Just as everyone was feeling a headache, Fredo began to continue to throw out hot news: "This is just the current number of technical equipment of the Allies. The Americans are still transporting various technical equipment to the North African battlefield, and the specific number will further surge!"

“…”

Hearing this, the atmosphere in the combat hall suddenly became solemn, and everyone frowned, obviously no longer had the ease and pleasure she had before.

Because in these most important equipment, the heavy equipment of the Axis Alliance is at a clear disadvantage.

Seeing that the friends were all stunned, Rommel smiled and said:

"You don't have to be too nervous. Although the number of Allied technical equipment is much higher than that of us and has very powerful supplementary capabilities, it's no big deal.

Because these technical equipment can only work if it meets the front line and is put on the battlefield, otherwise it will be just piles of scrap iron."

German Chief of Staff Menegig nodded and agreed: "What the Commander-in-Chief said is that as long as the Allied Logistics Supply Line can cut off the Allied Army's logistics supply line, their planes, tanks, and armored vehicles can either sink to the bottom of the sea halfway, or become scrap iron due to fuel exhaustion, and their cannons can become decorations because of the lack of shells!"

"That's right."

Rommel nodded and smiled, "After all, the essence of war is to consume and replenish. As long as you can protect your own logistics supply line and cut off the enemy's logistics supply line, you will always be invincible."

Menegi responded: "The problem is that we have the ability to block the Allied Mediterranean supply line at the moment, but the problem is that the Allied can also pass the Indian Ocean supply line. Although there are some detours, they can also meet the needs.

Unless the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet can rush to the Indian Ocean, it is purely delusion to cut off the Allied Logistics Supply Line."

"Don't count on the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet. Don't say that they are fighting with the Americans on the west coast of the United States. Even if they are idle, they will not be able to come to the Indian Ocean to help."

Rommel shook his head and continued, "But it doesn't matter. As long as we can completely cut off the Mediterranean supply line, the Allies will lose a major artery.

If the US transport fleet wants to bypass the Cape of Good Hope, it will not only cost a lot of time, but also have to pass the Third Reich submarine force."

"I have said before that the essence of war is to focus on consumption and supplementation!"

Speaking of this, Rommel said, "And the enemies we can think of will also think of, and the Allies will definitely find ways to cut off our logistics supply channels.

So while strengthening the offensive, we have two top priorities that must be carried out simultaneously, that is, conquer the Island of Malta and gain control of the Mediterranean to completely guarantee our logistics supply line!”

Libyan Navy Commander Zando said proudly: "Please rest assured by the Commander-in-Chief. The coalition's Mediterranean logistics supply channel is protected by our Royal Italian Navy fleet. It is a delusion to cut off the Allies."

Although the Italian Navy maintained the transportation route from Italy to Libya as its primary mission, there was no naval base in North Africa that could accommodate large fleets.

Therefore, the Libyan Navy Command can mobilize mainly submarines, destroyers, and more small ships, with its main mission being to maintain coastal and transportation lines.

Rommel smiled and said, "General Zando, I am very confident in the combat effectiveness of your naval fleet. If your naval fleet is in the logistics supply channel of the coalition forces, there will definitely be no problem!

However, although the British Navy's Mediterranean Fleet suffered a severe blow, they still have strong combat power after all. We must be careful and find fighter jets to wipe them out in one fell swoop in order to completely eliminate hidden dangers."

...

On December 25, British military bases in the Malta Islands.

Today was originally a traditional Western festival Christmas, but this beautiful island does not have any festive joy and peace. It only has the noisy sound of plane motors, the sharp whistling of aviation bombs, the rumble of cannons, and the endless explosions.

During the violent explosion, the entire island was trembling constantly, and was covered with thick smoke everywhere, just like a devastating volcanic eruption was taking place.

Starting from the early morning of this year, the German and Italian coalition forces once again launched continuous air strikes and bombarded the British base in Malta, and also organized a naval fleet to prepare for landing operations.

Malta is a small country in the Mediterranean Sea with a total land area of ​​316 square kilometers. The archipelago is mainly composed of five islands, including Malta, Comino and Gosu Island. It is 90 kilometers away from Sicily in Italy and 300 kilometers away from the African continent. It is a maritime bridge connecting the two continents of Europe and Africa.

At the same time, because the sea transportation fortresses between Europe, Asia and Africa are blocked, Malta is also known as the "heart of the Mediterranean".

As early as the early 19th century, British colonists regarded Malta as Midway to the East, where they established sea, land and air bases.

After the outbreak of World War II, Britain even built a large-scale construction on the island of Malta, expanded the airport, and built a fort to intercept and attack Italian fleets, and it was effective.

In the early days of the North African War, in order to prevent the Malta garrison from interfering with the supply line, the German Air Force under Marshal Catherine entered Italy and joined forces with Italian naval and air forces to bomb the island of Malta, which was stationed by the British army, almost completely blowing up all the military facilities on the island.

Shortly afterwards, the German Navy's U-type submarine secretly penetrated into the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar, and at the end of 1941, two large British Royal Navy warships-the battleship "Balham" and the aircraft carrier "Ark Royal".

Although the British repeatedly provided reinforcements to the Island of Malta, the warships and planes that had just arrived were immediately shattered by the German and Italian Navy and Air Force.

So throughout 1941, the Island of Malta was dead and had long been unable to pose a threat to the Italian transport fleet.

But even so, in order to prevent the German army from occupying Malta, the British and American coalition forces still spared no effort to continuously transfusion blood to Malta.

Although the German and Italian coalition forces have never been able to land on landing and conquered this main island with a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, under the bombing of the German and Italian coalition forces, the continuous blood transfusion of the British and American coalition forces can only play a life-sustaining role, and there is no way to reverse the passive beating situation on Malta Island.

Just before Yang Fan intervened in Malta, there was an extreme difficulty in replenishing supplies in Malta, and a strict food rationing system had already begun to be implemented.

In short, the current situation in Malta is extremely serious, and it is appropriate to describe it as dangerous and egg-burning!
Chapter completed!