Chapter 51 Tugla

Soon, the soldiers looked at Qin Chuan differently, because this was something the army had never seen before, a sergeant could actually decide the strategic direction of the entire army... It could almost be said that Qin Chuan was commanding the army.

"You know?" Werner said to Qin Chuan: "When I knew that this plan came from you, I felt much more relieved!"

"Why?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Because I know your ability!" Werner smiled: "More importantly, I know you can't think of a way to kill yourself, right?"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but laugh. Werner was also a smart man, knowing that Qin Chuan would not be stupid enough to put himself to death.

At this time, an order came down:

"Full speed forward!"

"Full speed forward!"

...

The troops accelerated their march again. When everyone was confused, Bazel shouted to Qin Chuan from a few meters away: "Sergeant, the colonel asked me to tell you that you guessed right. The British only have a small number of garrisons in Tugel and its eastward strongholds, and most of them are logistics personnel. This is the information we just got from the British general. We are going to be lucky!"

The German soldiers couldn't help but cheered softly, and then the soldiers were very excited.

Werner even joked: "Did you hear it? We are going to be lucky. What did you think of? I thought of Vivin Marie. I hope to capture her in Tugela!"

(Note: Vivin Marie is an American movie star who won the 12th Academy Award for Best Actress for the movie "Gone with the Wind")

"Werner!" The baker reminded: "Vivin Marie is an American, and you hope to capture her from the British!"

"Who cares!" Werner replied: "They all speak English!"

The soldiers couldn't help but laugh knowingly.

"Silence!"

"Silence!"

...

The order passed down let the soldiers know that the target was ahead.

"Get ready for battle!" Bazel ordered.

So everyone took the guns off their backs to do some basic checks and loaded the rifles with bullets.

"Follow me!" Bazel, who was in the front, turned around and ordered in a low voice: "Don't shoot unless it's absolutely necessary, understand?"

"Yes, sir!"

Led by Bazel, everyone crouched and ran forward. After crossing a sand dune, they saw piles of bonfires... This made Qin Chuan and others a little unbelievable.

It is not impossible to make a bonfire in the desert. In fact, making a fire in the desert is one of the survival skills.

As mentioned before, the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is very large. The temperature often drops to minus one degree at night. Bonfires can not only keep warm, but also scare away wild animals to avoid attacks.

But...

This technique is only effective in peacetime. If you make a bonfire in a state of war... It almost means to show your position to the enemy, so the German army strictly prohibits doing so.

From this, we can also see how lax the British army's defense was... but this is exactly what the German army wanted.

From the bonfire, it is easy to judge that the target is about one kilometer ahead. This distance should be said to be far, but the troops obviously intend to catch the enemy off guard before dawn, so they speed up again and move towards the bonfire.

Eight hundred meters.

Qin Chuan saw that several machine gunners stopped. They assembled the MG34 with a tripod as quickly as possible and built a simple trench.

The MG34 is the world's first general-purpose machine gun... that is, a machine gun that can be used as a light machine gun or a heavy machine gun.

This is actually a product forced by the Treaty of Versailles. After World War I, Britain, France and other countries did not allow Germany to produce heavy machine guns, so the Germans came up with a solution: to produce a thing that looks like a light machine gun on the surface but can be turned into a heavy machine gun at any time. This thing is the MG34.

If it is equipped with a 75-round drum, then from a traditional perspective, it is a veritable light machine gun.

But if it is equipped with a tripod and fed with a 200-round belt, it will turn into a heavy machine gun. It can even be put together as an anti-aircraft machine gun to shoot down planes...

At this time, the German machine gunners used it as a heavy machine gun. When they were ready, it could be said that the battle was half won, and the British army was not even aware of it.

Five hundred meters.

Another wave of MG34 was assigned, this wave was obviously used as a light machine gun, and there were several riflemen with them, who served as the cover fire of the machine gun.

Qin Chuan stopped moving forward, he found a position and lay down. After thinking about it, he picked up the gun and ran to the side for dozens of meters to find a new position...The position just now was too close to the machine gun, and the enemy's attention was easily attracted by the machine gun and Qin Chuan was affected.

Qin Chuan raised his rifle and looked forward, and then he realized that the British soldiers in front of him should be car soldiers...The flickering campfire dimly illuminated the neatly parked "Matador" military vehicles behind it.

Two hundred meters.

The British army had not yet discovered the German army that was approaching them. It was obvious that their sentry was asleep.

At this time, the German army began to hesitate.

Because at this time they faced two choices: to continue forward or to fight on the spot.

The former might not be a good choice, because it would lead to hand-to-hand combat between the two sides, and at the same time, the German army would lose all the advantages of the firepower that had been deployed... The enemy and our side were mixed together and the machine guns could not fire.

The latter, if the battle started here, seemed to have given up a good opportunity for a sneak attack.

The German army obviously chose the latter, because Qinchuan saw that they had arranged the 50MM mortars... This kind of platoon is commonly equipped with short-barreled mortars by the German army. Almost every platoon has one, which can be very powerful at close range. combat effectiveness.

Then, under the command of the officer, a mortarman pointed the shell at the mortar muzzle and released it lightly... with a "canopy" sound, a shell was fired.

The artillery shell hit a pile of bonfires accurately, causing only sparks and residual fire to fly everywhere. The British soldiers who were sleeping soundly on the blankets woke up from their dreams in an instant. Their first reaction was to reach for their guns and turn over to check the situation...

But they were all in the bonfire and could not see clearly what was going on outside the bonfire. However, the German army could see them clearly, and then there was more violent gunfire, and bullets and artillery shells rained down on the British army. , the British army was immediately stunned.

After fighting for a while, the German troops stopped. Then someone raised a loudspeaker and shouted to the British troops in English: "Those who want to survive, raise your hands. Any resistance is meaningless. You are already surrounded!"

It was obvious that the Germans wanted to save ammunition, otherwise they would not be interested in taking prisoners.

The British troops were obedient and raised their hands to surrender, but Qin Chuan didn't even pull the trigger at this time.