Chapter 34 The Oasis of Muses
Berg's body fell on the side of the road, tied his hands behind his back, and his legs were bent due to the pain before his death. His head was sideways, and there was a clear blood hole on the right side, and blood was still emitting out.
No one buried it, not because the German army had no sympathy, but because they were ordered not to bury Berg. To be precise, it was not allowed to bury it too early. Berg's body must be shown in front of the entire team so that everyone can know the consequences of killing comrades.
As an army, it is indeed necessary to do this, because unity and trust are important to the army. Only with these two points can soldiers win on the battlefield as a whole.
Therefore, the commanders of the troops need to use this method to shock other people to achieve the purpose of increasing cohesion.
But for individuals, Qin Chuan still felt that doing this was a bit too much, especially when many German soldiers passed by Berg's corpse and spitted in the direction of the corpse.
It was not until the troops were about to reach the end that Kuhn waved at Qin Chuan and others before he began to bury Berg.
The way to bury is very simple. Use an engineer's shovel to dig a hole in the sand next to it. The two of them carried the body into the pit one by one, covered the sand and then inserted the Berg's shovel in front of the grave as a tombstone. A soldier even put Berg's helmet on the tombstone.
After Qin Chuan and others left, a lonely helmet was left under the setting sun, shaking in the wind and sand, and several vultures appeared in the sky. They had already smelled the bloody smell and waited to come down to have a full meal.
The next day, the troops arrived at the Oasis of Mses smoothly.
The Oasis of Muses is not really an oasis as imagined. It is actually a small pond of hundreds of square meters, surrounded by some weeds that are yellowed by the sun. Only by getting close to the pond or in the pond can you see a little green.
But this was enough to inspire people walking in the desert. The soldiers ran to the oasis excitedly and drank water greedily, and some even jumped into the pond to cheer loudly.
Of course, Qin Chuan could understand their feelings, because it was difficult for Qin Chuan to suppress his desire for the pond in front of him... If it were at other times, Qin Chuan would not have looked at this unstunning pond at all, but now, this pond seems to have a magical power, which makes Qin Chuan have the idea of "just stay here and never go anywhere."
However, this was just a luxury, because the order was quickly passed down: "Fifteen minutes of rest!"
Fifteen minutes... The soldiers who jumped into the pond at this time regretted it because they had to go on the road in soaked clothes.
"Do you know why it's so urgent?" Werner was well-informed. He went out and walked around and said, "Because our troops are about to reach Mechile, we must arrive at Tengerten as soon as possible, otherwise the enemy will escape from our encirclement!"
"God!" the baker couldn't help but exclaim: "Our troops have reached Mechile. Are you saying true?"
"Of course it's true!" Werner answered confidently.
The baker took out the map from his pocket, looked at it and said, "That's more than 700 kilometers away. They only took ten days. Did the British have no resistance at all?"
"What else can we expect from the British?" Werner squeezed his eyes.
Werner's words caused laughter from the German soldiers around him, and they were all extremely proud that the British army was vulnerable in front of the German army.
The baker didn't understand what was going on, but Qin Chuan knew.
The combat effectiveness of the British army is actually not as bad as it shows, and the problem lies in the judgment of British commander-in-chief Wei Weier.
Wei Weir always believed that Rommel would not attack again, so he had no defense or effective planning and deployment of counterattacks.
In fact, this is not Wei Weier's fault, because the British army had "super secrets" at this time.
The so-called "super secret" refers to an intelligence organization located in the Bledgere Manor in the UK. To be precise, it is the first primary computer created by British intelligence personnel. It can brute-break the German army's codes in mechanical ways... It is a bit like guessing other people's passwords in arranging and combination way.
It originally took more than ten years to decipher the electronic code in this way... This is obviously not practical, because the war is probably over when the electronic code is deciphered.
However, the German General added the words "Long Live Hitler" at the end of the code. After the British intelligence personnel entered these words "Super Confidential", the deciphering time was shortened in a series.
Finally, in May 1940, the British army successfully deciphered the first telegram using "super confidentiality". From then on, the content of the German telegram was almost exposed to the British army.
The reason why Wei Weir judged that the German army would not attack was because he obtained Hitler from the "super secret" and issued one order after another on Rommel, all of which made Rommel stop attacking and garrisoning on the spot.
So Wei Weir believed that Rommel was just conducting offensive patrol wars, not real offensive wars.
However, who would have thought that Rommel completely ignored Hitler's orders and launched a "true offensive war" against the British defense line that Wei Weir believed would not happen.
This made the British army passive again and again in battle.
As a result, the several groups that Rommel devoted to the front took only ten days to advance more than 700 kilometers... The speed was even beyond Rommel's own imagination.
And this was the result of the troops being attacked by sandstorms...
The dust storm was called "Kibli Wind" by locals, which swept over half of the Cyrenega and raised the temperature in the area to 54 degrees Celsius.
The damage caused by the sandstorm to Qin Chuan's regiment was the smallest... Only more than 100 people in the first regiment were missing, and more than 50 people were confirmed to be dead. The main reason was that the regiment's troops were relatively concentrated and prepared.
Other regiments, such as the Second regiment, were scattered around pursuing the British army when the sandstorm came, so they didn't know where they were, nor did they know whether the British or German army were opposite and next to them.
What's more, even Rommel could not find his troops... At this time, Rommel himself was only ten kilometers away from Mechile. He wanted to gather troops to attack Mechile, but in the end there were only dozens of soldiers around him.
Among them, the 5th Armored Regiment, which has the most tanks, cannot be connected at all, and it seems that it has disappeared.
Chapter completed!