The decisive battle against the Third Reich

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The battle ended with a bombing.

Because the German troops concealed themselves in time, the British army did not discover many bombing targets. In addition, there were German fighter planes flying around and hitting them with strings of bullets, so the bombers could only throw the bombs down at random and return.

When Qin Chuan spit out a few mouthfuls of sand and got up from the ground, what he saw were groups of British soldiers being led down by German soldiers with their hands raised, and tanks parked in the defense line in various directions, with " Stuart" also has the "General Grant" style.

What's exciting is that because the British army abandoned their tanks to escape, most of those tanks were intact and still usable.

Later, a count showed that as many as 123 tanks were captured, 87 of which were "General Grant" tanks and the others were "Stuart" tanks.

This made the German tank crews cheer for joy... German tanks had been unable to be transported from Italy. They thought they would soon be used as infantry, but unexpectedly the British sent them a batch.

Qinchuan was also a little surprised. Because the British army had air superiority, they could have used bombers to blow up these tanks so that they would not be used by the German army. But the British army did not do this.

What Qinchuan didn't know was that it wasn't that the British army didn't want to do it, but that they couldn't do it... When the British bombers looked down, they saw groups of British soldiers in the tank group raising their hands in surrender, bombing the tanks. Inevitable accidental damage to friendly forces will occur.

Major General Reed, who was in charge of commanding the Air Force, requested Montgomery's instructions when he heard this feedback.

Montgomery was troubled for a moment.

From a military perspective, there is no doubt that bombing should be carried out.

But from a political perspective... If such a bombing was carried out without regard for the lives of friendly troops, especially the soldiers of the 1st Armored Division, I was afraid that Montgomery, the commander of the group army, would step down the next day and even Churchill would be finished.

So Montgomery had no choice but to order: "Leave those tanks to them, they don't have many artillery shells anyway!"

Montgomery was deceiving himself, because when the German army captured Alexandria, they captured the warehouse there, which contained various British artillery pieces and various types of shells, including, of course, 37MM and 75MM caliber shells for American tanks.

So the only problem for the German army was to learn to drive these tanks and become combat effective.

But actually this is not the only problem.

The more serious question is...who should these tanks belong to?

This ambush was fought by the German 21st Armored Division and the 15th Armored Division together. Both armored divisions were extremely short of tanks, so everyone wanted to grab a few more of these, even the Italian Armored Division.

They even started snatching it from the battlefield... The tank soldiers got into the tanks and drove to their own units without hesitation. You grabbed one and I grabbed another. Some people were so angry that they even started fighting. .

As a result, until Qin Chuan walked into Rommel's headquarters, the commanders of the two armored divisions were still arguing.

"I think these tanks should be divided equally!" Major General Gro, commander of the 15th Armored Division, said: "One hundred and twenty-three tanks, each armored division should be allocated 61 tanks!"

Major General Gro obviously did not take advantage of the "war" to grab the tanks.

"No, I don't think this is fair!" Major General Gloucester said: "As we all know, the 21st Armored Division has always been fighting on the front line. We urgently need tanks to restore their combat effectiveness, not to mention... this battle is still according to our Plan to fight, so we deserve more tanks!”

At this time, Qin Chuan walked into the command vehicle. When Major General Strike saw him, he was like seeing a savior. He happily introduced to the officers: "Gentlemen, let me introduce Second Lieutenant Frick. He used The false intelligence tricked the British 1st Armored Division into our ambush... Without him, we would still be having a headache from the British attack!"

General Strike's implication was that since the 21st Armored Division had made such a great contribution, it should be allocated more tanks.

The officers couldn't help but cast their eyes on Qinchuan. Several officers who were not from the 15th Armored Division took the initiative to lean over and shake hands with Qinchuan, and said:

"It's an honor to meet you, Lieutenant!"

"What a great idea, Lieutenant!"

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In fact, they had all heard about Qin Chuan and Qin Chuan's deeds early in the morning, and they also knew that Qin Chuan was a popular figure around Rommel. Therefore, although they were all majors and had a much higher rank than Qin Chuan, they did not dare to put on airs. .

"Second lieutenant!" Rommel smiled and motioned for Qin Chuan to sit down on a chair at the end... This made Qin Chuan a little surprised. The German army was very hierarchical. Originally, it was impossible for a second lieutenant like Qin Chuan to be here. of seats.

"What do you think of this?" Rommel asked.

"What?" Qin Chuan didn't understand what Rommel meant.

"Which unit should we assign tanks to first?" Rommel asked.

"General!" Qin Chuan said with some confusion: "Shouldn't we solve Alexander's crisis first?"

"Oh, you don't know yet..." Rommel replied: "That's no longer a problem, the British have withdrawn their troops!"

Qin Chuan nodded.

It is normal for the British army to withdraw.

The defeat of the 1st Armored Division caused the British army to lose nearly 200 tanks. As a result, the British army only had 300 tanks against the more than 100 German tanks... These more than 100 tanks included the newly captured "Sri Lankan" tanks. Stuart", the German army had previously captured and trained "Stuart" tank crews, so they could be put into use immediately after capture.

Because the "General Grant" tank is a new tank, and its tank crew requires six people, it is difficult for this tank to effectively control and form combat effectiveness, so it must be trained for a period of time... This is why the British army uses this tank One of the reasons why combat performance behind tanks is so bad.

In other words, the British army no longer has much advantage in the overall balance of strength, and retreating is the only option.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan replied: "I can't decide which unit to assign to, but I think the 'General Grant' tanks should be assigned to the artillery, general!"

"What?" After hearing this, the two generals couldn't help but be stunned.

"As we can see!" Qin Chuan explained: "The 'General Grant' tank has fatal flaws. We were able to defeat the British army on the battlefield by using its range of fire problem, and the British army can do the same tomorrow. A little, and it is very difficult to train... Our tank crew must be changed from four-man coordination to six-man coordination, which will cause a big problem, because one day, if we transport enough tanks from Italy, we will need it again! From six people to four people driving their own tanks, it will take some time for them to adapt!”