Congratulations to the class president for becoming the leader of this book!

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This was certainly useful, because Qin Chuan used fake tanks to deceive the British in order to allow them to attack.

It would be very difficult for the Germans if the British continued to retreat to Matroux...... As mentioned earlier, the complex terrain of Matrou is not suitable for an offensive by tanks and mechanized troops.

But if you can lure the British out of Matru, that's another matter.

Qin Chuan's approach was quickly affirmed and put into practice, and the 21st Panzer Division once again made a bunch of fake tanks out of canvas and vehicles...... It was much easier to make a fake tank in Matrou, because there was wood everywhere, but the German soldiers were used to making it from canvas, which was much faster.

To this, Werner laughed and said: "We are all about to become 'craftsmen' in 'making' tanks!" ”

"If you don't want to......," said the baker, "you can charge into Matru with your submachine gun, and I won't stop you, and I don't think anyone else will!" ”

"Forget it!" Werner replied: "If only this can bring the enemy out of the fortifications...... I'd like to make ten more! ”

"Good!" The baker stopped his movements: "So...... The rest of us can go and rest, can we? ”

Werner made a helpless gesture, which made the soldiers laugh.

Tanks don't need to be made much, one hundred and fifty are about the same.

Some of them are more elaborate, and they are made of armored vehicles or jeeps of about the same size. The other part is rougher, and some of them are simply shelves with nothing in them......

The former was used to drive and follow a few real tanks to El Alamein, while the latter was used to ambush the 13th Army trapped in Matru.

So that by about five o'clock in the afternoon, it will be ready.

Then, before dark, more than 100 tanks and 50 cars, under the cover of German reconnaissance planes, "sneaked" out of the date grove outside Matru and advanced along the esplanade in the direction of El Alamein...... But in fact, out of these 100 tanks, only 10 of them were in front of them for real.

Aerial reconnaissance planes and even combat effectiveness worked hard to drive away British reconnaissance planes around.

In fact, even the German pilots were kept in the dark, thinking that they were covering a real armored regiment.

Of course, it was very difficult for the German reconnaissance planes to completely block the British reconnaissance planes out of sight, not to mention that the German armored vehicles and tanks were still advancing along the Esplanade, and the long "one" long snake formation, neat formation, could be seen from afar.

However, the Germans used the time just right, and soon after departure, it was slowly getting dark, so the British fighters and bombers did not have time to start bombing.

The news soon reached General Ochinlake.

"Have they given up on Matru?" General Auchinleck said to himself.

Then he gave the order to the staff officer: "Ask Matru what is going on!" ”

After a while, the staff officer ran back and reported: "General, there is still an encirclement of German tanks on Matrou's side!" ”

"When did the Germans have so many tanks?!" Rear Admiral Richie couldn't help but wonder.

The British generals may not have figured out how many tanks they had, but they knew exactly how many German tanks they had...... If the German 21st Panzer Division had more than 100 tanks advancing towards the El Alamein Line, it would not have been possible to surround Matroux with a large number of tanks.

At this time, the staff officer took another telegram and reported to General Auchinleck: "General, Lieutenant General Austin reports that the German tanks in the Matru direction may be fake!" ”

It turned out that Lieutenant General Austin was also surprised after receiving a telegram from General Auchinleck, so he personally took a few people to the front of the line and held binoculars to observe.

To be honest, it is difficult to find flaws with the naked eye, because those "tanks" are covered with all kinds of camouflage, such as leaves, branches, and the like.

So Lieutenant General Austin came up with a solution, he ordered the artillery fire to be concentrated on one "tank...... As a result, under the light of his telescope and flares, he clearly saw that the German tank had been blown to pieces and disappeared from sight.

It was obviously a fake tank, because even if the real tank was blown up, it would not have left any wreckage.

Hearing this, General Auchinleck couldn't help laughing: "These Germans are still using Sidi Oma's old tricks!" ”

"So, the tanks marching towards El Alamein are real!" Major General Rich was a little nervous.

"Yes!" General Ochinlek nodded and replied, "They know that we are building a defensive line in El Alamein, so they hope to get here and attack before we are ready!" ”

"So we ......"

"Order Lieutenant General Austin to prepare for a breakout!" General Ochinleke ordered.

"Tonight?" Rear Admiral Richie couldn't help but be stunned, the British army was not good at night fighting, especially those clumsy "Matilda" tanks, they were almost a target at night.

"Yes, it's tonight!" General Auchinlake said.

General Auchinleck had to do this, because the Matilda tanks were slow and the El Alamein Line was the most important thing, so if it didn't act in time, the 13th Army might not have had time to get reinforcements before the Germans broke through the El Alamein Line.

It's just that what General Auchinleck and Major General Richie didn't expect was that the German army was actually fake in both directions, and the tanks marching to Matroux and El Alamein were fake, and the real tanks were hiding in the date grove at this time...... That's the good thing about Matrou, there are many date groves and coconut groves, and German tanks are easy to hide.

Of course, along with the tanks, there are also Qinchuan infantry hidden in the woods.

"Will the British be fooled?" Werner, who was hiding in the jungle and was plagued by tropical mosquitoes, couldn't help but ask.

The Matru Oasis is a real attraction, with its water and life, and the rare green of the desert, but it also has mosquitoes, and the mosquitoes here are very large.

"Wait patiently!" The baker whispered, "If they weren't fooled, we'd have just gotten in!" ”

"I heard that the 15th Panzer Division lost more than thirty tanks during the attack on Matru!" "A lot of the tanks are stuck in the wheat field and can't move, so it's not a good thing to get in...... They know the terrain and we don't know anything! ”

The German 15th Panzer Division and the British 15th Panzer Division had the same number, and they always fought together, such as the last battle in the village of Capuzo, which makes one think that this is a God-arranged joke.

"Silence, silence!" Then the order came, and everyone kept their mouths shut.