On the night of May 16, Rommel ordered his troops to retreat to Libya overnight under the cover of night, and took away tassui and food, leaving the Italian army to resist.

Five hours later, news of Rommel's retreat across the board reached the North African Allied Forces Command.

While excited, Yang Fan immediately ordered the 6th Army of the Allied Army, the 13th British Army and other troops to decisively pursue the deep and deep forces, and the troops on the Central and Northern Lines immediately launched a final strong attack on the high ground interception defense line of the Axis powers.

At the same time, Yang Fan also ordered the air force to attack with all his might and conduct uninterrupted bombing and intercepting the main forces of the Axis powers that were fleeing.

At 11 a.m. on May 17, the Italian troops of the two armies were only more than 3,000 people left after several hours of tenacious resistance, and then surrendered to the Allies.

After breaking through the highland defense line in full, the Allied armored troops began to pursue the entire line and drove at full speed in the open desert area.

At this time, the 6th Army of the US Army, the 13th Army of the British Army, and other units, were blocked by an armoured German army, and fought a bloody battle with it.

The battle continued until dark. After the Allies paid a huge price, they finally wiped out the elite German troops.

However, after this battle, the Allied troops on the southern front also lost their ability to pursue and could only turn to rest and replenish.

At noon on May 19, the Allied armored troops, marching at full speed, finally caught up with the Axis troops that were fleeing Benghazi near the Hamimugan River in Libya.

This is mainly because the Axis army has too many infantry and insufficient transport vehicles. It is also continuously hunted by the Air Force during the retreat, resulting in serious damage to the vehicle.

This led to the fact that although the main forces of the Axis power retreated early in the night and sent tens of thousands of rear troops to win them a full day, the slow-moving infantry team was caught up by the Allied armored forces.

Seeing this, Rommel could only allow the tens of thousands of German and Italian infantry at the end to launch a counterattack on the spot, and use his flesh and blood to fight the torrent of the anhydride of the Allies!

Although these exhausted German and Italian infantry soldiers were very tenacious and brave, their flesh and blood were no match for the torrent of steel. They were soon defeated in a unilateral massacre.

Faced with this meaningless resistance and the ruthless massacre of the Allied armored troops, the German commander in charge of the palace was finally desperate and scared, and could only order the troops to surrender.

In this battle, the Allied forces annihilated a total of 30,000 German and Italian coalition forces, and caused more than 32,000 German infantry. The 1.2 Italian infantry surrendered with both hands.

The once arrogant and victorious Rommel's African Army became the first German unit to surrender in an integrated manner during World War II.

After annihilated the tens of thousands of enemy infantry, the Allied armored troops continued to pursue forward.

However, the weather was not good, and suddenly it rained heavily, the road became muddy, and a large number of Allied tanks and armored vehicles were suddenly trapped in the mud.

At this time, Rommel decisively ordered the German infantry cluster 20 kilometers away to throw away their weapons and equipment, retreat at full speed, and finally escape with light equipment.

After learning about the frontline information, Yang Fan decisively terminated the pursuit and ordered the troops to escort the prisoners immediately to retreat and meet with the subsequent troops.

Continuous pursuit of three or four hundred kilometers is already the limit of the Allied forces. If you continue to show off, you will easily be attacked by Rommel's Jedi.

At this point, the Battle of Matrul, which touched the whole world's nerves, ended.

In this battle, the Allied forces blocked and destroyed the opponent's logistics supply line with their naval and air superiority, making it difficult for the German army to move troops and lasting combat in desert areas.

The Allies changed their deployment in a timely manner based on the terrain and enemy situation, gathered superior forces and carried out frontal attacks, focusing on German and Italian infantry positions and living forces, which made it difficult for the German tank troops to defend their positions due to lack of infantry support and had to retreat.

The German army took advantage of the rapid mine laying in the desert grasslands to widely set up minefields and rely on the high ground to defend. They severely damaged the Allies with melee firepower, accumulated 63,000 Allied troops, destroyed 2,200 tanks, and destroyed more than 1,400 armored vehicles, played a great role in preventing the Allied cluster tank attack.

However, because the German and Italian coalition weapons, oil, ammunition, food and drinking water were not replenished, especially without air supremacy, they were finally defeated by the Allies.

The Allied forces made full use of air support to greatly support the ground forces, but in comparison, the Luftwaffe and the Italian Air Force were almost unable to provide support to the ground forces. Their main energy was concentrated on air combat.

But they had no way to control air supremacy, and they fought weaker and weaker under the long-lasting air combat consumption.

It is also because of the lack of air supremacy in this battle that the German and Italian coalition paid a heavier price.

Four elite German troops and 12 Italian military divisions were annihilated, with more than 250,000 casualties and 50,000 captured, and 2,350 tanks and armored vehicles and more than 5,000 cannons were lost.

Although both sides lost about the same number of tanks, this number was less than 40% for the Allies, and for Rommel, it was almost the same as annihilation of the entire army.

After this battle, although Rommel preserved most of his troops, he lost 75% of his technical equipment and completely lost the capital to compete with the Allies on the battlefield in North Africa.

The Battle of Matrul, which is destined to be recorded in history, started on May 4. After 16 days of fierce fighting, the Allies finally ended the entire battle successfully on May 19.

The victory of the battle ensured the smooth flow of the Allies' supply line from the Middle East to the Suez Canal, and its morale significance to the Allies was even more significant, and it was a turning point in the battlefield in North Africa in World War II.

As the British Prime Minister once commented: "We never won once before the Battle of Matrul; but after the Battle of Matrul, we were invincible."

Of course, the ability to achieve such a brilliant victory in this battle is definitely not a one-sided victory, but a common victory for the entire Allied camp.

As the saying goes, accumulating small victory is a big victory. Without the hard work of the working people of the allies, the strong supply of logistics officers and soldiers, and without the bloody battles of the sea, land, air and soldiers of various countries, this great victory is impossible!

"Non-named Extra! Our Chinese North African Expeditionary Force showed its power again and won the first glorious victory of the Allied camp against Nazi Germany!"

"The Allies won a great victory, and the British Empire army defeated Nazi Germany for the first time! The haze of North Africa spreads out!"

"The invincible American army crushed the Nazi fascism!"

"The Allies have won a decisive victory on the North African battlefield, and the world anti-fascist alliance is invincible!"

The war came to an end, with the Allies winning a great victory. This exciting news was passed through the void with beams of radio waves and passed to every corner of the world in a short time.

The Allied camp became excited, especially the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, as if they were injected with chicken blood, screaming with excitement, and the morale of the army and the people were greatly encouraged!

Allied camp news, newspapers and magazines have launched propaganda, and official and folk celebrations have been wave after wave, just like the New Year.
Chapter completed!