Chapter 503: attack

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Facts have proved that it is not only Barton and Montgomery who are thinking of attacking, Germany's Rommel is also planning an offensive battle. But he was banned by Germany's supreme command before he could put it into practice.
General Frederick is now reporting to Rommel in the conference room on his preparations for the battle in recent days. Near this supply station, he divided the 7th Infantry Army into three tiers, dividing the 27th Division and some Italian troops Put on the first line, put the elite 7th Infantry Division and 17th Infantry Division on the second line of defense, and some fragmentary assault guns and the Italian tank troops placed on the third line of defense, Always be ready to reinforce locations attacked by enemy forces.
Although this arrangement is very safe, but on the long line of defense, the German African Army has placed only one army, which is obviously not enough. So, a question came like this, excavator technology ... used to it, sorry. So the question is coming, where did the 7th Armored Corps, where Rommel was supplemented and strengthened?
This is not the small unit with only the 7th armored division half a month ago, but a huge armored unit with 3 armored divisions. If you count some tank destroyers and the third tank, Rommel probably holds There are more than 700 tanks, which is no longer a small number.
Trouble shooting and maintenance issues, Rommel can send at least 500 tanks into the battlefield at a time. For a battlefield in North Africa, the number of tanks is quite considerable.
You know, Barton, who is preparing to rush to attack, and the armored troops in the hands of Montgomery, only add up to 910 tanks. Of course, these tanks can't be put into battle together, and Patton can use up to 500 combat forces.
Therefore, the closest battle between the two sides since the beginning of the war will begin. What Rommel is confirming at this moment is precisely the amount of material reserves he can use in this battle.
"The number of fighters we can use is about 75, and there is no problem fighting for the air control nearby. The British lost 7 aircraft in these days, and rarely sent patrol formations to provoke the door." The head of the air force helped Friedry Ke reported on the situation in the sky, and once again assured Rommel that they could win the air superiority on the battlefield.
Rommel still believes this, because the Luftwaffe rarely lost air control since the beginning of the war. Even if it was interfered by the British Air Force in the battle of landing in Britain, it did not lose the advantage over the theater. The sky in North Africa has been controlled by the German and Italian air forces. The Italian Air Force me-109c fighter is responsible for the usual patrol tasks, and the German Air Force fw-190d is responsible for killing offending British Air Forces.
But to be honest, with the exception of a few brigades of Stuka bombers, the German-Italian Air Force did not suppress ground battlefields very high. Even Italian bombers only dared to drop bombs at high altitudes under the cover of the German Air Force. Words can only be good wishes. So Rommel did not expect that the North African air force could, like its European counterparts, directly defeat the British and American allies from the air.
The real matchup still depends on the ground battlefield. Rommel thought of this, and threw the telegram that prohibited him from actively attacking the British and American coalition forces aside, and sneered to hear the officers of the Italian allies explain the coordination of artillery support. In fact, there is nothing to arrange. The attitude of the German senior generals towards the Italian troops has been basically very simple and rude. That is: you hit you, I hit me.
"General Rommel, you mobilized the entire 7th Armored Corps. Are you going to force the attack regardless of the order of your country's supreme command?" General Garibaldi of Italy was sitting next to Rommel. He asked, "Are you going to disobey the order of the head again?"
"General Garibaldi, just a day ago, the Supreme Command changed the communication password and sent a telegram with the latest password." General Friedrich handed a document to an Italian ally.
General Garibaldi took over the document, carefully read the content above, and gave it back to Frederick with a bitter smile. The above is a message sent by Akado in his own tone. The content is not much: Rommel, I know that it is a very dangerous thing to interfere with the command of a frontline general, and that the one about your logistics supply is not completed and you cannot attack. The command may have been deciphered by the enemy, so it depends on your own decision. Akado Rudolph.
This telegram can say that the highest command that ordered Rommel not to attack was taken back. In fact, this was not the change of the head of the Akado, but he was able to change it if he knew his mistakes.
Akado established the Supreme Command for two reasons. The first is the need for coordinated operations of the various services, and the second is to reasonably and legally control the control of the army in his own palm-these two can be There is no such thing as commanding troops. Because Akado set himself the bottom line from the beginning, that is, try not to interfere with the command of the troops.
He deeply knew what kind of disaster the Hitler's indiscriminate command caused to the German army, because of his stubbornness and arbitrariness, the German army was defeated in 1943, and it was really because of the loss. The restraint of his intervention in the military has made many battles that could have been better defeated.
Later, because the orders issued by the Supreme Command became more and more inexplicable, and because Hitler's mistakes became more and more unbearable, the German senior generals began to deceive Hitler and modify Hitler's combat deployment, which led to more catastrophic Consequences-The men deceived their superiors, and the superiors misjudged the situation and made wrong judgments. As a result, the men could only fight harder to carry out wars with less hope of victory. Is such a vicious circle unreasonable?
For example, such a situation emerged in the latter part of the war. Hitler ordered the expansion of the German army, but there were no weapons and personnel, so the generals had to trick Hitler into saying that these non-existent forces were indeed formed and had entered the war. Hitler took these nonexistent troops to fight back and naturally there would be no result. The front line Of troops collapsed faster without support. The collapsed troops did not dare to report to Hitler, so these forces existed for the next time and were taken out by Hitler to support other German troops.
Akado did n’t want to commit suicide by hiding in the basement like Churchill, but also had to use a grenade to destroy his body; he did n’t want to be like Hitler, after he died, he would be put on gasoline and set on fire ... he still has three The beautiful flower-like beauty is waiting for Lin Xing, and he has a lot of money waiting to be spent.
With Ronmel, who was instructed by Akado, he naturally decided to play an offensive that he was best at, as he meant. He didn't want to stay in the trenches and wait for his opponent to knock on the door. This was not his dream way of fighting, nor was it in line with his personal art of war.
attack! Only offense is the best defense! Only if the enemy is defeated for thousands of miles, can his defense be stabilized like Mount Tai! This is the credo of Rommel, this is the most general offensive in Germany. As long as he has one liter of gasoline, he must use it on the offensive. This is in line with his style, and this is in line with the classic "offensive, offensive, offensive!" In his "Infantry Attack" book.
"Fight a fight that you are familiar with. Here, General Garibaldi and I will stick to the last moment." Friedrich said with a smile: "I remember the General you mentioned in the" Infantry Attack "book. After: 'The stronger the firepower, the deeper the fortification and the smaller the casualties.' So we have prepared for a long time this time. "
General Garibaldi, the Italian defender, also said: "I know that the Italian army is not very good in combat in front of the German team, but this time we have the most elite Italian troops on the front line, and we are not sure about the attack, but I am still confident in defense. "
While bragging to his troops, he pointed to the map to describe the defense configuration of the Italian troops. Artillery was placed on many defense points, mines were laid between positions and positions, and some more important areas were even welded with steel plates. The cover becomes a fortress.
And this time Mussolini reinforced the black shirt of Garibal ’s first division. This army is a bit similar to the German SS. It is a volunteer army of young people with firm beliefs and loyalty. The combat strength can be regarded as Italy ’s strongest. Troops. Rommel also knew that Garibaldi was indeed talking about the fact that the first army of the Italian North African Army that accompanied the German attack is very strong, at least there should be no major problems in defense.
But there are still problems that have troubled Rommel, who is preparing to attack, that is, his logistics supply does have problems. An Italian oil tanker carrying oil was sunk by British submarines in the Mediterranean Sea, which caused the 2,000 tons of gasoline and 1,000 tons of aviation fuel that should have been sent to Rommel to sink into the sea. This is also the highest command to prohibit Rommel from launching offensive operations The most important reason.
The lack of fuel is the biggest problem facing the Germans. If it was not for the seizure of a British fuel bank that Rommel supported for so long, he may have been chased and killed by Barton all the way back to Tunisia. However, after a few days of fighting and reserve reserves of spare oil, Rommel found that the resources in his hands could only be used for a short offensive battle. Although the amount of oil was increased, he also had more equipment to drink oil. After all, tank and aircraft assault gun armored vehicles are all oil tigers.
However, Rommel was still full of confidence. He firmly believed that his troops could approach Tobrook in this counterattack and win this important defensive node.