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    Chapter 209 North African Hurricane

    It is a characteristic of this era that advanced European and American technologies were first used for civilian purposes. After the end of World War I, the victors in Europe and the United States seemed to have lost the courage to fight. It was not until the Germans blocked the door and beat them that they remembered  To fight back.

    The appeasement policy of Britain and France was a complete failure. Britain was trapped on an isolated island until the United States entered the war.  Unexpectedly, the Japanese navy violently killed the US Pacific Fleet, and Australia and the US military helped defend it. India could only do it on its own.  The formation of the British-Indian army requires a large amount of weapons and equipment. Although the United States' productivity is strong, isn't there no ready stock?  Only China can provide the equipment that Britain desperately needs.  So now Britain is demanding China. In the history of parallel time and space, didn't the British army retreat to India entirely by betraying the Chinese Expeditionary Force?

    In this time and space, Britain does not have this opportunity, and even Myanmar has been given away.  What Churchill hoped for most was not the equipment from China, but the Chinese government to join the allies and fight against Japan.  In order to achieve this goal, Churchill was willing to do whatever it took.  Because of this, Zhuang Sen did not beat around the bush and completely gave up the inherent reserve of the British.

    "The United Kingdom should have the technology that China needs. Even if the United Kingdom does not have it, the United States should also have it. President Fang, an alliance between Britain, the United States, and China is in China's best interest. In the future world, the United Kingdom will dominate Europe, the United States will dominate the Americas, and China will dominate  Asia. The free world unites to lead the world order, which is in China's interest." Johnson talked about interests very directly, and also mentioned British Prime Minister Churchill's vision of the post-war world pattern.

    Fang Jianxiong was secretly amused.  Even though the US imperialists were involved in the war, Britain still wanted to dominate Europe after the war?  Who are you lying to?  Even Britain was unable to dominate pre-war Europe.  Now I am blocked at the door and beaten, just like a dying patient. I am hanging on to my life by relying on the ginseng of the United States, and I dare to say anything about dominating Europe.  Even if China can agree, can the US imperialism agree?  Isn't Churchill's wishful thinking just to use the United States to fight Germany and pull China to fight against the post-war United States?  This set has been played once after World War I. Do you still expect to replicate the results after World War I?  How whimsical!

    "Last time I made it clear that there can only be one winner between China and Japan. My attitude is still the same now. However, China is not ready for a two-front war. China needs time to form new troops." Fang Jianxiong's  The attitude was the same as last time. Johnson was somewhat relieved, but he soon became worried: "Japan is likely to attack India! The British government needs help."

    Fang Jianxiong looked surprised and said: "What? Is the UK even worried about not being able to defend India? Our country has a mechanized army and two infantry armies in Myanmar. The Japanese army can only go to India by sea. With Japan's maritime transportation capabilities, once  The maximum force that can be delivered to three divisions is the limit. Could it be that the British army stationed in India couldn't resist even three divisions? Besides, India is such a big country. The three Japanese divisions would have to fight independently for at least a month to get it.  Reinforcements from home, right?¡±

    To be honest, it is a shame that the majestic British Empire has fallen into this state.  Now is not the time to show off, Johnson can only tell the truth: "After our army defeated the Italian army in Africa, the German army landed in Africa. Rommel had three armored divisions under his command, with a total strength of about 300,000. The Suez Canal is too important.  We had to transfer some troops from India. Now new troops are still being formed. And there is a serious lack of equipment. The British Empire needs help from China. If possible, what the British most want to see is a Sino-British alliance, and the Chinese army directly comes from the land  Attack.¡±

    Speaking of this, Zhuang Sen still kept mentioning the Sino-British alliance.  Not even mentioning the entry of Chinese volunteers into India.  Britain is already heartbroken about abandoning Myanmar.  It is really unacceptable to allow Chinese people to enter India again.  In short, Zhuang Sen's mission is to obtain help from China. The bottom line is that Chinese troops will not enter India in any form.

    "The equipment issue is easy to handle. We have seized a large number of weapons and ammunition from the Soviet army. We can provide your country with equipment for three infantry divisions. We can also provide your country with 200 122mm howitzers and 200 T26 tanks.  We could have provided more, but a lot of equipment is under repair and can only be provided to your country one after another." Fang Jianxiong was rarely generous this time and did not ask for money. This is not a conscience discovery. The main reason is that these equipments are  It was used to fight Japan. Anyway, these equipment were given to the British. Even if some of them fell into the hands of the Japanese army in the future, there would be no ammunition to replenish them, and they would soon become scrap metal.

    "Thanks to the Chinese government for its help. I want to know what the UK will pay for this?" Zhuang Sen couldn't believe his ears. This guy who always only talks about benefits must have forgotten to mention the benefits.

    "Please tell Prime Minister Churchill that these equipments are provided free of charge by China. Since the Chinese army is not yet ready to go to war with Japan, even if these equipments are?Express a little apology.  Prime Minister Churchill, please rest assured that the alliance between China, Britain and the United States is the general trend, and the free world will surely dominate the entire world order.  "Fang Jianxiong's words made Zhuang Sen very excited. After being deceived and leaving, he suddenly thought, can this return to the country satisfy the Prime Minister?

    Of course Churchill was dissatisfied, but he had no good solution.  We can only urge Johnson to speed up the pace of contact with the Chinese diplomatic department, obtain the weapons and equipment provided by China as soon as possible, and ask Johnson to strive to allow China to join the allies within six months.  At the same time, the intelligence agencies were also instructed to find out as soon as possible what technologies China wants to obtain from Germany.  As long as Britain has it, it will be provided to China for free, and China must not be allowed to join Germany.

    After finishing his business in China, Churchill turned his attention to Africa.  The battlefields in Africa were mainly concentrated in North Africa. France's colonies in North Africa were Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, Italy obtained Libya, and the United Kingdom occupied Egypt.  This was the pattern before the war. After the outbreak of World War II, the French army was swept by the German army. The British huddled at home and struggled to persevere across the English Channel. The British army in Egypt only had 50,000 people. Mussolini thought he had an opportunity and gathered 250,000 troops.  From Libya to Egypt.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that when the aggressive Italian army actually started fighting, it turned out to be a scumbag with a combat effectiveness of five.  Let Wavell command the British and British Indian troops to defeat them and return.  The British army took advantage of the situation to pursue and occupied Cyrenaica.  Seeing that the Italian army was about to be driven out of the sea by the British army, Mussolini had no choice but to shamelessly ask Hitler for help.

    Hitler originally wanted to send troops to Africa, but Mussolini did not agree at first, fearing that the German army would occupy the magpie's nest.  I don¡¯t want my army¡¯s fighting skills to be too advanced. Not to mention the British army, even the British and Indian troops can¡¯t defeat it.  This is so embarrassing!  You must know that the Italian army is armed to the teeth. Wavell only has 50,000 British and Indian troops plus 4,500 Sudanese defense forces.  Moreover, the British tanks still used local methods to build a few armored vehicles covered with iron sheets, and the cannons only had two antique howitzers.

    so.  Hitler's life was really miserable when he had such a pig teammate.  Fortunately, in this time and space, Stalin did not have the energy to tease his mustache in Romania, and the mustache did not start to tidy up his mustache first. He was focused on crossing the sea and destroying Britain.  The duration and intensity of the Battle of Britain far exceeds that of alternate history.  Moreover, Germany also drilled oil in Bavaria, proving that the information provided by China was accurate.  Now President Fang claims that Italy, the occupier of Libya, one of the largest oil fields in the world, has sent a distress signal. Hitler, who originally planned to go to Africa to seize oil fields and then cut off the Suez Canal, agreed to Mussolini's request.  Because there was no Soviet battlefield, Hitler was able to send more troops to Africa.  Of course, Mustache¡¯s promise to Mussolini was not in vain.  Conditions were put forward that would embarrass him: Grazinha would be dismissed from his post and command of the Italian army in North Africa would be given to Rommel.  Mussolini pinched his nose and accepted!

    Rommel was ordered to see Hitler. In the office, Hitler threw a British magazine to Rommel, pointed at the proudly smiling Lieutenant General Richard O'Connor on the cover of the magazine and said: "General, please give him to me."  Drive away from Africa, I don¡¯t want to see his shadow again! I will wait here for your news.¡±

    The mustache is very crisp.  Rommel also performed a standard military salute simply and neatly, then turned and left.  After accepting the order, Rommel immediately took a plane to North Africa. He first overlooked the land of Africa from the air and found that the Italian army was probably defeated by the harsh climate conditions of the desert.  I couldn't help but secretly despise this pig teammate.  After staying in Libya for so many years, I still haven't adapted to the African climate.

    Hitler quickly mobilized his troops.  The Fifth Light Armored Division was the first to land in Africa. Without waiting for the follow-up troops, Rommel took the Fifth Light Armored Division and two soy sauce Italian divisions to confuse and frighten the British troops in Benghazi. The British troops stationed in Benghazi were  The British 2nd Armored Division and the 9th Australian Division were directly intimidated by Rommel and ran away leaving Benghazi behind.

    With Rommel in hot pursuit, the British Second Armored Division ultimately failed to escape the fate of being wiped out, and captured Lieutenant General Richard and O'Connor who swept across the Italian army.  When the captured Richard O'Connor was brought to Rommel, he asked unconvincedly: "How did the general attack without stopping in a short period of time?"

    Rommel smiled and replied: "My orders to my subordinates are always to attack! Attack all the time! Every machine gun in the hands of my subordinates may only have the last bullet belt left. Have you ever thought about this?"

    O'Connor lowered his once proud head and blamed himself with regret. It would have been better if he could have persisted for a few more days.  It's a pity that there is no if in the outcome of the war, victory or defeat is the outcome.  Rommel, who won the first battle, quickly received new troops, and another armored division was transported to Libya. Rommel immediately launched an attack on Tobruk. Churchill sent an urgent message to Wavell: "We will defend Tobruk to the death and will never allow the idea of ??retreat."  .¡±

      A month later, what Churchill received from this telegram was that Tobruk was lost and 33,000 British and Indian troops were captured, including 10 generals.  He is visiting the United States, discussing with Roosevelt, and seeking to draw China into trouble.  When Roosevelt received the telegram, he read it and handed it to Churchill in a daze. It read: "Tobruk surrendered and 25,000 people were captured." Churchill's face was dull and he could not speak for a long time.  It was this telegram that prompted Roosevelt to send U.S. troops to Africa in advance to help the British army fight.  For Britain and the United States, it is acceptable to withdraw from Libya, but Egypt must not be abandoned.

    The murderous Rommel was once again reinforced by an armored division. In order to obtain the oil fields in Libya as soon as possible, Hitler spent a lot of money and successively sent three armored divisions and ten infantry divisions to Libya, determined to conquer the British in one breath.  People rush across the Suez Canal.  Of course, before this, Hitler promoted Rommel to German Field Marshal!

    In a command vehicle 1,500 kilometers away from Berlin, Rommel was taking the time to sleep. He was too tired.  A group of his staff gathered around the radio and listened to a special broadcast from Berlin.  The announcer announced in a measured voice: "The F¨¹hrer's Headquarters, the F¨¹hrer announced that General Rommel has been promoted to Field Marshal of the German Army!"

    The sound of the staff cheering around the radio did not wake up Rommel who was sleeping. After waking up, Rommel was surprised and happy when he learned the news. He wrote this in a letter to his beloved wife:  "For me, becoming a field marshal is like a dream."

    Facing the unstoppable Rommel, Churchill first removed Wavell, who always opposed him, and then sent a new general Auchinleck to Egypt, hoping that he could block Rommel's fierce attack. At the same time, the U.S. Army Armored Corps  The Second Division also rushed to Egypt. Division Commander Patton had just returned from China and was still on a short vacation when he was rushed onto the ship.

    The British intelligence agency also did a very remarkable thing. They used a submarine to send several killers ashore, and then carried out a beheading operation on Rommel's headquarters!  Unfortunately, the British were very unlucky. The carefully planned operation was in vain because Rommel was not at the headquarters. All intelligence personnel involved in the operation were killed, and they only succeeded in killing 5 German staff officers.

    After the assassination failed, Rommel rushed back to his headquarters. Instead of being angry as expected, he ordered the bodies of all British operational personnel to be cleaned and photographed. He sent people to send these photos to Auchinleck, who was fighting against him.

    Auchinleck thought he had figured out the details of Rommel, and assembled 75,000 people to launch "Operation Crusader." The British army took the initiative to attack, and more than 1,000 tanks from both armies combined to fight to the death in the rolling yellow sand.  At the critical moment, Rommel decisively committed the final reserve force, the 15th Armored Division.

    The torrent of steel rushed towards the British position. In the drizzle, all the tanks had to put on their hatches. An officer stood upright on each convertible car. The soldiers were loaded with live ammunition. The tanks opened the way in front, and the cars carried infantry to accompany the attack.  .

    The British army was suffocated by this momentum. They came to their senses and fired fiercely. One officer was hit and fell down, and another officer immediately stood up.  Every German officer represents an indomitable momentum.
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