Five hundred and fifty-six. The decisive battle is about to begin
Now the nose of the British has been completely held by the Germans.
Since taking over the Afrika Korps, Ernst. General Bream unleashed a flurry of combo punches with a single purpose:
Stabilize the situation on the battlefield in Africa with a beautiful victory.
Now, from a series of actions of the German army, as well as the information transmitted back from the German code and the "fighters" that have been deciphered, the British have made a very clear analysis:
The Afrika Korps was deprived of supplies, leaving only enough supplies for a medium-sized campaign. More than half of the armored vehicles were left without fuel to cope with the war. There was no trust between German and Italian generals, and even between Germany and German generals
Despite his defeat on the battlefield, Rommel's knowledge of the battlefield is unmatched by few people. And now, his once closest comrade-in-arms, Ernst Brown. Bramm, however, mercilessly dismissed him from the military, which was tantamount to doing the British a great favor.
The British were confident in the preparation for the Second Battle of El Alamein. Brahm is full of talent, brave, fearless, and he has too many qualities of a good soldier. However, it is almost impossible for him alone to win
He needed a helper too, but now, he had driven away his best helper
The Great War is already being prepared
And the code name of this great war was named "Operation Light Foot" by the Allies.
The name "Operation Light Feet" has a source. The first sortie is the infantry, they do not trigger anti-tank mines. Because their weight is too light. While the infantry was advancing, the sappers would open a safe passage for the subsequent armored units. The passage would be 24 feet wide, just enough for the tanks to move in columns. The sappers needed to carve a 5-mile passage in the nickname for the "Devil's Garden," the anti-tank mines laid by the Axis powers. It's a daunting task
For this "light foot operation". The Allies mobilized almost every resource they could.
The Commonwealth army used a series of deception tactics in order to catch the Axis powers by surprise when the war began. Not only do they have to deceive them on the place of battle, but they also have to give them the wrong time to initiate. These deceptions were codenamed "Operation Bertleum". In September, the Allies dumped some discarded items, such as dismantled suitcases, in the north and camouflaged them to make them look like ammunition depots and granaries. Naturally, the Axis forces discovered them. But after this the Allies did not launch a large-scale attack, and the location of those "ammunition depots" and "granaries" did not change after some time, and the Axis powers did not take them seriously at all. This allowed the Eighth Army to exchange the waste at night on the front line for real ammunition depots, oil tanks and granaries without being detected by the enemy. At the same time, the Allies also began to build a fake oil pipeline. This would have led the Axis forces to believe that the campaign would begin after the start of the Allied plan. And the location will be in the south. To further confuse the enemy, the Allies covered the jeeps in the south with plywood to make them look like tanks, while the tanks in the north were also covered with plywood to look like convoys.
Theoretically, these deployments were seamless and could have confused the Germans. But alas, they encountered a magical and most terrible enemy:
Ernst. Alexon. Feng. Marshal Bram - Baron of Skeletons!
In the eyes of the Skeleton Baron. The British have no secrets to speak of. The timing of their attack, the position of their attack, and the location of their attack, the Skeleton Baron all knew it all.
And the opposite. The once invincible British intelligence services were now completely bewildered by the new German intelligence agencies.
Before the fierce battle between the two sides began, the Germans had already seized the initiative on the battlefield
It was a great sadness to be in the same era as the Skeleton Baron. This German baron knows what will happen to the Dao at what time, and knows when and where the enemy will attack.
Isn't a commander who can see everything the most terrifying?
On October 8, 1942, Erwin was "dismissed". Field Marshal Rommel secretly returned to the Afrika Korps while the Allies were still completely in the dark
"Erwin. Field Marshal Rommel, you will remain in charge of commanding the Afrika Korps. In the combat headquarters, Wang Weiyi said expressionlessly.
"Yes, Marshal Ernst, thank you for your trust!" Rommel replied so loudly.
At this time, all the troops that Wang Weiyi could control were the 15th Armored Division and the 21st Armored Division, the 90th Light Armored Division, and the 22nd Infantry Division, which had participated in the Crimean Campaign and was the most powerful unit of Manstein's 11th Army, on the eve of the Battle of El Alamein, which had invaded Crete; the 164th Infantry Division at the Battle of El Alamein; The 5th Panzer Army at the Battle of Tunisia – including the 10th Panzer Division, and Italian units.
Wang Weiyi didn't trust those Italians at all, but now he needed these Italians to play a role they couldn't even imagine in battle!
His eyes swept over the German generals one by one, and the most obvious one fell to Hoffmann, who had just become the commander-in-chief of the German African Air Force. Feng. Lieutenant General Waldau: "General Hoffmann, is your air force ready?" ”
"Yes, Marshal, my Air Force is ready!"
"Is that guy who was going to shoot down a hundred enemy planes okay now?" Wang Weiyi suddenly asked with a smile.
General Hoffmann was surprised that Field Marshal Ernst knew that there was such a prominent figure in his own air force, and he could not help but exclaim: "Yes, marshal, he is ready!" ”
Wang Weiyi's mouth is talking about Germany's new air combat hero Hans. Joachim. Marseillo!
Marseilleu may never know that this aerial hero, who was as invincible in the air as the "Red Baron" of yesteryear, should have fallen to his death in a plane accident a few days ago
But he survived, not because of a miracle, but because of Ernst. Bream.
Or more precisely, he should be thankful for a "person" he has never met before - Xiao Ling.
If it weren't for Xiao Ling's timely help in eliminating the technical malfunction of his plane, then Marseilleu would have been sleeping in Africa for a long time
For Wang Weiyi, this is actually nothing, just like the countless people he has saved, he has just saved a German hero.
"The Air Force will be the first to bomb the British material reserve warehouses!" The corners of Wang Weiyi's mouth showed some contemptuous smiles: "The enemy has taken great pains to try to confuse us with those fake disguises, but when we gave up the bombing, they stored all the real materials and fuel, and now, it's time for them to reap the consequences!" ”
A smile appeared on the face of every German general, yes, it was time to let the enemy suffer the consequences!
"The British are now desperate for a quick war!" Wang Weiyi's face suddenly became serious again: "Our army, and our allies, have launched an attack on Iran!" This would have sent a large number of Commonwealth troops from Egypt to Iran to help the British defend, but they would not be able to get out now because they would have to carry out what they called 'light plan'! Our task is to make this plan impossible for them to succeed, to thwart the enemy here, and to buy the German army as much time as possible for the attack on Iran! Generals, Iran is the most important thing! If we take Iran, we will be able to unite Africa and southern Russia into one front, and the initiative on the battlefield will be completely in our hands! ”
At this time, it dawned on all the German generals that they finally understood what Ernst was for. Marshal Bram will personally come to Africa to command the battle!
He is carrying out a big strategic deployment, to link all the battlefields in Europe and Africa into a line, and finally deliver a fatal blow to the Allies!
The battle in Africa, in fact, the battlefield of El Alamein is not the point, the focus:
To support the war against Iran!
"The enemy has 200,000 troops, 1,000 tanks!" Wang Weiyi's voice continued to ring in the ears of the officers: "We have 100,000 troops, tanks"
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "The British think that we only have 500 tanks, but in fact they are wrong, they don't know that the tanks in our hands have reached 700, and by the time the decisive battle breaks out, it will reach 800!" Generals, when the enemy can't figure out our true strength and all the information they get is false information, you can imagine their embarrassment."
The German generals laughed.
Wang Weiyi also smiled faintly: "On the opposite side of us, there are British, Australians, New Zealanders, ah, and Indians, although I think those Indians, like Italians, have no combat effectiveness at all."
There was another burst of laughter, and if the Italians were to hear these words of Marshal Ernst, they would have jumped in anger.
But who cares how they feel?
"The key to victory is in our hands, and now is the time to open that lock." Wang Weiyi's voice was so serious: "El Alamein will decide the future of the two battlefields, the African battlefield and the Iranian battlefield, and even the future of Germany." So, my generals, I ask each and every one of you, you must give one hundred percent for the sake of our victory. All for Germany! ”
The German generals stood up, and then said in their most solemn voices:
"All for Germany!" (To be continued......)