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The battle ended with a bombardment.

Because the Germans were concealed in time, the British did not find many bombing targets. In addition, there were German fighters flying around and shooting a string of bullets at them, so the bombers could only throw the bombs down indiscriminately and go back.

When Qin Chuan spit out a few mouthfuls of sand and got up from the ground, what he saw were groups of British soldiers who were escorted down by German soldiers with their hands raised, as well as tanks parked in the defensive line, including "Stuart" and "General Grant".

Excitingly, because the British abandoned the tanks to escape, most of those tanks were still intact and still functional.

Later, it was found that as many as 123 tanks were captured, of which 87 were of the "General Grant" type, and the rest were "Stuart".

This could not help but make the German tank crews cheer...... The German tanks had been unable to be transported in Italy, and they thought that they would soon be used as infantry, but the British sent them a batch.

Qin Chuan was also a little surprised, because the British had air superiority, they could have blown up these tanks with bombers to keep them from being used by the Germans. But the British did not do so.

What Qin Chuan didn't know was that it wasn't that the British army didn't want to do this, but that they couldn't do it...... When the British bombers looked down, they saw groups of British soldiers in the tank group surrendering with their hands raised, and bombing the tanks would inevitably injure friendly soldiers by mistake.

Rear Admiral Reid, who was in charge of the Air Force, heard the feedback and asked Montgomery for instructions.

Montgomery was in a dilemma for a moment.

If you think about it militarily, there is no doubt that the bombing should be carried out.

But politically...... In this way, the bombing was carried out without regard for the lives of friendly troops, especially the soldiers of the 1st Panzer Division, for fear that Montgomery, the commander of Army Group, would step down the next day, and even Churchill would be finished.

So Montgomery could only order: "Leave those tanks to them, they don't have many shells anyway!" ”

Montgomery was deceiving himself, because the Germans had captured the warehouses in Alexandria, which were stacked with all kinds of British artillery and shells of various types, including the 37MM and 75MM caliber shells of American tanks.

So the only problem for the Germans was to learn to drive these tanks and form combat effectiveness.

But that's not the only problem.

The more serious problem is ...... To whom should these tanks belong?

The ambush was fought by the German 21st and 15th Panzer Divisions, both of which were desperately short of tanks, so everyone wanted to grab a few more of them, including the Italian Panzer Division.

They even started grabbing from the battlefield...... The tank soldiers drove to their own troops regardless of whether they got into the tank or not, and I grabbed one and I grabbed one, and some of them even started to fight for it.

As a result, when Qin Chuan walked into Rommel's headquarters, the commanders of the two armored divisions were still arguing.

"I think these tanks should be divided equally!" Major General Gro, commander of the 15th Armored Division, said: "One hundred and twenty-three, each armored division should get sixty-one!" ”

Rear Admiral Gro apparently did not take advantage of the "war" for the grab of tanks.

"No, I don't think it's fair!" "As we all know, the 21st Panzer Division has always been at the forefront of the battle, and we urgently need tanks to restore their combat effectiveness, not to mention...... The battle was fought according to our plan, so we deserved more tanks! ”

At this time, Qin Chuan walked into the command car, and as soon as Major General Stryk saw him, he seemed to see a savior, and happily introduced to the officers: "Gentlemen, let me introduce Second Lieutenant Flick, who used false information to trick the British First Panzer Division into our ambush...... Without him, we are now afraid that we are still having a headache for the attack of the British! ”

The implication of General Stryker's words is that the 21st Panzer Division has made such a great contribution, and it should allocate more tanks.

The officers couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan, and several officers who were not from the 15th Armored Division took the initiative to lean over and shake hands with Qin Chuan, and said:

"It's an honor to meet you, Second Lieutenant!"

"Very good idea, second lieutenant!"

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They had actually heard about Qin Chuan and Qin Chuan's deeds early on, and they also knew that Qin Chuan was a celebrity around Rommel, so although they were all majors and colonels with much higher military ranks than Qin Chuan, they didn't dare to put up a fight.

"Ensign!" Rommel smiled and motioned for Qin Chuan to sit down on a chair at the end...... This made Qin Chuan a little frightened, the German army was highly hierarchical, and it was impossible for a second lieutenant like Qin Chuan to have a seat here.

"What do you think about this?" Rommel asked.

"What?" Qin Chuan didn't understand what Rommel meant.

"Which unit should we prioritize tanks to?" Rommel asked.

"General!" Qin Chuan said with some doubts: "Shouldn't we solve Alexander's crisis first?" ”

"Oh, you don't know ...... yet" Rommel replied: "That's not a problem anymore, the British have already withdrawn!" ”

Qin Chuan nodded.

It is normal for the British army to retreat.

The rout of the 1st Panzer Division cost the British almost two hundred tanks, so that the British had only three hundred tanks against more than a hundred German tanks...... These more than 100 tanks include the newly captured "Stuart", which the Germans have captured and trained before, so they can be put into use immediately after capture.

The "General Grant" tank is a new tank, and its crew needs to be six, which makes it difficult to effectively control and form combat effectiveness, so it has to be trained for a while...... This is one of the reasons why the British army fought poorly with this tank.

In other words, the British army did not have much advantage in the overall balance of forces, and retreat was the only option.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan replied: "I can't decide which unit to be assigned to, but I think the 'General Grant' tank should be assigned to the artillery, General!" ”

"What?" Hearing this, the two generals couldn't help but be stunned.

"Just like we saw!" Qin Chuan explained: "The 'General Grant' tank has a fatal flaw, we could use its firing range on the battlefield to defeat the British army, and tomorrow the British army can do the same, and it is still very difficult to train...... Our tank crew will have to change from four-man co-op to six-man co-op, which will cause a big problem! Because one day, if we bring in enough tanks from Italy, and we need to switch from six to four people to drive our own tanks, they will need a while to get used to it! ”