"Tel?" The colonel turned his head and looked at Qin Chuan in confusion and asked, "What does it mean?"

"We often need to talk to the crew in the tank, sir!" Qin Chuan replied: "For example, tell them which direction needs fire support and which direction is dangerous. You know, tank crews can't hear the outside world's screams when fighting, which often makes us unable to effectively coordinate with them, and sometimes we are attacked behind the tank and don't know it!"

The colonel seemed to understand something. He took a pen and pointed it in the void a few times, and said, "So, what do you mean is... install a phone on the tank?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "We can install the phone to the rear of the tank. This should not be difficult. It only requires a wire to connect to the tank, so that we can contact the tank through the phone at any time, even if the hatch cover is closed!"

The colonel nodded in surprise and joy and said, "It's a good idea, Sgt. Doing this can be said to be a slight effort, but it can solve the problem of Butan's real-time communication well... Why didn't we think of this before? God, we are so stupid!"

As he said that, the colonel did not hesitate and immediately ordered to his assistant: "Werner, go get a set of call equipment right away!"

"yes!"

The device was installed quickly, as Qin Chuan said, it was not complicated at all, and the one installed in the tank cabin was just a telephone, which had almost no impact on the tank space.

Then the colonel asked Qin Chuan to try to contact the crew in the tank. Except for the "rumble" sound of the tank engine would affect the quality of the call, there was no problem with everything else.

Qin Chuan could even say to the tank:

"At three o'clock, six hundred meters, tank!"

"At ten o'clock, five hundred meters, anti-tank gun!"

...

There is no doubt that the flexibility and sensitivity of the tank to the outside world have been improved to a considerable extent, which is particularly important when tanks are fighting at night and ambushed by the enemy.

"Great!" The colonel held Qin Chuan's hand and said, "This is simply a pioneering move. I can't wait to see how it performs on the battlefield! Thank you, Sergeant!"

"No, colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "I should thank you!"

Colonel Xie Qinchuan was because of Qin Chuan's groundbreaking idea.

Colonel Qin Chuan was thanked because the colonel put Qin Chuan's idea into practice and greatly enhanced Butan's coordination ability, which ultimately reduced the dangers for soldiers on the battlefield.

The colonel certainly understood what Qin Chuan meant. He smiled and said, "My name is Conrad!"

"My name is Frick, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.

"I'm glad to know you, Sergeant!" As he said that, Conrad took out his notebook and wrote something on it, then tore it off and handed it to Qin Chuan: "Sergeant, this is my office phone number. If you have any ideas, I mean something like a phone number... Then call me, okay?"

"Okay, sir!"

After Conrad left, Qin Chuan stuffed the phone number into his backpack and almost forgot it.

You should know that this is a desert, and Libya has no phone number at all, so Qin Chuan didn't take it seriously.

Tanks are constantly transported from Italy.

During this period, Germany and Italy's maritime transportation lines were still smooth because Hitler transferred the elite 2nd Air Force Air Force fleet to Italy and was commanded by Air Marshal Kesselin to bomb the island of Malta.

This ensured the safety of the transportation line from Italy to Libya, and the strength of the African Legion was quickly supplemented: the 5th Lightweight Division obtained 150 tanks, including more than a dozen "No. 4" tanks with better performance than the "No. 3" tanks.

In addition, the 5th Light Armored Division was supplemented by infantry and artillery, so it was no longer suitable for using the number "Light Armored Division". It was officially renamed the 21st Armored Division.

The 15th Armored Division also obtained 100 tanks, which brought the total number of tanks of the African Legion to 250. Most of these tanks were "No. 3" equipped with 50MM caliber tank guns, which greatly increased the strength of the African Legion.

Of course, these tanks were temporarily installed with phones at the tail because of Qin Chuan's idea.

These are not only what makes Rommel proud.

That afternoon, while Rommel was looking at the map and thinking about how to attack the British defense line, a telegram was handed to Rommel.

The telegram was from the Supreme Command of Berlin, which read: "Lt. General Rommel, given your outstanding performance on the battlefield, the Supreme Command decided to promote you to General of the Army!"

"I am an admiral!" Rommel was a little surprised by this, so he repeated: "I am an admiral!"

"What?" The staff officer couldn't believe it.

Rommel tried hard to keep himself calm and handed the telegram to the staff. A burst of cheers came from the command center, and then the message spread throughout the African Legion.

Rommel can indeed be proud of this because he does not have a rich "content" or "relationship" like other German generals. He was a grassroots commander. He grew from an ordinary company commander to a general. What is particularly eye-catching is that he jumped from a lieutenant colonel to a general in just two years in World War II.

Rommel seemed very calm in his subsequent speech to the entire army, saying: "It is of course a pleasure, but if possible, I will add more stars to my erectile slap! Soldiers, there is a portion of these glory that I will never forget!"

The soldiers cheered, to some extent, this was also a kind of affirmation of their achievements by Berlin, so morale rose to a new level, and everyone, including the Italian army, thought it would take a short time to attack Egypt and occupy the entire Africa.

Qin Chuan was very interested in this.

This is because he had known Rommel's life for a long time, and these were nothing new to Qin Chuan.

On the other hand, Qin Chuan knew very well that this battle would not be as easy as the German soldiers imagined.

Qin Chuan was right. There is a saying on the battlefield, "Never underestimate your opponent."

While the German and Italian troops were desperately transporting supplies to strengthen their equipment and combat effectiveness, the British troops were not idle either.
Chapter completed!