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Mercedes really would not refuse a gift from Rome, and even in her opinion, this gift was absolutely unacceptable to refuse. People are selfish, especially when a mother is fighting for the interests of her son, don't expect her to put away weird ideas. Looking at the peaceful blond baby in his arms, Mercedes' maternal love overflowed like the Yellow River breaking its embankment. So the title of Grand Duke of the Iron Cross was firmly attached to her son's head, no one could move him.

If a person really loves another person with all his heart, it must be his child. Every parent will devote all their love to their offspring, no matter they are poor or rich, no matter they are talkative or reticent, maybe the way is wrong or clumsy, but it is undeniable that they all love their children , without exception.

Of course, Akado knows what Mercedes wants this title for. Once he is on the throne of German emperor with the support of his subordinates, then the title of Grand Duke of the Iron Cross will make Akado's descendants Becoming the legal successor of the German emperor, a mother strives for the best interests of her children, even Akado can't bear to veto this selfishness.

"Okay, Mercedes, don't use the issue of the Bailanhua Group to increase your chips. I really hurt you with the matter of the Bailanhua Group. I promise to give us the title of Grand Duke of the Iron Cross." Isn’t it okay for your son to stay?” Akado sighed and surrendered under the attack of Mercedes.

However, he surrendered, and he finally reminded his wife: "Honey, although I understand your feelings and choose to support your decision, you must know that leaving a fortune to your children will always be inferior to the church. The kids make their own fortunes. I still think that if our kids are really not interested in business and politics, let’s develop other hobbies.”

It is either a tragedy or a disaster for a person full of artist cells to sit on the position of national leader. For example, Li Yu, Song Huizong and Hitler, who we are familiar with, have proved the accuracy of this sentence with their own personal experience.

"Don't worry, the blood of the two of us flows in our child's body. He is the child of Akado Rudolph and Mercedes von Cassia, so his life is destined to be extraordinary!" Mercedes gently brushed the tip of the baby's nose with his fingers, causing the little guy to twist his body and pout his mouth lightly.

It is impossible to say that Akado does not like this child. He has no offspring of his own in two lifetimes, and now he has his own son when he is close to 40 years old. It can definitely be regarded as a latecomer. How could he not like?

This son gave him a real sense of belonging to this world. Looking at this son, he felt that he had finally left his mark on this time and space. So when Mercedes fought for the interests of his son, Akado did not object too much, but chose to nod in agreement.

What can I leave for my offspring?

It is a tradition of Chinese thinking inherited from ancient times. Since Akado has a soul from China, he still very much hopes to inherit his father's career. Moreover, the family background he has worked hard all his life is not weak. Even if a huge empire is eliminated, there is still a business miracle waiting to be inherited.

"Akado, what's the name of the child?" Mercedes asked softly to Akado, still immersed in the joy of happiness.

What is your name? Akado was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly remembered that he had joked with his girlfriend that if he had a son in the future, he could call him Gu Long or Gu Tianle as a spoof. Of course, it seems that this wish is difficult to realize now, because in Germany, the child's name is absolutely not related to Chinese.

If you have to bring an ancient character, it's not impossible. If Akado really went all out and insisted on naming a name with the pronunciation of ancient characters, there is still a way, for example, naming the child Gustav.

It's a pity that this name always reminds Akado of the 800mm caliber super train gun in his impression. That cannon was given to Stalin by Akado and Krupp to deceive the fragile productivity of the Soviet Union, so Akado I don't want my children to be associated with a cannon that doesn't have a good symbolic meaning.

"I don't think it's a good idea... Or? Ask Mr. Augustus?" Akado was stumped by his son's name. Presumably all fathers in the world would be stumped when they named their children. Bar. It seems that there is no name in the world that is worthy of his son.

Mercedes also lost her mind. The names she was very optimistic about were rejected by Akado one by one. Later, she herself found that those names seemed too common for her son, so she had no choice but to Waiting for Akado to give his son a nice name. After such a back and forth, Akado's son's name has not yet been chosen on the third day after the child was born.

While the head of state was racking his brains to think of a name for his son, Akado's confidant, Rommel, was organizing his summer offensive in North Africa.

The hot North African temperature was even more unbearable. Most of the German and Italian soldiers put on shorts, exposed knees and put on leggings to cope with this difficult weather. The working environment of the tank soldiers has become even harsher, and many people even fight naked in the tank without wearing clothes.

Sometimes Rommel really hated the weakness of the Italian soldiers. The fortified line around Tobruk, originally built by the Italian defenders against the British, now took Tobruk almost without firing a shot, and used the Italian fortifications against the Germans.

Rommel asked the commanders of the Italian friendly forces for a topographic map of Tobruk. In the end, the Italians delayed for a week before giving Rommel a rough deployment map. But when Rommel looked at this Italian military map, he couldn't see what kind of mess was painted on it.

Italian Admiral Garibaldi also felt ashamed because of this incident. However, the German army's capture of Malta did make the original long supply line very smooth in an instant. The British submarines and planes seem to have disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea. From mid-April to mid-May alone, Rommel received more than 150,000 tons of supplies, which were the supplies he received in the previous month. 3 times more.

The increased logistical supplies brought Rommel an unprecedented sense of affluence. For the first time, the German mobile artillery unit in his hands could squander shells unscrupulously. Forty Friedrichshafen rockets fired a full 10 salvos at the British defenders in Tobruk.

With the whistling sound of "whoosh", the chassis of the Friedrich rocket launcher shook slightly back and forth with the launch of the rocket. This slight shaking can ensure that the rocket has a very reasonable spread, and finally can cover a larger area at the same time. large area.

The Italians visited this formidable weapon and saw that in a few minutes the ammunition accumulated for several days was exhausted. However, the results of this rocket attack are still very outstanding. On the same day, Tobruk’s British Army reported that no less than 400 soldiers had no time to avoid being killed by rockets, and the remaining about 3,000 were scared by the fierce German artillery fire. Panic.

Rommel attached great importance to developing his own firepower, and he concentrated most of his artillery fire to clean the Tobruk area. Immediately afterwards, he organized troops to infiltrate Tobruk and captured some British defensive positions. His idea is very simple, that is to nibble away the entire Tobruk outer defense line little by little, and ensure that the entire Tobruk area is covered by Friedrich rockets.

Now the German African Army in North Africa can be described as rich and powerful. After about 3 weeks of silence, they have restored the number of tanks to their original level, and even slightly increased them. weakened.

The Australian 1st Division, which is good at fighting, was transferred to the Middle East to prepare for the war because the Turkish troops were extremely active in the Middle East. The American expeditionary force also rested in the hinterland of Egypt due to losses and other problems. The remaining troops in the Tobruk area were only those with low combat effectiveness. Two Indian divisions and one British division with higher combat capability.

Montgomery's front-line troops, especially the front-line troops in the Tobruk area, have been reduced to 3 divisions, only a pitiful 49,000 people, while Rommel has 1,050 tanks at this time, except for the elite 7th armor In addition to the Army, a division of the 12th Panzer Army belonging to the K Group Army was also sent to the North African battlefield. The troops in Rommel's hands were unprecedentedly strong.

This time Rommel put out all the lineups he could come up with, including 70,000 Italian soldiers, and the German-Italian North African coalition attacked Tobruk with more than 100,000 troops.

"General Frederick, your troops are attacking from the front!" Rommel pointed to the map for the final deployment mission before starting the battle: "General Garibaldi, your Italian army is responsible for launching the attack from the south at the same time."

As he spoke, he pointed to the easternmost place on the map with his pointer: "I will lead the armored troops and the mechanized infantry regiment to finally enter the battle from the east and capture the Tobruk Fortress in one fell swoop!"

"Yes!" Admiral Garibaldi and Frederick nodded at the same time. After a month of silence, the North African battlefield became noisy again and once again became the focus of the world's attention.