When Rommel arrived in North Africa, he didnt sit quietly even when he was ordered to, he went on offensive straightaway with his under strength divisions.
Rommel had many tactics and strategies under his belt but the best of those was that he never stopped pursuing his enemy and consolidating gains, even if it meant that has just a handful of troops, he will keep thrashing the enemy and keep the enemy on the run. He will never let the enemy escape and keep pressing the offensive. This is how he kept driving the British to and forth in Northern Africa.
Sometimes Rommel would lead the troops in battle himself and even his own Command HQ in field didnt know where Rommel was, he saved his own troops from slaughter by leading one his Panzer divisions himself and rescued his besieged troops.
Rommel hardly enjoyed numerical superiority in tanks, aircraft or men over the British, yet he was determined from day-1 to get to drive the British out of North Africa. His supplies would get drowned in the seas by British Navy yet he would not give up on his goals.
There is much to learn from Rommel and apply.
