nothing more than a plan." Maybe they are waiting for the Royal Navy to take the bait? ”

Montgomery did not say this, given the Royal Navy's prejudice against the British Army, he did not believe that they could ignore the strength of the Allied naval and air forces and do whatever it took to rescue the Army.

"The navy won't be dispatched, so what does it matter if you don't talk about it?"