Although the total strength is only more than 8,000 people, its combat effectiveness exceeds that of any main division (about 15,000 troops) of the most elite Moroccan corps under Krim, because they are not only firm in their faith, but they have also experienced harsh training and countless hard battles. At the same time, the amount of weapons and ammunition carried by them was completely up to the level of the armies of the great powers, and in terms of light weapons alone, they were all equipped with automatic rifles and equipped with the MG42 with a terrifying rate of fire to the squad level, and they were even better than their opponents at this time

In the past, the U.S. 2nd Army could have defeated it in a short period of time with its huge heavy firepower superiority, but now that most of their supplies have been consumed, the loss of heavy weapons is equally staggering, and the limited number of artillery and tanks left is no longer enough to crush the "Emil Guard" that built improvised field fortifications. After a day of fierce fighting, the 2nd Army suffered more than 7,000 casualties, and its ammunition reserves were reduced to less than 15% of the extremely dangerous level. Obviously, although Patton can boost the morale of his subordinates, he cannot change the chronic disease of the US army's combat effectiveness plummeting once the supply is insufficient

Strictly speaking, however, the offensive of the American army was not completely ineffective, because the "Emir Guard" was not in good condition at the moment, and after the repeated onslaught of the American army, the casualties of this unit reached almost half of the total, if it were an ordinary army. I'm afraid it has already collapsed by this time. It seemed that with a little more force, the 2nd Army would be able to completely wipe out the "Emile Guard", but at this time, Patton urgently gave the order to retreat, because the super intuition brought by his years of fighting horses told him that if the 2nd Army did not leave, he might not be able to leave

However, Patton's response was a little slower, and he had suggested that Eisenhower's landing on the coastal plain north of Casablanca would facilitate an American offensive and would be equally beneficial to Krim's troop movements. Because horse breeding is common in northern Morocco (the Bobu horse in North Africa is one of the most haode horse breeds on Shijie). Morocco is the main source of the country. Although the speed is not comparable to that of a tank, it can march hundreds of kilometers in a day and a night with a configuration of one man and many horses if necessary. Moreover, the personnel can also have more physical strength to participate in the battle. This is at least much faster than infantry. What's more, they only need to hurry, unlike the US military, which has to fight and delay time. Moreover, Kerim was well aware of the topography and people's feelings in his hometown, and he distributed radio stations to every militia regiment and field unit above the company level early on. The command is even more like a finger, and in just a few days, a negligent and leaky net of heaven and earth has been rapidly formed

Patton's 2nd Army had only retreated a dozen kilometers before it found a large number of oncoming enemy troops, roughly estimated to be 100,000 strong. Only then did Patton realize that the enemy's strength that had cut off the supply line behind him was far more than 200,000, otherwise it would be impossible to block the main force of the North African American army with a strength of no less than 200,000 troops, and at the same time have the spare strength to draw at least 100,000 troops to outflank his rear route. While he was surprised by the unimaginable mobilization power of the Arab Federation, Barton was somewhat relieved in his heart, because in his opinion, the Arab Federation had already collapsed, so his two wings should still be safe. But just as Barton was about to give the order to break west, dust rose on the western horizon

"Damn, how can they have so many troops?" , Barton exclaimed in disbelief. At first, he thought that the enemy in the west was just a false appearance, and sent a small number of armored troops to test it, and as a result, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles of the 2nd Army were almost lost

Patton Zuihou could only lead the army to the east, and there was really no large army of the enemy on this side, but the US 2nd Army, which was getting farther and farther away from the coastline, could not outrun the Moroccan Corps, which was born and raised in the country and was guided by reconnaissance planes in the sky, and it didn't take long for it to be surrounded again, and this time the encirclement was tighter, and what was worse was that the ammunition left by the 2nd Army was not even half of the base on average, according to the supply standards of the American army, This ammunition was a drop in the bucket for a campaign, and Patton's 2nd Army was also running out of food and fresh water, which made Patton and his men regret the waste

Patton had wanted to hold on and wait for reinforcements, but he was dealt another blow by a telegram from the headquarters, which said that the two divisions that had broken out in a hurry to rescue had unfortunately fallen into the enemy's encirclement, one of which had been completely annihilated, and the other had suffered more than half of the casualties, and that he was afraid that he would surrender to the enemy in a few hours, and to make matters worse, the Germans had finally arrived, and they had not made a move, and as soon as they did, they would see blood in their throats

Although the center of gravity of the German Army has now shifted to the Soviet-German battlefield, Germany still retains a regular army with a total strength of no less than one million troops on the Western European continent, on the one hand, to prevent the United States and Britain from landing and open up a second battlefield, and on the other hand, to suppress the resistance of the people in the occupied areas. After the discovery of large oil fields in Libya, the mustache paid more attention to the Arab Federation than ever, and immediately after Kerim asked for help, he ordered 30,000 elite (relatively speaking) troops stationed in Spain, Portugal and Italy to be drawn as the backbone, and a large number of Italian, Spanish and Portuguese troops were replenished to form the African Panzer Army (also known as the Afrika Korps), and appointed his confidant Rommel as the commander-in-chief of this multinational force, and put him in charge of the rescue of Morocco.

Rommel, who missed a series of great victories on the Eastern Front because of illness, was once again shouldering heavy responsibilities, and was naturally full of ambition, but the troops given to him by the mustache were really not very good. First of all, in terms of equipment, although it is known as the Panzer Army, the number of tanks is only more than 500, half of which are the three "allies" who are not much better than the waste of garbage models or French tanks and other trophies in the early stage of the European War, and among the more than 200 German tanks, none of them is the current main tank of the German Army, "Black Panther", the most haode is just a long-barreled No. 4 modified for the full use of resources, and this only accounts for half, All that remains is pre-war products like No. 3, which are already completely backward (to be continued......