Chapter 127: Supplies
Qin Chuan didn't say a word, he took out the sapper shovel from his waist and dug into the ground, and the German soldiers were puzzled.
"Sergeant!" Werner also asked: "Do you want to move the stele back?" ”
"No!" Qin Chuan replied.
"And what are you digging in?" Werner asked again.
Qin Chuan thought about it and stopped, and Werner's words made him realize that he couldn't dig anything by digging like this.
So Qin Chuan hurriedly ran to Bazel, and reported to Bazel, who was drinking water: "Captain, I have an emergency and need to contact the colonel, is it okay?" ”
"Absolutely!" Bazel raised his head at the Messenger.
If it were someone else, it would definitely not work, and it would even be a big taboo...... Soldiers should report to their platoon commander if there is any situation, and then the platoon commander will report to the company commander, and the company commander will report to his superiors, otherwise it will be a report to the higher ranks.
But Qin Chuan is special, he got Colonel Slain's permission early on, and he can report any situation directly.
"Colonel!" After answering the phone, Qin Chuan couldn't wait to ask: "Have the people in the village been transferred?" ”
Qin Chuan's infantry company did not enter the village at all because it was behind the troops.
"Yes!" Colonel Slane replied: "Any questions?" ”
"Did the British troops stationed in the village just come in?" Qin Chuan did not answer the rhetorical question.
"Yes!" Colonel Slain replied, then asked curiously, "How do you know?" ”
"I think I know where the supplies are for the British!" Qin Chuan replied.
"What?" Colonel Slain couldn't help but be stunned.
Soon, Colonel Slain brought in several bulldozers from the sappers to "rumble" near the stone monument and push the sand down layer after layer.
Then Colonel Albridge and General Stryker arrived.
"Why do you think the British buried supplies in the ground?" General Stryk asked.
"General!" Qin Chuan replied: "This is the method used by the Saharans to fight a thousand years ago, which is determined by the difficulty of transporting supplies in the desert, they will bury the supplies in the sand and mark them...... I think the South Africans apparently told the British about it. ”
Saying that, Qin Chuan raised his head towards the stele not far away, and then said: "This stele was not here, it should be at the entrance of the village, but the British moved it here." Why did the British move it here? ”
General Stryk nodded and said, "So, you think it's the mark of the British, don't you?" ”
"I think so!" Qin Chuan replied.
"But the British captives said nothing!" Colonel Albridge said: "I have interrogated each and every one of them......"
"They don't know!" Qin Chuan replied: "Because they were transferred after the supplies were buried!" ”
"Oh!" Colonel Albridge seemed to understand something.
"So the British have become smarter!" General Stryk said: "They don't want us to destroy their supply points like before, so transfer all the people in the village, bury the supplies, and then send a group of completely unwitting soldiers to garrison them!" ”
"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "Then we won't be able to know anything from their mouths, and we will even believe that there are no supplies here!" ”
There is no doubt about this, the British put their lives first, so with a little interrogation, they will tell everything they know.
"That's a good idea!" As he spoke, General Stryk shouted at the sappers driving the bulldozer: "Hurry up, we don't have time to be so slow!" ”
"Yes, General!"
"Now ......," said General Stryker, "it depends on whether you are right!" ”
A group of officers and soldiers were waiting by the bulldozer, and the British had clearly buried the supplies very deeply...... This is also necessary, if the burial is too shallow, a few shells or a trench dug by the Germans here may inadvertently "find" these supplies.
Therefore, Qin Chuan was obviously a stupid method to dig with a sapper shovel at the beginning, so he was afraid that he would not get an answer even if he dug for a day.
Finally, the bulldozer's shovel hit something with a bang.
"Stop......" General Stryk ordered, and then he couldn't wait to run to the place where the sound was made, where there was already an abnormal protrusion, like an iron plate.
General Stryk brushed aside the sand in a few clicks, and a gasoline drum appeared in front of everyone.
"God, we've found it!" General Stryk turned his head to look at Qin Chuan: "You're right, we found their supplies!" ”
The German officers and soldiers immediately saw a cheer, as if they had found a treasure.
But it's a treasure, because there's nothing more precious in the desert than supplies, especially for an army that's fighting and desperately needs supplies. And the real treasures such as gold and silver...... Actually, it's no different from sand.
General Stryk was still a little uneasy, so he asked the sappers to continue digging, and also opened the oil barrels to verify, sure enough, there were barrels of gasoline, and the layers below were still, and it was impossible to estimate how many barrels were buried.
"Sergeant!" General Stryk said excitedly to Qin Chuan: "Good job, I think this is enough to apply for an Iron Cross for you, you saved our entire armored division!" ”
The general's words couldn't help but make the surrounding German soldiers cast envious glances at Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan can understand their gaze, because he knows that the Iron Cross is the symbol of the Germanic nation and the pride of Germany, and every German soldier is proud to receive the Iron Cross, which is why Hitler wears his Iron Cross almost all the time.
But Qin Chuan didn't feel anything about it, just like Rommel said when he was promoted to general, "This is a good thing...... This is just a good thing for Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan is more concerned about how to survive in this chaos, and is more concerned about himself and where Germany will go in the future, rather than getting a few medals.
News that the Germans had found supplies for the British soon reached the commander of the Eighth Army, General Auchinleck...... This news was actually from "super secret", and General Stryker was intercepted by the British when he reported the good news to Rommel in a telegram.
General Auchinleck couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he walked up to Major General Rich, who was discussing the defense of the Gabshali Line with his staff officers, and said: "General, the Germans will not go to the Gabshali Line!" ”
"What?" Major General Rich raised his head in astonishment and asked, "Why?" ”
"Because they've found the supplies we've buried in Sidioma!" General Ochinlake said: "And these supplies are enough for the 21st Panzer Division to reach Cairo!" ”