Nine Hundred and Sixty Six Suez War

On a hot morning when the sun was shining brightly, everyone was dizzy from the scorching sun. ★★◆`.`-.-The temperature on the surface of the ground evaporates the little water vapor left, causing all the scenes near the ground to twist with the violent air tumbling.

There are large areas of desert in Egypt. Although it is nourished and irrigated by the Nile River, most of the land here is still barren and barren. This is a natural desert, a desert of despair.

But in addition to the Sphinx, the Pyramids, and the Nile River in Egypt, there is another well-known place, that is, the Suez Canal. This canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. With this canal, it is enough to make this place a battleground for military strategists.

This Suez Canal has not passed a ship for almost a few months, because the artillery positions of the Third Reich are on the west bank of the canal. Unfortunately, American and British artillery are stationed on the east side of the canal. Everyone refused to let the other party's ships pass, so it became what it is now - no one should pass here...

But the Third Reich does not intend to share this world transportation hub equally with the United States. Rommel's African Army has been silent for a long time, and after accumulating enough fuel for the offensive, it is actively preparing for the battle for the Suez Canal. For this plan, Germany has stored a large amount of ammunition, and Alexandria and the whole of Egypt have provided the German army with a large amount of supplies.

Britain has established arsenals in many Egyptian cities such as Cairo. Although it cannot produce large-scale weapons and equipment, it can maintain tanks and aircraft. And some small workshops can also produce ammunition. Coincidentally, the defeat of Britain and the United States in the Soviet Union gave them no time to destroy these factories, so most of these heritages were taken by the German army.

Alexandria moved the supply line of the German and Italian troops from the distant rear to a position close to the front line. The materials obtained by Germany doubled, but the consumption was reduced a lot because of the shortened road transportation route. Coupled with the slow production of oil from Libya's oil fields, Rommel's supplies have never been so abundant.

So on this hot morning, the German army was finally unwilling to be lonely, and kicked off the prelude to the battle for the Suez Canal. The four German artillery regiments fired violently, completely breaking the tranquil atmosphere, and the shells fell on the embankment one by one, setting off large swaths of gravel.

In a hidden observation post on the front line, an American military officer was startled by the sudden artillery fire. He hurriedly climbed to the observation port and picked up the binoculars to observe the movement on the opposite side, but found that the Germans did not seem to be organizing an attack across the river. . He put down the binoculars, curled his lips and scolded: "Bastard, can't these damn Germans be honest for a while?"

Before he finished his complaints, he saw Germany on the other side of his embankment, and thousands of Italian soldiers, carrying assault boats and rubber rafts, began to rush towards the position of the British and American coalition forces. Behind these Italians, German soldiers began to establish machine gun positions on the river embankment, and mortars and other weapons began to roar, trying to cover these attacking Italian soldiers.

"The enemy is attacking! Hurry up and signal!" The American military officer hastily shouted.

As if in response to his shout, not far from the hidden lookout post where he was, an American machine gun position opened fire suddenly, and the tracer bullets swept across the not-so-wide Suez Canal, knocking several Italian soldiers to the ground.

However, seeing that the opponent's assault boat had been pushed into the canal, and a large number of soldiers had jumped onto the assault boat, the firepower on the American side began to become intensive. The U.S. military officer saw with his own eyes a rubber boat full of Italian soldiers capsized and sank in the river because of U.S. firepower. A group of heavily armed Italian soldiers sank to the bottom of the river before they could struggle a few times.

"Your infantry's attack time has been advanced by 3 minutes, dear Marshal Garibaldi." Standing behind the artillery mirror, Rommel straightened up with a signature smile on his mouth and said, "So my air force has not caught up yet." If you don’t, your people can only face death alone there.”

Beside him, Garibaldi said nothing with his hands behind his back. It is very uncomfortable to witness the massacre of one's own troops. The recent frequent contact with the Germans has disturbed his heart. In the difficult situation, his ambition is also slowly expanding, which makes him unable to concentrate on military command.

Of course, the combat level of the Italian troops is not as high as that of Germany. After all, this is an objective fact. When they fight, they always make such and other troubles. The current unfavorable situation is just a small scene for them That's all.

While talking, the agreed German bomber unit just passed over the heads of Rommel and Garibaldi. These Stukas and -17 bombers, which are full of bombs, are enough to destroy them in terms of numbers and momentum. up. When was it that the German Iron Cross began to rule the skies of the entire world, making all men tremble under their own wings? Rommel saw the German plane passing by the front position, and he slapped the dust on his trouser legs twice with his leather gloves in satisfaction.

"It's all right now, my troops have got cover, and under the cover of your long-range firepower, they will seize the entire Suez Canal." Garibaldi finally let go of his high hanging heart when he saw the Luftwaffe appearing in time. He watched more and denser black smoke columns start to rise from the US military positions in the distance, and the solemn expression on his face began to fade away.

Arranged in a formation that covered the sky and the sun, the formation of German bombers flew over the position where the U.S. Army was stationed. In the opened bomb bay, aerial bombs were dropped one after another. These bombs were in the form of free fall It hit the ground, and then a group of steel and flame flowers bloomed on the ground.

One by one such flowers bloomed on the American positions, and then the shrapnel and shock waves raged everywhere. Many artillery positions that took off their camouflage and fought back were completely destroyed in this battle. These artillery positions misfired instantly, and the attacking Italian infantry suddenly felt the pressure drop sharply.

The German machine guns began to roar, tracer bullets intertwined into a fire net on the river, and the Italian troops on the assault boats lowered their heads as much as possible, praying that they could quickly board the opposite bank. A huge water column rose on the river, and several small boats around were capsized. Soldiers struggling in the water could be seen everywhere, as well as some pieces of wood from unknown boats.

This was a very sudden battle. It was not until the German planes began to bomb the US large-caliber artillery positions that Mountbatten got the exact news from his headquarters. He didn't know how much Rommel's offensive force was. , I only know that this time the other party doesn't seem to be joking.

The information that the Germans are about to launch military operations in North Africa has actually been collected by the U.S. military all the time, including that Rommel began to control the fresh water consumption of the troops a few months ago, including that a large amount of fuel was taken by the German army in the past few months. Hoarding, all these signs indicate that the Germans are preparing for a large-scale offensive in North Africa.

However, the U.S. intelligence agencies did not have an exact statement about where the Germans were going to attack. Some people believed that Rommel was not stockpiling materials, but that German materials began to run short, and Rommel had to control the consumption of troops; others suggested that the United States try its best to strengthen the Suez Canal defense line.

The countermeasure chosen by the United States is actually very simple: desperately strengthen all its defense lines in North Africa, and prepare to let the Germans pay a heavy price when they break through these defense lines: Patton, a general who is good at attacking, was transferred to India, and Mountbatten, who was good at defense, was transferred to India. The general who became the commander of this position.

He managed this place into a big bunker. In addition to laying mines and other means, he also ordered that all oil fields in the Middle East be pre-installed with bombs, and never leave anything for the Germans. After deploying these defensive measures, Mountbatten began to do one of the most caring things-scrambling to transport crude oil to India.

For Mountbatten, all he can do now is to accumulate as many resources as possible for post-war Britain. He didn't know who would win the war in the end, and he didn't know whether the Icelandic Britain he was loyal to would be orthodox.

But he doesn't have to think about it at all. All he needs to do is to search for everything he can find, and then send these materials to the only Britain when peace comes, and that's it. It does not matter whether this Britain is pro-German or pro-American.

"Rommel couldn't bear it after all... I thought he would bear it for a while longer." Mountbatten smiled bitterly, and then said to the staff who came to report the start of the battle: "In the overall situation, Germany is on the Eastern Front. Under tight circumstances, it is not a rational decision to start the North African battlefield."

"General, maybe...it was because Germany began to lack crude oil reserves, so it ordered Rommel to seize the oil fields in the Middle East in a hurry?" The staff officer thought for a while and said, "It is actually extremely unwise to start a two-front war at this time Choose."

Even if Libya's oil fields are producing oil, they can only be Italian oil fields. Rommel's use of Italian crude oil to seize oil fields in the Middle East at this time is actually not a decision without consideration. On the contrary, it is entirely possible that it was a deliberate move by the Supreme Command. As for whether this move is aimed at the United States or towards Italy, we can only ask God.

In May, just as Stalingrad was occupied by Germany, Rommel opened the prelude to the battle for the Middle East.

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