Imperial Overlord

The German African Army Corps, which changed the file name, is actually the same unit that traverses North Africa. The only difference is that this unit now has more supplies and more organized personnel.

Although Germany's actions in the Soviet Union have seriously affected the attention of the Supreme Command and the Army Headquarters to North Africa, it is still a very important direction for Germany to attack.

If nothing else, many German executives still have the ambition to conquer the world! They hoped that their forces would sweep across the Middle East and travel north from the fragile Soviet hinterland to attack the Caucasus.

Not to mention the feasibility of this strategic plan, just from the results, this is definitely a very bold and absolutely effective attack plan.

Of course, even in 1990, when the United States started the Gulf War and attacked the Iraqi region horizontally, logistics supply was still a very troublesome problem.

In 1941, all the trucks in Rommel's hand were used for transportation, and they were all broken down in the desert, which was not enough for his troops to rush into Baghdad for an hour.

What's more, Rommel's legion looks very powerful now, but it is not as terrible as imagined.

First of all, the German fighter unit that originally supported Rommel's attack has now been completely transferred, leaving only the naval aviation trained on the Mediterranean island of Malta.

Even this naval force is mostly equipped with carrier-based aircraft of the Naval Aviation Corps, and the subjects of training are also maritime attacks.

Most of the fighter units of the Middle East Corps are the Italian Air Force. The aircraft they are equipped with are not as capable as the German aircraft, and they are not as terrifying as the Luftwaffe.

Second, the ground troops appear to be numerous and powerful, but they don't have enough ammunition to keep them fighting.

With the increase in the number of people, the base of the artillery and other material consuming troops of the Middle East Corps is also increasing. For these troops to operate, more and more supplies are needed.

There are thousands of cannons, but there are not many shells in reserve. British artillery is still used by most of the Middle East regiments because of the greater number of captured British artillery shells.

It is for these reasons that Rommel stayed in Africa for half a year and did not continue to attack the British army.

He didn't do nothing this year, but ordered the Italian troops to frantically build Port Said and Alexandria behind him so that he could quickly replenish supplies.

It is a pity that with the start of the Soviet-German war, even with a large port behind him, not many supplies have been shipped from Europe.

Ships from Italy and the Balkans usually bring food and other supplies, and they take away mostly oil.

Then there was even less food, and most of the ships began to transport fresh water so that when they went back, they could transport oil.

When it comes to transportation, the Axis powers have given one-third of their transportation power to build Libya's oil fields and increase their production capacity for consumption in wars and domestic construction.

Another third will be used to build the Sirte port and the destroyed Benghazi to strengthen the port throughput capacity around the Mediterranean Sea.

There is also a part of the remaining one-third, which is used to maintain the daily transportation of the Mediterranean, including normal navigation to Tripoli and Tunisia.

The last part is the transportation power for Rommel. It is not easy for these forces to barely maintain the daily consumption of Rommel's troops.

Take the artillery in Rommel's hands as an example, if all of them are transported from Germany and Italy, the transportation pressure is very huge.

After all, the Mediterranean Sea is now the inner lake of the Axis countries, so war is no longer the main theme. Of course, it is necessary to turn to economic construction as the main focus, which is also more in line with the local people's will and interests.

The reality is that about one-fifth of the artillery pieces in Rommel's hands are old-fashioned artillery pieces originally deployed by Italian troops in North Africa.

The other one-fifth is the old-fashioned artillery that Germany transported from the country to support Rommel... The other one-fifth is the newer artillery that Italy supported Rommel in the middle and late stages of the war in North Africa.

The remaining two-fifths are the artillery that captured the British. In other words, the Afrika Corps, or the Middle East Corps, has four-fifths of the artillery, which are actually old models of the backward era.

This phenomenon can also be seen in Rommel's tank troops: the Middle East Army is the only German army that is not equipped with Panther tanks.

The composition of its tank force is mostly lighter and more reliable No. 3 tanks, as well as some short-barreled No. 4 and a small number of No. 4 improvements.

Even, this unit is also equipped with a large number of No. 2 tanks that have been hard to find on the Eastern Front, which are used as a force for reconnaissance and protection of the flanks...

Therefore, there is peace and harmony around the Mediterranean Sea, at least here, the war is over.

On March 19, after the British surrendered, Mussolini went to Cairo, where he delivered a famous speech called "The War is Over."

Unfortunately, the most famous part of this speech is not how gorgeous and wonderful the content of Mussolini's speech, but the next day, that is, March 20, the Soviet-German war broke out.

As a result, on March 21, Italy declared war on the Soviet Union because of the Axis Agreement and was involved in a new war.

So Mussolini's "The War is Over" speech became a joke, so only Italy was left, and the Middle East Army was also concerned.

Now Rommel ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is in his office discussing the operation of the offensive against Jerusalem.

He looked at the map and said to his Italian officers: "At the beginning of the attack, use British artillery as much as possible..."

There is no way to do this. First, the British artillery shells with sufficient stocks can be consumed before the captured British cannons can be eliminated.

"Most of Cairo's artillery shells have been transported out... Our army has assembled in the Gaza Strip and will soon be able to attack Jerusalem." The answer given by the Italian officer made Rommel very satisfied.

At least the German commander had an advantage, and that was that his troops were facing local armed forces with little potential for war.

According to Rommel's calculations, maybe 2 days, maybe 3 days, his troops can enter Jerusalem and solve the two poor Arab forces around.

"Let the 21st Armored Division act first and clear the enemy forces on the periphery. The task of attacking the fortress will be handed over to you, and within two days, take it there!" Rommel pointed to the map and said to his Italian allies.