Chapter 114 Attacked
"Who is the other party?" Rommel asked: "Is the underground organization?"
As mentioned earlier, there are many underground organizations in Libya that oppose Italian colonial rule or are bribed by the British.
"We are not sure, General!" said the guard. "But it seems not, we need to transfer!"
"Come with me, Sergeant!" Rommel said to Qin Chuan: "I will arrange for you to return to the army, and of course, there are chickens to General Strek!"
Rommel seemed very calm and did not forget to joke with Qin Chuan at this time.
Qin Chuan followed Rommel along the stairs to the downstairs. There were guards holding submachine guns everywhere. One of the guards returned the rifle to Qin Chuan after getting the consent of the commander. After all, Qin Chuan was going to return to the army after going downstairs.
"General!" Qin Chuan asked while walking: "It's really good to be your guard. They all have new military uniforms!"
"This is impossible!" Rommel smiled and said, "All our transportation capacity is now used to transport equipment and ammunition..."
Before he finished speaking, a guard seemed to realize something and suddenly raised his submachine gun and pointed it at Rommel, but it was too late. Qin Chuan knocked him to the ground with a stock.
The guards around him were nervous, and some people pointed their guns at Qin Chuan and shouted, "Don't move, raise your hands!"
"You idiots!" Rommel cursed at the guards: "Put down the gun, someone sneaked in, the sergeant saved my life!"
With a "boom!", a violent explosion came from the outdoors, and then the gunfire became even more intense.
"They are not underground organizations, general!" Qin Chuanmao lowered his waist and said to Rommel who was lying on the ground: "They were sent by the British to assassinate you, and they have successfully gotten into your army. I think it's better if you don't go out!"
Rommel understood what Qin Chuan meant. The enemy infiltrated the guards, and at night, walking out of the outdoors was undoubtedly giving the enemy a chance.
"Go back upstairs!" Rommel shouted and ordered the two guards: "Precaution the stairs and don't let anyone come up!"
Rommel's order is of course correct. If it is impossible to identify the enemy, it is best to prohibit everyone from going upstairs.
But the upstairs is not actually safe, because the enemy obviously thought of this possibility. As soon as Rommel and others went upstairs, a row of dense machine gun bullets poured out, killing the office documents flying everywhere. A guard standing outside the window was knocked to the ground on the spot.
"Turn off the lights!" Qin Chuan shouted.
The light will undoubtedly indicate the target to the enemy, and the enemy can also discover the guard's position from the shadows flashing under the light.
The guards were not stupid either, so someone turned off the light immediately.
"General!" Qin Chuan suggested: "We should change a room!"
"You're right!" Rommel took everyone to the two conference rooms, which were relatively empty and convenient for soldiers to move.
Soon they knew that their choice was correct, because several explosions came from the command center, accompanied by a sound of glass shattering... If they had not moved just now, they would probably be blown into a pile of corpses.
Hearing the explosion, Qin Chuan's face became serious, and then he stopped several guards who were about to lean against the window and shoot.
"What's wrong?" Rommel asked.
"The enemy has mortars!" Qin Chuan said: "Although the 51MM mortar has a short range, a skilled shooter can shoot shells from the window into the building!"
Although Qin Chuan's words did not make it clear, Rommel understood: standing in front of the window and shooting was equivalent to exposing the target, and then several shells would roar... This was almost fatal to the people in the house, because the pieces that were blown and shot out by the furniture would be very shrapnel.
"Do you know what I think?" Rommel said: "They are under your command!"
"Me?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned: "Command them?"
Any of these guards had higher military ranks than Qin Chuan, and everyone who could become personal guards was trusted by Rommel, but now Qin Chuan had to command them...
"Yes!" Rommel shouted in the gunfire: "Don't hesitate, Sgt., now is not the time!"
"Yes, General!" Qin Chuan responded and summoned all the guards to his side.
“This building has seven rooms!”
"It's eight rooms!" a guard corrected.
"Very good!" Qin Chuan said: "We have six people, each of them is responsible for one room, and don't worry about the remaining two. What you have to do is to fire a shuttle bullets outside the window in the room where they are responsible, then evacuate quickly, and then repeat this after the enemy's firepower is suppressed. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" the guards responded and then scattered.
Qin Chuan glanced at Rommel, and Rommel understood and said, "Let them teach them some lessons, Sergeant, I can take care of myself!"
Qin Chuan also believed that Rommel could take care of him. After all, he was a general who fought all the way from the company commander. At this time, he had just been in the office for a long time and became unfamiliar with the battlefield. Another thing is that he was really not suitable for fighting as a general.
So Qin Chuan hid back to the command center with a rifle... The command center had just been blown up, and there was a mess inside. There was even a big hole in the wooden floor, so the guards subconsciously did not choose this room.
The British army also thought so, and it is precisely because of this that this room is the safest.
Qin Chuan carefully bypassed the obstacles under the looming starlight... He didn't want to make any sound to let the British army discover the movement here.
Then he looked out the window and returned a little distance to put the gun on a table that had been blown up, which just put the rifle's mouth about half a meter away from the window.
Qin Chuan did this with profound meaning.
First of all, the ability of enemy mortar shells to enter this room so quickly and accurately means that the angle between the gun position and the window is not large. Otherwise, even if you are well-trained, it will be difficult to accurately penetrate the shells into the room from the window in the dark.
Secondly, the reason why Qin Chuan did this was that he did not want the enemy to find his position... If the muzzle of the rifle was outside the window, the sparks sprayed out of the muzzle could be seen in any direction.
And the muzzle is indoor... Although the shooting range is narrow, Qin Chuan can only be discovered within a limited range on the front.
Then, the German guards took action.
Although the gunfire sounds were not big when the MP40 was fired, the spark at the muzzle was very obvious.
Chapter completed!