Chapter 88 Convoy

"Be prepared for battle!" Kuhn got the situation from the walkie-talkie: "An enemy convoy was found about ten miles ahead!"

Hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. That should be the situation discovered by the German reconnaissance aircraft and reported to the ground forces. Germany has always done a good job in the coordination of various arms, which is also the basis of "blitzkrieg".

The reaction of the veterans was similar to Qin Chuan, only the recruits were still confused and looked here and there nervously.

Yakop felt that as a squad leader, he had to let his subordinates know what was going on, so he explained while loading the magazine for the MP40: "The discovery of the enemy convoy means that the battle we are facing may not be too intense, because it may be the enemy's transport supply team, and we have an armored regiment, they will easily blow them up! So, relax..."

"Understood, sir!" The recruits breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Qin Chuan felt something was wrong.

Convoy? How could the enemy's transport convoy drive so far forward? !

Qin Chuan took out a map from his pocket and roughly calculated the current position of the German army... As a soldier, especially a grassroots officer (in fact, a squad leader in the German army is not considered an officer at all, not even an ordinary platoon leader, and a second lieutenant platoon leader like Kuhn barely counts), if you want to save your life, you must know your position, so that you can have a general understanding of the entire battle.

The German army has always attached great importance to training in this aspect, because they believe that high-quality officers will directly affect the combat effectiveness and adaptability of the troops... For example, if an officer can't even read a map or calculate the distance, once defeated or separated, he doesn't know which direction to move to in order to get reinforcements from friendly forces.

Qin Chuan doesn't need training in this regard, and it is relatively easier to calculate the position in the desert, because the troops are almost walking in a straight line, as long as the time and speed are estimated, it is easy to get the accurate position.

"Any questions?" Kuhn asked when he saw that Qin Chuan's face was not right.

"Second Lieutenant!" Qin Chuan pointed to the location on the map and replied, "We are probably at this location, six miles southwest of Capuzzo Village, and the enemy convoy is ten miles ahead of us... That's right!"

"Yeah!" Kuhn nodded in agreement, which was similar to Kuhn's calculation.

"In other words, the enemy drove a convoy to the front line?" Qin Chuan said, "You know, it's not far from Capuzzo Village. Aren't they driving cars up to die?"

"Maybe it's the infantry sent by the enemy to reinforce Capuzzo Village!" The baker said, "Or it may be to transport ammunition and supplies to Capuzzo Village. In short, this is a good opportunity for us, isn't it?"

"That's right!" Werner said, "Tanks against cars... This battle will definitely be easy and exciting!"

"But don't you think it's too easy?" Qin Chuan said, "A convoy was exposed in front of us, without tanks following, and the British Air Force has even discovered us..."

After Qin Chuan said this, Kuhn and the soldiers felt something was wrong.

"The British Air Force did find us!" the baker said, "They even bombed us!"

"Yes!" Werner said, "That is to say, this is probably a trap set by the British... I think Frick is right, we can't rush up like this!"

Kuhn hesitated for a while, then nodded and said, "I will contact the captain immediately to tell him your idea!"

Kuhn then connected to the company headquarters and repeated Qin Chuan's idea, emphasizing, "Captain, this is Sergeant Frick's idea!"

"I understand!" Bazel replied.

Bazel might ignore other people's ideas, but he must pay attention to Sergeant Frick's ideas, because Colonel Slaine specifically emphasized that... whenever Sergeant Frick has any suggestions, he must be notified as soon as possible.

In fact, this is only one of the reasons. More importantly, Bazel knows that this sergeant named Frick is not simple. The last battle can almost be said to be won according to his plan and finally Tobruk was successfully captured.

Therefore, even without Colonel Slaine's order, for the sake of the troops and his own life, he should report this situation to the regiment headquarters in time.

Two minutes later, there was a response... Kuhn was stunned when he picked up the phone. After saying "yes" several times, he handed the phone to Qin Chuan and whispered, "It's the colonel. He wants to talk to you!"

The soldiers in the car couldn't help but stand in awe, and the recruits opened their mouths wide for a long time, their eyes full of shock and envy... They didn't understand why the colonel would call and ask in person just because of a sergeant's guess.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan answered after taking the phone.

"Sergeant!" Colonel Slaine said straight to the point on the phone: "You are right, we also have such doubts, but we have repeatedly confirmed with the pilot that the other side is indeed a convoy, there is no tank accompanying the convoy, the surrounding terrain is also flat, and no ambush has been found. We are also arguing about this matter, but many people think that this is a mistake made by the British, and we should seize this opportunity!"

Of course what Colonel Slane said makes sense. Although the British army has a large number of troops, its composition is very complex. For example, the British Armored Division is a purely British army, the British Indian Army is composed of British officers and Indian soldiers, and The South African Army and so on, these troops don't even understand the language, so it seems normal to make some mistakes.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "It's actually very simple to judge whether this is a trap. We can change our direction and test their reaction!"

"That makes sense!" Colonel Slaine replied, "I'll contact you later!"

Colonel Slain couldn't wait to hang up the phone and got through to Colonel Olbridge... Colonel Olbridge was the commander of the 5th Armored Regiment and the front-line commander appointed by Lieutenant General Strike.

"Sir!" Colonel Slaine said, "I would like to make a suggestion. Why don't we change our direction and test the enemy? I mean, if it's not a trap or they don't know we exist, then they will remain Their direction, otherwise..."

"What kind of trap will there be, Colonel Slane?" Colonel Olbridge replied: "Our reconnaissance planes have repeatedly confirmed it. And you know, our tanks are no faster than British cars. Doing so may cause us to lose this great opportunity!”