The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Kuhn was right, of course the British would not let go so easily. Otherwise, Alexander, who was not sufficiently prepared and had empty troops, would be open to the German 21st Armored Division.

Half an hour later, an explosion was heard from the front. At first, the German soldiers thought it was a British artillery shell, but when they passed a car that was turned over by the bomb, they discovered that this was not the case...

"That's a landmine!" Yacop said in surprise: "Anti-tank mine!"

"The British actually planted landmines in their own defense area?" The baker was a little surprised.

"They guessed that our target was Alexander!" Qin Chuan said, "That's why they laid mines on our way forward!"

Soon there was another loud "boom", and this time it was a "No. 3" tank that was blown up.

And this was not the most troublesome thing. Ten minutes later, a "rumbling" sound of a motor suddenly sounded in the darkness on the flank. Flares were lit in the air and there was loud sound of gunfire.

The German tanks immediately stopped and prepared for battle. However, after a while, when the Germans fired flares in the direction of the sound, they discovered that the British troops had escaped from the range of the tanks.

This situation happened several times in succession. The British army even opened fire from outside the range and the scale was not large, usually only a dozen or twenty "Stuart" tanks.

But it was clear that the Germans could not catch up with these tanks.

Qinchuan knew what the British were doing. They were trying their best to slow down the German army's march.

This is a very clever tactic, and General Auchinleck should have done this a long time ago... The "Stuart" is inferior to the "Pattern III" in defense and firepower, but its maneuverability is much faster than the "Pattern III" tank. Especially since it was equipped with five machine guns, it was a nightmare for German scouts.

In addition, the British army still has a lot of "Stuart" tanks in hand, so the mobility of the "Stuart" should be used from the beginning to fight guerrillas with the German "Plank 3" tanks.

Fortunately, the British did not do this, otherwise the German army would not be able to get to where it is today.

"Sergeant!" After being harassed several times by the British army, Kuhn received a call: "The general wants you to come to his command vehicle!"

This also meant that General Strike could do nothing about it. Qin Chuan could not help but frown, because he was also thinking about how to solve this problem but could not find the answer.

The car stopped, and Kuhn walked to the rear of the car and used a fluorescent light to signal back.

Originally, Qin Chuan thought that a jeep would pick him up as before, but soon he was surprised to find a "Mengma" command vehicle parked next to the car... Qin Chuan recognized that it was General Strike's command vehicle. .

"Sergeant!" General Strike asked as soon as Qin Chuan stepped into the command vehicle, "I hope you have thought of a solution!"

"No, general!" Qin Chuan replied: "If I think of a way, I will call you as soon as possible!"

General Strike couldn't help but sigh: "The British have become smarter. If this continues, we will not be able to reach Alexandria before dawn. Even when we reach Alexandria, all our tanks will be destroyed!"

"Perhaps we can send more scouts!" Colonel Slaine suggested: "That way we can know where the British are ambushing!"

"No!" General Strike shook his head and said: "We have lost five teams of scouts. Our scouts have no power to fight back against the enemy's Stuart tanks. Unless we take the 'No. 3' Tanks are assigned to the reconnaissance troops!"

"Why don't we change the route?" Colonel Olbridge said: "The reason why the British 'Stuart' tanks were able to ambush on our route is because they knew that our target was Alexander. If We change the route, say to Alamein..."

"This is also useless, Colonel!" General Strike denied: "The reason is that the British tanks are much faster than our tanks. After they detect our turn, they can take advantage of their speed to get ahead of us again. Lay an ambush! And more importantly... we don't have time!"

No time was the Achilles heel of the German army, otherwise the German army could have defeated the British troops stationed on the Alamein line of defense section by section, and then chased the British deserters to Alexandria.

"General!" After thinking for a while, Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said: "The British knew that we were attacking Alexandria, and at the same time they sent the main armored forces to harass us, so Alamein..."

General Strike couldn't help but nodded after hearing this: "You're right, the troops stationed in El Alamein have probably been emptied, or even if there are still troops stationed, they are just some African troops with weak combat effectiveness!"

But then General Strike sighed again: "But in the direction of Alamein is the Italian 7th Infantry Division..."

Needless to say why General Strike sighed, the German generals did not dare to have too much hope for the Italian army.

But even so, General Strike sent a telegram to Rommel explaining the situation and requesting the Italian 7th Infantry Division to launch an attack.

If the Italian 7th Infantry Division could capture El Alamein and advance toward Alexandria from two directions with the 21st Armored Division...then the British would be at a loss.

This was originally a good plan. Even at this time, the Italian 132nd Armored Division had caught up. It was not difficult for an armored division and an infantry division to capture Alamein, which was empty of troops. It could even be said to be easy to capture.

But after more than half an hour of long waiting, Rommel still received disappointing news.

"They reported that the main force of the British army is still in El Alamein!" Rommel said: "I know that's not true, but what can I do? I really hope I can have another armored division, so we can drive straight in!"

This telegram made everyone look at each other in surprise... Although everyone guessed that this would be the result, it was a bit unacceptable when it really happened.

"They only need to show a little courage!" General Strike said angrily: "Just a little... They have many more shells than us to sweep mines, and then just drive the tanks up, that's it... We can win the war, but they don't want to do anything!"

"It seems we have to find another way!" Colonel Olbrich cast his eyes on Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan knew what Colonel Olbrich meant. If he couldn't think of a suitable way, then the 21st Armored Division would most likely be annihilated, even if it had achieved brilliant results before... Because another meaning of breaking through the defense line is to go deep alone.