0p0 Third Reich Episode 330
Third Reich Episode 330
The field hospital of the 24th Division could not fully treat so many wounded, so medical soldiers from the 26th Division of Australia had to be used for treatment.This is barely enough to deal with the seriously wounded. There are no medical soldiers to deal with the lightly wounded. We can only rely on uninjured soldiers and some health workers to bandage them.
Of course, due to the desperate fighting of the 24th Division, it also caused very heavy casualties to the French army defending the city.The commander who joined the 3rd Division of the French Army misjudged the situation and threw all his troops into the battle. As a result, he encountered the cutting-edge troops of the 26th Division of the Australian Army and suffered huge losses.
The situation at Edgelay seemed to be turning more and more in favor of the British as Wavell sent in the last of the Australian troops,
Once Wavell captured here, the French army would no longer have a city that could be used to prevent the British army from reaching the oil fields on the Algerian border.
It only needs to go one step further and break through Ejele, and Wavell will get the oil fields in the border area that account for half of the total oil fields in Algeria!
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In fact, Petain, who was far away in mainland France, was equally anxious about the war on the border like ants on a hot pot.
The southern port of Vichy France was full of French soldiers waiting to board ships to support Algeria.
It's a pity that their navy is not the opponent of the British Mediterranean Fleet, and they are unable to send these native French soldiers to where France needs them most.
The war in Algeria was also somewhat beyond Reinhard's expectations.
According to Reinhardt's initial estimate, it is not difficult for the African French army to resist the British army, at least there will be no major problems in the early stage.
However, he never expected that the British actually thought of buying the internal response to deal with the French army.
Because of the internal support, Wavell took advantage of a lot in the early stage, and Berante was at a disadvantage.
This made Reinhardt, who looked at the situation wrong, motivated to bring together Italy and France to join forces.
After all, Italy's Garibaldi had already lost to the British army in Africa. If France's Berente lost to the British army again, then Africa would immediately belong to the British!
This is a situation that Germany does not want to see anyway.
However, before Reinhardt came forward to make a match, Mussolini and Pétain had miraculously united, which was once again beyond his expectation.
After all, history has become more and more divorced from its original appearance with the birth of the Algerian oil field.
And now Mussolini seems to be a different person. When his dominance is facing huge challenges after failure, he has begun to make a series of decisions that even Reinhardt can't fault.
Yesterday, Mussolini actually ordered the remaining Italian troops in Algeria to fully cooperate with the French army, and sent a report to Algerian Governor Berente, stating that he had the right to shoot Italian soldiers and officers who fled or surrendered instead of Mussolini.
There is also the second point, Mussolini actually ordered the Italian fleet and the French fleet he had always wanted to form a combined Mediterranean fleet, ready to fight to the death with the British Mediterranean fleet.
What surprised Reinhard even more was that Mussolini has been tirelessly giving speeches on Italian radio stations recently, encouraging the low morale of the soldiers and civilians.
When Reinhardt saw these reports about Mussolini, his first reaction was to suspect that he had drunk too much and was hallucinating.
But later he thought about it again, never heard of the precedent of drinking Fanta soda and getting drunk?
Could it be...that guy Mussolini was also possessed by time travel? !
This was not the only thing that surprised Reinhardt even more.
In order to regain air supremacy and deliver supplies to the suppressed Franco-Italian coalition forces in Algeria, Mussolini and Petain even jointly sent a report to Reinhardt, hoping that Germany could support them with more me-109 export aircraft, and related technical equipment.
Because the war in Algeria is a war related to the rise and fall of France in the next 30 years, Pétain, a French hero, once again published an article in front of the public called "We have no way to retreat". In his words, Show determination to fight to the end.
At this moment, many French people seemed to see the French Marshal who turned the tide during World War I again.
In fact, what makes Reinhardt puzzled has its deep rationality and inevitability.
In his eyes, Mussolini suddenly became normal and wise, not because the Italian leader suddenly became enlightened, nor was it because he was transmigrated.The reason why he did the above ideal behavior was because he began to fear losing power and being liquidated by his enemies.
After all, Mussolini had too many enemies, among which the Italian Mafia had a blood feud with him!
There is no way, if it is finally confirmed that all the Italian territories in Africa are lost, no matter how powerful Mussolini is in Italy, he will have to step down.
This is a war he provoked, and France was dragged into the water by him in the final analysis.
Once Mussolini stepped down, it is estimated that he would not live for 48 hours.
Maybe, he would have to be captured and shot by the guerrillas earlier than in history, leaving him dead on the street.
As for Petain, he was afraid that his Vichy France would lose its large oil fields, which would make people's lives more difficult, turn the Germans against them, and be appealed by capitalists with vested interests in the French oil fields.
With oil fields, France's compensation to Germany can be paid with oil, and the oil fields are very close to the French mainland, which can also stimulate the recovery of the French economy.And as long as the Algerian oil fields are there, the lives of the people and the interests of the capitalists in France are still guaranteed, and the rule of the Vichy regime can continue smoothly.
In the same way, if it weren't for the possessiveness of domestic capitalists, Churchill, the war criminal in Reinhardt's eyes, would have received the support of the parliament in the shortest possible time and launched an intensive invasion of Algeria.
However, at this stage of the war, it is no longer just a matter between Britain, France and Italy.
Reinhardt, who has always deceived himself by defending world justice, felt that, no matter for world justice or for the benefit of the Third Reich, at this time, the German army should not continue to watch.
Preparations for landing in the UK are still in progress.It is also impossible for the German army to transport all the troops to fight the landing battle at once-the capacity is not enough.
At this time, since both Vichy France and the Kingdom of Italy have expressed their hope for assistance from Germany, it is better to help others to the end and send a well-prepared and capable army to Africa to participate in this multinational melee.
It's time for the famous German Afrika Korps to move.
In Austria, Rommel's Afrika Korps had already done enough adaptive combat training.
The tanks they were going to use were also equipped with anti-wind and sand filters, and corresponding modifications were made to cope with the desert environment.
The African Army under Rommel's command, counting only its German troops, has a total of 2 divisions.An armored division with an infantry division outside.
The tanks of the armored division are Leopard tanks modified for attacking sand.The infantry division is also equipped with a closed stalker tank destroyer that is naturally suitable for desert operations.
Only giving Rommel two divisions does not mean that Reinhardt is more stingy than Hitler in history, and he is reluctant to give his confidant more troops.
On the one hand, only two divisions were given to Rommel because Reinhardt needed more troops to prepare for the landing operations against the British mainland and to maintain defensive forces against the Soviet Union.Even though he had more troops than the Third Reich at this time in history, it was still not enough.
On the other hand, Rommel had two divisions under his command in Africa, which was quite enough.
The reason is simple, because besides the Italians, his teammates also have Berente's French army.There are more teammates and more reliable than in history, Rommel's pressure is much less, and so many German troops are no longer needed.
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Before the war in North Africa, someone asked Mussolini a question, if the casualties in the North Africa campaign were too heavy, how should Italy bear it.
As a result, Mussolini said to the man with a smile: "This is just right. My Roman Empire can use this opportunity to eliminate all the cowards and weak people, leaving only the bravest part of the people. In this way, the Roman Empire The bloodline of the soldier will be evolved."
Now, that person unfortunately meant what he meant.
Not only did Italy suffer heavy losses in North Africa, but it also almost lost all its territory, including everything in East Africa. The remaining soldiers fled to the French territory to hide.
But Mussolini felt that since Garibaldi told himself that there were more than [-] Italian remnants in Africa when he reported, it meant that the Italian army still had strength in Africa.
If you have the strength, you have to do things. You can join forces with the French to counterattack the British army!
After confirming his alliance with Petain and feeling the crisis, Mussolini delivered a famous speech to the Italian soldiers in Africa, which can be called the best speech of his life: