On the battlefield now, the entire structure is really interesting, just like a giant burger, layered on each other.

Starting from the direction of Tobrook, the Italian rescued prisoners were waiting on both sides of the road, hoping to get help from friendly forces.

Behind them, the defeated British stragglers were trying their best to attack Rommel's infantry squad.

Rommel's infantry detachment was preparing to attack the British troops near Bairdie, and had already launched an assault in some areas.

The British troops near Bairdie were busy retreating, fearing that they would be surrounded and attacked near Bairdie.

The Italian army, who were originally surrounded by Baird, was shocked to find that someone outside the city fought with the British, and the scene was in chaos...

Next to this huge giant burger, as a pack of ketchup, the German armored forces are preparing to join the chaos of this mess.

In such layers of chaos, both sides no longer know whether they are surrounded or the enemy is surrounded by them.

"The offensive order cannot be cancelled!" Rommel put down the telescope in his hand and ordered the officers around him.

He observed the British army behind him attacking him with his own eyes. He found that these British soldiers did not have any heavy weapons and the offensive organization was not very experienced.

Under such circumstances, it is obvious that the British soldiers behind him have a relatively small threat to Rommel's place.

So he doesn't have to waste his precious time for these unfatal threats behind him.

"Let my guards and two existing companies resist the enemy's attack here!" He pointed to the place where the fire was constantly being opened and added.

These troops have almost one battalion of troops in total. As a defense side, it is almost enough to resist the British scattered retreating troops.

Rommel intends to devote all the remaining troops to the attack on Bairdie, where he wants to defeat the British army and then go back to Egypt.

After arranging the blocking mission behind him, Rommel signaled his subordinates not to care about the battles behind him.

He turned around, pointed to Bairdi's direction, and continued to arrange the attack mission of the main force: "The attack to the east must start immediately! The armored forces have now taken action!"

"Concentrate all the heavy weapons that can be found, focus on bombarding the opponent's left-wing troops... and strive to defeat them! Then encircle them!" He looked towards his right wing and issued an order to continue fighting.

Soon, the five 88mm cannons in his hand began to shoot at the enemy's positions.

"Where is the seized Italian artillery? Also open fire!" The officer in charge of artillery fire support looked at the effect of the bombardment and shouted to the people around him.

He didn't know that the tone of his voice just now and the content of his shouting was really the same as the classic Italian cannon joke of the second battalion commander.

Along the way, Germany helped the Italian soldiers recover a lot of weapons and equipment, and many of them were thrown directly on the roadside because the German soldiers looked down on these rags.

However, several Italian 105mm caliber old field guns with shells and transport trucks were attracted by the Germans.

Because Rommel was moving forward in a hurry, he did not carry much firepower support.

So when he saw these seven complete sets of Italian artillery captured by the British, Rommel ordered his troops to find ways to bring these weapons.

Of course, because of this, Rommel now has 7 Italian field artillery, and it is a field artillery operated by infantry.

You read that right! Yes! It is an infantry manipulated cannon! Rommel does not have professional artillery yet. Due to transportation constraints, the artillery units of the 15th Armored Division are still waiting for ships to go out to sea in southern Italy.

So when these 105mm caliber howitzers fired, an embarrassing thing happened - these cannons could only fire in a daze, which would deter the enemy.

As for precise shooting, no one will expect it. The only thing worthy of gratitude is that because the battlefield is already extremely chaotic, no one has carefully analyzed these random shells.

Rommel began to shell the British positions head-on, and both General Wewell and Lieutenant General O'Connor felt that their troops were in a very dangerous situation.

Admiral Wewell saw several shells falling on the British army's positions and believed that the German army was ready for attack, so he ordered the abandonment of his plan to attack Bairdie.

If he risked his fight against Rommel's frontal army at this time, the end of the war might have been rewritten by him.

But Lieutenant General O'Connor was afraid that his troops would be severely damaged again, so he rushed back to General Wewell's command.

"General! We must retreat now. If we waste time at this time, we may be completely surrounded by the enemy!" As soon as he entered the office, he said to General Wewell.

Of course, General Weiville also knew that his current situation was very bad. If the Germans really attacked each other on both sides and Bairdine's Italian army, the British and North Africa's forces might be in a catastrophe.

Therefore, General Weiville gave up his plan to insist here and issued an order to help Rommel disrupt the situation: "I know! Give up the baggage... don't clean up, leave here first!"

He gave up his resistance and immediately retreated from the battle, which immediately put the British army near Baird into a more chaotic situation.

The troops that had just been organized and had some combat effectiveness collapsed again with this order.

The troops with strong mobility began to leave quickly in cars, and they lost countless baggage.

After all, the supply in the UK is much better than that of the Italians, so the more things are transported to the periphery of Bairdie.

These things have now become garbage discarded by British soldiers, or simply become roadblocks that hinder their retreat.

Because of this, the British soldiers who are now eager to retreat here have left behind a large number of "broken ******** that make the Germans jealous, such as mountainous tents, digging trenches, and some trucks with only some minor problems, which are discarded on the roadside.

Of course, there is fresh water with a smell of gasoline, and some gasoline that were abandoned before they could be blown up. What makes everyone most happy is that there are mountains of food...

When the German infantry rushed into the British defensive positions, it seemed like Christmas was being celebrated.

General Weiville retreated, he ran away, and ran without hesitation. According to his thoughts, he wanted to use the same trick again and retreat to Matru in one breath.

In his retreat plan, retreating to Matru can lengthen the enemy's fragile supply line and immediately receive support from the 6th Australian Infantry Division that has been partially arrived.

With this prerequisite, Wavere ordered his army to start retreating, which is actually not a completely wrong approach.

At least before, when facing the attack of the 10th Italian Legion, he used this move and indeed gained the initiative on the battlefield.

But the tragic thing is that Weiville forgot that the army in front of him had been replaced, not the Italian army with weak mobility.

These German troops could chase Baird from near Tobrook to Baird, and they seemed to be able to fight from Baird to Matrul in one breath.

Whether the British troops taken by General Wewell and Lieutenant General O'Connor can successfully retreat to the Egyptian border and arrive at Matru is not yet known.

But another thing is now very clear - after he retreated, all the British scattered troops left behind by Rommel have now lost their support and logistics supplies.

The British army scattered behind Rommel's troops could not organize an effective counterattack, nor could they return to the vicinity of Bairdie to get their supplies and supplies.

The British army, which had no ammunition and food and was scattered and messy, finally decided to give up their resistance. They surrendered to any enemy they could find and handed over their weapons to the Italian captives who had no gun.

Within one day, at least 5,000 British soldiers surrendered to the Axis army. General Wewell's compass operation, because of Rommel's early joining, turned into a tragedy of winning first and then losing.

Almost 12,000 British soldiers were killed or captured in this battle, and at least 25,000 Italian prisoners were rescued by Rommel's troops.

At this stage of the battle, it can no longer be said that Italy lost - because at least in terms of losses, the British's losses were enough to satisfy the Italians.

Unlike the cruel Eastern Front in history, the battlefields in North Africa are still full of medieval knight duels: the two sides fight, and then the losers surrender, and everyone can even have dinner politely together...

Rommel decided to let his armored troops go alone to hunt down the retreating British troops, and he himself took a day off near Baird, with the already slightly tired and captured enough captive British infantry.

He was also worried about the safety of his rear transport line, and the counterattack of British scattered infantry behind him forced him to consider the issue carefully.

If he is eager to make a move and the opponent cuts off the supply in the chaos, it would be bad. After all, although the tank troops are easy to use when attacking, there is no difference between waste iron without supplying oil.
Chapter completed!