The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Time was tight, and the officers did what they said, and Colonel Slain immediately assigned the task.

The first is to transfer a battalion of troops back from the defense line. Of course, this transfer is carried out secretly... Otherwise, if the British army finds out that people are constantly being transferred back from the front line, it will not only expose the German army's plan but also put the defense line in danger, because the British It is very likely that they will take advantage of this moment to attack.

It is not difficult to secretly transfer the troops back... In order to ensure the supply of ammunition on the defense line, the German army must drive a large amount of ammunition, food, etc. from the warehouse to the defense line and then return empty.

Of course, the car will not return empty at this time. There are rows of German soldiers sitting inside. One car can hold thirty, and a dozen cars can carry five hundred soldiers back at once.

This also depends on the closed space of the British "Matador" car. The German soldiers were hiding in the canvas and it could be said that no one knew that there were so many people hiding inside.

After the soldiers return to Tobruk Port, they will receive some simple training, such as learning some Italian passwords and some habits of the Italian army... At this time, Alfredo's role will be reflected. The uniforms of all troops must be inspected by him. Qin Chuan believed that if he could pass Alfredo's test, he would be able to deceive the British intelligence personnel.

Werner said with ridicule: "God, now we actually want that Italian to teach us how to become a qualified soldier!"

The nearby German soldiers couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

"Shut your mouth, soldier!" Kun lowered his voice and ordered Werner: "If this Italian is not happy or intends to show some flaws, do you know what that means?"

"Yes, Second Lieutenant!" Werner didn't dare to say anything after hearing this.

Of course Werner knew what this meant. Even if he was not thinking about the army or his own life, he should temporarily put aside his prejudice against Alfredo.

Then the fully armed Italian troops set off, marching through Tobruk in neat formation... This made Qin Chuan feel a little incredible.

"I don't know if this is appropriate!" Qin Chuan said to Alfredo: "This is a battlefield. Although Tobruk can be regarded as the second line, artillery shells will occasionally hit the city, causing the troops to line up..."

"This is what the Italian army would do, sergeant!" Alfredo replied.

Qin Chuan said "Oh" and said nothing. After all, Alfredo was the expert in this aspect.

Later, Qin Chuan learned that the Italian army may not be good in other aspects, such as military quality, fighting will, etc. To be precise, it is not that it is not good but that it is appallingly bad... Not long ago, Italy attacked Greece with several times its military strength. , as a result, Greece was repelled in just 3 weeks. Not only was it repelled, but it was also allowed to counterattack and enter the Albanian region.

This result was unexpected by everyone, because Greece did not have its own military industry, and their rifles and bullets even relied on the British army to seize Italian equipment from North Africa... The British army lost all its own weapons after Dunkirk. U.S. assistance was needed, and the equipment of the British army and the equipment of the Greek army were not systematic, so they had to support Greece with the equipment captured from the Italian army in the African battlefield.

But such a force with a completely disproportionate strength and equipment was able to defeat the Italian army.

But this doesn’t seem surprising, because Italy always does similar things:

After France surrendered, Italy thought that the French Vichy government was easy to bully, so it crossed the French border and took advantage of the situation. Unexpectedly, "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse" and was driven out of the border by France in a few seconds.

Italy thought that Britain was besieged by Germany and had no time to take care of its North African colonies, so it launched a war against Egypt. Unexpectedly, Britain just assembled a few troops and almost drove 230,000 Italian troops out of the Mediterranean...

However, this is such an army, and its formation moves very well... Some people even say that the Italian army has the best formation in the world. The reason is that Mussolini attaches too much importance to form, or it can be said that the Italians attach great importance to face, so The queue is required to be absolutely orderly and powerful.

This makes Italian military officers at all levels to focus mainly on drill forms rather than on military strategy and tactics, both from the perspective of fulfilling their duties and from the perspective of preserving their official positions.

Then Tobruk's show began.

First there was a cheer, and several German soldiers waved their hats excitedly and shouted: "Reinforcements, thank God, our reinforcements are here!"

Then groups of "Italian soldiers" lined up in neat formations and marched majestically on the pier. Then they walked out of the pier and walked into the city amidst cheers. Occasionally, there were a few "Italian soldiers" The soldiers waved to the people around them with a victor's smile, and the officers shouted commands in fluent Italian. Occasionally, there were a few Italian officers smoking cigarettes on the side of the road and complaining: "Fuck the submarines, I’m almost suffocated inside!”

"But we arrived safely, didn't we?" Another officer replied: "Compared to those guys on the warship, we are lucky!"

"I don't think this is luck!" The two officers laughed.

This is certainly not the end. More than half an hour later, another batch came, and then another batch...

This information quickly reached Major General Evans.

Major General Evans couldn't help but look pale: "What? Submarine?!"

"Yes, Major General!" the staff officer replied: "At least two thousand reinforcements have been shipped so far, and the number is still increasing..."

"But how could they mobilize so many submarines in such a short period of time?" Rear Admiral Evans asked.

"They don't need to mobilize too many submarines!" the staff officer replied: "It's the same batch of submarines. They transport a batch of submarines into Tobruk Port and then return to the sea to join the fleet... In this way, they can continuously transport reinforcements from the fleet to Tobruk. Brooke without being intercepted by our air force!"

Major General Evans opened his mouth for a long time before sighing, secretly thinking that it was no wonder that the Italian army retreated so easily. It turned out that they had a safer transportation method.

"No!" After thinking about it, Major General Evans stood up and said: "We can't just watch them replenish their troops and improve their defenses. It will only take us a few hours to capture Tobruk. It can be done!”

"But... General!" the staff officer asked, "What can we do?"

Major General Evans sighed. He knew that the staff was right. The British army had nothing to do, because after last night's battle, there were only thirty-seven tanks left in the 15th Armored Division that could be used normally, and these thirty-seven tanks All of them are "Matilda" tanks with a high failure rate... If you want to rely on them to attack the enemy's defense line that has been supplemented to a certain extent, it is almost like courting death.

After thinking about it, Major General Evans finally decided to wait until the 7th Armored Division arrived.