In General Mountbatten's office, a group of staff were busy.v≦net≠.┼┼.┮c╊o┭m╳After the oil defense line was ignited, the US troops retreated to the third line of defense quickly. All front-line airports have been buried, and oil has been buried in places without them. In short, nothing is left for the Germans.

In the oil-producing areas in the rear, a large number of American soldiers and British soldiers were stationed, which was also a targeted plan formulated in combination with the tactics of the Germans in the previous battles. Mountbatten looked at reports on the Soviet-German battlefield and North African battlefield, as well as the battle records and analysis. He believed that the main reason for the failure of the British and American coalition forces was that the German army often used innovative tactics to lure opponents to make wrong judgments.

For example, the German army likes to use new technical weapons such as helicopters to quickly send troops and sweep the occupied areas. For example, the German paratroopers often appear in the deadliest places. For example, the German army has an elite special forces in their hands. They always use despicable means to suddenly use cold arrows.

It is actually very simple to gather together. The Germans extended a linear battlefield, blurring the front line and the rear, forming a new method of integrated air-ground and deep assault.

After reaching this conclusion, the senior commanders of the United States and Britain realized how terrible the Germans were. In just twenty years, they had completed their transformation and understanding of future wars while breaking the restrictions of Versailles.≥∧∈∥≤.╬.

Although the two sides have not yet formed a generation difference in weapons and equipment, the German generals have indeed become one generation ahead of other countries such as Britain and the United States in terms of their command form and their opponents' ability to understand the command form and the ability of the troops. This generation difference in command consciousness has made the undefeated myth of the German team on the battlefield.

After analyzing the German combat methods, Mountbatten formulated a new defense plan. He no longer concentrated his troops on the Suez Canal defense line. After all, there were too many loopholes to be used for the German army.

In fact, the Allies no longer have any hope for the defense of the Middle East. Roosevelt and other senior American executives' initial plan was to prevent Acardo from using Middle East oil fields to further strengthen the war potential of the Third Reich. Therefore, the Allies' understanding of Middle East defense warfare is actually very simple: it is more like destruction than defense.

Therefore, Mountbatten decided to prevent German special forces from surprise attacking and seizing oilfield facilities, and also prevent German paratroopers from suddenly airborne and other means to occupy the oilfield. For this goal, he scattered the troops throughout the Middle East without concentrating them near the defense line. This effectively prevented the German army from using new tactics to raid the oilfield, but it made the troops too dispersed and completely unable to withstand the German frontal attack. ≠∥≧net v.┮.

Fortunately, Mountbatten never hoped to defend the Suez Canal defense line. What he had to do was to delay time and give him the opportunity to turn the entire Middle East into a sea of ​​fire. Burning oil not only could slow down the German pursuit, but also consume oil resources, destroy oil-producing equipment and factories, so that after Germany occupied the Middle East, it would be impossible to use Middle East oil to expand its production capacity in a short period of time.

What's more, after the combustion of oil, it not only pollutes the environment and destroys equipment, but also has a lot of toxic gases permeate the combustion area. In this way, Germany will only need to use Middle East oil for at least two years. And it is hard to say what the world situation will be like for the UK and the United States for two years.

Judging from the current situation, it will be a matter of time before the Allies formed by the United States, Icelandic Britain, the Soviet Union and China defeat Japan. It is important to have two years. The United States that defeated Japan will have more warships, and it is not impossible to defeat the German fleet on the Atlantic Ocean. So the United States will take these two years, and Icelandic Britain, which happened to be holding the American thigh, also needed it.

"Report! The entire second line of defense has now been ignited. The part that has not been ignited by accident has also been completed. 4,000 tons of crude oil can definitely make the Germans unable to move forward for a long time. ≮≮≮⊥≈.” A staff officer reported proudly. It is a very proud thing to be able to stop the German army from advancing. All the generals who can do this are highly anticipated famous generals in the Allied Sequence. The first battle after Mountbatten arrived in the Middle East was able to make the desert fox abolish, which has exceeded everyone's expectations.

Mountbatten was not overwhelmed by the advantages he had already gained. He was able to be the leader of the Asian War Zone of the British Empire. His mind was mature and steady enough. He looked at the map in front of him and pressed his fingers on the red line representing the flames, without saying anything for a long time.

He was planning Rommel's countermeasures. After all, the fire after the oil was ignited is not so easy to extinguish. If Rommel attempts to pursue it quickly, he will only have to rush out of the sea of ​​fire from a few preset positions.

He has laid landmines in those places, which is also an important reason for the slow chaotic retreat of the US and British troops. In addition, the British suicide squad and the U.S. rear-end troops blocked the German army, so it should not be possible to get a bargain.

Thinking of this, he took back his fingers, then turned around and ordered his assistant: "Let all air defense forces enter the alert, and the oil field defenders will immediately enter the combat state. As long as there is any disturbance, there is no need to ask the command to directly implement the blasting plan. ≥.┭╊."

After saying his orders, Mountbatten finally felt a little relaxed. The German army did not strategically bomb the Middle East oil fields, but was considering the possibility of seizing the oil fields. Mountbatten formulated a defense plan for the oil fields in a tit-for-tat way, so for him, Rommel could not get any advantage this time.

Just far away from Mountbatten Command, on the embankment of the Suez Canal, next to Rommel's command vehicle, the atmosphere in the German command seemed a little heavy. The battle to cross the Suez Canal planned by Rommel, the desert fox, was successfully completed, but everyone was not happy.

The sudden oil-burning battle between the American tyrants made the German army, who were struggling with oil resources, realize the cruelty of the battle. The combat plan originally planned now seems to be basically useless.

Rommel looked at General Friedric, a strong infantry general who had just rushed back from the front line, and asked the topic he was most interested in: "Is there a problem with the strength of the US military's defense line..."

General Friedric clamped his steel helmet, stroked the golden silk on his forehead, pointed to the map and said, "Marson. According to my experience in fighting with the US military, the US military only has about 4 to 7 divisions on the front line, and there is not much firepower configuration. This is not a preparation to defend the defense line, but a way of delaying our attack."

Rommel nodded. Friedric was the most capable general under his command and the commander of the 7th Army of the African Legion. In this case, what he analyzed was often the most intuitive and correct thing.

Since the US and British troops did not concentrate so many main forces on the front battlefield, it goes without saying where these troops are. It seems that the opponent is already very clear about what the German army really wants, and is ready to destroy it.

At this time, if you risk using special forces and paratroopers to raid oil fields and factories, it is obviously giving the enemy a record. Even if the German paratroopers and special forces have obvious numerical advantages, you cannot waste the elite with no chance of victory. The enemy is waiting for the German army to fall into the trap near these original targets, and then sending people to die, that would be a complete idiot.

Combined with some ground photos provided by the German reconnaissance aircraft, Rommel smiled bitterly, then looked at his beloved general and Marshal Garibaldi who was a little further away: "Originally, it was planned to use special forces and paratroopers to cooperate with armored forces to attack, and they could capture about one-tenth of the oil field. Now it seems that this plan is too optimistic..."

Then Rommel, the highest commander in Germany in Africa, one of the three marshals of the 6th Army, finally made up his mind: "Since you don't let me take the part I deserve, then you don't want to take away the part that belongs to you!"

After muttering this, he immediately turned to Garibaldi and the Air Force Liaison Officer, pointed to some marks on the map, and issued his combat order: "Detect all the air forces immediately and destroy all the oilfield facilities in these places at any cost! Including oil fields and oil processing plants, oil pipelines and reserve areas! All! Destroy them all!"

"Hiss..." Garibaldi took a breath. Rommel's courage to change the combat plan made him feel scared. Even if he knew that his opponent was prepared, it would take great courage to give up if he said he would give up: "Dispatch all the air force? Even our rags are included?"

"Yes! Just dispatch as much as you have! According to the aerial photos found by the reconnaissance plane, all suspicious targets will be destroyed!" Rommel said firmly without any hesitation: "Since they don't want them and don't want us to, then burn them all!"

Maybe three months ago, Rommel had to hesitate and dare not make this decision easily. However, now the oil fields in Libya have begun to produce oil. Rommel's African army is not as rich as the Middle East, but it also lacks many concerns and worries. So Rommel immediately started to fight back and use air superiority to resolve the enemy's delay tactics.
Chapter completed!