Chen Yu and his wife then began a tour of Egypt accompanied by Immorton, while Chen Mo began to mobilize troops to respond to Rommel's offensive.
Regarding Rommel, the desert fox, although he said it lightly and seemed not to take him seriously, Chen Mo still had a deep fear and respect for him in his heart.
After all, he is also a famous general who has left his name in the history of human war. It is still very difficult to defeat this famous general unless he intends to cheat.
Although the British General Montgomery defeated Rommel in the Second Battle of El Alamein in history, this does not mean that Rommel's military talents were inferior to Montgomery.
The failure of the Second Battle of El Alamein was caused by multiple factors, and was also closely related to the situation in Germany at the time.
In the absence of supplies and reinforcements, Rommel expected that the British Commonwealth army would soon be strong enough to launch an attack on his troops.
His only hope was that the German troops fighting in Stalingrad could quickly defeat the Soviet army and then move south through the Transcaucasus to threaten Persia and the Middle East.
This will cause a large number of Commonwealth troops to be sent from Egypt to Persia to help the British defense, so the Commonwealth army's attack on the German army will also be delayed.
At this time, Rommel could urge the top German commanders to provide support for his troops.
Eventually, his Afrika Korps would join forces with the German forces in the southern Soviet Union to defeat the Commonwealth forces in North Africa and the Middle East.
However, due to the heroic fighting of the Soviet Red Army in Stalingrad, it not only held back the strength of the German army, but also shattered the Germans' hope of a quick victory. In the end, the Germans were defeated with their tenacious will and tragic sacrifice.
This not only became an important turning point in the European battlefield of World War II, but also directly affected the situation in the North African battlefield, causing Rommel to lose his only possibility of victory.
However, the Rommel Chen Mo faced now was different, because this time Rommel was not attacking the Suez Canal from the El Alamein area, but advancing from Tunisia to Cairo.
This can't actually be said to be a good choice.
Although after France surrendered, France's colonies in Africa had been reduced to areas controlled by Germany. Together with Italy's colonies in Africa, the Germans' actual area of control and sphere of influence in Africa was not small.
But as long as you open a junior high school geography textbook, you can see that most of northern Africa is a hot desert.
Whether it is the German army or the Allied forces, the only area they can choose to launch an attack is a small area along the Mediterranean coast, and even in this area, the climate is still dry and lacks water. If the soldiers are not adequately prepared, it is easy to
Will die of thirst on the road.
In fact, the biggest problem faced by both the German and Allied forces in North Africa was not the attack from the other side, but the severe pressure on logistical supplies caused by the harsh climate in North Africa.
If it weren't for the fact that Italy was beaten at the beginning of the war, causing the Germans to adjust their strategic direction and not ignore the African battlefield, I am afraid that what Rommel needs to face at this moment is still the same lack of supplies and morale as in history.
Depressed, the soldiers were exhausted by the German army.
But even if Mustache brought him enough supplies and some decent soldiers from France, Rommel didn't have much power in his hands.
Relying on a steady advance, he pushed the German troops to the border of Egypt and made some tentative attacks, but the results were not ideal.
Although the main force of the Egyptian army was sent to Italy by Chen Mo, the local defense was not ignored.
On the contrary, Chen Mo still left enough troops in Egypt, and had been strengthening defenses on the border and building a fairly strong defense line.
The German attack suffered greatly, which made Rommel give up the idea of powerful attacks and sneak attacks.
Although fighting in the desert, the speed of mechanized troops is the key to victory, but in the face of the enemy's solid defense line, it is difficult to achieve the desired effect by relying on the harassment and attack operations of a small group of elite troops.
Just like the German army attacking the Maginot Line at the beginning of the war, it is not a wise move to attack such a solid defense line head-on.
But the African battlefield is different from France, because there is no other Ardennes for him to bypass the enemy's defenses. If Rommel wants to enter Egypt, he must open the defense line on the Egyptian border and tear a gap for his troops.
Entrance.
But this was not an easy thing for Rommel to do.
In addition to the solid defense of the Egyptian army on the front, the harsh climate in Africa was rapidly consuming the physical strength and morale of his soldiers.
As the supply lines of the offensive grew longer and longer, Rommel's troops began to become nervous about supplies. Although he thought of some ways to ensure supplies, they only made a slight improvement in the situation and did not fundamentally reverse the situation.
At this time, the Mediterranean region had been tightly blockaded by the British Mediterranean Fleet and the Egyptian Navy. Although the German army could still transport supplies from France to Africa, all the German navy could guarantee was smooth shipping routes in the Western Mediterranean region.
Once German ships tried to cross the Tunis Strait between Sicily and Tunisia, they would be attacked by the British and Egyptian navies.
This also resulted in the German transport ships transporting supplies being able to be sent to Tunisia. After that, they had to be transported by land. Maritime shipping had already been completely blocked by the British and Egyptian navies.
Carrying out transportation in the North African desert is undoubtedly a mind-numbing thing. Whether it is the consumption on the road or the additional losses caused by the harsh natural environment, only ten supplies can be delivered to Rommel.
Two or three minutes, or even less.
Under such circumstances, although one can rely on steady attacks to accumulate a certain amount of strength to launch attacks every once in a while, there is no doubt that such an attack is a huge drain on the soldiers' condition, and the offensive cannot last long.
As a result, although the German army achieved some results, its progress was extremely slow.
For Rommel, if he wants to open up the situation, he can only accumulate another wave of strength, and then try to use an attack to break through the Egyptian army's defense, and use this as an opportunity to launch an attack on Cairo to contain Egypt's power.
When the German army opens up the situation in other battlefields, or the German navy can break through the blockade of the British and Egyptian navies, it will provide him with the necessary maritime support.
Although it is indeed very difficult for Chen Mo to defeat Rommel, the advantage is undoubtedly on Chen Mo's side.
All he needed to do was to crush him with an upright offensive, leaving Rommel with no room for tricks, and then use superior force to defeat him head-on.
