"If your government is still waiting, then you will miss the best opportunity. According to my scholars' estimate, the British battlefield in Europe is only 250,000 troops to completely occupy the British Isles. Your head of state has arranged two million troops on the Western European Front. His cautious attitude is admirable. Of course, is it really necessary for those troops to be placed on the Western European Front?"

Okawa Fukuyaki's face was full of respect, and his waist was not even straight, and he kept bent down ninety degrees for a long time in front of Rommel.

Rommel was the commander-in-chief of the Axis forces in the North African battlefield. Under the direct leadership of this general, he prevented the Allies from defeating the Italian army. The war took a 180-degree turn.

Since the German army of three divisions set foot on the land of Africa, Rommel, who had not yet figured out the situation, bumped into 120,000 Italian soldiers who had been defeated from the front line. At first, the general who had just stepped on the sand was a little surprised. He was deeply worried when he saw the decadence on the faces of the Italian officers.

Italy's military equipment was not much behind Germany, but it was relatively empty in the air force. Rommel did not understand how the 150,000 Italian army was kicked and fled to death by two Allied divisions. When he learned that the Allied troops were only less than twenty miles away from the port, he had to bite the bullet and take three of his subordinate divisions to block the attack. Unexpectedly, after the battle, he quickly defeated the Allied troops chasing him. This finally made him feel relieved and was not driven out of the sea immediately after he had just set foot on the land of Africa.

Next, Rommel spent a short half month to reorganize more than 120,000 Italian soldiers who had been retreating continuously. It simply was that the Italian army still had sufficient military equipment in the rear, otherwise he really didn't know how to control the situation.

After obtaining domestic consent, he used three German divisions as the main force to launch a counterattack with the three Italian divisions that had just been reorganized. This military operation was intended to drive the Allies away from important troop transport ports and restore regional supply lines.

A large part of the development of the war was beyond Rommel's expectations. The expected that it would be a tough battle would be replaced by one easy victory after another. The Allies, who were extremely brave in front of the Italian soldiers, seemed so fragile under the attack of the German soldiers. What happened was difficult for many German generals to understand. They could only smile embarrassedly and said, "We are their nemesis, but they are the nemesis of the Italians."

In just three short months, Rommel almost completely defeated the Allied forces on the African battlefield in a storm. Under his command, the Italian soldiers under his command made a huge change. It is hard to imagine how these Italian soldiers who were originally worthless would become so brave and good at fighting under Rommel's direct command. Perhaps? This can only be attributed to the problem of Italian officers, not the soldiers fearing war and death?

In view of the success of the European continental battlefield, the Third German Empire also increased its support to the African battlefield while preparing for the Battle of Britain. Rommel, who had subsequent support, once again showed his superb command ability.

Rommel ordered General Stletcher, commander of the 5th Armored Division, to lead the division's vanguard from Silt and explore eastward along the coastline. Stletcher easily advanced more than 880 kilometers eastward.

Previously, Rommel's advance was just to improve his defensive posture, but his easy success and the British army's excessive caution changed his mind and began to prepare to be the conqueror of Africa.

In his letter to Berlin, he declared that his first goal was to recapture Cyrenaga in eastern Libya, and his second goal was Egypt and the Suez Canal. He ignored the opposition from the supreme authorities of Germany and Italy and the objective fact that his troops were extremely limited, and he set out a decisive attack on the British army. On March 31, Rommel captured Brega, an important port in northern Libya, and on April 2, he occupied Ajadabya, an important city in northern Libya.

Weiville, who originally believed that Germany and Italy would not launch a large-scale attack, hurriedly ordered the British army to retreat across the board to prevent the remaining troops from being hit by an annihilation blow.

On April 3, the British army abandoned Benghazi, the capital of Cyrenega, and blew up the seized 4 tons of Italian ** during the retreat, causing the city to fall into a sea of ​​fire.

On April 4, Rommel's troops continued to advance. At this time, the Australian Second Armored Division was still stranded between Megili and Mussus. Rommel ordered the 5th Armored Division to accelerate its advance into Megili, while a smaller force went to Mussus and carried out parallel pursuits. He also sent the 8th Machine Gun Battalion to capture Dern, cut off the road between Megili and Mussus, and blocked the Balbia Avenue.

On April 8, Maikili was wiped out by Stracher's 3rd Armored Brigade. The 8th Machine Gun Battalion, including the division commander and brigade commander, also conquered Delna. British Commander Nime and former O'Connor and senior British commanders became prisoners. So far, Rommel reversed the situation in North Africa in less than two months, occupied the entire Cyreaniga area except Tobrook, and raised a Rommel-like whirlwind in the desert.

After capturing Mekilly, Rommel ordered his troops: no rest, no battlefield cleaning, and advance to Tobruk Fortress at full speed. Tobruk is the most strategic harbor in Cyrianga. For Rommel, occupying Tobruk would obtain a good supply base. For the British, if Tobruk was lost, it would be difficult to stop Rommel from taking advantage of the victory to attack Egypt.

The Tobrook Fortress is worthy of being called "the enemy's flesh-thorn" by the British. The fortifications of the fortifications were constructed by the Italian army and are very strong. The British troops stationed here have a total of 6 infantry brigades, 4 artillery regiments, 2 anti-tank regiments, and a total of 3 people.

When all military observers thought it would be difficult for Rommel to take the Tobrook Fortress to open the door to Egypt, it has to be said that God bless Rommel. In view of the sufficient combat readiness to attack Britain, his head of state transported two hundred experimental Black Panther tanks and related experimental bombers to Rommel from the Mediterranean.

With powerful armored forces and aviation forces, Rommel is not as simple as adding wings to the tiger. This general, who has gradually become known as the "Desert Fox", once again showed that his deployment and allocation ability is not inferior to that of famous generals, and used his powerful bombing mechanism and flexible armored forces to break open the door to Egypt.

Controlling the Suez Canal is of great significance to the Third Reich of the German Empire and related Axis powers, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it can influence the victory or defeat of the entire war.

Under the threat of the Italian Navy and the coastal artillery of Germany, the Allies, especially Britain, suffered heavy losses in attempts to break through several hard breakthroughs. Due to too many losses before, the Allies could not quickly organize their troops to regain their forces from the land. Britain lost its "blood transfusion vessel", which they called "the pearl in the queen's crown", India, which they called "the pearl in the crown of the Queen", was difficult for it to quickly transfusion blood to its native land.

"Pearl on the Queen's Crown", the resources here cannot pass through the Suez Canal in a short time, and they can only choose to travel from the dangerous Cape Beauvoir and other routes to Europe, but the harsh weather waiting for their soldiers.

The war on the African battlefield is closely related to the Battle of Britain, not simply a part, whether in reality or political sense. It is also the sight of the Third Reich of Germany controlling the Suez Canal, which made it difficult for allies, especially Britain, to transport from this route, and Japan, which had coveted for Indochina for a long time, could no longer resist the temptation.

Given that Hiroshima Oshima in Berlin has been unable to contact the German head of state, the Japanese authorities have thought for a long time that they intend to use local commanders as an opportunity to open up the situation.

Hiroshima, far away in Berlin, frequently looked for generals with good friendship, and indirectly criticized the attitude of the Third Reich of Germany towards Japan's march towards South Asia, especially Indochina. He wanted to know the sense of the German generals towards Japan and judge whether there was any possibility of alliance. The news of Japan's march towards South Asia is undoubtedly a good stepping stone. If the German generals showed a surprised and resistant attitude, it means that Japan had no possibility of alliance with the Third Reich.

In fact, many Japanese people, including Hiroshima, find it difficult to understand one thing. They do not understand what the German head of state is thinking. In such a world situation, the German Third Reich must have an ally in the East. This not only shares the pressure of the Soviet republic, but also has the strongest blow to the allies today. After all, European powers basically have colonies in Asia. Letting an Axis powers join the Axis powers to attack the colonies in Asia will greatly weaken the allies' ability to fight for a long time.

Now, Fukukashi Okawa has not received Rommel's answer and has to ask: "Aren't we a friendly country? Our attack on South Asia can reduce the pressure on your country. After occupying South Asia, we will also bear the sea pressure on the Pacific with the Guizhou team stationed in Indonesia. This is an excellent result for both of us."

Rommel smiled very reservedly. In fact, he also tended to form an alliance with Japan. After all, Japan's military strength in Asia cannot be ignored. It is difficult for Japan to find a country that can work with Germany to jointly threaten the Soviet republic. He even felt that for a long time in the future, Japan, which has a strong navy in Asia, would be the best ally of Germany to coerce the United States. The above thoughts were not based on imagination out of thin air. Anyone who knows about the world situation knew that the United States would not be silent for too long. This country has made enough money for war disasters. When the appropriate time comes, it will come out like World War I to harvest the final fruit.

"I should call you Mr. Okawa instead of Mr. Toyoka. Right?" Rommel stood up slowly, his raised head seemed a little... How to say it? It was a kind of arrogance of a big man. Yes, it was definitely arrogance. He nodded and greeted: "My head, he already has a very mature plan. I can reveal one thing that Japan will not be ignored in that plan."

Okawa Fukukara raised his head in confusion.

“…In fact, in my Head of State, your country will be one of the important roles.”
Chapter completed!