"Then ......," Rommel said, "now it's time for us to think about the problem at hand!" ”

The meaning of Rommel's words is obvious, the new equipment that Qin Chuan said may be able to solve the problem, but after all, it will take a month or even longer, and the British attack is imminent.

"We may have the option to retreat!" "I mean, buy time in the retreat, like we have the El Alamein line behind and the Gazala line behind," said Colonel Slain...... So that when we withdrew to the Tobruk Line, the kind of anti-tank equipment that the second lieutenant spoke of might have been mass-produced and delivered! ”

Colonel Slein's statement is of course reasonable, this is actually exchanging space for time, but Qin Chuan knew that Rommel would not agree.

Sure enough, Rommel shook his head and said: "No, we can't retreat, because retreating means returning Alexandria to the British, which will give them a larger port to get supplies faster, and the crops we have planted in Alexandria, El Alamein, and Matroux will fall into their hands. ”

Rommel also had a point, especially when it came to crops...... That was precisely the strategic goal of the British. In other words, the German retreat may have bought time, but at the same time it lost morale, supplies, and the confidence of the Egyptian army and people in the German army.

Then Command fell silent.

Unable to fight and defeat, and unable to retreat, the Germans seemed to have to fight the British on the defensive line.

After a while, Colonel Slein said: "Well, we need more mines!" ”

Rommel nodded, and that was what he thought.

If you can't get your own troops to get fast, then slow down the enemy's troops.

Mines could put the enemy on the offensive, at least not so quickly to break through the defensive line, and the Germans could take advantage of this time to mobilize forces and concentrate tanks and anti-tank equipment to the position where the enemy was going to break through.

"They're going to bring the mines!" Rommel said, "I've made them do it!" ”

"But it's not a good idea either!" Colonel Albridge said: "The British have so many tanks that they can attack in several parts, and they can even confuse us with a feint!" ”

This was a trick used by the Germans when attacking, so of course they were worried that the British would do it.

In particular, the British army had many more tanks than the German army, and sometimes the Germans knew that the British army was a feint but had to mobilize their forces to respond, because if they did not do so, the feint could become a real attack.

"Why don't we win a battle and give the British less advantage?" Qin Chuan's words were amazing.

"The question is how do we win a battle!" Colonel Slane looked at Qin Chuan in a daze.

"Ensign, do you have any suggestions?" Rommel asked.

But there was some disbelief in his eyes when he asked this, because Rommel had already thought of various possibilities, including the previous use of converting cars into tanks to deceive the British, but in the end all these possibilities were overturned by himself one by one...... The method of transforming a car into a tank has been used too many times, and the British will not be easily fooled again.

"If I were Montgomery!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, "Then I will hope to find a breakthrough in the northern section of the defensive line, or at least in the central section." ”

The officers couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement, of course, the German offensive had faced such a problem...... The further south the line is, the more difficult it is to replenish, and the sand is becoming softer and less suitable for tank marching, while the northern section will be much better than the southern section.

But the breach should not be too far north, because the esplanade to the north is clearly the focus of the enemy's defense, and attacking along the esplanade would mean attacking a city directly...... Tanks are also not good for street fighting, which can easily bog armor-piercing troops into a quagmire.

Therefore, as Qin Chuan said, the British are likely to find a breakthrough in the northern or central part of the defensive line, and then outflank the rear of the defensive line and collapse the German army.

"Then ......" Qin Chuan said, "why don't we give them a breakthrough?" ”

"What do you mean......" Rommel looked at Qin Chuan: "Expose a weakness to deceive the British?" I've thought about this method, but the British are not so easy to deceive! ”

Qin Chuan secretly said that Rommel was worthy of Rommel, and he had guessed Qin Chuan's intentions just from the beginning.

Moreover, Rommel was also right, the British may not be able to fight wars, but they are experts in intelligence and methods, such as "super secrets", and for example, various strategic deceptions during the Normandy landings.

But of course, Qin Chuan won't be so simple.

"If it's a deception in the ordinary sense, of course it can't deceive the British!" Qin Chuan said: "But if the news is transmitted by British spies, it will be different!" ”

"Maybe it's more credible!" Rommel replied: "But it is difficult for us to be perfect, ensign, but only one flaw...... We may be overwhelmed by this plan! ”

This is a fact, if the British army saw through this as a trap of the German army and turned to other places as a breakthrough, the German army would have stolen chickens and turned to the opposite side.

"I think it's worth a try!" Qin Chuan said: "What's more, when the British occupy an absolute advantage, it will be easier to believe that they will hold the psychology of underestimating the enemy!" ”

It's human nature, because the British think: what if this is a trap? They can crush all ambushes with absolute strength!

After thinking about it, Rommel said, "Tell me what you think, second lieutenant!" ”

So Qin Chuan revealed his tailor-made deception for the British army, and the officers couldn't help but nod their heads again and again when they heard it.

Rommel was also very satisfied with this, so he changed his previous skeptical attitude and ordered: "That's it, second lieutenant, Colonel Slein will be in charge of this matter!" ”

After a pause, he said to Qin Chuan: "Second Lieutenant, you are responsible for assisting Colonel Slain!" ”

"Yes, General!" Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane stepped forward to answer.

It is still very appropriate that Rommel assign this task to Qin Chuan and Colonel Slain...... Qin Chuan is the planner, he not only knows more about the plan, but also has a careful and clear mind, and of course his participation is indispensable for the layout.

The problem is that Qin Chuan is only a second lieutenant, lacking resources and power, and he will encounter many difficulties in the specific implementation, so he needs the assistance of Colonel Slein.

But it was obviously inappropriate to let a colonel assist the second lieutenant, which would also embarrass Colonel Slain, so Rommel asked Qin Chuan to "assist" Colonel Slain.

Colonel Slain was not a fool either, he certainly knew that he was the one who "assisted" in this matter.