Chapter 50: Tugra
Soon, the soldiers' eyes were different when they looked at Qin Chuan, because this was a phenomenon that had never been seen in the army, and a sergeant could actually decide the strategic direction of the entire army...... This can almost be said to be Qin Chuan commanding the troops.
"You know what?" Werner said to Qin Chuan: "When I know that this plan is from you, I will be much more relieved!" ”
"Why?" Qin Chuan asked.
"Because I know what you're capable of!" Werner smiled, "What's more, I know you're not going to come up with a way to kill yourself, are you?" ”
Qin Chuan couldn't help but laugh dumbly, Werner was also a smart person, knowing that Qin Chuan would not be stupid enough to put himself to death.
Then an order came down:
"Full speed ahead!"
"Full speed ahead!"
……
The troops increased the speed of their march again, and just when everyone was puzzled, Bazel shouted to Qin Chuan from a few meters away: "Sergeant, the colonel asked me to tell you, you guessed right, the British only have a small garrison in the strongholds east of Tugel, and most of them are logistics personnel. This is the information we just got from the British general, and we're going to be lucky! ”
The German soldiers let out a small cheer, and then the soldiers cheered.
Werner even quipped: "Did you hear that?" We're going to be lucky, what did you think of? I thought of Fei Wen. Mary, I hope to capture her in Tugla! ”
(Note: Fei Wen. Mary is an American movie star who won the 12th Academy Award for Best Actress for the movie "Gone with the Wind")
"Werner!" The baker reminded: "Fei Wen. Mary is an American, and you want to capture her from the British! ”
"it!" Werner replied: "They all speak English!" ”
The soldiers couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh.
"Silence!"
"Silence!"
……
Orders were handed down to let the soldiers know that the target was ahead.
"Get ready for battle!" Bazel ordered.
So everyone took the gun off their backs to do some basic checks and put the rifles on the bullets.
"Follow me!" Bazel, who was in front of him, turned around and whispered, "Don't shoot until you have to, understand?" ”
"Yes, sir!"
Led by Bazel, the crowd ran forward with cats hunched over, and after climbing over a sand dune, they were greeted by piles of bonfires...... This made Qin Chuan and the others a little unbelievable.
It's not impossible to build a campfire in the desert, in fact, it's one of the survival skills in the desert.
As mentioned before, there is a great difference between day and night in the desert, and the temperature often drops to minus one degree at night, so campfires can not only keep warm, but also scare away wild animals and prevent attacks.
But......
This technique only works in peacetime, if a bonfire is lit in a state of war...... This almost meant indicating your position to the enemy, which was forbidden by the Germans.
This also shows how lax the British defense was...... But this is exactly what the Germans wanted.
It was easy to tell from the campfire that the target was about a kilometer ahead, which should be said to be a long distance, but the troops obviously intended to catch the enemy by surprise before the sky dawned, so they accelerated their speed again and moved towards the campfire.
Eight hundred meters.
Qin Chuan saw that several machine gunners had stopped, and they used their tripods to assemble the MG34 and build an improvised trench as quickly as possible.
MG34 was the world's first universal machine gun...... That is, a machine gun that can be used as a light machine gun and as a heavy machine gun.
This is actually the product of the "Versailles" treaty, after the First World War, Britain and France and other countries did not allow Germany to produce heavy machine guns, so the Germans thought of a way: to produce a thing that looks like a light machine gun on the surface but can be turned into a heavy machine gun at any time, this thing is MG34.
If you load it with 75 rounds of drums, then from the traditional point of view it is a veritable light machine gun.
But if you put a tripod on it and feed it with a 200-round chain, it becomes a heavy machine gun. It can even be used as an anti-aircraft machine gun in two pieces......
At this time, the German machine gunners used it as a heavy machine gun, and when they were ready, it could be said that the battle was half won, and the British army at this time was not even aware of it.
Five hundred meters.
Another wave of MG34s was assigned, this time apparently as light machine guns, and with them several riflemen, who were used as cover fire for machine guns.
Qin Chuan didn't move forward anymore, he found a place to lie down. After thinking about it, he picked up the gun again and ran to the side for dozens of meters to find a new position...... That position just now was too close to the machine gun, and the enemy's attention was easily attracted by the machine gun and caused damage to Qin Chuan, a pond fish.
Qin Chuan raised his rifle and looked forward, only to realize that the British soldiers in front of him should be autobots...... The flickering bonfire faintly illuminated the neatly parked "Matador" military car behind it.
Two hundred meters.
The British had not yet noticed the Germans approaching them. It was clear that their sentries were asleep.
And then the Germans began to hesitate.
Because they were faced with two choices: whether to move on or start the battle on the spot.
The former may not be a good choice, as it would lead to hand-to-hand combat between the two sides, while also depriving the Germans of all the advantages of the firepower that had been placed...... The enemy and the enemy were mixed together, and the machine guns could not fire.
The latter, if the battle starts here, seems to have given up a good chance to sneak attack.
THE GERMANS APPARENTLY CHOSE THE LATTER, BECAUSE QIN CHUAN SAW THAT THEY HAD 50MM MORTARS LAID OUT...... This platoon is generally equipped with short-barreled mortars for the German army, and almost every platoon has one, which can exert a very strong combat effectiveness at close range.
Then, on the order of the officer, a mortar pointed the shell at the muzzle of the mortar and gently released ...... "tent", and a shell was fired.
The shells hit a bonfire accurately, only to explode sparks and scatter the flames, and the British soldiers who were sleeping soundly on the blankets woke up from their dreams in an instant, and their first reaction was to reach for their guns and turn over to inspect the situation......
But they were all in the campfire, and they couldn't see what was going on outside the campfire, while the Germans had a clear view of them, so a more violent gunfire followed, and bullets and shells rained down on the British, who were immediately stunned.
After a while, the Germans stopped, and then someone shouted at the British in English with a bullhorn: "If you want to live, raise your hands, any resistance is pointless, you are already surrounded!" ”
It is clear that the Germans wanted to save ammunition, otherwise they would not be interested in taking prisoners.
The British army was very obedient and raised their hands in surrender, and at this time Qin Chuan didn't even pull the trigger.