In front of Stephen was a deduction document handed to him by Rommel.
Opening the war situation deduction document that had been translated into French, Stephen read the key parts in less than 30 seconds.
Then, a bitter smile could not help but appear on Stephen's lips. He looked away from the deduction document, raised his head and looked at Rommel and said: "It seems that our 5th Division is probably in a desperate situation this time.
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Stephen was not surprised by the content of the deduction that Rommel handed him. After all, no French general would understand the reputation of the German General Staff after the Battle of France - it was the most powerful force in the world.
Staff!
In this battle situation deduction, everything deduced by Rommel's German staff officers was completely consistent with the inferences Stephen had drawn personally based on the battle situations and battlefield changes he had experienced in the past few days.
Although due to the intensity of the battle and the intensive attack of the British army, Stephen had no time to make further analysis and summary. However, after seeing the deduction handed over by the Germans, Stephen, as a man in the game, quickly determined
Deduced most of the conclusions.
Now, the British army has captured Highland 4 on Stephen's flank, and Highland 3 has become an isolated point and is surrounded. Once the fight continues, any fool can see that it is only a matter of time before Position 3 falls.
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The deduction document Rommel sent to him also clearly pointed out that at this pace, Stephen's 5th Colonial Division could probably hold on for about four days at most. This still ignored the factor of low morale, so
Best estimate made!
In fact, according to what Stephen has seen and felt, his troops can continue to hold out for another 48 hours, which is already the limit!
Rommel handed over the meaning of this deduction, and Stephen thought he could probably guess some of it.
Although the opponent only brought two battalions of troops, these two battalions were the best and had just demonstrated their high combat effectiveness.
It is certainly unrealistic to rely solely on two German battalions to eliminate the British troops besieging Highland No. 3. However, if these two German battalions are used as forwards to break out with the French fifth colony, the probability of success is still very high.
After all, they were able to break in on their own strength, and with the addition of the French army's strength, it was easy to break out again.
But Stephen shook his head and sighed to Rommel: "General Rommel, I am very grateful that you can bring people to rescue. However, we cannot break out with your people. Behind our division, we must defend
The Algerian oil fields are the reason why we cannot evacuate under any circumstances!”
To withdraw, Stephen had the opportunity to lead his troops to retreat from the very beginning, before the British army captured Highland 3.
But he did not retreat because Berante had issued a death order, and because he himself understood what the oil field behind the 5th Division meant to France today.
"Mr. Major General, I think you seem to have made a mistake..." After understanding what Stephen meant from the accompanying translator, Rommel put on a conceited smile: "I'm here.
, not to help you get rid of the Algerian oil fields."
Indeed, the Algerian oil fields are not only France's money bag, but also Germany's oil mines. Without them, Germany will be able to import much less oil.
However, for Germany, the importance of Algerian oil fields is much less important than for France.
First of all, the German army used blitzkrieg to defeat five countries: Poland, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. They seized a total of 8.1 million tons of oil reserves from these countries, which also resulted in a huge harvest.
With this huge increase in oil reserves, coupled with the oil reserves that Reinhard had prepared since before the war, the Third Reich now has more than 12 million tons of oil reserves. Its war capital can even support the likes of Germany and the Soviet Union.
Battle of the super geographical power!
Furthermore, today’s Third Reich not only has the Romanian oil fields in history that can import large amounts of oil, but also the Algerian oil fields developed by Reinhardt’s Vichy France, which can import large amounts of oil, and even the North Sea excavated by Germany itself.
Oil fields can produce large amounts of oil on their own.
It can be said that Reinhardt's Third Reich now has too many choices and capital.
The oil fields lost to Algeria were a devastating disaster for the French, but for Germany, it was just the loss of an additional oil import route.
Fortunately, Rommel was not prepared to lose this additional oil field import route.
"In fact, I have a way here that can break the desperate situation your army is facing now." Rommel instructed his staff to translate this sentence to Stephen intact.
"As long as you have the means, you can do whatever you want me to do!" Stephen had just heard from the interpreter, and immediately swore to Rommel and promised, "I can promise anything to protect the oil fields in eastern Algeria!"
Stephen's attitude immediately won Rommel's favor. To be honest, although he hoped to temporarily take over the command of the French army, he was not sure of getting it.
After all, Rommel's Africa Army theoretically only included the right to mobilize the Italian Allied Forces. Vichy France's troops were essentially under the command of Vichy France itself, and they had no obligation to accept Rommel's deployment.
It can be said that Stephen's cooperative attitude saved Rommel a lot of effort.
So Rommel directly took out another combat plan and quickly handed it over to the staff officer, asking him to show it to Major General Stephen.
This time, Stephen spent a full 10 minutes, concentrating on reading every detail of the second document sent by Rommel.
"This is a genius and bold plan!" Stephen couldn't help but sigh after reading the end.
Turning around, Stephen extended his right hand to Rommel, who was patiently waiting for him to read the battle plan, and said solemnly: "General, I now believe that you may really be able to solve the situation that I cannot solve. Our fifth
All officers and soldiers of the division will do everything possible to cooperate with your combat plan!"
Rommel stretched out his hand to shake hands with Stephen while listening to the translator in his ear relaying the other person's words. After a moment, Rommel, who learned the other person's wishes, showed a satisfied smile.
"This is a correct decision." Rommel praised the other party: "You saved yourself, your subordinates, and your oil fields."
The two talked harmoniously, but Major General Stephen's adjutant, who had been standing aside and watching the exchange between the two, took two anxious steps forward and whispered to Stephen: "Commander, do you really want to...