Imperial Overlord

"What? Cunningham retreated to El Alamein? Bastard!" Churchill was now on the verge of collapse.

His order has never been so ignored, and now the commander of the far-flung North African Nile Army, Cunningham, refused his order without even thinking about it.

Then what order? These regional commanders are only concerned with their immediate problems and ignore the overall situation. How can they command?

"I clearly told him to keep Matrou! I told him to guard Matrou! Guard Matrou! Matrou!" He roared loudly, roaring in his office, his voice could not be blocked by good sound insulation .

The secretaries at the door, listening to the terrifying voice, put down their work involuntarily, looked up from the pile of documents, and looked in the direction of the Prime Minister's Office.

"My God, what's wrong?" A curly-haired girl looked at the middle-aged female secretary-general sitting behind the table in front of her and asked quietly.

"How do I know? The Prime Minister is in a bad mood when Matru is lost." The middle-aged woman glanced in the direction of the Prime Minister's door and replied in a low voice.

Prime Minister Churchill seems to be in a bad mood recently, because of the volleys of German submarines, the loss of the British mainland has risen to an unbearable level.

His Majesty King George VI has approached him several times about the possibility of making peace with Germany, and he wants Britain to "end the war with dignity".

Although the king is not the main battle faction of the appraisal, he is also not the main peace faction of the appraisal. He fluctuates with the situation in the war situation, and now he is obviously biased towards the main peace faction.

The German armored forces are raging in Europe, Britain has been powerless to stop, but if the German attack in North Africa is still powerless to stop the British, what can Britain have left?

Speaking of which, although the defeat is not decent, if the war has already progressed to the point where it is more difficult to fight and lose, then why does the United Kingdom need to persist?

"Matru? My God, are the Germans about to hit Alexandria?" The young female secretary was surprised, then realized that her voice was a little high, and covered her mouth.

Unlike those civilians, as the secretary of the Prime Minister, they all know normal geographic knowledge, and of course they know the most critical places in the current war situation.

Matrouh is the most important British stronghold near the Egyptian border. Now it has been captured by the Germans. Is Egypt still the Egypt of the British?

As the war progressed, British troops in Egypt were stretched to the limit. You know, in the south of Egypt, there is an Italian army composed of 200,000 indigenous Ethiopians threatening the border!

Those natives, who had just taken over the French colony of Somalia, were threatening the barren southern part of Egypt.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of these indigenous people is infinitely close to zero, and it is impossible to enter southern Egypt to be attacked with almost no logistics.

The roads and natural conditions there are not as good as those in North Africa - anyone who attacks is a real self-destruction.

Losing Matrouh, unlike Bairdie, lost not only an opportunity to threaten Germany's Libyan oil fields in North Africa, but an inspiring victory at the same time.

It doesn't really matter that Mattroux is lost, and even at some point Churchill wouldn't consider it a mortal threat.

The key is the timing of losing Matroux - at this time, Britain had just lost its ally France, lost the entire European continent, and was bombed by Germany.

During the bombing, German espionage was rampant and Britain suffered unprecedented losses.

Churchill, who originally planned to defeat Italy in North Africa to cheer up the will of the country's civilians to resist, has been defeated again and again in North Africa, and even Materou was lost!

"I could have guessed that today, maybe tomorrow, the German planes will drop flyers telling everyone they've occupied West Dubai!" Churchill dropped the pen in his hand on the ground in his office.

He stared at his generals with equally fierce eyes, and shouted loudly: "If Cunningham is not qualified to command the Nile Army, let him hand over his command!"

"The 1st South African Infantry Division has landed in Alexandria and we have stabilized the situation in Egypt," explained a general for the troops in North Africa.

He was interrupted by Churchill before he could finish his words: "I don't care what troops are here! All I want is victory in North Africa! It's a counterattack! It's a counterattack! Understand?"

At this time, Churchill seems to be a little hysterical. He cannot tolerate being slapped in the face by the German propaganda department again and again. This is not a comfortable thing.

What made him even more desperate was that although the 2nd Infantry Division of South Africa had also been transferred to Egypt, the British power in North Africa had not actually been strengthened much.

According to reports from the British front-line forces, Rommel had about 200 tanks in North Africa, as well as this number of armored vehicles for cover.

But at this time, the British defenders in Egypt only got the supply of 40 tanks. What is desperate is that the quality of these tanks is completely incomparable with German tanks.

The armored force in Rommel's hands is mainly based on the No. 3 improved and No. 4 tanks, and is also supported by 40 Stalker tank destroyers.

The British troops got the A9 and A10 cruise tanks, which were only slightly outdated, and were not opponents of German tanks at all.

These tanks may be good enough to deal with Italians and German infantry, but to have them against German armored forces, that would be impossible for a fool to know.

Even at this time, in terms of the number of British infantry, it was already comparable to the total number of infantry of the German-Italian Afrikaans. However, they can only wait in Alamein, and dare not take a step beyond the thunderous pool.

One is because Rommel is really a difficult character, and General Cunningham is unwilling to fight him with inferior troops.

On the other hand, it was also because of another British ally who was begging and begging for the precious support of the British at this time.

This ally is Greece in the Balkans. Greece feels the deep malice of Italy and Germany, so it is frantically asking for help at this time.

Churchill received many letters of help from Greece every day, including guns, ammunition, and all kinds of supplies, all of which needed British help.

Now, General Canning's Mediterranean Fleet was busy protecting the route between Egypt and the Balkans, maintaining the last line of British Empire support to Greece.

But the problem is that Egypt also has no extra supplies that can be sent to the distant Balkans to prepare for a "possible invasion" by Italy and Germany.

Because, at this very moment, Egypt is "being invaded by Germany," which is far more real and more stressful than possible.

"They're all asking me for this and that! Isn't there any good news to tell me in this world?" Churchill groaned gloomily as he slapped the telegrams from Greece with his hands.

Thinking of what he had experienced in the past two months, Churchill felt the deep malice from God - he had lost all the wars he could lose.

Because he remembered these sad things, Churchill was even more wronged. He sat back in his chair, and his dejected appearance made his subordinates a little overwhelmed.

In his chair, he lowered his head and muttered in a lonely tone: "The German spies are operating around us, and none of you have been caught..."

"Because of the loss of intelligence, the leakage of secrets, our navy and air force suffered heavy losses..." he said while lowering his head.

"I finally defeated Italy in Africa, but now it has failed again. Wavell and O'Connor have become prisoners of the enemy!" When he said this, he was almost silent.

"Tell me!" Suddenly, he raised his head and asked his generals, "How can I win such a war~www.wuxiaspot.com~? What do I have to do to win?"

"Sir! We have destroyed the port of Matrou, and the Germans and Italians must have insufficient supplies! As long as we have another two or three months to prepare, we can try to fight back against Matrou." A general said this. said.

He knew that there was already an Australian tank brigade and a New Zealand tank brigade ordered to reinforce Africa.

So, after getting two tank brigades, plus the troops of New Zealand, Australia and even Canada, North Africa will at least triple in strength after two months.

In this case, he promised to fight back in two months, which is still very sure, provided that these reinforcements are in place and can be put into battle.

However, what he did not calculate was that in the past two months, Rommel's power was also strengthening, and the speed of strengthening seemed to be faster than the British estimated.

Compared with the increase in military strength, the enhancement of logistical supplies is the real enhancement to Rommel.

With the construction of the Libyan oil field, some of the oil used by the German-Italian coalition in North Africa no longer needs to be transported from Italy to Africa!

This saves a lot of port throughput, and also allows soldiers to consume fuel more freely and transport to the front line.

"Two months? Are you crazy? If I can wait for two months, why are you still screaming here?" Churchill's spittle almost spit on the face of the talking general.

"In two months, His Majesty will consider replacing me! By that time, do you know what will happen?" He asked viciously.

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The first chapter of the update, if conditions permit, Long Ling will write more in the evening... Thank you for your support! Thanks!