In fact, before this, German reconnaissance planes had already discovered the tanks of the British army driving at night, but Rommel did not take them to heart.

The reason was that Rommel did not know that the British had obtained supplies and tanks from the United States and that the United States also happened to have a large number of strategic materials in India, and he also thought that the British had to bypass the Cape of Good Hope from the British mainland to get supplies, so he took it for granted that the supply of the British army was more difficult than that of the German army, so he came to the conclusion that the British army could not organize a large-scale counteroffensive in a short time...... IN PARTICULAR, ROMMEL STILL HAS 260 "NO. THREE" EQUIPPED WITH 50MM CALIBER TANK GUNS, WHICH GIVES ROMMEL THE HEART OF THE ENEMY.

"Those were supposed to be reconnaissance vehicles of the enemy!" Rommel said.

"General!" The staff officer said: "The Air Force was quite sure that they had found tanks, and there were quite a few of them, because they had fired flares and found the British hastily covering up ......"

"So...... How do you think we should deal with it? Rommel interrupted the staff officer.

"I think we should send the 21st Panzer to the right flank!" The staff officer replied.

"No way!" Rommel refused without thinking about it: "We can't expose our strength too soon!" ”

ROMMEL'S "PREMATURE EXPOSURE OF HIS STRENGTH" MEANT THE NEW "NUMBER THREE" ARMED WITH A 50MM CALIBER TANK GUN.

Rommel was wrong, but he was right.

Because if the 21st Panzer Division was sent to the right flank as suggested by the staff officer, it would hit the British 30th Army head-on, which means that the Germans would have to fight 150 tanks against 430 tanks of the British army...... Although the German army's new "No. 3" did have an advantage, even against the American-made "Stuart", the British army's absolute superiority in the number of tanks, anti-tank guns and air power could still crush the German army.

Until a German reconnaissance squad got lost in the dust...... The so-called listening squad is a unit that listens for the enemy's telegraph signals, and they often drive a communication vehicle to change positions in the desert to obtain more signals from the enemy's direction.

As a result, they found a group of British tanks passing by, at least dozens, followed by a large number of cars and armored vehicles...... This frightened them so much that they hurriedly reported what they had seen to Rommel.

Rommel only then realized the seriousness of the problem, because the location reported by the listening squad was already within the German lines, and the fact that so many tanks and vehicles were obviously not what he had guessed was just reconnaissance by the British.

Thereupon......

"Assemble!" When Qin Chuan and the others were still sleeping in the tent, there was a hurried whistle outside.

The soldiers did not hesitate, and crawled out of the marching blanket with a single grunt, and skillfully sorted out their equipment...... Although it was dark and no one had flashlights or fires, the soldiers quickly completed their preparations and ran out of their tents to line up.

This is the proper performance of a well-trained troops, and all their things are in their proper place before going to bed, such as a backpack on the right hand side, a rifle on the left hand side, and a boot on the right foot...... This allows them to get things ready without even looking, with their eyes closed, and the same thing.

The matter seemed urgent, and the soldiers had barely lined up when cars drove up to the front of the line, the headlights were obscured by the wind and sand and became less dazzling, and the foggy dust particles could be seen flying in the light.

"Get in the car!" As Kuhn gave the order, the soldiers climbed into the car one by one and sat down.

As soon as the car started, Werner yawned and asked Kuhn: "Ensign, is it the British who are looking for trouble?" ”

"Looks like we didn't beat them enough last time!" Yakop said.

"The British have already crossed our lines!" Kuhn said: "They take advantage of the wind......"

As he spoke, Kuhn raised his head at the wind and sand outside the car: "There is also the cover of the night, and it has successfully evaded our reconnaissance!" ”

"That's not good news!" The baker said.

"So what?" WERNER REPLIED DISDAINFULLY: "OUR TANKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH 50MM CALIBER GUNS, AS WELL AS OUR ANTI-TANK GUNS...... We'll give them a good look! ”

"Don't be too optimistic, Werner!" Kuhn replied: "Our men found out that they had a lot of tanks, and among them there were American tanks!" ”

"American tanks?" The soldiers were stunned when they heard this.

It was a long time before Werner scolded: "Damn the Yankees! ”

Qin Chuan knew what Werner meant by this sentence...... At this time, the United States had not yet entered the war, and it was supposed to stand in the middle and not help anyone, but they "lent" a large number of weapons and equipment to the enemies of Germany, what is the difference between this and participating in the war?

But Germany has no choice but to protest to the United States? Or threaten the United States with a beating if it does it again?

Germany already had too many enemies.

Then there was silence in the carriage, compared to the bad news that the British had crossed the German line, knowing that the British used American tanks made the German soldiers more frustrated, not only because of the American tanks themselves, but also because the soldiers were keenly aware that this might not be far from the United States entering the war, and even some soldiers were worried about whether the Germans could win the final victory if they continued to fight like this.

The car drove forward in a dreary state, and some of the soldiers even fell asleep in the rickety carriages...... Of course, the only ones who could fall asleep were veterans, and those recruits were nervously holding their rifles, always fearing that danger would come suddenly.

Originally, Qin Chuan thought that the recruits' worries were unnecessary, because the 21st Armored Division was still far from the position where the British right flank was interspersed, and the cars could not move at full speed in the wind, sand and darkness, and it would be at least a few hours before they could meet the enemy.

But I didn't expect Qin Chuan to guess wrong this time.

Just as Qin Chuan was sleepy-eyed like the other veterans trying to catch up on sleep, there was a sudden sound of cannons in front of him.

Everyone didn't know what was going on, and Kuhn was at a loss.

"Maybe it's a misfire!" "Or maybe it's an accident!" Kuhn said. ”

But it soon became clear that this was not the case, as the sound of artillery was repeated one after another, and the sound of artillery was mixed with fierce gunfire, apparently an exchange of fire with the vanguard and the enemy.

Then a cannonball exploded near the car with a whistling sound, and Kuhn was even more sure that it had hit the enemy, so he hurriedly shouted: "Get out of the car and get ready for battle!" ”

The soldiers jumped out of the car as fast as they could, and the driver turned off the lights at the first time in order not to become the target of the enemy, so it was pitch black, and everyone could only judge the enemy's position from the sound of gunfire and the fire from the shells.