After nightfall, Berlin gradually became quiet. Thanks to the strengthening of anti-aircraft attacks and the heroic guarding of the fighter troops at night, the people of Berlin had not heard the air defense alarm sounded for half a month, but no one dared to take it lightly. The light control order was strictly implemented, and the sparse light would make people feel like they were in the suburbs.

At the intersection of Voss Street and William Street, the towering and towering guards outside the Imperial Prime Minister's House and a large number of arrivals showed that there were high-standard meetings here. Under the marble relief of the Imperial Eagle holding a garland of 10,000 characters, there were officers and soldiers of the guard flag team performing security inspections. Only by obtaining their approval can you enter smoothly.

Today, a grand medal award ceremony will be held here, and the head of the empire personally awarded the war heroes who have emerged in the recent period. The most eye-catching of the imperial highest honor is the award of the Diamond Oak Leaf Double Sword Knight Cross Medal (theoretically, the Great Iron Cross Medal is the highest level, but because this medal has been issued only once and the object of awarding is the fallen Hermann Goring, the Propaganda Department has downplayed this). This medal has been awarded only three times since its establishment. Coincidentally, the first three times were awarded to the Air Force officers and soldiers, and the two to be awarded today also belong to the Air Force. The two winners are fighter pilots, and even the ranks are exactly the same - they are all lieutenants of the Air Force. With the strong publicity of the Propaganda Department, they have long become household heroes in the Empire.

One of them is Hans Joachim Marceyu, an air force hero on the North African battlefield, and the other is Herman Graf, an air force hero on the Eastern Front battlefield. These two are currently the only 200 shot down record holders in the Imperial Air Force. The record is only the weakest gap between them - one. In addition to these two highest-level winners, there is also a group of air force fighter jets, and the bomber heroes won the second-level honors of the Double Sword Oak Leaf Knight Iron Cross and the Oak Leaf Knight Iron Cross.

The commanders of the wing where these Air Force heroes are located are very considerate and satisfied. Considering that they are going to return to China to receive honors and take vacations, they simply assigned the task of returning to China to serve as reserve pilot training instructors, so that they can have enough time to handle various private affairs. A large number of ace pilots gathered together to exchange their respective experiences and experiences in air combat, and at the same time quickly improve the combat skills of reserve pilots, which made the Air Force Chief of Staff General Yeshunnek, who was in charge of the training, smiled happily.

Since the recipients were mainly members of the Air Force and the Alamein Campaign, the ceremony was hosted by Marshal Keselin, the first deputy commander of the Air Force who had just returned from Italy and commander-in-chief of the Southern Front. Bowman, Goebbels, Keitel and other senior officials of the Empire accompanied Hoffman to attend.

Before the ceremony began. Looking at so many air force heroes participating in the award ceremony, Marshal Keselin couldn't help but sigh to Hoffman: "The Air Force is truly a strong fortress of national socialism. These achievements were completely obtained under the wise leadership of the head of state."

"Marrior Kesselin, don't always say something insincere. I know you envy this medal, too." Hoffman looked at the Air Force Marshal who was reluctant to let go of the exquisite medal in his hand and joked, "As long as you manage the southern line well for me, you and Guderian will have such a medal at that time."

"Uh..." Marshal Keselin, whose mind was seen through, made a big fancy face, his face turned red with a "brush". The people next to him were all happy.

"How is the situation on the southern line? Are there any problems with Guderian? How perfect is Tobrook's defense system?"

"If you are in trouble, the head of state is concerned. Everything is normal in North Africa." Kesselin introduced the recent actions of the African army.

After returning to Tobrook, Guderian made drastic adjustments to the troops. First, he obtained Hoffman's consent to dismantle the 90th Light Division, which Rommel had originally set up due to insufficient weapons and equipment. He divided his armored troops into the 15th and 21st Armored Divisions, and placed the infantry units into the 164th Infantry Division. Except for the division commander who transferred to the Italian Southern Line Command to serve, the remaining division personnel were successively transferred to relevant departments of the African Army. After these new forces were supplemented, Guderian's staff and logistics team were further improved. In addition, Marshal Kesselin continued to replenish troops and equipment for the front line, and finally reorganized the troops and added them to a relatively ideal state.

The defeated Italian soldiers rescued by Guderian on the coastal highway returned to the country. Only a complete Italian paratrooper brigade was left on the Tobrook front line. This brigade was completely trained by German instructors. To date, some German instructors are still in charge of the fascist members. Most of the soldiers are members of the fascist, with strong combat power and fighting spirit. In addition, paratroopers have always been under the jurisdiction of the air force and are much stronger than ordinary Italian army units. Guderian regarded them as important forces and left them. Then the 4th Armored Division also received good news. Marshal Manstein, the commander of the Southern Army Group, sent out all the seizures of the Southern Line over a year. After improvement and refreshing by the Ministry of Military Affairs, Tobrook brought 78 T-34 vehicles in one go. Therefore, the American intelligence was very accurate. The African army had 200 T-34 vehicles, or to be precise, a total of 221 vehicles.

Now Guderian's troops have finally been more abundant. After a series of reorganizations and additions, the African Army currently includes three complete armored divisions (4th, 15th, 21st), a complete armored brigade (Flying Fortress Armored Brigade), an infantry division (164th Infantry Division) and an Italian paratrooper brigade, plus some remaining troops and air force forces, the total strength has been restored to nearly 100,000, and has 800 tanks and 5 air wings. It has improved a lot compared to his embarrassment when he first took over. Although the troops are still a little less, their combat effectiveness and technical equipment are completely incomparable - it can be called the strongest moment in the history of the African Army.

"Montgomery is still quarreling with Churchill?" Although the intelligence department did not know the specific telegram content, it was known about the extremely frequent telegram exchanges between Egypt, North Africa and the London Triangle, so Hoffman had this speculation.

"I don't know how to coordinate between North Africa and London. Now Montgomery leads the main force of the 8th Army to move westward, but he is very cautious. The large troops are all together, with more than 50,000 troops in each direction, and are not impatient and aggressive. Alahman has successively deployed a lot of troops to protect the logistics line from Cairo. They seem to be adding troops and equipment, and there is no sign of attacking our army at present. The African army itself is busy adding and adjusting, and cannot make any moves in the short term. Guderian is determined to wait a little longer to see if there is any chance to pounce on and take a bite."

"Montgomery can't be too comfortable, I have to find an opportunity to beat him up." Hoffman said. "If I can find an opportunity to eat 1-2 more armored divisions, with his cautious attitude, he will be drawn by the troops behind him."

"He may also be frightened and retreated."

"No, this is absolutely impossible. Churchill brags in the world media that he won the battle of Alahman, how could he allow him to retreat easily?"

"I understand what you mean, and I will convey it to General Goodrian after I go back."

"How is our old friend Mussolini? He called me three times in a row to accuse Guderian of sacrificing his troops at will. If he could give orders, Guderian's head would probably not be able to be saved." After listening to the introduction of the African Army, Hoffman changed the topic and asked about the situation in Italy.

"He complained to me, but I ignored him." Keselin raised his brow and looked contemptuous, "I was about to report a joke about Rome to you."

As soon as Keseling was about to tell jokes, the attention of others was attracted. Goebbels, Bowman, and Keitel all pricked up their ears and listened, fearing that they would miss the gossip news of the Italian leader.

"First of the Year, do you know? Two days ago, Rome held a grand celebration ceremony. Prime Minister Mussolini made a public speech. He claimed that in this battle of Alamein, the Italian army 'annihilated 3 British brigades, defeated 2 British armored divisions, captured at least 5,000 people, hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles, and the capture of hundreds of cannons... The nearest time it was only 30 kilometers away from the Montgomery Command. If it weren't for the huge difference in strength, this British general might have captured it alive. Of course, in the end, he shyly admitted that 'The sacrifice of Italy is also huge. We faithfully fulfilled the covenant with our blood and life'."

"What?" Hoffman was speechless. He was so thick-skinned that he was really ashamed of himself. The others were also stunned. He could not have thought that the report of the Battle of Alamaran could be written like this.

"He pulled all the outdated arms we gave him to the street to display, and insisted that it was the spoils seized by the Italian troops, and he also pulled the British prisoners out to parade once." Kesselin added, "The iron cross signs on the equipment we sent him were still retained. A Spanish reporter asked why, and he said with confidence that it was the British who captured German equipment and were defeated by us Italians and then seized it. Otherwise, how could the German equipment appear here? The reporter verified to me that I was too lazy to expose him and dealt with it vaguely."

"Ha!" Everyone laughed, and Bauman praised: "Gao Ming! Gao Ming! This explanation is amazing, smarter than all the spokespersons."

Hoffman nodded in agreement to hand over all British prisoners, some of the British equipment that were not needed (such as British rifles, machine guns, and the No. 2 tanks that the African army did not want to hand over to Italy, in order to save the Italians' face and give Mussolini some comfort, so as not to keep holding Guderian's problem, but he didn't expect the other party to "learn and use it" so well. He never expected it.

"The funny thing is still coming..." Marshal Keseling told the second story vividly. After listening to it, he burst into laughter. Bauman, who laughed the most exaggeratedly, almost even tears came out.
Chapter completed!