"Sir!" After getting off the car, Qin Chuan stood up at Colonel Slein and Colonel Albridge.

Colonel Albridge looked at Qin Chuan and found that Qin Chuan's military uniform was covered with dark red blood. He couldn't help but nod and praised: "This is a very fierce battle, isn't it?"

"Yes, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.

"How many enemies do you kill, Sgt.?" Colonel Albridge asked.

"This... I'm not sure, sir!" Qin Chuan was a little embarrassed, he really never counted it.

"There are fifteen confirmed!" Colonel Slain replied on his behalf: "There is also a sniper with the rank of major! There are many who have not confirmed that, because a building has been collapsed at the suggestion of the sergeant..."

Colonel Slain's words surprised Qin Chuan because he didn't know that his results had been recorded, although this result was a little small.

"Very good!" said Colonel Albridge: "Sergeant, I heard you have made many good suggestions, and even the unexpected charge on the British just now comes from your thoughts!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Then now..." Colonel Albridge invited Qin Chuan to the map that was spread on the engine cover of the armored vehicle, and pointed to the map and said: "Let's take a look at this. The enemy attacked from this direction, an armored regiment, 50 'Matildas', away from us..."

Colonel Albridge looked at his watch and said, "There is an hour and a half left, you know, the 'Matilda' is slow, and it's worth our gratitude. Do you have any ideas?"

Qin Chuan was stunned when he heard this. It turned out that he had an idea to ask him to come.

"We only have 15 tanks!" Colonel Slain interrupted: "We do not have 88mm anti-aircraft guns, and we cannot retreat at the same time, because retreat means exposing the side and back of the front line to the enemy; in addition, there are no reinforcements, of course, the "Crusader" tanks that have just been seized cannot be used, and our tank soldiers will not operate this new type of tank!"

"There must be no air support!" Qin Chuan said.

"You guessed it!" said Colonel Slain: "It's not that there is no, but that we don't have an advantage, and they mainly invest in the front line of defense, so we can't pin our hopes on them. All they can do is provide us with some air cover when necessary!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel sad.

Because he knew that although the "Matilda" tank had various shortcomings, such as high failure rate and slow speed, it was simply invincible in the early stages of the North African battle... The Italian army did nothing to say about it. In addition to the 88 anti-aircraft artillery, the German army was helpless. In actual combat, there were even many cases of "Matilda" tank destroying German anti-tank guns.

You should know that in the "Matilda" tank desert, most of the time, can only advance at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour, which is only a little faster than the walking speed of normal people (people walk at a speed of 7 kilometers per hour).

Even at such a slow speed, it can still directly crush the German anti-tank gun... This means that it is not afraid of any enemy's anti-tank weapons on the battlefield, and allows the German anti-tank gun to smash one round after another on the front armor. Even if it is not taken at close range, the British army is even unwilling to waste bullets and shells and choose to use tracks to destroy the enemy's anti-tank guns.

If it weren't for the Germans having 88 anti-aircraft artillery, Qin Chuan had reason to believe that the Germans would be driven into the sea by the British like the Italian army.

"Can we take advantage of the maneuverability of the 'No. 3' tank?" Qin Chuan asked.

After all, speed is the strength of the "No. 3" tank, and this is precisely the weakness of the "Matilda" tank. It is common sense to attack the shortcomings of the other with one's own strengths, and having the advantage of speed can often be used to fight mobile operations.

Colonel Slain shook his head: "We have considered this too. The problem is that the rear armor in the 'Matilda' is also 50MM thick!"

This pervert... Qin Chuan couldn't help but curse in his heart. You should know that the front armor of the "No. 3" tank was only 47MM.

Qin Chuan knew what this meant, which meant that "No. 3" had to approach at least 500 meters of "Matilda" to pose a threat to it, and also had to face its rear armor.

(Note: At this time, the 37MM tank gun equipped by the "No. 3" tank is a modification of the PAK36 anti-tank gun, and its penetration depth can barely reach 50MM at a distance of 500 meters)

So this mobile action battle was no longer achievable... because at any time, "Matilda" only had to set up a formation in a certain place to ignore the harassment of the German tank "No. 3", and even if "No. 3" attacked from the rear, it would not take advantage of it. Moreover, the British army had many 2-pound or even 6-pound anti-tank guns to cover it.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel silent, and the atmosphere immediately became a little awkward.

After a while, when Colonel Albridge saw that Qin Chuan was still not moving, a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he was saying that this "Legend Sergeant" was just like that.

"It seems!" said Colonel Albridge: "We can only build a line of defense and block them with fortifications and the British's six-pound anti-tank guns..."

"A 6-pound anti-tank gun is also difficult to do!" Colonel Slain opposed: "It must be at least 300 meters before it can penetrate the frontal armor of 'Matilda'!"

300 meters, this only takes 2 minutes for the "Matilda" who is as slow as a snail... and this is only possible, because there will be jumps. In addition, the British army will definitely use artillery to suppress the German anti-tank guns.

So it can be imagined that the result of this battle is likely to be that the German army can barely destroy several "Matildas", but most "Matildas" will lead British infantry to break through the German defense line and then launch a massacre.

"But do we have any other choice?" said Colonel Albridge. "I think our only chance of victory is to use the high maneuverability of the '3' to encircle the enemy's rear from both wings when the enemy breaks through our defense!"

This plan has some truth. Simply put, it is to use infantry and anti-tank guns on the defense line to deal with the British "Matilda", and then use the "No. 3" tank to encircle the enemy's infantry and artillery.

"They will cover the flanks with anti-tanks!" said Colonel Slain.

"Yes!" said Colonel Albridge, "So this is a tough battle, it depends on who can win the final victory!"

Qin Chuan knew that Colonel Albridge was taking a gamble, or there was no way to do it... The German army did have this kind of qualities and style of fighting the enemy to the death, and often succeeded on the battlefield because their opponents did not have the courage to match them and retreated at the last minute.

But Qin Chuan was unwilling to do this because he knew that this meant that he had very little chance of surviving.
Chapter completed!