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Foreign Minister Robert Anthony Aiden, the core figure of the Conservative Party, understood Brooke's intention and explained to Attlee: "If General Montgomery retreats first, the entire Eighth Army will inevitably be in chaos, and the troops cut off the rear will definitely not be able to block the attack. It will delay Guderian's mission - that will destroy the overall plan. The situation requires us to make sacrifices, even if it is a lieutenant general."

Even so, Attley still couldn't bear to sacrifice a lieutenant general in vain, hoping to transfer Montgomery at the last critical moment to avoid the tragedy of Lieutenant General Harwood. Everyone agreed with this.

"In addition, Alexander and General Ted informed me that the war situation was very unsatisfactory, and the air power balance was particularly unbalanced. Since the war started in early December, the Desert Air Force and the Egyptian Air Force have lost more than half of the total 2,000 aircraft, and more than 300 aircraft have been lost today alone." Brooke said with a frown, "the frontline commander reported that the hurricanes, tomahawks, and handsome soldiers could not beat the enemy's fw-190. The number of excellent Spitfire 9s is too small, so we have suffered losses in the fight for air supremacy."

"Transfer the planes to them!" Churchill yelled, "Concentrate all aircraft from the Middle East such as Iran, Iraq, Syria and other Middle East to Egypt. Even if they fight for nothing, they will intercept the enemy west of the canal. As for Spitfire 9, domestic production will be increased, and aircraft with poor combat effectiveness will be selectively stopped production."

"This..." Attley reminded tactfully. "Does it be necessary to prepare for the destruction of Persian oilfield facilities?"

"No! You can't do this!" Hearing this, Churchill jumped up like an irritable lion, "The enemy hasn't fought so far. You just want to destroy the oil field. What a bad psychological hint to the troops? We want to tell the front line that we can definitely defend Egypt."

Everyone looked at each other and decisively stopped talking.

"Also." Churchill turned his head and said to Aiden, "Please communicate with Commander Stalin through diplomatic channels immediately. Be sure to ask the Red Army to launch a fierce attack on the Eastern Front to help us restrain and attract German forces. Even if you attract one more plane, it is good to have a soldier."

"good!"

At almost the same time, Germany also received news that all the main British Mediterranean warships had sunk, and the temporary Supreme Command on Crete was filled with joy. Now, besides Montgomery, there are still 200,000 exhausted troops in Montgomery. The troops with cut off supplies and more than 50,000 troops in Egypt were shattered and panicked. The British no longer had any strength to resist the German troops. The main force of the Italian fleet was coming quickly and was expected to be put into the war tomorrow afternoon. By that time, the axis will not only have the advantage in the army, but also in the air force.

The landing fleet has returned successfully. Although there was a little trouble in the middle - two transport ships were sunk by submarines belonging to the island of Malta, the bold British submarine was quickly sunk by destroyers serving as escorts, which the Germans could still afford this loss.

"Hahahaha!" At dinner, there was laughter in the restaurant, and senior officers who wished each other were everywhere. Hoffman was in a good mood and asked someone to open the bottle of Bordeaux wine and poured a glass for each of his confidants. Major General Gauss did not participate in the duty at the command center. Considering that there was still command task, Rommel only tasted it lightly and put down the wine glass.

Keitel picked up the wine glass and said flatteringly: "After taking down Egypt and the canal, the connection between Britain from India and the land must be changed to the Cape of Good Hope, and it will be completely exposed to our flank attacks. To commemorate this historic moment, I propose to lay a statue of the head of state around the famous Sphinx in the future, which is larger than theirs, and to tell the world about the great achievements of the head of state."

"This..." The other people didn't know that they should continue like this, and they always thought that this matter sounded strange, but when it came to the head of state, they were not inconvenient to openly oppose it.

Hoffman knew that Kettle liked to flatter and had committed another problem, and said lightly on the spot: "This is probably not appropriate. People will think it is a statue of the conqueror - this is not conducive to consolidating our status. We are here to break the British Empire's colonial system and must be accepted by the local people."

"That's right, that's right." Keitel smiled awkwardly.

"But after victory, we can indeed create a statue to remember the great achievements of the German nation in helping the Arab nation overcome the slavery of the British Empire and rescue them from colonial oppression." Hoffman carefully used the words, "In addition, after the Egyptian battle, we must quickly launch the Middle East battle. The Supreme Command should have a next combat plan for this, and at the same time find personnel to contact local political forces. If they are willing to establish an independent country and cut off their ties with Britain, we can recognize their interests so that the situation can stabilize as soon as possible. In this regard, we also need our own Lawrence."

"I understand!" Yodel took over the mission.

"Now wait for tomorrow's fleet and Italian fleet to arrive, and then send the second wave of landing troops up..." Hoffman said confidently, "Egypt, we are here!"

Just when Churchill was very sad, Comrade Stalin was in a bad mood. After the bloody battle between the Donhe Qu tribe, he thought he could ask Britain and the United States for a large amount of supplies and equipment, but the two countries told him with distress that the equipment was still at sea and could not arrive at least a month later. Although he had not obtained the things, the two countries were still very positive, which made him feel a little warm, but what happened later made him feel very uncomfortable.

After communicating with the materials to help the Soviet Union, the British representative asked the Russians in horror about the new German tanks and took out the tiger-style photos taken from the air. Zhukov initially thought that the unlucky Montgomery was taught a lesson by the T-34s, and his face was not very natural. However, the other party did not entangle the bad debts of the T-34 this time, but instead vividly depicted the appearance of the "super tank". The more he heard Zhukov and Vasilevsky frowned, the tighter they frowned.

Stalin saw something wrong with the two subordinates and asked in confusion: "This is..."

"Comrade Stalin, our comrades have also reported that the tank mentioned by the British side has also reported that it seems to be true now. The equipment in the photo is very similar to the reports we received. This tank has an 88mm cannon, which has strong defense and is more flexible than our kv-1\kv-2, and its combat power is amazing."

"Very amazing? What does it mean..."

"Our tanks - whether it is kv-1, kv-2 or t-34, including other anti-tank guns, cannot pose a threat to them. The German new tanks can even penetrate the front armor of the t-34 even 1,500 meters away... The day before yesterday, we fought with the enemy and a company of new tanks. We used up all kinds of weapons, but the enemy was unscathed, but we lost 27 tanks including kv\t-34 and other models. In the end, the enemy left."

"27?" Stalin took a breath. Ben was a little annoyed. Zhukov revealed his family's shame in front of outsiders. Unexpectedly, the British nodded frequently like chickens pecking at rice. He nodded while saying, "Yes! Yes! That's it. This kind of super tank is really terrible. All of our tanks and anti-tank guns are not opponents. So far, only more than 10 have been destroyed. Most of them are due to the Air Force. Moreover, they have not even obtained the wreckage after the war."

Stalin initially thought that there were not many such tanks, but from the British tone, he could hear from the North African front line and 50-80 front line of the Don River, so he became concerned. As soon as the British left, he immediately told Zhukov and Wasseylevsky: "This is not a rare weapon, but a precursor to the enemy's about to be equipped on a large scale. We must find a way to deal with it quickly. Otherwise, there will be a total loss of 27 vehicles but there will be no way to deal with the enemy. It will greatly dampen morale. Therefore, the time for us to start the development of a new tank cannot be delayed."

Huasilevsky said distressedly: "What kind of indicator should be set? We haven't even seized one to verify it."

Comrade Stalin is not inferior to Hoffman at all. After thinking for a while, he said, "I think the defense level of the Churchill tank can be used as a benchmark, requiring the new tank to penetrate the front armor of the Churchill tank at least 1,200 meters. By the way, the Germans used their famous 88 guns, and we can move our 85mm anti-aircraft guns to the tanks - I think the T-34 can be properly improved to accommodate this anti-aircraft gun."

"But the armor of t-34 is too thin, and it will be killed before he can hit the enemy." Zhukov said worriedly.

"That's just an emergency plan. We should also develop a new tank that is slightly better than the enemy in terms of firepower, defense, speed, etc. - we can't count on Britain and the United States in this regard, they are worse than us."

Both agreed with this. In fact, the Red Army had technical reserves for the next generation of heavy tanks. It should have been developed and launched long ago, but the outbreak of the war changed everything. In order to provide equipment to the heavy losses of the front line, the development of new tanks has been delayed repeatedly, and the production of the old models has been simplified - simplified is simplified and the quality has also decreased a lot. Originally, T-34/76 had an advantage over German tanks, but with the entry of the G and H models of the new No. 4, this advantage no longer exists.

After asking about the tank situation, Stalin changed his tone and became concerned about the battle situation on the front line. Zhukov and Vasilevsky both thought it was not optimistic about the recent battlefield situation. Although the German fleet retreated from the Black Sea and the troops threatening landing in the Caucasus also retreated back to Rostov, the Red Army was still fighting in the Don River area.

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