Rommel was right, the British were not many in number, and they were only able to gain an advantage in this local area for a short time because they disguised themselves as German soldiers and blended into the guards.

Now, as soon as German reinforcements arrived, the British troops surrendered after a period of feeble resistance.

After interrogating the prisoners, it became clear that the British commando team, numbering 120 men, had been sent from the island of Malta to the waters near the port of Tobruk in two submarines, and only landed on the beach in rubber boats when it was dark.

Ironically, the Italian soldiers singing and dancing on the beach even spotted them at the first opportunity, but they did not suspect the commandos in German uniforms when they saw them, and even pointed out the location of Rommel's temporary headquarters for the commandos.

"What a fight, Sergeant!" Rommel shook Qin Chuan's hand and said, "I've always wanted to see your marksmanship, and today I finally got my wish, in addition, you also have a lot of command talent and adaptability!" ”

"Thank you, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "This is not what I want, because if it weren't for these, I am afraid that I would have been in a different place on the battlefield long ago!" ”

Rommel nodded, and then said apologetically: "I should have said something to you, the savior, but now I ......."

As he spoke, Rommel looked at the mess around him and spread his hands.

Although this sneak attack by the British commandos failed to achieve the purpose of assassinating Rommel, it destroyed a lot of information and documents, and Rommel should take some time to sort it out.

"No, General!" Qin Chuan expressed his understanding: "These are all things I should do, I think it's time for me to leave!" ”

Rommel patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder and said, "Good job, go back with your rifle and honor, and of course that chicken!" ”

Qin Chuan really went back with a chicken.

What surprised Qin Chuan was still behind, when Qin Chuan jumped out of the car and walked back to the camp, the German soldiers enthusiastically hugged him:

"Good guys!" The baker said, "I went out and did another big thing!" ”

"What?" Qin Chuan was surprised, because he thought that Rommel would treat this matter as a military secret.

"We all know it!" Alfredo explained: "You thwarted the British plan to assassinate General Rommel in Tobruk!" ”

"Oh!" Qin Chuan replied casually, secretly thinking that Rommel should want to use this victory to boost morale.

"How many enemies did you kill?" Werner asked.

"Five...... Or more! Qin Chuan said: "I'm not sure, because I threw a few grenades in the dark, you know, I don't know how many people were killed!" ”

"The important thing is not to kill a few, but to control the situation!" General Stryk didn't know when he appeared next to him, and the soldiers hurriedly stopped their words and saluted.

General Stryk walked up to Qin Chuan and said, "Sergeant, I've heard about your performance in Tobruk, good job!" ”

"Thank you, General!" After a pause, Qin Chuan picked up the chicken in the cage at his feet and held it in his hand and sent it to General Stryk: "General, General Rommel asked me to bring it to you as compensation!" ”

General Stryk didn't even look at the chicken, and he replied coldly: "Sergeant Flick, General Rommel suggested that I promote you, and now you are a sergeant." But you have to understand that this is not a reward for using the sniper's stealth skills to be a thief! ”

"I understand, General!" Qin Chuan replied.

General Stryk glanced at the German soldiers and said, "And you, if there is such a thief next time, it will not be as simple as a punishment!" ”

"Yes, General!" The soldiers replied in unison.

General Stryk didn't say much, turned around and walked away with the guards.

"General!" Qin Chuan shouted behind him: "Your chicken! ”

"It's yours!" General Stryk replied without looking back, "I don't want you to steal again!" ”

The soldiers were stunned, and then laughed in unison.

The soldiers did not cook the chicken as they had done last night, because they thought that the whole company had paid for the chicken theft, and that most of them were even innocent, and of course the soldiers were embarrassed to keep the chicken to themselves.

So Qin Chuan gave the chicken to Bazel, hoping that it would be used as compensation for the innocent punishment of the other soldiers in the company.

But Bazel replied, "Forget it, sergeant...... Maybe I should call you a sergeant. There are 175 people in our company, is this chicken enough for each person to eat? ”

(Note: A standard German company has a full strength of 201 people)

So in the end, the chicken didn't know what to do, and finally Werner came up with a solution...... It was given to the logistics officer to raise, and then the eggs laid every day were transferred by the logistics officer to General Stryk.

Perhaps because it was a good opportunity to flatter General Stryker, the logistics officer agreed without much thought.

When this matter came to an end, the soldiers surrounded Qin Chuan and asked him to tell him in detail about the process of fighting in Tobruk...... Qin Chuan knew that it was not the battle itself that the soldiers were interested in, the battles they had participated in were much larger in scale and thrilling than this sneak attack.

The reason why they were so interested was because the British attack was aimed at the commander of the Afrika Korps...... Rommel.

Of course, Qin Chuan would not hide it, and even Qin Chuan knew that Rommel had the intention to improve morale, so he added fuel and vinegar to this battle, only to hear that the soldiers were shocked.

However, what Qin Chuan and even Rommel did not expect was that this sneak attack was actually part of the "crusade" plan formulated by Auchinleck.

General Auchinleck had the mentality of giving it a try, and if he didn't succeed, he wouldn't have much loss to the British army, but it was just a commando of more than 100 people.

But if it succeeds, it will leave the German and Italian armies leaderless and demoralized, and then his "crusade" plan, that is, the British counteroffensive, will be able to break through.

The news of the failure of the sneak attack plan soon reached the hands of General Ochinleck, who, after reading the telegram, gave the order to the staff officer: "Pass the order on, everything goes according to plan!" ”

"Yes!" The staff officer answered, and sent a telegram to the troops with only three words: "Crusader".

So in the dark of night, the British tanks and troops were divided into several parts and quietly took cover in the direction of the German army.

The Germans, on the other hand, knew nothing about the coming big war, believing that the British would need at least some time to recover and would not be able to attack, even Rommel.