While Manstein, Hoth, and dictator Jan Antonescu were discussing the renewal of new weapons and equipment, and the adjustment of the Romanian troops; At the port of Ceuta, all the armored units under Rommel's command, including the motorized units and the tank corps, were also in good gear; They are deployed at various important positions in the port of Ceuta, waiting for orders to fight, or to continue to rest.

All the staff members of Rommel's corps headquarters also stayed by the telephone all night, answering reconnaissance reports from all quarters, especially the aerial reconnaissance reports of the reconnaissance aircraft units, as well as the maritime reconnaissance reports of the aircraft carrier units, especially the telephone calls from Chen Yanlong's new combat orders.

At this time, Rommel had not slept much for two days and two nights, and was persuaded by his direct officers to take a rest before continuing to patrol the front line.

Therefore, after following the advice of his subordinates, Rommel went back to his temporary accommodation for a rest.

And when he was about to take a break, he also wrote a telegram to his wife Lucy, and prepared to have his telegraph operator send it back to Berlin to show Lucy and his son.

Dearest Lucy,

"Although we have completed the capture of the port of Ceuta in Morocco, because of the supply problems, and the possible rebellion of Spain, as well as the attack of the British and American aircraft carrier forces, my next battle may be more intense; So I may not be able to send you a telegram every day to report on the situation on my side.

But you don't have to worry, because this time the troops under my command not only have a large number of new weapons and equipment, but also have a number of aircraft carriers to support them; However, now I am more worried about the supply of our new weapons and equipment, because our current operation is relatively far away from Germany and Italy, and the supply of new weapons and equipment we are now carrying is all dependent on the Führer's transport planes and the transport ships escorted by the aircraft carrier fleet.

Well! I've talked to you about this today, I haven't slept for almost two days, I'm very tired now, let's take a break first, replenish my spirit, because our next battle is about to enter the English Channel where the British army is stationed, the purpose of this is to control the entrance and exit of the entire Mediterranean, so that it is difficult for British and American troops to enter the Mediterranean Sea at will, of course, whether this operation can be successful, or when we occupy the English Channel, whether we can completely block the entrance and exit of the Mediterranean Sea as the Führer thinks, it is unknown! ”

Before resting, Rommel wrote this telegram to his favorite wife, Lucy, desperately tired.

After the telegraph operator had taken the telegram and sent it to his wife, Lucy, he went to rest in peace.

At this time, at the Operational Command of the British troops in the English Channel, John Colonin Tovey, commander of the Home Fleet and commander of the Cape Naval Station, was secretly parachuted into the English garrison by Churchill using a fleet of transport aircraft.

And they are followed by a huge Royal Navy aircraft carrier fleet, of course, there are also a lot of American fleets filled with it, but this aircraft carrier force is still sailing at sea, not as fast as the flight speed of transport aircraft, and they also have to avoid the reconnaissance of the German maritime reconnaissance aircraft group, as well as the reconnaissance of the German submarine group.

"How's the war going? Is the next target of the Germans our English Channel? ”

As soon as he entered the operational conference room of the headquarters, and after all the British officers had gathered, John Henry Dekkers Cunningham, chief of staff of the Navy, immediately asked solemnly.

"According to our reconnaissance in the past two days, including aerial reconnaissance, the German army has a 90 percent chance that it will conduct an English Channel operation against us!"

As soon as the words fell. Less than three days after being transferred by Churchill, the high-ranking British general John Murphy, who was stationed in the English Channel. Standish. Certis. Prendergast. Verrick [Viscount Gort] immediately replied.

He was Governor of Gibraltar from 1941 to 1942 and Governor of Malta from 1942 to 1944, but was now deployed by Churchill on 6 November 1943 to command the English Channel in response to a sudden attack on German forces, particularly Rommel.

In fact, Churchill also wanted to transfer Montgomery, who had defeated Rommel, but unfortunately the other party was now directing the pre-war preparations for the upcoming large-scale Italian counterattack, so Montgomery was not dispatched.

"But if the Germans are going to cross the English Channel against us, then I would like to ask whether the Germans are now mass-producing and equipped with landing craft, especially tank landing craft, and whether they have a large number of amphibious landing combat units, whether they have been trained for landing operations, and whether the German Air Force is now equipped with a large number of torpedo bombers to fight our navy?"

"What is the strength and size of the aircraft carrier fleet that they are deploying now? And what about the strength of the carrier-based aircraft masses? ”

"Especially their supply situation, and the overall strength of the fleet, may I ask about these situations, have we reconnoitred well?"

In response to the other party's answer, John of the Navy's chief of staff immediately put forward one