"The Italian transport ship has just set sail from the southern port and is expected to arrive at ******* this time tomorrow." A staff officer stood behind Rommel and opened the document to report on the logistics supply process of the German African Legion.

"The oil was drawn from the 1st Army in Italy and told them that my troops would fight back in 3 hours and let them get all the oil to us!" Rommel replied with a smile while tapping the map with his fingers.

The deputy of the African Legion, General Garibaldi, frowned after hearing this, and had to persuade him: "General Rommel, all the fuel from the 1st Army? Then, isn't our 1st Army of Italy an empty stance that cannot move?"

"Or I will give you all the oil in my hand, and your 1st Army will attack and we will short the airs." Rommel said without looking back.

If the Italian 1st Army could fight back, Mussolini, the arrogant leader of Italy, would not have sent more than a dozen telegrams to Berlin a day, asking Acardo for rescue. So the Italian General Garibaldi immediately shut up.

However, there were still people who didn't want to see Rommel take risks and stood up. The commander of the 7th Armored Division stepped forward and said, "General, the 7th Armored Division of the SS is still in Italy now, and the 17th Infantry Division is also on the road. We and the 7th Infantry Army... are you a little too anxious?"

Friedric is now the commander of the 7th Infantry Army. His former old army, the 7th Infantry Division, was expanded into the current 7th Infantry Army of the African Legion. Now he has a lot of good things in his hands, even some good things that are not in the main infantry army.

For example, in his infantry army, the configuration of the armored infantry division is closest to the full troop. The entire unit has 7 armored battalions, equipped with the latest Leopard tank turret modified new assault gun "cheetah", and is also equipped with more trucks and 105mm caliber self-propelled howitzer modified from tank No. 2.

If we count the 150 old No. 2 tanks given to Rommel for free, it can be said that the African army in Rommel has higher mobility and flexibility than ordinary German troops. Of course, the disadvantage is that this unit is very fuel-intensive, so most of the troops in Germany have not been strengthened on such a large scale.

"General" Friedric looked at the map and pointed to the British defense line that Rommel was preparing to break through and said, "The General Staff of the Army asked us to come here. The order issued was to stabilize the situation in Africa, not to let us fight back."

Rommel no longer looked at the map, looked back at Friedric, and then asked, "Do you think if the head of state and the Supreme Command want us to defend, why not send experienced Liszt or Model?"

He said as he pointed to the map: "Our reconnaissance forces have found the junction between their two armies. As long as we tear open the place, we can drive straight in. The British supply line is too long. When they stabilize their position, we are all in Tobrook."

"How did the Army General Staff explain? We just received a telegram from them asking us to try our best to stabilize the situation, but we started to attack... This is to not take Marshal Boluchic seriously."

"We are here to bring victory back to Germany and to reward the head of state for their trust with victory... As for others, do I care about other people's ideas?" Rommel sneered, then looked at General Garibaldi, the commander of the Italian army: "I must prepare fuel and ammunition supply within 2 hours. After 3 hours, at 5:30 in the morning, the African Legion launched an attack on time."

"Yes!" Friedric and the commander of the 7th Armored Division stood attentively.

With the order, the German army prepared for war in full swing. The 17th Infantry Division, which had just arrived in North Africa, was responsible for the cover of the flanks, and the 27th Infantry Division was responsible for the security of the rear supply line. The front was handed over to the 7th Armored Division and the 7th Armored Infantry Division. The two units will set off in the early morning and launch a full-scale attack on the British army at dawn.

Since Rommel was able to win the reputation of the Desert Fox in later generations, he was naturally not a powerful general like Cheng Yaojin who only knew how to attack. He relied on more cunning and changing combat methods than brute force to fight to the death.

This time he placed the main infantry 7th Armored Infantry Division on the front, and then handed over the large-scale roundabout mission to the 7th Armored Division with stronger mobility. What he prepared was to use the 7th Armored Infantry Division to cut into the junction of the two British troops to fight a seemingly classic armored force blitzkrieg battle.

In this way, the British defenders who did not understand their true strength would definitely take a counterattack, and he knew that the best counterattack method was actually to attack the 7th Infantry Division of the German army that broke into the center. In this way, the two British troops were stuck by the 7th Armored Infantry Division on the front.

Then, on the outside, the main 7th Armored Division, which surrounded the big circle, entered the battlefield from the southern region, cut open the British troops on one side, rescued the dangerous 7th Armored Infantry Division, and then cut into the British defense line on the other side, and used an "unreasonable hand" to completely disrupt the British defenders' battle deployment.

Once this plan is successful, Rommel's African army will destroy the British defenders on the front line, seize the opponent's command hub and supply base, swallow up the collapsed British troops on the front line, and then join forces to advance eastward, hunt down the remaining British defeated soldiers.

40 Stuka bombers are ready to go and will patronize the British defenders' defensive positions before the attack is launched. The Italian artillery will shell the British positions 10 minutes in advance. When they heard that their troops would not need to participate in the attack, the Italians immediately became happy and prepared hundreds of large-caliber artillery pieces, devoted themselves to the road for their German counterparts.

After hearing Rommel's order, General Garibaldi nodded without saying anything. Since Mussolini had ordered the Italian army of North Africa to cooperate with the actions of the German African Legion and handed over the supreme command to Rommel, as Mussolini's confidant, he could not be in trouble with his master. So he immediately ordered the fuel of the 1st Italian Army to be transported to the German team's headquarters without even hesitation.

Of course, he was not idle either, but sent Mussolini a very vague telegram, claiming that the German Army General Staff ordered Rommel to stick to the defense line. After saying this, he did not say anything else. He meant to let Mussolini analyze priorities by himself.

What he didn't know was that the telegram was intercepted by British intelligence personnel, just half an hour later, was placed on Montgomery's desk as a treasure.

"Rommeel was ordered to defend? It shouldn't be... According to the habit of the German head of state, if Germany made up its mind to defend, it would be possible to call more stable generals over. It would be abnormal to use such a young Rommel." Montgomery held his chin and stared at the intelligence and analyzed with confusion: "Whether Rommel was performing in the Battle of Poland or in the Battle of France, he became famous in offensive operations. There is no reason."

"But the content of this telegram is absolutely impossible, so Rommel cannot violate the decision of Chief of Staff Blauchci. We are still safe for the time being." Beside Montgomery, the commander-in-chief of the British North African Expeditionary Force looked at the map proudly. His reinforcements were about to arrive soon, and then they could stabilize the defense line near *******.

"The street battle in London has been in the middle of a month, and the outcome is still not decided." Montgomery rubbed his nose and sighed: "If Churchill had not replaced me, maybe the front line now had just arrived near Cambridge."

The old general pointed to several areas on the map and said, "It's too late to say anything now. All we can do is to fight this battle in North Africa so that Churchill can last longer on the ground."

"Are the Americans going to join the war?" Montgomery suddenly asked.

The veteran general nodded and said, "The telegram from Iceland, a fully armed American armored division had boarded the ship a few days ago and was detouring to Egypt. However, they still had no intention of declaring war on Germany. This division was formed in the form of voluntary soldiers. At the same time, there were also a British infantry regiment in Saudi Arabia, a Canadian infantry division, and an Australian voluntary division, with nearly 50,000 troops."

Montgomery was stunned, and then nodded with satisfaction. An American division had more "connotations" than a division in the hands of the British. This division might not have 30,000 people. Now the British included reinforcements and could barely gather more than 200,000 troops. So facing Rommel's more and more German troops, Montgomery also seemed to have some confidence.

"Because this coalition of more than 50,000 people needs to be received and adapted to desert combat training. So the Icelandic government hopes that you will go back to Egypt to be responsible for the training and command of these soldiers. These troops, including the two tank divisions that the United States assisted us, will form a new army, the 8th Army." The veteran general said: "The commander is you, Montgomery... and these troops on the front line will be integrated into the 9th Army."

"When will I set out?" Montgomery asked. Being able to command an army independently is the most beneficial ending that Montgomery can think of now. If he keeps trying to get others, he feels that he may go crazy. After all, he now thinks that many of the combat plans of the British team in North Africa are wrong, but he himself does not have the right to correct these mistakes.
Chapter completed!