"What's the situation?" Werner asked, cocking his submachine gun and looking around warily.

The soldiers immediately became nervous.

Qin Chuan listened carefully, but there was no movement again...... But he didn't think it was easy to let it go, because although the Germans had captured British tanks, they wouldn't drive them, especially at night when tanks were hard to use.

Therefore, the sound of the tank's tracks almost represents the enemy's situation.

"Otto!" Qin Chuan shouted to the baker on the roof of the building: "Look at the situation, the direction of the wind is blowing ......"

The baker's squad was in charge of perimeter guarding, and they were armed with mortar flares captured from the British.

"Don't worry, Frick!" The baker replied: "If anything happens, the colonel will inform us!" ”

"Look at the situation, there's no loss, isn't it?" Qin Chuan did not give up, as the so-called cautious sailing of the 10,000-year-old ship, especially on the battlefield.

"Alright! Is the direction in which the wind is blowing? The baker replied as he ordered his men to fire a flare to the southwest.

The flares rose and emitted a dazzling glow in the open air, but there was nothing in the flat sand waterfall under the bright light.

The baker was about to put down his binoculars when he noticed a cloud of smoke drifting by...... Familiar with the battlefield, he immediately recognized that it was the exhaust of the tank.

"One more shot!" The baker hurriedly ordered: "Go to the right!" ”

Another flare slowly rose into the air, and the baker was stunned as dozens of tanks and armored vehicles approached their position two kilometers away......

"British!" The baker, who reacted, couldn't help but shout backwards: "Here they are, there are tanks and armored vehicles!" ”

There was a "woo", and before the words fell, several shells exploded nearby, and it was the British army who first attacked the port of Tobruk with mortars and howitzers after knowing that they had been discovered.

The port soon became busy, and they took up their weapons and entered the defensive positions, and some soldiers spontaneously dragged several British anti-tank guns out of the warehouse and carried ammunition to prepare.

"What's going on?" Bazel stepped out of the command room with his belt on.

"Captain!" Qin Chuan replied: "The British are coming, there are many tanks and armored vehicles!" ”

"Are you mistaken?" Bazel still doesn't believe it: "Maybe they are an underground organization......"

But before Bazel could finish speaking, another flare rose into the air, and Bazel was stunned as he looked at the row of British tanks advancing at full speed in the bright light.

Then, Bazel ran back to the headquarters at a speed of 100 meters and connected to the regimental headquarters.

"Colonel!" Bazel shouted into the microphone: "The British have hit the port, they have a lot of tanks, ask for reinforcements!" ”

"It can't be!" Colonel Slane replied: "We have been on the defensive line!" ”

"I don't know how they did it!" Bazel replied: "But they are indeed right in front of us, and the preliminary estimate is the strength of a battalion!" ”

Colonel Slain couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he didn't understand why these British troops didn't give themselves a blow from behind and attacked the port of Tobruk since they could pass through the defensive line.

Then he soon understood that the British were doing this for the sake of the supplies in the warehouse.

Thinking of this, Colonel Slein immediately ordered: "At all costs, the warehouse must be guarded, and I will send reinforcements to you immediately!" ”

"Yes, Colonel!"

"If you can't hold it!" Colonel Slane added: "Just blow up the warehouse, understand? ”

"Yes, Colonel!"

Colonel Slein had just told a lie...... "send reinforcements immediately" was actually unachievable, because the British army was storming the German line from several directions, which made Colonel Slein use the reserves and even his own guards, and just now, he was considering whether to transfer some of the troops guarding the warehouse.

As Colonel Slane walked a few steps back and forth beside the communications van, he was faced with a difficult choice: should he take all his troops and withdraw to Tobruk to defend or continue to fight?

The former was obviously not a good choice, as Tobruk had no trenches, barbed wire, mines, and pillboxes, which would only crumble the Germans under British tanks.

Therefore, Colonel Slain could only choose the latter, that is, completely put the crisis of Port Tobruk behind and continue to defend on the defensive line.

"God will have to leave the rest!" Colonel Slane said to himself, and then went on to command his troops.

Bazel, of course, understood, because if the colonel could send reinforcements as soon as he said or if there were enough reinforcements, then he should not be prepared to bomb the warehouse...... So, everything is on your own.

"Anti-tank guns!" As soon as Bazel walked out of the headquarters, he shouted at the soldiers: "Prepare a few more, and we will blow up their tanks with the British anti-tank guns!" ”

"Yes, Captain!"

Although the soldiers replied like this, they could not help but worry in their hearts.

Because they knew the great performance of the British anti-tank guns and tanks...... This is the basic lesson of the battlefield, and the officers and a small number of soldiers at the grassroots level all demand to know the data of the equipment of the enemy and us, such as the depth of penetration of the anti-tank on both sides at what distance, the thickness of the tank armor, and so on.

Only in this way will you not make low-level mistakes on the battlefield, such as firing anti-tank guns before they are enough to penetrate the enemy's armor, which will not only fail to cause any damage to the enemy tank, but also kill you by revealing your position.

THEREFORE, WHEN BAZEL SHOUTED THAT SENTENCE, THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO THE MINDS OF THE SOLDIERS WAS: THE "VALENTINE" TANK HAD 60MM OF FRONT ARMOR, AND THE BRITISH 6-POUNDER ANTI-TANK GUN COULD PENETRATE IT ONLY AT A DISTANCE OF 500 METERS......

God, 500 meters!

At this distance, they themselves have long been bombarded by enemy tanks! And this distance is only two minutes for the "Valentine" tank, although it is slow.

THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THE BRITISH ANTI-TANK GUN IS NOT EXCELLENT, IN FACT, ITS PENETRATION DEPTH IS BETTER THAN THAT OF THE GERMAN PAK36 ANTI-TANK GUN *** THE AK36 PENETRATION DEPTH AT A DISTANCE OF 500 METERS IS ONLY 50MM).

This was due to the fact that the German tanks were more mobile and had poor defenses, and the British were able to deal with the German No. 3 tank guns with these 6-pounder anti-tank guns, but now they were dealing with the thicker armored British tanks...... The German soldiers could only be glad that they were facing the "Valentine" tank instead of the "Matilda" tank, which had thicker armor.

Later, the German soldiers learned that in fact, on the battlefield, the "Valentine" tank was more difficult to deal with than the "Matilda" tank, and the "Valentine" was only inferior to the "Matilda" in surface data.