The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"We must continue the attack!" Rommel said at the meeting.

On the afternoon of the day Hitler launched his attack on the Soviet Union, the 15th Armored Division arrived in Alexandria, along with Rommel. As soon as he arrived in Alexandria, he convened a meeting with officers.

Although Qin Chuan was not an officer, he participated in this meeting under Rommel's name.

"We can't continue the attack, General!" General Strike has always been against Rommel, and this time will be no exception.

There were only a few times when General Strike seemed to win an argument.

"General!" Colonel Olbridge added: "We only have thirty-two tanks left, eight of which are even enemy Stuarts, and they are all scarred and in need of repair... …”

"The enemy's situation is worse than ours!" Rommel said: "And we also have the 15th Armored Division, and they have forty tanks!"

Hearing this, Colonel Olbridge couldn't help but look at General Strike... They originally thought that the 15th Armored Division would not suffer much losses, because they did not penetrate behind enemy lines like the 21st Armored Division and fought with Alexander in Alexandria. The enemy's 'English crossbows' engage in a fierce battle.

In fact, every family has a hard-to-recite scripture... The mission of the 15th Armored Division was to launch a feint attack on the British army in the Rooisat Ridge area.

The feint attack was originally an easy task, but the problem is that the feint attack started during the day, and the British army has also concentrated its main defensive forces in the direction of Ruoisat Ridge...

As a result, the 15th Armored Division was bombarded by British artillery fire and British fighters and bombers. Many tanks were destroyed before they saw the enemy. It was considered good to have forty tanks left.

"So we can't attack even more!" General Strike said: "Our two armored divisions only have more than seventy tanks combined!"

"I think this is enough!" Rommel replied: "The British only have some "Stuarts" with weak combat effectiveness. Our tanks can easily destroy them and break through their defense lines!"

"The problem is that the British don't just have tanks, they have planes and artillery!" General Strike retorted.

"We can choose to attack at night!" Rommel said: "In addition, we have captured Alexandria and its airport, and captured enough fuel and supplies..."

As he spoke, Rommel pointed to Alexander on the map and said: "We can move fighter planes to Alexander... They can cover our attack!"

Hearing this, the officers could only choose to remain silent, because Rommel's offensive plan seemed feasible. Although the British army had a numerical advantage in aircraft, the German army had advantages in performance and quality. If it launched with all its strength, If you attack, you can indeed burst out with powerful energy.

Seeing the excitement of the officers, Rommel continued: "Our goal is Port Said... Once we can capture this port, the British supplies will lose the landing port, which means we cut off the British Human supply line!”

Qin Chuan remained silent because he actually knew what Rommel was thinking.

Rommel was eager to launch an attack on the British defense line. In addition to worrying that the reinforcement of the defense line would lead to trench warfare like the First World War, another worry was that time was not on the German side... The German equipment was transported by sea from Italy. , while the British army's equipment was transported from India.

It is obvious that the British army's equipment and troop transportation are much faster than the German army's, even because the American equipment obtained by the British army is no worse than the German army in terms of performance.

Therefore, the gap between the German army and the British army will become larger as time goes on. In this case, the German army had no choice but to make a quick decision.

Now……

With 126 British fighter planes stationed on the island of Malta, cutting off the African Corps' sea lines of communication, the German army's already pitiful supplies were even worse, so the German army was required to win a quick victory.

"Sergeant!" Rommel asked when Qin Chuan frowned and said nothing, "You seem to have different opinions on this plan?"

At this time, Rommel had already looked at Qinchuan with admiration.

This is not just because Qinchuan saved his life before, nor is it because Qinchuan invented the "minesweeper tank" and successfully broke through the British defense line with it... In Rommel's view, these are just flashes of inspiration. A little luck can do it.

If these are nothing, then Qinchuan's performance in Alexander completely defeated Rommel strategically... because when Rommel received the intelligence that the 21st Armored Division was blocked, he didn't know what to do. what to do.

But Rommel did not expect that not long after, Rommel got the news that the German army had successfully captured Alexander.

After learning that it was Qinchuan who used the propaganda offensive to achieve miraculous results, Rommel couldn't help but sigh: "This sergeant created a miracle. He defeated the enemy with a trumpet instead of a tank... If possible, I would prefer him to command the troops. Not those generals who only know how to count tanks and compare equipment!”

"Yes, General!" Qin Chuan said: "Because I think all of this is based on the assumption that the British will be weaker than us!"

"Isn't it?" Rommel spread his hands and said: "We have indeed suffered heavy losses. From more than two hundred tanks, only about seventy are left. But our losses are all worth it, because our Each tank destroyed several or even a dozen enemy tanks. This is our pride, Sergeant... and it is also a clear proof of the weakening of British strength!"

"Of course I know, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "But just as we were destroying the British tanks one by one... British equipment and reinforcements were being shipped in ship after ship."

"You mean...the British still have tanks landing?" Rommel couldn't help but stare at Qin Chuan.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "Because this situation has happened on previous battlefields... We thought that the armored forces that had defeated the enemy were overwhelming, but they suddenly showed up with two hundred Stuarts. ', a brand new armored regiment!"

"The sergeant is right!" General Strike agreed: "They did land during the battle, and we interrogated the prisoners!"

Rommel couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said confidently: "Gentlemen, your worries are unnecessary, because we destroyed not only the enemy's tanks, but also their tank crews... Do you think that in such a short period of time? Do the British have the ability to train so many tank crews within this time? Even if they do, the tanks driven by novices will be vulnerable!"