The decisive battle against the Third Reich

After drinking enough water and filling water bags, kettles, empty oil drums, etc., the troops embarked on the march again.

Not long after passing the oasis, the road began to level out, and the surrounding area was not as sandy as before. From time to time, some dead grass or green sand plants appeared on the roadside, such as cactus, bitter watermelon, etc.

This made the march much easier. Werner picked three bitter watermelons and performed acrobatics for the soldiers to entertain themselves while walking.

Amidst the cheers of the soldiers, the baker shouted: "Well done, Werner. It would be even better if you could have a bite!"

The soldiers couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Sergeant Otto!" Werner casually threw one of the bitter watermelons to the baker: "How about we make a bet, you take one bite and I take one!"

The soldiers cheered:

"Bet, bet!"

"Eat, eat!"

…

The baker didn't hesitate at all. He grabbed the fruit and took a bite, then chewed it with relish.

"Well, it tastes good!" The baker nodded to Werner: "You want to try it too?"

Werner couldn't help but be stunned, and the surrounding soldiers were also stunned.

"Damn it!" Kun couldn't help but cursed: "Are you kidding? Or do you think you are immune to all poisons? Spit it out!"

The baker laughed, opened his mouth wide, and there was nothing in his mouth. Then like magic, he took out the intact bitter watermelon in his hand and waved it in front of everyone, and said proudly: "I lied to you!"

The soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's yours, sergeant!" Werner said, "Pretend to be real, you win!"

"You know what?" said the baker, "I've always wanted to be an actor!"

“A baker who wants to be an actor?”

"Yes, but in the end I became a soldier!" the baker laughed at himself: "This is probably my final career!"

The soldiers couldn't help but feel deeply after hearing this, and a few of them smiled bitterly and shook their heads.

Qin Chuan could understand what they meant. They originally had their own ideals. For example, some wanted to be engineers, some wanted to be doctors, and some wanted to be farmers... But the war turned their dreams into unattainable fantasies. What awaits them in front is only one battle after another until death.

Just as the soldiers were silent because of their feelings, a nervous order suddenly came from the front:

"Air defense concealment!"

"Air defense concealment!"

…

The soldiers quickly stopped and lay down on the ground, then took out the ponchos from their backpacks as quickly as possible to cover themselves. The car soldiers quickly jumped out of the car, and with the cooperation of the co-pilot, rolled up the ponchos that were originally rolled up on the trunk. The canvas unfolded to cover the entire car.

These canvases and ponchos were dyed the same brown as the sand in advance... These were obtained from the Italian army. As a colonizer of Libya, the Italian army would be suitable for desert warfare. thing.

As a result, the entire army quickly became one with the desert, at least from the air.

After a while, I heard the "rumble" of airplanes in the sky.

Qin Chuan thought that the scouts scattered around the army must have seen the aircraft from a distance and then notified the army to hide. Otherwise, it would be too late to even hide.

Qin Chuan wanted to stick his head out and look at the sky, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it. If the entire army was exposed just because of this curiosity... I wonder if the German army would treat him the same way they treated Berg.

The British aircraft circled overhead several times and gradually flew away without noticing anything.

When he stood up, Qin Chuan felt like he had returned to reality again.

When the troops are deep in the desert hinterland, they don't need to worry about enemies or fighter planes. It's like another world isolated from the world... Now, they are back to reality.

"keep going!"

"keep going!"

…

The order came soon, and Qin Chuan couldn't help but look back at the awe-inspiring desert.

Not long ago, Qin Chuan was trying every possible means to escape from there, but now he misses it a little. Because Qin Chuan felt that... the real world might be crueler and more dangerous than the desert.

The next day, the troops received orders to accelerate their advance toward the target because they received news that the German army had launched an attack on Mechili from the front. If the delay continued for another regiment, this intersecting force would lag behind the front-advancing troops.

But this is not the case. This is just a lie used by Rommel to urge the troops to speed up...or it can be said to be Rommel's crazy idea that is different from ordinary people.

Because Rommel did try to organize the German attack on Mechili, even though he didn't have many soldiers around him.

"Give you one hour, you must launch an attack on Mechili!" Rommel angrily ordered General Strike, commander of the 5th Light Armored Division.

"I'm afraid not, General!" Strike replied: "Because most of my troops haven't arrived yet. We can't attack without troops. To attack reluctantly will only be a meaningless sacrifice of soldiers' lives!"

Rommel was very dissatisfied with this answer. He roared loudly: "You are simply a Rufu. This cannot be the reason why you cannot attack!"

Strike was so angry that he took a step closer to Rommel. At the same time, he unbuttoned his collar to reveal the "Iron Cross" medal he had won for bravery in France last year. He said: "General, are you accusing me of not being worthy of this medal? If so? If so, I will tear it off and throw it at your feet!"

Rommel was stunned. This was a big problem... because Strike's "Iron Cross" medal was awarded by Hitler. If he did this, he would be denying Hitler.

"No, General Strike!" Rommel slowed down his tone: "You misunderstood. I hope you can do everything you can to gather your troops and then attack Mezhili as soon as possible!"

"I will, General!" Strike turned and left Rommel's headquarters.

This made Rommel a little embarrassed because he did not allow Strike to leave.

It turned out that Strike was right. It was not until two days later that enough troops were gathered to start the attack on Mezhili... If Rommel had started the attack two days ago, the troops would only go to the British defense line in small batches to die.

When the battle in Mezhili started, the officers and soldiers of the first regiment also rushed to the destination, Tengetel.

When the German officers and soldiers saw Tengetel in the telescope, they were dumbfounded: Tengetel was an ordinary town in the desert area, surrounded by empty space and no defense at all.

It might not be difficult to capture it, but it would not be easy to defend it, especially since the British army had tanks.