Imperial Overlord

Whether he has a chance to fight back to this place, even God doesn't know now, but one thing Admiral Wavell is very clear about is that if he doesn't go right away, he can't go away. 【Read the latest chapter】

The British team stopped the attack, and Rommel certainly knew why, because of his armored troops, the news of victory had been sent back.

The armored torrent of more than 100 No. 3 tanks is now threatening the flanks of the British infantry at all times.

And there are not many British tanks left now - 40 tanks were destroyed or captured, but the Fuhrer's intelligence clearly stated that there were only 70 tanks in the UK...

This shows that the British 7th Armored Division is now dead in name only, and the German armored forces can traverse North Africa, and they are invincible!

"It's time to put our reserves into battle!" Rommel told the officers around him with a smile when he saw that the fire of war had been quelled in front of his position.

Soon, the German reserves, which had been hiding behind the mound, started their own engines and made all preparations for a counterattack.

Rommel did not put 10 slower No. 4 tanks into the southern battlefield. He kept these tanks and mixed them with his armored vehicles to form an armored group.

This force is Rommel's final decisive force, and it is also a killer used to hunt down frontal British infantry.

With these armored vehicles and tanks, he can effectively cover the truck troops behind him, and can always attack the retreating British troops with the highest speed.

Now, it's time for this force to fight back. The roar of the engine was accompanied by the rising smoke, and the German troops quickly turned into an offensive state.

"Go forward!" The German soldiers jumped out of their trenches when they heard the order to attack, shouting and striding forward.

Unlike the Italians, German soldiers firmly believed that they were invincible on land. So once the attack started, many soldiers were able to keep going.

It didn't take long for the armored vehicles to be loaded with soldiers, and they passed quickly by the advancing German soldiers.

Then came the tanks and trucks, a line that, although not neat, bit the tail of the retreating British soldiers.

Just half an hour ago, the British ** team, who were still trying to attack, were completely confused - they didn't know what they had experienced.

Even if they had exerted all their might, they were still unable to get rid of the German mechanized mixed army that was chasing after them.

"Tutu! Tutu!" The flames ejected from the opponent's tank devoured the lives of the surrounding soldiers.

The soldiers of the Indian 4th Infantry Division began to raise their hands in surrender, throwing their weapons at their feet and waiting for the German soldiers to gather them together.

From the state of attack and pursuit, it immediately turned into a state of defense or even retreat, and many people did not know what happened.

When they found out that they were all surrounded by German teams, they knew that they had lost, and the defeat seemed to be very embarrassing.

In almost the same sequence as the Italian army collapsed, the tank units on the side were crushed by the other side, and then the soldiers scattered along the road were confused.

The commander could not find his soldiers and already found himself captured by the Germans - of course he quickly found his lost men, since they were already in a POW camp.

Just like when the Germans were in France, they captured the captives and got soft hands, and while capturing the British captives, they also found a large group of Italian captives.

The irony is that the Italian soldiers who were being held by the British soldiers watched in amazement as the German tanks rumbled past them.

Then, before the dust fell back to the ground, the British soldiers guarding them were disarmed by German soldiers who jumped from the truck.

Even more ironically, the Germans handed these Lee Enfield rifles to the Italian officers who had their hands empty just a moment ago, and asked them to **** the captives back to Tobruk, hurriedly boarded the car, and continued eastward.

As a result, the Italian prisoners of war and the British prisoners who were left behind looked at each other awkwardly, and it took a long time to realize that the war had unknowingly changed.

"Don't shoot! We surrender!" The British soldiers who were resting on the side of the road could only raise their hands in frustration when they found the German armored vehicle.

Many British troops were waiting on the way for their own supplies, including fresh water and car parts.

Even the German team found 4 British A9 tanks waiting for repair on the road, paralyzed there because of some minor problems, waiting for the rear to send parts.

Because the retreat was too hasty, the British army gave up a lot of materials and their own people scattered nearby.

Including some teams escorting Italian prisoners, and some construction teams and logistics personnel who were too late to notify.

In fact, including some combat units of the Indian 4th Infantry Division, there was no notification from the command in the chaos.

They didn't know that because the German army started to counterattack, there was also a main infantry regiment in their division headquarters that had already started to retreat.

"Where are you from? Where is our division headquarters?" the British soldiers trapped in the desert raised their hands and asked the German soldiers passing by in their cars.

As with the British pursuit of the Italian 10th Army, Rommel's army began to fall into chaos two hours after the pursuit began.

However, when the two sides deal with this chaos, the gap in experience is also very obvious. The Germans were obviously experienced in this area, and they consciously organized their own forces to maintain the combat capability of these small units.

Although very fragmented, the German offensive force still maintained a very high combat effectiveness at the end.

Although it looks very chaotic, Rommel still controls more than 90% of the movement of the troops because of the large number of communication equipment.

The battle that had broken out east of Tobruk quickly spread, eventually all the way to Beldi.

Admiral Wavell and Lieutenant General O'Connor now knew exactly what kind of perilous problem they were facing.

Now his troops have collapsed like the Italian 10th Army. What is even more terrifying is that there is no strong ally behind him to support him and let him clean up the mess.

When he was retreating from near Tobruk, he also hoped that he could stop his retreat in Beldi, where he still had a lot of troops to deploy.

But when he found that his army had been eroded by Rommel's troops little by little because of the gap in mobility.

Lieutenant General O'Connor now has the heart to cry: the 4th Indian Infantry Division, the backbone of his strength, has now lost almost half of it.

An infantry regiment lost its combat effectiveness in the attack, and although it was still with him, he was equally aware of how much combat effectiveness there was.

Comparing these troops with the defeated Italian army, it may be a lot stronger... But it is impossible for them to go back to fight the Germans.

He lost at least 5,000 people in this battle, although not much, but it was enough to shake the defense of the Egyptian border.

If you count the accumulated losses in other areas, it will be even more distressing - the Italian soldiers they captured and captured, as well as supplies, were thrown back to the German army behind them.

So far, at least 20,000 Italian prisoners have been rescued by the German counterattack, along with more than 100 Italian artillery pieces and about 300 cars of various kinds.

What makes Admiral Wavell even more desperate is that his troops have not been fully gathered, and at least 7,000 people are still scattered in the desert.

If those troops were half blocked by Rommel's troops, he would have pretty much lost the battle.

Compared to Rommel, General Wavell and Lieutenant General O'Connor at this moment are simply in a state of ignorance.

As the supreme commander of the British front, Admiral Wavell now has the clearest intelligence that "some German tanks were sent to North Africa".

As for how many tanks the Germans shipped to North Africa, he didn't know; he didn't know how many counterattacks the Germans on the opposite side had now...

"The devil knows how many troops the enemy counterattacks has..." he complained to Lieutenant General O'Connor in Bairdie's headquarters.

Although the two of them escaped back to Baierdi along the way, Baierdi was still under the control of the Italian defenders after all, and they did not collapse as in history.

The main reason may be that Wavell did not concentrate on attacking Berdi this time, but left some troops and rushed to chase the rout of the Italian 10th Army. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

"According to the reports of those who returned from the front line, the German army has at least 5,000 people and about 150 tanks." Lieutenant General O'Connor said a depressing statistic.

Admiral Wavell does not believe this statement. If the opponent really has such a strong force, he may not even be able to hold Matrouh by taking advantage of this counterattack.

When the soldiers on the front line are attacked by the enemy, it is easy to have the illusion that the other party is more than their own, and the information reported is not very accurate.

So for Wavell, he only needs to listen to half of these reports, which is almost enough.

In his mind, the size of the German army sketched out was actually not that huge - about 50 to 70 tanks and more than 2,000 soldiers.

"Let Bairdy go, we will organize a defense in the border area." Admiral Wavell, who thought he had guessed the strength of the German troops, made his own judgment.

He did not dare to retreat all the way to Matrouh, because then the British victory would become meaningless.