"What supplies are you talking about?" General Stryk asked.

"Supplies from the British, of course!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Do you know where the supplies are for the British?"

"No, I don't know!"

"And what do you mean by getting supplies?"

"General!" Qin Chuan walked to the map, pointed to the map and said, "The British have a habit of fighting, that is, they always prepare a huge amount of supplies before attacking and transport as many as possible to a position close to the front line to prepare. This is because the British are so dependent on supplies that they had to do it! ”

General Stryk nodded when he heard this.

Although Qin Chuan did not elaborate, General Stryk understood the meaning behind these words: the German army relied on supplies, in fact, any mechanized army was very dependent on supplies, cars and tanks could not move an inch without gasoline, soldiers could not survive without drinking water, and they could not fight without ammunition......

However, the Germans were less dependent on supplies than the British, mainly for morale, training and tactical reasons.

Because the Germans had higher morale, they were often able to fight without supplies, and sometimes even captured British equipment to fight. It was very difficult for the British to do this.

Because the Germans were better trained, they would need much less supplies than the British army, for example, the Germans often used a small slice of bread and potatoes for a meal, and the water consumption per person per day was only half that of the British soldiers...... Each person per day, if you use a division or even an army to calculate, it is an extremely large number.

The Germans placed more emphasis on precision shooting in terms of tactics...... In fact, this can also be said to be a problem of equipment, the advantage of the K98K is that it has a long range and high accuracy, and the German soldiers who use it are more inclined to shoot accurately. The advantage of the "Enfield" rifle was the rate of fire and the ammunition capacity, and the British troops who used it were more inclined to fire suppression.

It is difficult to say which is better or worse on the battlefield, because a few "Enfield" rifles can even suppress the German machine guns and cover the charge of the troops, and even the poorly trained British recruits may be able to inflict a large number of casualties on the Germans in a short period of time.

But here's the problem......

The problem with the high rate of fire and high ammunition capacity is that there must be more ammunition.

The boil down to this is that the British were much more dependent on supplies than the Germans.

Colonel Slain nodded in agreement.

"General!" Colonel Slein said: "The last time we attacked Tobruk, the British set up positions along the road to support their supply needs, and I think this time the British were no exception! ”

"So......" General Stryker said, turning his gaze to the map, "do you think the British will have three divisions of supplies nearby?" ”

"Three divisions?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but be shocked.

Qin Chuan's shock was faked...... He knew a lot of information, even Stryk and the others didn't know, but this information was not what a sergeant should know.

"Yes!" Colonel Albridge explained: "We have just received information that the main forces of the British have already crossed our line before us, they have at least three divisions of strength, two infantry divisions and an armored division, and now they have reoccupied the Gabshali line!" ”

"General!" Qin Chuan said: "This proves that my conjecture is right, three divisions...... There is also an armored division in it, which requires extremely large logistical support. It is even possible that the British thought that they would be able to storm the Halfa Tooth Pass line and even Tobruk with lightning speed, and then chase us down all the way......"

General Stryk nodded again.

The British were perfectly capable of doing this, because the British had already received a large number of American tanks, and the Germans had no idea about it until then.

Then, if Britain originally planned to pursue and kill the German and Italian troops all the way, it would have to accumulate a large number of supplies close to the front line, otherwise it would risk losing fighters due to insufficient supplies.

After a moment of silence, General Stryk said, "Do you know what awaits us if we are wrong?" ”

Of course, Qin Chuan knew that if he guessed wrong or the British blew it up in time before the Germans could be resupplied, then the German tanks and cars would not have enough gasoline to fight the British...... This almost meant the destruction of the 21st Panzer Division.

"But, General!" Qin Chuan said: "Even if we return to the Gabshali Line, it is not optimistic, the British must have been ready for battle, although the American tanks in their hands are not as good as ours, but they have 6-pounder anti-tank guns, and the coordination of air power...... Even if we can win, I'm afraid it will be a miserable victory! ”

General Stryk's face couldn't help but change when he heard this, what Qin Chuan said was not impossible, they seemed to have thought about the battle situation too simple before.

Then, General Stryk raised his head and asked the two regiment commanders, "What do you think?" ”

Colonel Slain glanced at Qin Chuan, then spread his hands and said, "General, although this suggestion is indeed very risky, as the commander of the First Infantry Corps, I know very well that every suggestion made by the sergeant has been proven to be correct, so I agree to do it!" ”

"I agree!" Colonel Albridge said, "While it is true that this may wipe us out, the general ...... If we succeed, it will deprive three divisions of the British of supplies, and the British offensive will be self-defeating! War is gambling, isn't it? I think we should take a gamble! ”

General Stryk nodded, and then said to Qin Chuan: "Sergeant, if you are right, I will give you a chicken for each of you!" ”

So the troops quickly advanced in the wind and sand.

The wind and sand at this time were in favor of the Germans, because just as the Germans failed to detect the British crossing their lines, the British also failed to discover the position of the German 21st Panzer Division.

The newly appointed commanders of the Eighth Army, Major General Ritchie and General Ochinleck, thought that the Germans would return to the Gabshali Line, so they ordered the 30th Army to actively deploy there, and even mobilized the air force to conduct a coordinated exercise...... General Auchinleck feared that the Air Force would not be able to recognize friend or foe in the wind and sand, just as they had made during the defensive battle of Tobruk.

Unbeknownst to General Auchinleck, the German 21st Panzer Division did not return to the Gabshali Line at all, as he had expected, but went straight for their supply base, Sidioma.

However, General Auchinleck did not think that the Germans would be able to get the supplies they had accumulated in Sidioma.