In fact, regarding the war taking place on the border, Pétain, who was far away in France, was just as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
The southern ports of Vichy France were full of French soldiers waiting to board ships to support Algeria.
It's a pity that their navy is no match for the British Mediterranean Fleet, and they are unable to send these local French soldiers to where France needs them most.
The war in Algeria also exceeded Reinhard's expectations.
According to Reinhardt's initial estimate, it would not be difficult for the French army in Africa to resist the British army, at least in the early stage there would not be too many problems.
However, he never expected that the British would actually think of buying internal agents to deal with the French army.
Because he had internal support, Wavell took a lot of advantage in the early stage, and Berlante suffered a bit.
This gave Reinhardt, who saw something wrong with the situation, the idea of bringing together Italy and France.
After all, Italy's Garibaldi has already lost to the British army in Africa. If France's Berante loses to the British army again, then Africa will immediately belong to the British!
This is a situation that Germany does not want to see under any circumstances.
However, before Reinhard could come forward to broker the deal, Mussolini and Pétain had miraculously united, which once again exceeded his expectation.
After all, history has become more and more divorced from its original appearance with the birth of the Algerian oil field.
But now Mussolini seems to be a different person. When his dominance is facing huge challenges after defeat, he has begun to make a series of decisions that even Reinhardt can't find fault with.
Yesterday, Mussolini actually ordered the remaining Italian troops in Algeria to fully cooperate with the French army's actions, and sent a message to the Governor of Algeria, Berante, stating that he had the right to shoot Italian soldiers and officers who escaped or surrendered on Mussolini's behalf.
There is a second point. Mussolini actually ordered the Italian fleet and the French fleet he had always wanted to form a combined Mediterranean fleet to prepare for a decisive battle with the British Mediterranean fleet.
What surprised Reinhard even more was that Mussolini had been tirelessly giving speeches on Italian radio recently to encourage the low morale of the military and civilians.
When Reinhard saw these reports about Mussolini, his first reaction was that he suspected that he had drunk too much and was hallucinating.
But then he thought about it again, had he never heard of any precedent of getting drunk even by drinking Fanta soda?
Could it be that...that guy Mussolini was also possessed by someone in time and space?!
That wasn't the only thing that surprised Reinhard.
In order to regain air supremacy and deliver supplies to the suppressed French-Italian coalition forces in Algeria, Mussolini and Pétain even jointly sent a message to Reinhardt, hoping that Germany could support them with more me-109 export aircraft, and
Related technical equipment.
Because the war in Algeria is a war related to the rise and fall of France's national destiny in the next 30 years, Pétain, the hero of France, once again published an article in front of the public titled "We have no retreat." In his words,
Show your determination to fight to the end.
At this moment, many French people seemed to have seen again the French marshal who turned the tide during World War I.
In fact, everything that puzzles Reinhard has deep-seated rationality and inevitability.
Mussolini suddenly became normal and wise in his eyes, not because the Italian leader suddenly enlightened, nor because he was transported through time. The reason why he performed the above ideal behavior was because he began to fear losing power and fear
Liquidated by enemies.
After all, Mussolini had too many enemies, among which the Italian Mafia had a blood feud with him!
There is no way, if it is certain that all Italian territory in Africa is finally lost, no matter how powerful Mussolini is in Italy, he will have to step down.
This was a war he started alone, and France was ultimately dragged into the water by him.
Once Mussolini steps down, it is estimated that he will not survive for 48 hours.
Maybe, he would have been captured and shot by the guerrillas earlier than in history, and then his body would have been thrown into the streets.
As for Pétain, he was afraid that his Vichy France would lose its large oil fields, which would make people's lives more difficult, make the Germans fall out, and be subject to the demands of capitalists with vested interests in the French oil fields.
With oil fields, France's reparations to Germany can be paid with oil, and the oil fields are very close to the French mainland, which can also stimulate the recovery of the French economy. And as long as the Algerian oil fields are there, both the people's lives and the interests of capitalists will be affected within France.
, there are still guarantees, and the rule of the Vichy regime can continue smoothly.
In the same way, had it not been for the possessiveness of domestic capitalists, Churchill, a war criminal in Reinhard's eyes, would have been able to gain the support of parliament in the shortest possible time and launch an aggressive invasion of Algeria.
However, when the war has reached this stage, it is no longer just a matter between Britain, France and Italy.
Reinhardt, who had always deceived himself by safeguarding world justice, felt that no matter for the sake of world justice or the interests of the Third Reich, the German army should not continue to fight at this time.
Preparations for landing on the British mainland are still in progress. The German army cannot transport all its troops to the landing battle at once - the transportation capacity is not enough.
At this time, since both Vichy France and the Kingdom of Italy expressed the hope of receiving assistance from Germany, it would be better to help others to the end and send a capable force that had been prepared long ago to Africa to participate in this multinational melee.
It’s time for the famous German Afrika Korps to take action.
In Austria, Rommel's Afrika Korps had already completed adequate adaptive combat training.
The tank they are going to use is also equipped with a sand filter and has been modified to cope with the desert environment.
The Afrika Korps under Rommel consisted of two divisions, including only its German troops. One armored division and one infantry division.
The tanks of the armored division are Panther tanks that have been modified to resist sand attacks. The infantry division is also equipped with closed Stalker tank destroyers that are naturally suitable for desert combat.
Only giving Rommel two divisions does not mean that Reinhardt was more stingy than Hitler in history and was reluctant to give more troops to his henchmen.
On the one hand, only two divisions were given to Rommel because Reinhard needed more troops to prepare for the landing operations on the British mainland and to maintain defense forces against the Soviet Union. Even though he had more troops than the Third Reich at this period in history
There are many troops, but it is still not enough.
On the other hand, Rommel had two divisions under his command in Africa, but they were completely sufficient.
The reason is very simple, because in this game, in addition to the Italians, his teammates also included Berante's French army. There were more and more reliable teammates than in history, and Rommel's pressure was reduced a lot, so he didn't have to fight.