The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Therefore, the British army can only retreat. Otherwise, by the time the 21st Armored Division reaches Sidioma to replenish sufficient fuel and supplies, the British army's clumsy infantry tanks may not even be able to escape back to Egypt.

General Strike did not know when the British army retreated. He was still looking at the map in the command car and planning with the officers where to attack to re-supply the troops from Sidioma.

"I think we should go back to Tobruk!" suggested Colonel Olbridge. "That way we can surprise the British and stab them in the back!"

"I think we should attack Halfa Pass!" Colonel Slaine said: "As long as we hold there, we can block the supply and retreat of the British 13th Army. In this way, they have only one choice, which is to abandon their tanks and The equipment bypassed the Halfa Gate defense line and returned through the Gabusali defense line!"

General Strike did not answer. After a pause, he sighed: "No matter which choice we choose, it is very beneficial to us, isn't it?"

"Yes, General!" Colonel Sline and Colonel Olbridge replied in unison.

"I can't believe it!" General Strike said: "This situation was actually opened by a sergeant, a sergeant who stole the chicken... Not long ago, I wanted to shoot him!"

"General!" Colonel Slaine laughed: "If you really did this, we would be basking in the sun next to a tank that is out of oil!"

General Strike nodded: "So we should be lucky, right?"

"Yes!"

Just as he was talking, a communications soldier handed General Strike a telegram and said: "General, General Rommel is calling!"

General Strike frowned when he took the telegram and read it.

"What's the matter, General?" Colonel Olbridge asked. He didn't know what else could bother General Strike at this time.

"The British are retreating!" said General Strike.

"Oh!" Colonel Olbridge and Colonel Sline looked at each other, feeling sorry for each other.

The British army retreated at the wrong time. If they had waited for the 21st Armored Division to replenish their fuel in Sidioma, they could have chased the British deserters all the way.

but now……

The Germans who did not have enough supplies could only rush back to Sidioma. When the Germans were ready to pursue, they were afraid that the British would have disappeared, so they could only watch the British escape.

After thinking about it, General Strike laughed: "They found it!"

"What was found?" Colonel Slaine was a little confused by General Strike's sudden words.

"Supplies!" General Strike said: "Sidioma's supplies! Based on our marching route and direction, the British guessed that we did not blow up Sidioma's supplies!"

The two colonels couldn't help but said "Oh", and then several people laughed in unison.

"Is that why they retreated?" Colonel Slain said.

"Of course!" Colonel Olbridge said: "They will be finished when we get that batch of supplies! So, it was that batch of supplies that defeated the British!"

"I really want to know what Auchinleck's expression looks like now!" Colonel Slain said: "If I can, I also want to tell him that this was all a sergeant's idea, and he was defeated by a sergeant!"

"It's very simple!" General Strike raised his head in the direction of the radio: "The British have been eavesdropping on our radio. You use Morse code to send what you want to say, and I guarantee that Auchinleck will receive it. if!"

The officers couldn't help laughing.

News of the British army's retreat soon reached the carriages where the soldiers were riding, and the soldiers couldn't help but cheer:

"We won!"

"The British are retreating!"

…

Alfredo said to Qin Chuan with emotion: "Sergeant, we survived again!"

"Yes, we survived again!" Qin Chuan nodded.

This battle was not too dangerous for the infantry. They did not suffer large-scale enemy artillery attacks and were rarely bombed by enemy aircraft. They mostly marched on the road or followed the tanks to cover and shoot.

However, no matter how intense the battle is, everyone will feel like they are surviving after every battle.

However, the battle did not end there. Rommel ordered the 15th Armored Division and even the Italian army to pursue the fleeing British troops.

Under normal circumstances, the Italian army will not be assigned such a task, but on the one hand, it is because the German army is insufficient in strength and there are really no troops available except the Italian army. On the other hand, it is a tailwind at this time...

Fighting against the wind and fighting against the wind are two different things. Troops with good quality can fight against the wind as well as against the wind. Troops with poor quality will collapse like a piece of loose sand in a war against the wind, but in a war against the wind they may be as vicious as a group of bandits. Indiscriminate killing and charging.

The Italian army was obviously the latter. They knew that the British army had been defeated by the German army and had to retreat. In addition, they had been beaten to pieces by the British army before. Now, whether it was revenge or a desire to show heroic courage, in short After receiving the order, they launched a vigorous pursuit of the British army. The Italian soldiers lined up in neat formations and wore brand-new military uniforms and advanced along the road. All of them held their heads high, as if they were It's like defeating the British in this battle.

The 21st Armored Division could not feel this "honor" and was ordered to garrison Sidi Omar.

The reason is that Sidioma has a large amount of supplies, and the location of Sidioma is still 70 kilometers inside Egypt... This makes this batch of supplies very important, because it is equivalent to moving supplies from Tobruk forward. The line was transported for one hundred kilometers. In other words, it provided a perfect front-line supply base for the German and Italian armies.

As a result, Sidioma quickly became busy. Cars drove into the village, and then loaded carloads of supplies, fuel and water to the German and Italian troops in the north who were pursuing the British army.

Qin Chuan and others built a defense line in Sidioma to prevent a sudden attack by British troops.

In fact, there is no great need to build a defense line, because since the British 7th Armored Division was defeated by the 21st Armored Division, the British army has no armored units that can match the 21st Armored Division, and there are no armored units on the empty battlefields of Africa. It's hard to imagine victory, especially in an offensive battle.

So what really needs to be guarded against is the aerial threat from the British army. At this time, the wind and sand have gradually subsided, and the British reconnaissance planes flew into the sky in groups. After they detected a convoy coming in and out of Sidioma, Bombers will arrive soon.