Chapter 474: Trek

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Africa is a magical place, especially in the hot and dry areas of North Africa. Every day there is hot daylight and extremely high surface temperatures during the day, but at night it is as cold as winter in Northern Europe.
Everyone who comes to this land must try to adapt to everything on this land. Rommel was sitting in the car, letting wind and sand hit him in the face. He saw several soldiers of the reconnaissance troops on the roadside pouring the sand in his boots, talking and laughing as he watched his commander's car from them. opened.
They set off a few hours in advance, followed the simple road and half of the road signs buried by the yellow sand, and followed the map and the compass to make difficult progress in the desert, but God knows for what reason, their hundreds of tanks The army was still lost in the desert. They did not arrive at the attack site on time, so the whole army became anxious.
"Chief of Staff, do you say that General Frederick will stop the attack?" Rommel narrowed his eyes and looked at the yellow sand, and asked. He is in a bad mood now, because the plan he made by himself has not been able to be executed on time because of his own reasons.
The chief of staff looked at the map and the signpost and said to Rommel: "From the signpost, we have deviated from the original battle site by more than ten kilometers. This is almost out of the front line between the two sides. It should be near this area on the map. . "
Now Rommel knows why his troops deviated from the original route, because the road signs were replaced by the British, and the indicated roads also deviated from the original direction. The 7th Armored Division reconnaissance unit of the first desert operation did not pay attention These details were confused for more than an hour to find the right direction.
This is not like the bustling European inland, where a small intersection will detail the city in all directions and the distance. The street signs here have only a simple location description. As for detailed information, do n’t think about it. . And once you miss a road sign, it is not easy to see the same road sign again.
The temperature is very hot. In order to prevent sunburn or dehydration caused by water evaporation, people must wear thick clothes and even use a towel to plug the collar to avoid dying in the dunes. After several hours of hard work, 41 tanks failed, and Rommel had to waste another precious hour to repair these precious weapons and equipment.
"The 17 tanks had their engines stalled due to filter problems. After cleaning and replenishing the oil, these tanks can be started again. The two tanks in the 2nd battalion, 2 battalion and 1 company have some serious problems. During the investigation, there was a problem with the gearbox of the other tank. The support battalion said that it must be returned to repair. "The officer responsible for logistics caught up with Rommel and reported to him the repair work of the faulty tank.
"The reconnaissance force hasn't contacted the British team yet?" Rommel unfolded the map on his car. The wind and sand were a bit big, and the map blew loudly.
"No, we have found the correct position, but there is no British security force in the area where we are in contact with the British army. Here and here we found the abandoned camp. From a time point of view, about three hours ago There is also British soldier activity. "The staff pointed to the map and introduced Rommel:" Or? General, are we breaking radio silence now? "
"Wait ... wait ..." Rommel pursed his lips, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, and issued a command aloud: "Let the troops accelerate, all the malfunctioning vehicles are concentrated here, leaving an armor The battalion also has a division as a cover, and other troops rush here with the fastest speed! "
"General! You mean ... The British are retreating?" The chief of staff asked in doubt and then nodded his head: "Yes, in all signs, they are indeed retreating, but, general ... we need to Are you adventurous? "
Of course it is necessary. Once the British are retreated, the next decisive battle will be in the Tobruk area on the other side of the desert, where the supply line will be at least several dozen times farther than it is now. And let the British retreat completely to Tobruk, with the complete fortifications there, and want to annihilate the British army must pay at least several times the price than now, these are what Rommel did not want to see.
Rommel ’s strategic goal is to invade Egypt and obtain a springboard for Germany to enter the Middle East. If too much power is wasted on the road, the further back, the fewer chips he can use. He does n’t want to be in the future. There was an embarrassing situation with no military attack. Therefore, according to Rommel ’s current thinking, it is absolutely worthwhile to be able to save troops and eliminate the risk of British vitality.
Thinking of this, Rommel nodded and said to the chief of staff: "It is necessary, it is very necessary. If General Frederick sees that the British are going to run, then he will be desperate to get close to here. Along the obstructed northeast. "
He pointed to the map and said: "Once he is attacking like this, the British want to get out is a dream, they will be stuck in place and unable to retreat. So at this time they can only choose to counterattack or give up the front line troops."
4 British divisions who gave up the front line? This is not everyone's courage. Even Montgomery has to consider whether such a renunciation is worthwhile, let alone an old general who is known for his stability.
So the most likely countermeasure for the British is counterattack, with an effective but powerful counterattack to drive away the entanglement of the positive Germans. In this way, the British front-line guards who could not escape could be saved, and then they all swaggered back to the Tobruk area. Such a counterattack tactic is not risky, it can even be said to be a limited counterattack tactic before the retreat-Rommel firmly believes that the British will do this.
"Otherwise? Leave the 2 regiments and let the 1 regiment go up first?" The 7th Division's commander was Rommel's old man. He stood aside and suggested: "If the strength of a regiment really seizes the British empty space , Enough. "
Without thinking about it, Rommel waved his hand: "The whole army is attacking! We are the 7th armored division! Can the 7th armored division without the attack be called the 7th armored division? It is not our style to fear the tail and to fight, Just hit the biggest result! "
"Attack!" Rommel shouted loudly, and the sound quickly dissipated in the yellow sand sky.
Corresponding to this offensive command is the sound of one tank after another, starting the engine and moving on. They are the 7th Armored Division of the German Wehrmacht, known as the Devil, and the 7th Division of the Devil, who all the way to Dunkirk in Sedan, France. Their motto is the famous "offensive, offensive, then offensive." "
So when the offensive command was issued, all the commanders finally recovered their state of mind from the state of melancholic searching, and began to orderly arrange their men to complete the final preparations for the offensive. The ammunition was sorted out clearly, the total amount of oil was confirmed, the shells were loaded into the tank of the tank, and the magazine was inserted into the body of the assault rifle.
As the wheels of the tank and the car turned, the entire 7th Armored Division rolled forward, and the reconnaissance troops shuttled back and forth among the various troops. From time to time, there were signalmen on motorcycles returning from the front, confirming various important News.
"British forces were found, British forces were found 6 miles ahead. They were firing and we were not too close." A soldier on a motorcycle pointed at the map and reported the results of the investigation to a battalion commander of the armored battalion. The battalion commander nodded and climbed into his command vehicle.
Soon this exciting news was passed to Rommel, who was in the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment. After receiving the information, he glanced at it and ordered: "Break the radio silence, this time the British cannot run!" "
With his orders, the command vehicle of the military department stopped and the huge radio antenna and the telegraph receiving antenna were erected by the engineers. The cables of the generator car were connected to the various command vehicles, and dozens of soldiers and two tanks began to arrange security lines around them.
When I opened the telegram, I received General Frederick's call for help: "General Rommel, our army is fighting hard. Please be sure to launch an attack on the flank."
"Call back General Frederick." Rommel said with a smile: "I'm in the designated position, and I have started to attack."
After speaking, he was relieved obviously because he had won this time. He looked at his chief of staff and his men and made a joke: "This Frederick will exaggerate and cry when calling for help. 'S voice is the loudest, but if you really don't care about him for a few hours, you will find that he can still insist ... "
"General Frederick has always been known for his soundness and sophistication, and his 7th Infantry Division of the old army is known as the little devil." The Chief of Staff said with a smile: "General Bock had also made fun of General Liszt. , Said to bet, whoever wins when you attack Frederick's defense. "
"What's the matter?" Rommel froze, and then asked with interest: "We can rest for a few days after the battle. General Frederick and I will try to play chess."
The 7th Army Chief Frederick, who was struggling under the counterattack of the British Tank Force and Artillery, finally waited for the news he wanted to wait for. A telegram from Rommel was delivered to him by the telegraph operator, and he opened He glanced at it, then walked back to his headquarters with his hands on his back.
Walking to his staff, he handed the telegram to his men: "Win! General Rommel's attack on the flank began."