The decisive battle against the Third Reich

In fact, German reconnaissance planes had discovered British tanks traveling at night before, but Rommel did not take it to heart.

The reason is that Rommel did not know that the British obtained supplies and tanks from the United States and that the United States happened to have a large number of strategic supplies in India. He thought that the British had to go around the Cape of Good Hope from the British mainland to obtain supplies, so he took it for granted that the British army Supply is more difficult than that of the German army. The conclusion drawn from this is that the British army cannot organize a large-scale counterattack in a short time... Especially now that Rommel still has the "No. 3" 2-caliber tank gun in his hands, which gives Rommel The heart of underestimating the enemy.

"Those should be enemy reconnaissance vehicles!" Rommel said.

"General!" the staff officer said: "The Air Force is very sure that what they found are tanks, and there are a lot of them, because they fired flares and found that the British hurriedly covered up..."

"So...how do you think we should face it?" Rommel interrupted the staff officer.

"I think we should send the 21st Panzer to the right wing!" the staff officer replied.

"No!" Rommel refused without thinking: "We cannot expose our strength prematurely!"

What Rommel said about "prematurely exposing one's strength" refers to the new "No. 3" equipped with a 50MM caliber tank gun.

Although Rommel's judgment was wrong, the result was right.

Because if the 21st Armored Division is sent to the right wing as recommended by the staff, it will hit the British 30th Army head-on. In other words, the German army will have 150 tanks against the British 430 tanks... Although the German army's new "No. 3" "It does have an advantage, even against the American-made "Stuart", but the British army's absolute advantages in the number of tanks, anti-tank guns and air power can still crush the German army.

Until a German listening squad got lost in the sand... The so-called listening squad is a unit that listens for enemy telegraph signals. They often drive a communication vehicle and change positions in the desert to get more information from the enemy's direction. signal of.

As a result, they found groups of passing British tanks, at least dozens of them, followed by a large number of cars and armored vehicles... This frightened them so much that they hurriedly reported what they saw to Long Mei. you.

Only then did Rommel realize the seriousness of the problem, because the location reported by the listening squad was already within the German defense lines, and so many tanks and vehicles were obviously not just British reconnaissance actions as he had previously suspected.

then……

"Gather!" While Qin Chuan and others were still sleeping in the tent, a rapid whistle came from outside.

The soldiers did not hesitate. They climbed out of the marching blanket and arranged their equipment skillfully... Although it was dark at this time and no one had a flashlight or a fire, the soldiers quickly completed the preparations. and ran out of the tent to line up.

This is how a well-trained unit should behave. All their things are placed where they should be before going to bed, such as the backpack on the right hand side, the rifle on the left hand side, and the boots by the right foot... This makes them You don’t have to look at it at all. You can prepare things with your eyes closed and they won’t fall behind.

The matter seemed urgent. As soon as the soldiers lined up, cars drove up to the front of the team. The car lights were obscured by the wind and sand and became less dazzling. In the light, you could see dust particles flying like fog. .

"Get in the car!" Following Kuhn's order, the soldiers lined up and climbed into the car one by one and sat down.

When the car started to move, Werner yawned and asked Kuhn: "Second Lieutenant, are the British looking for trouble?"

"It seems we didn't beat them enough last time!" Yacop said.

"The British have crossed our defense line!" Kuhn said: "They took advantage of the wind to..."

As he spoke, Kuhn raised his head toward the wind and sand outside the car: "With the cover of darkness, he successfully evaded our detection!"

"This is not good news!" said the baker.

"So what?" Werner continued disdainfully: "Our tanks have been replaced with 50MM caliber guns, and our anti-tank guns... we will give them a good look!"

"Don't be too optimistic, Werner!" Kun replied: "Our people found that they have a lot of tanks, and there are American tanks among them!"

"American tank?" The soldiers were stunned when they heard this.

After a while, Werner cursed: "Damn Yankees!"

Qin Chuan knew what Werner meant... At this time, the United States had not yet entered the war. It should have stood in the middle and refused to help anyone. However, they "lent" a large number of weapons and equipment to the German enemies. This was not the same as What difference does it make if we go to war?

But Germany has nothing to do about this situation. Should it protest to the United States? Or threaten to beat the United States together if it does this again?

Germany already has too many enemies.

Then there was silence in the carriage. Compared with the bad news that the British army had crossed the German defense line, knowing that the British had used American tanks made the German soldiers even more frustrated. This frustration was not only because of the American tanks themselves, but also because of the soldiers’ keen Realizing that this may not be far away from the United States' entry into the war, some soldiers are even worried about whether the German army can win the final victory if it continues to fight like this.

The car drove forward in a dull manner, and some soldiers even fell asleep in the rickety carriage... Of course, the only ones who could fall asleep were veterans, while the recruits nervously held their rifles and kept thinking. Worry that danger will suddenly come.

Originally, Qin Chuan thought that the recruits' worries were unnecessary, because the 21st Armored Division was still far away from the position where the British right wing penetrated, and the cars could not move forward at full speed in the wind, sand and darkness, and it would take at least several hours before they could meet the enemy. meet.

But unexpectedly, Qin Chuan guessed wrong this time.

Just when Qin Chuan, like the other veterans, was drowsy and trying to catch up on some sleep, the sound of artillery suddenly came from ahead.

No one knew what happened, and Kuhn also looked confused.

"Maybe there was a misfire!" Kuhn said, "Or there was an accident!"

But it was soon discovered that this was not the case, because the sound of cannons rang out one after another, and the sound of cannons was also mixed with fierce gunfire, which was obviously a firefight with the vanguard and the enemy.

Then a shell exploded near the car with a whistling sound from far away. Kuhn was even more certain that he had encountered an enemy, so he hurriedly shouted: "Get out of the car and get ready for battle!"

The soldiers jumped out of the car as quickly as possible. The driver turned off the lights immediately in order not to become the target of the enemy. Then everything was pitch black. Everyone could only judge the enemy's strength from the sound of gunfire and the light from the shells. Generous location.