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Chapter 739 The Devil's Paradise

Zhang Chi didn't want to care too much about this matter, after all, it was the Commonwealth Army's affairs.

And to be honest, even if Zhang Chi wants to take care of her, she can't control her. From the Prime Minister to the soldiers, the UK hopes to stop the attack and temporarily enjoy the benefits of this victory and is unwilling to break it too early, so Zhang Chi can do nothing.

Zhang Chi was just worried that in the future, the Commonwealth Army encountered difficulties in counterattacking... the only thing that had to pay was the far card conscript again.

So Zhang Chi said to Ramsden: "Tell them that this opportunity was exchanged for the blood and life of Chinese soldiers. Since you don't plan to seize this opportunity, then next time... don't join the Chinese army!"

"General!" Ramsden wanted to say something else, but Zhang Chi had already stepped on the jeep and left.

Zhang Chi's analysis was correct. In Germany, even an ordinary soldier thought that the British would attack Germany when Alexandria was victorious, and the Italian army suffered a fatal blow, so everyone was nervous and the negative atmosphere of failure permeated the German barracks for the first time.

This is rare, because since the German army landed on the North African battlefield, although the warring sides won and lost, the German army has always maintained high morale, and every German soldier firmly believed that Germany would win the final victory on the North African battlefield.

This is also Rommel emphasized the benefits of offense. Attacking is like beating the opponent in a boxing match. Although the German army had to retreat several times, the German soldiers knew that it was due to insufficient supplies and equipment.

So the German soldiers actually looked down on the Commonwealth Army very much, just like a popular saying in the German army: "Are there many British people? We can beat them ten!"

It is not without basis to say this. The Italian army in the German and Italian alliances have poor combat effectiveness. The entire battlefield is basically supported by 20,000 German troops, while the Commonwealth Army has 200,000 people. This is really a "one fights ten".

But this time...

The German army was defeated with an overwhelming advantage in equipment and military strength, and it was defeated miserably!

In fact, it is not objective to describe it as "overwhelming advantage". There is no big gap between the German army in the Battle of Alexandria and the Chinese army in terms of military strength and equipment.

Air Force: More than 300 aircraft are versus more than 100 aircraft in the UK. Although the German army has an advantage in terms of numbers, the quality of British pilots is better.

Armored Forces: A German Armored Division, the Chinese army is also an armored division, but German tanks are generally more advanced than the Chinese Armored Division, and the German army has more tank combat experience.

Infantry and artillery are even Chinese, and the British army has more advantages.

Of course, what is particularly important here is air supremacy, which puts the Chinese army in a passive state of being beaten.

The reason why German soldiers are described as "overwhelming advantage" is because German soldiers generally have the arrogance of despising the world: they occupy Poland for several weeks, destroy France in a month, and while besieging and bombing the Sun-Dangling Empire, they also launched an attack on the Soviet Union, which can almost be said to be invincible.

The same is true on the battlefield in Africa, where more than 20,000 German troops could fight the Commonwealth Army to find teeth all over the ground.

In addition, the German army has always defeated the Commonwealth Army with weak equipment and troops on the African battlefield, so it is natural that it has a "overwhelming advantage" after gaining some advantages in the Battle of Alexandria.

In fact, the German army did not need to be so arrogant. On the one hand, Zhang Chi used the "Golan Trench" across the era, and on the other hand, the Chinese army was very good at fighting such position defense wars under weak equipment. When they faced the Japanese in China, they were defending against the enemy's planes, cannons and tanks.

If you really want to say "overwhelming advantage", it should be the joint army led by the United States against the volunteer army on the battlefield of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Under that circumstances, the Chinese army can resist the attack of the US military, let alone the current German army!

But the Germans didn't think so.

As the saying goes, "The higher you climb, the worse you fall", because the German army had too high expectations for themselves and psychological expectations, it was a bit difficult to accept failures like Alexandria.

In other words, the victory of the Chinese army in Alexandria was not only a military victory, but more importantly, it seriously damaged the confidence and morale of the German army.

If the Commonwealth Army attacked at this time, the German army would probably have to roll the bed and leave.

But what puzzled all the Germans was that the Germans waited nervously for a few days, and some people were even ready to retreat, but nothing happened and the enemy did not attack!

Rommel was also very confused about this. He couldn't even believe that it was true, because they were two armored divisions... The African Legion lost two armored divisions in the Battle of Alexandria.

The Italian 133rd Armored Division was almost wiped out. Although the German 21st Armored Division was not wiped out, it also lost its combat effectiveness. This sudden change caused two loopholes in the German and Italian defense lines to be vacant. What is more important is what I said before is that the German and Italian soldiers suffered a severe blow.

It's like saying to the British: "Come on, come and beat me!"

But the British did not do that.

He was relieved until the scouts and reconnaissance planes told Rommel that everything was normal and that the British had no sign of attack.

At this time, Rommel couldn't help laughing and said, "They fought like lions, but were led by the stupid donkeys. This is their misfortune!"

Needless to say, who "they" are, they are of course referring to the Chinese army, and stupid donkeys are those British officers who hold the idea of ​​"being in a corner".

From this sentence, we can also see that Rommel is not simple. He can guess what happened to the Commonwealth Army without "super secret".

Of course, Rommel would not miss this rare opportunity. He immediately ordered the troops to organize defense.

Rommel's defense is very simple, that is, landmines, a large number of landmines.

He ordered a long and wide mine belt in front of the defense line. Most mines are powerful enough to blow up tanks and tracks, blow up the bottom of armored vehicles or destroy a car. Three percent of them have multiple devastating lethality, such as a "S" mine nicknamed "Boot Betty", which will trigger and explode into the air of 1.5 to 2 meters to kill enemy infantry.

Later, Rommel simply asked the supply fleet to reduce the supply and even ammunition delivery and instead sent mines. Once the mines were sent to North Africa, they would be immediately deployed to the front of the defense line.
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