Chapter 54 Telegram

Fortunately, the baker's worry did not come true. The British air force never appeared. Half an hour later, the soldiers relaxed... Because the planes had not appeared at this time, it meant that they had successfully deceived the British.

Perhaps out of curiosity, or because of boredom, Werner was rummaging around in the car... Everyone thought Werner was idle and had nothing to do. The boxes contained either ammunition or canned corned beef seized from the British.

Canned corned beef is the standard ration of the British army. Some are produced by the British Libby Company, and some are produced by the Fray bantos Company... The main production areas of these companies are not actually in the UK, but in British colonies, such as Burma, Australia, India and other places.

However, Qin Chuan guessed that they would definitely not be produced in India, because India is a country that worships cattle as gods, and the British would not be stupid enough to build a beef canning factory there.

Qin Chuan once tried such a can of beef. The taste was a bit strange. The beef had been beaten into a paste, so the chewy feeling of beef could not be tasted at all... However, military food is almost the same. The first consideration is whether the soldiers can complete the process of filling their stomachs and replenishing nutrition in a short period of time during the intervals between battles, and the taste is the second.

In this respect, canned corned beef is a very good military food, because it does not even need to be chewed, just swallow it into the stomach in big mouthfuls, and it also contains salt and protein necessary for the human body. If there is time, it can also be spread between two slices of bread to make beef burgers... German soldiers like to do this, so there are boxes of this kind of canned corned beef in the car.

At this time, Werner cheered: "Look, I found something good!"

The baker laughed and said: "Did you find Vivien Leigh?"

The soldiers couldn't help but laugh.

"No!" Werner shook his head mysteriously: "But it's as sweet as Vivien Leigh!"

He took his right hand out of the box and spread it in front of everyone. A handful of chocolates appeared in front of everyone, and a few of them fell from Werner's palms to the floor of the car because of the shaking of the car.

The soldiers couldn't help but cheer, and rushed to Werner's hands like crazy. Werner simply moved the box to the center of the car and opened it... God, a box full of chocolates, there is nothing better than this.

Qin Chuan grabbed a handful, and couldn't wait to take one, tear open the package and put it in his mouth. Instantly, a long-lost sweet fragrance went straight into his lungs, mixed with a hint of coffee bitterness, which instantly restored some strength.

"We should hide it!" someone suggested.

"Good idea!" Werner said, grabbed two handfuls and stuffed them into the backpack, then closed the box again and put it back.

After that, this box of chocolate became a psychological comfort for the soldiers for quite a long time, because it had become the only thing that could make people feel good in the boring and crisis-ridden battle in this desolate desert.

As the convoy drove eastward, from time to time, they would see several British military vehicles being controlled by the roadside... Needless to say, these vehicles were originally bound for Tugla, but the British army did not realize that the enemy's "bullfighters" were coming from the opposite side, so they met them without any defense, and when they found out, it was too late.

The German army's treatment of them was very simple... Just like before, they disarmed all their weapons and supplies, even leaving no water or food, and then drove them into the desert... Whether they could survive depended on their own luck, but this did not seem to be a problem, as long as these British soldiers were not stupid, they knew that they should stay by the road and wait for the arrival of other British troops.

With cars, the speed was much faster, and more than an hour later, they arrived at Lukadai, 67 kilometers away from Tugla.

This time was even more exaggerated than the occupation of Tugela... The convoy drove directly into the city and then a bunch of German soldiers jumped off along the way to control the stunned British soldiers.

This was obviously the result of Colonel Slaine's strict communication control.

The so-called communication control refers not only to the German army not using radio stations, but also to the destruction of all British radio stations that could be found. In addition, the scouts cut off all the telephone lines they could see while advancing... In addition, it was only more than two hours from dawn to now, so the British army in Lukadai did not receive any warning at all.

The German army only seized a dozen cars in Lukadai. After all, Lukadai was just a transit station, unlike Tugel where a large number of transport teams were stranded. However, the German army still found a warehouse similar to the previous strongholds here, which stored gasoline and other supplies.

Later, Qin Chuan learned that the British army called these strongholds boxes, which means boxes containing "gifts"... It was a very vivid metaphor, because supplies were the most needed "gifts" for the army.

Only then did Colonel Slaine let the signalman turn on the phone to contact the headquarters.

Then he received an angry telegram from Rommel: "Colonel, I just received the news that the British captured Tengetel. Were you driven into the desert by the British? I originally hoped that you could stay in Tengetel for three days so that we could completely defeat the main force of the British army, but obviously my expectations of you were too high. You were defeated by the British before one day, and the British army that defeated you was defeated in front of the main force. You should feel ashamed..."

"General!" Colonel Slaine called back: "We just occupied Rukadai!"

Rommel obviously didn't know what the small town of Rukadai represented. He called back without thinking: "Oh, really? So I still want to reward you? The point is Tengetel, Tengetel, Colonel, you lost such an important strategic location but you show off in front of me by capturing an insignificant village?!"

This is Rommel's character, he is sarcastic and merciless.

"General!" Colonel Slaine was confident enough that he did not take Rommel's words seriously. He replied, "Rukadai is not an insignificant village. It is only two hours away from Tobruk!"

"What? What did you say?" Rommel asked, "Are you talking about the port of Tobruk?"

Rommel may not know Rukadai, but he is familiar with Tobruk because the port of Tobruk is one of the ultimate goals in his counterattack plan... As mentioned before, a considerable part of desert combat supplies and reinforcements are transported by sea. The port of Tobruk is located on the border between Libya and Egypt. It is not only a good deep-water port and a fortress, but more importantly, it is also a perfect springboard for attacking Egypt.