Chapter 463: General

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"The Italian transport ship has just set sail from the southern port and is expected to arrive at this time tomorrow." A staff member stood behind Rommel and opened the document to report on the logistics of the German African Army.
"The oil was transferred from the 1st Army of Italy and told them the commander that my troops would fight back after 3 hours and let them get all the oil out for us!" Rommel tapped the map with his finger while smiling. Replied.
The deputy of the African Legion, Italian General General Garibaldi frowned, and had to open his mouth to persuade, "General Rommel, all the oil of the 1st Army? Then did our Italian 1st Army become An empty shelf that can't move? "
"Either I will give you all the oil in your hand. Your 1st Army is attacking. We'll be short." Rommel said without looking back.
If the Italian 1st Army could fight back, Mussolini, the arrogant leader of Italy, would not send a dozen telegrams to Berlin in a day, requesting Akado to rescue him. So Italy's General Garibaldi immediately closed his mouth.
However, there were still people who did not want to see Rommel taking risks. The commander of the 7th Armored Division stepped forward and said, "General, the SS 7th Panzer Division is still in Italy, and the 17th Infantry Division is also on the road. And the 7th Infantry Army ... are you a bit too anxious? "
Friedrich is now the commander of the 7th Infantry Army. His original 7th Infantry Division of the old army was expanded into the current 7th Infantry Army of the African Army. Now he has many good things in his hand, even some main forces. Good things that are not in the infantry.
For example, in his infantry army, the configuration of the armored infantry division is the closest to the full series. The whole army has 7 armored battalions, equipped with the latest assault gun "Cheetah" modified by the latest leopard tank site, and equipped 105mm caliber self-propelled howitzer modified by many trucks and No. 2 tank.
If you count 150 more old No. 2 tanks given to Rommel, it can be said that Rommel ’s African legion has higher mobility and flexibility than the average German troops. Of course, the disadvantage is that this unit is very fuel-intensive, so in most cases, the troops in Germany have not been strengthened on such a large scale.
"General" Frederick looked at the map and pointed to the British line of defense that Rommel was about to break through. "The Army General Staff let us come here. The command given is to stabilize the situation in Africa, but let us fight back." "
Rommel no longer scrutinized the map, turned back to look at Frederick, and then asked: "If you think that the head of state and the highest headquarters want us to defend, then why not send the experienced Liszt or Moder to come ? "
He said while pointing at the map: "Our reconnaissance unit found the junction between their two armies. We can drive straight in as long as we tear open here. The British supply line is too long. When they stabilize their positions, We are all in Tobruk. "
"How did the Army General Staff explain? We just received a telegram from them to make us try to stabilize the situation, and as a result we started to attack ... Doing this doesn't take Marshal Blauchich's eyes."
"We are here to bring victory back to Germany, to reward the head's trust with victory ... As for others, does Rommel care about other people's ideas?" Rommel sneered and looked at Italy General Garibaldi, commander of the army: "I will prepare fuel and ammunition supplies within 2 hours, and after 3 hours, at 5:30 in the morning, the African Legion will attack on time."
"Yes!" Frederick and the commander of the 7th Armored Division replied.
With the order, the German army was fully prepared for war. The 17th Infantry Division, who has just arrived in North Africa, is responsible for the flanking cover work, and the 27th Infantry Division is responsible for the security of the rear supply line. All the fronts are handed over to the 7th Armored Division and the 7th Armored Infantry Division. The two units will depart in the early morning and start at dawn A full-scale attack on the British army.
Since Rommel can win the reputation of the Desert Fox in later generations, he is naturally not a tycoon who only knows the offensive Cheng Chengjin, he organized the attack more relying on cunning and changeable means of warfare, rather than the brute force of the dead fight .
This time he placed the 7th Panzer Infantry Division, the main infantry division, on the front, and then let go of the large roundabout task to the 7th Panzer Division, which is more mobile. He prepared to cut into the UK with the 7th Panzer Infantry Division. At the junction of the two forces, a seemingly classic armored force blitz battle is fought.
In this way, the British defenders who did not know their true strength will definitely take counter-attacks, and he knew that the best counter-attack method was actually to attack the German 7th Infantry Division that broke into the center. As a result, the two British troops were stuck with the 7th Armored Infantry Division Division on the front.
Subsequently, his main 7th Armored Division, which surrounds the big circle outside, will be killed from the southern region into the battlefield, cut the British troops on one side, and save the dangerous 7th Armored Infantry Division, then cut into the British defense line on the other side. Go ahead and use an "irrational hand" to completely disrupt the deployment of the British defenders.
Once this plan is successful, Rommel ’s African Legion will destroy the frontline British defenders, seize the opposing command hub and supply base, and after swallowing the collapsed British frontline troops, they will advance eastward and pursue the remaining British defeated soldiers.
Forty Stuttgart bombers will stay in their arms and will patronize the defensive positions of the British defenders before the attack, and the Italian artillery will shell the British positions 10 minutes in advance. The Italian immediately rejoiced when they heard that they did not need their own forces to participate in the attack. , Prepared hundreds of large-caliber artillery pieces, wholeheartedly opened the way for German colleagues.
After hearing the orders of Rommel, Admiral Garibaldi nodded without crap. Since Mussolini had strictly ordered the Italian army of North Africa to cooperate with the actions of the German and African legions, he also gave the highest command to Rommel. Then, as Mussolini's confidant, he couldn't commit himself to having trouble with his master. So he immediately ordered the fuel of the Italian 1st Army to be stationed at the German team without even hesitating.
Of course, he was not idle, but sent Mussolini a very vaguely telegram, which stated that the German Army General Staff ordered Rommel to stay on the line of defense. After saying this he didn't say anything else, he meant to make Mussolini analyze his own priorities.
What he didn't know was that this telegram was intercepted by British intelligence personnel just like other Italian messages. Just half an hour later, the message was placed on Montgomery's desk as a treasure.
"Rommel was ordered to defend? Shouldn't it ... According to the habits of the German heads of state, if Germany is determined to defend, it will be transferred to a more stable general. With such a young Rommel, this is not normal." Montgomery Staring at the chin and staring at the intelligence with doubtful analysis, "This Rommel is famous for its offensive operations, whether it is the performance of the Polish battle or the French battle, there is no reason."
"But the content of this telegram will never be wrong, so Rommel could not violate the decision of Chief of Staff Brahich, we are temporarily safe." Montgomery's side, the commander of the British North African Expeditionary Force, looked proudly Looking at the map, his reinforcements will arrive shortly, and he will be able to secure the defense line near the .
"London street fighting has been fighting for a month, and the outcome is still unclear." Montgomery rubbed his nose and sighed. "If it wasn't for Churchill's replacement, I might have just arrived near Cambridge."
The old general pointed to several areas on the map and said: "It's too late to say anything now. All we can do is fight this North Africa battle, so that Churchill can stay on the land longer."
"Americans are going to war?" Montgomery asked suddenly.
The old general nodded and said: "A telegram from Iceland, a fully armed American armored division has boarded a few days ago and is detouring to Egypt. However, they still have no plans to declare war on Germany. This division is a volunteer. It is organized in a form. At the same time, there are a British infantry regiment in the Saudi area, a Canadian infantry division, and an Australian voluntary division, with a strength of almost 50,000. "
Montgomery froze, then nodded in satisfaction. An American division has more "connotations" than a division in the hands of the British now. This division cannot handle 30,000 people. Now that the British count as reinforcements, they can barely make up more than 200,000 troops. So in the face of Rommel's growing number of German troops, Montgomery also seemed to have some confidence.
"Because this coalition of more than 50,000 people needs to receive and adapt to desert combat training. So the Icelandic government wants you to go back to Egypt and be responsible for the training and command of these soldiers. These troops include the two tank divisions that the United States assisted us to form , Will form a new group army, the eighth group army. "The old general said:" The commander is you, Montgomery ... And these frontline troops will be integrated into the ninth group army. "
"When do I leave?" Montgomery asked. Being able to independently command a group army is the most beneficial outcome Montgomery can think of now. If he keeps playing for others, he feels that he may be crazy. After all, he now feels that many combat plans of the British team in North Africa are wrong, but he himself has no right to correct these mistakes.
"Let's go now, the plane is ready for you." It seems that the old general also hopes that this subordinate who always gives advice will quickly get out.