The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The Rooisat Ridge is a mountain ridge with an altitude of 102 meters.

Although the elevation of 102 meters is not high, it is rare in the flat and open desert.

German officers, including General Strike, had never thought that the British army would defend here because it is located six kilometers southeast of Alamein and is considered the second line of defense after the Alamein Line.

This also shows that the German officers and the reconnaissance troops made the same mistakes in judgment. They all took it for granted that the Alamein line of defense was a basically straight line of defense, digging trenches and setting up defenses along the entire 55 kilometers from Alamein in the north to the Katara Basin in the south.

but it is not the truth……

The Alamein line of defense is a line of defense with a center that is concave toward the inside. This is why the scouts thought that the main force of the Indian 4th Infantry Division was located in Dil Abid, but in fact the main force of the Indian army was located in Dilseyin five kilometers away. .

It should be said that this is very clever: the entire line of defense is sunk in the direction of the British army, like a bloody mouth opening towards the German army. No matter whether the German army attacks this line of defense from any point, it will be attacked from the front, left, and With attacks and threats from three directions on the right, it is even possible for the British army to attack from a certain point on the side and easily go around to the rear of the German army to surround it.

Qinchuan suggested not to attack the northern section of the defense line easily, because judging from the current situation, the British army is at least fully prepared in the northern section of the defense line... General Auchinleck knew that the northern section was the focus of the German attack, so he gave priority to the northern section of the defense line. All the resources that can be mobilized are invested in the construction of fortifications in the northern section, and the troops in the northern section are relatively concentrated. It can be imagined that artillery, tanks, etc. are also leaning towards the northern section.

In this way, it will be very difficult to break through from the northern section, but it will be much easier to break through from the southern section.

But Rommel's orders and time did not allow this.

Rommel's order was to launch the offensive as quickly as possible, that is, to attack the slow with the fast.

It's not unreasonable to think about it this way, as it can break down an enemy's defenses before they're ready. But if the enemy is already prepared, this "hitting the slow with the fast" won't have the desired effect.

Another aspect is the issue of time.

If you want to attack from the southern section, you first have to march about 20 kilometers south. After launching the offensive to break through the defense line, you have to march more than 100 kilometers north to reach Alexandria... This process does not include the time required to break through, which is only 120 A kilometer march cannot be completed in one night's march.

Therefore, General Strike finally chose the Ruoisat Ridge as the breakthrough point.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Qin Chuan's face looked ugly, Werner asked, "What's going on?"

"No, it's nothing!" Qin Chuan replied.

As a sergeant, Qin Chuan was honored to discuss the battle plan with General Strike and others, but he knew that the content of the discussion could not be leaked.

But Werner is a smart man, and his face quickly darkened, and then he nodded slightly and said: "Oh, we are going to face a tough battle, aren't we?"

Qin Chuan didn't answer, which was actually his acquiescence.

This quickly made the German soldiers fall into silence. They knew that if Qin Chuan was not optimistic, it would mean that there would be trouble in this battle.

Orders to prepare for battle were quickly given.

In fact, at this time, engineers have already gone to the battlefield to carry out necessary mine clearance and mine detection work... Engineers are actually no less dangerous than combat troops. They even have to bear much greater psychological pressure than combat troops, especially at night. Minesweeper.

The soldiers set off after a little preparation. They had marched all the way here, and apart from receiving fifty rounds of ammunition each from the company headquarters, they had nothing to prepare.

Then the soldiers got into the cars one by one and drove east.

For fear of being covered by enemy artillery fire, all vehicles were not allowed to turn on their lights, and the convoy advanced slowly under the dim moonlight.

Perhaps due to Qin Chuan's influence, no one spoke, and the atmosphere in the carriage seemed very depressing.

A recruit took out a medicine bottle from his backpack, took out a tablet in a panic and swallowed it hurriedly. Then this action seemed to be contagious, and other people also did the same thing one after another.

"Sergeant!" A recruit looked at Qin Chuan and said hesitantly, "Can you do me a favor?"

"What?" Qin Chuan was a little confused. This recruit was Yacop's subordinate. He should tell Yacop what requests he had.

"I heard you're from Frankfurt?" the recruit asked.

"Oh, yes!" Qin Chuan remembered that this was indeed written on his soldier's ID card.

"Look, I'm from Würzburg!" the recruit said: "If you can go back one day, you will pass by that..."

Qin Chuan didn't dare to speak because he didn't know much about Germany.

"I hope..." The recruit then took out a letter and handed it to Qin Chuan: "If you can go back one day, can you bring this letter to my fiancée? It has the address and name on it!"

Qin Chuan can understand this.

At this time, the supply lines of the German and Italian armies were in great confusion. Even fuel and ammunition were difficult to send to the front line, let alone sending soldiers' letters back to Germany... Soldiers' envelopes could indeed be sent, but that was only to the public. A kind of psychological comfort for the German soldiers. Those letters could not even cross the Mediterranean. The Italians would not waste time and space on these letters that were meaningless to them. They were usually used as fire-making materials. Burn.

Therefore, German soldiers are more willing to entrust letters to their comrades.

However, they are usually entrusted to injured comrades who are to be sent home.

So Qin Chuan was a little confused. He looked to the side and asked, "Why me?"

"Because..." the recruit hesitated for a moment before replying: "Because I believe you have a better chance of surviving than me!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but fell silent. He glanced at the other recruits and found that they all seemed to believe this.

At this time, Qin Chuan can be said to be the object of reverence of these recruits and even veterans. Coupled with the fear of the battlefield and lack of confidence in their ability to survive, they would rather place their hopes on more capable people...Qin Chuan is obviously one of them.

"No!" Qin Chuan shook his head and replied, "I won't bring this letter for you."

"Sergeant..."

"You can take the letter back by yourself!" Qin Chuan said, "This is not a difficult task. Follow your squad leader and obey the orders and instructions, and you can all go back alive!"

The recruit nodded and silently took the letter back.

This is another lie.

It seems to have become a routine now that every battle is preceded by a lie.

When you lie to others, you are also lying to yourself.