The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Thanks to Guoyou for being the helmsman of this book!

After having had enough wine and food, the soldiers lay down on the beach and fell asleep in the gentle sea breeze and the setting sun. Qin Chuan was one of them. After being tense and tired for a long time on the battlefield, he suddenly felt relaxed and soon felt relieved. His eyelids were trembling, so he simply spread out his poncho by the campfire, covered himself with a marching quilt, and fell asleep.

Later, Qin Chuan learned that it was very dangerous for them to do this... The comfort of the beach vacation made them almost forget that this was a battlefield. The enemy would not care whether they were on vacation, especially since there was a bonfire on the beach that could be used as their weapon. Target……

When the soldiers were sleeping soundly, suddenly there was a harsh whistle in the sky, and then a cannonball exploded on the seaside. Seawater and mud rushed towards the soldiers like a heavy rain, and they were immediately Watered the soldiers awake.

Qin Chuan was stunned for a while when he woke up, because he dreamed that he was back in modern times and playing at the beach, so he didn't understand what was going on.

Most of the other soldiers were in the same situation, but Werner was still quick. As soon as he turned over, he picked up the engineer's shovel and shoveled the sand to put out the bonfire.

There were several more roars of artillery shells in the darkness, and several shells exploded nearby, but fortunately they did not hit the gathering place of the soldiers.

Then there was a loud sound of gunfire...but these shells were hitting the German defense lines outside the city.

"They are starting to attack!" After Bazel reacted, he shouted at the soldiers: "Everyone, get up, the holiday is over!"

The soldiers all know what Bazel means. Although the German army has captured Tobruk, and Tobruk still has a strong defense line that is rare in the desert, the problem is that the German army does not have enough troops... More than a thousand people defend the 30-mile-long defense line. , with an average of only 33 soldiers defending one mile, not to mention that the German army also had to ensure the safety of Tobruk Port and warehouse supplies.

So of course the German army had to make use of every soldier, and even every soldier had to take on tasks that could only be completed by a few people, so of course the vacation was ruined.

Amidst the soldiers' curses on the British army, Bazel led the team back to the port in a hurry.

The port was already busy with cars and people. German soldiers everywhere climbed into the cars as if putting out a fire and drove to the defense line. Colonel Slain passed by the troops in an armored vehicle. He saw Bazel and others in the Mercedes-Benz car. Shouted: "Captain, the defense of the port is left to you. You must ensure its safety, especially the supplies in the warehouse..."

"Yes, Colonel!" Bazel responded simply.

As the roar of the car gradually faded away, only Bazel and the others were left facing the whistling sea breeze in the empty port.

"It's a good job, isn't it?" Werner said. "We seem to be lucky!"

The soldiers knew what Werner meant, the port and supplies... that was at the core of Tobruk. If the enemy could reach here, it would almost mean that the entire German defense line had collapsed.

Therefore, they can be considered the safest in the First Infantry Regiment anyway.

"We've always been lucky, haven't we?" The baker said and looked at Qin Chuan.

"Don't take it lightly, our mission is not easy!" Bazel said and walked towards the port dispatch room that was previously used as the headquarters.

There, Barzel found several maps, which were obviously left behind by Colonel Sline on purpose... This also shows that Colonel Sline was in a hurry when he left. He did not expect that the British army would launch an attack at night.

"Look at this!" Bazel pointed to the map and said: "We have eight warehouses that need to be defended. They are here, here, and here..."

Then Bazel assigned the defense of the warehouse. At most, each squad was responsible for one warehouse, and the remaining people were used as mobile units or patrol units.

Qin Chuan's squad is responsible for patrolling, which means lining up and walking around with guns in hand to prevent underground organizations from causing sabotage.

Most of the underground organizations are Libyans. As the saying goes, wherever there is oppression, there is resistance. Italy's colonization of Libya will naturally arouse the hatred of some Libyans.

It's just that these armed forces are very weak and disorganized... The reason is that many people in Libya at this time have no concept of a country at all. They don't care who occupies or rules Libya. They only have tribes in their eyes, as long as they do not harm the interests of their tribes. , then it will be treated as "nothing", and even if you give these tribes a little benefit... they will work hard for you.

Therefore, those tribes that would become underground organizations either had enemies with them during the colonization process, or were bribed by the British army.

The equipment of these underground organizations is often very backward, and many people even use firearms for hunting. Therefore, although the German troops stationed at the port only have one infantry company, they are still full of confidence.

When leading the team past a bungalow, Qin Chuan unexpectedly found two unknown German soldiers standing at the door with guns in hand.

"Who is locked up inside?" Qin Chuan asked.

"They are the crew of the cruise ship, sergeant!" the guard replied: "The colonel asked us to watch them, maybe we will use them!"

Qin Chuan nodded.

Colonel Slain's idea was right. Tobruk was a port, and several large cruise ships were captured... These cruise ships could be used as transport ships between Italy and Libya.

Qin Chuan continued to move forward with his troops. As he walked, he took out a map and memorized the location under the starlight.

"Sergeant!" Werner asked from behind: "Do you think our troops can block the British attack?"

Qin Chuan listened to the sound of gunfire coming from outside the city and replied: "I think they can!"

"Why?" Werner was a little curious.

"The British seem to have made a mistake!" Qin Chuan stopped and looked into the darkness where the sound of gunfire continued to come from the distance and said: "Listen to the sound of gunfire, they seem to have spread their forces across the entire defense line and launched an attack at the same time! "

"I think their approach is very clever!" Werner expressed puzzlement: "Because they have much more troops than we do, so spreading the attack can make our already small troops even more dispersed!"

"What you say may be reasonable!" Qin Chuan said: "But you haven't considered... many positions on the defense line actually don't require many troops to defend, because there are a lot of barbed wire and mines. We only need to arrange a few machine guns. It can prevent the British army from advancing. I think Colonel Slane does this, so that the troops can be concentrated, and the cars and armored vehicles can quickly get them to wherever reinforcements are needed!"

Werner suddenly realized after hearing this: "Mobile defense!"

"Yes, mobile defense!" Qin Chuan said: "Quick and fast maneuvers can make up for the lack of troops to a certain extent, because they can suddenly appear here and suddenly there, which is equivalent to twice or even more The troops are strong!”