Chapter 35 Tengger Tener
After drinking the water, the water bag, kettle, empty oil barrels, etc. were filled, and the troops embarked on the road of marching again.
After passing the oasis, the road began to flatten. The surroundings were not as visible as before. There were sand and sand. From time to time, some dead grass or green sand plants appeared on the roadside, such as cactus, bitter watermelon, etc.
This made the march much easier. Werner picked three bitter watermelons while walking and performed acrobatics to relieve his boredom.
Amid the soldiers' cheers, the baker shouted: "Good, Werner. It would be even better if you could have a bite!"
The soldiers couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Sergeant Otto!" Werner threw one of the bitter watermelons to the baker: "How about we make a bet, you take a bite and I will take a bite!"
The soldiers started to cheer:
"Gam, bet!"
"Eat, eat!"
...
The baker didn't hesitate at all, grabbed the fruit and bit it down, and then started chewing it with relish.
"Well, it tastes good!" The baker raised his head at Werner: "Do you try it too?"
Werner couldn't help but be stunned, and the soldiers around him were also stunned.
"Damn!" Kuhn couldn't help but curse, "Are you kidding? Or do you think you are not poisonous? Spit it out quickly!"
The baker laughed, opened his mouth wide, and there was nothing in his mouth. Then he took out the intact bitter watermelon in his hand like a magic trick and raised it in front of everyone, saying proudly: "I lied to you!"
The soldiers then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Well, Sgt.!" said Werner: "Pretty like you, you won!"
"Do you know?" said the baker: "I always wanted to be an actor!"
"Want to be an actor's baker?"
"Yes, but eventually became a soldier!" The baker laughed at himself: "This is probably my final career!"
The soldiers couldn't help but feel deeply when they heard this, and a few of them even shook their heads with wry smiles.
Qin Chuan could understand what they meant. They had their own ideals, such as some wanted to become engineers, some wanted to become doctors, and some wanted to become farmers... But war turned their dreams into distant fantasies, and what awaited them in front was only one battle after another until death.
Just as the soldiers were silent because of their feelings, a nervous command suddenly came from the front:
"Air defense conceals!"
"Air defense conceals!"
...
The soldiers quickly stopped and lay on the ground, then took out the poncho from their backpacks as quickly as possible to cover themselves. The car soldiers quickly jumped out of the car, and with the cooperation of the co-pilot, spread the canvas that were originally rolled in the rear compartment to cover the entire car.
These canvas and ponchos were dyed brown like sand in advance... These are all things made from the Italian army. As Libyan colonists, the Italian army would have some things suitable for desert warfare.
So the entire army quickly merged with the desert, at least from the air.
After a while, I heard the sound of "rumbling" planes in the air.
Qin Chuan thought that the scouts distributed around the troops should have seen the plane from afar and then notified the troops to do conceal, otherwise it would be too late to hide even if they were concealed.
Qin Chuan really wanted to stick his head out to see the sky, but he would forget it. If it were just because of this curiosity, the entire army would be exposed... I wonder if the German army would treat him like Berg.
The British plane circled over his head a few times, but gradually flew away without realizing anything.
When he got up, Qin Chuan felt like he was returning to reality again.
When the troops are deep in the heart of the desert, they don’t need to worry about the enemy or the fighter planes, they are like another world isolated from the world... Now, they are back to reality.
"keep going!"
"keep going!"
...
The order was soon down, and Qin Chuan couldn't help but look back at the awesome desert.
Not long ago, Qin Chuan was trying every means to escape from there, but now he missed it a little. Because Qin Chuan felt that... the real world might be more cruel and dangerous than the desert.
The next day, the troops received an order to accelerate their advancement towards the target because they received news that the German army on the front had launched an attack on Mechlei, and if it delayed, the interlude force would be behind the advancement of the front.
But this is not the case. This is just a lie Rommel used to urge the troops to speed up...or it can be said that Rommel's crazy idea is different from ordinary people.
Because Rommel did try to organize the German army to attack Mechile, although there were not many soldiers around him.
"Give you an hour, you must attack Maychile!" Rommel angrily ordered General Strek, the commander of the Fifth Light Armored Division.
"I'm afraid not, General!" Streck replied: "Because most of my troops have not arrived yet, we cannot attack without troops. Barely attacking will only sacrifice the lives of soldiers meaninglessly!"
Rommel was very dissatisfied with this answer, and he roared loudly: "You are simply a Confucian scholar, and this cannot be a reason for you to attack!"
Strack was so angry that he approached Rommel, and at the same time he untied his collar and exposed the "Iron Cross" medal in France last year for his bravery, saying, "General, are you accusing me of not worthy of this medal? If so, I will pull it down and throw it at your feet!"
Rommel was stunned. This problem was a big deal... because Strack's "Iron Cross" medal was awarded by Hitler, if he did this, he would deny Hitler.
"No, General Strek!" Rommel slowed down his tone: "You misunderstood. I hope you can do everything you can to gather your troops and then launch an attack on Mechile as soon as possible!"
"I can, General!" said Streck, turning around and leaving Rommel's command.
This embarrassed Rommel because he did not allow Streck to leave.
It turned out that Streck was correct. It was not until two days later that enough troops were assembled to attack Mechile... If Rommel had started the attack two days ago, the troops would only go to the British defense line in small groups to die.
When the battle in Mechile began, a regiment of officers and soldiers also arrived at the destination Tenger Tenger.
When the German officers and soldiers saw Tenger Tenger in their telescope, they were stunned: Tenger Tenger is an ordinary town in the desert area, surrounded by empty space and no danger to guard.
Chapter completed!