Therefore, the British army had to retreat, otherwise, when the 21st Panzer Division arrived at Sidioma to replenish enough fuel and supplies, the clumsy infantry tanks of the British army were afraid that they would not even be able to escape back to Egypt.

Unbeknownst to the British retreat, General Stryk was still in his command car, looking at the map and planning with the officers where to attack if the troops were resupplied from Sidioma.

"I think we should go back to Tobruk!" Colonel Albridge suggested: "Then we can stab the British in the back by surprise!" ”

"I think we should attack Halfa Pass!" Colonel Slain said: "As long as we hold the turbidity, we can block the supply and retreat of the 13th Army, so that they will have only one sustenance, which is to drop their tanks and equipment and return through the Ghabshali Line, bypassing the Halfa Tooth Pass Line!" ”

General Stryk didn't answer, and after a pause, he sighed, "No matter which one it is, it's good for us, isn't it?" ”

"Yes, General!" Colonel Slane and Colonel Albridge replied in unison.

"I can't believe it!" General Stryk said: "This situation was actually opened by a sergeant, and a sergeant who stole chickens was eager to shoot him not long ago!" ”

"General!" Colonel Slein laughed: "If you do, we'll be basking in the sun by the tank!" ”

General Stryk nodded, "So we should be glad, shouldn't we?" ”

"Yes!"

While he was talking, a communications soldier handed a telegram to General Stryker and said, "General, General Rommel is calling!" ”

General Stryk took the telegram and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.

"What's wrong, General?" Colonel Albridge asked, not understanding what else would bother General Stryk at this time.

"The British have retreated!" General Stryk said.

"Oh!" Colonel Albridge and Colonel Slane looked at each other with regret.

It was too late for the British army to retreat, and if the 21st Panzer Division had to replenish its fuel at Sidioma, it would be able to chase the British deserters all the way.

But now

The Germans, who did not have enough supplies, could only rush back to Sidioma first, and when the Germans were ready to pursue again, they were afraid that the British would run away, so they could only watch the British flee.

After thinking about it, General Stryk laughed: "They found out! ”

"What did you find?" Colonel Slain was a little confused by General Stryker's sudden words.

"Supplies!" General Stryk said: "Sidioma's supplies" According to the route and direction of our march, the countrymen guessed that we did not blow up Sidioma's supplies! ”

The two colonels couldn't help but let out an "oh", and then several of them laughed in unison.

"That's why they're retreating, aren't they?" Colonel Slane said.

"Of course!" Colonel Albridge said: "When we get that batch of supplies, it will be over, and it is that supply that defeats the British!" ”

"I really want to know the expression on Ochinleck's face right now!" Colonel Slane said, "If I could, I would like to tell him that it was all a sergeant's idea, and that he was defeated by a sergeant!" ”

"It's easy!" General Stryk raised his head in the direction of the station: "The British have been eavesdropping on our radio all the time, you send what you want to say in Morse code, and I guarantee that Ochinlake will receive your words!" ”

The officers burst out laughing.

The news of the retreat of the British troops soon reached the carriages in which the soldiers were riding, and the soldiers could not help but cheer:

"We've won!"

"The British have retreated!"

Alfredo said to Qin Chuan with emotion: "Sergeant, we have survived again!" ”

"Yes, we survived again!" Qin Chuan nodded.

This was not too dangerous for the infantry, they were not subjected to massive enemy shelling and were rarely bombed by enemy aircraft, they were more likely to march on the road or follow behind the tanks to cover and shoot.

However, no matter how fierce the battle is, everyone will feel like they will have the rest of their lives after every fight.

However, the battle did not end there, Rommel ordered the 15th Panzer Division and even the Italian army to begin the pursuit of the fleeing British.

Under normal circumstances, the Italian army would not have been assigned such a task, but on the one hand, because the German army was under-manned, and there were really no soldiers available except for the Italian army. On the other hand, it is a tailwind battle at this time

Fighting a downwind war and fighting a headwind war are two different things; a good quality unit can fight a downwind war as well as a headwind war, while a poor-quality unit is like a plate of loose sand that is about to collapse at the touch of a finger in a headwind war, but in a downwind war, it is possible to kill and rush indiscriminately like a group of robbers.

The Italian army was obviously the latter, they knew that the British army had been defeated by the Germans and had to retreat, plus they had been beaten to the ground by the British army before, and now it was better to say that they wanted to show their heroism, in short, after receiving the order, they launched a huge pursuit of the British army, and the Italian soldiers who were marching forward along the road in neat formations and wearing new military uniforms were all holding their heads high, as if they had defeated the British in this battle.

The 21st Panzer Division could not feel this "glory", and they were ordered to garrison Sidioma.

The reason for this is that Sidioma has a large amount of supplies, and the location of Sidioma is still 70 kilometers inside Egypt, which makes this supply very important, because it is equivalent to transporting supplies from Tobruk to the front line for 100 kilometers. That is, it provided a perfect front-line supply base for the German and Italian armies.

Sidioma soon got busy, driving into the village and carrying truckloads of supplies, fuel, and water to the north, which were pursuing the British German and Italian troops.

Qin Chuan and the others set up a defensive line in Sidioma in case the British troops would suddenly attack.

In fact, there is no great need to build a defensive line, because since the British 7th Armored Division was defeated by the 21st Armored Division, the British army has no armored forces that can match the 21st Armored Division, and without armored forces, it is difficult to imagine victory in the open battlefields of Africa, especially offensive battles.

So what really needed to be guarded against was the air threat from the British army, at this time the wind and sand had gradually subsided, and the British reconnaissance planes flew into the air in groups, and they detected that there was a convoy coming in and out of Sidioma, and soon there would be bombers coming to bomb it.

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