Imperial Overlord

In North Africa, on the barren hills outside the city of Sirte, there are a few trees that are not sturdy.

And here, there are already built barracks half-buried, originally used by the Italians.

Now, with the Italian soldiers being transferred to the front, it has been handed over to the German Afrika Korps, making it a good barracks.

In the square of this barracks, there are 10 tanks of the original No. 4 model and 25 modified tanks of No. 3.

It is a little gratifying that although the 10 No. 4 tanks are old short-barreled infantry cover tanks, these tanks have been equipped with air filters and replaced with desert paint.

And the 25 No. 3 tanks are all modified models, equipped with 50mm long-barreled anti-tank guns that are powerful in North Africa, more than enough to deal with British targets.

The sides of these tanks are also equipped with iron boxes similar to side armor, which can carry a lot of daily necessities, which are very characteristic of North Africa.

In order to make these tanks better protected, the German tank crew also stacked spare road wheels in front of the tanks, making these tanks look like a **** heap.

I have to say that the wisdom of soldiers from all over the world is endless when it comes to buying insurance for their own lives.

Counting the 30 sdkfz251 armored vehicles on the side, all of Rommel's current possessions are here.

This is almost like the equipment configuration of a tank battalion and an armored grenadier battalion is not full, but close to full.

If you count the trucking troops and some light infantry, Rommel's troops can almost be used, there is about an "armored infantry division" that is not even half-complete.

1 Tank Battalion, 1 Armored Infantry Battalion This is an armored regiment, plus about 1000 soldiers and a truck supply team.

"The Führer expected that the Italians would suffer in this attack, so he sent this message." Rommel handed a message from Brest to his adjutant.

His adjutant took the telegram and saw that it asked Rommel to move as far as possible to Benghazi to meet the Italian army that might be defeated.

The cable also said that he was trying to rush to transport some tanks to provide support to Rommel, and the fastest 40 No. 3 tanks will be sent directly to Benghazi.

Returning the telegram to Rommel, the adjutant still had doubts and worries on his face: "Sir, we just got the news that the Italians have captured Salem"

"Yes, I know!" Rommel nodded, and he also read this briefing from the front, which was filled with news of the Italian victory.

According to the content of this briefing, the Italians have been playing triumphantly all the way and have advanced to the front line of Bug Bug.

If they occupied Bugbug, then they would not be far from West Dubai Gera, if they captured West Dubai Gera, and then captured Zavier Telfaye, then they had already walked halfway to the important city of Matrouh. .

Just judging from this briefing, the British team's combat effectiveness is not strong, and it seems that it has been eaten by the Italians, and there is no possibility of failure at all.

"Sir! If according to the head of state, the Italians may fail, but the Italians have no reason to fail." The adjutant spoke up, criticizing Li Le's inference.

In his opinion, it is impossible for the Italians to be defeated by the inferior British army: "Italy has mobilized more than 200,000 troops, how can it be possible to lose close to 300,000?"

"I also don't think it's possible to lose, but we should still carry out the orders given by the head of state. Even if it's just an empty run, it's better than doing nothing." Rommel was quite open.

Although on the surface it seemed that the Italians had no chance of losing the war, he still chose to believe in Li Le, who was far away in Brest.

"Even if the Italians lose, and 200,000 Italian troops are defeated, what's the point of us going with less than 2,000 troops?" The adjutant did not believe that the force in front of him could prevent the failure predicted by the head of state.

"I still choose to believe the Führer's prophecy!" Rommel laughed and said to his adjutant, "Count the supplies and prepare to go."

"Why?" The adjutant looked puzzled and asked Rommel, "Sir! Why do you believe this baseless judgment?"

"It's easy!" Rommel stuffed the telegram into his pocket and continued: "If the Italians win and take down the whole of Egypt, aren't we in vain?"

As he said, he looked at the seemingly endless wasteland in the distance: "I want to bring back victory in North Africa, and I came all the way here. If I do nothing and go back, are you willing?"

The adjutant suddenly realized when he heard Rommel say this. They came here because of the advance arrangement of the head of state. If these arrangements are not used, then they will become idle chess and abandoned stones, and become redundant people.

Obviously, he was also unwilling to play that "superfluous role", so he immediately chose to believe "the Fuhrer's prophecy".

"Let the troops go! Follow the road to Benghazi! We will replenish equipment and personnel there, and then follow the road to Tobruk!" Rommel persuaded his adjutant and gave the order to move forward.

The Afrikaans started their operations, the tank members started to launch their tanks, and the infantry climbed into the trucks and armored vehicles to which they belonged.

To travel in the desert, relying on two legs is not enough. Fortunately, these soldiers with less than 2,000 people have their own means of transportation.

Some are in trucks, some are sitting on boxes on the sides of tanks, and some have their own armored vehicles.

When the vehicle was started, the roar of the engine was also higher and higher, and the exhaust pipe spewed out incompletely burned black smoke, and the whole playground suddenly became lively.

The five 88mm anti-aircraft guns were borrowed by Rommel from the German air defense units in the Libyan oil fields. In addition to the basic air defense of this unit, these cannons also shoulder the task of anti-tank.

Even if Rommel broke his mouth, he could not divert more oilfield anti-aircraft artillery.

Even these five 88mm cannons were drawn at the risk of the SS officer guarding the oil field.

In fact, the anti-aircraft firepower of the oil field was still insufficient at this time, let alone drawn out for Rommel to use.

The trucks that dragged the cannons and pulled the ammunition moved slowly, the canvas covering the carriages whistling in the ferocious wind.

After saying his order, Rommel also climbed into his convertible car. His command vehicle and the divisional vehicles of the 15th Armored Division were still on the road, so he could only use the convertible car to travel.

His car had not yet started, and a No. 3 tank with four infantrymen roared past his vehicle.

The raised dust made Rommel narrow his eyes, and the infantrymen in the car were still salutes the general casually.

The dust in the surrounding air has not yet fallen, and the second No. 3 tank drove past with the smoke and dust.

Rommel finally gave up his plan to wait for the dust to return to calm, and put the old goggles used by the Air Force around his neck and put it on his eyes.

Through the glass lens with some scratches, Rommel saw the soldiers on the armored vehicle swaying with the bumps of the vehicle, leaning on the inside of the iron plate on the side of the armored vehicle, and looking at him curiously.

A few motorcycles followed the armored vehicle, and a small amount of smoke was rolled up, and they also drove past quickly.

"I said! What are you waiting for?" Standing in the back seat of his car, Rommel shouted to the driver of his car: "Don't you understand? Follow these **** and you can only eat ashes!"

The driver, who had also put on his goggles, turned around and saw that Rommel couldn't understand what his superior said.

"Drive! Go to the front!" Rommel stretched out his hand and went straight to the direction of the convoy: "Go!"

After saying these few words, Rommel felt that his tongue was covered with sand, he spit, and then sat back to his position.

On the rear seats of the car, the decorative lines rolled up by the lines are already full of yellow sand, but no one will think that they are in the way at this time.

In fact, everything here will be stained with the unique color of natural yellow in the passage of time.

Behind Rommel's car, several officers' cars followed. Obviously, they had found that following behind was not a good choice.

Some clever soldiers have covered their noses and mouths with handkerchiefs or other fabrics.

So, now the main force of the German Afrika Korps, who looked similar to the masked bandits, rushed to their destination in such a mighty manner along the road between Sirte and Benghazi.

"This is our army! It can be seen from the looks of it!" Above the sky, a pilot radioed to his wingman teasing.

Two patrolling e109e fighter jets flew low at low altitude ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ They were on a routine patrol to drive away a British reconnaissance plane trying to approach the Libyan oilfield area.

In order to adapt to the desert climate, they are equipped with air filters, and the pilots in the cabin can easily find the smoke and dust rising below.

"Why do you say that?" The wingman pilot also saw the smoke and dust extending forward, and asked through his radio.

"Because Italians don't have so many tanks! Cars don't roll up so much sand!" The lead pilot proudly packed a ticket for his wingman.

In fact, they couldn't confirm their inferences at all, and the lead pilot was also talking nonsense. This is just a fun they found for themselves during the patrol process, to ridicule and pass the time.

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