Wavell was so shocked when he heard the British defeated call.

"How is this possible!" Weiville yelled at the microphone: "God, you have 50 'Matildas' and the assistance of the Air Force. The enemy has less than half of your tanks, and you have failed, and more than half of the tanks fall into the hands of the enemy?!"

"General!" Colonel Gner replied: "It was just an accident. Our tank was trapped in the sand and lost its combat capability..."

Although Colonel Gner knew that this was not an accident but a intentional act by the German army, Colonel Gner certainly would not say that, because "accident" is obviously much better than falling into a trap set by the enemy.

"Fuck it a fucking accident!" Weiville interrupted Colonel Gner: "I only know you lost, and this will ruin our entire plan!"

As he said that, Weiville fell on the phone hard.

"General!" The staff officer who looked at the map suggested: "We can transfer some troops from the 15th Armored Division to block the Germans, and then send the air force to assist..."

Weiville shook his head: "It's too late, William! The tanks owned by the 15th Armored Division are all 'Matilda', they are not much faster than infantry!"

What Weiville said was right, and this was also the weakness of the "Matilda" tank, so the 15th Panzer Division could not stop the German army on the right wing at all. To be precise, they could not arrive at the battlefield in time before the German army penetrated the British defense line... All they could do was follow the German army's butt and be thrown farther and farther away.

"Then what should we do?" asked the staff officer.

Weiville thought about it and replied helplessly: "Retreat!"

"What?" The staff officer was stunned.

Retreat means the complete failure of this plan, and also means Weiville's career...

"Retreat!" Weiville repeated: "Retreat in full!"

Weiville could only do this, because if he did not retreat, all British troops might be surrounded, or the Germans would use the same trick to attack the British supply line again. This result would force the British troops to once again throw away the "Matilda" as slow as a turtle, and run away.

Whether it is the former or the latter, the British army will not have enough troops or have insufficient tanks to defend Egypt.

If this situation occurs, the British will probably leave North Africa forever and lose the Suez Canal.

So the British troops on the front line quickly stopped the attack and retreated in batches.

At the same time, Rommel and Major General Streck had another quarrel, not surprisingly, because of whether the attack should be made.

"I order you to continue the attack!" Rommel ordered Major General Streck in the microphone: "This is a good opportunity, we will annihilate them on the way to escape!"

"This is impossible, General!" Major General Strek replied: "The Second Infantry Regiment located at the Halfagaya has no tanks. They only have anti-aircraft guns. Once the anti-aircraft guns are dragged out, they are easily bombarded by the enemy, so they cannot pursue them. The 15th Armored Division in Capzzo Village suffered heavy losses. They even have only five tanks left to fight, and they cannot fight either. My troops are not much better. The 5th Armored Regiment has only eight tanks with combat capabilities, and the British have at least nearly a hundred 'Matilda'..."

"I know all this!" Rommel said: "But you have to know that if an army loses its will to resist and is on the way to escape, they will be much more vulnerable than they seem!"

"I agree with this!" Major General Streck replied: "But the problem is that they have air superiority. If we go deep alone, we will be blown up by their planes soon. What will we use to attack the British? Not only that, we may be surrounded by the British in turn, so I refuse to attack!"

"You..." Rommel was so angry that he couldn't speak, but he had no choice but to take Major General Streck.

Now, Rommel even has difficulty replacing Major General Strek, because the 5th Light Facility Division has achieved remarkable victory on the battlefield again and again, which can be said to be a "miracle" victory... Although these victory is strictly related to Major General Strek's command, Major General Strek is the commander of the 5th Light Facility Division after all. If you want to replace him, Rommel has to consider whether it will affect the morale of all the officers and soldiers of the 5th Light Facility Division.

Objectively speaking, Major General Streck's view is still reasonable. Although the German army won and won a great victory... with a total of 90 tanks against 250 British tanks, they not only won the victory but also captured 36 enemy tanks. In addition, they also seized a large number of supplies and captured many prisoners.

But the problem is that there are only a dozen tanks left in the German army, and of course the seized "Matilda" tank cannot be included... Although the German army has trained tank soldiers who can drive "Matilda" tanks, if it is used to intersperse, the speed will probably make the German tank soldiers so angry that they vomit blood.

In particular, the main force of the British army took the initiative to retreat rather than retreat.

From this we can also see that the British general, Wavell, is still a bit real. In fact, Wavell is the founder of "Special Operations"... Shortly after the failure of North Africa, Wavell was transferred to Myanmar. He organized and trained the British, Indian and Myanmar mixed long-distance infiltration force "Chindit" and entered the Myanmar battlefield, although the troops eventually failed.

There is actually controversy about the founder of Wevel, the "special operations", because his so-called creation is actually to write down guerrilla operations behind enemy lines, and the Chinese have long put these into practice on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War and even summed up a very comprehensive theory.

However, the Chinese had no say at that time. Westerners took it for granted that you were called "guerrilla warfare" and that Wavere's things were called high-end "special combat".

However, this also shows that Wavell is not just an empty shell.

For example, retreating is a very correct choice. It is an organized, planned and step-by-step retreat. It also has nearly 100 "Matildas". Any German army will hit the stone with eggs when it chases.
Chapter completed!