The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"I think we need a rest, General!" Qin Chuan said.

"Sergeant, I can understand!" Rommel replied: "You do need to rest, but the problem is that we can't wait... As long as we stop, the enemy will become stronger and stronger, and then there will be no loopholes in the Alamein defense line. Found it!"

"I don't think so, general!" Qin Chuan said: "Because the British are already prepared, at least in the northern section of the defense line. This can be seen from the battle last night. In this case, give A few more days for the British army to prepare does not make much difference. Of course, their defenses will be strengthened, but by what? More troops or more artillery and aircraft? We have already suffered enough. On the contrary, if we give our soldiers a few days to rest, they can recover a considerable degree of combat effectiveness, such as the repair of faulty tanks, the recovery of soldiers' physical strength and morale, and more detailed intelligence..."

"That's enough, Sergeant!" Rommel impatiently interrupted Qin Chuan: "We must attack and cannot give the enemy a chance to breathe! At the same time, you must understand that it is useful to consider the problem from the perspective of a general and a soldier. The essential difference!”

So Qin Chuan knew what Rommel was thinking. He thought that Qin Chuan made various excuses because he was too tired or timid and subjectively wanted to rest.

Qinchuan did have such thoughts, but Qinchuan knew clearly that during the First Alamein War, Rommel launched a desperate attack on the Alamein defense line, and as a result, the German army was overwhelmed.

In other words, Qinchuan was very sure that following Rommel's plan would only lead to failure.

But what can Qin Chuan do?

Rommel is a stubborn person, and no one can influence what he believes in. What's more, Qin Chuan is just a sergeant... If it weren't for Qin Chuan's meritorious service and saving Rommel, I'm afraid everyone would be killed by now. Rommel drove out.

Then, Rommel put Qinchuan aside and said to General Strike: "The 21st Armored Division must be deployed here before dark, and then launch a feint attack on El Alamein. Once the enemy is found to have penetrated the armor, Defeat them as soon as the troops leave the city..."

"We don't have enough ammunition, General!"

"No, the ammunition will be delivered to you soon!"

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Rommel was such a person. He was a little too particular about speed and did not consider the objective situation.

At this time, Qin Chuan realized that he had to think of a practical solution, otherwise the German army would suffer an even greater defeat.

But what can Qin Chuan do?

There are landmines all over the front of the defense line. The German army will encounter problems similar to last night at any point of attack... Sometimes this has nothing to do with the number of landmines. The problem is that the landmines are buried underground and cannot be seen. Every time the soldiers take a step forward, they must Worried about stepping on a mine, every meter the tank advanced was afraid that it would be blown into a ball of fire.

Therefore, unless the German army can clear mines quickly, the advantages of its armored forces' high mobility and rapid breakthrough cannot be brought into play at all, and the armored forces will be covered by British artillery fire and suffer heavy losses when clearing mines.

At this moment, Qin Chuan suddenly thought of something...

"General, can I make a suggestion?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Sergeant!" Rommel said: "If you want to persuade me to slow down the offensive, then keep these words in your stomach!"

"Sorry, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "That's what I thought!"

"You are very frank!" Rommel turned around and said, "Then let's not waste any more time!"

As he spoke, Rommel turned his attention to the map again.

"Why don't we listen to the sergeant's advice?" said Colonel Sline. "It won't take much time!"

"Yes, General!" General Strike agreed: "Every time the sergeant says the word 'suggestion', it usually means that he has a way, and it is a good way!"

Rommel looked at the officers in front of him, then put on a helpless expression and said to Qin Chuan: "Okay, sergeant, let's see what you can do!"

"The way is to rest for a few days!" Qin Chuan said: "As we know, do a good job in intelligence work in the past few days to find the weak points of the defense line, and then launch a sudden attack on the weak points!"

Rommel spread his hands towards the officers and asked: "Is this what you want to hear?"

Colonel Slaine was a little disappointed, and General Strike was also a little embarrassed, because this was really a mediocre method.

"We can't launch a surprise attack on weak points, Sergeant!" General Albury interjected: "You participated in that battle last night. No unit can make a 'surprise attack' before clearing the mines!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "That's why we need to clear the landmines quickly!"

"How to clear mines quickly?" Rommel objected: "You mean to use artillery shells? God, if we don't have enough artillery shells, when we are clearing mines, the enemy's artillery will blow all our artillery into the sky! "

This is obvious, the British army has much more artillery than the German army.

"No, general!" Qin Chuan replied: "I'm not talking about artillery!"

"Then what are you talking about?" General Strike seemed to have heard something mysterious.

"Tank!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Tank?" Colonel Olbridge looked at Qinchuan with an incredulous expression: "No, tanks can't do it either. You know, the enemy mixes anti-infantry mines and anti-tank mines, so tank demining is not only prone to If they malfunction, the anti-tank mines will blow them up... We don't have many tanks left, Sergeant!"

"No!" Qin Chuan replied: "Our tanks will not malfunction when clearing mines, let alone be blown up by anti-tank mines!"

The generals couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and then laughed in unison.

"Sergeant, are you telling a joke?" Rommel asked: "Thank you, this joke is very funny!"

"This is what I think!" Qin Chuan picked up the paper and pen next to him and said while drawing: "This is a tank..."

It's just that Qin Chuan's painting skills are really not good, and the tank he painted looks like an ugly duckling, but fortunately that's not the point.

"We can install a rotating drum in the front of the tank!" Qin Chuan continued: "The rotating drum can be driven by a small motor, such as the motor installed on the rear armor of the tank... Then, a chain is hung on the rotating drum, and when it rotates When the drum spins, these chains whip against the ground!"

Hearing this, Rommel and other generals couldn't help but look at each other.

"Dang..." Qin Chuan finished the painting at this time. He excitedly held the crooked painting that looked like a primary school student's and said, "Look, this is a mine-sweeping tank!"