"General!" Qin Chuan took a sip of his wine glass and replied, "The British won't be so resigned!" ”

"Yes!" Rommel nodded, but he replied optimistically, "But we have bazookas, don't we?" And the legendary sergeant! ”

The officers couldn't help but agree.

"Yes!" Colonel Slain said: "If we can equip a large number of bazookas, we can ambush them anywhere, and we can even use them to equip Egyptian guerrillas!" ”

"It's a work of art!" Major Kleiman said to Qin Chuan: "Second Lieutenant, I can't believe that you are actually its inventor, I thought these were all done by scientists!" ”

……

The officers were probably right when they said that individual anti-tank weapons could indeed play a big role in this period, especially in street fighting.

But at the same time, it has its own weaknesses, especially since the Germans are not the only army equipped with or developing such weapons...... The U.S. military also has rocket launch technology, and the Bazooka rocket launcher will appear in North Africa in a few months, and this is because the U.S. military has not been optimistic about the Bazooka bazooka.

Now that the Germans have put it on the battlefield, will the US military speed up the process of equipping Bazooka?

After dinner, Rommel summoned Colonel Slein and Qin Chuan to his headquarters.

Rommel asked Qin Chuan bluntly, "Second Lieutenant, what do you seem to be worried about?" ”

"Yes, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "You know, the equipment of the British has completely surpassed our army, especially after they have new tanks!" ”

Rommel nodded: "Now it's not a matter of supply lines, but the vast majority of German tanks are concentrated on the Eastern Front, and Berlin has no more and more advanced tanks to support us!" ”

Qin Chuan knew this, which he didn't expect.

The point is that the British should not have equipped the "Sherman" so early, and something in history seems to have been disrupted by itself.

For example, when the British launched the Battle of El Alamein and turned into a counteroffensive, the German army had already fallen into a rout on the Eastern Front, so Hitler transferred some of his troops and supplies to the North African theater where there was still hope of victory...... This included the repatriation of the air wing stationed in Sicily, as well as several German infantry divisions and even a paratrooper division, and in terms of tanks, in addition to the "Four", there was also the "Tiger".

So at the time of the Battle of El Alamein, the equipment and strength of the German army were not as bad as they are now.

However, because Qin Chuan played a series of roles in this, making the North African battlefield at least superficially appear to be in favor of the German army, Hitler did not see the need to send many additional reinforcements and supplies to North Africa.

The most important thing is that the timing is wrong...... At this time, the German army was launching a fierce attack on the Soviet Union, and of course there would be no surplus troops and equipment to reinforce Africa.

As a result, it is likely that the Afrika Korps will continue to face this dilemma...... With a total of only two hundred tanks in three armored divisions, the Germans faced the torrent of steel of the British, especially the German army, which was equipped with most of the tanks that could not compete with the "Sherman".

Therefore, sometimes Qin Chuan didn't know whether he helped or harmed the German army, and all the efforts he made were likely to accelerate the destruction of the Afrika Korps.

"The situation is indeed not in our favor!" Rommel said, "But I am sure that we will get through this!" ”

"I have an idea, General!" Qin Chuan said.

"I'm listening!" Rommel smiled and said, "Second Lieutenant, every idea you have is worth discussing!" ”

"I think we should prepare for a retreat!" Qin Chuan said.

"What?" Hearing this, Rommel couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan suspiciously: "I heard you right, second lieutenant, are you admitting defeat?" ”

"No, I'm not talking about admitting defeat!" Qin Chuan said: "But it will not do us any good to fight like this!" ”

"Tell me then, second lieutenant!" Rommel said, "What do you mean? Have you considered the consequences of a retreat? ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied: "But we are seriously understaffed now, and we can't fight the British head-on with our equipment, and we still have a fatal weakness!" ”

"Achilles' heel?" Rommel asked, "What weakness are you talking about?" The Alexander Line? Tank? ”

"No, it's much more serious than that!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said: "Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, our big rear!" ”

"You think the British will land there?" Rommel smiled and said, "Don't worry, there are French troops guarding there!" ”

Qin Chuan shook his head.

The Germans now believed that the French would side with the Germans against the Allies, partly because France had surrendered and the Greek government was a puppet of Germany. On the other hand, when France surrendered, Churchill was worried that the French warships would be used by Germany, so he ordered the implementation of the "Ballista Plan" to attack the French fleet first, causing heavy casualties to the French navy.

This filled France with righteous indignation, and the whole country was in the midst of a treacherous crusade against the British, and it was in this context that Rommel believed that the places garrisoned by French troops would not at least be easily taken by the British.

However, this was not the case, France and Germany were always at odds, and when the British and American forces landed in Algeria, there were only a few skirmishes between the two sides, and then the French army sided with the Allies and became the enemy of Germany.

This is also one of the reasons why the German army was defeated on all fronts in Africa and even encircled and annihilated.

"General!" Colonel Slein said: "I agree with the second lieutenant on this, we cannot trust the French!" ”

"Even so!" Rommel laughed and said, "Do you think the British have the ability to launch a large-scale airborne or landing war in Algeria?" No, Britain was in the midst of a blockade of German submarines! ”

What Rommel said is that if it were just Britain, it would not be capable of doing so, but if you add the United States......

"They have Americans to help!" Qin Chuan said.

"But the United States will not enter the war!" Rommel said: "At least so far there is no evidence that the United States dared to openly help the British in launching a landing war!" ”

"General!" At this time, a staff officer handed Rommel a telegram.

Rommel looked at the telegram and turned pale.

"What's going on, General?" Slain asked.

"You're right, second lieutenant!" Rommel handed the telegram to Qin Chuan and said, "The United States will indeed enter the war!" ”

Qin Chuan took the telegram and looked at it...... Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

This is not something that Qin Chuan can control, it still happened like history.