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

Although the 102-meter elevation is not high, this is rare in flat and open deserts.

German officers, including General Strek, never expected the British army to defend here because it was located six kilometers southeast of Alahman and was considered the second line of defense behind the Alahman line.

From this we can also see that German officers made mistakes in judgment like reconnaissance forces. They all took it for granted that the Alamein defense line was a basically straight line of defense, starting from Alamein in the north and ending in the Katara Basin for a whole 55 kilometers along the way.

But that's not the case...

The Alamatic line is a defensive line that is sunk into the interior, which is why the scouts thought that the main force of the 4th Infantry Division of India was located in Dil Abid, but in fact the main force of India was in Dilseyin five kilometers later.

It should be said that this is very clever: the entire line of defense is sunk towards the British army, like a bloody mouth open to the German army. No matter where the German army attacks this line of defense from any point, it will be attacked and threatened from the front, left and right directions. The British army may even assault and easily surround the German rear from a certain point on the side to surround it.

Qin Chuan suggested not to attack the northern section of the defense line easily, because from the current situation, the British army had made sufficient preparations at least in the northern section of the defense line... General Ochinlek knew that the northern section was the focus of the German offensive, so he gave priority to investing all mobilized resources in the northern section to build fortifications. Moreover, the troops in the northern section were relatively concentrated. It can be imagined that artillery, tanks, etc. were also leaning towards the northern section.

This makes it very difficult to break through from the northern section, and on the contrary, it is much easier to break through from the southern section.

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

Rommel's order is to launch an offensive as soon as possible, that is, to fight slower with fast.

This kind of consideration is not unreasonable, because it can disintegrate the enemy's defense before the enemy is ready. However, if the enemy is ready, this "fight with fast and slow" will not have the effect it should have.

On the other hand, it is a matter of time.

If you want to attack from the southern section, you must first march south for about 20 kilometers, launch an offensive and break through the defense line and then march north for more than 100 kilometers to reach Alexander... Even if you do not count the time required for the breakthrough, it is impossible for a 120 kilometers march to be completed in one night.

So General Strek finally chose Roysat Ridge as a breakthrough.

"What's wrong?" Werner asked, seeing that Qin Chuan's face was not good-looking, "What's the matter?"

"No, nothing!" Qin Chuan replied.

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

But Werner was a smart man, his face soon darkened, and then he nodded slightly and said, "Oh, we will face an uphill battle, are we?"

Qin Chuan did not answer, and this was actually a default.

This quickly made the German soldiers fall into silence. They know that if even Qin Chuan is not optimistic, it means that the battle will be in trouble.

The order to prepare for the battle was issued soon.

In fact, at this time, the engineers had already gone to the battlefield to carry out necessary mine sweeping and mine detection work... The dangers of engineers are actually not less than those of combat troops at all, and they even have to bear much greater psychological pressure than combat troops, especially in the dark.

The soldiers prepared a little and set off. They had originally marched all the way here, and there was nothing to prepare except for fifty bullets each from the company.

Then the soldiers got on the bus and drove eastward.

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

Perhaps because of Qin Chuan's influence, everyone didn't speak, and the atmosphere in the car seemed very depressing.

A recruit took out a bottle of medicine from his backpack and took out a piece of it in a panic and swallowed it in a hurry. Then the action seemed to be contagious, and the others were doing the same thing one after another.

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

"What?" Qin Chuan was a little confused. The recruit was Yakepu's subordinate. What requirements should he say to Yakepu?

"I heard you are from Frankfurt?" asked the recruit.

"Oh, yes!" Qin Chuan remembered that this was indeed written on his soldier certificate.

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

Qin Chuan dared not talk because he didn't know much about Germany.

"I hope..." As he said that, the recruit took out a letter and handed it to Qin Chuan: "One day if you can go back, would 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 line of the German army was very chaotic, and even fuel and ammunition were difficult to deliver to the front line, let alone sending soldiers' letters back to Germany... The soldiers' envelopes could indeed be sent out, but that was just a psychological comfort to the German soldiers. Those letters could not even pass through the Mediterranean. Italians would not waste time and space on these letters that were meaningless to them. They were usually burned as materials for making fire.

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

However, they are usually entrusted to their injured comrades who are sent back to their country.

So Qin Chuan didn't understand. He looked at the side and asked, "Why is it me?"

"Because..." the recruit hesitated and replied: "Because I believe you have a better chance of survival than me!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but remain 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 respect among these new recruits and even veterans. Coupled with the fear of the battlefield and the lack of confidence in surviving, they would rather choose to pin their hopes on people who are more capable... Qin Chuan is obviously one of them.

"No!" Qin Chuan shook his head and replied, "I will not bring this letter for you."

"Sergeant..."

"You can bring your letter back by yourself!" Qin Chuan said: "This is not a difficult task. Follow your squad leader and obey your orders and commands. You can all go back alive!"

The recruit nodded and silently took the letter back.

This is another lie.

Now it seems to be a routine, and a lie will be told before every battle.
Chapter completed!