On the evening of May 6, Cairo, the General Headquarters of the North African Allied Forces.

After two days of hard work, the Allied forces broke through the first minefield and defeated the first line of defense of the Axis troops, pushing the front line forward for more than 100 kilometers in one fell swoop.

This is a breakthrough for the Allies and also greatly increases the difficulty of the offensive.

Because it was pushed forward more than 100 kilometers at once, it meant that the supply line at the rear was extended more than 100 kilometers at once, and the airport was further away.

The Air Force troops of the Axis power, which had relatively weak air force, have finally learned to be smart. They no longer continue to fight against the wealthy Allies, but instead switched to guerrilla tactics.

Their main target is no longer the Allied Air Force units, but the Allied ground forces advancing on the frontline.

Although the Allied Air Force is powerful and has air supremacy, the other party will not fight hard with you. It is just using the spare time to engage in guerrilla warfare. If you have the chance, you will quickly eat up some of the single aircraft groups, or launch a round of air raids and bombard the Allied ground forces.

As the front line is lengthened and the airport takes off distance is longer, it will become increasingly difficult for the Allies to make timely and effective countermeasures in the face of this fast, accurate and ruthless guerrilla warfare method.

You can't let the fighter fleet patrol and guard the airspace near the battlefield because of the harassment of the enemy air force?

Even if the Allies are rich and do not have enough aviation gasoline, they have to consider the pilot's physical energy consumption and the wear of the aircraft hardware?

It was precisely because of the German Air Force that the Allied armored troops fought hard for two days before they completely defeated the enemy on the first line of defense while they had the advantage.

After breaking through the first line of defense of the Axis Army, what was placed in front of the Allies was not a smooth road, but a larger second minefield.

Behind this minefield is a second line of defense under Rommelb, a solid line of defense arranged on the ridge.

Although this ridge is not high at an altitude, with an average altitude of only 20 to 30 meters, it is an insurmountable and dangerous terrain in an extremely flat desert area.

Rommel's defense strategy is still to take advantage of the rapid mine laying in the desert grasslands, widely set up minefields, rely on the high ground to defend, and use melee firepower to severely damage the Allies, thereby blocking and crushing the Allies' offensive.

Therefore, it is not as easy as before to use the same trick to break through this minefield again.

"There is nothing to say. Our combat goal is to never change, let alone shake it."

After comprehensively combining information from all aspects, after careful consideration and weighing, Yang Fan pointed to the two ridges on the sand table on the protruding surface and said firmly,

"Then it's obvious that the next goal is to break through this core line of defense of the Axis Army."

"Yes, as long as we break through this high ground defense line, we can force the Axis troops to fight to the open desert area.

And only by occupying this high ground can we continue to attack forward without worries!”

Stilwell smiled and continued, "In that case, the Axis Army will be completely passive, and the Allied victory will be just around the corner."

"That's right!"

Yang Fan smiled and nodded, "Although we have obtained the initiative in the war, our opponent is a desert fox, so it is necessary to take steady steps and never leave an opportunity for the opponent to take advantage of.

Frontline troops can suspend their attacks, let them take a break, and send more follow-up troops to consolidate the forward fulcrum.

At the same time, the logistics supply line must keep up with all its strength, and the supply points must continue to move forward with the troops. Only by ensuring sufficient materials can the offensive troops maintain strong combat effectiveness.

In addition, radar stations and airports must also advance step by step. We must escort the front-line ground troops and try every means to ensure air supremacy on the battlefield!"

During the current World War II period, aircraft engines are still mainly propellers, so the requirements for airports are not high. Flat and solid ground can allow aircraft to take off and land.

Therefore, simple airports can even use grasslands directly, and only permanent military bases will use some cement runways.

It was not until the late World War II when aircraft entered the jet era that the aircraft became heavier and heavier, and ordinary ground could no longer meet the take-off and landing of jet aircraft. Only then did the airports need to use cement runways to be competent.

Therefore, with the engineering troops under Yang Fan's hands, it is possible to level the simple airport for aircraft to take off and land on the grass near the coastline in a short time, and even an emergency cement runway for heavy bombers to take off and land.

Speaking of this, Yang Fan paused and looked up at the distance and said, "The other islands of Ma should play a big role at this time. As long as they can pinch the Axis shipping routes, we can't lose if we want to!"

Patton nodded and agreed: "Yes, we really don't need to be too anxious. As long as we have firmly grasped air supremacy and pinched the enemy's supply line, the Allies will surely win and be able to achieve the greatest success at the minimum cost."

"Well, that's true!"

"That's such a pleasant decision!"

"Destroy the enemy and protect yourself, this is the kingly way!"

Wang Liguo, Meng Wuan, Ojinleke and others also nodded in agreement.

All kinds of information were clearly placed on the table. Everyone was a senior general who had experienced many battles, so they could see through it naturally. The plan formulated by Yang Fan was undoubtedly the best choice.

At 9 p.m., the Ma Other Island Guard Command.

After receiving a telegram from the North African Allied Forces General Command, Army Commander Yu Xueli, Air Force Brigade Commander Wei Minyong, British Major General Limus, Chief of Staff Daniel and others gathered together for a meeting.

At this moment, Malta Island has not only established a complete shore defense system and anti-aircraft artillery network, built a cave hangar that is enough to accommodate 800 combat aircraft, and built a large number of cement runways.

And more importantly, after a series of strengthening, the island of Malta has already equipped with more than 400 tank and armored vehicles and more than 600 combat aircraft.

After three or four months of despicable development, Malta Island finally recovered its vitality and became active again. Not only did it have enough self-protection ability, but it also had strong attack ability.

Limus said happily: "The Allies have launched a strategic counterattack on the African continent, and it is indeed time for our other islands to turn defense into offense, expand the scope of activities, and let those damn devils taste our anger!"

Wei Minyong nodded excitedly and said, "The Allied Air Forces on other islands have been frustrated enough and have been waiting for this moment.

We will definitely leave the Axis transport fleets within the attack radius without any armor, so that all the damn Nazi fascists will feed the turtle!”

"Reported that the submarine force found an Axis fleet heading to the port of Tobrug, North Africa, in the waters 410 nautical miles east of our island!"

It seemed that the weather was doing something beautiful, and when everyone was making trouble with confidence, a piece of news came.
Chapter completed!