North African battlefield, Tobrug.

The weather is extremely hot, the sun hangs high above the head, and the temperature is almost over forty degrees.

This kind of stuffiness makes people feel even more unbearable.

"The Germans have been silent these days." Klopp said to Vervier in the fortress headquarters in Tobrug.

Now, Vevere has felt uneasy. A large number of German legions surrounded Tobrug. As the commander-in-chief of the British stationed in Egypt, Vevere was quite unlucky to be surrounded by the Germans. If a fierce battle occurs here and he is killed or captured by the Germans, even if he doesn't care, it will bring a heavy blow to Britain.

Now, Britain is in danger and its situation has reached an extremely terrible level.

The Germans destroyed the entire Exeter and shocked the whole world. The Germans already had the ability to destroy a city in an instant!

Now, the Germans remained silent. Do they intend to destroy Tobrug like they did to destroy Exeter?

In Europe, the Germans have to act and drive away the civilians first. However, in North Africa, in such primitive and backward areas, perhaps the Germans would use the most barbaric way?

Thinking of this, he was a little scared, but he knew that he could not slip away.

The Germans were not in close circumference. At least every night, transport planes from Egypt would land near the city to provide them with supplies, and if they needed it, they could take a plane to leave at any time.

However, this will seriously shake the morale of the army. If the defenders know that at critical moments, as the commander-in-chief of the British Army in the Middle East and flee in advance, the soldiers will lose their fighting spirit.

So, he didn't do that.

"General, now the Germans outside the city are slowly retreating." At this moment, Alan Gordon Cunningham, the commander of the British Eighth Army who came here with him, said happily to him: "The Germans retreated!"

The German retreated? How could this be possible? He stood up immediately.

"After all, the Germans came here for a long distance. Maybe their supplies were not smooth?" Fortress Commander Klopp analyzed.

When the Germans came, they were full of momentum and armored troops were overwhelming. However, military bricks had long analyzed that maintaining the operation of such a huge force requires massive logistics supplies. Needless to say, oil is astronomical. At the same time, the German armored troops almost all launched weapons and ammunition demands were quite large.

If the supply is not smooth, they may withdraw!

After hearing Klopp's words, Weiville relaxed a little. If this was the case, it would be great. After the Germans retreated, they should retreat immediately. Before the aid from the United States arrived, they should not continue to attack. They should defend and protect the most important Suez Canal.

At this moment, suddenly, an anxious voice came: "No, no, there are a large number of warships on the sea!"

Outside the city.

"General, our troops have retreated twenty kilometers." General Stletcher, commander of the 5th Armored Division, said to him.

Now, all the German North African legions have landed in Africa and surrounded by Tobrug's periphery, they did not launch an attack immediately because they were waiting!

Waiting for support.

Of course, Rommel also knew the cruelty of street fighting, especially outside the city. A few Australian soldiers taught them a vivid lesson. Facing a group of people who were not afraid of death, the German army would suffer great casualties, which Rommel would absolutely not bear.

So, Rommel asked for help from the base camp, and now, he needs support!

It would be best if the entire city was flattened like Exeter, but this kind of bombing would have a great cost, and Germany would not be worth the cost.

Therefore, a low-cost solution must be used. At Rommel's request, Cialek immediately mobilized the navy to support it.

Unfortunately, the main forces of the German Navy were busy with the plan to land in the UK from Plymouth, which was also Germany's most important strategic action. Therefore, there were not many naval forces that could be drawn, and the main force was only one Earl Spey, which was cruising in the Mediterranean and could arrive quickly.

Therefore, the main force that came to provide artillery fire support this time was the Italian fleet!

When Rommel learned that the Italian fleet had arrived, he immediately ordered his troops to retreat. The results of the Italian army were obvious to all. They even bombarded their North African commander. If any gun fired incorrectly and hit their troops, it would be bad!

So, the German army retreated and gave up enough space to the Italian fleet.

During World War II, Italy always regarded the Mediterranean as its territory. Unfortunately, the Italian fleet had never had any decent results in the Mediterranean, and was almost defeated by Britain.

After all, the British Navy is a powerful existence. In order to chase a German warship, dozens of troops can be mobilized to chase the sea for half a year.

However, now the British Navy is in a slump. When the Juncker-290 bomber over Scapa Bay flew past, the British maritime power era was over.

Britain had to mobilize warships from the colonies several times to support the local area. Even the British fleet in Egypt was quite weak. At most, they would only dare to dispatch at night to provide supplies to Tobrug.

And now, when the huge Italian fleet appeared in front of Tobrug, the Italian Navy was full of energy.

The new Italian Navy Chief of Staff General Rica personally served as the commander-in-chief of the naval fleet, leading a huge fleet to find the bad luck of the British. In the entire fleet, there are four battleships alone!

These include the old Earl Cafur-class battleships, the old Cafur-class battleships, and one new Veneto-class battleship.

Next, there are the proud Italian Zara-class heavy cruisers "Zara", "Fum", "Grazia", ​​and "Bora".

In addition, there are Taranto-class heavy cruisers, Borgano-class heavy cruisers, etc., and more than 30 warships of various types. Now, they are all lined up in line, facing Tubrug on the side.

"Now, I order the shelling will begin immediately!" General Rika shouted loudly in the radio.

"Boom!" The flagship Cafur opened fire first!
Chapter completed!