The counterweight was welded soon.

It is actually very simple to do this. If you can’t find so many iron balls, cut the solid steel bar into small sections and weld it.

Then the tank went on the road again, and this time it went very smoothly. The iron chain with counterweight smashed forward, and the anti-tankrei made a loud bang and exploded.

The problem is that the anti-tankre explosion is powerful, and several iron chains were broken and divided into several sections to fly far away.

"It seems we have to prepare a few more chains!" said Colonel Albridge.

Rommel walked forward, looked at the few broken chains hanging, nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is at least better than the bombing of a tank, isn't it?"

"Of course, general!"

"And the enemy does not have so many anti-tankres!" Rommel said: "Even if there are so many anti-tankres, they may not be all in our way!"

Of course, the characteristic of desert combat is that it is impossible to know where the enemy will attack, because it is empty and can walk everywhere, so the anti-tank mines encountered are also very limited.

After pausing, Rommel asked Colonel Albry: "How long does it take for twelve minesweeping tanks to prepare ten sets of chains for each tank?"

Rommel estimates that each tank will encounter ten anti-tank mines.

Colonel Albridge turned his attention to a major beside him, who was obviously responsible for tank maintenance.

"General, General..." The major replied excitedly: "Due to limited tools... it may take us two days!"

"No, we don't have that much time!" Rommel looked at the watch and ordered: "You can complete the transformation task within twelve hours, no matter how many difficulties there are!"

"Yes, General!" The major's eyes were a little anxious and scared, but he did not dare to disobey Ronmel's orders.

Rommel walked towards his jeep, took a few steps and turned back to Qin Chuan, "Sergeant, you have successfully won your troops ten hours of rest, congratulations!"

"Good job, sergeant!" General Streck whispered as he passed by Qin Chuan: "I have never seen him compromise, but you succeeded!"

The "he" that General Streck refers to Rommel of course.

"Hey, Sergeant!" After Rommel and his party left, Colonel Slain greeted Qin Chuan: "Go back with me, we should enjoy this rare holiday, right?"

So Qin Chuan once again took Colonel Slain's jeep back to the camp, which made the soldiers envious, especially when Qin Chuan got off the bus, Colonel Slain waved to Qin Chuan: "Goodbye, Sergeant, I believe we will meet again soon!"

This was already very common for Qin Chuan, but the German soldiers looked at Qin Chuan with envious eyes... It was indeed a bit abnormal when they thought about it. A colonel would actually say goodbye to a sergeant like an old friend.

If they knew that General Streck and even Rommel might do so, they would be scared to death.

But of course Qin Chuan wouldn't say anything, because these are all confidential.

The 21st Armored Division's order to rest was soon dropped.

In the eyes of ordinary people, rest should be to sit comfortably on the sofa with a cup of coffee after get off work, watching TV and chatting with family.

But the rest on the battlefield was not the case at all, especially the desert here... The soldiers still had to deal with the hot sun and British fighter planes that could appear in the sky at any time.

The difference is that they do not need to beware of the enemy's counterattack like frontline soldiers, although this is unlikely.

This made Qin Chuan feel that the holiday he had fought for was a bit worthless because they still couldn't fall asleep and had to face death.

Then Qin Chuan knew that this was not the case.

Because the "rumbling" of artillery bombing was heard in the distance, German fighter jets and bombers also appeared in the soldiers' sight and continued to dive towards the enemy's defense line.

"They actually started attacking, during the day?" The baker was a little unbelievable.

"Nothing is strange!" said Yakopp. "Because Rommel is commanding us, and he will attack whenever possible!"

"But what's the use of their attack?" Alphredo couldn't help asking: "Isn't this a meaningless sacrifice? The enemy has much more artillery than us, as well as aircraft and mines..."

Qin Chuan understood what the soldiers said.

The 21st Armored Division is the main force of the African Army. As the main force, they launched a raid at night but failed to break through the defense line. How could the non-main 15th Armored Division break through during the day?

Coon said with a hint of sarcasm, "Do our own business well, maybe they don't think it's meaningless!"

In fact, this does make sense. Qin Chuan knows why Rommel did this.

This is a strategic deception, which made the British army think that the focus of the German attack was the Roaise Ridge and transferred its troops as much as possible to the Roaise Ridge.

General Ochinlek was indeed fooled.

"The Germans don't want us to re-launch mines at Royesat Ridge!" General Ochinlek told Major General Ridge: "so that they can launch a raid on it again at night!"

"Yes, General!" Major General Ritchie agreed: "Although they also bomb Dilseyin, it was just a guise to confuse us!"

It is normal for General Ochinlek and Mr. Rich to think so, because the minefields of Roaïsat Ridge had been discharged several passages by the Germans last night, which means that the German armored division can quickly break through here.

In other places, because the minefields are still intact, it is basically impossible for the German army to break through quickly... At least, the German army will be discovered by British soldiers and prepared in advance when demining mines.

Therefore, General Ochinlek believed that only Roa Isat Ridge would need to worry about.

"Everything the defense of Rouysat Ridge!" General Ochinlek didn't think much: "Transfer the Second Armored Regiment and the Fifth Artillery Regiment there, and there are shells... There are not enough shells and those cannons are just waste!"

"Yes, General!" Major General Ritchie immediately conveyed the order.

Ochinlek even transferred an Indian infantry regiment from Dilseyin, which established another line of defense five kilometers after the defense line of Roaisat Ridge... As mentioned earlier, the inability to deploy too many troops at the Roaisat Ridge, which made Ochinlek worried.

At the same time, more than 500 artillery pieces, including more than 100 "priests" self-propelled howitzers, surrounded the Ruwai Sarte Ridge and completed the test firing, preparing to launch a devastating blow to it after the German army launched an attack.
Chapter completed!