“Go ahead at full speed!”

“Start up!”

...

Although the car was already running wildly on the road at the fastest speed, the urging commands were still passed down from the front one after another.

Qin Chuan could understand Colonel Slein's anxiety... The bombing just now caused the German army to lose 30 cars, more than 300 soldiers and a large number of ammunition, which made the First Infantry Regiment, which was already short of troops, even more stretched.

But now the First Infantry Regiment has no way out, so they can only advance all the way, arrive at Tobrook in the shortest time and launch an offensive.

This could prevent the German convoy from being bombed by British air forces on the way. In fact, the First Infantry Regiment could no longer bear the losses of another bombing, otherwise the First Infantry Regiment would be unable to launch an attack on Tobrook.

There were always two reconnaissance planes following the convoy in the air. Qin Chuan borrowed a telescope from Kuhn's perspective and looked into the air, recognizing that it was the British "mosquito" reconnaissance plane.

So Qin Chuan knew that it was impossible to get rid of its entanglement... This thing is one of the rare wooden structure aircraft in this era. Because it is a wooden structure, the fuselage is light and fuel-consuming, which allows it to fly continuously in the air for 12 hours.

Therefore, the Germans could not wait for the moment when it ran out of fuel and returned to the base.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but worry, because at the current speed, the German army would take twenty minutes to reach Tobrook, and at this time the British army had enough time to bomb the convoy.

But soon Qin Chuan discovered that he was wrong, because soon the car stopped on the brakes, and then someone shouted: "Get out of the car and be ready for battle!"

"What happened?" Qin Chuan asked.

"We're here!" Bazel jumped out of another car and replied, "The British's defense line ahead!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but say... Tobrook on the map refers to the city area. The British obviously wouldn't be so stupid that they put all their troops in the city.

In fact, when Qin Chuan and others gathered together, the battle ahead had already begun... From this we can see how anxious Colonel Slain was, but he should be anxious, because now time means everything.

Qin Chuan is not very clear about the battle because the battle of Tobrook he faces is no longer the battle of Tobrook in history... In the battle of Tobrook in history, the main force stationed in it is the Ninth Australian Division who escaped from the encirclement of Rommel, and the subordinate forces are part of the British 1st African Division. (Note: When the Eighth Army was established, it was changed to the 11th African Division)

As mentioned earlier, as the colonial army, the Australian troops are not as high as British soldiers and have equal enjoyment, so their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the British army.

This made Rommel's tens of thousands of troops besieged Tobrook for eight months but failed to take it... This is also one of the reasons why the German army failed in the First Alamein War. Rommel commanded his troops into Egypt to attack Alamein without taking Tobrook. Therefore, the daily edible water and supplies needed by the German army needed to travel thousands of miles across the desert from Benghazi or even further to the front line. This supply method ultimately prevented the German army from continuing the battle.

However, the Tobrook offensive battle before us is different.

First of all, the Ninth Australian Division had not yet escaped from Rommel's encirclement. They were still fighting with Rommel's main force in Mechile, so of course it was impossible to station Tobrook.

Secondly, the German army suddenly appeared in Tobrook, so the British army did not have much preparation.

But Qin Chuan's judgment was actually only half correct.

The former is right. The main force of the British army was in Chile and the main force of the German army was indistinguishable. In Tobrook, there were only two engineer regiments and an infantry battalion that was urgently transferred to support.

As for the British army, there is not much preparation...

Most of the British defenses and fortifications in Tobrook were inherited from Italian troops... Tobrook is the port in the easternmost part of Libya near Egypt. As an important port on the border, the great and brave Italian army built a large number of bunkers and barbed wire here, and then handed them to the British without any harm.

After the British army captured Tobrook, they immediately used it as a counterattack base, because the British army's supplies and supplies could be delivered here continuously and then sent to the British army on the front line. In order to ensure the safety of the Port of Tobrook, the British army was asking two engineer regiments to repair it here and transform the fortifications left by the Italians.

Qin Chuan soon discovered this because the Germans kicked the iron plate in the subsequent attack...

The second and third infantry battalions launched an attack on the British defense line, which was due to the serious reduction of personnel in the first infantry battalion where Qin Chuan was located.

As usual, the German army divided into several parts to cover each other and advanced towards the British defense line... The British defense line looked no different from other defense lines. Several trenches were laid with barbed wire in front of the trenches. As we all know, the trenches and barbed wire in the desert did not work. German soldiers only needed to use a mortar to blow it up.

However, the British defense line was not as simple as it seemed.

When the German soldiers charged more than 500 meters in front of the defense line, the British machine guns fired, and bullets flew towards the German soldiers in pieces, pressing the charge of the Germans to the ground and unable to move.

Qin Chuan noticed that these machine gun bullets were not fired from the trenches at all, but from some shooting holes where the facilities were not visible.

Qin Chuan soon realized the seriousness of the problem... The shooting holes can be built in the desert geological structure, which are mostly well-hidden fortifications. The reason is very simple. The soft sand here is not enough to support a shooting hole that can make people feel safe, and they will collapse before the enemy attacks.

Sure enough, when German soldiers poured mortar shells into the vicinity of these shooting holes, they quickly exposed the bunkers made of cement concrete inside.

Everyone was shocked...

The First Infantry Regiment had no heavy weapons, and they didn't even have anti-tank guns, but they had to face the British bunkers here!

What's worse is that the British bunkers were still open, and the enemy's machine guns could shoot at any attacking troops without any scruples.

"Is there any other gap in the British defense line?" Werner asked.
Chapter completed!