That night the British army launched an attack on the German defense line.

But the direction of the attack was not Aguila but the northernmost coastal Avenue.

The British army's attack on the Coast Avenue has its own reason. As mentioned earlier, the Coast Avenue is suitable for mechanized troops' attacks and maneuvers, and it is easier to obtain fuel and supplies... The British army's artillery shells unloaded from the Port of Said can be transported in piles and piles to the German positions.

Another advantage is that the British army can go straight to the point... Alexander.

The British army's attack was very fierce, with hundreds of artillery bombing on the German positions in turn, almost plowing the land in front of the German positions.

Then the British army sent the infantry up... Unlike in the past, this time the British army sent infantry to clear the obstacles in front, and then the British armored forces.

The first division in South Africa was walking ahead... Of course, this kind of work was done by the colonial army.

Following behind the attack was the 7th Armored Division, which has always been the main force of the British army and is also the most experienced unit among the armored divisions.

Therefore, many people doubted whether the British army discovered the German trap and turned the breakthrough to the coastal highway.

"They invested two hundred tanks in the first batch!" Colonel Albridge said: "This is almost half of the total number of tanks in the British army, and the 7th Armored Division is the main force... So, are they really fooled?"

"Maybe this proves that they were fooled!" Rommel replied: "Otherwise, the British should not have attacked in the dark... They have air superiority, so it is obvious that attacking in the daytime is more beneficial to them!"

"But, General!" said Colonel Slain: "Even if they were feinting attacks in the direction of Alexander, with such strength, it would be enough to break through our defense line and attack Alexander!"

"It depends on who can hold on to the end!" said Rommel.

Rommel was very confident at this point, not only because the quality of the German army was higher than that of the British army, but also because if the British army launched a feint attack in the direction of Alexandria, then the fight would not be firm enough.

What's more...even if the British army attacked Alexander, there would be a quagmire waiting for them.

Rommel didn't care about the gains and losses of a city. He believed that if he could defeat the main force of the British army, even if Alexander was lost, the British army would have to vomit it out in the end. Otherwise, the British armored division would be besieged by Alexander and unable to advance or retreat.

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Aguila is a small town in Egypt. It is about 36 kilometers away from the northernmost end of the defense line. There is a rugged road connecting with the Coastal Avenue. If the German mechanized troops advance along this road, they can reach Aguila in more than an hour.

Therefore, the fake map Qin Chuan gave to the British army was reasonable... The Italian armored division, which had weak combat power, was assigned to Aguila to garrison. Although they were not strong in combat, they could block for a long time, and then reinforcements from the German armored division would arrive.

But once the battle starts, it will be different.

First of all, the road will definitely be blocked by artillery fire and cannot be used... The Aguila Highway is very close to the German defense line, about three kilometers behind, which is also the basis for the German army to build a defense line. The German supply, materials and reinforcements can be easily and quickly transported to every point of the defense line through the highway.

But this also means that it will be the focus of the British blockade, and British artillery can bomb the road and paralyze it if it takes a few kilometers ahead.

Secondly, the British army can use their air superiority to encircle and intercept German reinforcements... Air force will always be the natural enemy of armored troops, especially in the empty desert.

Again, Montgomery estimated that the Italian armored division could not resist the British attack at all, or it could be said that the German armored division came to reinforce.

Therefore, Aguila will obviously be a good breakthrough for the British army.

At this time, Qin Chuan was lurking in the desert five kilometers away from Aguila... The 21st Armored Division marched here in secret two days ago in the night and lurked here.

Of course, the original position of the 21st Armored Division was still treated as if there was an armored division station. It was easy to do this, just keep a disguise in the original position, tents, and then leave a team of infantry to practice shooting at the shooting range.

Aguila has to hide that no troops have ever been here.

This is a bit difficult, because a division has tens of thousands of people, and it is both cars, tanks and cannons, so it takes some effort to hide it.

Fortunately, here is within your own defense line, and there is a nearby Aguila Highway. Most vehicles walk from the highway and will not interfere with the German army's hiding.

So the old method is to dig a hidden trench... dig a trench about the same depth as a car or tank. After driving in, the tank will then run on the canvas. Sometimes a layer of fine sand will be added to the canvas, so that no matter how far you look at from a distance or aerial reconnaissance, you can't find anything when you look at it close.

However, it is easy to say and really do it, but many unexpected difficulties will arise:

In principle, the soldiers were not allowed to move around, even at night... This was a worry that they were discovered by British spies.

So eating, drinking, sucking, scattering, sleeping, etc. must be done in a narrow and crowded trenches, and in a short while the trenches will smell bad.

Someone thought of a way to dig a hole in the trench and then bury the excrement after it is convenient, but this method quickly became problematic...

Although the Aguila area is a "hard ground" suitable for tank marching, the "hard ground" is still a relatively soft semi-sandy soil layer when dug in the trenches. It is easy to cause collapse if you dig "convenient pits" one by one in the trenches... Qin Chuan experienced this once, and was suddenly "buried" while sleeping. Although he would be dug out by his comrades soon, he was afraid of the sudden inability to move and breathing.

Later, someone thought of a solution, which was to collect excrement from a box of canned corned beef and throw it out at about the time.

But this soon attracted a ban... The reason was that the German soldiers were not far from each other's hiding point. This was thrown out and it could easily hit the adjacent trench. The can of filth suddenly fell from the sky and splashed everywhere, which immediately attracted a complaint from the comrades. If it weren't for the military order that they could not get out of the trench, they would have to come out and fight to stop.

Finally, this problem was solved only after the above unified the order: "All excrement is sprinkled near hidden points with your own helmet, be careful not to make too many moves!"

This is indeed a good way, because everyone has a helmet, and they won't easily throw it away as a useless thing... Doing so means he's likely to be easily taken away by a small shrapnel in the upcoming battle.
Chapter completed!