The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 758

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Suez Canal, this artificial canal connecting the Mediterranean and the Asian Ocean, is currently the most important canal in the world, without a doubt!

Even the Panama Canal between North America and South America is far less important than the Suez Canal in terms of status and importance!

After all, there are far more ships traveling between Europe and Asia than between Asia and the west coast of America!

The reason why the British army can control the Mediterranean is because they have control over the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal.

At this time, the Gibraltar Fortress had fallen into the hands of the German army, and another large German army also rushed towards the Suez Canal in a mighty manner, apparently intending to occupy it and block the Mediterranean!

Yes, Rommel really planned so!

Dönitz’s navy had already taken the Gibraltar Fortress. As long as his North African Corps could control the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean would be completely blocked by them!

At this time, there was also the British Mediterranean Fleet in the Mediterranean, which gave the Germans a headache. This fleet had attacked the German transport ships several times before, causing the Germans to lose a lot of transport ships, and these transport ships were crucial to Rommel!

Therefore, not only did Lütjens, who was chasing the British fleet, hate this fleet, but Rommel also had no good feelings for this fleet!

The best way to kill this fleet was to cut off their retreat and trap them alive in the Mediterranean bathtub!

“Target the Suez Canal, the army is advancing at full speed!”

Rommel glanced at Kailuo City, and a sarcastic sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Don’t you want to be a turtle and hold on in the city?

I am going straight to your vital point now, don’t you still want to make a move?

If you don’t make a move, then I will take the Suez Canal without any hesitation!

Rommel landed in Aiji and first marched towards Aiji, with the purpose of occupying the Suez Canal.

As for launching an attack on Kailuo, the capital of Aiji, it was just to force the British army to come out and fight a decisive battle with the German army, so that he could kill this British army before advancing eastward. No worries!

Unexpectedly, this British army was so cowardly that they hid in the city and dared not come out. It was really a waste of expression. Rommel wasted several days in their identity!

If he had known that they did not dare to go out of the city to fight in the field, Rommel would not have run to the city of Kailuo. Wouldn’t it be better to send troops directly to occupy the Suez Canal?

Since the ultimate goal of the German army is to seize control of the Suez Canal, there is no difference between taking action early and late. The purpose is the same. As long as the final result is the same, everything else is OK!

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In Kailuo City, when the British commander got the news that Germany rushed to the east, he shuddered in his heart, and a deep fear enveloped his heart!

He was not a fool, so he saw the intention of the army at first sight. The German army was heading straight for the Suez Canal!

They must not let the Germans get the Suez Canal easily. After all, protecting the safety of the canal and ensuring that the Suez Canal was in their hands was the most important task for his group of people!

Therefore, after hearing the news that the German army was advancing eastward with all its strength, the British commander immediately had a move to attack the German army from behind to stop them from advancing eastward!

However, when he thought of the rolling steel torrent and excellent field performance of the German army, his heart trembled a little!

The German armored forces were too strong. The British army had a very low chance of winning in the field!

If it were not for this, he would not have given up the outer positions and hid directly in Kailuo City!

Therefore, if he was asked to lead his troops out of the city rashly at this time, he was still somewhat reluctant!

In particular, he had a feeling in his heart that this time things didn’t seem so simple!

Would the German army deliberately pretend to march eastward, and then take the opportunity to attract him to lead his troops to attack, and then take the opportunity to ambush him? The more he thought about it, the more likely it was!

The British commander was almost certain of this in the end, so he rejected the idea of the entire army attacking and chasing the Germans!

If this was really a trap set by the Germans, they would rush out so rashly, and the final outcome would definitely be the annihilation of the entire army!

So, he didn’t dare to lead his troops to pursue!

However, if he didn’t lead his troops to pursue, if the Germans really occupied the Suez Canal, then he would have a great responsibility, and he might even be sent to a military court for trial!

The Suez Canal is so important that the British commander didn’t dare to gamble at all!

So he frowned and thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and finally decided to lead his troops out of the city to chase the Germans!

He couldn’t sit idly by and do nothing about the Suez Canal when he knew that the German army was marching eastward. If that happened, people in the country would definitely be very dissatisfied with him.

But he couldn’t take all his main forces out. If this was really a trap, it would be very dangerous for them to rush out like this!

So, after thinking it over again and again, the British commander made a decision: he decided to separate some of the soldiers in the city and hand them over to the British generals for command, so that they could create momentum under their own banners and lead troops to pursue the German army.

As long as they could force the German army to listen and prevent the German army from continuing to attack eastward, their mission would be completed!

Even if this army was eaten by the German army, the British army would not suffer much loss. When the country investigated it, he could also shirk that he had sent reinforcements and made an attempt, but the attempt failed!

The more the British commander thought about it, the better his idea was, so he immediately ordered the hastily formed and not-very-trained troops in the city to go out!

This Aiji army was formed in June, when the British Empire fell and the British Army suffered heavy losses at the end of the British Empire Battle. In order to maintain the troops, they hurriedly expanded and formed an army! It has been less than three months since their establishment. Because the time is too short, this army has basically not undergone any rigorous training, and it is still a group of recruits.

Not only that, their weapons and equipment are very poor. Many weapons are old weapons that have long been outdated and eliminated. In the eyes of the British army themselves, they are almost like waste, but they are equipped to this army!

This shows the difference in the British army’s attention to this army!