Imperial Overlord

In the already passive situation, Auchinleck really can't compete with an opponent like Rommel. Because Rommel is a commander who is good at attacking and willing to attack, he will not easily cede an offensive advantage to his opponent.

The reason why Rommel has been criticized by many people is that his series of actions in North Africa are suspected of disregarding the overall situation. But it can also be seen from his disobedience and disrespect in the North African attack that he is a general who likes to attack.

In his writings, the blood-boiled famous phrase "attack, attack, attack again!" is the most perfect interpretation and portrayal of his general.

However, in any case, the failure of the British team in Egypt has been passed back to the British mainland! And this time, Churchill couldn't hold back no matter what.

For the failure of Alexandria, Churchill put the blame on General Alan Cunningham, saying the failure was entirely due to the commander's personal recklessness.

The news of the capture of Alexandria dropped by German planes over Britain has caused a shock. Many British civilians have been infected with defeat. What they need is encouragement, not repeated failures to get down.

If Germany's capture of Alexandria does not make every Englishman realize that the war has been very bad for his country.

If Cairo was occupied by the Germans, this would be a disguised argument that Egypt had lost everything. Egypt has been lost, isn't the empire on which the sun never sets cut off?

"How else can I comfort my people? The news that Alexandria was captured, and now I'm suppressing it with rumors! What should I say in Cairo?" Churchill angrily roared in his office.

The secretary and other officials working in the prime minister's office have become accustomed to this kind of rant from the prime minister, because in recent times, this rant has become more and more intensive.

German spies stole the data of the Spitfire, and used these data to arrange tactics in the sky, killing the British fighter force, making it more difficult for Britain's already stretched air defense.

When the Air Force's fighter jets are at a disadvantage, relying on anti-aircraft guns on the ground is a thankless option.

This choice diverted the otherwise poor British industrial capacity, allowing steel and other raw materials originally used to produce tanks and aircraft to be invested in the manufacture of anti-aircraft guns.

As a result, the resources were dispersed, and the production of various weapons fell into a confusion of models, choosing among many reincarnations, and finally being completely defeated by the opponents.

This is the state of the British mainland now, and Churchill has ordered the construction of more anti-aircraft guns in order to cope with the increasingly difficult German version of the strategic bombing.

He ordered the production of 1,000 large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, as well as matching searchlights, for nighttime air defense operations.

But everyone knows that this order is actually a choice made to strengthen the local ground air defense capability. At least according to the current situation, it is more cost-effective to invest resources into anti-aircraft artillery than to invest resources to produce Spitfire fighters that are easily shot down.

"Cairo! Cairo has been lost! The Suez Canal will soon fall into the hands of the enemy! The German submarines are about to go hunting in the Indian Ocean!" Churchill roared loudly in his office.

Everyone knows that it is impossible for German submarines to go hunting in the Indian Ocean, at least not for a short time.

At present, the German submarine tactics are very mature, and Dönitz's submarine force is highly concentrated and used, all of which are scattered on the main British transport supply lines in the Atlantic Ocean.

This arrangement was absolutely sensible and efficient, and so far the loss of troops in the British sea transport fleet has caused Churchill to collapse.

All kinds of intelligence indicate that the German Navy is using submarines intensively and is preparing to do everything possible to help these submarines find their targets.

Although the British navy has begun to implement chaotic temporary changes to the route, it has also temporarily changed the transit time.

However, the German Navy submarine force, which has entered the state, still continued to create miracles in October. The miracle of the German submarine force was a disaster for the British supply fleet.

German submarines are not going to go for a walk in the Indian Ocean, and they don't even have time to hunt in the Mediterranean right now.

In any case, Cairo is now truly lost, which is undoubtedly a huge and inestimable blow to the British mainland, which is desperately resisting the ravages of German bombers.

"What should I say? What should I do? There are German spies at home, and the war commanders overseas are a bunch of food buckets! What do I have to do to win this war?" Going crazy.

He can't explain to his majesty the king, or even to the people who support him, now the forces supporting him to continue fighting Germany have dwindled, and the latest polls show that the people who still have hope for this war have fallen. to fifty-five percent.

This is already a very dangerous signal. If the UK can no longer change the current situation of repeated defeats, there will soon be more people who support ending the war than those who insist on fighting.

"This is our general! These are our generals! They are nothing but escaping!" The door of the office could not stop Churchill's voice, and many people heard his shout.

"Who is inside this time?" the young female secretary, who had become accustomed to it, asked the older secretary.

The older secretary shrugged his shoulders, curled his lips and replied, "Admiral Pound of the Navy, and a few generals of the Army... I'm really sorry for them."

Just as he was talking about this, the shout of the Prime Minister in the room rang out again: "I insisted that the idiot of Cunningham keep Matrouh, and he escaped to El Alamein with someone! Then he took the credit for it. In the end, I became a prisoner!"

"It's so pitiful, maybe they should go to the front line in person, it's more comfortable than standing here." The young female secretary shook her head and said this regretfully.

"Maybe." The secretary-general nodded. "But I think, if the enemy were easy to defeat, it wouldn't be like this. Maybe if you go to the front line, you will face more difficulties..."

"I ordered to defend Alexander, and our soldiers retreated like that shamefully! When we left, we didn't even complete the basic evacuation of blowing up the port!" Churchill's voice had begun to hoarse because of the continuous shouting.

"I said I would continue to fight! All cities such as Cairo and Tanta were smashed into ruins, but Auchinleck retreated silently!" With a hoarse voice, Churchill was already a little hysterical.

He hated that Auchinleck just lost Cairo so simply. In his mind, Auchinleck should stay in Cairo and fight until the last moment.

It was not until the last soldier died in the rubble by the street that Cairo was turned into ruins before it was occupied by the Germans!

It is a pity that it is too late for him to say anything. Cairo has now become an occupied area of ​​the Axis powers, and the tallest buildings have been covered with the German **** flag.

Ironically, Auchinleck, the commander-in-chief of the Middle East, whom he had high hopes for, is now retreating towards Port Said with the main British force.

And the British Mediterranean Fleet, a link in the chain of the British fleet, is now seeing that it will be forced to go nowhere by the German Army. The Navy is forced to flee everywhere by the Army. It is really a great irony...

"Let the intelligence services continue to operate and deceive the German high-level officials by means of peace talks! Aren't they willing to coexist peacefully with the British? Let them stop the bombing and give us a chance to breathe!" Churchill finally reluctantly chose to play with the British three months ago. past conspiracy.

He intends to lure the German high-level, let the other party think that victory is coming soon, and give up the strong oppression of the British in all aspects.

"There is news that the German Navy is training in the Baltic Sea, including a rush-built aircraft carrier..." Commander-in-Chief Dudley Pound said a topic that seemed to have nothing to do with what was at hand.

But Churchill still understood, his naval commander reported a worrying news, a problem that the British side had to face up to.

This question is actually very simple. It is nothing more than a sentence. The Germans are trying to build a powerful surface fleet to challenge the British maritime hegemony.

It's easy to say, but for the UK ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ this news is undoubtedly the worst news. Now that the Air Force is being suppressed, the Army is obviously not an opponent. If something goes wrong with the Navy, wouldn't the British mainland face a direct attack from Germany?

"Any more bad news, tell me together! Maybe the Germans don't have to shoot me in person. I'll be **** off here by you guys before I get caught by the Germans." Churchill stared at Dudley. Pound said in a lonely voice.

"The Navy has a new plan that may allow us to regain some of the current disadvantage..." Dudley Pound thought for a while and decided to tell Churchill the plan in his hand.

"If there is a plan, then go and execute it! Don't bother me again! What we can do now is to minimize Egypt's failures as much as possible." Churchill stood up and told Pound's plan. Not very interested.

In the past time, he heard too many plans, but these plans failed in the end, so what he wants to hear now is not the plan, but the news of the real victory.

"Now, we have to think about it. The oil in the Middle East is going to detour to Africa's Cape of Good Hope. How should this matter be dealt with!" Churchill walked to the window and looked at the ruins outside the window.