"I really can't come out!" A German infantry wearing a cold hat put down the telescope in his hand, licked his dry lips, and retreated from the big rock that was hot in the sun.

He dusted the yellow sand on his body and stood beside a German SDKFZ222 4-wheel armored reconnaissance vehicle.

The armored vehicle has also undergone self-upgrading and transformation by soldiers in private, and is full of gasoline barrels. At first glance, it looks like a huge gasoline bomb.

Of course, these oil barrels are not really full of gasoline, and most of them are actually empty.

Even if there is no space inside, many oil barrels contain the most precious fresh water on the desert wasteland. Only a few buckets of gasoline are hung in the safe place behind the car.

The cap of the cool hat blocked the German soldier's eyes. He took out a gasoline barrel from the car, unscrewed the lid and poured the liquid inside the mouthfuls.

Then, his mouth was full of gasoline and he said to the captain leaning against the reconnaissance vehicle: "I haven't seen the activities of British soldiers. It seems that they really don't plan to step out of Matru."

The strong sunlight made the ground hot, and the iron plates on the armored vehicles were also untouchable.

On the hottest days, eggs can be fryed on the sun-exposed mudguards on the armored vehicles.

It is conceivable how sour and refreshing it would be to nest in an armored vehicle that was already extremely hot without air conditioning.

Rommel began planning his own counterattack two days ago. He sent a reconnaissance force to frequently confirm the specific location of the British defenders.

Although Rommel had not received all his supplies at that time, he already felt that the power in his hands could attack.

The current African legion has really grown a lot more than when it came a few days ago. As for the German troops, they received strong support from a mechanized infantry division.

The mechanized infantry division did not complete supplies on the way, but it was equipped with Rommel's favorite things - trucks and tank destroyers.

40 hunter tank destroyers have become the most frontal protection and the most anti-tank capability on the entire North African battlefield.

Although this infantry division was the latest to be dispatched to the North African battlefield, they took a better route, so they would arrive at the same time as the 15th Armored Division from Italy.

The mechanized infantry division was replaced in France, and then sent it to North Africa in one go by France on a French transport ship.

Therefore, the infantry division finally set off, but it was the fastest one among all the troops in Rommel's hands.

And accompanying them were 100 brand new No. 3 tanks from the 15th Armored Division.

With these troops, Rommel finally had the confidence to attack Matru. Now the German army has nearly 30,000 troops in North Africa, and there are more than 200 tanks and 40 tank destroyers!

Of course, another unit that strengthened Rommel came faster! In order to protect the oilfield property, Goering mobilized a night aviation squadron and 120 planes to North Africa.

Also because North Africa's air force is growing stronger, on September 2, Germany established the North African Front Air Force Command.

The command is at the same level as the Aviation Army under the arrangement of Gorene. With this level, the highest commander of the North African Air Force can cross Italy and report directly to Gorene...

Although the navy is still far from reaching (not to mention it is not as good as the whip...), a department dedicated to communicating with Italy has also been established to support North Africa in coordinating various issues.

Similarly, this department is directly under the responsibility of Redell. Although it is slightly smaller in scale and does not have much force than the Air Force, Redell himself attaches greater importance.

This made Rommel's troops and the troops that provide support to him have already been very high in terms of level, and also represented the importance attached by German senior officials to North Africa.

It can be said that after two months of unremitting efforts, crude oil was really produced in Libya's oil fields, which finally moved the strategic focus of the German senior management from the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to the barren land of North Africa.

"Nothing was moving at all? It's really..." The captain was holding a cigarette in his mouth and muttered vaguely.

This armored reconnaissance vehicle belongs to the 15th Armored Division. They went forward to the vicinity of Nira, West Dubai, and did not find the specific location of the main force of the British defenders.

Yesterday they met a British reconnaissance team. Without alarming the other party, they bypassed the British's alert and arrived at this position.

"There should be about 500 British defenders in Nira, West Dubai! But they were not even prepared fortifications." The soldiers who had just used a telescope to observe the enemy situation helplessly talked about what they saw.

Although the United Kingdom nominally recaptured small towns such as Selum and West Dubai Nila, there were not many soldiers stationed in these places... or in other words, very few.

As an Egyptian border city, Selum has no more than one battalion of British defenders, while West Dubai Nila, which is the small earthen city in the distance, has only a maximum of 700 people.

This formation is to form a pyramid, so that when Germany attacks again, it will not be able to launch a large-scale annihilation battle in one breath.

Of course, it is impossible to defend against Nira, West Dubai, in this way.

"There is nothing more! If the enemy doesn't come out, we have nothing more to do." The captain shrugged his shoulders and squinted his eyes at the twisted city in the distance.

Because of the transpiration of the ground, the air is distorted near the surface. This phenomenon can also be seen on the road in summer, and cars are distorted with transpiration.

The commander left the body of the armored vehicle on the shaded side he was leaning against, climbed onto the reconnaissance vehicle, and unscrewed the radio: "Call of the Mountain Rat No. 5! Call of the Mountain Rat No. 5!"

"Mountain Rat No. 5! This is the rat nest! This is the rat nest!" The wireless power, with a strong interference sound, couldn't hear it clearly.

This is also the reason why you habitually say things twice when communicating. The radio-communication effect at that time is incomparable to the current ones.

"The fox ran away! The fox ran away! Repeat once, the fox... ran away!" The captain repeated the agreed code words.

If he reported that the fox ran away, it means that the British did not come out from front of Martruck. If he said that the fox was cunning, it means that the British came out!

"The fox ran away! Repeat! The fox ran away!" On the other side of the radio, the command center code-named Rat Nest repeated.

Putting down the headphones in his hand, the radio operator looked at the commander of the reconnaissance unit behind him: "Sir! The British still show no sign of coming out."

"It's okay!" Before the officer of the reconnaissance unit could speak, Rommel, who was standing beside him, smiled and waved his hand, and said, "It seems that the enemy is also very cautious, this is inevitable."

Before organizing a battle, of course, we must investigate the enemy and see if the enemy has made some stupid mistakes. This is something that must be carried out, and it is a foreplay that every commander will arrange.

During the process of reconnaissance of the enemy, if you discover the enemy's fatal flaw, you must analyze whether this flaw is a trap or a real flaw.

Then arrange whether to attack here or how to use this flaw to gain more initiative.

In fact, the enemy does not always have flaws. On the contrary, both sides of the opponent are more in line with the real situation.

Therefore, it is a blessing to catch the flaws. If you don’t catch the flaws, everyone should continue to live their own lives.

"What? Is there anything wrong?" Looking at the disappointed subordinates, Rommel still had a smile on his face: "Can we never attack if the enemy does not have any flaws?"

"When the enemy reveals its flaws, of course it is a good opportunity for us, but if the enemy does not reveal its flaws, then we can fight normally." Rommel grabbed the phone next to him.

He was about to make a phone call and asked, "Marty Marshal Graziani! The attack began as scheduled! It started according to the combat plan of No. C!"

"Number C? Are the British so cautious?" Graziani was stunned when he heard the plan number mentioned by Rommel on the other side of the phone.

The combat plan of No. C is the tough battle plan for the British defenders to respond to a very intact situation and the German and Italian coalition forces' offensive.

This plan requires Germany and Italy to take steady steps, occupy Selum and capture West Dubai Nila.

Compared with the cool A-based combat plan and the big-open and close siege combat plan, even Italians think this plan is a bit too ordinary.

However, it has to be said that this plan is also the safest and most secure plan, and even the logistics supply is taken into account.

On September 8, the German North African army launched another large-scale attack before Britain could strengthen its Egyptian troops.

Unlike Rommel's first encounter with Matru, this time the German and Italian coalition forces were prepared relatively well.

On the first day of the war, the German vanguard troops broke into Selum and occupied the border town.

Then, more than 40,000 German and Italian coalition forces launched in Egypt and rushed towards the West Dubai Nila, which was abandoned by them ten days ago.

As if it had been waiting for a long time and had already agreed, German newspapers began to spread the word, and Rommel's glorious victory in North Africa this time.

The next day, on September 9 after Rommel captured Selum, German newspapers published news that Rommel occupied Selum.
Chapter completed!