Chapter 52: Airplanes
Hearing this, Colonel Slane couldn't help but half-open his mouth, and after a long time, he nodded and said, "That's right, sergeant, you reminded me!" ”
Colonel Slain did not hesitate any longer, he turned back to the adjutant and shouted, "Lucas, go and stop Major Philip at once, and let him treat those prisoners well!" ”
"Colonel......" Lucas couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
"Go!" Colonel Slane commanded loudly.
"Yes!" Lucas replied helplessly.
Looking at Lucas, who was reluctantly running out of the city, Slain spread his hands helplessly, and said to Qin Chuan: "Sergeant, if my adjutant is half as smart as you, I will be satisfied!" ”
Then he shook Qin Chuan's hand again and said, "Thank you for reminding me, I want to ...... Now it's time for me to speak to the captives! ”
"Yes, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.
It can also be seen from this that Colonel Slein was a smart man, and he knew that he should use those prisoners to convey the "spirit" of the German army, so as to achieve the purpose of reducing the pressure of the German attack.
Looking at Colonel Slain, who had left in a hurry, Werner leaned in with a surprised expression and said, "Unbelievable, you actually succeeded!" ”
Qin Chuan also felt lucky, because in this way, at least nearly 10,000 British soldiers would be spared the catastrophe, especially since most of these British troops were logistics troops, and it was difficult for them to pose a threat to the German army on the battlefield, so this was actually a win-win situation.
But the adjutant Lucas remained suspicious, and he said to Colonel Slein, who followed: "Colonel, how can we ensure that they don't report to other Britons?" They will even run back to the port of Tobruk to be our trouble! ”
"Don't worry, Lucas!" Colonel Slain looked at the captured "Matador" cars and said, "Because we have cars, we will always be ahead of them!" ”
Colonel Slein was right, the German army was characterized by rapid action, just like the most famous "blitzkrieg" of the German army.
Of course, Colonel Slane also thought of another benefit that even Qin Chuan hadn't thought of...... If the captives were deprived of all their supplies, including food and water, they would not have been able to go far in the desert, and they would have become a problem for the British, who would have to consume a large amount of food, water, and medicine from the British army.
Ten minutes later, the troops were on the march again, and unlike before, this time the Germans got into cars.
The space in the back compartment of the British "Matador" military truck is huge...... After all, Britain is an old industrial country, and its tanks are not good because they are developing in the wrong direction, and even fools know that the main role of the car is transportation.
This allowed each car to fit at least thirty German soldiers...... The German soldiers in the car were divided into four rows, with two rows in the middle and one on each side, about seven people in each row, plus exactly thirty people in front of the driver and co-pilot.
In this way, five hundred cars loaded almost half the regiment of men.
In fact, the length of the "Matador" military truck was enough for 38 people or more.
But consider that there are dangers associated with pretending to be too many people...... For example, if you encounter an enemy ambush on the road, too many people in the carriage will cause a large number of casualties in the first place and cannot return fire because it is too crowded, and it is not convenient for the soldiers to jump out of the carriage and quickly evacuate to launch a counterattack in battle formation.
On the other hand, there is extra space for some supplies, such as water, gasoline, food, and ammunition...... At this time, the German army was not short of these, and the warehouses of the British army could be said to have everything, which made the cars full of large boxes and small boxes of supplies, and the soldiers felt much more at ease when they looked at these materials.
Qin Chuan's troops were arranged in the car...... The units that could travel in cars were the ones that were more combat-ready or had better performance on the battlefield, as they had to rush to the next British supply depot and capture it as quickly as possible.
Therefore, although the car saved the soldiers from the pain of walking in the desert, it also increased the risk of fighting the enemy.
For Qin Chuan, he would rather choose to sit in the car, because he was already tired at this time...... Since the capture of Tenggtenger, they have not had a good rest, and then they have been marching all night at night, and now they have been in a tense battle, march, and death for twenty-four hours in a row, which makes Qin Chuan and even everyone exhausted, and as soon as they get into the car, they desperately fall asleep in the carriage, no matter how roaring and shaking the car is.
Before going to bed, Qin Chuan even thought that if a shell could blow up the car he was in while he was asleep...... This is perhaps the most exciting thing to look forward to, because you can die without pain or fear, and never face this cruel world again.
Qin Chuan was awakened by the whistle of the plane, because even in his dream he knew that the sky at this time was British, and the plane represented the enemy.
Sure enough, when Qin Chuan opened his eyes, he saw that the other German soldiers had already woken up, and all of them had panicked and worried looks on their faces.
Qin Chuan knew what they were worried about...... This is the desert, and it is still daytime, and if the British reconnaissance planes detect them and send fighters, bombers to intercept them, the convoy can say that there is no place to hide.
Then Qin Chuan quickly felt that the convoy was slowing down, and the driver was obviously affected by the aerial reconnaissance plane.
Qin Chuan hurriedly shouted to the driver in front: "Don't stop, keep moving forward and keep a constant speed!" ”
The other German soldiers in the carriage soon realized what was happening, and spontaneously shouted to the military vehicle that was following behind and parked on the side of the road: "Keep going, keep the speed!" ”
After thinking about it, Qin Chuan shouted again: "Don't shoot!" ”
This sentence was also passed down one by one, just like an order issued by a superior.
In fact, many people thought it was an order from a superior, only to learn later that it was actually from a sergeant.
It is not known whether the Germans were born to follow order or were forced by the pressure of war, but the convoy quickly got out of the small chaos and moved at a steady speed on the road again, and no one got out of the car or poked his head out, and no one fired a shot.
After a long time, the "rumble" of the plane gradually faded away, and the soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Good idea, Sergeant!" Werner looked at Qin Chuan and said, "Disguise yourself as an Englishman!" ”
Werner fully understood the intention of Qin Chuan's words just now...... The Germans were riding in the British "Matador" car, and if they could maintain a constant speed without confusion and without any hostile movements under the reconnaissance of the aircraft, it would easily make the British pilots mistakenly think that this was their own convoy.
"Don't rejoice too soon!" The baker took a sip from the kettle and said, "We can't be sure if we really deceived them, maybe their bombers and fighters are already on their way!" ”
The baker's words raised the soldiers' newly relieved hearts again.