Historically, there was a reason why the British would hold the Germans in the El Alamein line.

First of all, its length of 55 kilometers seems to have been tailor-made for the British army.

Most of the British-made and American-made howitzers in the hands of the British army had a fifteen-kilometer range.

In this way, Auchinleck only needs to divide all the artillery units in his hand into two parts and swing them up the defensive line, which can almost provide fire cover for the entire defense line at the longest range.

This is especially the hundreds of M7 self-propelled guns that the United States has just donated to Britain, which the British call "priests...... When the equipment of the United States is produced, it often has only code names, such as the M3 medium tank, the M7 self-propelled gun, etc., and the British soldiers gave them nicknames to make it easier to identify and remember after these equipment aided the Britain, such as "'General Grant'", "'Priest' self-propelled gun" and so on.

It's an irony that Britain, the world's most powerful country, is not using its own equipment, and its only pride is that they have a lot of nicknames.

The reason why the "Priest" self-propelled gun is called "Priest" is because in order to let this self-propelled gun have a certain air defense capability, the United States added a ring machine gun fort in the upper right corner, because this machine gun fort was added later, and the overall layout of the self-propelled gun is somewhat incompatible, plus its shape is very similar to the priest's pulpit, so the British gave it the nickname "Priest".

The characteristic feature of the "Priest" is not its firing range, which is only 11 km, which is far less than the 15 km of an average howitzer.

But it is much better on the battlefield than ordinary howitzers, due to its top speed of 42 kilometers per hour......

At a speed of 42 kilometers per hour, that is, if the "Priest" was placed in the middle of the El Alamein Line, it could be where it was needed and put into battle in half an hour, which was important for the British army, which was known for its speed.

Secondly, with a defensive line, the British Imperial Air Force did not have to look everywhere for the Luftwaffe to risk a surprise attack, and their goal was clear, that is, the German armored forces within a few dozen kilometers of the defensive line. This was also beneficial to the Air Force, since the British pilots were inferior to the Germans, and they were often beaten to heavy losses in local areas.

In this way, the El Alamein Line could easily have been fought in trench warfare during the First World War, and the battle of El Alamein in history was indeed fought in trench warfare.

In the Chinese art of war, this can be called "responding to all changes with the same...... The tactics of the German army were varied, and the British army was completely unable to adapt to them, but if they were stubbornly blocked in front of the Germans with an unchanged trench, all the changes of the German army would be helpless.

Qin Chuan couldn't let this happen, because it would almost mean the defeat of the Afrika Korps.

"So!" General Stryk said: "We have only one option, and that is to bypass Matruo and attack El Alamein before the British are ready!" ”

"But the general...... "Colonel Slein," said Colonel Slein, "would mean that we might be caught between the British!" ”

Colonel Slain was right, Matrouh's British 15th Panzer Division was dead, and if the 21st Panzer Division attacked the El Alamein Line, the British 15th Panzer Division would lead the New Zealand 2nd Division to break out of the encirclement and cover the German rear...... Then the situation of the 21st Panzer Division is not good.

"We can make the British think we're still here!" Colonel Albridge said: "It's like a sergeant who deceived the enemy with a fake tank in Sidioma!" ”

"No!" General Stryk frowned and shook his head: "I'm afraid that the British won't be easily fooled anymore, not to mention, they only have one way to break through, and most of them will break through in our direction!" ”

General Stryker was right, the same strategy would not work once and a second time, and even if the British believed that the 21st Panzer Division was still here? They were surrounded in Matrou, and if they wanted to survive, they had to break through desperately, and the best way to break out was precisely where the 21st Panzer Division was stationed.

So the officers couldn't help but fall silent.

Suddenly, they found out that the 21st Panzer Division was in an awkward position:

If you fight, you will fall into a situation where you are attacked or even surrounded by enemies on both sides.

If you don't fight, you can only watch the British army consolidate the El Alamein line and then keep the Germans out of the line, which is also not a good thing for the German army.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan said, "This may indeed be a way!" ”

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

"Sergeant!" General Stryk asked: "You mean, we also deceived the British with fake tanks?" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded.

"But......" General Stryk spread his hands, not understanding what kind of medicine Qin Chuan's gourd was selling.

"Our aim is to attack the El Alamein line as soon as possible!" Qin Chuan said: "To do this, in addition to bypassing Matru, there is another option, that is, to capture Matlu in the shortest time!" ”

"It would be nice if we could conquer Matru in a short time!" General Stryk said: "This will not only allow us to attack El Alamein as soon as possible, but it will also solve our worries, but it is not realistic...... Matrou has complex terrain and is suitable for defense but not for us to attack! ”

Qin Chuan understood what General Stryk meant, because there are many springs and plenty of fresh water in Matru, so there are wheat fields, olive groves, etc. everywhere nearby, and this terrain is not suitable for armored troops to fight...... Tanks would sink into wheat fields, and the woods were a good hiding place for anti-tank guns, and tanks would undoubtedly suffer multiple blows if they broke through, which was one of the reasons why the New Zealand 2nd Infantry Division was able to hold off the German frontal attack.

"Maybe we don't need to rush into Matru!" Qin Chuan said.

"How can you capture Matru without storming it?" Colonel Slain was a little strange.

As soon as Qin Chuan said "We Chinese......" Qin Chuan knew that he was wrong, so he hurriedly changed his words: "I heard that there is a saying in Chinese called 'leading the snake out of the hole'. ”

"Lure the snake out of the hole?" General Stryk and the others looked at Qin Chuan with doubts on their faces.

Although the German military put a lot of emphasis on quality and learning, this does not mean the Chinese art of war.

"Let's put it this way!" Qin Chuan explained: "If we put some fake tanks in the direction of Matrou...... And then on the way to the El Alamein Line, some more real tanks appeared, what would the British think? ”

"Of course they'll know we're lying to them!" Colonel Albridge said, "So it's useless! ”

General Stryk understood what Qin Chuan meant, he nodded with his mouth half-open, and said, "No, Colonel, this is very useful!" ”