Imperial Overlord

In the hot North Africa, the weather is filled with that kind of fine sand. The temperature and sand here seem to be more annoying than the enemy.

"A call from the front line in Benghazi..." In the combat readiness post on duty, an officer yawned and grabbed the receiver of the phone, and heard the operator inside say so.

Before he could fully open his sleepy eyes, an urgent shout came from the receiver: "British plane invasion!"

"Damn it!" His eyes opened suddenly, and the officer on duty slammed his feet on the table and fell to the ground, making a muffled sound.

"Sound the battle alarm and let the fighter jets take off!" He shouted to the door, reminding the personnel on duty to quickly prepare for battle.

"Can you determine the direction the other party is flying?" He grabbed the phone, hoping for more news about the British.

"The news is from the observation post on the border defense line. What is the specific situation, it is still being checked and confirmed!" On the other side of the phone, a somewhat helpless news was given.

It is naive to expect accurate air defense information from Italy. The German officer reluctantly dropped the telephone receiver, and the sound of the battle alarm was already ringing in his ears.

Some German soldiers in short-sleeved desert uniforms ran quickly to the anti-aircraft gun positions they were in charge of and opened an ammunition box inside.

The 88mm caliber artillery shells are neatly stacked in the ammunition box, and the sun shines mottled on the shells through the camouflage net used to cover the position.

"Prepare for battle!" With one command after another, the canvas covering the cannon was lifted as the sand on the canvas fell to the ground.

Then sitting in their places, the SS anti-aircraft artillerymen of the Air Force began to shake the handles beside them.

As they operated, the 88mm caliber cannon raised its barrel under the camouflage net, pointing a little at the distant sky.

At the same time, at the distant airport, a German pilot in a flight suit was already climbing towards his fighter jet.

"British fighter jets, it may be a hurricane, it's not a big threat, but be careful, you must find these **** planes!" Before climbing on the fighter jets, the ground crew handed over the map and other equipment to the pilots who were about to take off.

Flying in the desert, somewhat like flying at sea, has very few references, and it is easy to lose your course.

Therefore, in the air combat in the desert, in addition to testing the pilot's driving skills, there are also cumbersome contents such as navigation.

"Hurricane Fighter?" The pilot took the map, smiled, and got into the cabin.

With the start of the engine, the propeller of the nose of the fighter jet, which was modified and added with an air filter, turned rapidly.

A desert-painted ME-109E fighter jet soared into the sky, followed by another similarly painted fighter jet.

The two fighter jets rushed into the sky one after the other, cruising with the latest twin planes, and smashed into the sky that the British fighter jets were likely to visit.

"Why did the air defense sirens sound?" Rommel was visiting the oil field in Libya when he heard the whistling air defense sirens.

"I don't know! It may be a British reconnaissance plane that will also sound the air defense alarm." A German military officer in charge of the oil field said to Rommel.

Rommel nodded and continued to visit the oil equipment in front of him. A pipeline of about 300 meters has been built here, and at the end of these pipelines, a factory for simple processing of petroleum products is already quite large.

In fact, some gasoline can already be refined here, and the quality is much better than the "water" gasoline used in Germany.

Although the output is not high, it has already started to be produced here, and every barrel of gasoline produced can save one barrel of gasoline from Europe to North Africa.

This reduction in the burden of logistical supplies is something that the Axis countries are very satisfied with. As long as this continues, the strategic significance of North Africa will be enormous.

"In addition to simply refining gasoline, what other production can be done here?" Rommel looked at the piled up gasoline barrels and asked the officer beside him.

The officer touched the empty gasoline drums with his hand and replied, "Your Excellency, this place has only been built for three days... Except for a small amount of gasoline, there are no other products."

If the refined oil base in the distance is built, it will become a huge base for the production of gasoline and diesel.

But now, most of the gasoline produced here is used up by the construction machinery in the base.

"The quality of gasoline produced here is quite good, much better than the gasoline used in our country." The officer asked his men to carry a barrel of gasoline produced in Libya and showed it to Rommel.

Rommel glanced at the barrel of gasoline of fairly good quality and nodded with satisfaction.

During the French campaign, as a division commander of an armored division, he was also exposed to the gasoline used by the troops.

Those gasoline doped with coal-to-oil have a lot of impurities, which has been criticized by the front-line troops. However, because of the limited oil reserves in the state, the German armored forces could only make do with such oil.

The Air Force's engine is more sophisticated, so it can use higher-grade gasoline, but there is still a gap with the Allied level.

Because of the lack of fuel, the navy can only let the submarine force sail, and the surface ships almost do nothing in the whole war because of fear of loss and lack of fuel.

The army's tanks and cars can only use the kind of gasoline mixed with coal-to-oil. After a long time, impurities will be deposited in the engine, causing the engine to stall inexplicably.

And because of the inferior gasoline, the engine is generally unable to run at maximum power, wasting a lot of calibrated power, but it cannot make the tank or car meet the design standards.

"This gasoline is good, it's a good thing." Seeing the gasoline of good quality, Rommel became more interested.

If his troops in North Africa can use this kind of clean gasoline first, then the performance of the tank can be brought into play.

"How is the transportation of the No. 3 tank?" Rommel saw the gasoline, and subconsciously remembered his tank that was still far away in Italy.

Although the Italians were reluctant, the demands of the German allies had to be fully considered.

Almost in desperation, the Italian transport ships began to transport the German armored divisions, but the efficiency and arrangement of the ships did not satisfy Rommel.

A convoy has set sail from the port in southern Italy with 20 Panzer III tanks of the 15th Armored Division and 10 half-tracked armored vehicles.

These supplies were urgently needed by Rommel. He asked at this time, and the adjutant naturally told him the current location of the Afrikaans Corps.

"We have 60 tanks that have been assembled at the port and will arrive at us within a month," the adjutant said.

After a pause, he continued to talk about the current situation of the other units: "The 21st Armored Division has now entered Italy and is moving south. Part of the equipment of the 15th Armored Division is now on its way."

"I hope our tanks will arrive before the enemy's tanks..." Rommel said to his adjutant with a smile.

He recalled the conversation the Führer had summoned to him in France before he went south through Italy.

As the commander of the African Army, Rommel did not know why the Führer was so sure that the Italians would soon lose the front.

Under the Fuhrer's prediction, the Italians would lose the invasion of Egypt, and then the British might invade Tobruk.

Once the British ** team scored Tobruk, it will be a threat to Benghazi. And once there is a problem in Benghazi, the entire Libyan oil field will become an area where the two sides are at war.

Before coming, the Führer had instructed Rommel to absolutely avoid a situation in which Benghazi was occupied by the British.

Rommel has also repeatedly studied the topographic map of Libya, and he does know that once Benghazi is lost, it will have a huge impact on the entire North African war situation.

However, Rommel still didn't know why his head of state was so sure that the Italians would lose, and they lost completely.

Even if Rommel was not optimistic about the Italians' attack, he could not see any sign of the Italian army's rout.

He doesn't think Italy will lose to a port city as important as Benghazi, and he doesn't even think the British team is capable of taking Tobruk.

"Perhaps the head of state's combat effectiveness against the Italians is too pessimistic." Thinking of this, Rommel said to himself.

"Sir! The latest battle report... Four British fighter jets forcibly invaded the nearby airspace. Our fighter jets took off to meet them and are currently engaged in combat."

"This is your responsibility. I haven't taken over the defense here, so it's still up to you." Rommel did not accept the document, but signaled the German officer who was originally in charge of oilfield security to continue to exercise his command. . UU reading www.uukanshu. com

The other party did not give in, took the document and glanced at it, and then said: "Let the Air Force pay attention to vigilance and expel all enemy planes trying to approach here!"

"The enemy planes are frequently approaching and reconnaissance recently, and they seem to be bombing this oil field." After giving his order, the officer explained to Rommel.

Rommel didn't say anything after hearing it, but nodded and continued to visit the factory that produced gasoline with his hands behind his back.

There are only simple machines here. It is said to be a factory, which is more similar to a manual workshop. The equipment for extracting gasoline is also very simple, so the production capacity is not high.

But here, looking at these busy workers and the constant flow of gasoline, Rommel saw hope, hope about the African Legion, hope about the German Third Reich...

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