Chapter 200 Confirmation

"Are you sure that's the case?" General Strike asked.

"No, I'm not sure!" Colonel Olbridge replied: "Because we only got the answer from a sketch, and we haven't even seen the real tank!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "I am also guessing!"

Qin Chuan could only say this, otherwise he would never be able to explain that he knew the weaknesses of the "General Grant" tank.

"Perhaps we can let Major General Gero try it first!" Colonel Olbridge suggested.

"Good idea!" said General Strike.

But after he received a telegram from his adjutant, he shook his head and replied: "It's too late. They (15th Armored Division) have already retreated. They lost thirty-one tanks and destroyed about two dozen enemy tanks." Thirteen tanks!"

It is quite good to be able to achieve such a result when being ambushed by the enemy and the number of tanks is obviously at a disadvantage.

"In other words... we still have to face at least fifty tanks!" Colonel Olbridge's face looked a little ugly.

"What the hell!" said Colonel Slaine. "We just have to try this, right?"

"Yes!" General Strike said to Colonel Olbridge: "To convey this tactic, you must use a positive tone, understand?"

"Understood, General!" replied Colonel Olbridge.

There is a famous saying on the battlefield: "The worst strategy is better than indecision."

This sentence means to be "decisive" and "certain" on the battlefield.

In other words, even if it turns out that the decision made at that time was wrong after the war, it is still much better than being hesitant for a while.

That's what General Strike meant.

Although the tactics Qin Chuan said are "uncertain", they must be "certain" if they are conveyed so that the entire army can move in one direction and toward one goal.

Therefore, when Colonel Olbridge convened a meeting with the officers of the 5th Armored Regiment, he said with full confidence: "Gentlemen, I want to tell you some bad news. The 15th Armored Division was attacked by the enemy's new tank. The ambush suffered heavy losses, and they are on their way back here, but their failure is not without value. They used their lives and blood to find the weaknesses of the enemy's new tanks. What we have to do is learn these and use them to defeat those British guys... …”

The tactic is actually very simple, which is to change the tank's walking route. In addition, the tanks should be dispersed as much as possible. If they are clustered together, they will be easily covered by the artillery fire of the "new tanks" that have a numerical advantage.

But dispersion is not difficult at all, because the 21st Armored Division only has a total of twenty-four tanks, and it is difficult for them to disperse along a long defense line.

"Sergeant!" General Strike said to Qin Chuan: "Maybe you should stay here for a while, such as waiting for the latest information!"

Qin Chuan understood what General Strike meant.

General Strike's real intention was not to let Qin Chuan wait for the latest information. He was to give Qin Chuan an excuse to stay in the command vehicle and avoid this potentially dangerous battle.

Qin Chuan wanted to agree, but General Strike had already found a good excuse for him.

But in the end Qin Chuan refused, because it made Qin Chuan feel that he had betrayed his comrades.

"I think I should go back and be with the soldiers!" Qin Chuan said, "My subordinates need me!"

General Strike nodded and said, "You are brave, Sergeant. Good luck!"

"Good luck!"

So Qin Chuan was sent back to the position.

When he returned to the position, it had changed... Several trenches appeared in the desert like magic. Several barbed wire fences were pulled up in front of the trenches and mines were laid.

Of course, these barbed wire fences and mines have passages to allow the withdrawn 15th Armored Division to pass through.

Behind the trenches are foxholes and anti-tank gun positions, and occasionally several anti-aircraft gun and anti-aircraft machine gun positions.

"Sergeant!" Seeing Qin Chuan coming up, Werner waved to Qin Chuan and shouted: "Here... we thought you wouldn't be able to catch up with this battle!"

"No!" Qin Chuan jumped into the trench and replied: "I'm worried that the British will miss my rifle!"

There was laughter from the trenches.

There was nothing to prepare next. Jakop brought boxes of anti-tank grenades, and Werner also moved an "English crossbow" from the car... This thing was captured in Alexandria, and it was not a surprise. Most of them were blown up in the battle, and only a few were usable. Werner saved one of them.

Werner set up the "English Crossbow" on the trench, patted the gun barrel and said, "Now the British can have a taste of its power!"

"The enemy will discover it as soon as possible and blast you into the sky!" Kuhn said: "That's a big guy, isn't it?"

Kuhn is right, the "English Crossbow" may be useful in street fighting, but in an open position fighting... it will be a good target for snipers.

Especially when pulling the main spring to "load", because it is impossible to "shoot" in the lying position in the trench, and "shooting" in the standing position is almost telling the enemy "I am here, shoot me"!

"Speaking of which..." Werner retorted: "At least I don't need to run up to the tank with explosives or grenades to blow it up... That would be more dangerous, wouldn't it?"

Qin Chuan was stunned when he heard this. Werner was right. The German army urgently needed a single-soldier anti-tank weapon... In fact, the German army did have one in World War II, which was an anti-tank rocket launcher called "Iron Fist".

It was just that it was not produced until 1943, almost two years later, and by then it could not change anything.

Why not make the "Iron Fist" in advance?

Qin Chuan thought that its structure was not complicated. It was even very similar to the "English Crossbow". Both used hollow charge technology, but the "English Crossbow" ejected the warhead, while the "Iron Fist" fired the warhead using the principle of a recoilless gun.

Just as he was thinking, he heard a shout: "They are coming, the 15th Armored Division!"

Qin Chuan leaned out of the trench and looked out. Sure enough, he saw dozens of cars dragging a long trail of smoke and dust rushing towards the defense line of the 21st Armored Division.

This was the first part of the 15th Armored Division to evacuate. Most of them were wounded and medical staff.

If Qin Chuan and others were behind the car, they would see blood dripping onto the ground as the car moved forward... Some of the wounded had no time to be bandaged, and the medical soldiers were too busy or unable to turn around, so the rear compartment was a sea of ​​blood.