After the battle, General Stryk commanded his troops to make a feint...... He asked the troops to turn around again and move in the direction of Cairo.

General Stryker was right in doing this, of course, because this feint did not take much time and did not consume much fuel (the Germans could afford to consume the fuel of the 7th Panzer Division captured in the battle), which meant that the Germans did not need much cost, but they could rise up and confuse the role of the British army.

As for how the news will reach the British command, the Germans are not worried...... The British 7th Panzer Division has slipped through the net, and they will definitely report the situation to their superiors.

Sure enough, after running wildly for a while with the remnants of the defeated army, Major General Bolton found that the Germans were not following, so he slowed down.

After asking the scouts to reconnoitre, Major General Bolton sent a telegram to General Auchinlake in frustration.

"General!" Major General Bolton said: "The 7th Panzer Division is finished!" ”

"What?" General Ochinlek, who was busy sending troops to Cairo, was stunned when he saw this telegram, and then asked: "What does it mean that it is over?" ”

"The Germans turned around and attacked us suddenly......" Major General Bolton replied: "We have suffered heavy losses!" ”

"How heavy is the loss?" General Auchinlake asked.

"We only had thirty-five tanks left, and we lost more than 5,000 men and most of the artillery......"

The artillery was originally towed behind the car and drove with the car, but the British soldiers hurriedly disarmed the artillery to prepare for defense, and when they fled, they didn't have time to hang them back, so they all fell into the hands of the Germans.

"How did you do that?" General Auchinleck could no longer maintain his gentlemanly demeanor, and he unceremoniously wrote in a telegram: "I have assigned the best equipment of the whole army to the 7th Panzer Division, but you cannot withstand a German charge!" God, I was so ridiculous that I had pinned my hopes on you to annihilate the Germans before that! ”

Major General Bolton was speechless.

Although Major General Bolton knew in his heart that the defeat in this battle was not his fault alone...... In fact, he was carrying out the orders of General Ochinleck, and in the eyes of General Ochinleck, the combat effectiveness seemed to be only the performance of a tank, but there was no training and coordination of soldiers.

But Rear Admiral Bolton could not explain anything, for any explanation would now pale and would be seen as an excuse...... Defeat is defeat, and this is a reality that military personnel must face.

After a while, General Ochinleck asked again: "How many casualties did the Germans have?" ”

Bolton replied truthfully: "They had almost no casualties, and we were caught off guard!" ”

Ochinlake didn't seem surprised by this answer.

"Where are they now?" Auchinlake asked again.

"They should be heading towards Cairo again!" Major General Bolton replied.

After this battle, Major General Bolton had a vague feeling that the 7th Panzer Division was the real target of the Germans, but he was not sure.

"Okay!" General Auchinlake ordered: "You stand where you are, and the Australian 6th Infantry Division will arrive in seven hours to join you, and then advance together in the direction of Cairo!" ”

"Yes!" Although Major General Bolton was very reluctant to do so, as it would expose the officers and men of the 7th Armored Division to the disdainful eyes and ridicule of the Australian 6th Infantry Division, he still had to obey General Auchinlake's orders.

Unbeknownst to Major General Bolton, his fears were simply unfounded, as the Australian infantry division had been attacked by the Germans before it could join up with Bolton.

The attacker was of course the 21st Armoured Division, and while the remnants of Major General Bolton were in place, the 21st Armoured Division had bypassed Major General Bolton's position on both flanks and headed straight for the Australian Infantry Division.

It was not easy to find the Australian infantry division, with visibility of only a few hundred meters due to the wind and sand, and the two units might have staggered past each other not far away without knowing it.

But the problem was solved when the German scouts discovered the location of the remnants of the 7th Panzer Division...... General Stryk guessed that the remnants of the 7th Armored Division were waiting for the Australian Infantry Division, so he used the remnants as a starting point to send a large number of scouts in the opposite direction and left reconnaissance points along the way.

This is the strength of the German army, and the most important basis of "blitzkrieg" is reconnaissance, using aircraft reconnaissance and infantry reconnaissance, and only after obtaining accurate information about the enemy can they use tanks to quickly attack the enemy's weak points.

In this respect, the 21st Armored Division is actually fighting a "blitzkrieg" this time.

The scouts were quick to guide the 21st Armored Division into the correct ambush position, and as the Australian 6th Infantry Division was struggling to move forward in the face of the wind, sand and heat, suddenly there was a roar of engines ahead, and then a row of tanks appeared in front of them like heavenly soldiers.

Needless to say, although the Australian 6th Infantry Division was stronger than the British, they were still infantry divisions, and they were caught off guard by the Germans, so they quickly retreated under the German offensive.

But it should be said that the Australian Infantry Division performed much better than the 7th Armoured Division, and when they realized that they were ambushed, they immediately deployed their forces to form a large defensive line, and then laid mines as they retreated, while also counterattacking with anti-tank guns.

This cost the Germans twenty tanks, but the results were far worse than those of the 7th Panzer Division.

That's how important quality and morale are.

Qin Chuan believed that if the same equipment was given to the Australian infantry division instead of the British soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the British Eighth Army would be much higher.

But the British obviously wouldn't do that, even if they knew about it......

Because on the one hand, this is detrimental to the dignity of the British, who are superior people, how can they be inferior to the colonial army. On the other hand, there is the issue of trust, if the colonial army is better equipped than the British army and has stronger combat effectiveness than the British army, then how can the British army control the colonial army? What if the colonial army rebelled?

This can also be seen from this...... Although the British Eighth Army had a large number of troops and a wide range of generals, its combat effectiveness could not be fully brought into full play because of internal contradictions and other problems.

The German army also had this problem, and it was difficult for the German and Italian armies to coordinate, but Rommel was very clever enough to let the German army attack the Italian army and be responsible for defending the city...... This pretty much solves the problem of collaboration.

Of course, it is only a partial solution, but there are still many differences between Germany and Italy.

It was only then that General Auchinlake came to his senses.

"God!" General Auchinleck said: "We were fooled, the Germans were not aiming at Cairo at all!" ”