Chapter 52 Aircraft
Upon hearing this, Colonel Slain couldn't help but open his mouth halfway, and after a while, nodding and said, "It's right, Sergeant, you reminded me!"
As he said that, Colonel Slain stopped hesitating, and he turned around and shouted at the adjutant: "Lucas, go and stop Major Philip immediately and let him treat the captives well!"
"Colin..." Lucas couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
"Go!" Colonel Slain shouted.
"Yes!" Lucas answered helplessly.
Looking at Lucas who was unwilling to run to the city, Slain spread his hands helplessly and said to Qin Chuan: "Sergeant, if my adjutant is half as smart as you, I will be satisfied!"
Then he shook Qin Chuan's hand and said, "Thank you for your reminder. I think...it's time for me to say something to those prisoners!"
"Yes, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.
From this we can also see that Colonel Slein was a smart man. He knew that at this time, he should use the prisoners to convey the "spirit" of the German army, so as to achieve the goal of reducing the pressure on the German army's offensive.
Looking at Colonel Slain who had left in a hurry, Werner leaned over with a surprised expression and said, "Unbelievable, you have succeeded!"
Qin Chuan also felt glad that at least nearly 10,000 British soldiers would be spared from the catastrophe, especially the British troops were mostly logistics forces, and it was difficult for them to pose a threat to the German army on the battlefield, so doing so was actually a win-win situation.
But the adjutant Lucas was still skeptical about this, and he said to the subsequent Colonel Slein: "Col. How can we ensure that they do not inform the other British people? They will even escape back to Tobrook Harbor and become our trouble!"
"Don't worry, Lucas!" Colonel Slain looked at the seized "Matador" cars and said, "Because we have cars, we will always be ahead of them!"
Colonel Slein was right. The characteristic of German combat was its rapid movements, just like the most famous "blitz war" in the German army.
Of course, Colonel Slein thought of another benefit that even Qin Chuan had not thought of... If all the supplies, including food and water were deprived of, these prisoners would not be able to go far in the desert, and they would even become trouble for the British, because these prisoners would definitely consume a large amount of food, water and medicine from the British army that followed.
More than ten minutes later, the troops embarked on the road of marching again. Unlike before, this time the German army used cars.
The space in the rear compartment of the British "Mattfighter" military truck is very large... After all, the UK is an old industrial country. Its tanks are not good because of the wrong development direction. Even fools know that the main function of cars is transportation.
This allows each car to be equipped with at least thirty German soldiers... The German soldiers riding the car are divided into four rows, with two rows sitting in the middle and one row on both sides, each row about seven people, plus the driver and co-pilot in front.
In this way, a hundred cars almost load the entire group of people, and some cars are used to ship supplies.
In fact, the length of the "Matador" military truck is enough to accommodate 38 people or more.
But considering that it is dangerous to install too many people... For example, when an enemy ambush on the road, installing too many people in the car will cause a large number of casualties at the first time and cannot fight back due to being too crowded. There are too many people in addition to the fact that the soldiers jump out of the carriage and quickly evacuate to launch a combat formation counterattack.
On the other hand, the extra space can be filled with some supplies, such as water, gasoline, food and ammunition... The German army was not short of these at this time. The British army's warehouses can be said to have everything, which made the cars full of supplies. The soldiers felt much more at ease when they looked at these supplies.
Qin Chuan's troops were arranged in the car... They were able to take the car to get to the next supply station of the British army as fast as possible and occupy it.
Therefore, although riding a car saves the soldiers from walking in the desert, it also brings more risks of fighting against the enemy.
For Qin Chuan, he would rather choose to sit in the car because he was exhausted at this time... He did not have a good rest since he captured Tenger Tenger, and then he marched all night long. Until now, they have been in a tense battle, marching, and death for twenty-four hours, which exhausted Qin Chuan and even everyone. As soon as they got on the car, they fell into the car and slept desperately, no matter how the car roared or shaking.
Before going to bed, Qin Chuan even thought that if a shell could blow up the car he was in while he was sleeping... this might be the most anticipated thing, because he could die without pain and fear, and never face this cruel world again.
Qin Chuan was awakened by the roar of the plane, because even in his dream he knew that the sky was British at this time, and the plane represented the enemy situation.
Sure enough, when Qin Chuan opened his eyes, he saw that the other German soldiers had woken up, and their faces showed panic and worried expressions.
Qin Chuan knew what they were worried about... It was a desert, and it was during the day. If British reconnaissance planes discovered them and sent fighters and bombers to intercept them, the convoy could say there was no place to hide.
Then Qin Chuan soon felt that the convoy slowed down, and the driver was obviously affected by the aerial reconnaissance plane.
Qin Chuan hurriedly shouted to the driver in front: "Don't stop, keep moving forward, keep a constant speed!"
The other German soldiers in the car quickly realized something, so they spontaneously shouted to the military vehicles following behind and parked on the road: "Continue to move forward and keep a constant speed!"
After thinking about it, Qin Chuan shouted again: "Don't shoot!"
This sentence was also passed down one after another, just like the order issued by the superior.
In fact, many people thought this was an order sent by their superiors, but later on someone knew that it was actually from a sergeant.
I don't know whether it was the Germans born to abide by order or the pressure of war, the convoy quickly got out of the chaos in small numbers and was once again driving at a steady pace on the road. No one got out of the car or poked his head out, and no one fired.
After a long time, the "rumble" of the plane gradually faded away, and the soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Good idea, Sergeant!" Werner looked at Qin Chuan and said, "Disguised as a British!"
Werner fully understood the intention of Qin Chuan's words just now... The Germans were riding the British "Mattfighter" car. If they could still move forward at a constant speed without chaos and no hostile movements under the reconnaissance of the plane, it would easily make British pilots mistakenly think that this was their own convoy.
"Don't be too happy too early!" The baker said while taking the kettle and drinking water. "We can't be sure if we have really deceived them. Perhaps their bombers and fighters are already on the way!"
Chapter completed!