Imperial Overlord

When Li Le was trying to avoid sleeping in the same bed with Aiwa for no reason, history had been rewritten by his previous efforts.

With the good news of the discovery of oil fields in Libya, Italian Mussolini finally made up his mind to launch an expansion operation against Egypt.

This time the Italians did not launch the offensive hastily in July 40, but waited until mid-August.

In the process, the Italian army mobilized the main division composed of 2 black shirts to make Italy more powerful in North Africa.

The Italian navy has been transporting strategic materials and personnel to Benghazi day and night these days, which has made the Italian troops stationed on the border between Libya and Egypt so powerful that it is frightening.

Historically, the first stage of Italy's expansion in North Africa was a process of winning first and then losing. The Italian army, which was originally superior, eventually lost to the British Expeditionary Force in Egypt and lost a lot of land.

Those places that are familiar to everyone, such as Benghazi and Tobruk, which Rommel will shine in the future, are actually the sites that the Italians threw to the British Expeditionary Force.

And Rommel was recovering lost ground for the Italians from beginning to end, and until the end, he only went to El Alamein in Egypt.

If Rommel can take over the battle of North Africa in the border area of ​​Egypt, it may be possible for the African Army to enter Cairo and rewrite history.

It is a pity that the history of the past will not be there anymore. Rommel defeated Alamein in history, and the Third Reich finally lost the possible rise of World War II.

But now, Italy is more prepared, so whether they will fail again this time and lose the border between Libya and Egypt, then no one knows.

"Boom!" With the loud noise of Italian artillery fire, the war of Italy's invasion of Egypt began in this way.

The shell is expanded and pushed out from the muzzle by the gas after the combustion of the propellant. When it is in the barrel, it is squeezed and rotated by the rifling, over a distance of several kilometers, and fly to the target along the predetermined trajectory.

On the position, the Italian soldiers held their weapons and looked at the horizon where the enemy was in the distance, and a black column of smoke rose instantly.

The offensive began, and for the Italian soldiers in North Africa, their war began, and the otherwise peaceful desert became no longer peaceful.

No one thought they could lose the war, and they had assembled an unprecedented force to defeat the British on the opposite side.

Although the British had often shelled and provoked before, the Italian command was not really ready for war.

It was not until Mussolini knew that Libya really had oil and enjoyed the dividends brought by this oil field that he really began to prepare for war in North Africa.

The Italian intelligence services, no matter how idiots, can be sure that the Libyan oil fields are within the range of the British Air Force.

This is an unbearable situation for Italy, which relies on Libyan oil fields - the Germans can still get some oil from Romania, but Italy has always been able to drink some leftover soup...

Mussolini's plan to develop Libyan oil fields was an important step in his consolidation of domestic rule and the revival of Italy.

Therefore, he must ensure the absolute safety of the Libyan oil field: once this oil field is discovered, it seems that the future strategies of the Axis powers must be formulated around this oil field.

"In order to secure the Libyan oil fields behind us, we must attack Egypt!" An Italian officer with a hidden observation post in the trenches, wearing a helmet on his head, said to his adjutant.

He held up the binoculars and didn't mean to put them down, but he kept complaining: "These distant officials don't know how frustrating it is to fight a war in such a place. "

There are basically no valuable cities on the border between Libya and Egypt. There is only a piece of yellow sand here, and even the coastal areas have almost nothing green.

To be honest, this is a place that is worthless at all. If you insist on fighting for this place, it is because the things behind this piece of yellow sand are too important for Italy and the United Kingdom.

On this side of the yellow sand, Italy and Germany have discovered Libyan oil fields, which may be an important turning point in saving the Axis energy crisis.

On the other side of the desert is the wealthy area of ​​Cairo, Egypt, which has been operated by Britain for a long time, and the crucial Suez Canal behind Cairo.

If you count Alexandria and the Mediterranean fleet... This may be the most important transportation hub in the UK besides the mainland.

Therefore, although it is a piece of yellow sand, both sides are ready to fight such a fateful war with the determination not to give up an inch of land.

For Britain, the war had another important purpose: to win this victory over Italy and to boost morale in the homeland against the German invasion!

"I was bitten by insects in the desert yesterday... This is really a scary place." The adjutant seemed to dislike this place filled with yellow sand even more.

When he woke up in the morning, he found a small scorpion coiled beside his shoe... Thinking about this environment, it was really a nightmare.

"Sir! Each cannon has already fired two shells... Do you want to continue the shelling?" An officer walked into the headquarters and asked his commander.

The war here is not as tragic as imagined, and there is a low-intensity conflict style in the west in the yellow sand.

Because it is very difficult to transport supplies, the weapons and ammunition in the hands of both parties are very precious.

Every time you attack, you must carefully consume your own ammunition. Excessive waste of your own ammunition will make the soldiers fall into the situation of running out of ammunition and food.

The supply situation in the desert is changing rapidly, and a single mistake can lead to a rout and loss of tens or even hundreds of kilometers in depth.

Of course, this is also the reason why a legendary figure like Rommel was born in the desert battle. A victory can be nearly hundreds of kilometers, and long-distance running around a wide range of detours is not limited by terrain...

In the Tang Dynasty, the most splendid ancient Chinese poetry culture, there were poets of different genres in the pastoral frontiers. When the ancients looked at the Huangsha battlefield hundreds of years ago, the famous sentence "The desert is solitary, the long river is setting the sun" was born.

Now, the sand and dust raised by tanks in the desert, accompanied by fighter jets in the sky and cannons roaring on the ground, constitute another spectacular picture.

"Let the tank troops go forward! Cover the central breakthrough of the infantry! Give it a try!" The Italian officer put down the binoculars in his hand and issued an order to attack the officers behind him.

"Long live the Kingdom of Italy! Soldiers! Attack!" In the trenches, the Italian soldiers who heard the order shouted an attack from the trenches.

Similar to the time of the First World War, the tactics did not change significantly. These Italian soldiers climbed out of their trenches and took their own steps in the direction of the British Army.

One by one, they left their bunker and, with their rifles, moved closer to the British line.

Soon, beside them, the m11 tank passed quickly, and the dust raised made everyone narrow their eyes involuntarily.

Throughout World War II, Italian tanks, like Japanese tanks, were relatively backward products because of the use of rivet-fixed armor plate structures.

Although in 1940, the British on the opposite side were also using tanks covered in rivets, but this was not a good design after all.

Compared to their British counterparts, the Italian M11 tanks are disappointing in quantity and quality.

First of all, the main gun of this tank is fixed on the tank body, and there is only a machine gun on the turret to deal with infantry.

Strictly speaking, this thing is more **** than the stalker that has been criticized by German engineers.

And this tank uses rivets to fix the structure, in fact, for this tank, the rivet structure is not a disadvantage...

The reason why the rivet fixing structure was abandoned is because the armor strength is greater than the rivet itself, so after being hit by enemy artillery, the armor may not be penetrated, but the rivet is broken, which seriously affects the level of bulletproof.

However, the thickest armor of the m11 is only 30 mm, so the rivet structure is still a very good choice...

In addition to these two crushing shortcomings, the m11 tank has a fatal problem, which is also a common problem with many Italian tanks - this tank only has 3 members!

God bless, 3 tank members is a bit too little when German tanks generally use 5 and only 4 crew members are used in extreme cases.

Although the m11 tank has reserved a radio position, UU reading www. uukanshu.com is not equipped with a radio, and a cannon and a machine gun turret have already made the three people in the car scrambling, not to mention the remote coordination and linkage.

I have to say that the reason why the Italian Army is not ready for war seems to have been correct even after 40 years of insisting on using such **** equipment.

As for more advanced weapons and equipment, Italy is not without it, but the more advanced m13 has just started production at this time, and it cannot be transported to North Africa.

However, the m13 is only the level of the German No. 3 tank, and it is not an artifact that changes fate.

It's a pity that the Italian tank production factories are second-rate even in terms of technology and equipment. Li Le, a traveler, is not even in the mood to transform these backward factories.

He wanted to provide Italy with something like a stalker without a technological gap, but he was afraid of technological leaks... So Li Le could only ignore it for the time being. () "Empire Overlord" only represents the views of the author, Dragon Spirit Knight. If you find that its content is in violation of national laws, please delete it. The position is only committed to providing a healthy and green reading platform. 【】,thank you all!