Although the Anglo-American forces kept Alexandria, because the infrastructure built by the British army for many years was completely destroyed, the British army could not do anything with Lin Youde, who occupied most of the Nile estuary delta.

The Anglo-American fleet broke through the Strait of Tonis, but subsequent transportation was hampered by Allied air strikes and submarine attacks, with the result that the coalition forces recapturing Alexandria found themselves in a supply situation where they could do nothing but defend Alexander.

Seeing this situation, Lin Youde used his limited forces to establish an encirclement around Alexandria, and then ran to the El Alamein line.

The North African battlefield has a characteristic, just looking at the map, it seems that this battlefield is extremely vast, but in fact the entire battlefield is a long strip, and the combat area of the two armies is sandwiched between the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea, and the frontal width is more than 200 kilometers. Further south is the Sahara Desert itself, and any combat operation deep into the desert is a severe test for the logistics department.

Not to mention Britain and Germany, even the United States, which has the strongest logistical capabilities, cannot conduct combat operations in the desert, so everyone tacitly excludes desert areas from combat operations.

Lin Youde soon arrived at the back of the El Alamein Line, because the defenders on the line were almost all drawn back to the Nile Delta to defend Cairo or something, and then almost annihilated by Lin Youde, so the battle to capture the El Alamein Line was very simple.

After piercing El Alamein, Lin Youde finally joined forces with the French army in Libya, so that there were no more Anglo-American combat units between Lin Youde and Lunnis.

But before Lin Youde could rush to Consenis, Patton broke through the third line of defense of the French army in Congenis, and advanced towards the important stronghold of the French army.

Once the game was captured, the Allied control of the Strait of Tunis would be greatly weakened, and the logistical supply of the French army in Tunis would become difficult.

The French high command told Lin Youde that General Andrew was organizing a counterattack and preparing to counter-encircle Patton's attacking troops under the big city, but Lin Youde was not optimistic about this.

**

"Why do I always feel that you look down on that French general?" The black blood Ji sat across from Lin Youde's table, stared at Lin Youde and asked, "I always feel that you think that he can't beat the American general named Patton, is there any reason for this?" ”

Lin Youde glanced at the black blood Ji, and said in his heart that if you give me a day, I will sue you for a reason.

But on the surface, of course he couldn't say that, let alone tell Sù Black Blood Ji about another time and space, so Lin Youde didn't hesitate to start talking: "I know that little George Patton, and his daddy George Patton." ”

Because Patton is so famous, when it comes to George Patton, everyone thinks of the Wang Situ who is full of vulgar words, oh no, the American general George Patton, but few people know that the men of the Patton family are generally called "George?" Patton", his grandfather, George Patton Sr., was the commander of the 22nd Infantry Regiment in Virginia and fought in the Civil War, and his father, George Patton Sr., although eventually became a lawyer, attended the Virginia Military Academy as a young man. And Patton's son, also named George Patton, eventually became a major general.

After Lin Youde braged about his understanding of the George Patton family, the black blood Ji still had a questioning expression, and she asked: "Although he is a military family, Patton has no actual combat experience before the landing of the coalition forces in Morocco, does he?" And Andrew has already made his mark in the French Civil War, why do you think that a man with no combat experience can beat a veteran with a lot of practical experience? ”

"It's because Andrew fought in the French Civil War that I know his pounds." Lin Youde continued to talk nonsense, anyway, Barton has also proved his ability at this time, so how Lin Youde talks nonsense seems quite credible, "To be precise, through the French Civil War, I understand the limits of Andrew's ability and his flaws." And George Patton Jr.'s appearance in the U.S. Army, as well as his adherence to tactical theory, just restrained that General Andrew. ”

The black blood Ji stared at Lin Youde and smacked her lips slightly.

"Well, it sounds reasonable, although I still think you're blowing nonsense. Either way, Barton did win this time. The Black Blood Ji paused and changed the subject, "What should we do next?" Lunis is in danger, should we hurry up and rush to the rescue? ”

"Our reinforcements have already set off from Sicily for the big city of the game," Lin Youde pouted, "The only hope now is to be able to delay Barton's attack through street fighting in Guò city, but although the big city is considered a big city in Conjunis, it is only at the level of a larger town in Europe, and the street fighting is estimated to not last long." As for Andrew's plan to counter-encircle Patton, I personally still don't have much hope. ”

"Maybe they'll succeed." Although the black blood Ji said this, it could be seen from her expression that she herself did not believe that this counter-encirclement could be successful.

Lin Youde stood up and turned to look out the window at the sparsely lit streets of Cairo in the night.

"It's pretty good that Tunis has dragged on for so long, and I had intended to attack and take Suez from Sinai while Tunis was lost and the British were well supplied, so that we could maintain a threat to the Anglo-American coastline in North Africa, and we would be able to pin them down and prevent them from continuing to land in Sicily. At the same time, our air bases in places such as Port Said can suppress the Anglo-American air force, which in turn will provide protection for Cyprus.

"Now that the conjunire has not been completely lost, I have captured Cairo, destroyed the port and airport of Alexandria, and controlled the El Alamein Line and Suez. The current situation is much better than I originally intended, Her Highness the Black Blood Queen. ”

Blackblood Ji nodded: "It seems that this is indeed the case when you say that." ”

"It's much better than the original assumption, but that's how human beings are, once they get a better result than expected, they think about whether they will get a better result, and maybe a little more investment will get a greater benefit. That's my state of mind right now. Lin Youde turned his body to the black blood queen, "My mind is now full of defending Tunis, and then counterattacking from Tunisia to retake the coastlines of Algeria and Morocco, so that the Mediterranean Sea will become an inland lake for the Alliance of Human Innovation." ”

"Eh, do you a Chinese also want to recreate the glory of the Roman Empire?" Black Blood Ji looked at Lin Youde with a surprised expression.

"Of course not," Lin Youde paused, and suddenly inexplicably wanted to be superior in front of this European girl, so he digressed, "You know, when the Roman Empire was at its most glorious, it was only five or six million square kilometers, and soon the empire fell apart, and we in China, from the Han Dynasty onwards, the area of each unified dynasty is comparable to that of Rome, and the key is that Rome no longer exists, and we still have it." ”

For Lin Youde's sudden boasting, Blackblood Ji just shrugged, she stood up, yawned, and then stretched her waist and said: "I know that your China is very great, otherwise Marco Polo's travelogue would not have caused such a repercussion in Europe back then." But it has nothing to do with the problems we are facing, does it? ”

"That's right, but it's you who digress first, Miss Blackblood, and the current problems you are facing have nothing to do with the Roman Empire, do you?"

Lin Youde decisively shook the pot.

"Okay." Blackblood shrugged her shoulders again, "Then let's get back to the original issue, Mr. Lin, since you want to defend the convexity now, could it be that you have some brilliant plan?" ”

"Unfortunately, no." Lin Youde shook his head, "Although I have been thinking and meditating for several days, I have not found any good way to defeat the enemy. I once thought about landing in Algeria, but landing without sea control is. I also thought about bypassing the transport line from the desert south of Tonis to attack Barton, but that would be too logistically demanding for us. It was probably also because of logistical problems that Patton vetoed the plan to attack from the east, bypassing the southern part of the convex, an area that was relatively easy to attack. ”

Lin Youde stood next to the table and gestured to the map on the table.

"The remaining options are nothing more than a ground attack with Shenji and a cross of Libya into Lunis. It's unrealistic for the god to attack, and we don't have any extra gods. ”

"Yes," the black-blooded queen said immediately, "It's good that we have an advantage in the Divine Queen's equipment, otherwise you will be returned to the British Divine Queen." Now that Britain and the United States have been maintaining a four-to-three ratio in the sky for the sake of safety, it is impossible for us to separate people to carry out ground attacks. ”

"Exactly. Another plan to move westward, the biggest problem is supply. If we take Alexandria, it will be much more convenient to move westward, but it is a pity that the British stuck Alexandria, and Libya and Lunia are different, and the cargo steamers from Sicily to Libya have to go through half a day anyway, unlike Lunia, where the entire transport can be completed at night. As a result, the British fleet was left to a great extent limited the supplies we could receive in Libya. And the land supply line ......"

Lin Youde shrugged his shoulders, and the black-blooded Ji also had a knowing expression.

"That's right," the Blackblood sighed, "With that bad road and yellow sand in the sky, it's impossible to supply land supplies." ”

"It's not just the road and the weather, it's the distance."

"So, you spare a circle, and the final conclusion is that we still have to take Alexandria." The Black Blood Ji helped Lin Youde and concluded, "Then don't rush to El Alamein at the beginning, get Alexandria done first, anyway, we are dragged in the air." ”

"The enemy still has the possibility of sending Shenji to attack on the ground," Lin Youde said in an embarrassed tone, "I can't risk being attacked by Shenji to put in the main force to attack Alexander, rather than that, it is better to send some troops to keep the siege and wait for you and the British to divide the victory." The British have a much worse supply of magic parts than we do, and the maintenance conditions are worse than ours, and we have a complete magic workshop to work with, and the magic workshop in Alexandria has long been blown into ruins. ”

"I see."

"So please fight hard and defeat the enemy as soon as possible, and then ......"

"I don't need you to say I'll do the same, okay, it's not too early, I should rest." After speaking, the black blood Ji left Lin Youde's office while stretching her waist.