"Haha, we finally waited for the big fish again, our bitterness was not in vain!" Hearing this, He Haomao immediately became excited, and hurriedly shouted on the team's communication channel, "Brothers, check the weapons and equipment, and get ready to work!" ”

"Roger!" "Understood!" He Haomao's voice fell, and there was a burst of jubilation in the communication channel one after another. Then he waited patiently for more than ten minutes, and as a rumbling motor came from far and near, He Haomao could gradually see the enemy transport convoy that was getting closer and closer with the naked eye. The convoy consisted of more than a dozen transports and four armoured vehicles, and its route of movement happened to pass through the ambush site of their squad. "The whole army is attacking, brothers, give me a hard beating!"

Seeing that the time was almost up, He Haomao did not continue to wait, and immediately issued an order to attack. "Don't leave one, kill!" "That's it!" Seven armed off-road vehicles began to charge forward after removing their camouflage, followed by the sound of light vehicle-mounted 23mm chain guns. Lightly armed off-road vehicles or fast assault vehicles are generally equipped with a 12.7 mm large-caliber machine gun or grenade launcher above the middle of the hull. Compared with other weapons on board, the tactical mission of the 12.7 mm machine gun is mainly to directly suppress the target at a long distance of about 1500 meters.

Although it had an effective range of up to this distance, the firing spread was already large, and the 12.7 mm machine gun was not as powerful as the level of target protection on the battlefield increased. Considering this situation, Yang Fan installed a more powerful small-caliber machine gun - a 23 mm chain gun on the armed off-road vehicles of the "Desert Warship" unit.

The muzzle velocity of the cannon is 780 m / s, the rate of fire can be adjusted, there are single shots, 200 rounds / min, 400 rounds / min several shooting methods, the effective range of the gun is 2000 meters, the high and low firing range is -5 ° ~ +52 °, and the directional firing range is 360 °. The gun is capable of striking not only lightly armored targets on the ground and groups of living forces, but also has anti-aircraft combat capabilities, which can hit low-altitude enemy helicopter gunships or air paratrooper targets.

The weight of the whole gun is 55 kg, and the recoil force of the gun when firing is less than 10,000 N, and it has many characteristics such as light weight, fierce firepower, good shooting accuracy, high first hit rate, adjustable rate of fire, small recoil, high reliability, and good maintainability. Seven 23mm chain guns opened fire at the same time, and a string of caliber ammunition first focused on the four enemy armored vehicles that posed the greatest threat.

The distance of more than 1,000 meters was instantaneous, and only a clanging metal impact sound was heard, and the four enemy armored vehicles were directly beaten into a hornet's nest before they had time to make any reaction. After a few moments, the armored car, which had lost its driver, came to an abrupt halt and stopped in the desert. Needless to say, the enemy armored soldiers inside must have all died. "Ah, it's not good to have an enemy attack!" "These damn devils are here again!" "Break out!"

Seeing that the armored vehicles escorted could not withstand the bombardment of machine guns, the drivers of those transport vehicles naturally did not dare to stay in place, and all of them suddenly stepped on the accelerator to the end, and slammed the steering wheel to break away from the original formation, and rushed separately at the fastest speed. "Quick, catch up, kill them all, don't let any of them go!" Seeing that the enemy transport vehicle had turned into a group of frightened beasts and fled in all directions, He Haomao suddenly became anxious, how could the ducks in their beaks let them fly away? "Da Da Da!"

Naturally, it was impossible for the team members to let these enemies go because of the kindness of the woman, and they turned their guns to fire at those who were frantically fleeing. The drivers stepped on the accelerator and pursued with all their might. Strings of caliber ammunition sprayed out without money, and soon punched holes the size of fists in the enemy transport vehicles in front, and the supplies of water, food, ammunition, and other materials contained in them were bombed to shreds. The unlucky driver was torn apart by the first round of firepower and was killed on the spot.

After a one-sided frenzied pursuit, more than 10 enemy transport vehicles were all beaten into a hornet's nest, and none of them escaped alive. No way, strength does not allow low-key. "Haha, well done! Brothers, hurry up and collect useful loot, especially as much as Qing Shui can take away, we will continue to fight for a long time!

If you can't take it away, you can just blow it up, and you can't leave the enemy with a single shot or a single piece of food! After the battle, He Haomao collected some things that could be used and blew up the remaining supplies and then evacuated. Ten minutes later, when two German planes came to the rescue, all that remained was the scattered ruins, leaving nothing useful.

And such a sneak attack has happened in the past week or so, I don't know how many times, and a large number of supplies have been buried in the long yellow sand. Undoubtedly, this was the last straw that broke the camel's back! "It's over, we're hopeless!"

Rommel fell into deep despair again after receiving the terrible information, and the supply lines in the Mediterranean had been severely damaged, and seven or eight out of ten supplies were buried in the Allied navy and air force. Now even the supply lines on land have been cut off! Even if the front-line troops can fight for a few days, but what about after a few days?

After being cut off from supplies, this desperate effort is not only futile, but also stupid, and will only lose all the chips! Instead of sitting and waiting, it is better to retreat bravely from the rapids and quickly retreat to the Tunisian heights in Libya and plan more! The defeat was already obvious to Rommel, so he again planned a retreat, and yesterday again sent a request to the Führer to retreat.

"Your Excellency, the Führer has called back." But the German Führer did not agree with him in doing so, and replied to him in a very stern tone, telling him not to give up an inch of land, even if he fought to the death. "What? The Führer must be crazy! He must be crazy! After reading the telegram, Rommel began to doubt his life, until then he had always thought that the Führer was a military genius, but now he suddenly felt that his Führer was an idiot.

On 16 May, the remaining Axis armies were still fighting. Their line had been torn open by a 12-mile-wide gap. "If we stay here, my troops won't be able to hold out for even three days...... If I carry out the Führer's orders, then my troops may refuse to obey me...... My troops are number one! After two days of hard work, Rommel, feeling hopeless, defied the Führer's instructions and finally ordered a massive retreat of his troops.

Ironically, at this time, 1,200 tons of oil were sent to Rommel, but it was too late to fight back, and the oil had to be burned in vain. On the night of May 16, Rommel ordered his troops to retreat to Libya overnight under the cover of the night, taking fresh water and food with them, leaving the Italian army to resist.

It was only five hours later that news of Rommel's retreat reached the Allied command in North Africa. In addition to being excited, Jiang Qiang immediately ordered the US 6th Army and the British 13th Army on the southern front of the Allied forces to resolutely pursue in depth, and the troops on the central and northern fronts immediately launched a final assault on the Axis high ground interception line. At the same time, Jiang Qiang also ordered the air force to go all out to carry out uninterrupted bombing and interception of the main forces of the Axis powers, which were fleeing.

At 11 a.m. on May 17, the Italian army of the two armies surrendered to the Allies after several hours of stubborn resistance, with only 3,000 men remaining. After a full breakthrough of the highland defense line, the Allied armored forces began to pursue on all fronts, spreading out formations and driving at full speed in the open desert area.

At this time, the US 6th Army and the British 13th Army Corps, which were the first to bypass the highland defense line and pursue in depth, were blocked by an armored corps of the German army and engaged in a bloody and fierce battle. The battle lasted until dark, and after paying a great price for the Allies, they finally annihilated the elite German army. However, after this battle, the Allied forces on the southern front also lost the ability to pursue, and could only turn to rest and replenish.

At noon on May 19, after a wild pursuit of more than 300 kilometers, the Allied armored forces finally caught up with the Axis forces fleeing in Benghazi near the Hammimugan River in Libya. This was mainly due to the fact that the Axis forces had too many infantry, not enough transport vehicles, and were constantly pursued by the air force during the retreat, resulting in severe damage to the vehicles.

As a result, although the main Axis forces retreated early at night, and sent tens of thousands of troops to buy them a full day, the sluggish infantry was eventually overtaken by the Allied armored forces. Seeing this, Rommel could only let the tens of thousands of German-Italian infantry at the back launch a counterattack on the spot, and use his flesh and blood to meet the Allied army's torrent of anhydride!

Although these exhausted German-Italian infantry were very tenacious and brave, they were no match for the torrent of steel, and they were quickly defeated in a one-sided slaughter. Faced with this senseless resistance, and in the face of the merciless slaughter of the Allied armored forces, the German commander in charge of the palace finally despaired and frightened, and could only order the troops to surrender.

In this battle, the Allies annihilated a full 30,000 German-Italian troops, and caused more than 32,000 German infantry and 1.2 Italian infantry to surrender with their hands raised. Rommel's African Army, once invincible and victorious, thus became the first German army unit to surrender in formation during World War II. After annihilating these tens of thousands of enemy infantry, the Allied armored forces continued their pursuit.

However, the weather was not beautiful, and suddenly it rained heavily, the roads became muddy, and a large number of Allied tanks and armored vehicles suddenly fell into the quagmire. At this time, Rommel decisively ordered the German infantry group 20 kilometers away to throw away their weapons and equipment, retreat at full speed, and finally escaped lightly. After learning the information from the front, Jiang Qiang decisively terminated the pursuit and ordered the troops to escort the prisoners and immediately retreat to join the follow-up troops.

Pursuing three or four hundred kilometers in a row is already the limit of the Allied forces, and it is easy to be counterattacked by Rommel if they continue to pretend. At this point, the Battle of Matru, which touched the nerves of the whole world, came to an end. In this battle, the Allies used their naval and air superiority to blockade and destroy the enemy's logistical supply lines, making it difficult for the German army to maneuver its forces and fight for a long time in the desert area. According to the terrain and the enemy's situation, the Allied forces changed their deployment in a timely manner, gathered superior forces, and carried out a frontal attack, focusing on the German and Italian infantry positions and living forces, so that the German tank units had to retreat because of the lack of infantry support.

The Germans, on the other hand, took advantage of the rapid laying of mines in the desert steppe area, set up minefields extensively, relied on the high ground for defense, and inflicted heavy damage on the Allied forces with melee firepower, killing and wounding 63,000 Allied troops in total, destroying 2,200 tanks and destroying more than 1,400 armored vehicles, which played a great role in stopping the Allied group tank attack. However, due to the lack of weapons, fuel, ammunition, food and drinking water for the German-Italian forces, and especially the lack of air supremacy, they were finally defeated by the Allies. The Allies made full use of air support to greatly support the ground forces, but in contrast to the Luftwaffe and the Italian Air Force, they were almost unable to provide support to the ground forces, and their main focus was on air combat.

However, they simply have no way to control air power, and they are getting weaker and weaker under the attrition of protracted air battles. It was also because there was no air supremacy in this battle, and the German-Italian coalition paid an even heavier price. The German army suffered 4 elite armies and 12 Italian divisions, with more than 250,000 casualties, 50,000 prisoners, 2,350 tanks and armored vehicles, and more than 5,000 artillery pieces.

Although both sides lost about the same number of tanks, this number was less than 40% for the Allies, and almost equivalent to total annihilation for Rommel. After this battle, although Rommel retained most of his troops, he lost 75% of his technical equipment and completely lost the capital to contend with the Allies in the North African theater. The Battle of Matru, which is destined to go down in history, began on May 4, and after 16 days of fierce fighting, the Allies finally ended the entire campaign victoriously on May 19.

The victory in the battle ensured the smooth flow of the Allied supply line from the Middle East to the Suez Canal, and was of great significance to the Allied forces in terms of morale, and was a turning point in the North African theater of World War II. As the British Prime Minister once commented: "Before the Battle of Matruoux, we have never won once; But after the Battle of Matru, we were invincible. ”

Of course, such a brilliant victory in this battle was by no means a one-sided victory, but a common victory of the entire Allied camp. Without the hard work of the working people of the allied countries, the strong supply of the logistics officers and men, and the bloody battles of the officers and men of the land, sea and air forces of various countries, this great victory would not have been possible!

"Nickname Outside! Our Chinese North African Expeditionary Force once again showed its might and won the first brilliant victory of the Allied camp over Nazi Germany! "The Allies won a great victory, and the British Imperial Army defeated Nazi Germany for the first time! The gloom of North Africa has lifted! "The invincible American army crushed the Nazi fascists!" "The Allies have won a decisive victory in the North African theater, and the World Anti-Fascist Alliance is invincible!"

The war ended with a resounding victory for the Allies, and the exciting news was transmitted to every corner of the world in a short period of time as beams of radio waves passed through the void. The Allied camp became jubilant, especially the British and Soviet sides, which were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and the morale of the army and the people was greatly encouraged! The Allied camp newspapers and magazines were all over the place to spread propaganda, and official and non-governmental celebrations came one after another, just like the New Year.

On the other hand, the Axis Allies were wailing, feeling unprecedented pressure and heaviness, and even the Japanese government, which had always hoped that the German army would be consumed more, was now facing a great enemy.

Tak Province, Thailand, the war room of the General Headquarters of the Burmese Dispatch Army. Okamura Ninji, Kimura Hyotaro, Kawabe Shozo, Anda 23 and other high-ranking Japanese generals gathered together, and they were idle and had nothing to do to use the Burmese Chinese Expeditionary Force as an imaginary enemy to carry out a sand table military flag deduction. The Burmese Chinese Expeditionary Force was originally the sworn enemy of Japan's Burma Dispatch Army, and it was the fundamental significance of the existence of the Burmese Dispatch Force.

However, the Burmese Chinese Expeditionary Force is described as an imaginary enemy, because the Japanese government has given up its illusions about Burma and has withdrawn half of the Burmese Sending Army. Naturally, the Burmese Dispatch Army did not have the ability to take the initiative to attack Burma, and their task had become to defend against the attack of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and hold the gateway to the Japanese-occupied zone in Southeast Asia.

However, the Chinese Expeditionary Force occupying Burma had no interest in attacking the solid defense system that Okamura Ninji had spent countless efforts to build, and was only immersed in training and training elite soldiers! This made Okamura Ningji and others, who were eager for revenge and eager to make contributions, very painful, especially after they received the transfer order from the base camp some time ago, they all felt particularly lost and aggrieved! "Your Excellency, Your Excellency the Chief of the General Staff! We just received an important piece of intelligence from the North African battlefield! ”

At this moment, a Japanese staff officer rushed in, respectfully handed a document to Okamura Ninji with both hands, "The Battle of Matru is over, the German and Italian allies have suffered a heavy defeat, and the North African Allies have won a complete victory!" "Nani? Was Rommel really defeated? Hearing this, Okamura Ninji's face suddenly changed greatly, and he grabbed the document with a roar and quickly browsed it.

After reading it carefully three times, Okamura Ningji said with an extremely heavy thought: "Sure enough, it will be like this in the end, damn Jiang Qiang, how did you do it?" Are you really the devil? After Kimura Hyotaro took the document and read it, he praised Okamura Ninji: "Your Excellency General, you are so powerful, you really say a word!" It was expected half a year ago. ”

"No, how could the German allies have been so defeated?" "Yes, didn't you say that Rommel Afrika Korps has more than 1 million troops, countless tanks and planes?" "Why can't the damned Chinese Expeditionary Force even win against the German allies?" "Yaga! This news is terrible for the Axis camp and the Great Japanese Empire! "What the hell is it going to take to defeat this hateful Huaxia commander?"

The senior generals of the Japanese army, such as Kawabe Shozo and Anda Twenty-three, were all so angry that they were about to vomit blood, they were beaten by Jiang Qiang before and only had only a pair of pants left, and they almost burped. These days, they have been looking forward to it, hoping that the German-Italian alliance will kill the Chinese expeditionary force led by Jiang Qiang without leaving a single piece of armor, so that this great scourge will be completely dead.

However, it backfired, and Jiang Qiang once again turned the tables against the wind, turning the precarious North African battlefield around little by little, and completely changing the situation in the North African battlefield until today. Thinking that even the powerful German chariots that were invincible all over the world were defeated in the hands of Jiang Qiang, Okamura Ningji, Kawabe Shozo and others all had a sense of fear and powerlessness.

After a while, Okamura Ningji gritted his teeth and said: "The Chinese army is getting stronger at an unprecedented speed, and the Great Japanese Empire can no longer raise tigers to cause trouble, and it must concentrate on solving the Huaxia Incident." However, as soon as he finished speaking, Okamura Ningji couldn't stop shaking his head, because what he just said was completely tantamount to nonsense, and the Japanese government did not want to give priority to solving the "Huaxia Incident," but it was unable to solve it thoroughly.

Everyone knows that the Nationalist Government only declared war on Japan after the Japanese army launched the Pacific War and joined the Allied camp. Japan, on the other hand, did not declare war on China until the end of World War II. At the beginning, Japan did not declare war because of its lack of resources, and a large amount of materials such as oil, steel, and machinery and equipment were heavily dependent on imports.

And so far there is still no declaration of war on China, that is because after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression entered the stage of strategic stalemate, Japan began to change its strategy and alleviate its predicament in China by supporting the Wang puppet regime. The Japanese recognized the Wang puppet regime as the sole legitimate government in China and established "diplomatic relations" with it. Japan did not recognize Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government as representing China, and naturally there was no need to declare war on the Nationalist Government, so the war against China was collectively referred to as the "Huaxia Incident."

After hearing the news, Japanese Emperor Hirohito was also shocked into a cold sweat and hurriedly convened a meeting of military and political officials to discuss. Hirohito has always had a small calculation, and has always adopted the strategy of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, most hoping to see the German allies and the Allies lose both, and the Japanese Empire can take advantage of this to reap the benefits of the fishermen. But there is a prerequisite in this, that is, the Allied camp must die ugly, and it is by no means a complete victory and all-round superiority of the Allied forces, especially the Chinese anti-Japanese armed forces must not have a good life!

In fact, on the contrary, now that the Allies have won a complete victory in the North African theater, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has once again shone brightly. On the Eastern Front in Europe, the Soviet army revived, showing its incomparable resilience, and the German army was forced into a protracted war of attrition. In the Pacific theater, the Americans began to move, and they have gradually possessed the ability to counterattack. The balance of power between the Axis and the Allies is changing, and it seems that a reversal is imminent!

The combination of these factors suddenly gave Hirohito an extreme sense of urgency, and he was really afraid that the Allied forces, especially the Asian Liberation Army, which was close at hand, would become an invincible force. Although the Japanese government has already decided to concentrate all its efforts to solve the problem and transfer back 600,000 Burmese troops to prepare for the war in Korea, Hirohito suddenly feels that it is not enough, and it needs to further increase the weight!

"Gentlemen, I think you already know about the North African battlefield, so I won't explain more!" When everyone arrived, Hirohito went straight to the point and said, "Even the powerful German allies have failed because of the addition of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and I would like to know what everyone thinks about this matter?" What kind of inspiration and lessons can the Great Japanese Empire draw from this? And how should we respond to the current war situation? ”

"Your Majesty!" Tojo was the first to speak after a long pause, "I am very clear about all aspects of the North African battlefield, and judging from the results of the war alone, it is indeed very surprising and even very dissatisfying. But on closer inspection, it is not terrible, the Germans lost quite unjustly, if they had not made a fatal mistake at the beginning, it must have been the Allies, not the Germans! Hirohito raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Tojo-kun, tell me, what do you think?" ”