Chapter 634: The German Tank Moves On
, Recently, Lao Xi has been a little crazy in the spring breeze...... Meng Xiang swept the information about Germany during this period of time in his heart, couldn't help pinching his chin, and said earnestly in his heart
Lao Xi couldn't stand by anymore and calm down, and the entire European continent except for the Soviet Russian sphere of influence had already been included in his pocket. Even neutral countries such as Switzerland and Sweden are secretly friendly. The Italians who play soy sauce are their younger allies, and that's even more needless. It should be that this is the largest sphere of influence that the Germans have been able to reach since ancient times. Even the legendary emperors of antiquity did not have such glory. In the face of unprecedented honor, can Lao Xi calm down?
The Germans have not only traveled to most of Europe, but also to Africa. The halo on Lao Xi's head is no longer the king of Europe.
than non-good news.
Hu Fen, the Desert Fox, who had received more supplies, launched a surprise attack, drove the British all the way to the junction of Egypt and Libya, and captured Lieutenant General O'Connor, who had previously advanced all the way and captured hundreds of thousands of Italian troops. Even the newly appointed Lieutenant General Nîmes was captured. Let the British lose face.
However, these are all following the trajectory of history, and Tobruk's victory in mid-April was a historic breakthrough. Without the 242-day siege in history, in just over half a month, the German heavy artillery knocked through the British defenses. Even the Mediterranean Fleet, which had come to the aid of the British, was forced back by the huge shore artillery on land.
There is no doubt that when the Italians' navy collapsed and they had to retreat to their domestic military ports, it was the Libyan sub-base that provided the Germans with heavy artillery, from 203 mm heavy artillery, to 280
Millimeter shore artillery could be easily obtained, and at the cost of only some of the plundered by the Germans in North Africa.
When the cottage company threw out a 420-mm large Berta howitzer and transported it to the front line for assembly by more than twenty trucks, some veterans of the German team who had become lieutenants or even generals remembered the glory of the capture of the fortresses of Liege and Namur, and their eyes couldn't help but moisten, but the British in Tobruk on the opposite side burst into tears.
The Great Berta gun was not of the railway type, but of the road gun, and because of the transport of 6-ton and 3-ton Opel trucks, it was quickly towed from the tank factory near the front line to the Tobruk front.
More than 1,000 people worked on the parts and assembled them in just over a week with the help of cloning engineers. When the 820-kilogram warhead smashed into the Tobruk fortress and looked at the mushroom cloud that was more than 300 meters high mixed with gunsmoke, dust and debris, the British, who were blown by the huge explosion, fell into a panic.
There was no fortress in Tobrukne that could withstand the impact of such a heavy warhead. The result of a direct hit is to form powder and then fill the pit. The entire section of the trench and the fortress above were directly wiped out by the explosion, and nothing could stop the revelry of heavy metal hammers. Even if it fell nearby, the heavy warhead burrowed deep into the ground and exploded with the help of the kinetic energy of the fall, causing an earthquake that was enough to shake the foundations of the strong fortress and shake the confidence of the British.
In fact, the attack effect of the Great Berta may have been sharp in World War I, but when the battleship guns of the Second World War were generally moving towards 400 mm, the power was naturally much worse, and the attack distance of the Great Berta was somewhat close, and the firing distance of more than 13 kilometers was easily counterattacked by the opponent. I have to, this cannon is outdated.
However, the prestige of the Great Berta cannon began to spread as early as the First World War, and many young people grew up listening to its legend, and when the British learned that the strange cannon outside was the Great Berta, the panic in their hearts was difficult to suppress.
And it was not only the copycat companies that participated in the attack, but the Germans also remembered the old love of purchasing a large Berta and three 283mm shore guns, directly quoting the SCK/34 naval guns on the German pocket battleships, in addition to fighting against the warships of the British Mediterranean Fleet that docked to the harbor, they also joined the siege attack.
And the threat of the Stuka and Ju-88 bombers roaring in the air by the Germans to the British Mediterranean Fleet and the bombing of the fortress of Tobruk became the last straw that overwhelmed the British.
Even the tough Australian Major General Moore Shet, known in the army as the "ruthless Ming", could not suppress the panic and confusion of the defending army at this time. The Australian 9th Infantry Division was still brave, but the Germans, armed with heavy artillery, were no longer the lightning-fast assault force of the original history.
After only 32 shells were smashed by the Great Berta cannon, the Australian army was ready to evacuate.
Although the British maintained a semblance of unity, the member states of the Commonwealth had the right to withdraw at their own discretion if they wished. The huge losses also have to make the Australian government think about its own interests in the future. The crisis in Britain and the Japanese eyeing Southeast Asia were both long-term considerations.
So, after holding out for more than half a month, the Australian army saw that there was no hope for reinforcements, and the Germans' ironclad vanguard made a lightning surprise attack near Baierdie, and had to evacuate by surprise, and after losing more than half of it, they finally retreated to Baierdieh.
The German forces in North Africa were in full swing and pressed towards the borders of Libya and Egypt. No matter how you look at it, the Germans of the 6 divisions there have already taken the initiative, and all that remains is the question of where to hit.
The British homeland was cut off by the German wolves and battlefleets, and they could only survive. Even with the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal in hand, the situation for the British Isles will not change much. Although the British contained the Strait of Gibraltar and prevented the Germans from rushing in, the German fleet also blocked the British in the Mediterranean, unable to transport anything.
The role of the British Empire's corns has diminished, but the British have prepared a strategy that will not give up the interests of the Middle East and North Africa. The material committees from Asia began to accumulate near the Mediterranean, and the British continued to invest more forces in the North African and even Greek theaters.
It's a pity that the North African battlefield is still under the command of Rommel the African Fox, and it is slowly declining. And the Greek battlefield was also dimmed by the glory of the defeat of the Italians.
Even though the British supported the strength of three divisions of the Greeks and a large amount of supplies, the Germans acted more thoroughly, and a series of thunderous and stormy actions of more than 30 divisions of the two corps directly expelled the British, and even the military coup in Yugoslavia in March, which was instigated by the British, was directly extinguished.
However, the unified Yugoslavia has been dismembered, and the powder keg of Yugoslavia, a nation, has been ignited by all forces. Thousands of ethnic massacres continue to be staged among ethnic groups and religious parties. In just three months, 250,000 Serbs were killed. Other Muslims and Christians, royalists and Russians, also planted new hatreds directly with the slaughter of Chiguoguo.
This may also be one of the reasons why Yugoslavia broke out again after Tito's death. However, at this time, Tito, who was called Broz, was still fighting guerrillas.
The civil strife in Yugoslavia made it much easier for the Germans, and the Italians on the Greek side maintained stability, which also allowed the Germans to step out and start thinking about their next move.
Without much thought, the actions of the vanguard army had already given the Germans a good lesson.
"Only when Soviet Russia is conquered, the king of Europe is the real crown on the head of the Germanic people!
Or even the king of the world! "Lao Xi was stabbed by new victories every day, and unconsciously began to cross the peak of Alexander the Great and Napoleon I.
"The ancients fell on Russian soil, and Napoleon's army fell on Russian soil, and the conquest of that vast land will be a great feat for the king of the world!" Lao Xi said very emotionally.
Now that the battle against the British has entered the most delicate time, in the face of the dying British and the looming Americans next to him, Lao Xi is a little hesitant. Although the German iron cavalry was very strong at this time, and Lao Xi was also very beautiful, whether it was economic, financial, religious, or powerful, whether it was the Germans or Lao Xi, there were still some people who were controlled by others and could not completely rule the world.
The Vatican, the intricate royal families of Europe, the monopoly capital families that control the lifeblood of the economy, the more greedy financial oligarchs, and even the Junker aristocrats in the army have all forced Lao Xi to hold his temper. But Lao Xi knew that as long as the German boots continued to march forward, the Germanic chariots continued to drive, and as long as the plundered profits satisfied the greedy appetites of the dividers, he would one day be able to completely control the Germanic saber and cut down all obstacles.
He also obviously felt that a torrent behind him pushed him to fire at Soviet Russia, and the vast land of Soviet Russia could give him enough time and space, and enough divided interests, and he was willing to complete his sprint to the peak of the king of the world on the land of the Russians. As a result, the pace of the war against Soviet Russia became tighter day by day.
"Let's go all over Europe!" The propaganda of public opinion against Soviet Russia in Germany was in full swing, and the sound of sharpening knives was directly scorching.
The Russians also felt the scorching arrogance that could burn all illusions, but many things could not be avoided, but they could be delayed.
The Russians knew that both sides were hypocritical, but they still seized every opportunity to actively negotiate, targeting not only the Germans, but also the vanguard