The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"I won!" Kuhn said, "Six nine rings, do we need to compete again?"

"How did you do it?" Qin Chuan asked.

Kuhn didn't say anything. He loaded a magazine for his rifle, then took out another bullet from the magazine bag, raised it in front of Qin Chuan, and pushed it into the chamber... Then Qin Chuan understood Well, the K98K can actually load six bullets at a time instead of five, which is very important for a sniper, especially when the British army has an "Enfield" rifle with a capacity of ten rounds.

Qin Chuan was convinced of the defeat, but he was not depressed because of losing the game. On the contrary, he gained a little more confidence... If the K98K has a six-round ammunition capacity, compared to the ten-round "Enfield" Such a big gap.

The meals for the past two days were bread and baked potatoes as usual. Qin Chuan had become somewhat accustomed to it after eating for so many days... but he was always half hungry and half full because of insufficient supplies.

It was not until the evening of the next day that good news came: a supply convoy arrived in Aghdabia.

This was thanks to the fact that the Italian army had captured Port Brega ten hours ago.

The North African battlefield has a characteristic: both the British army, the German and Italian armies need to transport supplies from outside the African battlefield...Africa is too poor, and the people simply cannot support the supplies of an army of more than 100,000 people. Other than that, In addition, ammunition, equipment, fuel, etc. need to be transported from other places.

The British army was transported from another of his colonies, India, through the Indian Ocean, across the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea, and then through the Suez Canal under its control to the front line. Sometimes it would take the risk of transporting from the British mainland via the Mediterranean, because India could not provide the British army with what it needed. All equipment and combat personnel.

Of course, the German and Italian troops were transported from Italy across the Mediterranean to Libya.

This makes the occupation of coastal ports very important to both the enemy and us... For example, before occupying the port of Brega, the supply transportation of the German and Italian troops had to be transported to the port of Sirte or even further to Tripoli, and then from Tripoli Or Sirte traveled hundreds of miles by car to the front lines.

The key point is that these "hundreds of miles" are still "hundreds of miles" along the desert. The convoy will consume a lot of water and fuel during transportation, and it will be bombed by British bombers at any time.

Occupying Brega Port is different: the supply fleet can unload directly at Brega Port, and the fleet only needs to transport dozens of miles to reach Aghdabia. This not only shortens a lot of distance, but also reduces transportation consumption and Danger of being bombed.

This made the dinner more honey and jam, and the bread was doubled as usual. Even when Qin Chuan and others were devouring it, the soldiers in the cooking squad were roasting fat and oily sausages on the fire... Qin Chuan The resistance to sausages has disappeared, for no other reason than hunger.

Therefore, Qin Chuan feels that those who cannot eat or are picky eaters for some reason are because they have never been hungry. If they have really tasted the feeling of starvation and may even starve to death... they may not even be able to refuse human flesh.

This is the tragedy of human nature, but it is also a bloody reality.

"Those Italians finally played some role!" Big Bear said vaguely while chewing sausages: "They were able to occupy Port Brega..."

"Do you really think they defeated the British?" the baker responded: "After Aghdabia was occupied by us, the British in Port Brega would either retreat or be surrounded by us!"

"You mean..." Big Bear wiped the oil from his mouth: "You mean that the British abandoned Brega Port? But that's not what the Italians said..."

Before that, Big Bear talked with the Italians who were transporting the convoy.

"Oh, okay!" Werner laughed: "Finally some of us believe the Italians!"

With a coax, the German soldiers laughed.

Only Kuhn slowly tore apart the bread in his hand and put each piece into his mouth.

After everyone had finished laughing, Kuhn said: "Have a rest tonight and get ready to go!"

"Let's go?" After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be startled and looked at Kun.

Only Qin Chuan understood what Kuhn meant... The German army stopped in Agdabia because of insufficient supplies. Now that a closer supply line has been opened and the supplies are sufficient, it is time to continue to pursue the British army. .

Even Qin Chuan knew something: the British army had been retreating for two days. If the German army wanted to catch up with the British army, it would have to take a shortcut...

Just look at the map and you will know that ahead is Cyrenaica, whose coastline turns an approximately "S" shape in the Mediterranean Sea.

As mentioned before, most troops marching on the African battlefield must be close to the coastline. This is not only because the coastline has the only road "Coastal Avenue", but also because being close to the coastline means it is easier to obtain supplies.

The German and Italian armies were like this, and the British army was also like this.

The British army retreated along the "S-shaped" coastline. If the German army was two days behind and still wanted to catch up with the British army...of course it couldn't follow them along the coastline. The German army had to take a straight line, that is, a shortcut.

But that's easy to say. Going in a straight line means going deep into the desert hinterland, away from the coastline where supplies can be obtained.

Qin Chuan felt chills at the thought that the entire army was about to enter the uninhabited, red desert. He would rather die in battle or starve than to die from thirst.

Sure enough, after a while, Bazel Halfhand sent people in platoon units to the company headquarters to collect equipment and supplies... These equipment supplies included thirty newly replenished rounds of ammunition, five days' worth of bread, and several baked potatoes. , and there is also a kettle.

Kettle... You must know that every soldier has a kettle, but now an extra kettle is issued.

Needless to say, what this is used for is to allow soldiers to bring more water to prepare for going deep into the desert.

The atmosphere immediately became depressing.

Soldiers have been fighting in the desert for some time, and they all know what it is like to go deep into the desert. It is not a problem that can be solved by distributing an extra kettle. A kettle of water may not be finished in a day.

After a long time, Werner said: "I hope we have enough cars so that we can bring enough water and food!"

"We don't have many cars!" said the baker: "Besides, cars can't save us... It requires fuel and water, and is prone to failure under high temperatures. What's more serious is that it may expose us to British aircraft. Down!"

So the soldiers fell silent, knowing that the baker was right.

Only Kuhn still sat by the fire with a calm expression, tearing the bread into pieces slowly and stuffing small pieces into his mouth.