The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Rommel was right. The number of British troops was not large. They only gained an advantage in this local area in a short period of time by disguising themselves as German soldiers and sneaking into the guards.

Now that German reinforcements have arrived, the British troops have surrendered after a period of feeble resistance.

After interrogating the prisoners, they found out that this British commando team was sent from Malta Island, with a total of 120 people. They arrived in the waters near Tobruk Port on two submarines, and only changed to another submarine after dark. Rubber dinghy landed on the beach.

What's ridiculous is that the Italian soldiers singing and dancing on the beach even spotted them at the first opportunity, but they didn't have any doubts when they saw the commandos wearing German military uniforms, and even pointed out Rommel's temporary headquarters for the commandos. s position.

"Wonderful battle, sergeant!" Rommel shook Qin Chuan's hand and said, "I have always wanted to see your marksmanship, and I finally got it today. In addition, you are also very talented in command and Resilience!"

"Thank you, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "This is not what I want, because if it weren't for this, I would have been dead on the battlefield!"

Rommel nodded, and then said apologetically: "I should have expressed my gratitude to you as my savior, but now..."

As he spoke, Rommel looked at the mess around him and spread his hands.

Although this sneak attack by the British commandos failed to achieve the purpose of assassinating Rommel, it destroyed a lot of intelligence and documents. Rommel should take some time to sort them out.

"No, General!" Qin Chuan expressed understanding: "These are what I should do. I think it's time for me to say goodbye!"

Rommel patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder and said: "Well done, go back with your rifle and honor, and of course the chicken!"

As expected, Qin Chuan went back with a chicken.

What surprised Qin Chuan even more was what happened next. When Qin Chuan jumped out of the car and walked back to the camp, the German soldiers hugged him enthusiastically:

"Good boy!" said the baker, "I went out and did something big again!"

"What?" Qin Chuan was surprised because he thought Rommel would treat this matter as a military secret.

"We all know!" Alfredo explained: "You foiled the British plan to assassinate General Rommel in Tobruk!"

"Oh!" Qin Chuan responded casually, thinking that Rommel wanted to use this victory to boost his morale.

"How many enemies have you killed?" Werner asked.

"Five... or more!" Qin Chuan said: "I'm not sure because I threw a few grenades in the dark. As you know, I don't know how many people were killed!"

"The important thing is not to kill a few, but to control the situation!" General Strike appeared nearby at some point, and the soldiers quickly stopped talking and stood up to salute.

General Strike walked up to Qin Chuan and said, "Sergeant, I have heard about your performance in Tobruk. Well done!"

"Thank you, General!" After a pause, Qin Chuan picked up the chicken in the cage at his feet and held it in his hand before General Strike: "General, General Rommel asked me to bring it to you. , as compensation!”

General Strike didn't even look at the chicken. He replied coldly: "Sergeant Frick, General Rommel suggested that I promote you. Now you are already a sergeant. But you have to understand that this does not It’s not a reward for using your sniper’s stealth skills to become a thief!”

"I understand, General!" Qin Chuan replied.

General Strike glanced at the German soldiers and said: "And you, if you do this kind of thief next time, it won't be as simple as being punished!"

"Yes, General!" the soldiers replied in unison.

General Strike didn't say much, turned around and left with the guards.

"General!" Qin Chuan shouted from behind: "Your chicken!"

"It belongs to you!" General Strike replied without looking back: "I don't want you to steal it again!"

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then laughed in unison.

The soldiers did not cook the chicken like last night because they thought that the whole company had paid the price for the chicken theft, and most of them were innocent. Of course, the soldiers did not. I'm sorry to have this chicken all to myself anymore.

So Qin Chuan gave the chicken to Bazel, hoping that it would be used as compensation for the innocent punishment of other soldiers in the company.

But Barzel replied: "Forget it, Sergeant... maybe I should call you Staff Sergeant. There are 175 people in our company. Is this chicken enough for each of us to eat one bite?"

(Note: A standard German company has a full strength of 201 people)

So in the end, I didn't know what to do with the chicken. In the end, Werner came up with a way... Give it to the logistics officer to raise, and then the eggs laid every day will be handed over to General Strike by the logistics officer.

Perhaps because this was a good opportunity to flatter General Strike, the logistics officer agreed without much thought.

When the matter came to an end, the soldiers gathered around Qin Chuan and asked him to tell him in detail about the battle in Tobruk... Qin Chuan knew that what the soldiers were interested in was not actually the battle itself, but the battles they had participated in regardless of their scale. The level of thrill is much greater than this sneak attack.

The reason why they were so interested was because the British army was attacking the commander of the Afrika Korps... Rommel.

Of course, Qin Chuan would not hide anything. Qin Chuan even knew that Rommel was interested in improving morale, so he added fuel to the fire to the battle, which only made the soldiers shocked.

However, what Qinchuan and even Rommel did not expect was that this sneak attack was actually part of the "Crusade" plan formulated by Auchinleck.

General Auchinleck had the mentality of giving it a try. If it failed, there would not be much loss to the British army, just a commando force of more than a hundred people.

But if it succeeds, it will leave the German and Italian armies leaderless and disorganized, and then his "Crusader" plan, that is, the British counterattack, will be overwhelming.

News of the failure of the sneak attack plan soon reached General Auchinleck. He read the telegram and ordered to his staff: "Pass the order on, everything will go according to plan!"

"Yes!" the staff officer responded, and sent a telegram with only the word "Crusader" to each unit.

So in the dark night, the British tanks and troops were divided into several parts and quietly hid in the direction of the German army.

But the German army knew nothing about this upcoming war. They thought that the British would need at least some time to recover and would not be able to launch an attack, even Rommel was no exception.