Redemption of WWII

Chapter 110 Four Confused Victory

The three armored divisions of the Eighth Army of the British Army were messed up by Rommel in a daze. 【】It's not only the British who are puzzled, even Rommel feels confused.The victory was won, and the victory was inexplicable, which made Rommel extremely depressed.

No matter how much he thought about it, Rommel couldn't understand why the British armored divisions who had been so violent before, who were like taking Viagra, could not help fighting like this.You can't help but fight there, it's just a paper tiger.However, Rommel did not feel this way when he recalled the previous North African campaigns.In the past, it wasn't the sky crashing and earth shattering, the sun and the moon shined, and he racked his brains to barely gain some upper hand in front of the British.

What happened to the British this time? Did they collectively take the wrong medicine?Deliberately send three or three armored divisions to paralyze themselves.If this is the case, then you really have to admire the fact that Britain's family background is so thick that no one can compare it.

But who is Rommel? He is known as the Desert Fox.Are the melon seeds on the head comparable to ordinary people?Based on these chaotic and orderly battles that took place in this unit, Rommel made a bold guess.That is to say, there may be a problem with the highest command system of the British army.And it is very likely that Andri, a melon egg, made this scene.

When Rommel thought that Andrei was still on the British territory, he felt a little itchy all over his body.All the battles conducted by the current troops have been outside Rommel's plan.

Rommel has gradually changed his previous style since arriving in North Africa.Before going to North Africa, Rommel only commanded the troops of an armored division, so Rommel can be said to know the troops well.Rommel often ate and lived with subordinate officers and soldiers, and the relationship between officers and soldiers was extremely harmonious.

But there is no way to do all this in North Africa. Rommel went to North Africa to serve as the commander of the North African United Army.There are 10 people under his command.As a general of this level, it would be impossible to run around and stay in the company like before.So Rommel began to practice Qi cultivation.Of course, this also has a lot to do with Manstein.To be honest, Rommel must have admired Manstein.Those who can predict the fiasco of France and Britain in the plan are simply Rommel's idol standard.

Since arriving in North Africa, Rommel has imitated Manstein's style in many ways, and Rommel really considered himself as the commander of an army group.Every time he encountered difficulties or difficulties, Rommel would carefully imagine what Manstein would do if he were here, and then carefully formulate those plans by himself.Rommel also felt that he was more mature than before, and those numbers of casualties and losses on the front line gradually could no longer make Rommel feel sad and angry.

There is an old saying that once a general becomes famous, his bones die, which means that to be a qualified general, one must have a heart as hard as steel.Only in this way can the best performance be made on the stage of war.Rommel is one of the best. Of course, it doesn't mean that Rommel doesn't care about the life and death of his subordinates at all.It's just that if you feel heartbroken every time you see those casualty figures, the commander probably won't be in the mood to command all the troops well, and that will have disastrous consequences.

Therefore, after Rommel arrived in North Africa, he seldom did what he did when he was a division commander.Rommel concentrated on being the supreme commander of the African Army.Rommel spent every day with intelligence files, military maps, scale sand tables and staff officers.It was from this time that Rommel really grew into a qualified senior command general.

Rommel is a person who has led soldiers, and he deeply understands the importance of a correct order to the frontline troops.Sometimes a wrong order will often bring disaster to the frontline troops.The contingency of the war is even more so. Rather than saying that the victory of the two camps at war is due to the fact that the command has more correct orders, it is better to say that the camp issued fewer wrong orders.

Of course, this is not the Iraqi battlefield decades later. The U.S. military can rely on advanced battlefield individual systems to obtain real-time battlefield intelligence.It is still 1942, when technology is relatively backward, and no one can have an accurate understanding of battlefield intelligence.Germany can't do it, Britain can't do it, and even the United States, which is equipped with individual line communication equipment, can't.This requires the commander to make a prediction about the battlefield, which of course is not much different from gambling.Rommel was one of the lucky ones, and he got the right chips in the previous battles in North Africa.

Of course, this is also inseparable from Rommel's own personal military accomplishment.Rommel had to make predictions according to the situation before each battle, and then issued various military orders based on his predictions.It can be said that everything is basically under Rommel's control, whether it is victory or defeat, whether it is attack or retreat.Before the battle, this desert fox can often predict that it will be close to ten.

But the current situation made Rommel feel a little uncomfortable.Not for anything else, but for the incomprehensible victories in front of me.As the supreme commander of the African Legion, Rommel should be happy that his army has achieved such a great victory.But Rommel never had this idea.The reason is that the victory achieved this time was not achieved under Rommel's own command.

Rommel is also an arrogant guy who has always looked down on other generals.In Rommel's impression, except for a few German generals of Manstein and Guderian, no one can surpass himself.Of course, this was also Rommel's wishful thinking.If Rommel was really brought into the ice and snow of Russia, he might not be much better than other military generals.

But the current situation is a bit outrageous. Ever since Rommel met the instructors of the Banker Academy, he has never been at peace.That's for sure, these people are colleagues in Rommel's former academy.

On October 1935, 10, Rommel was already a school-level officer, and was ordered to be transferred to the newly built Potsdam Army Academy as an instructor.

Potsdam is the cradle of Prussian militarism, and the Potsdam Garrison Church is the holy place of Prussian militarism.After Hitler came to power, Potsdam became a holy place for Germans to recall the past glory.The Army Academy was deeply influenced, and there were 44 oil portraits of Prussian and German field marshals hanging high in the Academy's Field Marshal Hall.Rommel is proud to be in charge here.He thought to himself, "This marks that I have become a mature instructor at the new Potsdam Army Academy."

At that time, Rommel was just an ordinary infantry tactical instructor, and he did not show his sharpness because of his performance in World War I.In other words, there are a lot of talented teachers in the college.It was simply not Rommel's turn to show the limelight.

Of course, the Department of Armored Forces is also inseparable from the Infantry Academy. It was at that time that Rommel began to systematically and scientifically learn the basic knowledge of armored forces.At that time, Rommel had to give lessons to the infantry officers, and at the same time, he had to attend the classroom of the armored soldiers.Of course, the research on armored forces during this period was still in a theoretical stage, and all tactics were still in the exploratory stage.Therefore, the instructors of the armor department did not show arrogance in front of Rommel, but treated Rommel as an instructor.Of course, Rommel also put forward his own opinions on many issues of armored soldiers, which also gave Rommel a considerable status among these armored instructors.

Later, Rommel wrote the military book "Infantry Attack" adapted from his lecture notes in class.This book runs through the offensive spirit advocated by the moral theory, and puts forward the viewpoint of "offensive, offensive, and offensive", with clear thinking, well-organized and vivid reasoning.

Rommel fully emphasized the importance of developing firepower in mobile warfare. "An army that is inferior in numbers can overwhelm an enemy that is superior in numbers by using more automatic weapons or deploying firepower more quickly." At the same time, Rommel also It is proposed to use deception, intimidation and other means to create momentum for the implementation of mobile warfare.

Soon it became a bestseller among military works, and of course there are many human factors in it.Rommel's book was just right for Hitler's appetite for war at the time.Under the instigation of Hitler, Goebbels, then the lame propaganda minister of the Nazi party, gave great support for the publication of the book.

At that time, Guderian's "Advance, Tank" was also officially published.Sing the praises of blitzkrieg and raise the flag for building tanks and armor.These two books caused a strong sensation throughout Germany.It is not entirely a coincidence of time that a sensible person can see it at a glance.

Rommel also became famous for this.Soon Rommel was appointed by Hitler as the captain of the Führer's Guard.Rommel also ended his career as an instructor at the Academy.

But Rommel never thought that one day his former colleagues would personally lead the tank group to fight under his own hands.

Rommel was a proud man, and he didn't think he would be worse than others in commanding operations.But what happened today was a deep lesson for Rommel.Only then did Rommel realize that he still had a lot to learn in terms of the application and command of armored forces.

Rommel didn't think about it any more. Anyway, the order to rescue Andri will not be changed. Let the instructors of those colleges decide for themselves.

After figuring it out, Rommel felt relieved of a heavy burden.He took his men by car to the northern part of the battle line to check the 40th Armored Division of the British Army that had been completely wiped out. Rommel was eager to know why a mere [-] Tiger tanks could make the British Army's ace ace so easy sink sand.