Chapter 251: Chapter 153: [Tunisian Campaign] Rommel’s Final Hour (5.2k Double-Length)_2
"Looking at the current ’Earth’ situation."
"Only Japan over in the Pacific is getting hit hard."
"The Axis Powers over here are showing some signs of decline, but it’s not obvious."
"Speaking of decline..."
"The main issue is still the Imperial supply problem."
"The signs appeared as early as last year."
"A flight unit was diverted to transport supplies to support the North African Battlefield, so many Imperial Soldiers froze to death in the European Battlefield, but the North African Battlefield didn’t fare much better either."
"There was support and supplies, but the Battle of Alamein failed due to supply issues."
"Even now, Rommel can’t expand his victories due to the supply problem."
"And over here, the Allies don’t need to worry about supply issues at all."
"Ultimately, it’s still a matter of scale."
"Before the war, the Empire only had 470,000 square kilometers. It’s been fighting from 1939 to now, 1943, four years already, and resources were nearly exhausted."
"Now it’s like Japan, with depleted domestic resources, plundering Southeast Asia, holding on as long as possible, except the Empire is plundering Europe."
"And the United States, having just joined the Allies, already had 9.63 million square kilometers before the war, with oil and munitions resources still untapped."
"On the other hand, the Empire has been fighting for four years."
"The US quickly reorganized the defense line, while the Empire is still hesitating whether to pursue further. Even a famed general like Rommel is powerless."
"Truly lacking fuel and supplies...."
"In the end, war is about attrition."
After speaking, Yu Feng inexplicably thought of the Battle of Stalingrad.
That truly was a war of attrition.
On a small hill less than two square kilometers wide, over a hundred thousand people died.
In the end, the Empire couldn’t take the casualties.
Follow-up support couldn’t catch up.
This led to the victory at Stalingrad.
The Empire was really frustrated.
Fighting for a city for months, the Empire suffered over 800,000 casualties, and turned every inch of ground at Stalingrad into shrapnel.
Casualties for the Soviet Union’s military and civilians had already exceeded 2 million, the place had become an empty city.
Then the Soviet Union launched ’Operation Uranus’.
Mobilizing forces from the Far East and various places, the Southwest Front, the Stalingrad Front, etc., rounding up over 1.1 million troops to encircle.
And at that time, there were only over 200,000 Imperial troops in Stalingrad.
The current situation in the North African Battlefield is actually quite similar.
Although Rommel’s tactics reversed the situation, the US is about to finish reorganizing its defense line.
Looking at the ’real-time map’, Yu Feng discussed the upcoming battle status with chatroom friends.
It seemed the Allies still had a bigger chance of winning.
Only no one knew how fast the Kingdom of Italy would surrender....
A day later.
North African battlefield.
Outside the Kasserine Pass, US defense line.
The Empire halted their advance after breaking through the Kasserine Pass, rumored from various channels to be because of Empire’s supply shortage, thus Rommel didn’t attack.
But nobody dared to test this.
Both sides are stalemated here.
Yu Feng, following the main force, had arrived here. Players had relative freedom, often NPCs would ignore them.
Yu Feng wandered around for a while.
Suddenly.
BOOM——!!!
A dull explosion sounded, followed by continuous roars, sharp whistling of shells in the sky, surrounding US soldiers shouted:
"The Empire’s guys attacked! Battle!"
"Prepare for battle!!!"
Yu Feng rushed back to where he just came from, his tank crew was there.
At this moment.
Looming large letters appeared in front of Yu Feng.
[Tunisia Campaign]
The appearance of the font made Yu Feng realize he’d triggered a hidden plot.
But....
Tunisia Campaign?
Wasn’t Tunisia attacked last year, why is it still the Tunisia Campaign now?
Could it mean it hasn’t ended?
Last year, the Allies attacked Tunisia, didn’t capture it, but the situation stalemated, then due to various battles, no follow-up.
At this moment, it showed it was still the [Tunisia Campaign].
Does it mean the core point is ’Tunisia’?
Yu Feng contemplated.
BOOM——!!!
A shell fell, landing in the camp.
A few flustered US soldiers let out a scream and then were silent.
The explosion’s shockwave hurled dirt and stones everywhere, Yu Feng, enduring the pain from striking debris, managed to duck into his tank.
The rest of the crew was already in position.
Yu Feng commanded the tank to start, the engine roared to life, turning to charge against the advancing Imperial Tanks, directing the cannon to fire shells.
BOOM!
Inside the tank, Yu Feng felt a jolt, then through the periscope saw the shell hit the Imperial Tank.
Yet before he could celebrate.
He realized through the explosion, the Imperial Tank was still able to move, Yu Feng inhaled sharply:
"Hiss——"
"Tiger Tank?"
This Imperial Tank that debuted late last year and shone in the Battle of Kharkiv, Yu Feng knew a bit about, but didn’t expect them to be in North Africa too.
And in considerable numbers.
Looking through the periscope, there were at least a battalion (20 tanks) of Tiger Tanks.
Yu Feng gritted his teeth, ordered:
"Load armor-piercing shells!"
The loader promptly loaded an armor-piercing shell, however....