"Then..." Then Rommel said: "Now, it's time for us to think about the problem in front of us!"

The meaning in Rommel's words is very obvious. The new equipment mentioned by Qin Chuan may solve the problem, but after all, it will take a month or even longer, while the British attack is in front of him.

"We may have the option to retreat!" Colonel Slain said: "I mean to buy time in retreat, such as the Alamaic line behind us, and the Gazara line behind us... so when we retreat to the Tobrook line, the anti-tank equipment mentioned by the lieutenant might also be mass-produced and transported!"

Colonel Slein's statement certainly makes sense. This is actually to exchange space for time, but Qin Chuan knew that Rommel would not agree.

Sure enough, Rommel shook his head and said, "No, we cannot retreat, because retreat means returning Alexandria to the British, which will allow them to have a larger port to obtain supplies faster. The crops we grow in Alexandria, Alamein, and Matru will fall into their hands. As one goes up and down, our supplies will be in trouble. Even if there is new equipment, it will not be possible to turn the situation around!"

What Rommel said makes sense, especially regarding crops...that was the strategic goal of the British. In other words, the German retreat might have gained time, but at the same time it also lost morale, supplies and the confidence of the Egyptian military and civilians in the German army.

Then the command center fell into silence.

If they can't fight and retreat, they can't retreat, so the German army seems to have to stand up with the British on the defense line.

After a while, Colonel Slain said, "Then, we need more mines!"

Rommel nodded, which was also his idea.

If you can't make your troops quicker, then slow down the enemy troops.

Landmines can cause the enemy to have an offensive and fall into trouble, at least not breaking through the defense line so quickly, and the German army can take this time to mobilize troops to concentrate tanks and anti-tank equipment at the position the enemy wants to break through.

"They will bring mines!" Rommel said: "I've asked them to do this!"

"But this is not a good idea either!" said Colonel Albridge: "There are too many tanks in the British. They can completely divide them into several parts to attack, and they can even confuse us with feints!"

This is a common trick used by the Germans when attacking, so of course they were worried that the British would do so.

Especially the number of British tanks was much higher than that of Germans. Sometimes, the Germans knew that the British were feinting attacks but had to mobilize their troops to respond, because if they did not do so, the feinting attack could become a real attack.

"Why don't we win a victory to give the British a little less advantage?" Qin Chuan said in a surprising way.

"The question is how should we win a battle!" Colonel Slain stared at Qin Chuan blankly.

"Secretary, do you have any suggestions?" Rommel asked.

But although he asked this, he had some disbelief in his eyes, because Rommel had already thought about various possibilities, including transforming cars into tanks before to deceive the British, but in the end, all of these may have been overturned by himself... The method of transforming cars into tanks has been used too many times, and the British will not be fooled easily.

"If I were Montgomery!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, "Then I would hope to find a breakthrough in the northern section of the defense line or at least in the central part."

The officers couldn't help but nodded in agreement. This was of course. The German army had faced such a problem in its previous attack... The more south the defense line went, the more inconvenient it was to replenish, and the sand became softer and softer, and it was not suitable for tank marching, but the northern section would be much better than the southern section.

But the breakthrough should not be too far north, because the Binhai Avenue in the north is obviously the focus of the enemy's defense, and attacking along the Binhai Avenue means directly attacking a city... Tanks are also not conducive to street fighting, which can easily cause armor-piercing troops to fall into the quagmire.

So as Qin Chuan said, the British were likely to find a breakthrough in the northern or central section of the defense line, and then encircle the rear of the defense line to cause the German army to collapse on the entire line.

"Then..." Qin Chuan said: "Why don't we give them a breakthrough?"

"You mean..." Rommel looked at Qin Chuan: "Expose a weakness to deceive the British? I have thought about this method, but the British are not that easy to deceive!"

Qin Chuan thought that Rommel is worthy of being Rommel. He guessed Qin Chuan’s intention just now at the beginning.

And what Rommel said is right. The British may not be able to fight wars, but they are experts in using intelligence and methods, such as "super secrets", and various strategic deceptions during the Normandy landing.

But of course Qin Chuan wouldn't be that simple either.

"If it is a deception in the ordinary sense, of course it cannot deceive the British!" Qin Chuan said: "But if the news was spread by British spies, it would be different!"

"If you do this, you may be more credible!" Rommel replied: "But it is difficult for us to be perfect, second lieutenant, and as long as there is a flaw... we may be tired of this plan!"

This is a fact. If the British army see through this trap of the German army and turn to use other places as a breakthrough, the German army will steal chickens but lose the rice.

"I think this is worth a try!" Qin Chuan said: "What's more, when the British have an absolute advantage, they will be more likely to believe it with the mentality of underestimating the enemy!"

This is human nature, because the British will think: So what if this is a trap? They can suppress everything with their absolute strength!

After thinking about it, Rommel said, "Tell me what you think, Lieutenant!"

So Qin Chuan revealed the scam he tailored for the British army, and the officers couldn't help but nodded.

Rommel was also very satisfied with this, so he changed his previous skeptic attitude and ordered: "Just do it, second lieutenant, this matter will be taken care of by Colonel Slain!"

After pausing, he said to Qin Chuan: "Second Lieuten, you are responsible for assisting Colonel Slein!"

"Yes, general!" Qin Chuan and Colonel Slein stepped forward to answer.

It is very appropriate to assign Rommel's task to Qin Chuan and Colonel Slein... Qin Chuan is the planner. He not only has a better understanding of the plan but also has a meticulous and clear structure. Of course, his participation is indispensable in the layout.

The problem is that Qin Chuan is just a second lieutenant, lacking resources and insufficient power, and he will encounter many difficulties in implementing the specific implementation, so he needs the assistance of Colonel Slein.

But it is obviously inappropriate to ask a colonel to assist the second lieutenant, which will also embarrass Colonel Slein, so Rommel asked Qin Chuan to "assist" Colonel Slein.
Chapter completed!