The news left Major General Rich dumbfounded.

"How did they find supplies?" Major General Rich said.

"I don't know how they found it, but they did!" General Auchinleck replied: "So it is clear that we should now make another plan!" ”

After thinking about it, Major General Richie said: "We have two choices, one is to rely on the Gabshali Line and attack the flank of the German Halfa Tooth Line!" ”

General Ochinlek shook his head and said, "What good can this do?" ”

"Encircle and annihilate the German army in Halfa Pass and force the German 21st Panzer Division to come back!" Major General Richie replied.

"No, they won't do what you want!" General Auchinleck pointed to the map and said: "If it were before that, the Germans in Halfa Tooth might have died, and the 21st Panzer Division might have been forced to come back as well, because only then would their 21st Panzer Division survive." But now the 21st Panzer Division has been supplied with enough supplies......"

Saying that, General Auchinleck pointed to the Halfa Tooth Pass Line, and continued: "Then the Halfa Pass Line has little significance for the Germans to defend, because we have crossed from the flank, and it cannot stop our attack and the 13th Army in front of it, so why do they still hold this line of defense that does not serve any purpose?" ”

"The general means ......"

"Yes!" General Auchinlek nodded: "There is no doubt that they will abandon the Halfa Yaguan line, they will withdraw to Tobruk garrison, where there are more adequate supplies and stronger fortifications, and the tanks from the Americans in our hands are not enough to break through this line!" ”

General Auchinleck was telling the truth, the Tobruk Line was built by the British themselves, and of course they knew how powerful it was...... Its dense bunker complex, coupled with the fact that the Germans had acquired a new PAK38 anti-tank gun, was a fool's dream to attack it with the "Stuart" tank.

The advantages of the "Stuart" tank were maneuverability and suppression of infantry fire, and attacking fortifications and fighting tanks were not its forte.

"That's it!" General Auchinleck continued: "The German army will form a defensive center with Tobruk as the defensive center and the 21st Panzer Division as the offensive strategy, and these two parts will coordinate with each other, and can flexibly attack our army's logistics and supply or stick a knife in our back at any time!" ”

General Auchinleck guessed correctly, because before he could finish speaking, a staff officer took a telegram and excitedly reported: "General, Lieutenant General Austin has telegraphed that the Germans have retreated under their offensive, and they have successfully broken through the Halfa Pass!" ”

Lieutenant General Austin was commander of the 13th Army, commanding the assault on the Halfa Tooth Pass Line.

Obviously, Lieutenant General Austin did not know that this was actually a strategic contraction of the German army's voluntary retreat, or that Austin knew, but glorified it as the result of the heroic fighting of the British army.

General Auchinlake and Major General Richie only smiled wryly when they heard the news.

"Then there's only one other option!" Major General Rich said: "Let's go back to Sidioma and fight the enemy!" ”

General Auchinleck nodded, which was also what he thought.

At this time, the German 21st Panzer Division was like a thorn in the side of the British army, and it would be difficult for the British army to be peaceful without uprooting it...... This was mainly due to the fact that the 21st Panzer Division received a large amount of supplies, which allowed the German 21st Panzer Division to reach everything they wanted to reach and attack everything they wanted to attack.

Without supplies, anyone knows that the German 21st Panzer Division will not go far, but now, they can even fight all the way to Cairo, the capital of Egypt, and even occupy the Suez Canal...... At this time, the main force of the British army had been fully engaged in the battle on the front line of Halfa Pass, and the empty interior was completely open in front of the German 21st Panzer Division.

On the other hand, even if the 21st Panzer Division had not attacked Cairo, they would have left the British 13th and 30th armies without or only a small amount of supplies.

Therefore, the British army must drag or annihilate this 21st Panzer Division, otherwise everything is over.

"The Germans have a weakness!" General Auchinleck said: "They don't have enough cars!" ”

Major General Richie nodded in agreement.

At first glance, this may not sound like a big deal, but fighting in the desert is more about tanks, what can you do without enough cars?

But things are not as simple as they seem.

Almost everything in the mechanized army is mounted on a car, infantry, supplies, fuel, ammunition, etc. Only then will the infantry be able to keep up with the tanks.

That's not the point of what General Ochinlake said.

In a way, the German 21st Panzer Division certainly had enough cars, otherwise they would not have been able to maneuver quickly to Sidioma.

The question is...... The Germans found a large supply in Sidioma.

When General Auchinleck said "there were not enough cars," he meant that the Germans were unable to take all these supplies with them. They can only carry a maximum of three days of water and oil...... This was decided by the haste of the 21st Panzer Division to the front.

So, what will the German 21st Panzer Division do?

Abandon Sidioma's supplies and leave with only three days of oil and water?

General Auchinleck believed that the Germans would choose to stay...... So this was actually a good thing for the British army, and Sidioma's supplies would hold back the German army.

General Auchinleck guessed correctly, and the Germans were faced with such a choice.

In fact, before General Auchinleck had decided to let the British army move, he had already sent air forces to reconnoiter and bomb Sidioma...... General Auchinleck held out a glimmer of hope that the bombers would blow up the supplies that had fallen into the hands of the Germans.

But this is obviously an extravagant hope, the British army had considered this factor when burying these supplies in the ground, so it was safe to bury them very deep, and coupled with the cover of the wind and sand, the British bombers could not even determine the location of the supplies and even the German army.

While the British fighters were flying in the air, General Stryk even brewed coffee in the "Mammoth" command vehicle......

General Stryk seemed to be in a good mood, and he handed the brewed coffee to the officers sitting in the hands of Colonel Slein and other officers, including Qin Chuan.

"Thank you, General!" Qin Chuan was just a sergeant, and he shouldn't have had such an honor.

"No, you deserve it!" General Stryk said: "And I will still make good on my promise, but not now." You know, I can't get that many chickens right now! ”

Qin Chuan knew that this was a joke, and although it was not funny, he still laughed with General Stryk and the other officers.

"Boom" A bomb exploded nearby, and the vibration caused some dust to fall from the top of the command vehicle.

General Stryk didn't panic at all, he raised his coffee and took a sip very calmly, and then said, "So, sergeant, what do you think we should do next?" ”