Chapter 965

It was a hot morning in the scorching sun, and everyone was dazzled by the scorching sun, The temperature of the earth's surface is evaporating the little water vapor left, making all the scenes near the ground writhing with the violent air.

Egypt has a large area of desert. Although it is moistened and irrigated by the Nile River, most of the land here is still barren and barren. It is a natural desert, a desperate desert.

But in addition to the Sphinx, the pyramids and the Nile, Egypt is also known for its Suez Canal. This canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. With this canal, it is enough to make it a place for military strategists.

The Suez canal had not passed through any ships for several months, because the artillery positions of the third empire were on the West Bank of the canal. Unfortunately, the artillery troops of the United States and Britain were stationed on the east side of the canal. We didn't allow each other's ships to pass, so it became what it is now - no one should pass through here

However, the third empire did not intend to share the world transportation hub with the United States. After a long silence, Rommel's African Legion had accumulated enough fuel for the attack, and was actively preparing for the battle for the Suez Canal. For this project, Germany had stockpiled a lot of ammunition, and Alexandria and the whole of Egypt provided a lot of supplies for the German army.

Britain has built arms factories in many Egyptian cities such as Cairo. Although it can't produce large-scale weapons, it can maintain tanks and aircraft. Moreover, some small workshops can also produce ammunition. Coincidentally, the defeat of Britain and the United States in the Soviet Union gave them no time to destroy these factories, so most of these heritages were occupied by the German army.

Alexandria moved the supply lines of German and Italian troops from the far rear to the position near the front line. Germany's supplies doubled, but its consumption decreased because of the shortening of road transportation routes. With Libya's oil fields starting to produce slowly, Rommel's supplies have never been so abundant.

So on this hot morning, the German army was finally unwilling to be lonely and opened the prelude of Suez Canal battle. The four German artillery regiments opened fire fiercely, which completely broke the tranquil atmosphere. One by one, the shells fell on the bank and raised a large amount of gravel.

In a hidden observation post on the front line, a US military official was startled by the sudden fire. He quickly climbed to the observation port and put up his telescope to observe the movement on the opposite side. However, he found that the German did not seem to be organizing the cross river attack. He put down his telescope, turned his mouth and said, "asshole, can't these damned Krauts be honest for a while?"

Before he had finished his complaint, he saw that thousands of Italian soldiers, carrying assault boats and rubber rafts, started to rush towards the position of the British and American allied forces in Germany on the other side of its dam. Behind the Italians, the German soldiers began to build machine gun positions on the river bank, and mortar and other weapons began to roar, trying to cover the attacking Italian soldiers.

"Enemy attack! Signal The U.S. official yelled. It seems that in response to his shouts, not far from his hidden lookout post, an American machine gun position suddenly opened fire. Tracer bullets swept the not wide Suez Canal and knocked several Italian soldiers to the ground.

However, seeing that the other side's assault boat had been pushed into the canal, a large number of soldiers had jumped on the assault boat, and the firepower on this side of the US position began to become intensive. The American official saw a rubber boat full of Italian soldiers sink into the river because of American firepower. A group of armed Italian soldiers sank into the bottom of the river before they had time to struggle.

"Your infantry are three minutes ahead of time, dear Marshal Garibaldi." Standing behind the artillery mirror, Rommel straightened up with a symbolic smile on the corner of his mouth and said, "so before my air force arrives, your people can only face death there alone."

At his side, Garibaldi turned his back and said nothing. It's very uncomfortable to witness one's own troops being slaughtered. Recently, the frequent contact between the German and him has disturbed his heart. In the situation of riding a tiger, his ambition is slowly expanding, which makes him unable to concentrate on military command.

Of course, the combat level of the Italian troops is not as high as that of Germany. This is an objective fact after all. They always have such and such troubles when they fight. Now this unfavorable situation is just a small scene for them.

Between the words, the agreed German bombers just passed over the heads of Rommel and Garibaldi. These Stuka and do-217 bombers were full of bombs, but in terms of quantity and momentum, they were enough to destroy. Once upon a time, the iron cross of Germany began to rule the sky of the whole world, making everyone tremble under their wings? Rommel saw the German plane skimming the front position and slapped the dust on the trouser legs with leather gloves.

"Now that my troops have been covered, they will capture the entire Suez canal under your long-range firepower." When Garibaldi saw the timely appearance of the German air force, his heart was finally put down. He watched as more and more dense columns of black smoke began to rise from the U.S. military positions in the distance. At first, the dignified expression on his face began to fade.

Arranged in a sun blocking formation, the German bomber formation flew over the US * * garrison. In the opened bomb compartment, one after another aerial bombs were dropped. These bombs fell to the ground in the form of free falling bodies, and then bloomed on the ground in a flower of steel and flame. One by one, such flowers bloomed on the American positions, and then a storm composed of shrapnel and shock waves raged everywhere. Many artillery positions that opened their camouflage to fight back were completely destroyed in the storm. These artillery positions were instantly silent, and the attacking Italian infantry immediately felt the pressure drop. The German machine guns began to roar, the tracer bullets intertwined into a net of fire on the river, and the Italian troops on the assault boat lowered their heads as much as possible, praying that they could get on the other side as soon as possible. A huge column of water rose on the river, and several small boats around it were all overturned. Soldiers struggling in the water could be seen everywhere, as well as some wood fragments from ships that didn't know where. It was a very sudden battle. It was not until the German planes began to bomb the American large caliber artillery positions that Mountbatten got the exact information from his headquarters. He didn't know how many Rommel's offensive forces were. He only knew that the other side didn't seem to be joking this time. In fact, the United States has been collecting information about the German military operation in North Africa. Rommel started to control the fresh water consumption of the army a few months ago, and a large amount of oil was hoarded by the German army in the past few months. All these signs show that the Germans are preparing for a large-scale offensive in North Africa. However, the US intelligence agency has no exact explanation of where the Germans are going to attack. Some people think that Rommel is not storing materials, but German materials are in short supply, and Rommel has to control the consumption of troops; Others suggested that the United States try to strengthen the Suez Canal defense. In fact, the strategy that the United States chose was very simple: it tried its best to strengthen all its defense lines in North Africa, preparing for the German to pay a heavy price when breaking through these defense lines: Barton, a good offensive general, was transferred to India, and montbarton, a good defensive general, became the commander of this position. In addition to laying mines and other means, he also ordered that all oil fields in the middle east be pre bombed, leaving nothing to the Germans. After the deployment of these defensive measures, montbarton began to do one of the most important things - to rush crude oil to India. For montbarton, what he can do now is to accumulate as many resources as possible for postwar Britain. He didn't know who would win the war in the end and how, or whether Iceland and Britain, which he was loyal to, would be orthodox. But he doesn't have to think about it at all. What he needs to do is to search for everything he can, and then when peace comes, send the goods to the only Britain, that's all. It doesn't matter whether Britain is pro German or pro american“ Rommel can't help it after all... I thought he'd take it a little longer. " Montbarton gave a wry smile, and then said to the staff who came to report the beginning of the campaign: "in the overall situation, it is not a rational decision for Germany to start the North Africa battlefield when the east line is tight."“ General, maybe... It's because Germany is beginning to lack crude oil reserves that it hastily ordered Rommel to seize oil fields in the Middle East? " The staff officer thought for a moment and said, "it's a very unwise choice to launch a two line operation at this time." Even if Libya's oil fields are producing oil, they can only be Italian oil fields. Rommel's decision to seize the Middle East oil fields with Italian crude oil at this time is not without consideration. On the contrary, it may be a deliberate move of the supreme command. As for whether this move is aimed at the United States or Italy, we have to ask God. In May, just when Stalingrad was occupied by Germany, Rommel started the Middle East war.