The decisive battle against the Third Reich

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Yes, Italian officers took their daughters to war.

I don’t know if this is the case in other parts of Italy, but it is certain in Tobruk.

The girls of the female branch held small umbrellas in one hand and held up their skirts with the other. What was unbelievable was that they walked very elegantly, like the daughters of a rich man... But soon they... This image was destroyed, because when they passed by Qin Chuan and others, they winked at the soldiers, and one of them even whistled rudely at the soldiers.

Later, Qin Chuan learned that these Italian soldiers were just sending these girls back... There is a place called "Rose Garden" in Tobruk City. If it weren't for their return, no one would have known such a beautiful and romantic song. The name is associated with the brothel.

The eyes of the German soldiers were quickly attracted to these female branch girls, even Qin Chuan was no exception.

For men on the battlefield, the mental tension and pressure caused by continuous combat often leads to a greedy desire.

To make matters worse, the soldiers had a perfect excuse not to suppress this desire: maybe they would die in the battle tomorrow, so why not indulge?

In particular, there are quite a few soldiers in the German army who have never had contact with women, such as machine gunner Bowen.

"I'm not married yet!" Bao En said reluctantly, looking at the backs of the girls.

Another meaning of not being married is that you have never had contact with women.

"Me neither!" another soldier added.

"So..." Bowen said, "Why don't we seize this opportunity?"

Then Bowen asked Alfredo: "Do you know where they live?"

"Of course!" Alfredo replied: "I also know that they charge... five German marks each time converted into German currency!"

These words moved Bowen and even the other soldiers even more.

But Kuhn, who was wiping his rifle, interrupted and said, "Maybe you don't know that is the focus of your superiors!"

"What do you mean, second lieutenant?" Werner said disappointedly: "Did the superiors forbid us to go?"

"No!" Kuhn shook his head: "The superiors disapprove in principle, because this can be beneficial or harmful to the combat effectiveness of the troops. I won't talk about the benefits. The disadvantage is that after contracting the disease, it will affect even Losing combat effectiveness, some people will use this to evade battlefield responsibilities... Therefore, they will ask the medical soldiers to take protective measures for you! "

"Protective measures?" Bowen asked unwillingly, "What kind of protective measures!"

"Okay!" Kuhn stopped what he was doing and said, "Let me describe it to you in detail. After you are done, they will insert a huge syringe into your urethra and then inject 100 ml into your reproductive cavity. Green sulfonamide antibiotics…”

As he spoke, Kuhn took the kettle next to him and shook it: "100 ml is roughly one-tenth of the volume of the kettle. It must be kept in the body for five minutes after injection, not even one second less." , you can imagine it yourself!”

Kuhn's words made the soldiers look at each other in confusion. They never knew that this kind of thing had to be done under the supervision and control of medical soldiers, especially that they had to insert a syringe into the urethra to inject 100 ml of green liquid... So the soldiers They soon gave up the idea.

Werner asked Kuhn inappropriately: "Second Lieutenant, I just want to know...why do you know this?"

"Oh!" Kuhn replied: "You always need someone to provide you with experience, right?"

The soldiers couldn't help but burst out laughing.

While the German army was actively preparing for war, the British army was also seizing the time to accumulate strength and prepare for a counterattack.

Although after the defeat, the British army in North Africa only had a few dozen "Matildas" stationed in Egypt, the British army had better luck than the German army at this point: a batch of tanks shipped from the UK arrived two days later Just in time to arrive in North Africa... You must know that it takes more than a month to reach Egypt from the British mainland, around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.

Along with this batch of tanks, a large amount of supplies and ammunition arrived in Egypt. They were tantamount to injecting a powerful dose of fresh blood into the British army.

In the telegram, Churchill was furious with Wavell, the commander-in-chief of the British forces in the Middle East.

"Do you know the circumstances under which we transported the supplies to you?" Churchill said: "The Germans are blockading Britain, and British citizens are living frugally. Most of them have changed their gardens into vegetable gardens, or Treat it as a pigsty, but even so we sent you bread, bullets and tanks, but you generously gave them to the Germans!”

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Prime Minister!" Wavell explained: "The appearance of the Germans was beyond our expectations. Their strength and speed of action were even more unexpected. Our tanks compared to them were like A tortoise racing against a hare..."

"You're lucky, General!" Churchill impatiently interrupted Wavell's explanation: "The batch of tanks I sent you includes the Crusader. You know, its speed is even faster than the German tanks. Even faster. On the other hand, the Germans are also increasing their troops, you know what I mean?"

"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister!" Wavell replied: "I will not let you down!"

At this time, Wavell was full of confidence, for several reasons:

First, as Churchill said, there are 50 "Crusader" cruise tanks in this batch of tanks, which can reach a top speed of 45 kilometers per hour, while the top speed of the German "Plank III" tank is only 40 kilometers per hour. It caused the German army to lose the mobility advantage of tank combat... Wavell always believed that the reason why it lost to the German army before was because the German tanks were faster than the "Matilda".

Second, there are 150 "Matildas" in this batch of arriving tanks. Including the remaining "Matildas" in Egypt and the newly arrived "Crusader", the British army has a total of 250 tanks.

Looking at the German army, Wavell believed that with the Italian navy's transportation capabilities, the German army could only transport more than 100 tanks at most.

Wavell guessed this correctly. The exact number was 150, 60 of which were Italy's old "M13" tanks known as moving coffins, and only 90 were German "Plank III" tanks.

In fact, this is not entirely a guess, but the island of Malta is in the hands of the British army. The British army's reconnaissance planes have been conducting reconnaissance nearby and even sent fighter planes to bomb. Therefore, Wavell can make a large estimate of the number of goods transported to Tobruk. Number of tanks.