Chapter 36 Attack
"Why do we occupy this broken place?" asked Big Bear.
"Because there is a highway in the middle to Maychile!" The baker replied: "Occupy it can prevent the British from escaping, and at the same time cut off the enemy's logistics supplies and reinforcements!"
Werner couldn't help but be stunned: "In other words, we may have to face enemies in two directions? And we only have one regiment?"
"Yes!" the baker replied.
"It's crazy!" Werner said: "We can't do it, especially in terrain like this!"
"Are our commanders crazy? In this kind of terrain defense, we will be targets of British tanks!"
The baker replied: "You know, our commander is Rommel. When did he live normally?"
The soldiers said nothing when they heard this because they all knew Rommel's past... During World War I, the guy captured 400 Romanian soldiers, and captured the highlands where 1,200 Italian soldiers were stationed, and also captured 150 Italian officers and about 9,000 Italian soldiers with a company.
The German soldiers were thinking: Rommel must have created glory in the first battle, so he thought others could do the same. Therefore, military strength and equipment were not a problem in Rommel's eyes... You should know that a company can defeat tens of thousands of Italians, so now a regiment stationed at one Tengertener is not an easy task?
While the German soldiers were talking, Qin Chuan was thinking about a question.
Originally he was not worried about this battle, because in history, a regiment did not attack Tenger Tenger at all... The reason was as mentioned before, a regiment was lost in the desert and almost all its heavy equipment and ammunition was discarded. So the only thing they could do was to find the main force of the German army and meet with them.
In fact, the regiment at that time would not have been attacked by Tenger Tenger. They were so vulnerable that as long as any British army discovered them, they could easily annihilate them.
But now the situation is different.
Qin Chuan has changed all this. The current regiment is not a regiment that only seeks to protect itself. They are almost full of real soldiers, and have not discarded heavy equipment and ammunition with the army. So they will not give up their mission to find the main force...
Qin Chuan didn't think of this before. It was not until now that he faced Tenger Tenger that he suddenly realized that he had done something stupid and dragged himself into an abyss.
But then again, if Qin Chuan had done nothing before, he might have been sunk into a mummy in the desert long ago.
In fact, it was not only Qin Chuan and the German soldiers who felt a headache about this, but Colonel Kolein, the commander of the first regiment, felt very embarrassed after seeing Tenger Tenger.
He even sent a telegram to Rommel, and described in detail that Tengger's terrain was not suitable for defense... If a regiment attacked Tengger as planned, it would be likely to be attacked by both sides by the British army and be wiped out.
"We did not do a good job in intelligence!" Colonel Kolein told the staff: "Before this, we didn't know that Tenger Tenger was such a place!"
"You know, colonel!" replied the staff officer: "In comparison to war, the Italians are more concerned about their noodles. Their intelligence will always go wrong, and the map is no exception!"
This is true. Not long ago, when the Italian army was fighting against the British army, the Italian army had a gap of dozens of kilometers wide and unmanned defense zone. The Italian army did not know... It was through this gap that the British army easily broke through and penetrated into the rear of the Italian army.
When Rommel heard this, he said: "God, that is a gap that is dozens of kilometers wide. How did the Italians ignore its existence?"
But as Colonel Kolein conjectures, his explanation in the telegram will not have any effect.
Soon Rommel called back: "The British were defeated under our attack. Capture and defend it. Now, victory belongs to us!"
"Can't the army be defeated?" Colein expressed doubts about this, and Rommel seemed too optimistic.
Kolein, who had fought with the British army several times, knew very well that his troops had no weapons to deal with the British "Matilda" tank... The PAK36 anti-tank gun was simply a decoration.
Therefore, as long as the British army transfers a tank battalion, they can easily roll a ball under the track like a puppy.
But Kolein had no choice, and he had to obey the order, so he ordered: "Attack, obey the order!"
The order to attack was soon dropped, and Qin Chuan couldn't help but complain in his heart that what he was worried about finally happened.
Although he was unwilling, Qin Chuan still made the final preparations for the battle with the soldiers, and he had no other choice.
"Sergeant!" Alphredo walked to Qin Chuan with a pale face: "I have completed my mission, so I can stop participating in this battle!"
"Where can you go? Captain!" Qin Chuan replied while checking his rifle: "You know that we are now interspersed in the rear of the enemy, and there are enemies everywhere here!"
"I don't know!" Alphredo spread his hands: "But at least you don't have to go to the battlefield, right?"
Qin Chuan looked at Alphredo and suddenly realized that the enemy was not a threat to Alphredo because he was a pacifist and he could surrender.
Qin Chuan shook his head, pressed the magazine for his rifle, then loaded a bullet, and said, "I advise you to give up this idea, Captain, you are safe only if you stay with us!"
"Why?" said Alphredo. "Now I'm just a burden to you, right?"
"I agree with this!" Qin Chuan tied the kettle tightly around his waist. He didn't want the shaking kettle to block the action.
"Then why can't I let me go?" Alphredo begged in his tone: "At least mention it to the lieutenant!"
"Because you know too much!" Qin Chuan replied: "For example, how many people we have, how many heavy weapons we have, and even you know some of our combat missions... Think about Berger, do you think they will let you leave the troops alive and surrender to the British?"
Alphredo's face turned pale.
"So..." Qin Chuan asked: "Do you still want me to mention it to the lieutenant?"
"No, no..." Alphredo shook his head with difficulty.
Qin Chuan patted Alphredo on the shoulder, then shouted to the machine gunner not far away: "Bowen, give him your pistol, he needs a weapon to defend himself!"
"Yes, Sergeant!" Bowen handed the pistol to Alphredo.
Chapter completed!