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"The troops in the western defense have asked me for help several times, and the enemy launched fierce attacks. They began to stop caring for tanks and personnel losses, and began to forcefully drill into our anti-tank positions and minefields. Although we wiped out more than 1oo tanks, the troops consumed a lot, with less than half of the tanks left in the armored battalion, and the infantry reduction was also serious. "The next evening, the Chief of Staff of the African Army, Bairlein, was also worried about the next situation. In his opinion, although the German army had the advantage of the battlefield and the initiative, the situation was very dangerous. If you were not careful, you would have the risk of losing everything.

Guderian was silent for a long time and finally spoke: "Transfer the main force of the Italian paratrooper brigade to them-tell them that they are the last line of defense in the internal defense circle, and from now on, they cannot retreat and must be firmly nailed there. In addition, send a telegram to General Valdao and ask him to organize air strikes on the Western Theater Command tomorrow morning, and must curb the enemy's fast attack."

Bairlein sighed after hearing this. He knew that Guderian would not send the main force back to the aid, so he asked: "Sir, Eastern and Southern, which one do you plan to focus on? Although we are still advancing, the enemy's resistance is becoming more and more tenacious, and we cannot make a breakthrough in every war zone."

"I haven't considered it well yet." The latter admitted honestly. After thinking about it, he probably felt that saying this would cause unnecessary commotion, so he explained, "It's not that I haven't thought about the next step, I'm considering how to hit the effect, which means more meaningful."

"This..." Bairlein opened his mouth in surprise, not knowing what to say, and the various combat staff looked at each other in anger. Merlinjin was so anxious that he said nervously, "Sir, you can't hesitate. If you really didn't think about it, it's better to return to the west for a while."

"Don't worry, give me 10 minutes and let me think about what to do next." "Godrian stared at the map and pondered. He left behind a bunch of stunned staff members behind him.

10 minutes has come, and Bairlein and Merlinjin waited for Guderian's final decision with hope, but they answered incrediblely: "I haven't thought it through yet. I will play in the east and south directions for one day as planned tomorrow."

"Crazy... this must be crazy..." Bairlein murmured to himself, sighing repeatedly. Merlinjin hugged her head and felt in pain.

The Battle of Tobruk (known as the third Battle of Tobruk) started on December 1, all kinds of strangeness were revealed throughout. The battle began in careful planning and design. As time progressed, the battle became more and more chaotic, and then it became a mess during the process. After a few days, not only Montgomery could not understand what Guderian wanted to do, but even the people in the African Army Command could not understand what Guderian's goal was.

He first fought the west, then the south, and then attacked the east. He attacked the entire defense line in three directions. Baierlein and others believed that if the north was not the sea, the troops would definitely have to fight another round to the north. Every attack seemed to be able to break through and succeed, but every time it seemed to be almost done, it retreated back - it was inexplicable. If it weren't for Guderian's previous historical contributions and achievements, his subordinates would have suspected that he was commanding randomly or simply doubt whether he had been instigated by the Allies - how could he bump into such a goalless collision?

"Sir." Another day later, Bairlein and Merlinjin felt that they could not continue to bump into this, otherwise the troops would be dragged down. They once again persuaded, "Sir. This is not possible, there must be a point. If you really don't understand, just go back to defend first. After thinking about it, come - with the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Army, we cannot stop us."

"You don't understand? To be honest, I don't understand either." Guderian's words stunned everyone, "but I have Yuan's top secret order, which he asked me to implement in this way. These tactics were carried out in line with the big plan - I also fought very painfully."

Guderian showed everyone the warrant given to him by Hoffman, which clearly stated:... As much as possible, attract the troops of the Eighth Army in front of him. He urged him to gather the main force around Tobrook and slowly weaken it. It is necessary to ensure that the fortress is firmly in my hands, and to ensure that the unit is complete and mobile.

"This is really a strange order. The tactics you have implemented over the past few days are perfectly coordinated with them." Bairlein asked, "Are there any detailed instructions for the big plan?"

"No... Yuan only said that he would contact me when the time was right, but I never received the exact telegram." Guderian spread his hands, "Did you notice that this order, in addition to Yuan's signature, is the deputy signature of General Keitel, Chief Zeitzler, and General Yodel and Marshal Kesselin - this cannot be forged, and since they were willing to sign it on it, they must know the whole truth and reached a consensus. In this case, I will execute it."

"But why don't you tell you the details?" Bairlein felt strange. "There is no reason to keep this matter secret from you..."

"I didn't keep it secret. Yuan told me the outline - the problem is that the exact plan was not yet completed when he said these words." Guderian didn't know what to say, "Yoder has been changing it, and then he was interrupted by a change in the direction of Northwest Africa. He has been dying. In addition, since our password is unreliable, Yuan cannot tell me in detail. Then I didn't return home, and it was too risky to send someone to bring the plan to the house - we had an accident several times... It turned out like this later."

"This is not in line with the style of the General Staff - it is not rigorous at all!"

"This is the idea proposed by Yuan! He scared Zeitzler, Keitel and Yodel at the beginning." Guderian smiled, "The overall direction has not been settled. Yuan finally said, '60,000 people are ready to be given, and he will take the responsibility!" Then he convinced the others."

Everyone understood the twists and turns in the middle, and sighed repeatedly. Only Yuan could make such courage and determination!

"But why do you want to launch a large-scale attack?" Bairlein asked in confusion. "From the order, it seems that we don't need to mobilize so much. We can stick firmly behind the defense..."

When he talked about this Guderian, he was angry: "I thought Montgomery would attack the fortress, and then built two defensive circles to prepare for defense. As a result, the British were cowards, who were even less courageous than the needle hole. He was even more 3 times the strength of our troops, and he didn't dare to attack actively. I could only attack from all directions like this - and I couldn't break the damn encirclement!"

Now everyone understands that if the encirclement is really broken and swept the enemy with the momentum, the Eighth Army will be afraid of shrinking or retreating, and then it will not be able to complete the task of attracting the enemy around Tobrook.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, have we really gained nothing in the past week?"

The answer to this question is obviously no. The African army relied on the favorable situation of inside operations in one week of combat and attacked in all aspects. The British 1st, 7th, and 8th three armored divisions, the 44th and 151st Infantry Brigade, 2 French Brigades, and 1 Polish Brigade were severely damaged. The 10th Armored Division, the 2nd New Zealand Division, the 9th Australian Division, the 2nd Guard Brigade, and the 56th Division were killed. In order to maintain the front line, the 1st Armored Division was severely damaged.

Gomarley was forced to draw all the troops on the original supply line except for one of the 4th Divisions. In terms of combat conditions, the African army suffered losses of about 9 ooo and more than 2 o tanks. Even the most valued Tiger tanks also lost more than 2 o and more than 26 o aircraft, but the results of the harvest were extremely brilliant. The British army was killed, injured, and captured more than 60,000 people, more than 9 o tanks, and nearly 8 o aircraft.

Although it seems that there are not many enemies to be wiped out, as the main British army's troops were wiped out and a large number of artillery were discarded, several major armored divisions had basically lost their combat effectiveness - this battle broke the backbone of the Eighth Army.

In the evening, Bairlein said excitedly: "Sir, someone from Berlin has come... He said there is an important situation to report to you. Director Westfar sent him here and is now outside."

"Come in quickly." Guderian was also shocked when he saw the person: the person who came was Colonel Dargus, the deputy general of Yuanshi.

"Report, I am ordered by Yuan to convey the content of the big plan to you..."

"Password?"

"Odin's weapon, eternal gun-Kungunier!"

"It's right, Colonel Dalgus, you can say it." Guderian looked at Bairlein, Merlinjin and others around him and smiled. "These officers are the core figures of the African Army Command. They will keep it secret, and our subsequent combat plans also need them to formulate and implement them."

"Yes!" Darges stood straight, verbally speaking, as skillfully as if engraved in his mind, "Zuo Command:..."

"Wow!" After listening to the summary and orders of the complete plan, everyone was shocked. After a while, the command center burst into cheers, as if it was about to overturn the roof, "Long live Yuan!"
Chapter completed!