As a result, a large number of tanks, vehicles, and supplies were transported to Ochinleke via the Red Sea.

While the Germans received more than 200 tanks and thought they had greatly increased their strength, the British received several times as many supplies and equipment as the Germans.

The British army received supplies from the colonies with 300 Valentine and Matilda tanks (170 of which were Matilda) transported by American transport ships, 300 American-made Stuart light tanks, 3,400 trucks, 600 field guns, 240 anti-aircraft guns, 200 anti-tank guns, and 900 mortars from India...... These are all trivial for the American Victory Wheel and Liberty Wheel, which can carry 2,840 jeeps, 440 tanks and 230 million rounds of ammunition alone.

And these supplies are only a small part of the story.

In addition, the sappers of New Zealand, one of the British colonies, had also built the railroad from Alexandria to the village of Mishepha, 30 miles south of the village of Sidi Barani, so that the British army's supply line could stretch from Alexandria to the front line, and supplies could be transported to every soldier on the front line by rail.

This resulted in a daily water consumption of 3 quarts per person per British soldier on the front line, which was almost twice as much water as the German soldiers.

After receiving these supplies, General Auchinleck reorganized the forces in North Africa into the Eighth Army, which was commanded by Allen Brown. Lieutenant General Cunningham held the position, and the army group consisted of two corps, the 13th Army and the 30th Army...... The backbone of these two armies is the two armored divisions of the British army, that is, the 15th and 7th armored divisions, and most of the rest of the troops are South African divisions, British and Indian divisions or New Zealand divisions.

There are more things in his hands, and General Auchinlake has the confidence, coupled with the urging of Churchill...... The "Crusader Operation", planned by General Auchinlake, was also released.

In fact, General Auchinleck wanted to make more preparations before starting the fight, because he knew very well that although the British army had a large number of tanks, it was composed of "infantry tanks" and "reconnaissance tanks" (M3 Stuart), and their troops did not know how to use these tanks to coordinate, and they were not sure whether these tanks had an advantage over German tanks.

Therefore, the Eighth Army needs time to train, and equipment also needs time to be verified.

Helplessly, Churchill urged again and again, and even issued an ultimatum to General Auchinleck: "The order must be obeyed, otherwise he will be dismissed on the spot!" ”

It is understandable that Churchill would be so anxious, because of the indiscriminate bombardment of Malta by the German army...... Churchill hoped that Auchinleck's land offensive would attract Luftwaffe forces to share some of the pressure on Malta, otherwise the British would no longer be able to strangle Italy's supply lines to North Africa once Malta fell into German hands.

While the British army was busy reorganizing its army and learning to use the new American-made "Stuart" tank, Qin Chuan's attention was focused on a chicken.

This was the third week of training after the reorganization of the 5th Light Division into the 21st Panzer Division...... For example, the original artillery battalion was reorganized into an artillery regiment, and a motorized mobile battalion and a field training battalion (also known as a supplementary battalion, that is, the establishment for the new recruits to adapt to the combat environment mentioned above) were added.

In order for these new units to better coordinate with other combat units, a lot of training and even exercises are required.

Training in the desert is of course hard, especially far from Tobruk...... In Tobruk, the soldiers could bathe and swim in the sea in their free time, try the noodles made by the Italians, and occasionally go to the people with canned food or chicken, duck and the like, and the most pleasant thing is to whistle at the women who fooled around with the Italian soldiers......

In this respect, the German soldiers were really inferior to the Italian soldiers.

Italian soldiers could take their women to the beach to bask in the sun at will, and at night they would have a dance party around a bonfire on the beach, or even kiss me and me in the dark not far away, and no one would stop them...... According to Alfredo, it was the private life of the Italian soldiers themselves, and the officers never interfered, even the officers did.

And the German soldiers could only watch the Italian soldiers play with "envy, jealousy, hatred".

Want to do something with them?

Think of that 100ml green liquid!

In fact, this is the main reason why the officers want to pull the troops out of Tobruk...... The German officers feared that the German soldiers would inevitably be affected by staying with these lax Italian soldiers, and that their combat effectiveness would decline exponentially.

The result was a training session in the desert for the 21st Panzer Division, with a daily limit of two jugs of water per person, or 2,000 milliliters, eating bread that itched to the throat and baked potatoes that were shriveled like mummies.

The soldiers couldn't stand it that night...... This may be called "from simplicity to luxury, from luxury to simplicity", the supply difficulties were also eating these foods before, and no one could stand it, but after enjoying it in Tobruk for a while, it feels like a torture to return to this difficult state.

"Hey!" Werner thought first: "We should get something to eat, we haven't smelled meat in a week!" ”

"What are you thinking, Werner?" The baker said, "We were still eating canned corned beef yesterday!" ”

"I don't think it's meat!" Werner quibbled: "That's mashed meat!" ”

"That's a hard thing to swallow!" Alfredo replied: "I really don't understand why the British would use it as military rations!" ”

In fact, no matter how many times you eat something, you will get tired of eating, especially the military food whose main function is to wrap the stomach.

"The British certainly didn't think about the feelings of the recruits!" Yakop said: "I can't eat a single can of corned beef in my class, in fact...... When I see them, my men will spit out everything they ate yesterday! ”

Yakop's men were all recruits, and when they saw the ground corned beef, they naturally remembered the corpses that had been pulped by the tank tracks...... Saying this, Qin Chuan felt that they were really similar.

"But what can we do?" The baker said, "This is the desert, and Tobruk is thirty miles away!" ”

Werner "shh ”