"How is it? Is there any news from the front line?”
Not only Marshal Leeb was anxiously waiting for the latest intelligence in Lelingrador, even the head of state himself was also paying full attention in the Supreme Command. The moment he saw the latest telegram, he couldn't help but ask.
To the Empire, she urgently needed a shot in the arm to boost their morale!
The head of state himself also needed a big victory to consolidate his prestige!
Just now, bad news came from the North African battlefield.
A month ago, the allied forces, under the leadership of Montgomerie, launched an attack on Rommel's North African Army in North Africa.
The allies learned from their previous failures. This time, not only did they send heavy troops to attack the German army on the ground, but they also sent the Mediterranean Fleet to intercept the various supplies sent by the Empire to North Africa, making Rommel's North Africa Legion isolated and without a stable supply of supplies.
In this situation, Rommel realized that if he continued to stay where he was, it was very likely that he would be completely wiped out. Therefore, after leaving four divisions of the Italian people to defend, he led the main force to retreat westward. He planned to retreat to Tuni and obtain the Empire's material support from there!
As a result, although Rommel took away the main force of the German army, the remaining Italian soldiers were completely annihilated!
Well, it couldn't be said that they were completely wiped out. In fact, they didn't really fight to the death. It was just that the catwoman resisted for a while and then surrendered to the British army.
As there were too many Italian soldiers who had surrendered, the British army could not keep an eye on them. In order to pursue the German army, the British army had no time to care about so many prisoners. Therefore, after leaving only a small number of soldiers, the main force continued to pursue the German army to the west!
The funny thing was that the four divisions of Italian soldiers who were captured, numbering more than 60,000, saw the British leaving them and thought that the other party did not care about them anymore. In the end, they did not wait for the British command and tied themselves up. Then, they marched in groups towards the direction of the gong and went to the prisoner of war camp!
This battle, which lost 60,000 Italian troops, was known as the Battle of Alamein.
Although the losses of the German army in the Battle of Alamein were not great, they had lost their ally, Italy. Moreover, the most critical place in North Africa had been taken away by the allies. After Rommel's troops withdrew to the country of Tunis, they could no longer threaten the most important place in Africa, the Suez Canal!
Therefore, this battle, which did not have a lot of losses, could be said to be a complete defeat for the German army, at least on a strategic level. It was a complete failure!
The failure of this battle caused the situation in North Africa to deteriorate completely. With the deterioration of the situation in North Africa, the allied forces that had ended the battle in North Africa were bound to have free hands and began to gather from the Mediterranean region to launch an attack on Southern Europe.
The next target of the alliance army was most likely the native land of Italy!
If the alliance army were to land on the land of Ideli, they would definitely not be able to defend it with their strength.
Once the alliance army gained a firm foothold on land, they would quickly head north. At that time, not only would the entire Itari fall, but even the Empire itself would be threatened!
Therefore, the Empire had to dispatch troops to defend the south.
Right now, the Empire was already struggling on the most critical battlefield of the Eastern Front. How could they spare the time to reinforce Italy?
Moreover, the image of a stupid pig teammate had been deeply rooted in their hearts. To help this pig teammate, no one knew how much effort they would have to put in!
Therefore, from this point of view, the battle in North Africa that did not seem to have many casualties and did not seem to have much influence had become a critical battle that threatened the life and death of the empire!
There was a reason why the Battle of Alamein could be called one of the turning points in World War II!
This battle cast a shadow over the future of the Empire. The head of state who had strongly supported Rommel's march into North Africa had lost a lot of prestige within the National Defense Force because of this defeat.
It was said that in the past few days, many people had been discussing the head of state in private, criticizing him for interfering in military matters at will and not giving the National Defense Force enough autonomy!
This indicated that their attitude towards Princeps was not as respectful as before!
When Himmler reported this information, the head of state was furious. He asked Himmler to investigate the people who secretly slandered and attacked him while he impatiently ran to the Supreme Command, hoping that there would be news of a victory so that he could regain some of his reputation!
Unfortunately, the situation of the German army on all battlefields was very bad, and there was almost no good news.
Marshal Liszt, who had been fighting the guerrillas in the Balkans, did have a lot of good news. However, the head of state was too embarrassed to show off his achievement of bullying a group of guerrillas with hundreds of thousands of regular soldiers!
If he were to show off this kind of battle record, he would definitely be ridiculed!
At this moment, the Northern Army Group launched a general attack on Lelingrador!
After hearing this news, the head of state immediately placed all his hopes on this battle. He hoped that the Northern Army Group could bring him a victory, and it would be best if it was a great victory!
Only in this way could he completely shut the mouths of those who opposed him!
Moreover, if they won this battle, perhaps the situation on the battlefield between the two countries would be completely reversed!
Therefore, no matter how he looked at it, the head of state was very concerned about the situation at the front line!
"Chancellor, good news. Manstein's vanguard has already broken into the city hall of Lelingrador and captured more than a hundred officials from Mao Xiong's side. At this time, our army has controlled at least one-third of the city area of Lelingrador!”
Princeps 'wait was not in vain!
When the latest news from the front line was announced, it immediately caused a cheer in the entire Supreme Command.
People were extremely excited about this good news. Many people even cried tears of joy, hugging each other and crying.
Most of the people in the Supreme Command were men. It was rare for a group of men to cry.
"Manstein, you really didn't disappoint me. As expected of the number one general of the Empire!”
The head of state was so happy that he kept repeating Manstein's name, and he began to love this famous general of the empire even more!
Perhaps, he was still too conservative. For Manstein's talent, he should be given a bigger and more open stage. A mere commander of the Southern Army Group could not let him fully display his talents!
In an instant, the head of state had the idea of transferring Manstein back to the central government and entrusting him with an important task!
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