Chapter 39 Dilemma
After interrogating the British prisoners, I realized that the British army used Tenger Tenger as a tank supply base and maintenance base.
In front of the "Matilda" tanks, almost none of the existing tanks of the German and Italian troops could compete with each other. Among them, the Italian army, their tanks can be described as "vulnerable" to the British army.
But as the saying goes, "Every family has a difficult sutra to recite." The shortcomings of the "Matilda" tank also caused great headaches for the British army, such as its speed and fuel consumption... These are all tolerable. The most unbearable thing is that its engine fails at any time in the high temperature environment of the desert.
This makes the "Matilda" tank almost difficult to move forward. Just like after the British defeated the Italian army, the British "Matilda" tanks were driving and broken all the way. More than a thousand tanks could really drive to the front line to participate in the battle... This is one of the reasons why the Italian army was able to escape back to Tripoli calmly during the British army's pursuit.
Therefore, in order to ensure that the "Matilda" tanks could be successfully transferred to the front line during the war, the British army thought of a solution: to establish supply and maintenance strongholds along the line.
In this way, the "Matilda" tank can be repaired as it breaks, which not only reduces the difficulty of logistics supply but also enhances the maneuverability of the "Matilda" tank. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
Tenger Tentel is such a stronghold, and it is an important stronghold for reinforcement of Mechle...Mechle is a British base and is being attacked by the German army at this time, so the British army immediately transferred a batch of tanks to Tenger Tentel to reinforce Mechle at any time.
But what the British army did not expect was that these tanks were captured by the Germans before they could be sent to Mechile.
This was quickly verified on the other hand: the German army found an underground warehouse in the city, which stored buckets of gasoline, ammunition and tank parts.
"Did any of us have been trained in tanks?" Bazel asked.
Qin Chuan and others were building fortifications at this time, and they couldn't help but stop the movements in their hands when they heard this.
"No, I don't think so, Captain!" replied the baker.
After Bazel left, the baker shook his head and said, "Do they want our soldiers to drive those tanks? God, that's the British tank, and they need at least a few weeks of training to be familiar with and function!"
The baker is right, because the tank is operated by several people, and it requires them to work closely together, otherwise it will only run around the battlefield like a headless fly.
"No matter what!" Werner shoveled a shovel of sand and threw it out of the trench, saying: "It's better to use it than not, at least we have something to deal with British tanks!"
The baker shook his head while slapped the sand in front of him: "What do you mean...we want to pin our hopes on the eighteen British tanks that were seized?"
The soldiers couldn't help but feel silent. Everyone knew that the baker was right. Not to mention that the eighteen tanks were not enough to support the Tengger's defense line. Even if they could support it... the British also had cannons, aircraft and a large number of tanks. They had enough ability to break the Tengger's defense line. All German soldiers could do was dig the loose sand and soil under their feet... They were even difficult to build trenches.
"Sergeant!" Kuhn walked to Qin Chuan, squatted down at the edge of the trench, and asked Qin Chuan in the trench: "I want to know how many enemies you killed in the battle just now?"
"I'm not sure, sir!" Qin Chuan replied: "Maybe there are eleven!"
Qin Chuan was telling the truth because he didn't know how many people he threw had killed the grenade.
Kuhn nodded and said, "Do you know you did something stupid just now? You almost got yourself on."
"But... isn't this the battlefield?" Qin Chuan replied: "I mean, there are dangers everywhere!"
"You are right, but we can minimize the danger!" Kuhn said: "You are a sniper, not an ordinary rifleman... At any time, you have to try to distance yourself from the enemy instead of shooting face to face, do you understand? Otherwise, you will not be so lucky next time!"
"Yes, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.
What Kuhn said certainly makes sense, especially Qin Chuan was still shooting at the British army behind the tank in front of the window... Now that I think about it, it was basically fighting the opponent. If Keller and Werner had not appeared in time, Qin Chuan would have been eliminated forever.
"I think I should say thank you to you!" Qin Chuan said to Werner and Keller: "You saved me!"
"This..." Keller's face turned red, his eyes shining with excitement, but as usual, he still couldn't speak.
"This is what it should be, Sgt.!" Werner replied: "We are honored!"
After pausing, Werner said again: "And, so what if that's the case? Look here..."
As he said that, Werner spread his hands: "This is our grave soon!"
"Don't be so pessimistic, soldier!" Bazel happened to pass by here, and he said to Werner in a reproachful tone: "Our main force is hitting the British, we will win!"
That's it, but everyone knows that the situation in Tenger Tenger is not optimistic.
Sure enough, while the soldiers were talking, someone heard a shout: "British, they are here!"
Everyone followed the shouting and saw a gust of smoke and dust rolling in the west. From a distance, it looked like a sandstorm. The difference was that there were more than 30 tanks driving side by side in front of the smoke and dust. Those things like sandstorms were actually the exhaust gas of the tank and the dust raised...
"God!" someone exclaimed: "They have at least hundreds of tanks!"
This is actually expected. Once Tenger Tenger was occupied by the German army, the main force stationed in Mechile, was equivalent to being cut off from logistics supplies, which was never allowed by the British army, so of course they would send a strong enough force to retake Tenger Tenger back and open up the supply line again.
However, when the soldiers saw the British troops, they were still frightened by their formation.
But this is only part of it.
Before the soldiers could sigh, a "rumbling" roar came from the air. Then a black band of fighter jets and bombers appeared in the sky, with at least hundreds of them lined up, flying neatly over Tengtenger like geese.
"Air defense alarm!" Bazer shouted and jumped into the trench, and ordered: "Everyone is hidden!"
Chapter completed!