Imperial Overlord

When he attacked, he cried and was so nervous that he forgot to even smile. Seeing that he is about to collapse now, he has a smile on his face instead?

This Rommel was not stimulated crazy because of excessive frustration, right? Lieutenant General Alfred couldn't believe his eyes.

Suddenly, he suddenly remembered the word that Rommel had been muttering in his mouth just after hearing it - counterattack!

Could it be that he was not talking about his own counterattack, but was looking forward to the British counterattack?

Lieutenant General Alfred, who was aware of this, suddenly found that he could not understand Rommel in front of him.

Rommel climbed into the car and glanced at Lieutenant General Alfred who had just arrived: "I'm sorry, I originally made this plan alone. You just took office, so I didn't inform you."

His car started abruptly, and the surrounding simple command headquarters were also tidy up: "The frontal attacking group is just a feint. Our main task now is to use the remaining fuel to go back to Matrouh!"

Matrouh's floating dock has been put into use today, and if you retreat to Matrouh overnight, you can get supplies.

"Could it be that we are going so much trouble to put on a show in front of the British?" Lieutenant General Alfred asked depressedly.

"Of course, this is our seduction plan. If we don't really arrange a rout, it is estimated that the British side will not be easily fooled." Rommel pointed to the battlefield with thick smoke in the distance.

The British team's counterattack came just as Rommel was looking forward to. Even if General Cunningham did not counterattack, Rommel had to suspend the attack for a few more minutes.

Because the ammunition and fuel they brought with them are not enough to continue the attack - unless Rommel is really crazy.

"Using more than 100 soldiers and 20 tanks, for a British counterattack who doesn't know when it will appear, you..." Lieutenant General Alfred wanted to say to Rommel that you are crazy.

But looking at the embarrassing scene of the African Army's retreat and the really destroyed tank, he found that the scene in front of him was really too realistic.

It has to be said that this is a real attack. Except for Rommel and others who know that the attacking troops are not really attacking, no one can see the flaws.

If he were to command the British team, 80% of them would have to fight back at this time. After all, this scene is too tempting, even if it is a bait, it is worth taking a risk!

Sure enough, just as the German team started to retreat in a panic, the British team broke out of their line of defense, and a tank troop charged in the direction of Rommel, and the scene looked very dangerous.

However, Rommel was already in the car, and everyone was ready to retreat, so when the other party attacked, they also drove the car to retreat, and they were not drawn closer.

The yellow sand rolled over the entire El Alamein area, and there were retreating German soldiers everywhere.

In fact, the main reason for this result is that Rommel arranged for more than 100 trucks to bundle branches behind the trucks.

When these branches were being dragged, they caused blowing sand that was even more devastating than smoke bombs, making it impossible to see from a distance that most of the German retreats were actually organized.

Cunningham looked at the huge smoke and dust rising in the distance, and the retreating German troops, and hesitated a little whether to immediately turn to a full-scale counterattack.

He had been tasked with guarding Alexander, and the question had weighed on him like a mountain, leaving him breathless.

In this case, Cunningham didn't know whether he should let his troops risk another counterattack like Operation Compass.

Just defeating the German attack in Alamein cannot be called a big victory. Although he embraced Alamein, he did not regain any lost ground after all.

After hesitating for a few seconds, his eyes fell on the battlefield, the wreckage of the smoking German tank.

Glancing at the burning tank and the thick smoke gushing from the inside of the tank's armor, Cunningham finally made up his mind to carry out a full-scale counterattack.

"Let the 7th Armoured Division detour along the south, and the 1st South African Infantry Division attack along the road!" He gave the order for an all-out attack.

Then the commander of the Nile Army looked at the backbone of his strength, the commander of the 6th Australian Infantry Division: "Your troops also immediately turned to the counter-offensive, hand over this to Egypt's new 101st Division, and then follow Bar!"

This is already the most powerful offensive force he can draw. In Cunningham's view, even if the Germans are defending Matrouh, he still has enough troops to fight hard.

To recapture Matrouh, he would force the Germans to go back to Bairdi, which would be considered to have recaptured all of Egypt in name.

To be able to do so, he also somewhat explained to Prime Minister Churchill. In addition, the recapture of Matrouh, for the British side, also expanded the depth of the front of Alexandria.

Turning from defense to counterattack, the British attacking force was noticeably slower by half a beat. Not only because these troops are not very elite main force, but also because the British army does not have many vehicles.

The failure of Operation Compass caused the United Kingdom to lose not only personnel, but also a large number of vehicles. These vehicles are now in Rommel's hands and are used for transport from Beldi to Matrouh.

Because of the shortage of trucks, the British actually did not have many troops in combat. The more than 100 tanks of the 7th Armored Division were the main force of the pursuit battle at this time.

In addition, the Australian 6th Infantry Division had quite a few trucks following, so they quickly overtook the South African 1st Infantry Division, which had fewer trucks.

So, when the British team recaptured Daiba, the entire battlefield changed into a different look.

The German team's retreat was not fast, and when the British entered Daiba, they had just left. The British team that followed behind, the order was all out of order.

Due south of the coastal road is the 7th Armored Division, which is ready to detour and outflank the German army at any time. The most advanced part of the 6th Infantry Division of Australia is at the front of the road, and then part of the truck unit of the 1st Infantry Division of South Africa.

Then came a small number of trucks from the 101st Egyptian Division, followed by infantry from the 1st South African Infantry Division, and then followed by the infantry of the 6th Australian Infantry Division...

The infantry of the rearmost Egyptian 101st Division were still on their way near El Alamein.

From the beginning of a pursuit battle to the present, except for occasionally finding trucks and a small amount of tents and other military supplies discarded by the Germans due to malfunctions, they rarely caught German prisoners.

Of course, there were still some ammunition that the infantrymen had privately discarded on the road, which proved that the morale of the German troops was low and they had already escaped with only their own attention.

After calculating these discarded ammunition, Cunningham firmly believes that the ammunition on the German team at this moment is less than one-third of the ammunition when they set off.

Without oil and ammunition, even with food and fortifications, the Germans would not be able to hold on to Matrouh. This is the main driving force behind Cunningham's pursuit.

"It looks like the German trucks are really full," Cunningham said, sitting in his car and watching thousands of troops wind their way down the road.

He had to change his battle plan in his mind, taking Matrouh in one breath along the German route and turning it into a tough battle against Matrouh.

According to this pursuit speed, it is estimated that he killed Matrou in the second half of the night. The enemy has at least 5 hours of rest time, and then the British attack will have to wait for dawn.

If it really counts, the Germans can even get a good night's sleep before considering whether to defend the **** place of Matrouh.

"If it wasn't for the last fiasco and the loss of so many trucks and tanks, we wouldn't be so embarrassed now~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The officer sitting in front of the car comforted Cunningham.

Cunningham nodded, but said nothing. As long as the German team dared to stop at Matrouh, he would be sure to bite the opponent's tail again.

The Afrikaans Corps, which had consumed a lot of fuel and lost a lot of ammunition, could not organize an effective defense in Matrouh, and it would only be more ugly to lose a fight.

So Cunningham was in the car, and after a long calculation, he also thought that there was no chance for Germany to make a comeback this time: if you defend Matrouh, you will be surrounded and annihilated by the British army; .

Cunningham, who was on the road in the car, even thought about how modest he was when reporters interviewed him. He could look at the camera with a mocking face and comment on his opponent: "He is a worthy opponent, but it's a pity in the end. made a mistake."

As if winning his opponent when playing chess, his evaluation will be very pertinent: "His mistakes lost the opportunity to continue to attack Egypt, and the crisis in Alexandria has been lifted!"

Maybe the other head of state will recall Rommel from Africa? Originally, the timing of the counter-compass operation was just right, and he was still a good commander, which is a pity.

Meanwhile, while Cunningham was thinking about what victory might look like, the retreating German vanguard stopped in front of a patch of camouflaged supplies a few kilometers east of Matrouh.

The ammunition here is piled up like a mountain, and the fuel here is equally moving. The transport ships that accompanied the arrival of the Italian fleet unloaded a huge amount of materials on the floating dock in one go.

When Rommel got the news that the supplies had arrived on time, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that the last distraction of being late for supplies had disappeared, and everything was going as planned.