The decisive battle against the Third Reich

I have a social event tonight, so I’m just making up the second update at this time, sorry! I recommend a friend's book "High-Risk Occupations", written by Feng Sanwu.

"General!" After thinking for a while, Qin Chuan said to General Strike: "If I were the commander of the British army and knew that the northern section would be the enemy's main attack direction, I would not have left such an obvious target in the northern section. Loophole!"

"You mean..." General Strike couldn't help but show a cautious look on his face: "Maybe this is a trap set by the British?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded: "I don't think the British's defense will be so simple!"

This is Qin Chuan's brilliance.

In fact, this is not a British trap at all, but purely a mistake made by the German scouts...

As mentioned before, the 21st Armored Division was exhausted, and the scouts were certainly no exception. Even the scouts were even more exhausted because they were the eyes and ears of the main force along the way, whether they were marching, resting or fighting. , they all have to scout around. At this time, the scouts began to desert... They were supposed to explore forward as much as possible and ascertain the enemy's firepower and the location of the defense line, so that the commander could formulate a targeted battle plan.

However, fatigue caused them to neglect their mission. When they arrived at Dir Abid, they may only have been fired by a few machine guns. It was probably just an infantry company sent by India to patrol, but the German reconnaissance However, the soldiers identified it as the main force of the Indian army.

In fact, Deir el-Abid was deserted, and the El Alamein defense line was still 3 miles or 5 kilometers behind.

This mistake directly caused the German army to deviate from the plan and choose the wrong insertion point.

Of course, Qin Chuan couldn't tell this information directly, and he couldn't directly suggest Strike to send scouts to verify... This would make people feel strange.

But Qin Chuan was able to make General Strike suspicious on the grounds of "trap".

"What the sergeant said may be right!" Colonel Slain thought for a while and said: "The British have been fighting with us for a long time. They should understand our tactics. Maybe they have expected that we will How about crossing over at the junction of the two armies?”

"I suggest we do some reconnaissance!" said Colonel Olbridge. "It won't do us any harm, will it?"

General Strike nodded.

There is indeed no harm in this. Reconnaissance only takes about half an hour, and at most it will only lose a few scouts. But if this is indeed a trap as Qin Chuan said and the 21st Armored Division dives into it, then the 21st Armored Division will The armored division's losses would be huge, and even the entire combat plan would be affected.

So the reconnaissance mission was quickly assigned.

In order to prevent the British from becoming suspicious and prematurely revealing their strategic intentions, General Strike also sent five reconnaissance platoons to conduct reconnaissance in five different directions.

The reconnaissance platoon was very fast. They rode fast tricycles and armored vehicles. Moreover, the sky was getting dark at this time and it was easy to move forward in concealment.

So the first piece of information was sent back to the headquarters more than twenty minutes later.

General Strike couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise while holding the telegram and couldn't close it for a long time...

"The main force of the Indian 4th Infantry Division is not in Dir Abid!" General Strike said: "There is no one there!"

The officers were also shocked by this information, and they all looked at Qin Chuan with admiration.

Colonel Slaine was even more pleased. After all, this sergeant was his subordinate.

"Well done, Sergeant!" Colonel Slain praised: "You have done a great job again!"

The next intelligence obtained surprised the officers even more... The main force of the Indian 4th Infantry Division was actually in Dilseyin.

"God!" General Strike couldn't help but exclaimed: "We almost ran into it!"

General Strike did not dare to neglect, and immediately contacted Rommel and reported the situation to him.

"What?" Rommel was shocked when he heard this: "Dil Abid is empty?"

"Yes!" General Strike replied: "Not only that, our original breakthrough point is exactly where the enemy's main force is!"

Rommel was silent for a while and then said: "Then... find a suitable breakthrough, everything else remains unchanged!"

"Yes, General!" General Strike replied, but his heart was heavy.

"We don't have much time!" General Strike said: "We must act immediately, otherwise it will be difficult to break through the defense line and attack Alexandria before dawn tomorrow!"

Qin Chuan knew what General Strike meant.

This is not only because of Rommel's order, but also because the German attack on Alexandria must be launched before dawn, otherwise... as soon as it gets dark, enemy fighter planes from Alexandria and Cairo Airport will attack the 21st Armored Division that breaks into the defense line. With indiscriminate bombing, the Germans would not even be able to capture Alexander. Whether they could escape was a question.

"But... we still know nothing about the British defense line!" Colonel Slain said: "We haven't even reconnoitred their junction point!"

Everything was originally planned, and we only waited for the sky to get completely dark before taking action, but this unexpected situation disrupted the entire plan.

"General!" At this time, a staff officer reported with a telegram: "They have found the junction... It should be at Carret!"

"Why should it be?" General Strike said dissatisfied: "They have already made a mistake once and almost ruined the entire plan!"

"General!" the staff officer replied: "Because the British have laid a large number of mines and searchlights on the front line, our scouts can't get close at all!"

"Then how did they know that it was Carret and the junction point?" General Strike asked.

"They bribed the Egyptian people!" the staff officer replied: "It was the people who told the scouts these things!"

"God!" General Strike couldn't help rolling his eyes. He would not bet on the fate of the 21st Armored Division just based on a piece of news he got from the people.

Qin Chuan looked at the map and remained silent. After a long while, he raised his head and said, "I think I know where their junction is!"

"What?" General Strike and the officers couldn't help but look at Qinchuan in confusion.

"Where is it?" General Strike asked.

Qin Chuan pointed to a point on the map and said: "It's not in Kalet, but here... Ruwaisat Ridge!"

After hearing this, General Strike and others understood.

"Yes!" General Strike couldn't help but nodded dejectedly: "If I were British, I would also put the junction point there!"

The reason is very simple. The Ruoisat Ridge is a mountainous ridge that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and is especially unfavorable for tank penetration.