This is of course Qin Chuan’s idea.

Sidioma has been under surveillance of British reconnaissance aircraft, which has both bad and good sides.

The bad side is that supply vehicles entering and leaving Sidioma are often bombed, and the whereabouts of the 21st Armored Division are easily exposed.

On the plus side, the German army can use this to counter the British army...

"We are ordered to arrive at Matru within three days!" General Streck said: "That is a distance of 220 kilometers!"

"We can do it!" said Colonel Albridge: "We can go at a speed of eighty kilometers a day!"

"The problem is that our Air Force was used by Rommel to cover the frontal attack of the 15th Armored Division!" General Streck replied: "The only few reconnaissance aircraft they can provide us!"

Upon hearing this, the officers couldn't help but remain silent.

Armored troops without air force cover can be said to be difficult to move forward unless they are covered by wind and sand like before.

But now the wind and sand have passed, the sky is clear, the whole desert is empty, and what's worse is that the British "mosquito" reconnaissance aircraft are almost uninterrupted around Sideoma. The planes flew away and those planes flew back again, just like a relay race... From this, it can be seen that the British army is very afraid of the German 21st Armored Division, the unit that repeatedly defeated the British Armored Division.

In this way, the 21st Armored Division can be said to have been noticed by the British reconnaissance planes as soon as they walk out of Sideoma, and then there will be bombings from the Royal Air Force along the way... Not to mention eighty kilometers a day, it is a problem whether they can walk forty kilometers.

"Why can't we march secretly?" Qin Chuan said.

"You mean to not let the British know that we are heading towards Martruck?" Colonel Albridge shook his head and replied, "It is unlikely that Martruck will not be able to march at night, and the British will send fighter planes to search our whereabouts everywhere, and they will soon find ours!"

Colonel Albridge is right. With good vision, it is not difficult for a reconnaissance aircraft to find an armored division. The vehicles of the armored troops are as obvious as lice on a bald head in the desert. Raising smoke will attract the attention of the pilots. Even if "airproof cover" is implemented, it is difficult to avoid being discovered.

"What if they don't search our whereabouts?" Qin Chuan said.

"This is impossible!" Colonel Albridge laughed: "The British are not fools!"

General Streck looked at Qin Chuan with a serious face and asked, "Sergeant, tell me how to prevent the British from searching for our whereabouts!"

"It's very simple!" Qin Chuan replied: "Let the British think we've been in Sideoma, just like General Rommel did in Tripoli!"

Upon hearing this, the general couldn't help but realize it.

This is indeed not a difficult task. All we have to do is transform armored vehicles, jeeps and even side three-wheelers into "tanks".

The trouble is that Sidioma is a village with barren people around it, and it is difficult to find enough wooden boards to disguise the tank.

But this trouble was quickly resolved.

If there is no wooden board, you can use canvas instead. Just use branches to support the relevant nodes and then cover the canvas like a tent... one "tank" will be freshly released.

Of course, these tanks are not as realistic as those fake tanks made of wooden boards in Tripoli.

But there is also a difference: the fake tanks in Tripoli are to deceive British spies and the people, and they can observe them at close range, while the fake tanks of Sideoma are to deceive the enemy's reconnaissance planes. The pilots are restricted by air defense firepower and can only see from a distance. They are on high-speed aircraft, so they don't have to be so realistic and enough to hide the past.

Then, on that night, the 21st Armored Division sneaked out of Sideoma and headed straight for Matru. Sideoma only left about one battalion of air defense troops and a logistics force of hundreds of people. Their mission was to drive "tanks" out from time to time.

Of course, in order to be more realistic, there are several of them that are real tanks.

The British reconnaissance planes were indeed fooled, and their reports to the command were:

"Everything is normal, they are not moving!"

"Yes, they're still in Sidioma!"

...

So the previous scene appeared...

When the German 21st Armored Division suddenly appeared on the flank of Matru, General Ochinlek thought the 21st Armored Division should be in Sidioma.

"Retreat, retreat immediately!" General Ochinlek ordered: "The New Zealand Infantry Division is responsible for cover and also ordered the Air Force to intercept!"

"Yes!" The staff officer immediately conveyed General Ochinlek's order.

General Ochinlek is in chaos.

If General Ochinlek remained sane, he knew that he should choose to fight a tough battle with the German army at this time. The reason is very simple... Most of the tanks in the 13th Army were "Matilda" and "Valentine" infantry tanks, and the two hundred newly arrived "Stuarts" were not even under the command of the 13th Army.

Because these infantry tanks are slow and thick in armor, they are more suitable for defense, not for maneuvering, and not for retreat... "Valentine" is better, "Matilda" can only drive ten kilometers in the hot desert, and it has a malfunction all the way. Where can it go and how far can it run?!

That's why Churchill did not use human wisdom and mind. If Welle continued to command, he would not have made this mistake, because Welle had suffered such a hardship in previous battles, and more than once... The British army had a very painful experience in the retreat from Tripoli to Tobrook. In the end, they even had to choose to blow up these tanks in Tobrook to run away alone.

Therefore, what should be done at this time is to let the 13th Army organize the defense of the tanks. Under the influence of "Matilda" armor, British 6-pound anti-tank guns and air superiority, it is no problem to win, not to mention that they can win, it is not difficult to persist in fighting a considerable number of German tanks for a few days.

Then, the German armored division, which had suffered heavy losses, was unable to attack Cairo again.

But the inexperienced General Ochinlek made the British army make the mistake of retreating again.

The New Zealand 2nd Division was very quick to move. They immediately rushed to the flank and built a line of defense... They used everything they could deal with tanks, mines, barbed wire, anti-tank guns, anti-tank grenades, and even their homemade moor bottles.

There is actually a burning grenade in the British military equipment... The No. 76 burning grenade. As mentioned before, its main problem is that transportation and storage are very dangerous, so the troops basically do not use it.
Chapter completed!