Chapter 53 Airplane

Colonel Slain opened his mouth halfway after hearing this, and nodded for a long time and said: "You are right, Sergeant, you reminded me!"

Colonel Slain no longer hesitated, he turned around and shouted to his adjutant: "Lucas, stop Major Philip immediately and let him treat the prisoners well!"

"Colonel..." Lucas was stunned after hearing this.

"Go!" Colonel Slain ordered loudly.

"Yes!" Lucas answered helplessly.

Looking at Lucas who ran out of the city unwillingly, Slain spread his hands helplessly and said to Qin Chuan: "Sergeant, if my adjutant is half as smart as you, I will be satisfied!"

Then he shook Qin Chuan's hand again and said: "Thank you for your reminder, I think... now it's time for me to say something to those prisoners!"

"Yes, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.

It can be seen from this that Colonel Slaine is a smart man. He knows that he should use the prisoners to convey the "spirit" of the German army at this time, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing the pressure of the German attack.

Looking at Colonel Slaine who left in a hurry, Werner came up with a surprised expression and said: "It's incredible, you succeeded!"

Qin Chuan also felt fortunate, because at least nearly 10,000 British soldiers would be spared from the catastrophe, especially since most of these British soldiers were logistics troops. It was difficult for them to pose a threat to the German army on the battlefield, so doing so was actually a win-win situation.

But the adjutant Lucas still had doubts about this. He said to Colonel Slaine who followed him: "Colonel, how can we ensure that they will not inform other British people? They may even flee back to Tobruk and become our trouble!"

"Don't worry, Lucas!" Colonel Slaine looked at the captured "Matador" cars and said: "Because we have cars, we will always be ahead of them!"

Colonel Slaine was right. The characteristic of the German army's combat is rapid action, just like the German army's most famous "blitzkrieg".

Of course, Colonel Slaine also thought of another benefit that even Qin Chuan didn't think of... If the prisoners were deprived of all their supplies, including food and water, these prisoners would not be able to go far in the desert, and they would even become a trouble for the British, because these prisoners would definitely consume a lot of food, water and medicine from the British army that followed.

Ten minutes later, the troops took to the march again. Unlike before, this time the German army used cars.

The space in the back of the British "Matador" military truck is very large... After all, Britain is an old industrial country. Its tanks are not good because of the wrong development direction. Even a fool knows that the main function of cars is transportation.

This allows each car to fit at least 30 German soldiers... The German soldiers riding in the car are divided into four rows, with two rows in the middle and one row on each side, with about seven people in each row plus the driver and co-driver in the front, which is exactly 30 people.

In this way, 100 cars can almost fit the entire regiment, and some cars are used to transport supplies.

In fact, the length of the "Matador" military truck is enough to fit 38 people or even more.

But considering that there will be dangers if too many people are loaded... For example, if you encounter an enemy ambush on the road, putting too many people in the car will cause a large number of casualties in the first time and it will be too crowded to fight back. In addition, too many people will not be convenient for soldiers to jump out of the car and quickly evacuate to form a battle formation to counterattack.

On the other hand, the extra space can be used to carry some supplies, such as water, gasoline, food and ammunition... The German army is not short of these at this time. The British army's warehouse can be said to have everything, which makes the car full of large and small boxes of supplies. Seeing these supplies, the soldiers feel more at ease.

Qin Chuan's troops were arranged in the car... The purpose of taking the car is to get to the next British supply station as quickly as possible and occupy it.

Therefore, although taking the car saves the soldiers from the pain of walking in the desert, it also increases the risk of fighting the enemy.

For Qin Chuan, he would rather choose to sit in the car, because he is already exhausted at this time... He has not had a good rest since he captured Tengerten, and then he marched all night. Now they have been in intense fighting, marching, and death for 24 consecutive hours. This makes Qin Chuan and everyone else exhausted. As soon as they get on the car, they fall into the car and fall asleep regardless of how the car roars and shakes.

Before going to bed, Qin Chuan even thought that if there was a shell that could blow up the car he was in while he was sleeping... This might be the most worth looking forward to, because he could die without pain or fear, and never have to face this cruel world again.

Qin Chuan was awakened by the whistling of the plane, because even in his dream he knew that the sky at this time belonged to the British, and the plane represented the enemy.

Sure enough, when Qin Chuan opened his eyes, he saw that the other German soldiers had woken up, and everyone's face showed panic and worry.

Qin Chuan knew what they were worried about... This was a desert, and it was still daytime. If the British reconnaissance plane discovered them and sent fighters and bombers to intercept them, the convoy could be said to have no place to hide.

Then Qin Chuan soon felt that the convoy slowed down, and the driver was obviously affected by the aerial reconnaissance plane.

Qin Chuan hurriedly shouted to the driver in front: "Don't stop, keep moving forward, and keep a constant speed!"

The other German soldiers in the carriage soon realized what was happening, and spontaneously shouted to the military vehicles following behind and parked on the roadside: "Keep moving forward, keep a constant speed!"

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan shouted again: "Don't shoot!"

This sentence was also passed down loudly, just like an order issued by a superior.

In fact, many people thought this was an order from their superiors. Later, some people learned that it actually came from a sergeant.

I don’t know whether the Germans are naturally obedient to order or were forced by the pressure of the war. The convoy quickly got rid of the small chaos and once again drove in an orderly manner on the road at a steady speed, and no one got off the car or stuck their head out. Go, no one is shooting.

After a long time, the "rumble" of the plane gradually faded away, and the soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"What a great idea, Sergeant!" Werner looked at Qin Chuan and said, "Pretend to be British!"

Werner fully understood the intention of Qin Chuan's words... The German army was traveling in a British "Matador" car. If under the reconnaissance of the aircraft, it could keep moving at a constant speed without confusion and without any hostile actions, it would be very difficult. It is easy for British pilots to mistakenly think that this is their own convoy.

"Don't be too happy!" The baker said while taking a kettle and taking a sip of water: "We can't be sure whether we have really deceived them. Maybe their bombers and fighter jets are already on their way!"

The baker's words made the soldiers feel relieved again.