The decisive battle against the Third Reich

After training for half a month, Qin Chuan believed that the time was almost up, so he moved to the next step, which was the training of the whole army.

Instructor Erwin had objections to this, because he believed that although the exercise was successful and most soldiers could persist to the end, it was not yet time to finalize the teaching materials and popularize the training. In case there are any problems that have not been discovered and put into the battlefield It will kill some people.

Instructor Erwin's responsible attitude towards life is worthy of recognition, and Germans are generally more rigorous and serious.

But Qin Chuan knew that some problems could not be discovered in exercises, so he had to put them into actual combat and solve them while discovering them.

More importantly, compared to snipers, the "cold gun and cold gun" movement emphasizes "quantity" rather than "quality"... It is a large-scale sniper operation, a kind of turning small victories into big victories. It can even be said to be a kind of psychological warfare.

Because of Rommel's support, the plan was quickly implemented.

The training of the 21st Armored Division was led by Qin Chuan and 30 trainees as instructors, while the training of the 15th Armored Division was led by Erwin and another 30 trainees.

Of course, most of the candidates are recruited from the infantry regiments... Most of the soldiers in the armored regiments have certain skills. Although the German army is facing the embarrassing situation of having no tanks available at this time, there is no guarantee that one day tanks will be delivered.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the armored regiment received very little relevant infantry combat training. It was obviously more difficult to select qualified snipers from them, so Qinchuan simply excluded the armored regiment.

The artillery can select some. This is mainly because the sniper force also needs artillery observers who can guide the artillery in bombing... Originally Qin Chuan wanted the snipers to learn this knowledge, but found that there is actually a simpler way, that is to let the artillery carry out bombings. Artillery observers and snipers are mixed together and lurk on the front line. The observers only wear binoculars to contact the artillery at a longer distance. Because they are farther away and do not fire, their safety is much higher.

In fact, this is also a helpless move due to lack of time, because it is the sniper who can really find the target to bomb and cooperate with the sniper.

Originally, Qin Chuan thought that this would require several days of propaganda work and even the mobilization of military officers, because after all, it was a thankless job. Who would be willing to go to the battlefield if they could stay behind to farm and enjoy the sea breeze, especially if they had to stay motionless? Lie in front of the enemy all day long.

But I didn't expect that the number of soldiers who came to sign up was much more than expected. In just half a day, there were more than 500 soldiers... This number was actually enough to form the sniper force Qinchuan needed, but the number was still growing. increase.

Qin Chuan curiously asked one of the corporals: "Soldier, what is the purpose of your registration?"

"Does this need a purpose?" The corporal looked at Qin Chuan with some confusion: "I think I am qualified for this task, so I am here!"

Qin Chuan felt a little incredible, but at the same time he felt that the German soldiers were actually very cute. They regarded fighting as their due responsibility and obligation, and came because they believed they were capable of the job.

Of course, there are also those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, as there have been deserters before, but generally speaking, their army still has a military spirit similar to "chivalry", which makes them in harmony with the Italian army. African armies are fundamentally different.

This is especially true of African armies. Many of them only recognize tribes and not countries, so of course they all have the idea of ​​preserving their strength, so the entire army is like a piece of loose sand and collapses in one blow.

Due to the combat consciousness and initiative of the German soldiers, and the fact that most of them were soldiers who had rolled out of the battlefield, and what Qin Chuan taught them was the experience summed up in previous exercises, the training process was quite fast. Two weeks of training has basically met the requirements.

At this time, Qin Chuan called Erwin.

"I think it's time to let them try it on the battlefield!" Qin Chuan said.

"Sir!" Erwin was a little nervous: "Although the training went well, they need more time..."

"It always takes more time, Second Lieutenant!" Qin Chuan said, "Because it is a battlefield!"

Erwin couldn't help but fell silent.

Erwin knew that Qin Chuan was right. There is a saying that "the best school is the battlefield." If an army wants to grow and learn, it must be put on the battlefield to practice, especially brand-new tactics without any experience to learn from.

"Okay, sir!" said Erwin, "I have no problem!"

So the operation started that night. Qin Chuan led 600 snipers to take charge of the northern section of the defense line, while Erwin led the same number of troops to take charge of the southern section of the defense line.

While Qinchuan's plan was proceeding step by step, Montgomery was also intensively preparing for war.

The first thing Montgomery did after taking office was to make earth-shaking adjustments to the command staff of the Eighth Army because he felt that a large part of the reason why the Eighth Army had suffered repeated defeats before was because these commanders did not Dutiful.

There is some truth to Montgomery's idea... Most of the commanders of the Eighth Army are British officers who have been stationed in Egypt for a long time. They are like god-like existences in Egypt. They are omnipotent and can do whatever they want. Over time, they have swelled and become a little forgetful. , when they really need to fight, they panic and don't know what to do.

For this reason, Montgomery even did not hesitate to transfer a group of officers from the distant British mainland to command the army.

Then Montgomery re-deployed thousands of long-range cannons on the defense line. These cannons were all covered with camouflage nets, stood in hidden positions and pointed their muzzles at the other side of the defense line.

In addition, Montgomery will also add the newly reinforced 1st Armored Division to cooperate with the 15th Armored Division and the 7th Armored Division to ambush near Halfa Mountain... Montgomery believes that if the Germans are going to attack, they will definitely open a gap from here to break through. , just like what the Germans did before on the British defense lines.

It can also be seen from this that all Montgomery's preparations were aimed at the German armored forces, although he knew that the German supply lines had been cut off and it was difficult to replenish tanks.

"What else can they have?" Montgomery said, "The only thing I'm worried about is the German tanks!"

For this reason, Montgomery also issued an order requiring British tanks to only engage in distant combat and not close combat.

This is in line with the actual situation, just like a previous tank battle... The British "General Grant" tank has a longer range of gunfire but is very clumsy, and even has defects due to poor shooting range, while the German tank But it is very flexible and suitable for close combat.

What Montgomery didn't expect was that this time the Germans were not attacking with tanks at all.