Chapter 582: Brainstorm

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Patton was hurriedly hurriedly, his troops extended from Egypt. The road winding several kilometers was dusty, and there were American m3 half-track armored vehicles and trucks, as well as American and British soldiers walking densely on both sides of the road.
Since the United States declared war on Japan, domestic wartime control has suddenly increased the production capacity of the United States. Within a month, the United States launched a number of destroyers and cruisers, including aircraft carriers on the dock. Almost another new Pacific Fleet was produced by the United States again. Only this time, the core is no longer a battleship with complicated production procedures, but an open freeboard aircraft carrier that is simple and easy to produce.
Of course, the army's equipment is so much that it makes people scalp numb. The United States sent a large number of half-tracked armored vehicles and tanks to the Middle East to protect the increasingly vulnerable Middle East oil production areas. At the same time, it is also stepping up oil extraction in Mexico and the homeland to meet the demand for expanded production capacity.
In just one month, the United States served 200 new fighter jets and 30 bombers, and produced more than 200 M4 Sherman tanks, half of which were deployed to the Middle East. Barton was strengthened by at least 30 m4 tanks and 300 m3 stock tanks. The number of tanks in his hand was not much less than Rommel. This was his eager capital for battle, and his biggest battle.
The entire 8th Army now has 890 tanks, about 90 m4 Sherman tanks, and more than 400 m3lee tanks with 75mm caliber artillery. Most of the rest are m3 and a small amount of Matilda. These tank troops are already the largest tank troops gathered by the Allied Forces. Even the US troops fighting hard against the Japanese in the Philippines have no such large number of tanks.
However, compared with the number of tanks in Rommel's hand, the armor strength in Barton's hand was slightly shabby. Rommel now has more than 70 Tiger tanks in his hand, as well as close to 700 Leopard tanks, as well as close to 250 No. 3 tanks and other decay.
Unlike the last tank battle between Rommel and Barton, because the chassis of the No. 3 tank was occupied by the No. 3 assault gun, the German General Equipment Department ordered the suspension of the No. 3 tank and turned to produce better Leopard tanks and No. 3 assault gun. Therefore, the No. 3 tank in Rommel's hands was not replenished, but the number dropped a lot. But the leopard tanks in his hands are the backbone of the German tanks, and the number is absolutely staggering.
So this time Rommel was confident to fight a larger tank battle, and completely annihilated Patton ’s armored forces outside Tobruk. Once this armored battle was won, not only was Tobruk a breeze to become a German-Italian coalition, even Egypt was just around the corner.
On the one hand, the German army waited for Barton to appear with ease, and on the other hand, Barton was exhausted with reinforcements. Rommel accurately calculated the driving loss of the armored forces in Barton's hand. He used the mature maintenance level of the German army to estimate the tank in Barton's hand. It was easy to calculate that the tank that Barton could use to participate in the battle outside Tobruk was not More than 500 vehicles, this figure is much less than the Germans can counterattack.
Because the maintenance and repair are very convenient, and there is no long-distance raid operation, the armored forces in Rommel ’s hands are in very good condition. At the beginning of the battle, Rommel could call more than 800 tanks, which gave the Germans quality and quantity. All past Barton.
The reason why Barton is so eager to come, and eager to use the inferior force to fight Rommel ’s superior army, is nothing more than two reliances. One is that American production capacity is steadily increasing. He is confident that he will fight with two tanks or more A tank in Rommel, he will definitely receive more supplies than Rommel; another reliance is on the British defenders in Tobrook. Once the battle begins, the British troops in Tobrook will definitely take the opportunity to kill them. Together with chaos, Rommel will inevitably suffer losses.
He is here to give Rommel to eat these troops, just like giving a warm KFC luxury lunch. It's just that this big meal is a bit hard. If you want to eat it, you may have to break a few teeth.
In fact, on the road of the yellow sand, Patton, who was sitting in the command car, was repeatedly calculating Rommel ’s strength. The news he got made him feel very bad. At least he increasingly felt that it was not a good thing to rush up. Method.
The armored forces in Rommel's hands did not appear in large-scale battles against Tobruk. On the contrary, the main force attacking there was traditional infantry with the giant artillery of the Navy. This made Barton dare not rush to start the decisive battle. Obviously Rommel was waiting for him to hit him on the front armor plate of the tiger tank and the leopard tank, and he broke his head.
Moreover, the loss of air control and sea control has made Barton, a brave and brave warrior, a dilemma. The loss of sea control has made Barton ’s materials have to be transported through detours in southern Africa. It was only in the United States that Charles de Gaulle entered the country.
After all, it is necessary to go around a big circle, because in this big circle, almost one-third of Patton's oil is always on the road, and almost one-third of Patton's equipment is always on the road. Around the Cape of Good Hope, around Africa, through Somalia, through Suez with fear, before reaching Barton's hand.
The air dominance can be painful. In good weather, you dare not assemble and dare not attack. You have to wait for rain, and you have to wait for all the bad weather that is not conducive to combat. Although the Luftwaffe in North Africa is far less brutal than it was in Europe, it is still a chilling force.
Barton would like to optimistically estimate how much strength he has left after reaching Tobrook, but the report he currently holds obviously does not allow him to continue to be optimistic. The failure rate of the American m3 tank itself is higher than that of the German leopard tank. After a rough estimate, he found that he could find 400 tanks to launch an attack after a leap forward, even if it is a blessing.
If the interference of the Luftwaffe is counted, it will be very good for the US tanks to have 300 tanks left. Of course, this is an estimation result. It is very likely that the United States will travel long distances and eventually only 200 or less equipment will be left.
Use less than 300 backward m3lee tanks and m4 tanks to attack German leopard tanks that are at least twice as powerful? What a joke? If this order is passed to the frontline U.S. military grassroots, then this battle need not be fought at all, and it is impossible for the 8th Army to break out tomorrow.
"Telegraph for General Montgomery and tell him that our plan is about to change, so bumped into it so that it could not be eaten by Rommel." Barton frowned as he pinched an unlit cigar Said to the staff.
His staff was obviously less optimistic about the battle than he was, so he told the truth: "General, we drove all the way, half of the equipment was thrown halfway. Once the Germans gained an advantage on the battlefield, they pursued us all the way The equipment thrown halfway will be thrown to the Germans ... "
Barton didn't speak, so the staff sent messages, and Montgomery's call-back action there was not slow. Obviously, the other party had also considered the situation on the battlefield. After all, North Africa's decisive battle is of great importance. Once a problem occurs, the consequences are equally unimaginable.
"I understand, but if we don't go, the impact caused by the loss of Tobruk is more than annihilated by the entire 8th Army. If the United Kingdom loses India and Australia is threatened by the Japanese, then it is likely to withdraw from the war ..." Holding the message, Patton was silent again.
He did not understand politics, and he said that politics is worse than talking to him directly about military affairs. It is very unreasonable to give a group army to his opponent to eat in his eyes. If it is necessary to set bait, it is necessary to kill more enemies to win.
But now his allies are lagging behind his military operations, which makes him a little annoyed, but because of the pressure of his boss, he can't show it for a while. The leader of the French government in exile, Charles de Gaulle, used the excuse to protect the route and moved Vichy to the French Somali colony. As a result, the French battleship off Tobruk completely drove the North African battlefield into a passive situation. In order to protect their Egyptian colonies and the Suez Canal, the British tried every possible means to let the United States and Germany fight for each other.
Patton was a little messy. He did n’t understand why the Vimfa team in Somalia had never intervened in any allied transport operations, but Charles de Gaulle had to move the place where the bird did n’t at this time. He also didn't understand why Montgomery would rather toss off Tobruk and destroy the 8th Army. He also hoped that he would send troops to die. Could it be that war is not for victory?
The support plan was indeed put forward by Button, but at that time he did not know that Rommel would press his armored forces for 6 days, waiting for his home battle. At least in Barton's script, it is time to stop and gather troops, and then find another way to save Tobrook.
These 50,000 American soldiers and 40,000 British soldiers cannot be buried in their own hands. This is Barton's mind now. He finally raised his head, looked at the tank outside the car window and followed a dusty tank, and made his determination.
"Order the troops to stop advancing, gather Luo's troops behind, repair the tanks and vehicles, and wait for instructions on the next move." Barton said to the staff. Our current situation is sent back to the country by telegram, let the bigwigs brainstorm. "
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