There was no roar of motors, no creaking of tracks, only the soft chirping of insects in the night. The snow-white moonlight shines on the date palm trees, and from time to time it flashes a little like fish scales...... This is a characteristic of the desert, perhaps because the temperature difference between day and night is so great that the leaves of the plants hang a little dew in the first half of the night.

There were a few soft noises in the gloom, like some small animal scurrying through a wheat field, but Qin Chuan knew that this was not the case, because he heard a sound of branches breaking, which was the enemy slowly approaching.

Sure enough, after a while, the sound became louder and louder, more and more, and a group of British soldiers with bayonets appeared in front of Qin Chuan and the others, they were half-bent over, stepping on slow steps, step by step, groping forward in the wheat field next to the road, the bayonets shining in the moonlight......

Qin Chuan guessed that they were the 2nd New Zealand Division, which could be seen from the coordination between their firm steps...... This is an indescribable feeling, as long as the troops with good quality and combat experience stand in front of them, they look like an inseparable whole, and they will burst out with amazing strength at any time.

This surprised Qin Chuan, who originally thought that the British army would let the tanks go ahead...... However, it is not surprising that tanks have no night combat ability and tanks are still a valuable resource for the British army, so the British army will of course choose to let the colonial army be cannon fodder in front, even if the colonial army is the same language as them New Zealanders.

This couldn't help but make Qin Chuan a little worried, if "luring the snake out of the hole" attracted only the New Zealand 2nd Division instead of the British 15th Armored Division...... Does that mean the plan has failed?

But Qin Chuan's worries are actually superfluous.

It didn't feel good to be surrounded by enemies, and Lieutenant General Austin was under tremendous psychological pressure, so he just wanted to fight his way out of the encirclement and join the main force as soon as possible.

In this case, Lieutenant General Austin was more worried that the "Matilda" tanks were too slow and would be overtaken by the German 15th Panzer Division, which was rushing from the other side.

As soon as the New Zealand 2nd Division was in front of the enemy...... the "Matilda" tanks quickly rushed forward along the road to assist the New Zealand 2nd Division in the battle.

In Lieutenant General Austin's thoughts, he believed that the main force of the German 21st Panzer Division must have moved to the direction of El Alamein, so he could break through with confidence, boldness, and speed.

The 21st Panzer Division was nothing more than a handful of fake tanks and a handful of German troops to confuse people, and Lieutenant General Austin had a chance to win the battle. The reason why he did not let the tanks go ahead was partly because he did not want to expose his strategic intentions too early...... The Germans would have heard the roar of tank engines from afar and prepared for it. On the other hand, because the terrain in this area is more complicated, Lieutenant General Austin needs infantry to go ahead and open the way for tanks.

Qin Chuan didn't dare to breathe, because the British soldiers passed not far in front of him, and some were even only a few meters away from the location of his ambush, and Qin Chuan could even see the Thomson submachine gun in the other party's hand clearly...... These were supposed to be the scouts of the British army who were in charge of searching this date grove, but they did not find the German lurking spot for the time being.

This also shows how critical the situation was at that time, the German army would be exposed at any moment and forced to fight, and the commander did not realize this and of course would not have ordered the battle.

Werner, who was lying next to Qin Chuan, turned his head slightly and cast a hesitant look at Qin Chuan...... Qin Chuan knew what he meant, according to the meaning of his superiors, he couldn't shoot without an order, but what if the British scouts found them? Don't you shoot yet?!

But soon this problem will not be a problem.

Because in the next second, there was a bang and several screams in the wheat field...... A New Zealand soldier stepped on a mine.

This mine is like a fuse that ignites the battle.

An officer shouted: "Kill them all!" ”

The New Zealand soldiers shouted and rushed towards the German line with bayonets raised.

How similar this is to history.

Historically, the New Zealand 2nd Division also took the lead in launching a breakthrough, also rushing to the German positions with bayonets and without artillery preparation.

This was completely unexpected by the Germans, because the British were never good at night fighting, hard fighting, and there was always artillery fire prepared before the charge to blow up the enemy's mines and fortifications, so the Germans relaxed their vigilance at night, and did not expect that the New Zealand 2nd Division would suddenly appear in front of them and break into their camp in the blink of an eye and engage in a chaotic hand-to-hand combat.

To make matters worse, the main direction of attack of the 2nd New Zealand Division happened to be the location of the German headquarters, and the German even senior staff officers raised their guns and faced the enemy directly.

This allowed the British to break through from Matroux and escape back to the El Alamein Line, where the 13th Army's forces and tanks also played an important role in the subsequent battle.

But now......

The gunfire was not long in coming, but not intensely.

This was still a German trick, and General Stryker hoped that more British troops would jump into the trap laid by the Germans, especially the British 15th Panzer Division.

Therefore, the Germans had only two companies of more than 300 men on the first line of defense, and after a few shots of resistance, they retreated along the communication trenches.

Lieutenant General Austin was fooled, and when he saw this, he firmly believed that the Germans in front of him did not have many troops, so he shouted at the walkie-talkie: "All forward!" ”

The "rumbling" of the motor soon sounded.

A mixed force of more than a hundred "Matilda" and "Valentine" tanks has long been concentrated east of Matru...... The British tanks were very slow, and the only way to break through quickly was to shorten the wartime distance as much as possible.

Moreover, Vice Admiral Austin also let the "Valentine" tank, which has a small failure rate, and the tank in good condition, drive ahead.

This is to worry that the tank will break down in the process of breaking through and block the way of the tanks behind, you must know that the main force of their tanks is advancing along the coastal road to break through, once the traffic jam occurs, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Several flares hit the air, and British soldiers and tanks all over the mountains appeared in front of the German soldiers.

The tanks were mainly on the Corniche, but thirty of them were scattered on the right side of the road to join the New Zealand soldiers.

This also shows that the British were well prepared for this attack, and they let the New Zealand soldiers scout in front of them, and then guided the tanks to advance from the side of the road to participate in the battle.

But what the British didn't know was that they weren't actually calling it a battle, they were jumping into a trap set by the Germans!