While Rommel and Garibald were engaged in an open and secret battle, Major General Evans breathed a long sigh of relief.

Because he was well aware that the bombing of the Italian fleet by bombers was very limited, especially since the Italian fleet also had a battleship and several destroyers......

On the one hand, this is because the British army lacks dive bombers, medium and heavy bombers are only suitable for fixed-point or carpet bombing because of their low accuracy, and the "mosquito" light bombers with high bombing accuracy carry less capacity, because they are wooden structures, and they are easily shot down by enemy machine guns and anti-aircraft guns when carrying out low-altitude dive bombing.

Therefore, if the Italian fleet forced to dock in port, the British bomber group was afraid that it would be helpless, and at most the Italian fleet would suffer some losses.

But now, the Italian fleet actually retreated without a fight...... This is tantamount to a big gift to the British army.

At this time, Major General Evans received a telegram from Lieutenant General Greenhill: "The 7th Panzer Division is on its way to Tobruk and is expected to arrive in five hours!" ”

Maj. Gen. Evans couldn't help but feel the same thing as some heroes.

After the failure of the plan to seize the warehouses, the British army actually had no capital to compete with the German and Italian armies in Libya...... The British army was too numerous and needed too many supplies, especially to fight the main German army, which also required a lot of ammunition, which required the possession of materials in the warehouse.

That is, having lost control of the warehouse, the British had only one way to retreat.

And if the British wanted a safe retreat, the best thing to do was to take the port of Tobruk.

What Lieutenant General Greenhill is doing now is retreating...... Of all the units of the British army, the Panzer Division was the slowest to go, and on the other hand, the Panzer Division was also the most combative, of course, the 7th Panzer Division was transferred back to attack Tobruk with the 15th Panzer Division.

In the absence of reinforcements from Tobruk, no matter how strong his defensive line is, no matter how sufficient his ammunition is, there is no reason why two armored divisions will bombard it indiscriminately and attack it again.

The news of the withdrawal of the 7th Panzer Division from the battlefield soon reached Colonel Slein by Rommel, who had a headache.

Colonel Slein took the time to go to the port, and when he saw that the German soldiers in the port were in full fighting spirit, he couldn't help but shake Bazel's hand, and then the hands of the other soldiers, and said, "Well done, you have done your best!" ”

The soldiers knew what it meant to say "did their best."

"It's bad, isn't it?" Bazel asked.

Colonel Slain didn't speak, he patted his uniform, and a cloud of dust immediately rose around him...... After a night in command of the defensive line, his whole body was almost covered in smoke and dust.

Then Colonel Slain took a map from the inside pocket of his uniform, spread it out on the ground, thought for a moment, and then said to the adjutant: "Call that sniper, I hope he knows more!" ”

"Yes!"

So Qin Chuan joined this meeting, which was originally only attended by officers.

"The British 7th Panzer Division is out of the battlefield!" Slein pointed to the map and said, "In fact, they already set out in the dark last night, and their intention is obvious, which is to eat us together with the 15th Panzer Division!" ”

The officers were dumbfounded.

A fully armored division of the British army has more than 20,000 people and 300 tanks, and even if there is a discount in battle damage, there are more than 10,000 people and more than 100 tanks...... Then Tobruk can't hold it even if he has an impregnable wall.

"Will the 7th Panzer Division arrive before dawn?" Qin Chuan asked.

Colonel Slain glanced at Qin Chuan approvingly...... Qin Chuan asked the point.

"Yes!" Colonel Slane replied: "It is estimated that they will arrive in the afternoon, and then there will be half a day to attack, and our reinforcements ...... They will most likely not be able to enter the port until after dark! ”

Kuhn said: "This time, the British are going to storm us during the day!" ”

"Yes!" "They would have poured all the shells on our positions, blown up barbed wire, mines and trenches, and then covered the infantry advance with tanks," Colonel Slane said...... We all know they're going to fight like this, but there's nothing we can do to stop it! ”

Qin Chuan understood what Colonel Slane meant, fighting a war really requires tactics, such as mobile defense and firepower allocation...... But if the disparity between the strength of the enemy and the enemy is too great, then any tactics are nonsense.

It's a bit like two boxers taking to the stage: if there is not much difference in strength, then choosing the right tactics can lead to victory, but if you let a child fight a professional boxer...... No matter how good the tactics are, it won't help.

On the battlefield of Tobruk, the German army is the equivalent of children, while the British army is a strong professional fighter.

"Maybe we have another choice!" Colonel Slane said.

"What choice?" Bazel asked.

"This was inspired by your use of cruise ship defenses!" Colonel Slein said with some hesitation: "We may choose to leave by boat, after blowing up the ammunition in the warehouse!" ”

The soldiers' eyes lit up, this is a way to live.

As Colonel Slane had said before, they had done their best, and even if they did, it would not be a shame to run away at this time.

But Qin Chuan shook his head and said, "The British will soon find out, there are many British eyeliners in Tobruk!" ”

There is no doubt about this, the underground organization is one of them, and there may even be spies for the British...... Britain is an old spy country, and no one can compare to him in terms of intelligence.

"They want Tobruk, maybe they don't care where we go!" Said the adjutant.

Bazel smiled and said, "Probably not before, but after we took their stronghold along the way, blew up the warehouse, and then captured Tobruk, affecting the logistics of their entire army...... Do you think the British will let us go? ”

As soon as Bazel said this, the officers stopped talking.

"So!" Colonel Slane added: "The result of this is that we are hunted down by the British Air Force and buried at the bottom of the sea!" ”

"Why didn't we choose to do it at night......" the adjutant said.

Colonel Slane glanced at his adjutant and said, "The point is that we can hold out until the evening, Lucas, if we can hold out until the evening...... We don't even have to run away, because our 'Italian friends' would dare to bring warships into port and send us reinforcements! ”

"Is there no way to send reinforcements?" Kuhn still holds out a glimmer of hope.

"Forget about it!" Colonel Slane said with a look of disdain: "Italians, you know that! ”