The Egyptian army did not pursue it, which surprised Rommel. He originally thought that the commander who dared to use the tactic of going deep alone would be bolder.
But he didn't expect that after he transferred his headquarters, the opponent stopped attacking.
This made Rommel feel as if he had really met his opponent. Although the opponent's tactical command level was still far behind him, the opponent was beyond his expectations every time, which made Rommel feel that he was unable to use his power.
Uncomfortable.
He could understand why he felt like this, because what he was facing was not a normal commander. The opponent had not even received orthodox military command training, and was completely a novice's wild style of play.
But it was such a novice's wild approach that every time it went beyond Rommel's predictions based on conventional circumstances.
This is of course not because the other party is strong enough in military command, but because the other party does not follow the rules.
Rommel clearly understood that in the face of such an opponent, if he could not break out of his original thinking, he would encounter situations that were beyond his prediction in the future.
And more importantly, the opponent had means that far exceeded the German army commanded by Rommel, but the opponent did not maximize the advantages brought by these means.
"Is His Majesty the King planning to play tricks on us?" In the new headquarters, Rommel was still lying in front of the map studying the situation at the moment, frowning: "Egypt's navy and powerful air force have not been used, or even
They didn't even mobilize domestic troops, they just used border troops to fight us. This is really contemptuous."
Because the Egyptian army did not continue to pursue, after the troops were defeated, Rommel was able to withdraw all the troops and reorganize and repair them.
Although defeated and routed, Rommel's loss in strength of the twelve divisions was not too great. About one and a half of the twelve divisions were lost.
However, the losses in terms of technical equipment were relatively large. The tanks were basically finished, and about 70% of the artillery was lost. All the troops were basically reduced to ordinary infantry.
Even the original hundreds of aircraft lost nearly one-third, all of which were lost in the process of competing for air supremacy with the Egyptian air power.
It was precisely because of the loss of air supremacy that Rommel completely lost the initiative in the previous battle, and was played a trick of a lone force penetrating deep into his headquarters.
Fortunately, he finally withdrew smoothly and withdrew most of his troops.
The troops were being reorganized and repaired. While Rommel was asking for supplies and soldiers from the rear to replenish the troops, he was also re-summarizing all the intelligence in the hope of analyzing more useful information.
It was precisely because of the compilation of all the current intelligence that Rommel learned that all the people he had been fighting against were the Egyptian second-class border defense troops, and that the Egyptian Navy's aircraft carrier formation was roaming in the Eastern Mediterranean and could attack him at any time.
Conduct air strikes against his troops.
In the previous campaign of the Anglo-Egyptian coalition attacking Italy, all countries in the world saw the overwhelming advantage brought by aircraft carriers' air strikes on land. At the same time, all countries were studying this tactic and how to resist such air strikes launched from the sea.
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Rommel had naturally studied this aspect. After all, if the British and Egyptian aircraft carrier formations launched air attacks on Germany from the Mediterranean or the North Sea, it would be very difficult for the German mainland to deal with it.
Although major cities in Germany have now established air defense networks, they are not very effective in blocking the threat posed by air strikes.
As for the field troops currently commanded by Rommel, not to mention, although they have anti-aircraft weapons, it is basically a dream to build a strong enough prevention and control network.
Therefore, if in the previous battle, the Egyptian army launched an air attack from the sea, or the air force launched an air strike against the German army from the mainland, the losses of the German army would be much greater than now.
Rommel would not think that the Egyptian army could not do this. You must know that when the Egyptian army attacked Italy before, the attack aircraft groups taking off from the mainland bombed the Italian mainland. It should not be too easy to bomb the German troops on the border.
"His Majesty is not looking down on people, he just thinks that you can't defeat him, and using these troops to deal with you is enough." At this time, a voice came from outside the command department, and a young officer wearing an SS uniform left.
Come in.
Rommel looked at the young officer who came in, and the expression on his face suddenly darkened.
This is not because the other party is the SS, nor is it because the other party's military rank is SS Major General, nor is it because the other party may be here to seize his command.
The reason for his gloomy expression was the identity of the other party, the commander of the German SS Second Division's Undead Legion, the Führer's magic advisor, the head of the German Army's Occult Research Department and the director of the Magic Training Academy.
"Erich, what are you doing here? Does the Führer have any orders to convey?" Rommel looked at the SS Major General in front of him. Although he disliked him, he still asked him about his purpose.
Erich looked at Rommel's gloomy face and knew that the other party did not like him, but he still maintained his expression and took out a document from his body and handed it to Rommel: "According to the order personally issued by the head of state, the party
The Second Division of the Guards was ordered to come for reinforcements to help you win this battle."
When Rommel heard Erich's words, his face suddenly turned livid. He was about to get angry but thought of something again. He held it back and opened the document in his hand. When he saw the order personally issued by the head of state, he restrained himself.
He suppressed his anger and said: "Why would the head of state issue such an order? Even if the war fails, your SS troops will not be needed for reinforcements."
"Sorry General, I was just following orders and I don't know what the Führer was thinking." Erich did not deliberately stimulate Rommel's emotions. He knew that because of the Undead Legion, the top brass of the German Army were quite unfriendly to the SS.
But he still said to Rommel: "General, I understand that you don't like the undead army, but I hope you can understand that you are facing an undead master who is countless times more powerful than me. If he is willing,
He can even defeat an entire army by himself.
It is impossible to defeat His Majesty with only conventional troops. You need my assistance, and your troops also need the assistance of the undead army.
If we cannot work together, the empire will lose this war and lose all its territories and interests in North Africa, which will undoubtedly affect the great cause of the head of state."
After listening to Erich's words, Rommel still looked ugly, but in the end, after thinking for a long time, he suppressed his ugly face and extended his hand to Erich.
