My Third Empire

Six Hundred and Seventy-Two Dead End

The voice of the commander of the No. 2 car came from the earphones: "Follow the order, the No. 2 car understands!" So the German armored unit continued to move forward, so fast that it could not even send out the protruding reconnaissance troops to check the enemy's situation.

The last armored vehicle that passed the Leopard tank that was hit by two shells stopped. There were not many soldiers on it, but there were a bunch of strange parts piled up, and the leader of the tank had other members. , has opened the hatch of the tank engine, took out the air filter inside, and lifted it to the armored vehicle that transported the parts. What was then handed over to the armored vehicle behind was two full barrels of precious gasoline.

"Driving in the desert for a long distance, there are only two parts of the tank that are most likely to be damaged. One is the track wear, and the other is that the engine filter is not easy to clean. Keep it as a spare!" The original commander, the No. 1 tank commander, is open-minded. He waved to the soldiers on the armored vehicle, and pointed to his tank with a smile: "Don't worry, there should be no large-scale American routs nearby, and the battalion headquarters is not far behind."

"Then let's go first, don't worry, we will definitely kill a few more American tanks for you! Hehe." The soldier driving the armored vehicle smiled and saluted a traditional military salute, and then drove the armored vehicle to chase his big The troops went.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before the battalion headquarters' cars and armored vehicles followed. Standing on the seized jeep with the Iron Cross painted on it, the German battalion commander looked at the tanks parked by his subordinates on the side of the road, and felt helpless. The officer in charge of the maintenance team was called: "Is there any special air filter for the desert? After replacing it, let this tank drive with the battalion headquarters. The fuel truck will refuel them on the roadside, so don't delay other vehicles on their way!"

In the evening of the same day, the forwards of the German armored forces exchanged fire with Patton's troops again. The two sides invested thousands of combat troops. In the end, the German army won. Once again the troops were lost to the lingering German forwards.

And the place of this battle is already the area near Cairo. Since the British actually controlled Egypt, no other troops have really set foot here. But now this place has become the forefront of the battle, and the battlefield is full of the corpses of at least 500 soldiers from both sides.

In the end, Patton misjudged the situation of the battle for Damanhur. He thought he could capture Damanhur and wipe out the German paratroopers, but he only consumed 2,900 German paratroopers there; In the case that the port has not been occupied, the troops chasing him so frantically.

As a result, he can no longer escape back to Suez unscathed. In order to keep the elite troops in his hands, he had to lose some soldiers again and retreat with the 8th Armored Division and some mechanized infantry.

As for most of the infantry in his hands, they have either been ruthlessly thrown on the flanks of Alexander, and have long been captured by the Germans, or they have been left behind and struggled to go to Cairo.

Most of these people were the British colonial army. They were ordered to defend Cairo to buy time for the counterattack. But in any case, the number of troops that can return to the Suez Canal in Patton's hands will not exceed 30,000, while on the opposite side of them, the proud North African Army has more than 500,000 troops, and the frontline strength is as many as 310,000.

Of course, although Patton is sad now, he still has the capital to make a comeback after retreating. More depressed than him is Montgomery who is trapped in Alexandria. Now he is standing on the bleak dock in Alexandria with his hands behind his back, quietly watching the waves come. Back and forth to wash the port's thick cement pier.

For this middle-aged general who is only 51 years old this year, Montgomery looks a little old, his hair is already gray, and his face is not very good-looking. In the heart of this general who has commanded troops in North Africa and Rommel for half a year, the saddest thing is not that the British Empire, which has dedicated its life, has lost the crucial North Africa, but that the British Empire has lost all its wealth. A deep despair.

It is now the end of October, and Montgomery's 51st birthday will be in a few days. When he was 27 years old, Germany signed the "Treaty of Versailles", and the British Empire is still proud of the world. Invincible, but the former British Empire has become an emperor in exile overseas.

The British exhausted their last traces of blood and bones in North Africa. The materials hoarded in North Africa are actually the last large-scale overseas property of the United Kingdom. The 200,000 British troops in Montgomery's hands are also the last one in the United Kingdom with local troops as their property. Large-scale elite. Now the last bit of confidence for the British is that General Mountbatten has the main force of the 30,000 British troops in India.

"Now, everything is over, we lost, and were defeated by the Germans cleanly." Montgomery said to himself with a wry smile, waiting for his ending is not very optimistic, either he was captured by the Germans and became a guest in the concentration camp. Either flee back to Iceland and be hanged by those officials and lords as an example. In any case, it is impossible for him to lead the army to fight to the death on the battlefield like today.

He looked at the sea in the distance, then turned around, and let the positions billowing in smoke come into his eyes—the Italians heard that the German flanking troops had won a complete victory, and the battle had been upgraded to a new level. Now their The offensive wave after wave, seems to have really recovered the shadow of the Roman Legion's ability to fight well.

But in Montgomery's eyes, there is a little more sentimentality of being fooled by a weak opponent. Because in a corner of his heart, he firmly believed that as long as the Germans did not come, it would not be surprising for the Italians to lose the whole of North Africa. Even he himself found it unbelievable, and unknowingly, he added a strange assumption "the Germans will not come".

It has been two days, and when he saw German bombers and transport planes overwhelming the sky and flying over Alexandria not far from the sea that morning, he knew that the battle in North Africa was over, and they had exhausted their resources. The advantage, since then, the situation has been in the hands of the Germans.

From the time when the Germans defeated the British mainland fleet and landed in the UK, from the time when the Spanish and German troops entered Gibraltar, from the time when the German army captured Malta at all costs and raided Crete, the North African transportation line can only be Bypassing the Cape of Good Hope, I managed to survive.

It was also from that time that the United Kingdom and the Americans in North Africa have been eating their own money. In order to maintain the fundamental interests of the United Kingdom and the United States in the Middle East, the United Kingdom, the United States, France and other countries have deployed a large number of troops near the Middle East. An arsenal was built to reduce the cost of stationing troops-as a result, these things are now consumed by the Germans. Maybe the Americans may add a little bit, but the British troops who lost their homeland are indeed exhausted.

Behind him, parked in a phalanx, the abandoned Matilda tanks. These tanks have already fallen in the mainland and cannot be repaired in time. Most of them are caused by engine and gearbox failures, and they are parked here waiting for parts shipped from Cairo and other places. No matter how far away, there are already soldiers pushing tanks and armored vehicles that are not repaired well off the pier and sinking into the bottom of the sea to cause some trouble for the Germans who are about to occupy here.

"General! The flagship of the fleet is calling, saying that they will take away the British fleet that is willing to leave, and ask you when you will board the ship. The fleet is going to India, and then it will be assigned to the Indian Ocean Fleet to continue fighting there." A staff officer walked from a distance Come on, his voice is a little dry, it seems that these dozens of hours of torture are unforgettable for every British person in Alexandria.

"I won't go on board. After all, someone has to stay and be responsible for this war. I think I'm the best candidate." Montgomery smiled wryly, and said, "You tell those British officers who are going to India , Don’t listen to the stupid things the Americans say about sticking to Suez. The homeland is lost. Even if we stick to Suez, we can’t change anything. It’s serious to stick to India, an obedient place!”

"But General, what about our interests in the Middle East? If we give up the oil fields, we are really doomed..." After saying this, the staff officer didn't know what to say. Now the British Empire is about to lose too much , which one is not important?

Although the hostile activities against the division of Germany, Italy and Turkey in the Balkans are very frequent now, and both Turkey and Italy are caught in endless guerrilla wars, when the dust settles here in North Africa, the Balkans will be completely surrounded by these countries. With the support of outside forces, the resistance movement here must not last long.

North Africa changed hands, Egypt was lost, and the Suez Canal became the front line. In this case, the British Empire’s government-in-exile’s control over the Middle East and India will continue to decline. When the Germans really get involved in the Middle East one day, presumably the nearby British forces It will be wiped out immediately, and the British government-in-exile can rely on only a poor Canada. It is hard to say whether it will be sold to Germany by the United States, let alone counterattack the British mainland.

"The things you are worried about are all after I died here, so I can't care about it anymore." Montgomery squeezed out a smile, stretched out his hand and patted the staff officer's shoulder: "The road is not smooth, It is not a day or two for German submarines to lay mines near the Suez Canal... When you arrive in India, remember to say hello to General Mountbatten for me, and thank him for his spared support on the North African battlefield!"

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