The end of the Battle of Kalman dealt the most severe blow to the Commonwealth army.

The 1st Panzer Division, the 2nd Royal Artillery Regiment, the 111th Field Artillery Regiment, the 133rd Infantry Brigade, the 1st Greek Infantry Brigade, and the 2nd Free French Brigade were all destroyed by the Germans.

Even Lieutenant General Woodrow, who commanded these troops, ended the dishonorable war by committing suicide

This is true not only in Kalman, but also in various battlefields

For example, in Lemsey.

The British 51st Infantry Division was subjected to the most frantic attack of the German army, and under the attack of the German 15th Panzer Division and the Italian Terio Panzer Division, and the Italian Terio Panzer Division, shocking things happened:

Only 1500 people survived in the entire 51 Infantry Division!

And their commanders at all levels, there is only one left!

In the history of warfare, there are far too few wars with such a high rate of officer casualties

For the British, the "Second Battle of El Alamein" was over.

It's completely over, and there is no possibility of a turnaround at all.

On the night of October 25, the British High Command issued an order to retreat on all fronts.

A battle of retreat and chase began

The Allied forces in hasty retreat were attacked by the Germans from the sky and the ground, and a large number of Allied soldiers were killed, captured, and missing.

But a failure, a shameful failure!

An unacceptable failure

Before the outbreak of the war, the British never imagined that they would suffer such a terrible defeat. But this is the most real thing that happened.

When Alexander and Montgomery finally gave the order to retreat. They knew that the tide of the war in North Africa had once again been reversed.

Now, the good things they had worked so hard to create were lost in a war. And it all comes from one person:

Skeleton Baron!

On the night of the 25th. The British High Command received a telegram from the "Fighter" organization, which read:

"General Montgomery, General Alexander, I am personally grateful to your 'Gladiator' organization, without the existence of which perhaps we would not have been able to achieve such a quick victory. Of course, we know that after the end of this war. Gladiators are no longer available to you, so I am sending you a telegram with them to thank you for the victory you have brought us. My British friend. ”

And the signature at the end of the telegram is:

Ernst. Alexon. Feng. Bream.

Alexander and Montgomery held the telegram in their hands and looked at each other.

Can you imagine? Baron Skeleton actually used an Allied ace spy to send such a telegram to the Allied Supreme Commander in North Africa

"As I said, none of us are any match for Baron Skeletons" Montgomery was very calm when defeat was a foregone conclusion: "I used to have illusions. Thought it was in the case of the baron of the skeleton being cut off from supplies. We can defeat him on the battlefield for the first time, but everything is already in his hands from the very beginning of the war."

General Alexander nodded silently, though it was very difficult to admit it

On October 26, the "Second Battle of El Alamein" ended.

This war, which was enough to turn the tide of the war in North Africa, ended in a complete victory for the German army.

The Allies lost a staggering 35,000 killed, 60,000 captured and 5,000 missing.

The loss of 100,000 men, that is, the Allies lost half of their strength in North Africa.

Even more critical. Their supply base was relentlessly attacked by the Luftwaffe, and the Allied supply was now starting to have big problems as well.

And on the very day of the end of the "Second Battle of El Alamein". There is also good news in Iran:

The Axis forces had achieved a crucial victory in the "Battle of Zahed Balima", and Tehran was already in sight!

In this battle, Soviet and British forces, which had controlled the northern and southern parts of Iran, reunited to deal with the Axis attack.

But the German generals lived up to Baron Alexon's expectations, and they managed to defeat the Soviet-British forces in Zachd Barima.

In Iran, pro-German forces abounded, and after the Battle of Zahed Balima, the Germans regained their activity after a long period of silence, ready to welcome the arrival of the Germans and the return of the old King Reza Khan.

The Soviet-British power in Iran was far less popular than the Germans here. Most people in Iran would prefer to see the Germans appear on Iranian soil

Subsequently, the German government began to announce the list of war criminals.

After the British and Soviet troops entered Tehran on September 17, 1941, all Germans there, including diplomats, were arrested, half of whom were captured by Russia and taken to Siberia, most of whom died tragically; The other half was exiled to Australia by the British.

Now, it's time to settle accounts.

And even at this time, the Soviet Union and Britain were still full of irreconcilable contradictions.

At the beginning of 1942, Iran accepted the Triple Alliance Treaty, and in fact this new "ally" was divided between Britain and the Soviet Union. In the south they occupied, the British supported the tribal power against the central government; The Soviet Union, on the other hand, fostered the "People's Party" in the north it occupied.

Now that the Germans have arrived, it is time to put an end to all this: the blood of those diplomats will not be shed in vain, and the blood of those Germans will not be shed in vain

Some 15,200 German soldiers were killed, missing, and captured in the Second Battle of El Alamein, and the price was well worth it in order to win.

It has always been the tradition of the German army to win more with less, and compared to the Italians, the German army is the real army.

As for the Italians? With the exception of one Treo Panzer Division, which was barely passing, the rest of the Italians

Colonel Tawaschi was one of them.

The surrender of this Italian colonel, commanding 1500 soldiers, to less than a hundred British, was enough to become an eternal laughing stock on the battlefield.

There are many more ridiculous things.

While cleaning up the battlefield, Major Klingenberg discovered a makeshift prisoner of war camp for the British

To be precise, it wasn't a prisoner of war camp with no barbed wire, no guards, no machine guns, not even a bamboo fence

The British just drew some white lines here, which meant that this was where the captives were held.

To the astonishment of Klingenberg and his men, more than a thousand Italian prisoners sat there motionless in such an open field.

Klingenberg and the commandos thought they were hallucinating, but when they rubbed their eyes, they confirmed that they were not mistaken.

Yes, more than 1,500 Italian prisoners were honestly staying in this place without any protection

"Hey, you're free!" One of the commandos tried to yell at them.

A German-speaking Italian soldier quickly replied: "Hey, don't lie to us, we are prisoners and will never escape." Do you think you can trick us out of the way and then shoot us in the back? ”

The commando swallowed: "We are Germans!" ”

"That's also a fake, look at your German doesn't speak well at all!"

Major Klingenberg, who had never been afraid of any danger on the battlefield, was on the verge of collapse this time

Allies, this is Germany's allies!

He walked among the captives: "I am the Fritz of the Klingenberg commando. Major Klingenberg, who is your top officer here? ”

"It's me, Colonel Tawaschi." An Italian colonel walked out very "majesticly".

Look at his military uniform, look at his leather boots, and compare with him, the German commandos have some inferiority.

These hard-fought German commandos were all covered in dust and blood, dirty and tattered.

Look at the Italians again, a battle of this magnitude is over, and there is no dirt on their bodies.

"Colonel, you"

Before Klingenberg's words were finished, he had already been interrupted by Colonel Tawaschi: "Are you sure you are German?" ”

"I'm pretty sure, Colonel." Klingenberg smiled bitterly: "I tell you again, I am Fritz. Major Klingenberg, directly under the authority of Ernst. Marshal Bram commanded. ”

"Aha, that skeleton baron!" Hearing that it was really a German who appeared in front of him, Colonel Tawasch became excited, and said that he was free: "This, who won the war?" ”

"We." Klingenberg replied.

"Aha, if we win, then we are all heroes." It was as if Tawaschi was being treated as a hero, as if he saw countless Italians cheering for him.

As if, this war was won by him

Klingenberg could only smile wryly, and choosing the Italians as his allies was perhaps the most wrong choice for Germany.

"Major, do you have anything to eat? The British don't eat well here at all. Colonel Tawaschi asked suddenly.

"I can probably find some biscuits," Klingenberg said, holding back his annoyance.

If it were possible, he really wanted to throw these Italians into real prisoner of war camps.

However, Colonel Tawaschi's last words completely broke down Major Klingenberg:

"You'll have to get me some wine, or those cookies will be very hard to swallow."

Major Klingenberg, who had never failed like Baron Alecson, now felt that he had been defeated by this Italian. (To be continued......)