Imperial Overlord

When the British troops saw the vanguard of Rommel's attack, they gave up their defensive positions very rationally.

If their defensive positions were buffered along the lines of the Eurates, the Italian troops on the opposite side were large enough to encircle these short defensive outposts directly from both flanks.

Not all soldiers have the courage of the Spartans in the face of ten times or even a hundred times the enemy. Moreover, the top-quality terrain like Wenquan Pass is not everywhere.

At least in the vicinity of the Eurates, the British had no barriers to use other than the fortifications dug by themselves.

Therefore, the British gave up their first-line defensive positions and retreated to the lower Eurates before the Italian general offensive began.

Rommel's combat troops occupied Gusaibai in one breath without much effort. And occupying here, the German army can drive straight to Baghdad.

This scene may never be seen again: Italian armored troops drive Soviet T-2 tanks, killing the city where the British are driving American tanks...

Along the way, there were Italian tanks that were paralyzed by the roadside waiting for repairs, and British tanks that were destroyed on the road were burning, looking chaotic.

After Rommel broke through the British defense line, he immediately led his large force to kill Laver, and then hit Hadisse from Laver in one breath, less than two days away from Hitt.

The German offensive in Iraq is proceeding so fast that the British government-in-exile in India is terrified. If Montgomery collapsed, their life would never be easier.

Without the desert barrier, the German army could quickly assemble its own forces, and then supply supplies through the Indian Ocean to invade the Indian region.

Where can India have the ability to resist Rommel's Middle East Army alone, it is an elite force with thousands of tanks, and the situation is likely to become out of control.

If Hitt is lost again, the Axis forces will not be far from Ramadi, the gateway to Baghdad.

After the capture of Ramadi, the German army may appear on the periphery of Baghdad at any time, and at that time, Baghdad will definitely be unstoppable.

British reinforcements were still advancing in Iran, including an Iranian division, two Pakistani divisions, two Indian divisions, one Australian division, and one British division.

This can be said to be a multinational force. It lacks the ability to cooperate in combat, and there are not many heavy weapons and equipment. It is completely pieced together.

Even so, such a force has exhausted the British government in exile in India. It can be said that this cluster is the last hope of the British government in exile.

Reinforcements from the Americans cannot quench their thirst. It is almost impossible to count on the Americans far away in Australia to help. In fact, it is almost impossible to count on the Germans to retreat by themselves. ..

And at this time, at the beginning of the month, the navy of the British government-in-exile made a world-shattering victory in the Indian Ocean!

Yes, General Phillips commanded two battleships and an aircraft carrier to intercept the Japanese assault fleet and exchanged fire with the two Japanese battleships, achieving a brilliant victory.

The flagship of the Japanese Assault Fleet, Nagato, was wounded and escaped. The same type of battleship No. 6 Austria, which arrived in the Indian Ocean with Nagato to fight, was sunk by the British!

The Japanese navy, which suffered heavy losses, almost completely lost its dominance of the Indian Ocean, and Phillips' fleet had no ability to pursue the victory and could only return to the port to rest.

The result of the naval battle in the Indian Ocean was not what the Axis powers could have expected, and the defeat of the Japanese army was not what the high-level officials of the Axis powers could have expected.

On January 2, General Kanda Masanune committed suicide by cutting his belly on the island of New Guinea. The entire Japanese division was annihilated, and New Guinea was occupied by the US military.

After losing almost 40,000 people, the U.S. forces forcibly captured New Guinea, keeping the prosperous eastern part of Australia and the submarine force's access to the sea.

The Japanese navy, which lost the battleship No. 6 Austria, retreated to the Philippines. Yamamoto, leading the newly rejuvenated combined fleet, was there waiting for news of the U.S. attack on the Hawaiian Islands.

According to Yamamoto's battle plan, as long as the U.S. military attacked the Hawaiian Islands, his fleet would be dispatched to meet and fight to the death with the U.S. fleet there.

After all, in the Hawaiian area, the U.S. fleet does not have the cover of the U.S. 6th Army Air Force like Cape York, but the Japanese Navy can get the support of the 6th Air Force.

Therefore, in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands, the Japanese fleet has an advantage, and there is no pressure to face the Deng 6 operation under the cover of the US Navy fleet.

On the day of Germany's contribution to Hitt~www.readwn.com~, that is, on the 4th, Montgomery had just waited for his first reinforcements, and at this time he could no longer hold Baghdad.

Three days later, Rommel successfully invaded Baghdad and controlled several roads and railways in Iraq. Under the obstruction and interference of the locals, the British army had to retreat without blowing up most of the oil fields.

After getting the smelter and other industrial facilities, Rommel's troops attacked faster, hitting cities such as Sheila, Kut, and Baquba in one breath, and then stopped their offensive.

It would be impossible not to stop, because the end of the winter operation, the Supreme Command and the General Command issued orders at the same time to let the generals who were promoted to Marshal rush back to Berlin from the front line to accept their own marshal scepter.

These included General Dietrich, commander-in-chief of the Waffen SS, Rommel, commander-in-chief of the Middle East Corps, Guderian, commander-in-chief of Army Group B, and Manstein, commander-in-chief of the reserve group.

Although Dietrich is unknown and has always been unremarkable, he participated in the battle of attacking Leningrad and led his troops into Murmansk. Earlier, he accumulated a lot of military exploits in the United Kingdom, and he was considered in the SS. It is highly respected.

The main reason for Manstein's promotion is because his troops took the lead in entering Moscow, and they have always performed well in street battles.

Coupled with Guderian and Rommel, two well-deserved generals, the promotion to marshal this time is much more valuable than the one that defeated France in 1994o.

The Germans stopped moving forward, and the British government-in-exile had no way of persevering.

If Iran's oil fields are lost in the next battle, then the whole of India will lose the material basis for continued resistance.

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