With this little force, of course, it is impossible for Li Mo to hedge against the 300,000 British and British Allied Forces. Li Mo must defend Tunisia. Li Mo plans to severely damage the British and British Allied Forces in the defense war in Tunisia, and at the same time protect the Tunisian port and wait for Li Mo's army to arrive... In this way, the Tunisian port has become the focus of Li Mo's defense, which is a key node for Li Mo's life and death.

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After Montgomery escaped, he soon joined the Commonwealth Army who came to reinforce. After a brief rest and mobilization, the weapons and ammunition of the British Commonwealth Army were quickly restored.

On July 25, 1940, the British and British leaders decided to implement the "Torch" action plan to attack North Africa and appointed General Eisenhower as the commander-in-chief of the Allied Expeditionary Forces of Operation Torch. In late July, the Joint Chiefs of the British Staff determined the details of the "Torch" combat plan in London, and decided that the Commonwealth Army would land in Algiers, Oran and Casablanca in French North Africa on July 28, occupying major coastal ports, and then the Algiers landing forces seize Tunisia eastward, and then stand by the time to cooperate with the British forces in North Africa to eliminate the German and Italian troops in North Africa.

The British army participated in the "Torch" operation, with a total of 33 divisions and 450,000 people, and was organized into three special condemations in the west, central and eastern regions. The special condemations in the west landed in Casablanca, Morocco; the special condemations in the central landed in Casablanca, Morocco; the special condemations in the central landed in Major General Fredendoyle and Major General Ride, respectively. Starting from the UK, landed in Oran and Algiers in Algeria.

On July 28, 1940, 450,000 British and British General Army landed in Algiers, Aurand and Casablanca on 1,664 warships and transport ships respectively. The coalition was only slightly resisted by the French. Admiral Darran, the commander-in-chief of the French army who was inspecting North Africa, announced his separation from the Vichy government, ordered the French army to cease fire, and joined the coalition. After the Allied landing successfully, the British 1st Army and the British 2nd Army continued to advance eastward to capture Tunisia and Bisseda Port.

The German army occupied Tunisia first. On August 1, 1940, Li Mo organized the German German troops in Tunisia into the "German African Legion", and Hitler appointed Li Mo as general commander. The "German and Italian African Legion" had two armored divisions, one motorized infantry division and 13 Italian infantry divisions. Li Mo established a defense line in the mountains of northern Tunisia and gradually advanced southward to counter the advancement of the British 1st Army and the 2nd Army.

On August 1, 1940, the British leader met in Casablanca and decided to set up a war zone on the battlefield in North Africa. General Alexander of the United Kingdom was the commander-in-chief. The North African Allied Forces were reorganized into the 18th Army Group, which was under the jurisdiction of the 1st British Army under Anderson, the 8th British Army under Montgomery, the 2nd Army under Fredendole and some French Army. Alexander was appointed commander of the 18th Army Group and unified the Allied forces in North Africa.

Li Mo had keenly noticed a new opportunity to fight. At that time, the British 8th Army, located in front of Li Mo's troops, had not yet posed a threat to the Marret line. After Montgomery captured Tripoli, he was busy reopening the port of Tripoli. It would take some time to launch a new offensive.

The British 1st Army commanded by Anderson and the 2nd Army commanded by Fredendory threatened his rear. Li Mo was determined to use the central position between the two enemy troops. First defeat the Allies behind him by surprise, and then turn around to deal with Montgomery. This was an excellent plan, but it encountered difficulties in implementation. The 5th Italian Armored Army was not under the command of Li Mo, and the cooperation between the Italian army and Li Mo was not coordinated.

Li Mo also reported the issue of command to Hitler. Li Mo had long been in charge of the command of the Italian army to the chief executive, but Hitler agreed. Unfortunately, Mussolini refused to hand over the command of the Italian army with a stupid pig, and Li Mo had no choice. He should have hanged Mussolini, the fat pig.

Li Mo's offensive plan was reported to Hitler and the commander. I don't know how the information was cracked by the Allies, but they got the mistake of the German main attack location. Eisenhower's headquarters and the British 1st Army Command both believed that the enemy's attack location was near Fonduke. For this reason, the Allies deployed heavy troops behind Fonduke.

On September 4, 1940, the German and Italian army launched an attack code-named "Spring Breeze". The north launched a main attack on the 2nd Army position from the Fod Mountain Pass. The German Seventh Armored Division and the Italian Armored Division of Vincent attacked on both sides, severely attacking the British 1st Armored Division and capturing Sidibuzid. On the 5th, Limo's troops also captured Gafsa and advanced towards Feriana. Limo occupied Feriana.

Li Mo planned to advance from Feriana toward Tebesa in Algeria to cut off the British-British Allied forces' transportation line and develop tactical victory into strategic victory. However, although he received support from the Air Force on the Island of Malta, he could not get cooperation from the Italian army. Li Mo only had more than 50,000 people, so he dared to launch a counterattack against the 450,000 British-British Allied Forces. It can be seen that Li Mo's momentum is, but Li Mo's troops are too small.

Li Mo had no choice but had to attack Lekev in the northeast first. In this way, Li Mo was facing the front of the British and British Allied forces rather than behind. Li Mo couldn't help but be furious. In his opinion, this meant that "it was too close to the enemy's front line to be no longer close, and it would inevitably allow us to attack the powerful enemy reserve army."

At 2:30 am on September 5, Li Mo began to attack Lekev. Li Mo captured the Kaselin Pass and then advanced towards Tara south of Lekev. But Li Mo failed to capture Tara, and his offensive was stopped by the Allied reinforcements. After all, Li Mo only had more than 50,000 people, while the British army had 400,000!!! More than 300,000 Italian troops were basically just a so-called soybean. Li Mo stopped the attack and ordered the troops to retreat.

Li Mo's attack, as a "limited goal" attack, can be said to have achieved brilliant results. However, the forces of each other were too disparate, and it failed to achieve the strategic goal of forcing the Allied forces to withdraw from Tunisia, although this goal seemed very close. British affairs theorist Lidell Hart said: "If Li Mo presided over the battle in full and attacked Tebesa without being restrained, the British Allied Forces in Tunisia would be completely repelled, and such a goal would be fully achieved. If the British bases and central airports with large reserves of supplies could be quickly seized, it would make it impossible for the Allied forces to defend their positions in Tunisia."

Li Mo's attack caused significant losses to the British army. Of the 30,000 people in the British 2nd Army, 3,000 were killed, 4,000 were captured, and 260 tanks were destroyed or seized. This was the worst failure the British army suffered on the battlefield in North Africa. Montgomery, who was humiliated, replaced Freddorall and appointed Major General Jennissi, the brave and warlike Major General Jennissi as commander of the British 2nd Army. Jennissi had long longed to fight with Li Mo. He said: "I have read his book many times, studied every battle of his life, and believed that I knew him well. My life's wish was to fight against him.

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