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After being full of wine and food, the soldiers fell asleep on the beach in the accustomed sea breeze against the sunset, Qin Chuan was also one of them, and he was suddenly relaxed at this time when he was nervous and tired for a long time on the battlefield, and soon made his eyelids fight, so he simply spread out the poncho next to the bonfire and covered the marching quilt and fell asleep.

Later, Qin Chuan learned that it was very dangerous for them to do this...... The pleasure of a seaside holiday makes them almost forget that this is a battlefield, and the enemy doesn't care if they are on vacation or not, especially since there is a campfire on the beach as their target......

While the soldiers were sleeping soundly, suddenly there was a piercing whistling sound in the sky, and then a cannonball exploded on the seashore, and the sea water and mud rushed towards the soldiers like a torrential rain, and immediately woke the soldiers up.

When Qin Chuan woke up, he was stunned for a while, because he dreamed that he was back in modern times and was playing at the beach, so he didn't understand what was going on at all.

Most of the other soldiers were in this situation, but Werner was quick, and as soon as he turned over, he picked up the sapper shovel and shoveled the sand and extinguished the campfire.

In the darkness there were a few more shells whistling, and a few shells exploded nearby, but fortunately they did not hit the gathering place of the soldiers.

Then the gunfire rang out...... It's just that these shells were aimed at the German line of defense outside the city.

"They're attacking!" Bazel reacted and shouted at the soldiers: "Get up, the holiday is over!" ”

The soldiers knew what Bazel meant, and although the Germans had taken Tobruk, and Tobruk had a strong defensive line that was rare in the desert, the problem was that the Germans did not have enough troops...... More than 1,000 men defended a 30-mile-long line, with an average of 33 soldiers a mile, not to mention the Germans who had to ensure the safety of the port of Tobruk and its warehouses.

So of course, the German army had to use every soldier, and even each soldier had to take on the task that could only be completed by a few people, so of course the holiday was lost.

Amid the soldiers' curses on the British, Bazel hurried back to the port with his team.

The port was already full of cars and people, and there were German soldiers everywhere who climbed into the cars as if fighting fires and drove to the defensive line, Colonel Slein passed by the troops in an armored car, and he saw Bazel and others shouting in the Mercedes car: "Captain, the defense of the port will be handed over to you, you must ensure its safety, especially the materials in the warehouse......"

"Yes, Colonel!" Bazel simply complied.

As the roar of the car faded away, only Bazel and the others were left in the empty harbor facing the whirring sea breeze.

"It's a good job, isn't it?" Werner said: "We seem to be lucky! ”

The soldiers knew what Werner meant, the port and the supplies...... It was at the heart of Tobruk, and if the enemy could hit it, it would almost mean that the entire line of the German defense would collapse.

So, in any case, they can be considered the safest of the first step corps.

"We've always been lucky, haven't we?" The baker looked at Qin Chuan as he spoke.

"Don't take it lightly, our task is not easy!" Bazel said as he walked towards the port dispatch room, which had previously served as the headquarters.

There Bazel found several maps, apparently intentionally left behind by Colonel Slain...... It can also be seen that Colonel Slain left in a hurry, and he did not expect the British to attack at night.

"Look at this!" Bazel pointed to the map and said, "We have eight warehouses to defend, and they are here, here, and here......"

Then Bazel assigned the defense of the warehouse, and each squad was in charge of one warehouse, and the rest were used as mobile units or patrol troops.

Qin Chuan's squad is responsible for patrolling, that is, walking around in line with guns in order to prevent underground organizations from sabotage.

Most of the underground organizations are Libyans, and as the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance, and the Italian colonization of Libya will naturally arouse the hatred of some Libyans.

It's just that these armed forces are very weak and fragmented...... The reason is that there are many people in Libya at this time who do not have the idea of a country at all, they do not care who occupies or rules Libya, they only have tribes in their eyes, as long as they do not harm the interests of their tribes, they will be hung up as "idle affairs", and even as long as they give these tribes a little benefit...... They'll do their best for you.

Therefore, the tribes that would become underground organizations were either enmity with them by the Italian army during the colonization process, or they were bought by the British army.

These underground organizations were often poorly equipped, and many of them even used hunting guns, so the German troops stationed in the harbor were confident even though they had only one infantry company.

When passing by a bungalow with the team, Qin Chuan unexpectedly found two unknown German soldiers standing at the door with guns.

"Who's in there?" Qin Chuan asked.

"They're the crew of the cruise ship, sergeant!" The guard replied, "The Colonel told us to watch them, maybe we'll need it!" ”

Qin Chuan nodded.

Colonel Slein was right in his thinking, Tobruk was the port, and several large cruise ships were also captured...... These ships could be used as transport ships between Italy and Libya.

Qin Chuan continued to walk forward with his troops, taking out a map as he went, and remembering the location of this place in the starlight.

"Sergeant!" Werner asked from behind: "Do you think our troops can hold back the British attack?" ”

Qin Chuan listened to the sound of gunfire coming from outside the city and replied, "I think they can!" ”

"Why?" Werner was a little curious.

"The British seem to have made a mistake!" Qin Chuan stopped, looked at the darkness where the sound of gunfire kept coming from in the distance, and said, "Listen to those gunshots, they seem to have scattered their forces across the entire defense line and launched an attack at the same time!" ”

"I think they're clever at that!" Werner was puzzled: "Because they have so many more troops than we do, so spreading the attack can spread our already small forces even more!" ”

"You may be right!" Qin Chuan said: "But you haven't thought about it...... Many positions of the line actually didn't need much to defend, because there were a lot of barbed wire and mines, and we only needed to arrange a few machine guns to keep the British from advancing. I think that's exactly what Colonel Slane did, so that his forces could be pooled, and cars and armored vehicles would allow them to get to wherever they needed reinforcements quickly! ”

Hearing this, Werner couldn't help but suddenly realize: "Mobile defense! ”

"Yes, mobile defense!" Qin Chuan said: "Rapid maneuvering can make up for the lack of troops to a certain extent, because they can suddenly appear here and there, which is equivalent to twice or even more troops!" ”