Chapter Seventy-Eight: Retreat
"I can't believe it!" Werner cautiously leaned out of the trenches, looked at the "Matilda" tanks that had been blown up by the British on the opposite side, and said: "They are really blowing up their own tanks......
"We managed to fool them!" Alfredo couldn't help but cheer: "I'll just say we can do it......"
"Shut your mouth!" Bazel lowered his voice and shouted to Alfredo, "Do you want the English to hear it?" ”
"Yes, sir!" Alfredo hurriedly shut his mouth and hid in the trenches, but he could not hide his joy and clenched his fists in the trenches and shouted excitedly: "God, I can't believe it, we really succeeded, we were saved......"
Qin Chuan guessed one thing correctly, the British pumped out the tank's gasoline and then blew it up, so the tank did not catch fire, at most it emitted some black smoke...... The British were not worried that these tanks would be captured and used by the Germans, and they wanted to repair the damaged tanks and put them back into battle, but they were afraid that it would be more difficult than producing one again, so the wreckage of these tanks was at most used as scrap metal.
Then the British did a tidying up, that is, they threw away all unnecessary things, such as wine carried by officers, unnecessary clothing, too much canned corned beef...... Water and fuel are always the most scarce things in the desert, and people can survive without food for a week, but only three days without water, and this time may be even shorter in the desert. Fuel is what makes a car move, and both are indispensable.
Then there is unnecessary ammunition, such as tank artillery shells...... The tanks were blown up, and the shells of the tank guns were, of course, useless.
This frees up a lot of space and allows the soldiers to fit into the car in one go...... But even this car is still insufficient, so the top of the car and the outside are full of people, and some people have to sit on the cannons of the car, and the soldiers who could not catch the car are anxiously walking on the side of the road while looking at the passing cars, hoping that which car can be stuffed with a few more people, looking at their anxious eyes, even if it is to tie them up with a rope and drag them away.
After more than half an hour of busy work, the British army left like a gust of wind, leaving behind the wreckage of tanks that were once majestic and now dejected, and the garbage abandoned by British soldiers all over the ground.
Only then did the German soldiers erupt in cheers, and the soldiers shouted victory.
Qin Chuan sat paralyzed in the trench as if he had collapsed, the heat from the ground made Qin Chuan a little unbearable, but he still enjoyed it motionless...... He didn't want to ruin the feeling of the moment, the feeling of security.
There was an extra cigarette in front of him, and Qin Chuan looked up and saw that it was Alfredo.
"Thank you!" Qin Chuan took the cigarette as he spoke, and then the two lit each other.
"I should be the one who should say thank you, Sergeant!" Alfredo said, "You saved my life, many times!" ”
"Don't thank me for anything?" Qin Chuan replied: "I just want to save my life, just like you!" ”
"I know!" Alfredo nodded: "And their ......"
As he spoke, Alfredo turned his gaze to the other German soldiers, and said thoughtfully: "They are actually no different, they just want to save their lives!" ”
"You just realized?" Qin Chuan asked.
"No, I knew it from the beginning!" Alfredo replied, "Only...... I've always been used to using another method to achieve this. ”
"The habits of the Italian army?" Qin Chuan smiled, Italy almost wiped out the First Infantry Corps, and now he feels scared when he thinks about it.
"Yes!" Alfredo nodded: "I've always felt that method is the right one, everyone should think about their own lives, right?" It's a no-brainer! ”
After a pause, Alfredo continued: "But at that moment, when I saw that the Italian Navy had so many warships and so many troops, and that it could defeat the enemy but chose to flee and abandon us, I suddenly understood that although it was easier and safer to choose that method, it was to base my own survival on the death of others, which made me understand a little...... Your approach is correct! ”
"Then ......" Qin Chuan looked at Alfredo's pistol and asked, "Is it still out of bullets?" ”
"No, of course not!" Alfredo laughed and raised his pistol, "I've loaded it, but it still hasn't had a chance to show its skills!" ”
"Congratulations!" Qin Chuan said that he felt that Alfredo was indeed different.
"Thank you, Sergeant!" Alfredo said with emotion: "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the opportunity or the courage to face all this, this may be a bit insensitive, but you are my role model!" ”
Qin Chuan smiled, what Alfredo didn't know was that his previous weak performance was actually the real Qin Chuan...... Qin Chuan had to turn himself into the "role model" that everyone saw in order to survive, so Qin Chuan never thought he was great.
It was only then that Colonel Slain called Rommel.
"We have won, General!" Colonel Slane said.
"What?" Rommel asked, "Victory?" ”
"Yes!" Colonel Slain replied: "The British have retreated!" ”
"But...... How can it be? Rommel asked.
Colonel Slein had not reported to Rommel for reasons of keeping the plan secret, so Rommel knew nothing, and he had been agonizing about the reluctance of Italian reinforcements to return to Hong Kong, thinking that if this continued, Tobruk would be doomed.
Even just now, when Rommel picked up the phone and heard Colonel Slain's voice, he thought that Colonel Slein was making a final report to him, but he didn't expect to hear the news of victory, which surprised Rommel as if he had opened a grand prize.
"General!" Colonel Slain replied: "Just like you did in Tripoli, we pretended that reinforcements had already arrived, and then the British retreated......"
"Great idea!" Rommel exclaimed excitedly: "Great, Colonel! You've done a great job, keep holding on to Tobruk, and we'll be joining you right away! ”
Almost at the same time, on the road to Egypt, Lieutenant General Greenhill, who was staggering forward in an armored car, received a piece of information from the listening department, and after a glance at the information, Lieutenant General Greenhill's face changed drastically, and his mouth could not be closed for a long time.
"What's wrong? Lieutenant General! The staff officer asked.
"No, nothing!" Lieutenant General Greenhill was stunned, then crumpled up the information in his hand and threw it into the wastebasket.
"It's just a piece of information about the location of the Germans!" Lieutenant General Greenhill said.