Chapter 132 Discussion

With a "boom", a burst of fire and thick smoke rushed into the sky after a period of earthquake. The oil barrels and broken iron pieces were blown everywhere by the shock wave and then scattered around. Some were still burning, emitting bursts of black smoke. The air was instantly filled with the smell of burnt and gasoline... This is the effect that the engineers want to create.

"It's a pity for so many supplies and ammunition!" Alfredo looked at the smoke bursting in the distance behind the gradually receding carriage and said, "These supplies may take us half a month to transport!"

"We can only do this!" The baker said, "Otherwise we will leave them to the British!"

"These are all British, aren't they?" Werner said, "So there is nothing to regret. I just know that our trucks can't hold any more!"

As he said that, Werner patted the gasoline barrels piled in front: "Where are we going now?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan.

"Maybe only the sergeant knows!" Werner said.

"No, I don't know!" Qin Chuan replied.

This is the truth. Qin Chuan really doesn't know, but he will know soon.

Because at this time Kuhn received a call, and then said to Qin Chuan:

"Sergeant, the general asked you to go to his command car!"

The soldiers looked at Qin Chuan with eyes that could not be described as "envy, jealousy and hatred"... Now the ones who called and asked for Qin Chuan by name were not colonels but generals.

"General!" When Qin Chuan got on the command car, he saw Colonel Slaine and Colonel Olbrich without surprise.

"Sergeant!" Seeing Qin Chuan come in, General Slaine warmly invited Qin Chuan to sit down.

"We are discussing where to march, welcome to join us!" General Slaine said.

"I am not used to such a battle!" Colonel Olbrich said: "This makes me feel like a homeless vagrant!"

Qin Chuan understood what Colonel Olbrich meant. The previous battles were carried out according to the strategy formulated by Rommel and the headquarters, and the strategic intention was very clear. Every officer below knew what he was going to do.

Especially before, the 21st Armored Division was still in contact with Rommel's headquarters and had been receiving orders, so as the commander of the 21st Armored Division, he usually didn't need to consider where to go, but only how to go or how to fight.

But now...

The 21st Armored Division was suddenly free. In order to hide their whereabouts, they couldn't even contact Rommel's headquarters. Of course, part of the reason was that General Strike didn't accept Rommel's orders.

So the 21st Armored Division was like a unit separated from the African Corps, which made people a little uncomfortable, like a child who had just entered society and could make his own decisions.

"We should think so, Colonel Olbrich!" General Strike said, "We are free now, which means that the British can't figure out our intentions, and it is difficult to find us. This is what they are most worried about. Therefore, they must always worry that we will suddenly appear in the rear and launch an attack!"

"Did the British believe it?" Colonel Slaine asked.

Although this was not detailed, everyone understood that Colonel Slaine was talking about whether Sidi Ouma's arrangement had deceived the British.

In fact, this is the key point, because only if the British believe it, the German army will have a meaningful plan for the next step.

"I haven't received the news yet!" General Stryker replied.

General Stryker arranged several scouts to scout in Sidioma. Of course, these scouts didn't know the truth, so even if they were captured by the British, they wouldn't leak anything.

At this time, Major General Bolton, the commander of the 7th Armored Division, had already arrived in Sidioma. What he saw was a big pit that was blown out, and there were burnt gasoline barrels scattered everywhere, some of which were still emitting black smoke. After searching Sidioma, he only found more than 200 British prisoners with their hands tied and their mouths gagged, and several bodies... Unlike before, the German army did not shoot these prisoners, and of course they would not take these prisoners away.

In fact, the real intention of General Stryker to leave these prisoners was to make them indirect witnesses of the "supply bombing", because all of them saw the sky-high flames and felt the vibration from the explosion.

The British army rescued these prisoners, but when they regained their freedom and could speak, they cursed: "Fuck, we were betrayed by our own people!"

"We were used!"

"We became victims, I want to know who came up with this idea?"

...

What they said was not wrong, they were indeed used, and to some extent they were used.

They were stationed in Sidioma but did not know that Sidioma was hiding British supplies. For this, they had to face the interrogation of the German army. In the end, they still learned the truth from the German army, which made them feel cheated.

If it was a colonial army, such as the South African 1st Division or the Australian 6th Infantry Division, it would be understandable to do so, but they were the British army, the British... The British were a force with human rights and dignity, and they were superior people. How could they be sacrificed on the battlefield like this?

"I just want to know one thing!" Major General Bolton walked up to the group of soldiers and asked, "Which direction are the Germans heading?"

"Sorry, General!" The British captain replied with a disdainful expression: "I only know that you are late, they blew up the supplies, and you get nothing!"

Then a British soldier continued: "Oh, that explosion was really earth-shattering, wasn't it? That was the most beautiful sound I have ever heard!"

"For the first time, I think the Germans did a good job!"

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Major General Burton ignored them and did not care about these soldiers, because he knew that these soldiers had gone through hell and now they were fearless and only wanted to find justice for the "unequal treatment" they had received.

So Major General Burton just gave these British soldiers a cold look and ordered the guards to take them down.

When the British soldiers were led down, many people spit on the ground in protest.

Major General Burton did not take this to heart. He walked back to the communication vehicle and sent a telegram to the headquarters: "General, we guessed wrong. The Germans did not choose to stay. They blew up the supplies and left!"

"What?" General Auchinleck couldn't help but be stunned when he received the telegram. This was completely unexpected.

But it didn't seem to be an accident, because he was almost used to such accidents.

Then General Auchinleck called back: "Find them, they can't go far, I will send air power to cooperate with you!"

"Yes, General!" Major General Bolton replied.