Chapter 153 True and False
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This is of course useful, because Qin Chuan used fake tanks to deceive the British in order to get them to attack.
If the British army kept hiding in Matru, it would be very embarrassing for the German army... As mentioned before, Matru's terrain is complex and not suitable for tanks and mechanized troops to launch an offensive.
But if the British army could be led out of Matru, that would be another matter.
Qin Chuan's method was quickly affirmed and implemented. The 21st Armored Division once again made a bunch of fake tanks with canvas and vehicles... It was much easier to make fake tanks in Matru because there were wood everywhere here, but the German soldiers were still accustomed to making them with canvas, and it was faster to make them with canvas.
In response to this, Werner smiled and said, "We are almost craftsmen who 'make' tanks'!"
"If you don't want to..." said the baker: "You can rush into Matru's battle with your submachine gun. I won't stop you, and I don't think anyone else will!"
"Forget it!" Werner replied: "If you just move your hands and feet like this, you can get the enemy out of the fortifications... I would also like to make ten more cars!"
"Very good!" The baker stopped his hand and said, "So... the rest of us can go to rest, right?"
Werner put on a helpless pose, which made the soldiers laugh.
There is no need to make too many tanks, just one hundred and fifty vehicles are about the same.
One part is made more refined, and it is made of armored vehicles or jeeps of about the same size. The other part is rougher, and some are simply a shelf with nothing inside...
The former is used to drive and follow several real tanks to Alaman, while the latter is used to ambush the 13th Army trapped in Matru.
This will be ready until about 5 pm.
Then, before dark, more than 100 tanks and fifty cars "sneaky" out of the date palm woods outside Matru's city under the cover of German reconnaissance planes, and advanced along the coastal Avenue towards Alahman... But in fact, only ten of the 100 tanks drove in the front were real.
Air reconnaissance planes and even combat effectiveness also worked hard to drive away British reconnaissance planes around them.
In fact, even German pilots were kept in the dark, thinking that the real armored regiments they covered were covered.
Of course, it is difficult for the German reconnaissance aircraft to completely block the British reconnaissance aircraft, not to mention that the German armored vehicles and tanks were advancing along the coastal Avenue, with a long "one" long snake formation and neat formation, you can see it from a distance.
But the Germans spent just enough time, and it gradually darkened shortly after they set off, so British fighter jets and bombers had no time to launch bombing.
The news soon reached General Ochinlake.
"Have they given up on Matru?" General Ochinlek said to himself.
Then he ordered the staff officer: "Ask Matru what's going on!"
After a while, the staff officer ran back and reported: "General, there are German tanks surrounded by Martruk!"
"When did the Germans have so many tanks?" Major General Rich couldn't help but feel strange.
The British generals may not know how many tanks they have, but they are clear about the number of German tanks... If the German 21st Armored Division had more than 100 tanks advancing to the Alamean line, it would be impossible that there would be a large number of tanks surrounding Matru.
At this time, the staff officer reported to General Ochinlek with another telegram: "General, Lieutenant General Austin reports that the German tanks in the direction of Matrul may be fake!"
It turned out that Lieutenant General Austin was also surprised after receiving a telegram from General Ochinlek, so he personally took a few people to the front line of defense and held a telescope to observe.
To be honest, it is difficult to find flaws with the naked eye, because those "tanks" are covered with various camouflage, such as leaves, branches, etc.
So Lieutenant General Austin thought of a solution, and he ordered the artillery fire to concentrate on shooting at a "tank"... As a result, under the light of his telescope and flares, he could clearly see the German tank being blown into pieces and disappearing from sight.
It was obviously a fake tank, because even if the real tank was blown up, it would not even leave the wreckage.
Upon hearing this, General Ochinlek couldn't help laughing: "These German guys are still using Sidioma's old trick!"
"So, the tanks marching towards Alahman are real!" Major General Ritchie was a little nervous.
"Yes!" General Ochinlek nodded and replied, "They know we are building a line of defense in Alahman, so they hope to get here and launch an attack before we are ready!"
"Then we..."
"Order Lieutenant General Austin to prepare for a breakthrough!" General Ochinlek ordered.
"Tonight?" Major General Ritchie was shocked. The British army was not good at night battles, especially those clumsy "Matilda" tanks, who were almost targets at night.
"Yes, it's tonight!" said General Ochinlek.
General Ochinlek had to do this because the "Matilda" tank was slow and the Alamanian defense line was the top priority. Therefore, if we did not act in time, the 13th Army might not have time to arrive for reinforcements before the Germans broke through the Alamanian defense line.
But what General Ochinlek and Major General Rich did not expect was that the German army was actually fake in both directions, namely Matru and the tanks that marched towards Alaman, were all fake. The real tanks were hiding in the date palm woods at this time... This is the advantage of Matru. There are many date palm woods and coconut forests here, and German tanks are easy to hide.
Of course, there are infantrymen like Qinchuan hidden in the woods with tanks.
"Will the British be fooled?" Werner, who was hiding in the jungle and unable to withstand the harassment of tropical mosquitoes, couldn't help but ask.
The Matru Oasis is indeed attractive. It has water and life here, and the rare green in the desert, but it also has mosquitoes, and the mosquitoes here are very large.
"Wait patiently!" The baker whispered: "If they are not fooled, we have to score in!"
"I heard that the 15th Armored Division lost more than 30 tanks during the attack on Matru!" Yakop said: "A considerable number of these tanks were trapped in the wheat fields and could not move, so it would not be a good thing to shoot in... They are familiar with the terrain but we don't know anything!"
The German 15th Armored Division is the same as the English 15th Armored Division, and it is always fighting together. For example, the same was true in the last battle in Capzzo Village, which makes people think that this is a joke arranged by God.
Chapter completed!