Imperial Overlord

"I really can't come out!" A German infantryman with a cool hat put down the binoculars in his hand, licked his dry lips, and stepped back from the big stone that was scorched by the sun.

He brushed off the yellow sand on his body and stood beside a German SdKfz250 4-wheel armored reconnaissance vehicle.

This armored vehicle has also been privately upgraded by the soldiers, and it is covered with gasoline tanks. At first glance, it looks like a huge gasoline bomb.

Of course, these barrels aren't really filled with gasoline, most of them are actually empty.

Even if there is no empty space inside, many oil barrels are filled with the most precious fresh water in the desert wasteland. Only a few barrels hanging in a safe place behind the car are gasoline.

The cap of the cool hat covered the eyes of the German soldier. He took out a gasoline can from the car, unscrewed the cap and filled two mouthfuls of the liquid inside.

Then his mouth was full of the smell of gasoline, and he said to the commander who was leaning on the reconnaissance car: "I didn't see the activities of the British soldiers. It seems that they really don't plan to take a step out of Matrouh."

The strong sunlight scorched the ground, and the iron plates on the armored vehicles were equally untouchable.

On the hottest days, it is possible to fry eggs on the sun-scorched fenders of armored vehicles.

It is conceivable that in this environment, it is a sour feeling to be nestled in an armored vehicle that is already extremely hot without air conditioning.

Rommel began planning his own counterattack two days ago. He sent a reconnaissance unit to frequently confirm the specific location of the British defenders.

Although, at that time, Rommel had not received all his supplies, but he already felt that the power in his hand could attack.

The current African Legion has really grown a lot compared to a few days ago. In the case of the German units, they were strongly supported by a mechanized infantry division.

The mechanized infantry division didn't come complete with supplies, but it was equipped with Rommel's favorite things—trucks and tank destroyers.

40 Stalker tank destroyers have become the weapons with the best frontal protection and the strongest anti-tank capability on the entire North African battlefield.

Although this infantry division was the latest to be dispatched to the North African battlefield, they took a better route, so they arrived at the same time as the 15th Panzer Division from Italy.

The location of this mechanized infantry division was in France, and then it was sent to North Africa in one go by French transport ships.

Therefore, this infantry division finally set off, but it was the fastest of all the troops in Rommel's hands.

And with them came 100 brand new Panzer III tanks of the 15th Panzer Division.

With these troops, Rommel finally has the confidence to attack Matrouh. Now the German army in North Africa has nearly 30,000 troops, and there are more than 200 tanks and 40 tank destroyers!

Of course, another force to strengthen Rommel came faster! In order to protect the oilfield property, Goering mobilized a night squadron and 120 aircraft to North Africa.

Also because of the growing strength of the North African air force, on September 2, Germany established the North African Frontline Air Force Command.

Under the arrangement of Goering, the level of the command is the same as that of the Air Corps - with this level, the supreme commander of the Air Force in North Africa can cross Italy and report directly to Goering...

Although the navy is still out of reach (not to mention that it is not a leader...), a department dedicated to communicating with Italy has also been established to coordinate various issues in support of North Africa.

In the same way, this department is also directly under the responsibility of Reeder. Compared with the Air Force, although the scale is slightly smaller and the number of troops in hand is not much, Reeder himself attaches more importance to it.

This made the troops in Rommel's hands, and the troops that provided support for him, already very high in level, and also represented the high German high-level attention to North Africa.

It can be said that after two months of unremitting efforts, the oil field in Libya has really produced crude oil, and the strategic focus of German high-level officials has finally moved from the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to the barren land of North Africa.

"No movement at all? Really..." The captain muttered vaguely with a cigarette in his mouth.

This armored reconnaissance vehicle belongs to the 15th Armored Division. They went out to the vicinity of Nila, West Dubai, and did not find the specific location of the main British defenders.

Yesterday they encountered a British reconnaissance team, and without alerting the other party, they bypassed the British's warning and arrived at this position.

"There should be about 500 British defenders in West Dubai Nila! But they didn't even have any decent fortifications ready."

Although the United Kingdom has nominally recaptured small towns such as Salum and West Dubai, but there are not many soldiers stationed in these places... or rather, very few.

As a border city in Egypt, there are no more than one battalion of British defenders in Salum, while West Dubai Nila, which is the small dirt city in the distance, has only 700 people at most.

This battle is to take the shape of a pyramid, so that when Germany attacks again, it will not be able to fight a large-scale war of annihilation in one go.

Of course, with such a formation, it would be impossible to defend Sidubaila.

"There's no way! If the enemy doesn't come out, there's nothing we can do." The commander shrugged and squinted at the twisted city in the distance.

Because of the transpiration of the ground, the air is distorted near the surface. This phenomenon can also be seen on the road in summer, and the cars are distorted with the transpiration.

The commander left the body of the armored vehicle on the shady side he was leaning against, climbed into the reconnaissance vehicle, and turned on the radio: "Mountain Rat No. 5 calls! Mountain Rat No. 5 calls!"

"Mountain Mouse No. 5! This is the rat's nest! This is the rat's nest!" The wireless power, with a strong interfering voice, could not hear clearly.

This is also the reason why it is habitual to say twice when communicating. The radio at that time - the communication effect was not comparable to today's.

"The fox ran! The fox ran! Repeat, the fox... ran away!" The commander repeated the agreed-upon phrase, clutching the radio's intercom.

If he reported that the fox had escaped, it meant that the British did not come out from Matrouh, and if he said that the fox was cunning, it meant that the British had come out!

"The fox ran! Repeat! The fox ran!" On the other side of the radio, the headquarters codenamed Rat's Nest repeated.

Putting down the headset in his hand, the radio operator looked at the commander of the reconnaissance force behind him: "Sir! There is still no sign of the British coming out."

"It's okay!" Before waiting for the officer of the reconnaissance unit to speak, Rommel, who was standing beside him, smiled and waved his hand, and said, "It seems that the enemy is also very cautious, which is inevitable."

Before organizing a fight, of course, scout the enemy to see if the enemy has made some stupid mistakes. This is an inevitable thing to do, and it is a foreplay that every commander will arrange.

In the process of investigating the enemy, if the fatal flaw of the enemy is found, it is necessary to analyze whether the flaw is a trap or a real flaw.

Then arrange to attack here, or how to use this flaw to gain more initiative.

In fact, the enemy does not always have flaws. On the contrary, it is more in line with the real situation that both sides of the confrontation are invulnerable.

Therefore, it is lucky to catch the flaws, and if the flaws are not caught, everyone must continue to live their own lives.

"What? Is there anything wrong?" Looking at the somewhat disappointed subordinates, Rommel still had a smile on his face: "Could it be that, if the enemy has no flaws, we will never attack?"

"When the enemy reveals flaws, of course, it is a good opportunity for us, but if the enemy does not reveal flaws, then we can fight normally~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Rommel grabbed the phone next to him.

He was about to get on the phone and asked, "Marshal Graziani! The attack started as scheduled! Start according to Operation Plan C!"

"Number C? Are the British so cautious?" Graziani was stunned when he heard the plan number mentioned by Rommel on the phone.

Operation Plan C is a tough battle plan for the German-Italian coalition to attack when the British defenders are in good condition.

The plan called for Germany and Italy to play steadily, occupying Salem and taking West Dubai Nila.

Compared with the cool A battle plan, and the open and close siege battle plan B, even the Italians think this plan is a bit too ordinary.

However, I have to say that this plan is also the safest and most secure plan, even taking into account logistical supplies.

On September 8, the German army in North Africa once again launched a large-scale offensive when the British had not had time to strengthen the Egyptian army.

Unlike Rommel's first attack on Matrouh, this time the German-Italian coalition was more fully prepared.

On the first day of the war, the German vanguard broke into Salem and occupied the border town.

Then, more than 40,000 German-Italian coalition forces launched mightily in Egypt, and rushed towards Si Dubai Nila, which was abandoned by them ten days ago.

And as if they had been waiting for a long time and had already negotiated, the German newspapers began to overwhelmingly publicize Rommel's brilliant victory in North Africa this time.

The next day, on September 9, after Rommel captured Salum, German newspapers published the news of Rommel's occupation of Salum.

Goebbels, the propaganda genius of the Third Reich, the man who created Hitler, decided to show off the power of his media **** in this matter!