"It's over!" Stephen breathed a long sigh of relief and said to the adjutant feeling very relaxed: "Our mission has been completed, and we just need to wait for the news of victory."
"Yes," the adjutant also said with a smile on his face, relieved: "When General Rommel captures the British army's headquarters and captures their commander, this battle will be over."
Stephen nodded and signaled the adjutant to walk back to their tent command post: "If the final strategic goal hadn't been marked on the table plan they gave me at the beginning, I'm afraid I would have been fooled by their previous series of tactics.
I feel dizzy."
Even though he has experienced everything before, when Stephen looks back now, he still sighs about this battle.
Although the battle is not over yet, the overall situation has been decided! As a commander, Stephen can't wait to review and analyze this victory again.
This is something that any military enthusiast enjoys, and it is also an important way for a military commander to accumulate experience.
Walking back to the command post, Stephen picked up the battle plan on the table, spread it out and said to the adjutant: "Every time I look at this battle plan, I wonder if this guy is a cunning fox. He wants to be in front of others.
To complete a surprise attack with a curved strike right under your nose, you really can't do it without the right deception skills."
The adjutant also leaned over excitedly, looking at the unfolded battle plan while listening to Stephen's analysis: "Prime Minister, General Rommel asked us to free up the troops on the second line of defense, and after freeing up the troops, he asked us to send
People, divided into multiple points, attacked Highland 4 in a large scale..."
Stephen pointed to the beginning of the battle plan and sighed to the adjutant: "The Germans have long estimated that our troops' offensive level is not high, so they let us simply disperse our troops to attack and maximize our strength in numbers. By the way,
This will also give the British the illusion that we will forcefully recapture Highland 4 at all costs. And the real goal of the German attack on the junction can also be concealed by our large-scale attack on Highland 4."
Stephen discussed the essential tactics of this battle with his adjutant, which soon attracted several other French staff officers in the command post. They were also French officers, and they were also very curious about this sudden victory.
Just listen to Stephen continue: "There is a key point in this step. That is, our offensive force must put pressure on the British garrison on Highland 4, thus affecting the judgment of their command. In order to make our combat effectiveness less effective.
To achieve this effect, the combat plan specifically puts forward the suggestion of multi-point attacks. It seems that we are conducting unfocused attacks, but in fact, our army is covering up its weakness of being unable to carry out powerful focused attacks."
The staff officers around them all nodded. They knew how many pounds of troops were recruited from these colonies. They were asked to use the fortifications to fight trench warfare, but they were barely able to fight. But if they were ordered to launch a strong attack, it would be difficult to achieve any results.
.There is no way, the training is not in place, the weapons are not in place, what can we use to fight?
But even this weakness was cleverly covered up by the German commanders by means of dispersed attacks. Not only did it cover up its own weakness, it even caused real trouble and pressure to the British garrison!
Then, Stephen continued: "Then there will be an extended offensive of our offensive troops to the southeast. I think the British commander must have thought at that time that we wanted to further expand the offensive area. Unfortunately, he did not understand that this was just to further deploy
force, quietly blocking an intermediate link on their route back to support the main position."
When Stephen's adjutant heard this, he scratched his hair in embarrassment. In fact, when he first saw this part of the battle plan, he also misunderstood it.
"After the offensive forces have completed the interception and arrangement of the return route of the garrison on Highland 4 and then turned into a defensive position, our diversionary attack on the southern flank of the main British attack position should have started long ago." Stephen smiled jokingly.
He said: "Actually, we only need to contain the southern wing troops of the British main position, and we have achieved the tactical goal. The reinforcements on Highland 4 cannot be transferred back, and the southern wing troops are pinned down by us. It is no longer possible for them to stop the German army.
A surprise attack. But..."
Stephen sneered, reminding everyone of what had just happened. In fact, up to this point, everything had been calculated to the limit by the German General Rommel. The British army that had not transferred back to the garrison on Highland 4 in time was already in a doomed situation.
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Then, Stephen recounted the more dramatic changes that followed: "At this time, the British commander actually mobilized reserves to coordinate with the southern wing troops to pursue us. This smart move accelerated their demise and made
They can use the troops on the northern flank to further reduce them."
"Leaving the position and chasing us farther and farther away gave them no chance to have any effect on the battle on the northern flank. At this time, their eyes were still on us, but they didn't know that behind them,
The elite German troops, our trump card, are ready for a surprise attack."
After turning the battle plan to the last page and handing it to everyone for circulation, Stephen said to everyone leisurely: "Under the eyes of the enemy, the main force can be swaggered all the way to the enemy's flank, and the entire route can be annihilated in a leisurely manner.
Garrison troops at the enemy junction blocking the road. Anyone who can do all this must be a genius as cunning as a fox. Every step he takes gives his opponent a basis and reason to make mistakes, and induces his opponent to step into the trap.
With so many twists and turns, it is really scary for the enemy to follow you step by step."
Stephen's words resonated with everyone.
If Algeria is a battlefield full of desert, then General Rommel, the German general who completely changed the battlefield situation with just two battalions, is the well-deserved "Desert Fox" in this desert area!
This bold and seemingly confusing battle plan is actually a genius plan full of tactical foreshadowing and ultimately fatal.
"Now," Stephen said jokingly as he looked outside the headquarters after everyone had seen the battle plan again: "I doubt that the British troops who have chased us so far will have the courage to continue.
Fight with us. You must know that at this moment, behind them, your own command post may have been captured by General Rommel's German troops!"