The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Sure enough, not long after, the sky was filled with the whistling sound of artillery shells. These shells either exploded in large numbers on the side of the mountain, or fell far over the soldiers' heads on the other side.

"Get ready for battle!" Qin Chuan patted his buttocks and stood up, saying, "There are not many days of peace left!"

The French soldiers looked at each other in dismay. Some soldiers were so nervous that they couldn't eat... Actually, it wasn't that they couldn't eat. In this nervous and excited state, sometimes they knew they were hungry and sleepy, but they just had no appetite to eat and couldn't fall asleep.

Some French soldiers would try every means to chat with German soldiers, because they believed that German soldiers had experienced many fierce battles and survived, so there must be some secrets.

But in the end, they were all disappointed without exception... There is no secret on the battlefield. If there is, it is reaction speed and luck.

Qin Chuan guessed correctly. Five days later, the British army launched an attack on the Gabes defense line... Qin Chuan guessed that the British army's transportation situation was not good. Otherwise, with the port of Tripoli and a large number of American transport ships, it would not take five days to accumulate the supplies needed for the attack.

This is indeed the case. With the German army advocating support for African independence all the way, the transportation of Britain and the United States cannot be said to be difficult, but it can also be described as being blocked layer by layer.

In the Suez Canal in Egypt, guerrillas often use mortars and other weapons to launch sneak attacks on passing ships, causing blockages again and again, forcing the British army to allocate an entire mechanized infantry division to maintain the normal passage of the canal, but even so, there will be several "accidents" from time to time.

It will be smoother after passing the Suez Canal. The British and American troops with air superiority can directly transport supplies to Tripoli.

But there are troubles in Tripoli. The Libyan guerrillas harass and create trouble along the way.

These things are very simple to do, such as burying a few mines on the road in the dark... Some sections of the road lead to Tunisia, which is the front line, and the British army will basically walk on these sections, so when the British army car comes up, there will be a "boom".

In addition, around the British army camp, even in the residential area, there are people shooting cold shots at the British army who are alone... These don't seem to be a big deal, but they are like flies that keep disturbing the British army, greatly reducing their efficiency and wearing down their will and morale.

"Chi!" With a sound, the radio on the high ground sounded the sound of a match being lit at 8 o'clock on time that morning.

Perhaps because of the great success of Qin Chuan's propaganda offensive in Alexandria, or perhaps because the German army wanted to implement a strategy of winning over Africans to resist the Allies in North Africa, Rommel showed enough attention to the propaganda unit, and he immediately established a propaganda group independent of the communication unit.

Its responsibilities are to be responsible for propaganda in Africa and to divide the enemy during wartime.

For this purpose, Rommel also specially transferred several professional female announcers who could speak fluent English from Germany. One of them, Yulia, was responsible for battlefield propaganda against the enemy... that is, she shouted to the Allies through the loudspeaker. She would habitually light a cigarette before speaking every time, and then began her eloquent performance in a charming voice: "Good morning, Allied soldiers, welcome to the war! We have been waiting here for a long time. Do you know... the German army has been digging trenches and building fortifications, and preparing machine guns and cannons on the high ground waiting for you? Of course, your commander will not tell you the truth, because they don't care about your life or death..." Of course, these are all said to make the Allied soldiers realize that the trench in front of them is impossible to break through, and their charge will only lead to death. In addition, they will also talk about their wives at home, who may be in bed with other men at this moment. "Announcer Girl"... The nickname given to Yulia by the German soldiers. What she didn't realize was that these words would not only affect the Allies, but also the German soldiers who had not been able to return home for more than a year. "Fuck it!" The baker cursed in a low voice when he heard these voices: "Allied soldiers can be replaced every few months to go home and enjoy themselves, but we have to stay here all the time!"

"That's right!" Werner said: "We should have someone to replace us!"

"Forget it, Werner!" Dominic said: "They have all been sent to the Eastern Front to fight the Soviets. It would be great if someone could come to reinforce us!"

"Hey!" Qin Chuan interrupted the soldiers' discussion: "If you want to go back alive, don't think about these things, it will make you slow to react because of distraction!"

"Yes, Lieutenant!"

The soldiers agreed one after another. They all knew that what Qin Chuan said was right, but it was easy to control behavior, but it was hard to control thoughts.

On the radio, Yulia's sweet voice continued to chat and laugh: "Think about your children. Your relatives in your hometown are looking forward to your return. You are fighting bravely here, but those who evaded military service are ravaging your wife, daughter, and even your son in your hometown... If you die here, who will stop them? Do you think your government will care about these? No, they will only push you to the battlefield, while at this moment, they are enjoying a comfortable and warm bed, drinking sweet red wine..."

Some of this is true, as this was the case with the British Army's command vehicles, where soldiers hunkered down in the comfort of their vehicles while they battled the sun and thirst outside.

The British army couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately fired a barrage of artillery shells in the direction of the sound.

But as soon as the sound of the artillery shells passed, Yulia's voice continued to "strafe" the Allied forces below from high places.

Finally, the British army launched an attack on the Gabes defense line at noon that day.

As usual, the first thing was the artillery shells used to clear mines. The continuous explosions completely suppressed Yulia's voice.

The German artillery basically did not dare to fight back, because it was daytime and there were many British reconnaissance planes in the sky watching below. Once the German artillery opened fire and exposed the target, there would be a lot of artillery shells flying over and even bombers. Fly over the artillery positions and blow them to pieces.

Then, the British army sent out mine-clearing tanks one by one to conduct more detailed mine-clearing... The mine-clearing tanks modified by the British tanks before could not play much role. At this time, these mine-clearing tanks were modified from "Sherman" tanks.