So a large number of tanks, vehicles and supplies were transported to Ochinlek through the Red Sea.

When the German army received more than 200 tanks and thought that their strength had increased significantly, the British army received several times the supply and equipment that the German army had.

The supplies obtained by the British army include collecting 300 Valentine and Matilda tanks transported from the US transport ships from the colonies (170 of which are Matilda tanks), 300 American Stuart light tanks, 3,400 trucks, 600 field guns, 240 anti-aircraft guns, 200 anti-tank guns and 900 mortars... These are all small things for the victory and freedom wheels of the United States. These giant ships can individually load 2,840 jeeps, 440 tanks and 230 million rounds of bullets.

And these supplies are only a small part of them.

In addition, the New Zealand engineers, one of the British colonies, have also built the railway from Alexandria to Michefa village 30 miles south of Sidibalani village, which allows the British army's supply line to extend from Alexandria to the front line, and supplies can be continuously transported to every soldier on the front line by railway.

This brought the British soldiers on the front line to 3 quarts of water per day (Note: the British quart is about 1137 ml), which is almost twice as much as that of German soldiers.

After receiving these supplies, General Ochinlek reorganized North African troops into the Eighth Army, with Lieutenant General Alan Cunningham serving as the army. The army was composed of two armies of the 13th Army and the 30th Army... The backbone of these two armies is the British army's two armored divisions, namely the 15th and 7th Armored Divisions, and the remaining troops are mostly South African divisions, British-Indian divisions or New Zealand divisions.

With more things in hand, General Ochinlek has the confidence, and with Churchill's urging... the "Crusade Operation" planned by General Ochinlek has also been released.

In fact, General Ochinlek wanted to make more preparations before starting the battle, because he knew very well that although the British army had a large number of tanks, they were composed of "infantry tanks", "reconnaissance tanks" (M3 Stuart), etc. Their troops did not know how to use these tanks to cooperate, and they were not sure whether these tanks had an advantage over German tanks.

Therefore, the Eighth Army requires time to train and equipment also requires time to verify.

Unfortunately, Churchill urged him again and again, and even gave General Ochinlek the last disc: "The order must be obeyed, otherwise he will be dismissed on the spot!"

It is understandable that Churchill was so anxious, because the German bombardment of Malta Island by the German army... Churchill hopes that Ochinlek's offense on land can attract the Luftwaffe's forces to share part of the pressure on Malta Island. Otherwise, once Malta Island falls into the hands of the German army, the British army will no longer be able to curb Italy's transportation supply line to North Africa.

While the British army was busy reorganizing the army and learning to use the new American "Stuart" tank, Qin Chuan focused on a chicken.

This is the third week of training carried out after the 5th Lightweight Division was adapted into the 21st Armored Division... The newly adapted troops have joined many new recruits and new troops, such as reorganizing the original artillery battalion into an artillery regiment, and also added a motorized mobile battalion and a field training camp (also known as the supplementary battalion, which is the organization mentioned above for the new recruits to adapt to the combat environment).

In order to enable these new troops to better coordinate with other combat units, a lot of training and even exercises are needed.

The training in the desert is of course difficult, especially away from Tobrook... If you are in Tobrook, the soldiers can take a bath, swim in the sea when they are free, and try the noodles made by Italians. Occasionally, they can use canned food and other supplies to exchange for some noodles, chicken, duck and other foods. The most comfortable thing is to whistle at the female team members who are slutching with Italian soldiers...

German soldiers are really not as good as Italian soldiers in this regard.

Italian soldiers could take their female team to the beach to bask in the sun at will. At night, they would play and sing around the bonfire and hold a dance party around the bonfire. They even kiss me and me in the dark not far away, and no one would stop them... According to Alphredo, that was the private life of Italian soldiers, and officers never interfered, and even officers did the same.

The German soldiers could only look at the Italian soldiers with "envious, jealous and hatred" eyes and have fun.

Want to do something with them?

Think about that 100 ml of green liquid!

In fact, this is the main reason why officers want to pull the troops out of Tobrook... German officers are worried that German soldiers will inevitably be affected by the influence of these lax Italian soldiers, so their combat effectiveness will decline in a certain way.

The result was the 21st Armored Division trained in the desert. Each person had a limited capacity of two pots of water per day, which was 2,000 ml. They ate bread that would itch until their throats were dry and baked potatoes that were shriveled like mummies.

That night, the soldiers really couldn't stand it... This may be called "from simple to extravagant, from extravagant to simple to simple". Before, I didn't see anyone unable to bear the supply difficulties when I ate these foods, but after enjoying it in Tobrook for a while, it felt like a torture when I returned to this difficult state.

"Hey!" Werner thought first: "We should get something to eat. We haven't smelled meat in a week!"

"What are you thinking, Werner?" said the baker. "We were still eating canned corned beef yesterday!"

"I don't think it's meat!" Werner quibbled: "It's meat paste!"

"That thing is really hard to swallow!" Alphredo continued, "I really don't understand why the British use it as military ration!"

In fact, no matter what you eat a few times, you will get tired of eating it, especially the main function is military foods that are used to wrap your belly.

"The British definitely haven't considered the feelings of the recruits!" Yakopp said: "I can't finish a can of corned beef in my class. In fact... seeing them, my subordinates will spit out all the food they ate yesterday!"

Yakopu's men are all new recruits. When the recruits see the ground corned beef, they will naturally think of the corpses that were rolled into meat paste by tank tracks... After saying this, Qin Chuan felt that they were really similar.

"But what can we do?" said the baker. "This is the desert, and Tobrook is thirty miles away!"
Chapter completed!