Chapter 234 Distribution

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The battle ended with a bombing.

Because the Germans hid in time, the British did not find many bombing targets. In addition, there were German fighter planes flying around and shooting strings of bullets at them, so the bombers could only throw bombs down randomly and go back.

When Qin Chuan spit out a few mouthfuls of sand and climbed up from the ground, he saw teams of British soldiers with their hands raised and being escorted down by German soldiers, and tanks parked in a mess in the defense line, some "Stuart" and some "General Grant".

What's exciting is that because the British abandoned the tanks to escape, most of the tanks were intact and could be used.

Later, a count showed that there were as many as 123 captured tanks, of which 87 were "General Grant" and the others were "Stuart".

This made the German tank soldiers cheer... German tanks had been in Italy and could not be transported here. They thought they would soon be used as infantry, but the British sent them a batch.

Qin Chuan was also a little surprised, because the British had air superiority, and they could have used bombers to blow up these tanks so that they would not be used by the Germans. But the British did not do so.

What Qin Chuan did not know was that it was not that the British did not want to do so, but that they could not do so... When the British bombers looked down, they saw teams of British soldiers in the tank group raising their hands to surrender. Bombing tanks would inevitably hurt friendly forces.

When Major General Reed, who was in charge of commanding the Air Force, heard this feedback, he asked Montgomery for instructions.

Montgomery was embarrassed for a while.

If it is considered from a military point of view, there is no doubt that bombing should be carried out.

But from a political point of view... If the bombing is carried out without regard for the lives of friendly forces, especially the soldiers of the First Armored Division, I am afraid that Montgomery, the commander of the army group, will step down the next day and even Churchill will be finished.

So Montgomery had no choice but to order: "Leave those tanks to them, they don't have many shells anyway!"

Montgomery was deceiving himself, because the German army seized the warehouse in Alexandria when they occupied it, which was piled with various artillery and shells of various types of British army, including 37MM and 75MM caliber shells of American tanks.

So the only problem for the German army was to learn to drive these tanks and form combat effectiveness.

But in fact, this is not the only problem.

The more serious problem is...who should these tanks belong to?

This ambush was fought by the German 21st Armored Division and the 15th Armored Division, and both armored divisions were in short supply of tanks, so everyone wanted to grab a few more of them, even including the Italian Armored Division.

They even started to grab them from the battlefield...The tank soldiers got into the tanks and drove to their own troops without thinking, you grab one and I grab one, and some people argued for it and even fought.

As a result, until Qin Chuan walked into Rommel's headquarters, the commanders of the two armored divisions were still arguing.

"I think these tanks should be divided equally!" said Major General Gro, the commander of the 15th Armored Division: "One hundred and twenty-three tanks, each armored division should get 61!"

Major General Gro obviously did not get the upper hand in the "war" for tanks.

"No, I think it's unfair!" said Major General Gloster: "As we all know, the 21st Armored Division has always been fighting on the front line. We urgently need tanks to restore their combat effectiveness, not to mention... this battle is still fought according to our plan, so we deserve more tanks!"

At this time, Qin Chuan walked into the command vehicle. When Major General Stryker saw him, he was like seeing a savior. He happily introduced him to the officers: "Gentlemen, let me introduce Lieutenant Frick. It was he who used false intelligence to trick the British 1st Armored Division into our ambush... If it weren't for him, I'm afraid we would still be troubled by the British attack!"

General Stryker's implication was that the 21st Armored Division had made such a great contribution, and it was right to allocate more tanks.

The officers couldn't help but cast their eyes on Qin Chuan. Several officers who were not from the 15th Armored Division took the initiative to lean over and shake hands with Qin Chuan, saying:

"It's an honor to meet you, second lieutenant!"

"Great idea, second lieutenant!"

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In fact, they had heard about Qin Chuan and his deeds early in the morning, and they also knew that Qin Chuan was a favorite of Rommel, so although they were all majors and colonels with much higher ranks than Qin Chuan, none of them dared to put on airs.

"Second lieutenant!" Rommel smiled and motioned Qin Chuan to sit down in a chair at the end... This surprised Qin Chuan a little. The German army had a strict hierarchy, and it was impossible for a second lieutenant like Qin Chuan to have a seat here.

"What do you think of this?" Rommel asked.

"What?" Qin Chuan didn't quite understand what Rommel meant.

"Which unit should we prioritize allocating tanks to?" Rommel asked.

"General!" Qin Chuan said with some doubt: "Shouldn't we solve the crisis in Alexander first?"

"Oh, you don't know yet..." Rommel replied: "That's no longer a problem, the British have withdrawn!"

Qin Chuan nodded.

It is normal for the British army to withdraw.

The defeat of the 1st Armored Division caused the British army to lose nearly 200 tanks, so the British army only had 300 tanks against the German army's more than 100 tanks... These more than 100 tanks included the newly captured "Stuart". The German army had previously captured and trained "Stuart" tank soldiers, so they could be put into use immediately after being captured.

Because the "General Grant" tank is a new tank, and its tank crew requires six people, it is difficult to effectively control this tank and form combat effectiveness, so it must be trained for a period of time... This is also one of the reasons why the British army performed very poorly in combat after using this tank.

In other words, the British army no longer has much advantage in the overall power comparison, and retreat is the only option.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan replied: "I can't decide which unit to assign it to, but I think the 'General Grant' tank should be assigned to the artillery, general!"

"What?" Hearing this, the two generals were stunned.

"Just as we can see!" Qin Chuan explained, "The 'General Grant' tank has a fatal flaw. We were able to use its firing range problem to defeat the British on the battlefield, and the British can do the same tomorrow. Moreover, it is very difficult to train... Our tank soldiers must change from four-man coordination to six-man coordination, which will cause big problems! Because one day, if we transport enough tanks from Italy, we will need to change from six-man crew to four-man crew to drive our own tanks, and they will need some time to adapt!"