Imperial Overlord

Germany, Berlin, inside the promenade of the Chancellery.

The Führer was followed by the Army Commander-in-Chief Brauchitch in a decent military uniform, and the two walked towards the combat conference room one after the other.

The combat meeting held this time was about the direction of North Africa, and the two were discussing something while walking.

"My marshal, I heard that General Rommel launched a new round of offensive in North Africa?" Li Le asked Brauchitch as he walked forward.

Although he would definitely know about Rommel's attack in North Africa first, he still asked Brauchitch, which was his attitude.

Sure enough, when the Führer asked this question, the smile on Brauchitch's face became more genuine. As the commander-in-chief of the German Army, Brauhitch was very useful for this respect.

Although the Führer has shown more and more talent in strategy and weaponry and has led victories time after time, it seems that the Führer still respects the Army's headquarters.

In 1938, Hitler established the Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht in order to take charge of the supreme command of the German armed forces. This department has always been a big worry for the Army General Command, and it has also made many Army generals dissatisfied.

However, in 1940, Hitler had not yet crossed the Army Headquarters and directly took over the Eastern Front. Therefore, this dissatisfaction with the Supreme Command is still in the stage of being suppressed.

Li Le traveled to 1940, and after the travel, he stopped interfering with the army as much as possible, which made the army feel the olive branch handed by the head of state.

What's more interesting is that the head of state has strengthened the army's equipment and provided the army with a lot of convenience in a wide range of fields.

In return for the favor, Brauchitch felt the respect and wisdom of the Führer, and became a supreme army commander who at least superficially supported the Führer.

He first took out the troops of two divisions, helped the navy set up the Marine Corps, strengthened training and prepared for the beach landing as soon as possible.

Then he acquiesced to the entry of Goering's SS into the army system, and most of these Waffen SS would take over the garrison duty of the Wehrmacht.

After the rebirth, Li Le actually knew himself. Although he used his foresight and had a strong strategic decision-making ability, he was not as good as the German professional soldiers in front of him in terms of specific tactical and campaign arrangements.

Isn't the German Wehrmacht invincible because of the support of these terrifying professional officers and soldiers?

Hearing that the Fuhrer asked himself about the situation in North Africa this time before the meeting, Brauchitch realized that this was Li Le's way of dealing with people.

Since the Fuhrer has no intention of bypassing the Army Headquarters, he is happy to provide the Fuhrer with some Army loyalty.

"Yes, my Führer!" Brauchitch replied with a smile. He knew Rommel's offensive plan. This offensive plan was also an offensive plan approved by the Army Headquarters of the Wehrmacht.

In order to make the Mediterranean safer, Brauchitch supported Rommel to start operations in North Africa as soon as possible. This is also the first time that the top German military has adjusted its strategy after the blitzkrieg against France.

The reason for the adjustment is because Li Le's so-called intelligence department found a lot of oil in Libya! Because of the strategic resources, the strategic arrangement was changed.

Therefore, the top management of the Wehrmacht has adjusted its strategy and shifted its focus from attacking the Soviet Union to occupying North Africa and protecting the security of German strategic resources.

This change made the Germans pay attention to the Balkans, as well as Egypt in North Africa. Brauchitch hoped that Rommel would seize the Suez Canal before the Balkans and turn the Mediterranean into an internal lake for the Axis powers.

"Rommel's army is attacking Damanhull. As long as it is occupied, the outcome will be almost the same." Brausich added, saying to Li Le.

"Damanhur?" Hearing this place name, Li Le suddenly remembered a novel he had read before transmigration. In that novel, the place name Damanhur was still fresh in his memory.

In that novel, after the transformation of the German paratroopers, they parachuted into Damanhull to block the retreating Patton's road, and fought a hard but significant blocking battle here.

Because of the heavy losses in this battle, Damanhur became a milestone for German paratroopers in that novel and a turning point on the North African battlefield.

Li Leyu liked to read that novel, and was deeply impressed by the famous place of paratroopers called Daman Hur.

He still remembers that after this brutal battle, the German paratroopers shouted the slogan "Damanhur" every time before jumping out of the plane in memory of their comrades who died in the battle.

That uplifting feeling is something he likes very much. In this time and space, he became a traveler, and he also hoped that the spirit in that novel could continue to the paratroopers under his command.

To his relief, under his command, the German paratroopers in this time and space are also brave and fearless elites. In the novel, their **** battle in Damanhur was invincible; Li Le's paratroopers parachuted into Malta and rewrote the Mediterranean war with a hearty victory!

"Yes, my head of state! General Rommel's troops are attacking Damanhur. If there is no accident, the outcome will be known within two days." Brauchitch replied with a smile.

Li Le nodded without saying anything else, and continued to walk into the conference room. The guards in the distance raised their arms and saluted: "Victory! Head of State!"

…

In North Africa, near the road outside Damanhur, the No. 4 tank track of the German 21st Panzer Division rolled up sand and dust, and with an indomitable momentum, ran over the defensive positions of the British defenders.

This No. 4 tank has strengthened the frontal armor. Although it does not have a powerful 75mm caliber long-barreled artillery, it can be regarded as one of the most powerful tanks in the desert.

Its slanted turret had already aimed at its prey, and suddenly its advancing figure stopped, and then a short time passed, and a shell was fired with a "boom".

On the opposite British defensive position, a cloud of billowing black smoke immediately rose, and many British soldiers retreated with their weapons, surrounded by burning trucks.

"Boom!" A British anti-tank gun fired on the position, and the airflow from its muzzle blew up the nearby sand and dust, drowning itself in a cloud of white smoke.

The shell just hit the ground not far in front of the German tank, lifted up the sand on the ground, and blocked the shape of the German tank at once.

Under the tracks of German tanks, in the trenches dug by the British army, German grenadiers bent over the corpses of the British army, squinting to avoid the flying sand.

The battle has been fought from morning to noon, and neither side has any intention of resting, but the strengths and weaknesses of their strengths have become very obvious.

The British garrison stationed in Damanhur was the 2nd Infantry Division of South Africa. This Infantry Division was not the main force, and it did not appear to be so tenacious in the face of German and Italian attacks.

Standing in his command headquarters, the British division commander put down the telescope in his hand. He knew that his troops were about to lose their strength, but he still did not expect that his troops would be defeated so easily.

His original plan was to use the first line of defense to hold on until this evening, and then use the darkness to retreat to the second line of defense to continue.

But now he had to retreat his main force to his main defensive position, because if it was slower, he was afraid that the opponent would eat these troops.

"Commander, a phone call from the regiment commander!" A signal soldier grabbed the phone, said a few words, and then shouted to his commander.

The teacher picked up the telephone receiver and heard a deafening explosion inside: "Hello? It's me! You must hold on! You must hold on to me until the last moment! Do you understand?"

He had to order his men like this, because behind him was Damanhur. If his peripheral positions were lost, he could easily be surrounded by the Germans in Damanhur and annihilated.

As a front-line commander, he knew that General Oakleigh King behind him had no troops to rescue him, so everything could only rely on him to struggle!

However, he still made a distress call to Oakleigh King behind him, hoping that his request to retreat would be approved.

It's a pity that Oakley King only ordered the 10th Armoured Division and the 7th Australian Infantry Division to enter combat readiness. uukanshu.com did not approve the request of the South African 2nd Infantry Division to withdraw.

"You promised to hold Damanhur for 5 days, and you told me to retreat at this time?" Aurekkin grabbed the phone and reprimanded the commander of the 2nd South African Infantry Division, who could no longer support it.

The bitter master on the other side of the phone was also crying non-stop: "Sir! The power of the enemy's attack is much greater than expected! Those **** in the intelligence department should be hanged! Hang!"

"Anyway, you have to stick to it for 24 hours! Got it? Stick to it for 24 hours! You can't take a step back!" Oakley King yelled loudly.

The 2nd South African Infantry Division is a colonial force. The division commander and main officers are British soldiers, and the grassroots soldiers are natives of South Africa. This structure is doomed that the combat effectiveness of this unit is average, and it is not a real main force.

In fact, the infantry division is not full of troops, and the heavy weapons are in a mess, which seriously restricts the combat effectiveness of this South African force.

It is precisely for this reason that the German army unscrupulously threw its own tank attack, because it was tested that this unit did not have a large number of anti-tank guns to cover.