Chapter 504 504 Thinking of going together
People who are familiar with Ronmel also know that he has a famous saying, which can be said to directly express his character to the extreme. This famous saying is "As long as you have the opportunity, you must deceive your opponent."
Now that he is holding the best deception trump card in his hand, he naturally thinks of deceiving his opponent. He was lifted by the head of state to restrict his offense, and inadvertently let his opponent confirm that he "will not attack in the short term". In addition, he himself loves offense rather than defense. If he does not take the initiative to attack, it seems a bit too inconsistent with his personality.
In sports competitions, players who truly win the world championship all have their own passion, and generals on the battlefield often have their own will and tendencies. The mean general who does not have a distinct personality is still good at defending the situation, but it is a little insufficient to attack. And a passionate general like Rommel is undoubtedly a hero created by the times.
After the classic intelligence tricks that had been implemented, Rommel once again played his old tricks. He ordered the troops to raise sand and dust to cover up their positions, use wood, bushes and tents to arrange false targets in the sand and dust, and deceive the British reconnaissance planes that risked their lives to come.
His efforts were soon rewarded, and Montgomery was confirmed that the main German armored forces were still deployed on the front, rather than being pulled out for new offensive operations.
The second trick was to cover up his true attack direction. He made a bold decision and gave General Friedric his carefully arranged action plan: "This time, I decided to implement the attack according to this plan. How do you see?"
General Friedric took the plan from Rommel's hand and looked at it with a wry smile on his lips. He put down the documents in his hand and looked up at the general who was a few years younger than him: "General, just like in the Battle of Tunis, do you want to launch an attack on the southern flank of the same enemy?"
"Yes, General Friedric, in this way, they would never have thought that I would fight such a battle with the same trick again, which increased the suddenness and caught the other side off guard." Rommel was full of confidence in his plan. He was very eager to defeat the British and American coalition forces in one fell swoop and win his second victory in North Africa.
This is the desert fox, which is the cunning tactical master who emphasizes using firepower to suppress the opponent's victory at the fastest speed. He likes to use the large corps in his hands to embroider the vast desert, intersperse in a limited space, and then intersperse in a limited space, so that all opponents are exhausted and unable to fight against his terrible attacks.
This time Rommel was able to mobilize more tank troops, and once the battle was successful, he would have achieved even greater results. If the British and American coalition forces were not in front, they would be defeated in one fell swoop, and Tobrook would also become a frontline fortress exposed to the German firepower.
In another combat command, General Patton was also putting his attack plan on Montgomery's desk. He always smoked his cigar one after another, making people feel proud that it was uncomfortable to look at it. However, this general from the United States of America was indeed a powerful commander. His combat deployment was very open and closed, and there was a strong smell contained in it.
If Rommel was following the path of the Xiaoyao Sect's trance, then Patton could be regarded as the authentic Vajra Demon-Subduing Art of Shaolin Temple. The attack plan he took out this time made Montgomery praise it, and it could be regarded as a very anticipated offensive plan.
This plan was derived from the Battle of Tunis under Rommel's command. Patton reversed Rommel's roundabout attack, and deviated according to almost the same route, cutting into the side of the German and Italian coalition forces, disrupting the German military's combat deployment.
Judging by intelligence, their tanks have some advantages in quantity. As long as the raid on the flanks is successful, they can make up for the insufficient quality of their armored forces to a certain extent and completely defeat the African legion west of Tobrook. As long as they win this battle, then India and Southeast Asia, which are ready to succumb to the power of the British Empire, will once again be able to succumb to the power of the British Empire, and Britain will truly get a breather.
"General Patton, let's leave the detour to the main force of the 8th Army, which is highly motivated. You are personally in charge. This time we will give Rommel a real warning and let him see that war is not something he wants to fight, but how he wants!" Montgomery put down the combat plan that Patton gave him and said to Patton.
"I will lead the troops south immediately! At dawn on April 22, I will launch a flanking attack on time. Please ask General Montgomery to cooperate with the US military's operations at that time!" Patton stood up, walked out of Montgomery's office without looking back, walked outside the tent, got into a roaring jeep, and drove towards the distance.
In the afternoon of the same day, the 8th British Army began to move its main force south. Under the desperate cover of the British Air Force, it concealed the eyes of the German reconnaissance planes and embarked on a road detour on the German flank.
Tanks drove out of hidden camouflage garages one after another, and the new m4 Sherman tanks gathered in a vast torrent of steel, rolling forward with trucks filled with infantry.
The white five-pointed star was extremely eye-catching on the front hatch of the car's engine, and some corners were slightly stripped off by wind and sand, making these cold war machines even more vicissitudes. Patton stood on his car, watching the tank drive through his eyes with high gun barrels, and put the cigar into his mouth with satisfaction.
This time, that Rommel didn't want to escape! I would definitely be able to capture him alive as my Patton's honor! General Patton, who squinted his eyes, thought to himself.
On the truck, the American soldiers held their m1 Garland rifles, chewing gum, humming various hometown tunes. The trucks on one side were filled with boxes of shells. The trucks dragged large-caliber 155mm howitzers and rushed straight to the battlefield that had been determined long ago in the distance.
They will be ordered to attack the German positions from the flanks, cut into the German defense line and destroy German fortifications. After defeating the Germans, they will receive the commission they promised to allocate to them. After all, they are not participating in the war as US teams, they are mercenaries and so-called volunteer soldiers.
"Let those Germans see how powerful we Americans are!" An American soldier sat on a tank where the engine kept trembling and roaring, holding his rifle and shouting loudly: "If I see Akado, I must let him lick my butt! He is just a mess! Do you understand? Miscellaneous!"
At the same time, Rommel, the German North African General Command, also happened to stand on his convertible car, and smiled and handed over the command of the front defense position to General Friedric: "General, I will start the general attack at dawn on April 22, completely annihilate the 8th and 9th British armies in front of me. My frontal defense line will be fully handed over to you to command!"
"I wish you a victory, General. I will do my best to defend the defensive position until the last second! Long live the head of state!" General Friedric raised his right hand and saluted Rommel in the car with a German salute.
With a command, a German leopard tank hidden in the awning rushed out of its hidden attack. The captain showed half of his body and saluted General Rommel not far away. Soon the second tank also drove out. The black iron cross on the tank turret made people shudder.
Several armored vehicles set out at the same time, following the sides of these tanks. The German grenadiers on the armored vehicles also had cold eyes. They held their spears and cannons and swayed slightly as the armored vehicles swayed. The faces of these people were full of resolute expressions. They were the most elite and proud armored grenadiers of the German army.
Tanks and armored vehicles seemed very small in the yellow sand all over the sky. Soon more tanks, trucks and rocket launchers joined the team. The German army's ten thousand-character battle flag was hung by soldiers on the roof of cars and tanks. Because in the sky, dozens of fighter jets responsible for covering them roared past and flew into the distance with the cheering sounds of the soldiers.
Tank No. 3 also followed the pace of the Leopard tank. Rommel not only had advanced big guys like the Leopard tank, but also many anti-tank guns modified from No. 3 tanks and even No. 2 tanks. These armored vehicles formed the huge tank attack cluster in Rommel's hand, raising dust in the sky and rushed towards their destination.
An amazing coincidence occurred on the battlefield. The military generals on both sides formulated an almost identical combat plan, and then implemented the combat plan almost at the same time. Rommel is now taking his armored troops southward and rushing towards the Allied defense line. At the same time, Patton also brought the American and British armored divisions to kill Rommel in one fell swoop.
Soon, these two combat troops responsible for detours will collide together, and this sudden encounter will become a test to test the soldiers of the two armies and the commanders of the two armies. Whoever wins this encounter will be able to shake the opponent's defense line and thus win the initiative on the battlefield in North Africa.
At this moment, no one expected that Rommel and Patton would take the lead in kicking off the decisive battle of the land tank troops. The first tank battle of nearly 1,000 vehicles in human history officially began.
Chapter completed!