If some students feel that the combat power of the Italian army is not weak, they can consult the history of World War II on their own.

I think there is a very bad phenomenon in the current social atmosphere, that is, there are some people who always think that being different is the truth, and think that everything has an inside story, for example, everyone thinks that the Italian army is not good at fighting, and suddenly one of them jumps out and says that this is not the case, what is the truth...... This is how it catches the eye. But the facts are there, soldiers have always written books on the basis of consulting a large number of information, can not say that every battle, a considerable part of the background of actual combat, if you have any questions, please supplement the information yourself, thank you!

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"It seems that we have no choice but to defend here!" Bazel glanced at Colonel Slain and said, "Colonel, don't worry! We will not let the Germans get any supplies, including those left behind by the Italians! ”

"Supplies for the Italians?" Colonel Slain was a little curious.

"Yes!" "We found some equipment left by the Italians in the warehouse, and this was once a port for the Italians, wasn't it? ”

Colonel Slain couldn't help but let out an "oh", and then said with a smile: "The Italians must have left their supplies intact to the British!" ”

"Do you have military uniforms and helmets in these supplies?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes!" Bazel nodded: "The British have brought all the fuel and food that can be used to the front line, and the rest is this garbage!" ”

There was a burst of laughter from the officers, who were constantly proud in front of the Italian troops.

Only Colonel Slain felt that Qin Chuan's question was not so simple, so he asked, "Is there anything wrong with this, sergeant?" ”

"No, no...... No problem! Qin Chuan said: "I'm just wondering if the British will attack if we have reinforcements!" ”

"What do you mean?" Colonel Slane looked at Qin Chuan puzzled: "Of course they will attack!" ”

"I don't think so!" Qin Chuan said: "If we have enough reinforcements, then the British attack will turn into an adventure. ”

"Explain!" Colonel Slain raised his head towards Qin Chuan.

"You know, the Tobruk defense is strong!" Qin Chuan explained: "We control the warehouse, and the ammunition supply is also sufficient, if there are enough troops...... We could rain a lot of bullets and shells on the enemy, including anti-tank shells, and the British 'Matilda' tanks obviously couldn't withstand such an attack! ”

The officers Qin Chuan said can understand that this is not to say that the German artillery fire can penetrate the "Matilda" tank, in fact, it is difficult for the British anti-tank guns to penetrate the frontal armor of the "Matilda" at close range.

The problem was that ...... Matilda had a high failure rate in high temperatures, especially since the British attack was in the afternoon when the temperature was highest...... If there is heavy artillery fire at this time, not to mention the rest, even if the ground is potholed, it will be enough for "Matilda" to eat a pot.

"Therefore!" Qin Chuan continued: "If we have sufficient troops, the British army has every reason to believe that the probability of them taking Tobruk is very low. If they had forced their attack, they would have faced a large number of infantry attacking our machine-gun positions over the faulty tanks, which again proved to be ineffective! ”

"It's like the Battle of the Somme!" Kuhn said.

The Battle of the Somme was a classic battle of the First World War, in which the Germans deployed a Mark-Secretion machine gun every 100 meters, and in six days they shot more than 100,000 charging British troops...... Since then, the swarm charge has been deemed ineffective, thus completely rewriting the army's offensive tactics.

"In other words!" Qin Chuan nodded and continued: "In this case, the British have to consider whether they can take Tobruk in a short time, otherwise they will be completely surrounded by the main force led by General Rommel...... And if they don't choose to attack, they still have time and enough fuel to escape. I mean, they can drop the tank and save the fuel for the car, which will increase their marching speed in stages......"

"The problem is that we don't have enough troops!" Bazel interrupted Qin Chuan's words: "The truth is that we only have more than a thousand people, and many of them are wounded who have lost their combat capability, they can trample us to death like an ant!" ”

There is no doubt about this, two panzer divisions against a thousand exhausted German troops, and the main British forces will continue to pour in...... So what Bazel said was absolutely true, the British army could take Tobruk almost with a single charge, and it would not take more than an hour.

But that's not the point.

"I know!" Qin Chuan replied: "But what if the British thought our reinforcements had arrived?" ”

Hearing this, the officers couldn't help but look at each other.

After a long time, Bazel said: "If the British think that our reinforcements have arrived, then they will most likely abandon the attack and choose to flee!" ”

"So all we have to do is convince the British that our reinforcements have arrived!" Kuhn answered.

"But how can we convince the British!" "Their air force has already driven away reinforcements, and they may even send reconnaissance planes to follow them all the way!" Lucas said. ”

The adjutant was right, the British were not so easily fooled, and the British Air Force also had this condition...... the "Mosquito" reconnaissance plane could fly in the air for more than 10 hours in a row, so the British would not be so easily fooled.

So the officers turned their attention to Qin Chuan again.

Qin Chuan replied: "They can see surface warships, but they can't see underwater submarines!" ”

"But the Italians didn't send submarines at all!" Lucas objected.

The officers looked at Lucas like a monster, and Lucas asked in confusion, "What's wrong?" Did I say something wrong? ”

"No, Lucas!" Colonel Slein said: "You didn't say anything wrong, you just didn't figure it out, the point is that the British didn't know if the Italians sent submarines, and we won't let them know!" ”

"That's a great idea!" "We can claim that submarines are sending reinforcements, and we're blocking the harbor, and no one knows if there really are submarines," Bazel said. ”

"Italians can use their military uniforms and helmets!" Kuhn said: "We can have our soldiers put on those uniforms, wear those helmets, and even carry Italian Manlicia rifles in a neat formation through Tobruk to reinforce the line!" ”

Qin Chuan nodded and added: "We can make some dummies on the position, let them wear Italian helmets and Italian military uniforms......"

"Then our soldiers returned to the port and went one more time, so there was another batch of reinforcements!"

"Yes, just like General Rommel deceived the British with fake tanks in Tripoli!"

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"Can we fool the British?" Bazel asked, a little worried.

"We don't have a choice, do we?" Colonel Slein said, "Besides, it won't hurt us to try!" ”