"Although Guderian gave us a fierce look, it did not shake our roots. Instead, it exposed its weak nature - the comparison of strength between the enemy and us did not deteriorate after this battle, but changed very favorably to our side." De Lagan obviously used the information of the Italians and analyzed Montgomery in a very firm tone. "From the comparison of troops, Guderian had less than 50,000 people, of which at least 30% of the unreliable Italians, after experiencing the accident where the Italian infantry on the Northern Line was ruthlessly abandoned, he

The remaining will of fighting can be imagined. Even so, the comparison of troops between the enemy and us is 1:4; from the perspective of tanks, there are less than 500 tanks of the Germans and Italians. Although we suffered some losses, there are still nearly 1,200 tanks, with a ratio of 2:5. Considering that the Italian tanks in Guderian's hands are very poor, this ratio can be regarded as 1:3; although Guderian received some reinforcements in the aircraft, the comparison of troops is still above 1:2, and we still have an absolute advantage. Therefore, this battle is not impossible to fight."

"Can the information that the Italians have confessed to believe?"

"I think it's basically certain that they don't need to tell lies to us, and that it will not be of any benefit to their future captive life." De Lagan sneered, "The Italians are angry with Guderian who abandoned them, and they wish they could see him unlucky."

Montgomery stood up, turned around for a few laps and made up his mind: "Then prepare to mobilize troops, launch an attack tomorrow morning, and advance towards Treacherkark with two clamp attacks. First, use armored troops to quickly advance and then the infantry follow up and break through."

"Don't build a complete encirclement?"

"It's too late, and," Montgomery sneered, "I'm going to chase Goodrian all the way to Tobrook, and he's like a betrayal dog."

Just as Montgomery was determined to attack Guderian in two directions, Guderian, who was in Treachal, welcomed his eagerly accused reinforcements - the 35th Armored Regiment of the 4th Armored Division drawn from the Eastern Front battlefield. This was his old subordinate he led on the Eastern Front, and the regiment commander Colonel Collingwood was a general he was familiar with.

"Is it going smoothly along the way?" He shook hands with dusty Collingwood while asking about the situation with concern.

"It went very smoothly. Our division retreated from the Eastern Front at the end of August. We first returned to China for rest for seven days and made necessary supplements. Then we took the train to Italy. Our regiment, as the vanguard, set off from the Italian port five days ago to Tobrook, and then rushed all the way here. The division commander Major General Alberbach and other troops are still in Italy. They will come with subsequent transport ships."

After receiving the fuel given by Hoffman, the Italian Navy finally escorted the transport fleet in a relatively generous manner. Due to the small actions of Guderian and Kesselin on the password telegram, the British Malta fleet, which could not get the exact news, did not send out naval harassment as before. It only dispatched more than 20 bombers, but was beaten by the German fighter jets that were escorted throughout the journey.

Collingwood witnessed the whole process as a witness: "I saw at least 14 British planes being beaten down. If they hadn't escaped quickly, the remaining ones would have lost more, because the number of fighter jets covering the clouds was huge, far beyond my imagination. The transport fleet suffered almost no losses, and only one ship had an approximate bomb. As a result, there were no people from our regiment except for the equipment on the ship, and only two unlucky Italian seamen died. Later, the plane was beaten to the air. The Italians on the same ship envied us, saying that only German troops were treated so well when reinforcements were reinforced. The head of state arranged for naval escort and dispatched a large number of fighter jets. The Italians did not have such good luck in exchange for Italians. Their supplies were almost all transport ships sneaked over, and even the slow and large tankers were not covered by warships."

"This is true, they didn't lie to you." Goodrian nodded, "In the past, transportation supplies were a very dangerous thing, and you had to make plans to go without going back every time."

"My God." Collingwood widened his eyes, "Isn't this a ready-made target to attack the British? I have to remind the commander to let him coordinate and escort him again."

Guderian was very satisfied with the result: strengthening the escort of the Mediterranean supply route was his strong request with Marshal Keselin. After retreating from the front line, Garland led the Udit United in the Air Force this time. However, the fighter jets of the 8th Air Force of North Africa were basically BF-109. These short-legged guys could only confront the British at the desert front airport and were not suitable for this task of covering the fleet throughout the entire process.

"Sir, I really thank you for sending us to North Africa to fight." Collingwood said with emotion while looking at the surrounding yellow sand, "Originally, the 1st Armored Battalion of our regiment was to be transferred out to undertake the task of forming the backbone of the 15th Armored Regiment. The order was issued. Later, the General Staff heard that you designated us to come to North Africa to participate in the war, and returned the drawn 1st Battalion to us, and strengthened and supplemented personnel and equipment. Now the entire regiment is strong and the morale is magnificent. There are 96 tanks alone. Look at them here."

"This is..." Following the direction of Collingwood's finger, Guderian watched the tanks approaching one by one in the telescope, and suddenly showed a look of shock. "This is not our tank, this is the Russian T-34! Don't look at them wearing our army's armor camouflage, I recognized it at a glance. How did you get it? The Head of State and Stalin secretly ceased to fight?"

"Armation?" Collingwood laughed, "Sir, you're thinking too much! These are all tanks we seized from the Russians, so Stalin won't give them to us for free."

"Your division alone has so many captured tanks? This is impossible!" Guderian showed deep suspicion, "Where are your original tanks? What about those No. 3 and No. 4?"

Since the Barbarossa operation, many T-34 tanks have been captured on the eastern front one after another. Due to insufficient armored power, these captured vehicles were painted with iron cross marks and kept for use. Considering the possibility of misattack, they rarely join the armored troops, and are generally only used for accompanying infantry operations as assault guns. During use, they are not very cared for by the lack of parts and are abandoned for slight damage. So Guderian was very shocked by the complete T-34 tank formation that appeared in front of him.

In fact, the T-34 is a very successful tank. Before the German tank No. 4 and the tiger and leopard came out, it was strong and durable and had a low failure rate. Therefore, Hoffman decided to use it on the North African battlefield. Anyway, the opponents were British and American tanks. There was no possibility of accidental attacks. At the same time, after occupying Kharkov to obtain the original Soviet T-34 factory, he decided to move the incomplete production line to the Skoda Arsenal to continue producing complete vehicles and parts - Hitler looked down on these, and Hoffman didn't mind. As for the T26 and Kv1 were not that successful, they could also adopt a policy of taking advantage of the t26. The T26 could be effectively transformed into a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. After the Kv1 was modified with a 105mm howitzer, it got rid of the high failure rate caused by overweight, and became a weapon for infantry attacks.

"Of course this is impossible, it was drawn from the entire army group."

"Why?"

"You don't know the current policy of tank supply on the Eastern Front?"

"I don't know, after receiving the transfer order, I flew directly to North Africa. I haven't been back on the Eastern Front for a day." Guderian asked in confusion, "What's new happening?"

According to Hoffman's requirements, these T-34s were modified in the necessary tropical areas and directly incorporated into the armored forces. Therefore, it is recommended that the Supreme Command concentrate the T-34 tanks captured in each army group and hand them over to reinforcements for use. In order to encourage the enthusiasm of the front line troops, the Eastern Front Military Control Office has introduced a policy of providing an additional 4-type G-type after evaluation. Since the T-34 on the Eastern Front can only be used for infantry operations, all army groups are willing to perform such replacement.

Guderian, who figured out this section, laughed and immediately asked: "There are usually many t-26 and kv-1 on the eastern front. What is the price code?"

"These prices are not high, but you can have a good talk with the people from the Military Control Commission." Collingwood smiled, "You don't know that the bargaining sound in the Army Group Command that day was like a vegetable market. All the tanks and accessories of our division were replaced with T-34 and corresponding accessories, and there were also many shells. The prices were so cheap that it made people embarrassed to speak. Now our division's complete set of T-34s is enough to pull it out to pretend to be the Russian tank guards. When you shout a charge, we will shout 'Ula'. No, there is still a lack of a political commissar to mobilize."
Chapter completed!