Unlimited Military Base

The reputation of Marshal Erwin Rommel of the German Empire reached its peak in the African battlefield.

When he was responsible for commanding the African Germans, the German army was facing a very difficult situation. Even Kluwer and General Westphal were also infected with jaundice. Rommel is not worried: “In the near future, I will be the only German official who has been fighting here from beginning to end.”

However, Rommel was not intimidated by the difficulties at hand. He first successfully withdrew the main force of the German army, and successively defeated the British army’s attack through several beautiful battles.

Since May, Erwin Rommel has battled the British in Africa.

A series of battles have caused the British army to suffer terrible losses.

On May 31, Rommel organized an attack on Urib, the British army was extremely tenacious, and the Germans were slow. The next day, the battle continued. Valdo sent an air squadron to support. The German infantry rushed up and down. The battle was fierce and the two sides launched a desperate hand-to-hand combat. Rommel witnessed this spectacular scene. In the afternoon, the German army broke through the British positions and captured 3,000 British troops.

The next step is to attack Bill Hackam.

Rommel adjusted the armored forces and made careful arrangements for the next move. The British artillery fired his breakthrough from time to time in an attempt to stop the German supply fleet. On the evening of June 1st to the morning of the 2nd, the 90th light armor and an Italian division who cooperated with each other began to approach Bill Hakam. They passed the minefield without any loss and blocked the way out of the east side of the fortress. But the British and French defenders refused to surrender. At noon, the Italian army attacked the fortress from the northeast and the German army from the southeast.

The French defenders in the fortress were extremely tenacious and the battle was very tragic. It lasted from June 2 to the end of the 11th and lasted for 10 days. Rommel was the first to encounter such a fierce battle, and his infantry tactical expert was deeply shocked. The French army’s position system is very solid and perfect. It is surrounded by sampans, dark castles, machine gun bunkers and anti-Tank gun positions, and has a tight thunder array. The artillery and air force bombing is simply powerless. German ammunition was consumed in a huge amount, and the number of casualties was heavy. German engineers used their bodies to open the way for follow-up forces. At the same time, the Air Force also contributed a lot, during the offensive, a total of more than 1,300 combat aircraft.

Subsequently, the African Army took a break and Rommel got some new Tanks. He regained the initiative and was able to mobilize his troops to deal with the Gazaline defense and organize a counterattack. The British army suffered heavy losses, and only Tank lost more than 400 vehicles. At this point, Rommel became the real master of this theater.

On the evening of June 11, Rommel directed the 15th and 90th Light Armored Divisions, along with the 3rd and 32nd Reconnaissance Battalions, to march north of Birkham. The British army’s Gaza line is directly threatened. To this end, the British commander Li Teqi adjusted an armored brigade. On the 12th and 13th, Rommel directed two large-scale Tank battles. As a result, the British lost another 140 Tanks, leaving only about 70 Tanks.

Early on the 14th, the British army was forced to start withdrawing the remaining troops from the Gazaline defense line. At night, the Germans took control of the Via Balbia road. On the morning of the 15th, the 15th Armored Division of the German army left a small amount of troops to guard the road, and the main force advanced to the coastline. At this time, a large number of British troops who retreated to the east easily escaped. On the evening of the 16th, the Germans captured Adem. On the evening of the 17th, he captured Sidi Reifu. Subsequently, the Germans conquered the last fortress to Tobruk, Batllu. The gate of Tobruk opened.

Rommel’s telegram said: “We have won and the enemy is collapsing.”

On the 17th, Rommel’s encirclement once again hugged Tobruk tightly. At 15 o’clock in the afternoon, the Tank of the African Army and the Aleite Armored Division moved eastward and completed the full encirclement of the British army. At 18:30, Rommel personally directed the 21st Armored Division to return to the north again. In order to seize the time, he took the lead and personally drove at full speed and rushed to the coast more than the overwhelming British guns and armored vehicles. The sky gradually darkened. The 21st Armored Division rushed into a minefield that was not marked on the map, and a Tank turned into a fireball in a terrible explosion. At dawn on the 18th, the 21st Armored Division was bombed by the British Air Force, but Rommel still urged the troops to continue northward as quickly as possible. Soon, the troops arrived at the frontier airport of Gambot, the defenders had escaped, and the Germans seized 15 intact aircraft and a large amount of fuel.

Until dawn, Rommel ordered to stop moving forward. At this time, a reconnaissance battalion has arrived in Via Balbia. Tobruk’s pocket was tight. At 8:3 in the morning, Rommel triumphantly told the General Staff and Kaiserlin: “The fortress has been surrounded by our army.” On the afternoon of the 19th, the African army occupied a new position. The 90th Light Armored Division raided eastward, occupying the British military’s supply warehouse between Via Balbia and Tobruk, disrupting the British military’s sight. Everything seems to have been arranged.

Rommel is full of confidence in his victory, but he also feels that everyone is inexplicably nervous when they are waiting for you.

The British army deployed a heavy group in Tobruk, including South Africa’s 2nd Division, India’s 11th Brigade, 2nd Guard Brigade, 32nd Tank Brigade and several artillery regiments. These troops are already long-lasting and have low morale. The British commander was slow to move, the reorganization work was not completed, and the defense organization was carefully organized. But this does not mean that Tobruk has become a nesting threat, it is still a hot hoe. The terrain around the fortress is very complicated. The sand-armored vehicles in the southeast are simply not accessible. The desert flats in the south are covered with British secrets and firepower points. They are connected by tunnels. Unless absolutely necessary, the defenders do not have to expose the targets at all; Outside the site, deep anti-Tank plaques and dense barbed wire were built; the perimeter of the fortifications was filled with countless minefields.

However, Rommel is already in the chest this time. According to the British defensive situation, he decided to carry out the offensive mission by the 21st Italian Army, the African Army and the Italian 20th Army as the main attack. Before the launch of the general attack, the German and Italian air forces were all bombed in Africa. Once the infantry broke through the fortress defense line, the African army continued to advance to the crossroads leading to the port, and all the way to the west to the Via Balbia road. The Italian 20th Army is responsible for the occupation of the British fortifications and is preparing to eliminate the South African division.

On the 18th, he took Air Force Commander General Valda to the new command post located in the Hatianian stronghold, discussed the tactical use of the Air Force, personally delineated the air force’s air strike targets, and stipulated the air and sea coordination signals. At noon on the 19th, Marshal Kasselin came to the command post of Rommel and approved Rommel’s offensive plan. In the afternoon, Rommel personally led the army to march toward the Egyptian border and stopped at a distance of nearly 30 kilometers from Bardia. At 16:30, Rommel ordered the two armored divisions to withdraw, leaving only the 90th light armored division, and he himself returned to the Hatian command post.

In the middle of the night, Rommel was lying in the command post and wanted to take a nap, but the familiar, pre-offensive excitement made him unable to sleep. At 3:30 in the morning, his men reported that all the attacking forces occupied the designated position. When everything was ready, he closed his eyes for a while. But an hour later, Rommel sat in his command car in a spirited manner. “Today is a crucial day. May the goddess of luck be faithful to me. I am really tired, otherwise everything is satisfactory.” At this time, he did not forget to share joy with Lucy.

At 5:30 on the morning of June 20, the German and Italian guns scattered on the battlefield were roaring. But half an hour passed and I still couldn’t hear the movement of the plane. Rommel and the African Army commander Nanning climbed into a small highland. After a while, General Nanning got the news that the Air Force squadron had just set off. In an instant, hundreds of planes reached the enemy’s position, countless heavy bombs poured down, broken wire fences and smashed weapons were thrown into the air, and fell heavily on the defenders’ heads.

After the bombing, there was a dead silence on the defending position. Rommel’s infantry began to hit. The company commander and the platoon leader stood up and blew the whistling forward. They rushed up with suffocating dust and smoke. In a moment, the sound of the guns rang like a blast. The engineers also acted quickly, 5 points behind 8 o’clock, they set up a steel bridge on the anti-Tank squatting, and the tank rumblingly drove up.

At this time, Rommel also came to the front line of the 15th Armored Division. His armored personnel carrier had been driving to the breakthrough of the minefield, watching Tank and an infantry company attacked the bunker in the minefield. The defending artillery fire fell from time to time near him, and the vehicles near the breach were crowded into a ball. He ordered Burnsted Lieutenant to clear the passage, and the Tank rushed up again, and six British “Crusade” Tanks were hit and caught fire. At 9 o’clock, Rommel was victorious. He waved to let the army reporters come over and recorded his wonderful battlefield speech: “Today, my soldiers are devoted to attacking Tobruk. Individual soldiers may be killed, but the victory of our entire nation is certain. “”

On the morning of the 21st, Rommel drove to the city. There were ruins and ruins everywhere. The roads were full of tanks and cars burning with fire. They were hit by shells and the British army set themselves on fire. The dry rivers of the coast were filled with countless prisoners. Some black soldiers from the South African brigade were drunk, but they looked very happy and screamed and shouted: “The war is over!”

At 9:40 in the morning, the commander of the fortress and the 2nd South African division commander General Klopp submitted a surrender book to Rommel on the Via Balbia road. Rommel hurriedly reported Hitler: “The entire fortress of Tobruk surrendered and captured 25,000 people, including some generals.”

The whole of Germany is boiling. (To be continued. Please search h astrolog W, the novel is better to update faster!)