Chapter 183: The Solitary Army Goes Deeper
Kuhn was right, of course the British would not let go so easily. Otherwise, Alexander, who was not prepared enough and had a weak force, would open the door to the German 21st Armored Division.
Half an hour later, I heard an explosion in front of me. At first, the German soldiers thought it was British shells, but when they passed by a car that was blown over, they realized that this was not the case...
"That's a mine!" Yakop said in surprise: "Anti-tank mine!"
"The British actually buried landmines in their own defense zone?" The baker was a little surprised.
"They guessed that our goal was Alexander!" Qin Chuan said: "That's why we were going to lay mines on our way forward!"
Soon there was another loud "boom", and this time it was blown up was a "No. 3" tank.
And this is not the most troublesome thing. Ten minutes later, a "rumble" motor sound suddenly sounded in the darkness on the flanks. While flares were lit up in the air, there were also gunfires.
The German tanks immediately stopped and prepared for combat, but after a while, when the German army fired the flares in the direction of the sound, they found that the British had escaped from the tank's range.
This situation happened several times in a row. The British army even opened fire outside the range and the scale was not large, usually only a dozen or twenty "Stuart" tanks.
But obviously the Germans could not catch up with these tanks.
Qin Chuan knew what the British were doing, and they were trying their best to stop the German marching speed.
This is a very clever tactic, and General Ochinlek should have done this long ago... The "Stuart" is not as good as the "No. 3", but the maneuverability is much faster than the "No. 3" tank, especially because it is equipped with five machine guns, which is simply a nightmare for the German scouts.
In addition, the British army still had a large number of "Stuart" tanks, so we should use the "Stuart" mobility to fight guerrillas with the German "No. 3" tank from the beginning.
Fortunately, the British did not do this, otherwise the German army would have probably not been able to reach this point today.
"Sergeant!" After being harassed by the British army several times in a row, Kuhn received a call: "General asked you to go to his command car!"
This means that General Streck is powerless to do anything about it. Qin Chuan couldn't help frowning because he was also thinking about how to solve this problem but couldn't find the answer.
The car stopped, and Kuhn walked to the rear of the car and sent a signal back with a fluorescent light.
Originally, Qin Chuan thought he would be picked up by a jeep like before, but soon after, he was surprised to find a "Mr." command car parked next to the car... Qin Chuan recognized that it was General Strek's command car.
"Sergeant!" As soon as Qin Chuan stepped into the command car, General Streck asked: "I hope you have figured out a solution!"
"No, general!" Qin Chuan replied: "If I think of a solution, I will call you as soon as possible!"
General Streck couldn't help but sigh: "The British have become smarter. If this continues, we cannot reach Alexander before dawn. Even when we arrive at Alexander, all our tanks have been reimbursed!"
"Maybe we can send additional scouts!" Colonel Slain suggested: "so that we can know where the British are ambushing!"
"No!" General Strek shook his head and said, "We have lost five teams of scouts. Our scouts have no power to fight back against the enemy's Stuart tank. Unless we allocate the "No. 3" tank to the reconnaissance force!"
"Why don't we change the route?" said Colonel Albridge. "The reason the British's Stuart tanks were able to ambush the way we went was because they knew that our goal was Alexander, if we changed the route, like turning to Alahman..."
"This is also useless, Colonel!" General Streck denied: "The reason is that the British tanks are much faster than ours. After they sensed that we turned, they could use the advantage of speed to set up ambush in front of us again! And more importantly... we have no time!"
No time is the fatal point of the German army, otherwise the German army could defeat the British troops stationed on the Alamein defense line one by one, and then chase the British deserters to fight towards Alexander.
"General!" After thinking about it, Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, "The British knew that we were attacking Alexander, and at the same time sent the main armored troops to harass us, so Alahman..."
General Strek couldn't help but nodded: "That's right, the troops stationed in Alamaran may have been air-conditioned, or even if there are still troops stationed, they are just some African troops with weak combat power!"
But then General Strek sighed again: "But in the direction of Alamein is the Italian Seventh Infantry Division..."
There is no need to say why General Strek sighed. The German generals dared not have too much hope for the Yi army.
But even so, General Streck sent a telegram to Rommel to explain the situation and requested the Italian 7th Infantry Division to launch an attack.
If the Italian 7th Infantry Division could capture Alahman and advance towards Alexander in two directions with the 21st Armored Division... then the British would be in a position to advance and retreat.
This was originally a good plan, and even at this time the Italian 132nd Armored Division had already caught up. It was not difficult for an armored division and an infantry division to capture the empty Alaman, and it could even be said to be easy to capture.
But after more than half an hour of long waiting, frustrating news came from Rommel.
"They reported that the main force of the British army was still in Alahman!" Rommel said: "I know that's not true, but what can I do? I really hope I can have an armored division, so we can drive straight in!"
This telegram made everyone look at each other... Although everyone guessed that this might be the result, it was a bit unacceptable when it really happened.
"They just need to take a little courage!" General Streck said angrily: "It only takes a little bit... they have a lot more shells than us to clear mines, and just drive the tanks up, and that's it... we can win the war, but they don't want to do anything!"
"It seems we have to find another way!" Colonel Albridge turned his attention to Qin Chuan.
Chapter completed!