Just as General Strek, Qin Chuan and others were thinking about a solution to the problem, there was another sound of gunfire in front of them.

Then a correspondent reported: "General, the Sixth Reconnaissance Detachment is under attack, requesting reinforcements!"

General Streck couldn't help but shook his head helplessly. He could not send reinforcements because this was exactly what the British army wanted.

At this time, the German army was in an embarrassing situation.

For example, now, if you want to reinforce the reconnaissance team, what troops should you use to reinforce?

Ordinary troops cannot pose a threat to the "Stuart" tank at all. Sending them out will only be meat buns to beat the dog without going back. Only the "No. 3" tank can work.

But at this time, there were only a total of more than 40 "No. 3" vehicles in total, and no one knew it was not suitable to divide the troops.

Division of troops will not only seriously slow down the marching speed of the main force, but will also cause division of troops to enter the darkness to be besieged by British "Stuart"... The "Number 3" tank does have an advantage over "Stuart", but what if a tank faces ten, twenty or even more "Stuarts"?

However, if there is no reinforcement, it means that the German reconnaissance troops will be wiped out one by one by one by the British army. In fact, this is already happening. There are less than three reconnaissance troops in the German army that are still in contact with each other outside.

The main force of the German 21st Armored Division is like an elephant that has lost its sight, while the large number of British "Stuart" tanks are like wolves hiding in the dark. They are sometimes scattered and sometimes gathered, and they will launch a fatal blow to the 21st Armored Division at any time.

"Perhaps we should settle for the second best!" Colonel Albridge pointed to the map and said, "We are still three hours away from Alexander. If we continue to move forward like this, it will take longer or even never reach. But we are only an hour away from Roa Issat Ridge. Why don't we turn back to Roa Issat Ridge and cooperate with the 15th Armored Division to break through the defense line?"

This is another option for the initial strategy.

It is indeed feasible, but it means admitting the failure of the march into Alexander, and the victory on the Alamein line is not decisive, because when the sky is dawn, the British will launch a counterattack with the support of the Air Force.

"Maybe, we can only do this!" General Streck nodded helplessly.

But just when General Strek was about to give the order, Qin Chuan stopped him and said, "General, we seem to have forgotten that we also have the 'Stuart' tank!"

"What does it mean?" General Streck asked: "You mean to let Stuart deal with the enemy?"

"We only have thirty-one!" Colonel Albridge opposed: "And they are just initially forming combat power, they cannot change anything!"

Colonel Albridge's concerns certainly make sense. There were at least 200 "Stuarts" in the British army, and there were only 31 Germans... Sending them to fight against the British army was tantamount to hitting stones with eggs.

but……

"No, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said to Colonel Albridge: "What can they change, and I believe they can play a big role!"

"What do you say?" General Streck looked at Qin Chuan in confusion.

“It’s a very low visibility night now!”

"certainly!"

"The British 'Stuart' was dispersed into small troops and guerrilla warfare!"

"Yes!"

"Our 'Stuart' is exactly the same as the enemy's 'Stuart'!"

"You're right, but it's for us..." General Streck seemed to understand something halfway through his speech, and then said excitedly: "Good way, Sergeant, they can indeed play a big role!"

The visibility was low at night, and the British tanks were scattered into small groups of more than a dozen to twenty vehicles. At the same time, the "Stuart" on both sides of the enemy and us were exactly the same... The "Stuart" of the German army was taken from the British army. The only difference was that in order to identify the enemy and us, the German tank crew painted a black "cross" on the "Stuart".

But this is easy to erase, so these "Stuarts" can be transformed into "Stuarts" of the British.

"It's a good idea!" Colonel Slain also understood: "We can mix 'Stuart' into the British 'Stuart'!"

Qin Chuan turned his attention to Albridge: "Col. Maybe our tanks have only initially formed combat effectiveness, but if we successfully infiltrate, combat effectiveness will not be a problem, right?"

Colonel Albridge nodded: "You're right, Sgt. They can get close to the flanks of the target or even the rear, and then suddenly fire when they are ready!"

"This is not the point!" General Streck said: "What is important is that the British will have disorder of identification. They cannot distinguish which tanks are their own people and which tanks are enemies, so they will be in chaos and cannot effectively organize harassment!"

"The problem is..." Colonel Albridge said: "How should we identify our enemies?"

Tanks are different from humans. People can also identify them on the battlefield through some information, such as language, weapons, military uniforms, etc., but there is no difference between tanks... So while the British army cannot recognize the enemy and us, the German army itself cannot recognize them. Even if they have radios and even on the phone, they cannot figure out whether the one who hits them or is beaten by them is their own people.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan said, "We can tie a red belt to the barrel of the machine gun!"

"Good idea!" Colonel Slain agreed: "Just like the first division in South Africa did!"

As mentioned earlier, because the South African Division believed in witchcraft, it was accustomed to using witchcraft tapes soaked in sheep's blood on the barrel. This habit also affected the British army to some extent... The battlefield was a place where life or death, and some British soldiers would tie red cloth tapes on the barrel with the mentality of "it would rather be trusted than not", so this would not be abrupt.

Then everyone turned their eyes to Colonel Albridge.

Colonel Albridge nodded and said, "It's a good idea. We can tie red straps to both the anti-aircraft machine gun and the heading machine gun so that we can identify them from the front and back!"

Of course, doing this does not mean that it is completely identifiable. For example, the red cloth belt is not obvious in the night, or occasionally there are red cloth belts on British tanks, etc. The British may even find this secret and specifically pick tanks with red cloth belts to fight...

But nothing will be foolproof, especially war.

"That's it!" Finally General Streck concluded, and ordered Colonel Albridge: "Organize the 'Stuart' tanks and prepare for combat in the shortest time!"
Chapter completed!