Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Rommel has spoken to this point, what else can the other Allied generals say?

As a result, other Allied generals agreed with Rommel's plan.

In fact, they all knew that Rommel's plan was actually very good.

As long as Cairo can be captured, the Allies will have no logistics base and no support in the North African battlefield.

So, it would not be easy for the Allies to defeat the Entente.

In fact, the most important and critical point of such a plan is the subsequent army.

The danger factor of this force is too high. Not only will they have to go deep into the rear of the Allied Powers, they will also face siege by the Allied Powers.

At the same time, their mission is also very serious. They also need to defeat the defenders of Cairo.

In other words, Rommel needed to run hundreds of kilometers all the way, break through multiple defense lines of the Allied Powers, and then defeat or attract the enemy's attention behind the enemy's rear, creating opportunities for other Allied Powers.

This kind of behavior is, to put it nicely, called circumventing. To put it harshly, it is called sending oneself to death.

To accomplish this task, Rommel concentrated a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and trucks.

He wanted to establish a quick reaction force to break into the opponent's control before the enemy could react.

As a result, Rommel mobilized 12 people from four armored divisions, including those from the Kingdom of Italy, and two grenadier divisions to form an assault corps that would bypass the rear.

Departing from Farafra on August 1932, 8, heading towards Cairo.

Since Rommel was leading mobile troops, they could advance more than 100 kilometers in a day.

Starting from the 26th to September 9st, in a total of 1 days, Rommel defeated many elite units, including the John Empire Northern Ireland Infantry Division, the Royal 6th Division, and the 12rd American Division.

Successfully broke into El Tebin, which is only a few dozen kilometers away from Cairo.

Here, Rommel met the future Marshal John Montgomery.

At this time, Rommel's Operation Desert Storm had frightened the top leaders of the Allied Powers. The top leaders of the Allied Powers all knew what the consequences would be if Rommel really occupied Cairo.

Therefore, under the authorization of the John Empire's High Command, William Edmund Ironside abandoned some areas on the front line, allowing the front line teams to retreat and shrink their own defense area.

At the same time, Montgomery was asked to take the garrison of Cairo and three infantry divisions urgently transferred from the Sinai Peninsula to build a defensive line in Eltbin.

Thus, the first official confrontation between Rommel and Montgomery on the North African battlefield began.

Rommel still used what he was good at, the tank-led combat method, and broke into the defense line of the John Empire.

Then two grenadier divisions followed closely behind in armored vehicles, hoping to defeat Montgomery in one fell swoop.

And Montgomery was also bold. He chose to defend even though he knew that the tanks on his side did not have the advantage.

Let’s talk about the tank strength of both sides.

The Hans Empire mainly uses Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks, with a small number of Panzer V tanks.

The tanks of the Kingdom of Italy are mainly M14/41 medium tanks.

On the other hand, the John Empire is dominated by tanks such as the Crusader and Comet, coupled with a small number of Black Prince heavy infantry tanks.

Friends who know something about these tanks know that John's tanks have a characteristic, that is, their tank guns have a small caliber.

This is not to say that a tank gun with a small caliber cannot kill people, but that its deterrent effect on tanks is relatively small.

Not to mention anything else, let’s just say that the tanks of the Hans Empire, such as the No. 4 and No. 5 tanks, can penetrate the frontal armor of the Black Prince from one kilometer away.

But if the Black Prince wants to use the 800-pounder cannon to penetrate No. , he needs to reduce the distance to meters.

If you want to penetrate the No. 500 tank, then this distance needs to be further shortened to about meters.

At such a close distance, Hans Empire was able to penetrate the opponent for several rounds.

Therefore, in terms of armor, John's Empire suffered greatly.

When Rommel and Montgomery fought against each other for the first time, Rommel gave Montgomery a heads-up, letting Montgomery see how powerful he was.

However, after all, Montgomery will become a marshal in the future, and he has also demonstrated his personal abilities.

No matter how Rommel broke through, Montgomery's main position still held on tenaciously.

It was not until Patton arrived with the 8th American Armored Army to support that Rommel retreated unwillingly.

In this battle, although Rommel's plan did not succeed, it was at least half successful, but it still dealt a major blow to the Allied Powers.

Let their front line retreat three hundred kilometers.

It scared the top brass of the Allied Powers into a cold sweat.

But Rommel, who retreated, did not give up. He felt that he almost succeeded.

It's all that Montgomery's fault, otherwise, he would be in Cairo by now.

So Rommel wanted to concentrate his strength again and fight again.

But this time, Rommel did not want to raid Cairo.

Because he has also seen clearly that it is too difficult to raid Cairo now.

At this time, Cairo had gathered a large number of Allied troops, and it was simply unrealistic to break through their defense lines.

So, this time he wanted to change his target.

Aren't you retreating to Cairo? A turtle formation has been set up in Cairo. Do you want to defend it? Then I am not as happy as you wish.

If you defend Cairo, then I will attack your other important places. For example, El Alamein, an important Allied airport on the southern coast of the Mediterranean.

As long as El Alamein can be taken, the Allies will also have an important air base on the front line, which can transfer all the aircraft from the rear.

Then break the turtle shell of Cairo bit by bit.

Ever since, Rommel played a trick on the Allied Powers of attacking in the east and attacking in the west.

He first acted like he wanted to give the Allies another Battle of Eltebin, and moved towards Eltebin.

The Allies were frightened and rushed to Eltbing to send additional troops.

But halfway through, Rommel suddenly ordered the troops to advance rapidly north, aiming directly at Alamein.

At this time, due to misdirection, the John Empire transferred its main force to the south, resulting in an empty defense force from Cairo to Alamein.

This time, the top officials of the Allied Powers were put in trouble again.

Just when William Edmund Ironside, the Allied Commander-in-Chief in North Africa, thought he had lost Alamein, Montgomery stood up again.

He told Ironside that he had previously suspected that Rommel's true motive was not Eltbing.

Moreover, Rommel was a cunning enemy. It was unlikely that he would choose to attack Cairo even though he knew that Cairo was heavily defended.

Therefore, he judged that Rommel's attack on Cairo was just a pretense.

If this assumption is true, then it can be analyzed that the reason why Rommel let them know that he wanted to attack Cairo was to let them deploy heavy troops near Cairo.

And in doing so, a void appears on the periphery.

If you accept this setting, it is very simple to judge Rommel's true offensive goal.

You only need to find out, after deploying troops near Cairo, those areas where defenses are weak and have a significant impact on the Allied Powers, that is Rommel's real goal.

After analysis, Montgomery felt that Alamein was Rommel's real goal.