Not to mention, Darlang's scolding this time is really reasonable. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because Rommel's African army retreated under the condition of fuel shortage, according to statistics, Rommel's African Korps needed at least 80,000 tons of supplies to operate normally or retreat, while Rommel only received 24,000 tons of supplies in the recent month, and the soldiers almost all retreated thousands of kilometers in a row without being caught up or surrounded by the Commonwealth Army with sufficient fuel and supplies.

This can be described as a miracle in the history of warfare.

Of course, this miracle is also due to the fact that Rommel had such an opponent as Montgomery...... Montgomery was overly cautious, and whenever Rommel stopped at a certain point, Montgomery thought that Rommel had been supplied and was ready to hold on there, so Montgomery also stopped, hoping to get more supplies and be fully prepared to launch a large-scale attack.

But in fact, Rommel often stopped because he couldn't walk without supplies. Along the way, Rommel received most of the supplies from the Luftwaffe, but they were only enough for the Afrika Korps to travel a short distance.

And sometimes because of the Allied air blockade, the Afrika Korps even ran out of ammunition and food.

For example, in Ajdabiya, Libya, Rommel's troops had another fuel crisis, and Rommel could only sit in despair in the command car that could not be driven because there was no gasoline, and at this moment he could almost say that he had given up.

As he said to his staff officer: "I dare not expect our fortunes to change for the better, unless there is a miracle!" ”

A miracle happened, a German scout found thousands of boxes and oil drums floating on the sea, and when he checked it, he found that it was actually supplies and fuel.

It turned out that this was the cargo of the German transport ship "Hans Alp", which was sunk by an attack by the British Air Force.

Rommel couldn't help but be overjoyed, and shouted excitedly at Thomas: "What a fucking endless road, hurry up and go to the sea to salvage!" ”

The Afrika Korps relied on this fuel to continue its retreat.

Montgomery, on the other hand, followed one step at a time, hoping to annihilate the Afrika Korps on the way...... In fact, Montgomery has always had this opportunity, because if he changes to any stunned young man and sends troops to fight, he is afraid that the Afrika Korps will soon be dragged by the British army, and then surrounded by the British troops who are coming with it and fall into a desperate situation.

But Montgomery missed these opportunities time and time again.

However, objectively speaking, the reason why Montgomery will let go of the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Afrika Korps again and again is also related to "super secret".

Out of strategic and political necessity, Hitler and Mussolini ordered Rommel to stay where he was.

In Hitler's words: "You cannot retreat a single step, your will to fight is the hope of Africa!" ”

Mussolini's telegram to Rommel said: "Resist as best you can, I repeat, with all the German and Italian troops on the defensive line, fight to the last man!" ”

Unsurprisingly, these telegrams were intercepted by the British and deciphered by "super secrets".

After Montgomery got this information, he took it for granted that the German Führer and the Italian Prime Minister ordered Rommel to hold on at the same time, and Rommel was a man who regarded Hitler as a god, so he would definitely stick to Hitler's orders!

So they did not rush to catch up and engage the battle, but waited for the rear supplies and the main force to follow up......

Unexpectedly, the truth was not at all as Montgomery thought, Rommel always slipped away suddenly and silently before the Commonwealth army was ready.

Montgomery always felt that he had been fooled again and again, and he felt that he had fallen into a deception, a deception set up by Hitler and Rommel and others.

In fact, Montgomery was not fooled, but Rommel felt that he should no longer obey Hitler's orders and should be more responsible for the lives of the Afrika Korps soldiers after missing the opportunity to retreat for the first time because he obeyed Hitler's orders.

Rommel often said when retreating: "Retreat, although this is against the Führer's order, I am responsible for any problems!" ”

This also made the officers and men of the Afrika Korps more and more admired their general, who believed that the general would rather risk disobeying the Führer's orders to keep his subordinates safe, while at the same time taking all the responsibility on himself...... So many of the officers expressed their willingness to share the responsibilities with Rommel.

"Major General!" Darlang raised the telegram in his hand and asked Zhang Chi, "What do you think?" ”

"What do you think?" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically.

"What do you mean......" said Darrang, "to continue the attack on the port of Bizerte?" ”

"Of course!"

"But their strength ......"

"First of all......" Zhang Chi said, "The Afrika Korps arrived in Tunisia, which means that the British Commonwealth Army is also overwhelmed." Therefore, our current ratio of troops has changed from the original 200,000 to 100,000 to 400,000 to 170,000, and we still have a great advantage! ”

Darlan couldn't help but nodded, the British Commonwealth army also had 200,000 people, and the equipment and training were much stronger than the French army.

"Secondly!" Zhang Chi continued: "The Afrika Korps will focus more on how to resist the British attack, rather than on the internal port of Bizerte!" ”

"This is true, but ......" General Juan said with some concern, "In this way, if we take the port of Bissetta, we may be attacked by more German troops!" ”

"No!" Zhang Chi replied: "It should be said that the truth is the opposite, because sooner or later the British army will attack the Afrika Korps, and at that time...... It's time for us to attack the port of Bizerte! ”

The French generals couldn't help but nod their heads.

The African armies will then be overwhelmed by the Commonwealth forces.

"So!" Darlang said: "All we have to do is wait, right? ”

"Yes, wait!" Zhang Chi replied: "To be exact, we should take this time to carry out the necessary training, or prepare to land and fight a defensive battle!" ”

"That's right!" Darrang then turned his gaze to General Juan and said, "I'll leave this to you, I don't want the chaos of the last battle again!" ”

"Yes, General!" General Juan replied.

Only Zhang Chi knew that what he was waiting for was not the British attack, but Rommel's counteroffensive...... Rommel always does something unexpected, and at this moment in history, when the Afrika Korps is about to fall, Rommel is killing a beautiful return pistol.

But in any case, in short, the French army was ready to attack.