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Yes, Italian officers went to battle with female branch girls.

I don't know if this is the case elsewhere in Italy, but in Tobruk it is certain.

The female branch girls carried a small umbrella in one hand and a skirt in the other, and it was unbelievable that they walked very elegantly, like the daughter of a rich man...... It's just that this image was soon destroyed, because when they passed by Qin Chuan and the others, they threw winks at the soldiers, and one of them even whistled rudely at the soldiers.

Later, Qin Chuan learned that these Italian soldiers were just sending these female branch girls back...... There is a place in the city of Tobruk called "The Rose Garden", and if it weren't for their return, no one would have given such a nice and romantic name to a prostitute. Hospital.

The eyes of the German soldiers were quickly attracted by these female branch girls, and even Qin Chuan was no exception.

For men on the battlefield, the mental tension and stress caused by constant combat often leads to a greedy desire.

Worse still, the soldiers have a perfect excuse for choosing not to suppress this desire: maybe they will die in tomorrow's battle, so why not indulge it?

In particular, there were quite a few soldiers in the German army who had never been in contact with women, such as the machine gunner Bowen.

"I'm not married!" Bowen looked at the backs of those female branch girls and said reluctantly.

Another meaning of not being married is that you have not been in contact with a woman.

"Neither do I!" Another soldier answered.

"So ......," Bowen said, "why don't we take this opportunity?" ”

Bowen then asked Alfredo, "Do you know where they live?" ”

"Of course!" Alfredo replied, "I also know that they charge every time...... Converted to German currency, 5 Deutsche marks! ”

These words made Bowen and the other soldiers even more moved.

But Kuhn, who was wiping his rifle, interjected: "Maybe you don't know that this is the object of attention of the superiors!" ”

"What do you mean, second lieutenant?" Werner was disappointed and said: "Did the superiors forbid us to go?" ”

"No!" Kuhn shook his head: "In principle, the superiors do not approve of it, because this can be said to be beneficial or harmful to the combat effectiveness of the troops, and I will not talk about the benefits, the harm is that after contracting the disease, it will affect or even lose the combat effectiveness, and some people will use this to evade battlefield responsibilities...... So, they'll ask the medics to take care of it for you! ”

"Protective measures?" Bowen asked relentlessly, "What kind of protective measures!" ”

"Okay!" Kuhn stopped what he was doing and said, "Let me give you a detailed description, when you're done, they'll insert a huge syringe into your urethra and inject 100 ml of green sulfonamide antibiotics into your genital cavity......"

As he spoke, Kuhn took the kettle beside him and shook it in his hand: "100 ml, which is one-tenth of the amount of the kettle, must be kept in the body for five minutes after injection, not even one second, imagine for yourself!" ”

Kuhn's words made the soldiers look at each other, they had never known that such a thing had to be carried out under the supervision and control of the medics, especially the injection of 100 milliliters of green liquid with a syringe into the urethra...... So the soldiers quickly dismissed the idea.

Werner asked Kuhn inappropriately: "Ensign, I just want to know now...... Why do you know this? ”

"Oh!" Kuhn replied, "You always need someone to give you experience, don't you?" ”

The soldiers burst out laughing.

While the Germans were actively preparing for war, the British army was also seizing the time to accumulate strength to prepare for a counterattack.

Although the British army in North Africa after the defeat had only a few dozen Matilda stationed in Egypt, the British had better luck than the Germans in this regard: a batch of tanks from the British arrived in North Africa two days later...... You must know that it takes more than a month to reach Egypt from the British mainland, bypassing the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.

The tanks arrived in Egypt with a large quantity of supplies and ammunition, which was tantamount to injecting the British army with a powerful dose of fresh blood.

In a telegram, Churchill lashed out at Wavell, the commander-in-chief of British forces in the Middle East.

"Do you know under what circumstances we got the supplies to you?" Churchill said: "The Germans are locking down Britain, British citizens are cutting back on food, and most of them have turned their gardens into vegetable gardens, or have turned them into pigsties. But even then we sent you bread, bullets and tanks, but you generously gave them to the Germans! ”

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Prime Minister!" "The Germans came as a surprise to us, and they were so strong and fast that we didn't expect them, and our tanks were like tortoises racing against rabbits......," Wavell explained.

"You're lucky, General!" Churchill impatiently interrupted Wavell's explanation: "Among the tanks I sent you was the 'Crusader', which, you know, was even faster than the German tanks. On the other hand, the Germans are also increasing their troops, you know what I mean? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister!" Wavell replied, "I won't let you down!" ”

At this time, Wavell is full of confidence, and the reasons come from several aspects:

First, as Churchill said, there were 50 "Crusader" cruiser tanks in this batch of tanks, which could reach a maximum speed of 45 kilometers per hour, while the German "No. 3" tank had a maximum speed of only 40 kilometers per hour...... Wavell always believed that the previous defeat to the Germans was due to the fact that the Germans were faster tanks than the Matilda.

Second, there are 150 "Matilda" tanks that arrived in this batch, so that with the remaining "Matilda" and the newly arrived "Crusaders" in Egypt, the British army has a total of 250 tanks.

On the other hand, the Germans, Wavell believed that with the transport capacity of the Italian Navy, the Germans could only transport more than 100 tanks at most.

Wavell was right, and the exact number was 150, of which 60 were old Italian "M13" tanks, known as mobile coffins, and only 90 were German "No. 3" tanks.

In fact, this is not entirely guessing, but the island of Malta is in the hands of the British army, and the British reconnaissance planes have been reconnoitring nearby and even sending warplanes to bomb, so Wavell can estimate the number of tanks shipped to Tobruk.