Chapter 131 Tactical Deception

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"The British also thought we would blow up these supplies!" Qin Chuan said, "So, why don't we blow it up to show them?"

"The problem is we can't bomb, Sergeant!" Colonel Olbridge said. "We need these supplies!"

Qin Chuan didn't answer, but General Strike understood. He nodded and said, "Good idea, let's blow it up for them!"

"What?" Colonel Olbridge's face was confused, and Colonel Sline didn't understand either.

"Show them, Colonel!" General Strike explained: "It's not really a bomb!"

Colonel Albridge and Colonel Slain couldn't help but be startled, and then they suddenly realized.

"That's indeed a good idea, Sergeant!" Colonel Slaine chuckled: "Those supplies are buried in the soil. If we make some appearances on the surface, the British will think that we have blown them up, so these supplies are It’s safe, we can come back to pick it up anytime!”

"But this method can only be used once!" Qin Chuan said: "The next time we come back, the British will realize that they have been deceived!"

"Yes!" General Strike said: "They are not fools. They will not be fooled a second time if they are fooled once!"

"So we need to find enough cars before we come back next time!" Colonel Sline said.

"And keep this matter strictly secret!" Colonel Olbridge said: "If the British get a little wind, they may try to dig, then they will find that the supplies have not been blown up!"

"Yes!" General Strike said, "So we want the soldiers to think they really blew up the supplies!"

Only by deceiving yourself can you deceive the enemy. Of course, this kind of thing cannot be deceived by every soldier, such as the engineers who set out to arrange the "site". All the officers can do is to reduce the possibility of leaking secrets as much as possible.

Qin Chuan reminded: "General, not only that, we also have to make General Rommel believe!"

General Strike couldn't help but be stunned, and then nodded.

Not to mention what the British would overhear from the communications, the reaction of General Rommel and the Tobruk garrison may make the British suspicious, so it is best to keep Rommel in the dark.

In fact, Qin Chuan's real intention in saying this was because he knew that the British had "super secrets" that could crack all the German codes. That is to say, as long as communications are received by the British, it can be said that almost all efforts will be in vain. In vain.

So General Strike quickly assigned the task.

First, Strike sent a telegram to Rommel: "Apologies, General! I cannot follow your orders to hold Sidioma, because according to the intelligence I have received, in addition to the 7th Armored Division, the enemy also has Austria. The sub-infantry division and other unidentified troops are gathering towards Sidioma. It is initially estimated that the number of tanks attacking us will reach 300. In addition, the enemy also has a large number of air forces to coordinate, so I think even if we have a large amount of supplies, we will eventually be Suffering heavy losses and even annihilating the entire army, I decided to abandon Sidioma with enough supplies. Please rest assured, general, that we will blow up all the supplies, including the wells in Sidioma, and not let a drop of oil escape. The drip fell into the hands of the British!"

Rommel was furious when he saw the telegram.

"This idiot, this coward!" Rommel was so angry that he swept all the documents on the desktop to the ground: "Don't he know that the most important thing in the desert is supplies? Although the British have many tanks and troops, having more troops also means that A lot of supplies are needed. As long as they hold on for a few days, the British will become weaker and weaker. The 21st Armored Division can squander the British supplies in Sidioma, but now they want to blow up all these supplies. …”

To a certain extent, Rommel's idea was also correct. More importantly, Tobruk was being attacked by the British 13th Army at this time. Rommel hoped that the 21st Armored Division would stand in Sidioma to share the pressure of the British army.

Otherwise, Rommel was not sure whether Tobruk could withstand the overwhelming offensive of the two British armies... After all, for the German army, Tobruk was the focus, and this should be done from a strategic perspective.

After thinking about it, Rommel calmly sent a telegram back to Strike: "Lieutenant General, I must remind you that this is a desert, and the amount of fuel and water consumed by an armored division every day is staggering. Even if you Even if the trunks and fuel tanks of all cars are filled with gas, they won’t be able to survive for a few days in the desert!”

Rommel's statement was of course an exaggeration. In fact, as a mechanic, there was no way he could use all the space in the trunk to hold oil, because the car also had to carry soldiers and ammunition, otherwise the soldiers would have to use their feet to crawl around. Marching in the desert at high speed, the result is that even the British Army's "Matilda" tank can catch up.

General Strike's call back was: "I understand, General. But I think this is our only option!"

Rommel felt a little regretful when he received this telegram. If he had known better, he should have replaced this guy who disobeyed orders at all costs.

But at this time, the direct command of the 21st Armored Division was in the hands of Strike, and it was still outside Tobruk, so Rommel could not do anything to him.

Sidioma, the order to transfer was issued soon.

The reason for the transfer rather than retreat was that Tobruk was surrounded by the British army at this time, so the German army had nowhere to retreat even if they wanted to retreat.

As for where to transfer, no one knew.

Because the most important thing now is not this, but to leave here before the British 7th Armored Division arrives in Sidioma.

You must know that the 7th Armored Division is not far from here, and the 7th Armored Division is equipped with the "Stuart" which is faster than the "No. 3" tank. Once it gets entangled, it will be difficult to get away.

So teams of German soldiers put as much fuel and water as possible into the car. They received the order to take as much as they could, especially fuel, and it would be best to tie a few oil barrels on the tank.

The engineers were busy at the supply station... They might be the only people in the army who knew the truth.

In fact, the only people who knew the secret were General Strike and a few others. The others were all told to blow up the remaining supplies.

The task of the engineers was to do some work at the stone tablet. They moved the stone tablet more than 100 meters away from the supplies... This distance is difficult to detect if it is not carefully measured, but it can prevent a large number of supplies from being really detonated.

Then, the engineers buried more than 100 barrels of gasoline near the stone tablet, plus a few explosive packs...