"Sir!" Colonel Slane reminded: "It doesn't take much time, we just need to do a feint......"

"Colonel Slain!" Colonel Albridge interrupted Colonel Slain: "I have already said that we cannot waste any time!" If there is to be any feint, then first of all the enemy should be placed within range of our artillery fire! ”

Objectively speaking, there is some truth in Colonel Albridge's statement, because the speed of trucks is generally higher than that of tanks, especially in the open and flat desert...... Trucks can be driven almost everywhere, and not only is it difficult for tanks to chase and intercept, but they also have to be careful whether the road surface can withstand the weight of the tank.

"But sir!" But Colonel Slain still didn't give up: "This is the advice of one of my subordinates, and his advice has been proven to be right again and again, I hope you will consider it carefully......"

"Your subordinates?" Colonel Albridge scoffed at this: "Colonel Slain, when do you need your subordinates to tell you what to do?" And I'm not talking to you, it's an order, understand? ”

"Yes, sir!" Colonel Slain replied helplessly.

The news quickly reached Kuhn through the radio, and after Kuhn put down the microphone, he said helplessly to Qin Chuan: "Colonel Albridge rejected this suggestion, because he thinks that it is more important to seize the fighter now!" ”

"Oh, fuck it!" Werner scolded: "This idiot could take us all to hell......"

"Soldier!" Kuhn interrupted Werner's words with a calm face: "Watch your words! ”

"Yes, sir!" Werner shut his mouth.

This was the habit of the German troops, and once the decision was made by the superiors, the soldiers were not allowed to question it, because the questioning would not have any effect and would discourage the troops.

But despite this, Qin Chuan still saw their worries in the eyes of his comrades, and the baker even whispered to Qin Chuan: "I hope you are wrong!" ”

Qin Chuan also hoped that he was wrong, otherwise a loss would be unavoidable.

But the facts proved more and more that Qin Chuan was right, because the enemy convoy had been approaching the German convoy.

Colonel Albridge stood on a speeding half-track armored car and looked ahead with a telescope.

Although the 5th Infantry Regiment also had captured British armoured command vehicles, Colonel Albridge thought it would only be suitable for sleeping at night if it was driven into battle...... If you are not careful, you will be targeted by your own people, and worse, you may cause confusion and be unable to distinguish between friend and foe.

For the same reason, Colonel Albridge did not even want the infantry with British "Matador" cars behind him to follow.

"We can solve this battle on our own!" Colonel Albridge said to the adjutant.

"But we can't leave them behind!" The adjutant said: "Our task is to take them interspersed!" ”

"Yes!" Colonel Albridge replied, with a look of disgust and helplessness.

Colonel Albridge didn't like the 1st Infantry Regiment for a reason...... His troops were the main force of the 5th Light Division, the absolute main force.

However, in the last battle, the 1st Infantry Regiment stole all the glory, capturing many more cities and victories than the 5th Panzer Regiment.

This was a humiliation for Colonel Albridge, and although the 5th Panzer Regiment also had some victories, it was insignificant compared to the 1st Infantry Regiment.

Colonel Albridge felt resentful of his men because they had sacrificed but not received the credit they deserved, and even became a laughing stock because they had the best equipment in the division but did not achieve the corresponding results, while the First Infantry Corps did the opposite.

As a result, Albridge had the intention of outclassing the 1st Infantry Regiment in this battle, which was one of the reasons why he did not accept Colonel Slein's advice, because in his opinion...... It is likely that Colonel Slane said this in order to prevent the 5th Panzer Regiment from winning this victory.

"Discover the target! Discover the target! At this time, the report of the tank in front came from the walkie-talkie: "Straight ahead, two miles away!" ”

Colonel Albridge held up his binoculars and looked over, and sure enough, he saw a cloud of smoke and dust in front of him.

"Full speed ahead!" Colonel Albridge ordered in a loud voice: "Don't let them run!" ”

"Yes, full speed ahead!"

"Full speed ahead!"

……

The tank immediately increased the throttle and drove forward, and the "creaking" sound of the tracks sounded to Colonel Albridge like a triumphant song in advance, and he did not even give the order to form a battle formation...... Tanks against enemy cars, all you need to do is rush up and shoot, open fire, even ram and roll, where is the need for any battle formation.

But it didn't take long for Albridge to realize that something was wrong:

Being able to see each other at this distance means that the other party can also see themselves, but they did not run away as they imagined, not only did they not run away, but they formed a battle formation and drove towards them at full speed...... Will the cars form a battle formation and charge at the enemy tanks?

Colonel Albridge hurriedly raised his binoculars and looked carefully at the opposite side, getting closer, closer and closer...... Colonel Albridge could clearly see the barrels peeking out of the smoke.

"Tanks, they're tanks!" Colonel Albridge hurriedly ordered: "All obey the order and form a line formation!" ”

The line formation was adopted when the terrain was open and convenient for high-speed assault by armored troops. Of all the formations, the line formation is the most effective for the tank's high firepower.

But it was obviously too late to form a formation at this time, and with a whistling "woo", the enemy's artillery fire took the lead in attacking.

Colonel Albridge was not mistaken, it was indeed a British tank, and it was a "Crusader" tank.

The reason why the German reconnaissance plane recognized it as a "car" was not because the German pilots had poor eyesight, but because Wavell made a small move to equip the "Crusader" tank with an additional equipment called "Sunshade", which was actually a canvas-covered metal frame, which did a good job of disguising the tank as a car.

Especially in the image of the Germans, the British tanks were slow tanks like the "Matilda", so they were completely deceived by the "Crusader" tanks disguised as cars running wildly in the desert at a speed of more than 40 kilometers per hour.

It was then that Colonel Albridge realized that he had fallen into a trap set by the British, and regretted that he had not followed Colonel Slain's advice.

But now it was too late to regret it, he could only grit his teeth and order: "All forward!" ”