"What? What did you say? Colonel Slane couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Bazel's report: "You mean we won?" ”

"Yes, Colonel!" Bazel was so excited that his voice trembled a little: "They have surrendered, we will hold the warehouse!" ”

"How many of them are there?" Colonel Slane asked.

"There are 500 of them!" Bazel replied: "Twenty tanks, twenty armored vehicles, and some cars for transporting ammunition!" ”

"But there are only a hundred of you!" The more Colonel Slain listened, the more incredulous he became: "And you have nothing, and you actually defeated them?" ”

"Yes, Colonel!" Bazel replied: "We even captured five tanks and seven armored vehicles, all of which were intact!" ”

"How did you do that?" Colonel Slein even had some doubts that Bazel had said these words under duress from the British.

"Remember Sergeant Flick?" Bazel asked rhetorically.

"Uh-huh!" Colonel Slane said, "That scheming fellow......"

Then Colonel Slein reacted: "You mean, he was the one who gave you the victory?" ”

"Yes!" Bazel replied: "He advised us to defend on the cruise ship, you know, on the cruise ship we are safe, the tanks can never get close to us, unless they can swim, and we can shoot condescendingly on the cruise ship......"

"So you're victorious!" Colonel Slain couldn't help but laugh: "Great, Captain! You still have your troops, especially that Sergeant Flick...... It's a pretty fight, good advice, and I think I should probably give you a little more vacation, but the war isn't over yet, understand? ”

"Understood, sir!" Bazel replied.

The sky is gradually brightening, and a fiery red sun rises above the sea level, indicating that the world will turn from cold to hot again.

Werner was lying on the cruise ship's bed on all fours like an upside-down sea cucumber, his eyes half-closed, a cigarette in his mouth, and a kettle full of water at the head of the bed.

"Can we sleep here for a while? Sergeant! Werner asked.

"No way!" Qin Chuan replied while sorting out his backpack.

"Why?" "We all dream of having a clean house, look here...... We could even have a room per person! ”

Several of Qin Chuan's subordinates also looked at Qin Chuan with expectant eyes.

"If you want to stay here, I have no problem!" Qin Chuan picked up his backpack as he spoke.

The subordinates couldn't help but let out a cheer.

But Qin Chuan added inappropriately: "As long as you are not afraid of death!" ”

"What?" Werner bounced off the bed with a kick.

Qin Chuan replied slowly: "I have reason to believe that the British army has reported the cause of the defeat to their commander last night, that is...... The British already knew that it was this cruise ship that caused their defeat! And now it's dawn again, so what do you think will happen? ”

"Bombers?" Werner was so shocked that the cigarette almost fell out of his mouth.

Qin Chuan didn't answer, put on his backpack and grabbed his rifle again, and said, "Anyway, I still choose to go to the dock, you decide for yourself!" ”

This trick was very useful, as soon as Qin Chuan stepped out of the door, the soldiers took care of their outfits in the cabin as fast as they could, and after a while, they followed behind in unison.

Qin Chuan is not alarmist when he says this, but the reason is not this...... Reinforcements from Benghazi were about to arrive in Tobruk Harbour, and if the British wanted to fight for it, they should send air power to prevent reinforcements from entering the port.

Qin Chuan guessed correctly, Major General Evans couldn't help but be stunned on the spot after hearing that last night's plan failed, no matter how careful he was, he couldn't have imagined that the last bad thing would be the cruise ships captured by the Germans, he knew that this was the case, he should have asked the Air Force to blow up and sink these cruise ships yesterday.

It was too late to say anything, the plan for a sneak attack had failed, and the next problem was for enemy reinforcements to enter the harbor and replenish Tobruk's defenses.

This made Major General Evans feel as if the sky was falling, as I said before, the port of Tobruk was responsible for the supply of more than 100,000 British troops, and without it, it would mean that more than 100,000 British troops would be killed......

"Major General!" The staff officer handed a telegram to Major General Evans and said, "Lieutenant General Greenhill's order ......"

Evans picked up the telegram and glanced at it, it read: "Go ahead and attack Tobruk, whether the warehouse can be recaptured or not!" ”

Major General Evans couldn't help but nod, Lieutenant General Greenhill's order was the same as Evans' thoughts.

The recapture of the warehouses was important to the British, as it almost represented the question of whether the British could continue to fight the Germans in the area.

But now, it is almost impossible to recapture the warehouse.

The reason is simple, a sneak attack can only be used once, and the second time the enemy will be prepared, not to mention that the enemy's forces will be replenished immediately.

Then, in the event that it is not possible to recapture the warehouse, the recapture of Tobruk becomes a top priority.

Because Tobruk could provide the necessary supplies for the retreat of the main forces of the British army...... Fuel and ammunition could be brought in from Egypt by transport ship, and even the British could use the port to retreat as long as Tobruk was in the hands of the British.

Otherwise, it is questionable whether the British troops will return to Egypt safely.

What's more, if the port of Tobruk is in the hands of the Germans, then Italian transport ships will continue to send material resources here, and it will become an advance base for German and Italian troops to pursue British troops and even attack Egypt.

At this time, Major General Evans could not help but regret a little, he had a good chance last night, he could have routed the Germans and occupied the port of Tobruk, as the staff officer said...... But Major General Evans made the wrong decision for the sake of supplies.

But it is difficult to judge which is right and which is wrong: in the situation at that time, I am afraid that the vast majority of people would choose to do the same thing as Major General Evans, and no one could have imagined that an elite unit with absolute superiority in equipment and strength would be defeated by an ordinary German infantry company.

This is also the charm of war, any accident can happen, and no matter how well planned it is, there is no guarantee of victory.

Rear Admiral Evans knew that regretting it would not help things now, so he looked at the map and said to the staff officer: "Contact the air command and have them ready to bomb the enemy's reinforcement fleet at any time!" ”

"Yes!" The staff officer responded.

Now the only way to start was to stop the enemy's reinforcements, Major General Evans couldn't help but sigh, knowing that the main force would soon retreat to Tobruk.