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The Führer was followed by the commander-in-chief of the army, Brauchitsch, who was dressed in a decent military uniform, and the two men walked one after the other in the direction of the war room.

This time, the operational meeting was held in the direction of North Africa, and the two men were discussing something as they walked.

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

Although he would certainly have been the first to know about Rommel's offensive in North Africa, he nevertheless asked Brauchitsch about it, which was his attitude.

Sure enough, hearing the Führer's question, Brauchitsch's face became even more genuine. As commander-in-chief of the German Army, Brauchitsch was very useful for this respect.

Although the Führer showed more and more talent in strategy and weaponry, and led victory after victory, it seems that the Führer still respects the General Headquarters of the Army.

In 1938, in order to take charge of the supreme command of the three German armies, Hitler established the Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht. This department has always been a major problem for the Army General Command, and it has also made many army generals feel 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 crossing, he stopped interfering with the army as much as possible, which made the army feel the olive branch handed by the Führer.

What is even more interesting is that the Führer strengthened the armament of the army and provided the army with a lot of convenience in a wide range of areas, which made the number of people within the Wehrmacht who praised the Führer's wisdom again.

Feeling the respect of the Führer and the wisdom of the Führer, Brauchitsch became a supreme commander of the army, at least superficially very supportive of the Führer.

He first took out two divisions of troops to help the navy set up a marine corps, strengthen training, and make preparations for landing on the beach as soon as possible.

He then acquiesced in the entry of Goering's SS into the Army, and most of these Waffen-SS troops were to take over the Wehrmacht's cantonment.

After being reborn, Li Le actually knew himself, although he used his foresight and had a strong decision-making ability in strategy, but in terms of specific tactical battle arrangements, he was inferior to these German professional soldiers in front of him.

Isn't the reason why the Wehrmacht is invincible in the world is because of these terrible professional officers and soldiers?

Hearing that the Führer had asked himself about the situation in North Africa before the meeting, Brauchitsch realized that this was a means of dealing with people by Li Le.

Since the Führer had no intention of bypassing the Army Headquarters, he was happy to offer the Führer some Army loyalty.

"Yes, my Führer!" Brauchitsch replied with a smile, he knew Rommel's offensive plan, and this offensive plan was also approved by the Wehrmacht Army Headquarters.

In order to make the Mediterranean more secure, Brauchitsch supported Rommel in launching an operation in North Africa as soon as possible. This is also the first time that the German military top brass has adjusted its strategy after the blitzkrieg attack on France.

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

Therefore, the top echelons of the Wehrmacht have shifted their strategic focus from attacking the Soviet Union to occupying North Africa and protecting the security of Germany's strategic resources.

This change made the German army pay attention to the Balkans, as well as Egypt in North Africa. Brauchitsch wanted Rommel to seize the Suez Canal before the Balkans, turning the Mediterranean Sea into an inland lake of the Axis powers.

"Rommel's army is attacking Damanhur, and as long as it takes there, the victory or defeat will be about the same." Brauchitsch added, saying to Li Le.

"Damanhur?" Hearing this place name, Li Le suddenly remembered a novel he had read before crossing over, and in that novel, the place name Damanhur was still fresh in people's minds.

In that novel, German paratroopers are transformed and parachuted into Damanhur to block the path of the retreating Patton, where they fight a hard but meaningful resistance.

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

Li Lezheng liked to read that novel, and was deeply impressed by this place called Damanhur, where paratroopers became famous all over the world.

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

It was an exhilarating feeling, and he liked it very much. In this time and space, he became a time-traveler, and he also hoped that the spirit of that novel could be carried over to the paratroopers under his command.

He was pleased that under his command, the German paratroopers in this time and space were also heroic and fearless elites. In the novel, they fought a bloody battle against Damanhur, and since then they have been invincible in the world; Li Le's paratroopers landed in Malta and rewrote the Mediterranean war with a hearty victory!

"Yes, my Führer! General Rommel's troops were attacking Damanhur, and if nothing else, within two days the outcome would be decided. Brauchitsch replied with a smile.

Li Le nodded, didn't say anything else, and continued to walk towards the conference room, the guards in the distance raised their arms and saluted: "Victory!" Monarch! ”

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In North Africa, near the road outside Damanhur, the tracks of the No. 4 tank 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.

The No. 4 tank had reinforced frontal armor and was one of the most powerful tanks in the desert, even though it was not equipped with a powerful 75 mm long-barreled gun.

Its diagonal turret was already aimed at its prey, and suddenly its advancing form stopped, and then a short time passed, and a cannonball was fired with a "boom".

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

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

The shell hit the ground not far in front of the German tank, lifting the sand on the ground and covering the German tank at once.

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

The battle had been fought from morning to noon, and neither side had any intention of resting, but the strength was already very obvious.

The British garrison at Damanhur was the South African 2nd Infantry Division, which was not the main force in the first place, and it was not so resilient in the face of German and Italian attacks.

Standing in his headquarters, the British division commander put down the binoculars in his hand, he knew that his troops were almost unable to support it, but he still did not expect that his troops would be defeated so easily.

Originally, his plan was to use the first line of defense to hold out until this evening, and then use the night to retreat to the second line of defense to continue to hold on.

But now he had to retreat his main forces to his main defensive positions, for if he was any slower, he feared that the other side would eat them.

"Division commander, the phone number of the commander of the regiment!" A signal soldier grabbed the phone, and after saying a few words, he shouted to his commander.

The division commander grabbed the telephone receiver and heard a deafening explosion inside: "Hey? It's me! You have to hold on! You have to hold on to me until the very end! Do you understand? ”

He had to order his men to do so, because behind him was Damanhur, and if his outlying positions were lost, they could easily be surrounded and annihilated by the Germans.

As a front-line commander, he knew that General Oklegin behind him did not have the troops to rescue him, so everything could only be struggled by himself!

However, he still called Oklegin behind him for help, hoping that his request to retreat would be granted.

It is a pity that Oklegin only ordered the 10th Armored Division and the 7th Australian Infantry Division to be put into combat readiness, but did not grant the request of the South African 2nd Infantry Division to retreat.

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

The sufferer on the other side of the phone was also crying incessantly: "Sir! The forces of the enemy's attack were much greater than expected! Those bastards in the intelligence services should all be hanged! Hanged! ”

"You have to hold on for 24 hours no matter what! Do you understand? Hold out for 24 hours! Can't take a step back! Oklakin yelled.

The South African 2nd Infantry Division was a colonial force, with the division commander and main officers being British soldiers, and the rank-and-file soldiers being South African natives. This structure doomed this unit to have average combat effectiveness and was not really the main force.

In fact, the strength of this infantry division is not enough, and the lack of heavy weapons is a mess, which seriously restricts the combat effectiveness of this South African unit.

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