"Thank you, but you have to go back to London as soon as possible to stabilize the situation there and show the follow-up reconstruction work. According to the agreement, we will build military airports in Ireland and northern Britain. These airports will be under Catherine’s command, and you will be in charge of the coastal defense work in the British Isles. I need a relatively stable western defense line, which needs to be completed by you." arcado told rundstedt after asking reporters to take pictures.

Rundstedt nodded to arcado and replied, "My Fuehrer, I will immediately set out to arrange the defense system, so that there will be no problems in the imperial navy. I want you to ensure that the British Isles are impregnable."
"The third Reich new marshal! Cheers! " Arcado smiled and picked up the table and put away the glass, raised his arm and said to his lover with a smile.
"Atlantic barriers! Cheers! " Rundstedt then raised his glass. "I’ll go back to London tomorrow. My head of state asks you to take care."
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"Rommel general * * * * victory! Destroy 20,000 British troops! " A newsboy street waved newspapers and shouted that newspapers have been very popular in the past year, and his life has been much better.
After all, in 193, the head of state ordered speer to integrate the imperial industry and reorganize the white orchid flower group; Landing in Britain and occupying the British capital London; Followed by the Soviet-German war, the German border broke out and won the counterattack; Now there is a victory in North Africa, which is simply dizzying.
The people are still rejoicing and still discussing the war situation in North Africa and the return of strategic materials from Italy-this is the price for Germany to send troops to North Africa-these strategic materials include flour and butter, Italian workers, and now Germans find that war is not unacceptable, and they should continue to gain these benefits …
Rommel’s victory cheered the people, but it made the general staff of the Army of the National Defence Force a mess. Brauchic is now in the eastern front supervision office. Here, Bok, commander-in-chief of the N regiment army and veteran Bok, deputy chief of staff of the National Defence Force, has just returned from the eastern front.
An hour ago, he informed arcado of the news of the front line in North Africa. At this time, arcado had just arrived at the office of the General Staff of the National Defence Force. As soon as he saw Bok arcado, he couldn’t wait to ask about the war situation in North Africa.
"How bad is Bok?" Arcado frowning with a report while watching mouth asked.
"The Italian side of my head of state can transport very limited ships, and the recent soldiers’ rotation plan was originally planned to transport another infantry army in North Africa, but it is still in Italy." Bok pointed to the map and said, "They still have this port here waiting for their ship."
Aka looked at the map and looked at the report in his hand. It seems that the situation is worse than he thought. Now half of the African legion is either regrouped or Rommel has the remaining troops of the 7 th Armored Army and the 7 th Infantry Army, which have been fighting continuously for more than ten days. It is no different from suicide to push Tobruk at this time.
"To Rommel? Order him to stop moving forward! " Arcado lost his information and went to the map of North Africa. His fingers knocked on the surface, representing Rommel’s main force. The blue arrow asked General Bok.
Bockney shook his head. "My Fuehrer’s * * * * * battle was that the General Staff of the Army strictly ordered Rommel’s defense to start. He saw the order exhibition attack and killed all the way to Tobruk. Do you think he would listen to the order to stop moving at this time?"
"…" arcado was silent about what temper Rommel, his confidant, was. He knew it all too well. At this time, arcado personally gave instructions to order him to stop attacking. Otherwise, even if Marshal Brauchy’s warrant really arrived in North Africa, the implementation would be greatly reduced.
"I personally make! Report to the official! I’m arcado Rudolph, ordering you to stop attacking temporarily and wait for the new high command to arrive. "arcado called the newspaper officer and issued the highest command of the German high command.
Bok looked at the newspaper officer and hurried to get up and handed another report to arcado. Then he said, "Italian logistics supplies are in a mess. I’m afraid General Rommel has run out of ammunition and food now. Let’s get ready to meet the defeat of the African legion."
"Really will lose? Do you avoid it? " Arcado doubt looked at his hand some hold fluky psychology mouth asked.
Bok gave a wry smile and then found out another piece of information and put it in front of arcado. "Because of the disastrous battle of * * * * *, the supreme commander of Britain and North Africa died of a heart attack, and I was forced by the king of England to let the deputy commander of North Africa take over this commander. It is our old acquaintance that I feel that General Rommel is running this time."
"Not … Montgomery?" Arcado was one leng and then suddenly remembered that intelligence showed that the deputy commander-in-chief of the British army in North Africa was indeed Montgomery, the famous British soldier who almost took advantage of rundstedt.
"It’s really Montgomery, the British soil. His composure is impressive. This general led an army that he had never seen before, and the name was the British first regiment near Tobruk. We can also confirm the details."
Arcado sighed after hearing that it was indeed Montgomery. It seems that it is necessary for him to restrain Rommel. After all, in his previous life, his confrontation with Montgomery ended in the failure of the desert fox. Although the defeat was a pity, it made people feel regretful and disappointed.
Here, Rommel, a tragic "desert fox", commanded a dazzling offensive in North Africa, but he returned to Germany for recuperation at the most important moment because of stomach trouble; Then he was ordered to be the supreme commander of the German Atlantic Barrier, but he missed the Normandy War for celebrating his wife’s birthday. If a student skipped classes twice a semester and was named by the teacher, it would be said that he was a tragedy. It is very tragic for a general like Rommel to miss important battles twice.
"Prepare supplies for Rommel in the first half, and arrange wherever you can to meet him and return to the security area. His hands are all the main forces of the empire, so as to ensure the security of the 7 th armored division and the 7 th infantry."
"Ann? After more than ten days of continuous fighting, it is already the limit that half of the tanks of the 7th armored division can go to the front to fight. This time, Rommel is lucky. He now has at most two armored battalions and about one infantry division in his hand. Montgomery’s counterattack will be successful, but our loss will not be too great. "General Bok knows the battlefield better than arcado. He told arcado that his concern is superfluous." If the 7th armored division and the 7th infantry appear completely, how dare Tobruk Montgomery fight back … "
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An army in Huangsha, Wan Li is struggling to advance. This is the most suitable battlefield for German armored forces to fight. This is the most desirable position for generals. The reason is very simple. It is vast and crowded. There is no city to stop the progress. It is simply a war paradise.
* * * * * The peripheral fighting has ended for more than ten days, and Rommel has achieved brilliant results. However, he has no time to wrangle with the British prisoners and hand them over to the Italian troops. After that, he led his African legion on a long expedition.
He chased after the retreat of the British 9th Regiment, killed all the way to the core area of British defense, and hoarded a lot of materials. Tobruk, for more than ten days, his troops fought every day, biting the troops behind the British 9th Regiment, and pursued hundreds of kilometers.
Rommel is wearing a rimless plexiglass goggles on the head of his convertible car seat at this moment. This goggles was captured by his British surrender general. He likes this exaggerated and unique goggles, which allows him to cover his eyes when sandstorms come.
Rommel was exhausted by the chase after several days without rest. As soon as the troops stopped to rest, he was already asleep in his seat. In the past, a huge armoured command vehicle was parked beside the convertible car, and several war staff officers were smoking and chatting in the wind.
No one knows where this long-distance raid will hit. Everyone can see from the map that they are getting closer and closer to Tobruk, which is heavily guarded by the British. German and British tanks and cars are scattered everywhere along the way. This is a self-destructive conquest.
The Germans chased two tank regiments all the way to become a tank battalion, and General Frederick of the 7th Infantry Army fell behind halfway. Now he is trying his best to help Rommel gather up the left-behind soldier Rommel and build supplies and water about 11 kilometers behind him.
In Rommel’s footsteps, there is the 7th armored division, a tank battalion, and the 7th infantry army, a mechanized infantry regiment. At present, Rommel’s troops don’t even have the size of a division, which can be regarded as a reinforced regiment at most. Just two hours ago, British troops were forced to counterattack Rommel’s pursuit again. A division of British troops turned around and stormed Rommel, and German troops violently counterattacked Rommel. Although this attack was defeated, Rommel also consumed his precious ammunition.
Now when the sandstorm is getting bigger and bigger, it is close to the night when Rommel’s troops stop to rest and ammunition, and there is not much food and fresh water left. The most terrible thing is that the oil supply is interrupted, which makes Rommel restless.
After about ten minutes’ sleep, Rommel opened his eyes. He got up from the car and jumped into the gravel and went to himself. The armoured command vehicle line has been set up, and there are some ammunition and oil drums piled up around it. Rommel took a staff officer and handed the kettle a sip of water full of gasoline, then twisted the lid of the kettle and handed it back to the staff officer.
Because the fresh water tank is very limited, the Germans like the petrol tank to contain more drinking water. Although this method makes the water not very delicious, it can save your life in times of crisis-you can put your clothes in the sand and rub them several times. How about the African legion’s laundry method? Is there some gap with imagination?
"Where is General Frederick now?" Rommel wondered when his follow-up troops would arrive. He knew that he had become a strange star of the third Reich. In ten days, he commanded his troops to advance hundreds of kilometers. The speed of attack set a new world record, and the rapid progress also made the people in far Berlin crazy. This feeling of being sought after by people made Rommel a little high, which was one of the reasons why he was eager to take Tobruk.
Another reason that kept him attacking was the pressure of logistics supply, which could have made the attacking troops stop on their own initiative, but Rommel took this pressure as a horn to urge him to move forward.
He was used to having people behind him, and he was used to trivial logistics problems. He was used to the efficient and timely logistics supply station in Germany. When Italian officers around him regretted that the materials had been consumed almost less, he was angry. He decided to subsidize himself with oil and fresh water from Tobruk.
However, it turns out that Rommel underestimated the importance of logistics supply to the German armored forces, which was close to cutting off the supply. The combat capability of the German troops was greatly weakened, not to mention the 15 mm caliber guns and the heavy mm caliber anti-aircraft guns that General Friedrich suggested. Rommel found that the more mobile Leopard assault guns could not keep pace with his rapid progress.
Modern warfare is not only about the number of front-line aircraft and tanks, but also about the courage and fear of soldiers, the total amount of ammunition, oil, spare parts, transportation and even dispatching.
It is precisely because of various failures that Rommel has fewer and fewer tanks in his hand. First, several tanks fell behind because of the need to replace the engine air filter, and then the whole company and battalion of tanks were forced to stop to clean their engines and exhaust pipes because of this problem.
However, more British tanks are scrapped. On average, if a tank breaks down in Germany, several abandoned British cars and tanks can be found around. This is also the reason why Rommel keeps chasing. It is enough for the British to lose more.
He kept paralyzing tanks and disassembling spare parts to ensure the integrity of armored units in his hand. At first, he was able to ensure that a regiment could barely maintain an armored battalion tank to move forward.
When Rommel set out, his back was against the Italian military airport, and his troops would call for reinforcements. After a few minutes, he would get a military response, but now he has almost lost his military advantage, and the surrounding military airports are far away to ensure the system near Tobruk.
Looking at more than a dozen tanks not far away, Rommel moved to retreat for the first time. He received an order from the Army General Staff to stop moving forward. Tobruk had never been so close, but looking at the map, he felt that the British fortress was so far away from him at the moment, and the British defenders were fighting back more and more fiercely, which made him smell a little crisis.
"General Friedrich is still here to gather the stragglers. He has set up an annular defensive position and set up a fresh water purification near the sea." A staff officer pointed to the location of the map and said, "Ten minutes ago, he sent a report saying that he was investigating a place to build a frontline airport."
"Just now, the British counterattacked. They sent three planes to blow up our four trucks. We lacked fire protection. Just now, the British counterattacked the front of Battalion 1. We lost two armored reconnaissance vehicles belonging to the armored battalion. Twenty-seven soldiers were killed and 35 others were injured." With Rommel, the battalion commander of Battalion 1, 2nd Regiment, 7th Armored Division was covered with gravel. He looked a little sloppy.
Rommel nodded. The encounter just happened with his own eyes. At that time, he was confirming his position. Not far from him, an armored reconnaissance vehicle was hit by a sudden British shell. Then there was a fierce battle between the two sides, which lasted for nearly two hours.
"Send reconnaissance troops to the two wings! I want to confirm the position of the British troops on the two wings. "Rommel wanted to think about the arrangement for battalion commander 1." If the British troops appear on our sides, then we will immediately retreat … and order all troops to prepare for the battle. I am worried that the British will fight back. "
After distributing the front-line troops, he turned to look at his chief of staff. "Confirm an information with General Frederick. I need to know whether the commander of the British team across the street is Montgomery …"
He paused and then continued, "Besides, let him not rush forward and set up defenses on the spot."
"General!" A newspaper officer jumped from the command vehicle and came to Rommel’s side and handed a newspaper to Rommel "High Command! The Fuehrer personally reached a war order. "
"Fuhrer?" Rommel was stunned and then went on to say "Read!"
"I’m arcado Rudolph, ordering you to stop attacking temporarily and wait for the new high command to arrive." The newspaper official stood at attention and read the article.