"God, they are going to give up the Alexander line!" Montgomery couldn't help but scream.

"You're right, General!" Eisenhower said: "They realized the difference between them and us in terms of strength, so they had to give up, and not just Alexander, but also Matru, Gazara, Benghazi, and even Tripoli, and they were going to retreat to Algeria!"

"It seems like a good thing, but it's not a good thing!" Montgomery said.

Eisenhower knew what Montgomery meant. At this time, Montgomery hoped that the German army could fight to the death with the British army in the desert... The reason was that the British and the US air force and mechanized forces were much stronger than the German army. Especially the tanks, the German army basically had no equipment to compete with the American "Sheerman" tanks. The only threat that could pose seemed to be the bazooka, but the bazooka could not play a role at a long distance.

However, if the battlefield is transferred to the mountains in Tunisia and Algeria, it will be another matter.

"We can't let them run away like this!" Montgomery said: "We now have two choices, one is to attack from the sea... As long as they defeat their navy, they will not be able to block the Tunisia Strait! The other is to attack from the land and fight to Tunisia before they are ready!"

Eisenhower thought for a while and said, "I chose the first one!"

"Tell me the reason!"

"The Germans just seized warships from the French, and they are not familiar with the performance of French warships!" Eisenhower said: "I even doubt whether they have sufficient naval forces!"

"They have!" Montgomery replied: "They transferred the German navy, and these navies even had quite a lot of combat experience!"

Montgomery had more information in his hands, so he always knew more than Eisenhower.

"But this does not change the fact that they are not familiar with French warships!" Eisenhower said.

Montgomery nodded in agreement, but then he shook his head and said, "The problem is air supremacy, generals, Germans and Italians can take off from Tunisia and Sicily, and if we want to attack Tunisia, we can only take off from Malta Island. Not only is it a long distance, we do not have enough fighter planes and supplies on Malta Island!"

"Then we should transport fighter jets and supplies to Malta now!" Eisenhower said: "In addition, we have aircraft carriers. Although the carrier-based aircraft performance is lagging behind, the Germans do not have many fighter jets!"

Montgomery nodded again.

Although Montgomery is relatively conservative, this time he thought it was worth taking this risk, not only because the Germans' air strength was very weak, but also because Montgomery knew the warships that Germany was using now... When implementing the "Boxgate Plan", Britain seized several French warships parked in the port.

Although this was not glorious, because Britain and France were still allies at that time, and French warships were unprepared to take refuge in Alexandria's port, Britain suddenly sent troops to control these warships... These warships soon formed a puppet regime, namely Charles de Gaulle's "Fighting France" naval warship.

Of course, before that, the British boarded these warships and learned in detail about the various data on the warships.

So Montgomery knew that... French warships have very weak air defense capabilities, and even "Sea Fighters" and "Tube Swallows" with lagging performance can effectively deal with them.

On the other hand, attacking from sea will become more and more difficult as time goes by... The Germans will become more familiar with French warships and may even make up for the air defense shortcomings of French warships.

Thinking of this, Montgomery nodded and said, "I'll contact the Mediterranean Fleet right away!"

Montgomery and Eisenhower were not wrong, the Germans were indeed considering retreating.

Just kidding, the German army and the British and the US allies were not at the same level at this time... Before the US military joined the war, the German army could still use their qualities to make up for this gap, but with the addition of the US military and the investment of a large number of "Sheerman" tanks, the situation on the battlefield in North Africa has become very clear: unless Berlin can transport the "No. 4" tanks that can compete with the Allies in a short time, the German army will have no way to die.

But Hitler placed almost all his energy on the Eastern Front, and could not provide more "No. 4" tanks for the African Legion. In this case, if he wanted to defend the Alexander line in this desert wilderness... it was simply a dream.

"The Head of State will not agree with us!" Major General Streck was a little worried: "He would think we are all cowards!"

Major General Streck was a pun, and Rommel had called Major General Streck a "coward" before.

"Major General!" Rommel said with a smile: "If it weren't for your victory again and again, I really wanted to kick you out of my troops!"

"I see, General!" Major General Streck replied: "That's why I have to win the battle!"

The officers couldn't help but laugh.

"Let me explain it on the head of state!" Rommel said: "Although this is difficult, it is nothing compared to the African Legion. I will try to let him know that we have to do this, and I am very reluctant to do this..."

As he said that, Rommel looked at Alexander outside the window, with a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

The officers all knew what Rommel was thinking.

This is Rommel's always wish. He hopes that he can conquer the entire Egypt like Alexander and keep it to history... If there is no hope at all, it is not a pity, but he has already reached Alexander and is only one step away from his goal. It can almost be said that as long as Hitler did not transfer the 24th Air Wing, Egypt may already belong to Germany at this time.

However, in the end, the effort failed.

"This choice is correct, General!" General Streck comforted: "We can only do this!"

Rommel nodded and said, "Yes, and one day we will call back!"

So the German army immediately began an orderly retreat.

The first thing to withdraw is Crete.

Of course, the German army would not use the word "withdrawal", but instead returned it to the Greeks unconditionally.

Of course, this Greek would not be a Greek government army, but a Greek National Liberation Front.

Of course, the Germans kept their promise and left a portion of the factories on the island to enable the Greek National Liberation Army to produce ammunition and grow rapidly.

It was not until this time that Colonel Dennis was convinced that what the Germans said were true.
Chapter completed!