Chapter 16 Load-bearing walls
"Do you have a way to deal with them?" Severed Palm Bazel asked.
"Yes......" Qin Chuan looked around and asked, "Sir, I need paper and a pen." ”
As soon as Bazel raised his head to the side, an orderly opened his bag and took out a notebook, while Bazel elegantly took out a pen from the pocket on his left chest and handed it to Qin Chuan...... It is said that German officers maintain the habit of learning while fighting, and Qin Chuan believed it a little at this time.
Qin Chuan took the pen and notebook, flipped to the middle, quickly drew a sketch of the school on the blank page, and then sent it to Bazel and said: "Sir, the school uses brick walls as load-bearing walls, especially the ...... in the middle."
Qin Chuan pointed to the main wall protruding in the middle of the sketch and said, "As long as we destroy this main wall......"
"The whole building is going to collapse?" Bazel looked at Qin Chuan in surprise.
"Yes, sir!" Qin Chuan replied: "Although it may not collapse completely, because there are load-bearing walls in other parts, at least the middle part will collapse, so that not only will the British be buried in the rubble, but their tanks will also be crushed under and unable to move!" That's when we'll be able to break through their defenses! ”
Bazel glanced at Qin Chuan appreciatively, his eyes fell on the sketch again for a while, thought about it, then nodded and said, "Very good suggestion, third-class soldier, you should come with me!" ”
Bazel took Qin Chuan around the street, and after passing through a pile of ruins, he got into a building.
As soon as he walked into the building, Qin Chuan realized that it was the temporary headquarters of the German army, because there were several radio stations in it that were "ticking", and at the same time, there were signal soldiers shouting in front of the phone.
Bazel led Qin Chuan to a person, wearing a large wide-brimmed cap and a pistol pinned to his belt, staring at the map on the table with Qin Chuan on his side, as if he was having a headache for the British defense line in front of him.
Bazel stood up in front of the officer and saluted, saying, "Major! ”
So Qin Chuan knew that this officer was his battalion commander.
The major raised his head and glanced at Bazel suspiciously, frowned and said, "Second Lieutenant, the troops will attack in a few minutes, and you should be in command at the front line, shouldn't you?" ”
"Major!" Bazel explained: "My soldiers have some ideas for attacking the enemy's lines, and I think you would be interested in hearing them!" ”
"Oh?" The major glanced at Qin Chuan, who was standing next to Bazel, and then looked at the map on the table again: "If you have any suggestions, just say it, I'm listening!" ”
Bazel raised his chin at Qin Chuan and handed the notebook to Qin Chuan.
Qin Chuan walked to the major with a notebook, but he found that the major's eyes didn't look at it at all.
This made Qin Chuan a little embarrassed, but he continued: "My thoughts are like this...... The focus of our attack should be on the school, which is the enemy's high ground, and we can use snipers to cover a few anti-tank guns to bombard the load-bearing wall of the school, so that we can blow it down......"
"Hmm!" The major responded casually, but soon realized what Qin Chuan was talking about, and couldn't help but raise his head in shock: "What did you just say...... Can we blow up schools? ”
"Yes, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.
"How?" The major obviously didn't listen to Qin Chuan's words carefully just now.
"With anti-tank guns, bombardment of the load-bearing walls of the school, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.
Saying that, Qin Chuan handed the notebook up and pointed to the location of the load-bearing wall: "That's it, we'd better bombard the middle and lower part of it, and it's just exposed directly opposite a street, we can bomb it at a long distance, but the enemy's tanks and firepower are difficult to pose a threat to our anti-tank guns because of the obstruction of buildings!" ”
The Major looked at the sketches in his notebook and asked, "Are you sure you're going to blow it up?" ”
"Yes, I'm sure!" Qin Chuan nodded.
Qin Chuan studied engineering...... Archaeologists must have some basic engineering knowledge, otherwise they may encounter unpredictable dangers when entering an ancient tomb or a cave for archaeology.
The major's forehead was twisted together and his brows slowly relaxed, he looked at the sketch, said "very good", then looked at his watch, and immediately ordered the staff officer: "Order, postpone the attack for twenty minutes, we have a better plan!" ”
"Yes!"
"Ensign!" Then the major turned to Bazel and said: "Your soldiers are good, the task of bombing the school will be entrusted to you, I will contact the anti-tank battalion and ask them to send a few anti-tank guns to cooperate with your actions!" ”
"Yes, sir!" Bazel stepped up to the task.
As he walked out of the headquarters, Bazel said with some concern: "I hope you're right, otherwise, if we can't destroy the school, do you know what responsibility we will be responsible for?" ”
Qin Chuan shook his head: "I don't know, sir!" ”
"Missed the plane, understand?" Bazel said.
Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned, this is a big crime...... But think about it, the Major originally used another offensive plan, but because of himself, he completely overturned the original plan, if it didn't succeed...... That would certainly have an impact on the offensive of the entire army and even the whole army.
Thinking of this, Qin Chuan's back couldn't help but feel a chill, "Missing the fighter" was going to be shot, he wouldn't die on the battlefield but die in the hands of his own people because of a suggestion!
But it seemed useless to think about it at this time, Qin Chuan could only stick to his plan.
The Germans moved quickly, and tank guns were quickly sent over and deployed opposite the school according to Qin Chuan's intentions.
Of course, this is also related to the strong mobility of the German anti-tank guns...... The PAK36 anti-tank gun weighed only 432 kg, and this gun was placed on two large wheels with pneumatic tires, which could be dragged around by just two or three German soldiers.
What made Qin Chuan a little worried was that he got the news from the gunner about the lack of shells for the tank gun...... The biggest problem in desert warfare was supply, and the PAK36 anti-tank gun ran into a very embarrassing problem: on the one hand, its shells were much heavier than other supplies, such as rifle bullets, and on the other hand, it could not penetrate the enemy's "Matilda" tank...... THE PAK36 PENETRATES ONLY 36 MM AT A DISTANCE OF 500 METERS, WHICH IS LESS THAN HALF THE THICKNESS OF THE MATILDA'S FRONTAL ARMOR.
As a result, many troops, especially artillerymen, have already sent a message to the logistics troops, asking them to transport less or even no shells for PAK36.
They would rather exchange these shells for some howitzer shells or 88 anti-aircraft artillery shells.
But the battlefield is often so magical that it is needed when everyone thinks it is not important.
In the end, the anti-tank artillery battalion delivered only fifty-three shells, and this was the result of their "looting" everywhere.
In other words, Qin Chuan could only expect to blow up the school with these fifty-three shells.