While the Allied generals were in a state of great anxiety, the atmosphere in the combat command room of the Tobrook Fortress Command was also extremely solemn.

Rommel stood in front of the sand table with a tense face, staring at the sand table without turning his eyes. At this time, not only were the senior generals of the German-Italy coalition forces standing around the sand table, but also many combat staff were updating the war chess models of the enemy and us on the sand table in real time based on the information constantly transmitted back.

The attack on other islands of Ma in the previous few days suffered serious setbacks, and the amphibious landing troops suffered heavy casualties. After the German and Italian coalition forces paid a series of heavy costs, they have only conquered Gozo Island, which is a big difference from the strategic goal they finally wanted.

For today's battle of Alamein, Rommel worked hard to make sufficient preparations and mobilized extremely powerful combat clusters and various strategic resources in order to fight and conquer the last solid barrier to the port of Alexandria.

Moreover, Rommel came to Tobrook Fortress three days ago to take charge.

Located in the northeast corner of Libya, Tobrook is a strategic harbor. As early as after World War I, the Italians built Tobrook into a fortress.

Not only does it have railways, but it also has a complete highway network and ports, and it also has the largest airport in eastern Libya - 15 miles from Tobrook Harfa Airport.

About 14 kilometers from the city center, the Italians built a 50-kilometer ring fortress.

The reason for the ring fortress is that the terrain here is flat. If this kind of defense is not adopted and all the commanding heights are included, it will probably be insecure.

On the south is a cliff, which separates the Great Desert and Tobrook, forming a barrier.

At the beginning of World War II, in order to cooperate with Germany's war in Europe and take advantage of the situation and fish in troubled waters, the 10th Legion of the Kingdom of Italy began to formally invade Egypt.

However, what makes people feel funny is that the combat effectiveness of the Italian army is far inferior to its ally German army.

Therefore, when the Allies launched a counterattack against its invasion of Egypt, within just ten weeks, not only completely destroyed the arrogant 10th Italian Legion, but also captured more than 130,000 prisoners.

Even this long-running fortress was lost!

So, under such circumstances, Germany sent troops to help with its ally Italy.

And when General Rommel received the mission, he immediately commanded his German African army and arrived in Tripoli to quickly reinforce their Italian allies.

When he first arrived in North Africa, Rommel could only be described as a mess, because the Italians lost a bit miserable.

The Italian army was completely dissatisfied at that time. After the British Compass Operation, the Italians lost almost nothing left.

The Italian army has been destroyed, and their precious "Tripoli" is almost defeated by the British who built a defense line in Agela.

If the British attacked at this time, unless God came to the war in person with a steel helmet, the Italians would have to be driven out of the sea.

Tobrook was a good supply base for the German army and a fortress to Egypt for the British army. Both the British and German sides were determined to win, and the commander-in-chief of the British Middle East Army, Weiville, decided to stick to Tobrook.

After weighing the pros and cons, General Rommel did not obey the orders of the German commander and the head of state, and really went to "defend the original defense line". Instead, after making a very short preparation, he immediately sent troops.

The German Supreme Command urgently sent Rommel's friend Lieutenant General Paulus to North Africa, trying his best to dissuade Rommel from this crazy move.

Because at that time, the German army not only had half of the British army's strength, but also faced the extremely strong city defense fortifications of Tobrook.

Therefore, as any rational soldier, he would think that this was a disguised suicide.

At this time, the head of state was determined to attack the Soviet Union in large numbers and had no intention of focusing on Africa on the southern coast of the Mediterranean. Unlike the head of state, the British Prime Minister regarded the "North Africa flank position" as almost as important as the British Empire.

When the British army was driven out of Cyrenega, the British Prime Minister decided to increase troops in North Africa despite the fact that the local troops were insufficiently equipped.

However, under this extremely unfavorable absolute disadvantage, Rommel resolutely led an army that was far less powerful and equipped than the British army, and defeated Tobrook, a major British position, in one fell swoop.

British fortress commander Moshead led 33,000 defenders to surrender to Rommel. In this battle, Rommel seized enough 30,000 people to use supplies and a large amount of fuel from the previous quarter.

At this point, Rommel conquered the entire Cyreaniga.

It is precisely because of this battle that Rommel was named a god in one battle, and his extraordinary military talent was fully demonstrated. At the age of 51, he was promoted to German Field Marshal by the head of state.

The reason why Rommel, who has always been calm and composed, was uneasy and visited Tobrook Fortress three days in advance to command was mainly because this battle was of great importance, which not only concerns the victory or defeat of the African Legion, but also further affects the rise and fall of the Third Reich.

In addition, Rommel actually had a little thought in his heart, that is, he hoped to be able to gain luck in this military fortress that allowed him to win the gods in one battle, and to create brilliant achievements again, so as to reach another top of his life!

It’s just that this world is an objective material world, and everything will not be transferred because of personal consciousness.

In this battle, all the elite German army and air forces were released, and they showed a sharp momentum and great advantage as soon as the game started.

But the problem is that the Allied troops, which had long been retreating, were driven by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, fought extremely tenaciously, and they were completely unwilling to give up in an inch of land, and there was a tendency to become more and more courageous as they fought.

From this, Rommel keenly discovered a serious problem, that is, the British and American coalition forces, which had no fighting spirit not long ago and could only be passively beaten, suddenly became cruel.

Both the Air Force and the Army fought extremely tenaciously and resolutely, and the elite German troops tried their best to gain no advantage.

If it's just like this, that's fine. At worst, it's just to spend more effort, more people, and more technical equipment. In short, just kung fu grind a deep iron rod into a needle.

But the problem is that it has become a heart-wrenching problem for Rommel, the long and unsafe Mediterranean supply line is still a fatal shortcoming for the African Legion.

If we cannot fight quickly and conquer Port Martru and Alexandria as soon as possible, we will not be able to completely guarantee the sea control of the Mediterranean!

The African Legion could not compete with the Allied camp with strong logistics supply capabilities.

And this is one of Rommel’s most worried questions at the moment!
Chapter completed!