Imperial Overlord

On the battlefield now, the whole structure is really interesting, like a Big Mac, layered on top of each other. 【Read the latest chapter】

Counting from the direction of Tobruk, the Italian prisoners who were rescued were waiting on both sides of the road, hoping for help from friendly forces.

Behind them, the rout of British skirmishers were desperately attacking Rommel's infantry detachment in order to survive.

At this time, Rommel's infantry detachment was preparing to attack the British team near Baierdi, and had already launched an assault in some areas.

The British team near Baierdi was busy withdrawing and retreating, they were afraid that they would be surrounded and attacked near Baierdi.

The Italian army, originally surrounded by Beldi, was stunned to find that someone outside the city was fighting with the British, and the scene was chaotic...

Next to this gigantic Big Mac, as a packet of ketchup - German armored forces are getting ready to join the chaotic scuffle.

In such a layer of chaos, the two sides no longer know whether they are surrounded by themselves or whether the enemy is surrounded by them.

"The attack order cannot be cancelled!" Rommel put down the telescope in his hand and instructed the officers around him.

He observed with his own eyes the British troops attacking him behind him. He found that these British soldiers did not have any heavy weapons, and the offensive organization was not very sophisticated.

Under such circumstances, it is clear that the threat to Rommel's place by these British soldiers behind him is relatively small.

So he doesn't have to waste his precious time for these non-lethal threats behind him.

"Let my guard force and the two existing companies stand up to the enemy's attack here!" He pointed to the place where the fire was constantly firing in the distance, and added.

These troops add up to almost a battalion of troops, and it is almost enough as a defensive side to resist the scattered British retreating troops.

The rest of the troops, Rommel intends to be put into the direction of attacking Bai Erdi, he will defeat the British team here, and then take advantage of the situation to return to Egypt.

After arranging the blocking mission behind him, Rommel signaled that his subordinates don't need to care about the battle behind him.

He turned around, pointed in the direction of Baierdi, and continued to arrange the attack mission of the main force: "The attack to the east must start immediately! The armored force is now in action!"

"Concentrate all the heavy weapons that can be found, and focus on bombarding the opponent's left flank... Try to defeat them! Then outflank them!" He looked towards his right flank and gave the order to continue fighting.

Soon, the five 88mm cannons in his hand began to fire on the enemy's positions.

"What about the captured Italian artillery? Followed by fire!" The officer in charge of artillery fire support looked at the effect of the bombardment and shouted to the people around him.

He didn't know that the tone and content of his shouting just now were exactly the same as the classic Italian artillery piece of the second battalion commander.

Along the way, Germany helped the rout soldiers in Italy retrieve a lot of weapons and equipment, and many weapons were directly thrown on the side of the road, because the German soldiers did not despise these tatters.

However, there were a few old Italian 105mm field guns with shells and transport trucks that the Germans took a fancy to.

Because Rommel moved quickly all the way, he did not carry much heavy fire support.

So when he saw the 7 full sets of Italian artillery that were captured by the British, Rommel ordered his troops to find a way to bring these weapons.

Of course, and because of this, Rommel now has 7 more Italian field guns in his hands, and they are field guns operated by infantry.

You read that right! Yes! It's an infantry-operated cannon! Rommel has no professional artillery yet. Because of transportation constraints, the artillery of the German 15th Panzer Division is still waiting for ships to go to sea in southern Italy.

So when these 105mm caliber howitzers fired, the embarrassing thing happened - these guns could only fire in confusion and act as a deterrent to the enemy.

As for precision shooting, no one can count on it. The only thing that is gratifying is that because the battlefield is already extremely chaotic, no one has carefully analyzed these shells.

Rommel's side began to shell the British positions, and both Admiral Wavell and Lieutenant General O'Connor felt that their troops were in a very dangerous situation.

Admiral Wavell saw several artillery shells fall on the British team's position and thought that the German team was ready to attack, so he ordered to abandon the plan to attack Baird.

If at this time he risked a counterattack against Rommel's frontal army, the outcome of the war might be rewritten by him.

But Lieutenant General O'Connor was afraid that his troops would be severely damaged again, so he personally rushed back to Admiral Wavell's command.

"General! We must retreat now. If we waste any more time at this time, we may be completely surrounded by the enemy!" As soon as he entered the office, he said to Admiral Wavell.

Of course, Admiral Wavell also knew that his current situation was very bad. If the Germans really attacked from both sides, coupled with the Italian army of Berdine, the British North African power might fall into a catastrophe.

Therefore, Admiral Wavell gave up his plan to persist here, and issued an order to help Rommel mess up the situation: "I know! Give up the baggage... Don't pack up, leave here first!"

He gave up resistance on his side, and let his army withdraw from the battle immediately, which suddenly plunged the British team near Baierdi into a more chaotic situation.

The troops that had just been organized, and some fighting forces, fell apart again with this order.

The troops with strong mobility began to leave quickly by car, leaving countless baggage behind.

After all, the British supplies are much better than the Italians, so the more things are transported to the outskirts of Beldi.

These things are now discarded by the British soldiers, or simply blocking their retreat.

It is precisely because of this that the British soldiers who are rushing to retreat from here have left behind a lot of "broken ******* like a mountain of tents and tents that have been dug up." Abandoned trench positions, and trucks with only a few minor glitches were left on the side of the road.

Of course, there is fresh water with the smell of gasoline, and some gasoline was abandoned before it was blown up. What makes everyone happy is the accumulation of food...

When the German infantry stormed into the British defenses, it was like Christmas.

Admiral Wavell retreated, he ran, and ran without hesitation. According to his idea, he would repeat the old trick and retreat to Matrouh in one breath.

In his retreat plan, retreating to Matrouh would lengthen the enemy's vulnerable supply lines, and would be immediately supported by the already partially arriving Australian 6th Infantry Division.

With this premise, Wavell's order to start retreating his army cannot actually be said to be a completely wrong approach.

At least before, in the face of the attack of the Italian 10th Army, he resorted to this trick and did gain the initiative on the battlefield.

But tragically, Wavell forgot that the unit in front of him had been replaced, and it was not the Italian army with poor mobility.

These German teams can chase down Tobruk all the way to Baierdi, then they seem to be able to hit Matrouh from Baierdi in one go.

Whether the British troops taken by Admiral Wavell and Lieutenant General O'Connor could successfully retreat to the Egyptian border and reach Matrouh safely is unknown.

But another thing is now very clear - he has retreated like this, and the scattered British troops left behind by Rommel have now all lost their support and logistical supplies.

The British troops scattered behind Rommel's troops could not organize an effective counterattack, nor could they return to the vicinity of Berdi to get their supplies and supplies.

Out of ammunition and scattered, the British army finally decided to give up resistance, surrendering to any enemy they could find, handing over their weapons to the Italian prisoners who had no guns.

Within a day, at least 5,000 British soldiers surrendered to the Axis forces, and Admiral Wavell's Compass operation, because of Rommel's early accession, turned into a tragedy of victory and defeat.

Almost 12,000 British soldiers were killed or captured in this battle~www.wuxiaspot.com~At least 25,000 Italians captured by the British were rescued by Rommel's forces.

At this stage of the battle, it cannot even be said that Italy has lost-because at least in terms of losses, the losses of the British are enough to satisfy the Italians.

Different from the brutal Eastern Front in history, the battlefields of North Africa are still full of the same style of medieval knight duels: the two sides fight a fight, and then the loser surrenders, and everyone can even have a polite dinner together...

Rommel decided to let his armored troops hunt down the retreating British troops alone, and he himself took the British infantry, who had been slightly tired and captured enough prisoners, to rest for a day near Berdi.

He was also worried about the safety of his own rear line of transport, and the counterattack of the scattered British infantry behind him made him have to think carefully.

If he rushed forward and was cut off by the other party, it would be bad. After all, although the tank unit is easy to use when attacking, it is no different from scrap iron without fuel supply.

The North African counterattack "Operation Compass" against the Italian 10th Army launched by Admiral Wavell of the United Kingdom ended in complete failure because of the joining of the German African Army Corps.