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The battle ended with a bombing.

Because the German army was hiding in time, the British army did not find many bombing targets. In addition, there were German fighter jets flying around to shoot strings of bullets at them, so the bombers could only throw the bomb down and go back.

When Qin Chuan spat a few mouthfuls of sand and got up from the ground, he saw teams of British soldiers holding their hands down by German soldiers, as well as tanks parked in the defense line in a row, including "Stuart" and "General Grant".

What is exciting is that because the British army abandoned the tanks and escaped, most of the tanks were intact and still available.

Later, after statistics, there were actually as many as 123 tanks seized, of which 87 were "General Grant" and the others were "Stuart".

This made the German tank soldiers cheered... German tanks have always been unable to be transported in Italy. They thought they would be used as infantry soon, but they did not expect that the British sent them a batch.

Qin Chuan was also a little surprised because the British army had air superiority and they could have used bombers to blow up these tanks so that they could not be used by the German army. But the British army did not do so.

What Qin Chuan didn't know was that it was not that the British army did not want to do this, but that they could not do this... When the British bomber looked down, he saw teams of British soldiers in the tank group surrendering with their hands. The bombing of the tank would inevitably lead to accidentally hurting friendly forces.

Major General Reed, who was in charge of commanding the Air Force, asked Montgomery for instructions when he heard this feedback.

Montgomery was in a dilemma for a while.

If we consider it from a military perspective, there is no doubt that bombing should be carried out.

But from a political perspective... I am afraid that Montgomery, the commander of the army, will step down the next day, and even Churchill will be doomed.

So Montgomery had no choice but to order: "Leave those tanks to them, they don't have many shells anyway!"

Montgomery was deceiving himself because the German army seized the warehouse there when occupying Alexandria, which was piled with various British artillery and various types of shells, including 37MM and 75MM caliber shells of American tanks.

So the only problem for the Germans was to learn to drive these tanks and develop combat effectiveness.

But this is not the only problem.

The more serious question is...who should these tanks belong to?

This ambush was fought by the German 21st Armored Division and the 15th Armored Division, and both armored divisions were short of tanks, so everyone wanted to grab a few more of these, even including the Italian Armored Division.

They even started snatching the battlefield... The tank soldiers rushed into the tank and drove to their own troops, snatching one, and some people were red in their faces and even started fighting for this.

As a result, until Qin Chuan walked into Rommel's command center, the commanders of the two armored divisions were still arguing endlessly.

"I think these tanks should be divided equally!" Major General Gro, the commander of the 15th Armored Division, said: "One hundred and twenty-three, each armored division should be divided into sixty-one!"

Major General Gross apparently did not gain any advantage in the "war" of tank grabbing.

"No, I think this is unfair!" Major General Gloucester said: "As we all know, the 21st Armored Division has always been fighting on the front line. We urgently need the tanks to restore combat effectiveness, not to mention... this battle was fought according to our plan, so we deserve more tanks!"

At this time, Qin Chuan walked into the command car. When Major General Streck saw him, he seemed to see a savior, and happily introduced to the officers: "Gentlemen, let me introduce Lieutenant Flick, who used false information to trick the British First Armored Division into our ambush... If it weren't for him, we would have been afraid that we would still be having a headache for the British attack!"

General Streck's implication is that the 21st Armored Division made such a great contribution, and it is also appropriate to allocate more tanks.

The officers couldn't help but turn their eyes to Qin Chuan. Several officers who did not come from the 15th Armored Division took the initiative to lean over and shake hands with Qin Chuan, and said:

"I'm honored to know you, Lieutenant!"

"Good idea, Lieutenant!"

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In fact, they had heard about Qin Chuan and Qin Chuan's deeds early in the morning, and also knew that Qin Chuan was a celebrity around Rommel, so although they were all majors and their rank was much higher than that of Qin Chuan, they did not dare to put on airs.

"Second Lieutenant!" Rommel smiled and signaled Qin Chuan to sit down on a chair in the bottom of the throne... This surprised Qin Chuan a little. The German army was of strict rank. It was impossible for a second lieutenant like Qin Chuan to have a seat here.

"What do you think about this?" Rommel asked.

"What?" Qin Chuan didn't understand Rommel's meaning.

"Which unit should we prioritize tanks?" Rommel asked.

"General!" Qin Chuan said with some confusion: "Shouldn't we solve Alexander's crisis first?"

"Oh, you don't know yet..." Rommel replied: "That's no longer a problem. The British have retreated!"

Qin Chuan nodded.

It is normal for the British army to withdraw.

The defeat of the First Armored Division caused the British army to lose nearly 200 tanks, so the British army had only 300 tanks against more than 100 tanks from the German army... These more than 100 tanks include the newly captured "Stuart". The German army had seized and trained "Stuart" tank soldiers before, so they could be put into use immediately after the capture.

Because the "General Grant" tank is a new tank and its tank crew requires six people, this makes it difficult for this tank to effectively control and form combat effectiveness, so it has to be trained for a period of time... This is also one of the reasons why the British army performed poorly after using this tank.

In other words, the British army no longer has much advantage in overall strength comparison, and retreating is the only choice.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan replied: "I cannot decide which unit to be assigned to, but I think the 'General Grant' type tank should be assigned to artillery, general!"

"What?" The two generals were stunned when they heard this.
Chapter completed!