Chapter 673 Rommel to North Africa 1)
There were endless deserts everywhere. As soon as I got off the boat, a wave of heat came to my face.
Standing on the yellow sand, a handsome German officer suddenly felt enlightened.
North Africa, I'm here!
Rommel said to himself in his heart.
A long time ago, Rommel received an order that his destiny was in North Africa! He was very satisfied with this arrangement.
After all, there are too many excellent generals in Germany. Guderian and Manstein are all outstanding representatives. In Europe, Rommel can continue to win one victory after another, but he will always be a supporting role.
But when he arrived in Africa, it was different! Here, he was the supreme commander of Germany. He led two armored divisions, and his mission was to completely occupy North Africa!
Originally, in coordination with Italy, Germany was responsible for solving the French army and Italy was responsible for solving the British army, but now, the situation has changed a lot.
France had surrendered, and the French colonies, according to the principles, should have obeyed Marshal Betan's orders and surrendered to Germany. Then, in North Africa and the French colonies to the west, there was no war to fight.
At the same time, the progress of the Egyptians to the east was quite unsuccessful.
Since the war started, the combat effectiveness of the Italian army is obvious to all. Italy originally wanted to attack southern France, but was beaten to the point of being blue and blue. Later, France surrendered. Germany generously helped the Italians and ceded the territory of southeastern France to Italy. Mussolini was considered to be somewhat faced.
However, in North Africa, the Italian army is still helpless. The Italian army of 250,000 people has fought for so long but has not made any progress!
This endless desert area is the stage for Rommel to display his military talents!
"General, I'm very happy to see you." Just as he was waiting for the armored vehicles to unload the ship, a voice came from Rommel's side.
After learning that his army had arrived, Neuer, the general manager of the Libyan base, came to the port to greet him in person.
"Thank you for your hard work," Rommel couldn't help but say, looking at Neuer's tanned face.
"It's not hard, but our strength is too weak, and the Italians always defeat the battle. Fortunately, the British are on the defensive now. If the British attack largely, our bases may be in danger." Neuer said: "Now, our large army is here, I'm relieved."
According to the original agreement, Libya's base belongs to Germany, and Germany deployed some combatants here, but it was still too few to cope with large-scale wars.
It was not until Rommel's arrival that they breathed a sigh of relief, and finally there was no need to worry!
"Has this been so desolate here always been?" Rommel said to Neuer.
In the future, Rommel will become the governor of North Africa and the Middle East. He feels a little uneasy when he thinks of his wife and children, and he wants to come here to suffer with him.
Rommel is the German god of war and a person who is extremely doting on his wife.
"Not exactly, this is our oil output pipeline. We have not been building here for a long time. Now, our base has become an oasis in the desert."
Over the years, Libya's oil base has been under construction, and the continuous planting of trees has made the oil base initially present the beauty of an oasis.
Anyway, the oil here has been mined on a large scale. There are also refineries in the base, so there will be no shortage of energy. In addition to using oil as power, there are also nuclear power reactors operating, providing a steady stream of electricity and extracting groundwater. The base's ecology has long been much better than before.
"General, let's go to the base first." Neuer said: "The environment on the base is better."
After the end of the French War, Rommel was promoted to two levels. In addition to directly commanding the Seventh Armored Division, he also followed the Fifth Armored Division. These equipment took several days to be unloaded.
Off-road vehicles were galloping in the desert. Soon, Rommel saw a tall kowtower, a newly built refinery near the oil field, and a tree growing tenaciously.
Libya base, Cialek has been developing for more than ten years!
"The refinery here is relatively small, but in addition to using our base, it is more than enough to provide our armored divisions." Neuer said: "The biggest problem is food, and I hope our supplies can keep up."
Rommel lacked the most in history. Now, there is no need to worry about fuel. There are tens of thousands of people who need sufficient food.
Rommel smiled and said, "Don't worry about the food. The food we shipped this time is enough for us to eat for half a month."
Hearing Rommel's words, Neuer turned his head and looked at him: "It's only half a month?"
"Yes, half a month later, we have already fought to Egypt. The food reserved by the British army is enough for us to eat." Rommel was extremely confident.
The desert area is the most suitable for high-speed attacks by armored soldiers. Thinking of the difficult advance in the mud pit in Dunkirk, this place is a battlefield tailor-made for him!
Half a month to solve the Egyptian problem!
"Cruff." The car stopped at the entrance of a building in the base. Neuer looked at several Italian military vehicles listening to the door and said, "The Italians are here."
The Italians came! It was too late to get the news and it was too late to go to the port to greet them, so they came to the oil base and waited here.
Italo Garibaldi, the new commander of the 10th Italian Army, was just killed by his predecessor, and now, after taking over the command of the 10th Army, his troops are still surging.
The 10th Army was stationed on the Egyptian border, so their troops were also the ones who suffered the most losses and were chased and beaten by the British!
Now, I heard that the German troops were finally coming up, so he threw them down and ran over to demand rescue.
"General, welcome to North Africa." At this time, when I saw Rommel get off the car, Italo remained calm: "Our Italian army is looking forward to your arrival."
"I need to take over the command of the Italian army." After seeing the other party's commander, Rommel was not seen and immediately reached out for command: "Where is your highest commander here?"
Rommel had only two armored divisions in his hands, and he could charge, but he was not at ease with these Italians. If they did not follow up quickly, his forward would be in danger.
"Marshal Italo Balbo is coming by plane and may arrive in an hour," Italo said.
Chapter completed!