The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"Second Lieutenant!" Alfredo handed Qin Chuan a cigarette.

At this time, Qin Chuan was already the platoon leader. The three squad leaders under him were Baker, Jakop and Werner. The former platoon leader Kuhn had been promoted to lieutenant and transferred to the company headquarters as Bazel's deputy.

After Qin Chuan and Alfredo lit up their cigarettes, others soon started taking cigarettes as if they were contagious. Soon the trench was filled with smoke and a strong smell of tobacco.

After blowing out a few puffs of smoke, Alfredo asked: "Second Lieutenant, maybe I shouldn't ask... did you let those two spies go on purpose?"

"What?" Qin Chuan pretended to be confused: "Why do you think so?"

"Because at that distance, your bullet shouldn't miss the target!" Alfredo said: "I remember you fired a shot, and if your shot could hit the driver, they wouldn't be able to escape at all!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but smile and admit it. At the same time, he secretly thought that the two spies didn't know his marksmanship, otherwise he would be exposed.

"Then..." Alfredo lowered his voice and said, "That means the British will fall into the trap we set, right?"

Qin Chuan replied: "I think we will know the answer before dawn!"

The German army without air superiority always chooses to fight at night. On the contrary, the British army will choose to attack during the day as much as possible, especially at dawn, because then they have a whole day to attack and stabilize the battle situation.

Qin Chuan's guess was not wrong.

Before dawn the next day, fierce gunfire came from the direction of Aguila, one after another, like thunder.

"Second Lieutenant!" The communications soldier handed the phone to Qin Chuan and said, "Company headquarters phone!"

As soon as Qin Chuan answered the phone, he heard Bazel on the other end saying excitedly: "Second Lieutenant, the enemy has begun to attack Lajier. The scouts judged that it was the British main armored force. We successfully deceived the British." !”

"So we have a war?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes!" said Bazel, "everything is going according to plan!"

"Get ready for battle!" Qin Chuan conveyed the order after hanging up the phone.

The advantage of being a platoon leader is that you can learn the situation on the battlefield faster. At the same time, it will be easier for General Strike and others to contact Qin Chuan.

The British 1st Armored Division was responsible for attacking Aguila.

The First Armored Division, as can be seen from its designation, is the earliest armored force formed, and the British First Armored Division has extraordinary significance and glory... The tank was invented by the British, which means that it is the most advanced armored force in the world. The British 1st Armored Division was the first to use tanks and achieve victory on the battlefield.

But this First Armored Division is already in name only. This is not only because of the mistakes made by the British army in the subsequent development of tanks, but also because the First Armored Division is full of people who are not determined to fight and squeeze into the First Armored Division in order to get promoted and make a fortune. The noble son of the master.

Major General Eberle, commander of the 1st Armored Division, knew this very well, so he was a little worried when Montgomery planned to use the 1st Armored Division as the main force of the attack.

Major General Eberle's worries are not unreasonable. The 1st Armored Division fought several battles with the Germans in France not long ago... The 1st Armored Division is the vanguard of the British armored division, and it is also considered to have the highest priority equipment. The best armored divisions will of course be sent to the battlefield as soon as possible.

But its performance on the battlefield was shocking. After a few battles, it achieved basically no results but lost a large number of tanks.

Of course, there is also a reason for the poor coordination between the British and French armies... The French artillery temporarily decided to postpone the artillery preparations but failed to notify the British army, so the British 1st Armored Division headed towards the country without artillery preparations. The German defense line launched an attack, and the British tanks were destroyed by the Germans like targets one by one.

Although the 1st Armored Division at this time had received sufficient time to rest in the UK and was equipped with brand-new American tanks, Major General Eberle still lacked confidence.

One of the reasons for the lack of confidence is that the First Armored Division is very unfamiliar with the equipment at hand... The tanks used by the First Armored Division are changed like a revolving door. When they fought in France, they used old Vickers tanks. After returning to China, they used old Vickers tanks. Completely replaced with "Matilda" tanks, and now when fighting in Africa, they urgently replaced with "General Grant" tanks.

Major General Eberle had told Montgomery this concern.

But Montgomery confidently patted Major General Evans on the shoulder and said: "Major General, you will win. Have confidence in yourself and your troops! As for training issues... you know, all our armored divisions have I’m new to the General Grant tank, and I’m as familiar with it as you are!”

The reason why Montgomery wanted to let the 1st Armored Division serve as the main force was mainly because the 7th Armored Division was well known to the Germans as the main force of the British army. If the 7th Armored Division was used to launch a feint attack in the direction of the Corniche, it could confuse the Germans into thinking that it was the main force. The main direction of attack of the British army.

"But we have no experience in desert warfare!" Major General Eberle said.

"Major General!" Montgomery replied: "Do you know which enemy force you are facing? It is the Italian 132nd Armored Division... You know, we have easily defeated this Italian force before!"

After hearing what Montgomery said, Major General Eberle did not dare to express any further opinions, because Major General Burton, the commander of the 7th Armored Division who had defeated the Italian army and pursued it for thousands of kilometers, was also present. Major General Eberle noticed the wave. Major General Dun had a disdainful smile on his lips.

So Major General Eberle had no choice but to take on the task.

In fact, the 1st Armored Division should also take over this task, because the 1st Armored Division always has the most honors and equipment. For example, this time, the 1st Armored Division is equipped with 200 of the 500 tanks... The 1st Armored Division It is divided into the 1st Armored Brigade and the 2nd Armored Brigade, each equipped with one hundred tanks.

So, why does the First Armored Division not go to the battlefield to "show" when it has the honor and equipment?

As soon as the battle started, Major General Eberle couldn't help but let go of his heart, because he saw the panic of the Italian army under artillery fire through the telescope... This at least meant that the enemy in front of him was not like the one he encountered in France. German troops like that.

"It seems we are going to be lucky!" Major General Eberle put down his telescope and said to the staff officer beside him: "The Italians are indeed not made for war!"

"I heard it too, General!" the staff officer replied: "They said we only need to drive the tanks over, and then the Italians will hand over the position to us!"

"Uh-huh!" Major General Eberle nodded, and then ordered: "Then what are we waiting for? Attack!"

"Yes, General!"