1. "Are you sure that's the case?" General Stryker asked.

"No, I'm not sure!" Colonel Albridge replied: "Because we only got the answer from a sketch, we haven't even seen a real tank!" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "I'm also guessing!" ”

Qin Chuan could only say this, otherwise he would not be able to explain that he would know the weakness of the "General Grant" tank.

"Maybe we can let Major General Gro try it first!" Colonel Albridge suggested.

"Great idea!" General Stryk said.

But after he received a telegram from the adjutant, he shook his head and replied: "It's too late, they (the 15th Panzer Division) have already retreated, they have lost thirty-one tanks, and about twenty-three of the enemy tanks have been destroyed!" ”

It is quite good to be able to achieve such a result despite being ambushed by the enemy and having a clear disadvantage in the number of tanks.

That is to say...... We still have to face at least fifty tanks! Colonel Albridge's face was a little ugly.

"Whatever!" Colonel Slein said, "We're just going to have to try this method, aren't we?" ”

"Yes!" General Stryk said to Colonel Albridge: "Convey this tactic in an affirmative tone, understand?" ”

"Understood, General!" Colonel Albridge replied.

There is a famous saying on the battlefield: "A worst strategy is better than hesitation".

The meaning of this phrase is to be "decisive" and "certain" on the battlefield.

In other words, even if the decision made at that time is proved wrong after the war, it is much better than hesitating for a while, and this and that.

That's what General Stryk meant.

Although the tactic Qin Chuan said was "uncertain", it must be "certain" if it was conveyed, so that the entire army could move in one direction and one goal.

So, when Colonel Albridge called a meeting of the officers of the 5th Panzer Regiment, he said with full confidence: "Gentlemen, I have the bad news for you, the 15th Panzer Division has suffered heavy losses from the enemy's new tanks, and they are on their way to retreat here. But their defeat was not without value, they used their lives and blood to find the weakness of the enemy's new tanks, and what we have to do is to learn these and use it to defeat those British......"

The tactic is actually very simple, it is to change the path of the tank. In addition, the tanks should be dispersed as much as possible, and if they are grouped together, they will be easily covered by the fire of the "new tanks" that have a numerical advantage.

But it was not difficult to disperse, because the 21st Panzer Division had only twenty-four tanks in total, and it was difficult for them not to disperse on a long defensive line.

"Sergeant!" General Stryk said to Qin Chuan: "You should probably stay here a little longer, such as waiting for the latest information or something!" ”

Qin Chuan understood what General Stryk meant.

General Stryker's real intention was not to make Qin Chuan wait for the latest information, he was to give Qin Chuan an excuse to stay in the command vehicle to avoid this potentially dangerous battle.

Qin Chuan wanted to agree, and General Stryk had already found a good excuse for him.

But in the end, Qin Chuan still refused, because it made Qin Chuan feel that he had betrayed his comrades.

"I think I should go back to the soldiers!" Qin Chuan said: "My subordinates need me!" ”

General Stryk nodded and said, "You're brave, Sergeant. Good luck! ”

"Good luck!"

So Qin Chuan was sent back to the position.

By the time he returned to his position, it had changed...... Several trenches appeared in the desert as if by magic, and several barbed wire fences were pulled in front of the trenches and mines were laid.

Of course, these barbed wire and mines were passageable in order to allow the withdrawn 15th Panzer Division to pass.

Behind the trenches were foxholes and anti-tank gun emplacements, with the occasional anti-aircraft gun and anti-aircraft machine gun emplacement.

"Sergeant!" Seeing Qin Chuan coming up, Werner beckoned to Qin Chuan and shouted, "Here...... We thought you wouldn't be able to catch this fight! ”

"No!" Qin Chuan jumped into the trench and replied: "I'm worried that the British will miss my rifle!" ”

There was laughter in the trenches.

Then there was nothing to prepare, Jakop brought boxes of anti-tank grenades, and Werner removed an "English crossbow" from the car...... This thing was captured in Alexandria, not many were captured, most of them were blown up in battle, and only a few were usable, and Werner kept one of them.

Werner put the "English crossbow" on the trench, patted the cannon and said: "Now let the British taste its power!" ”

"The enemy will be the first to find it and blast you into the sky!" Kuhn said, "That's a big guy, isn't it? ”

Kuhn was right when he said that the "English crossbow" might be useful in street fighting, but in an open positional battle...... It would be a good target for snipers.

Especially when pulling the main spring to "load", because in the trench it is impossible to "open the bow" in a lying position, and "opening the bow" in a standing position is almost telling the enemy "I'm here, shoot at me"!

"Speaking of which......" retorted Werner, "at least I don't need to run in front of the tank with an explosive pack or a grenade to blow it up...... That's more dangerous, isn't it? ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, Werner was right, the German army urgently needed a single anti-tank weapon...... In fact, the German army did have it in World War II, and that was the anti-tank rocket launcher known as the "Iron Fist".

It's just that it wasn't produced until '43, almost two years later, and by then it didn't change much.

Why not get the "Iron Fist" out in advance?

Qin Chuan thought that its structure was not complicated, and it was even very similar to the "England Bow Crossbow", both of which used hollow charge technology, except that the "England Bow Crossbow" ejected the warhead, while the "Iron Fist" used the principle of a recoilless gun to launch the warhead.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a shout: "Here they are, 15th Panzer Division!" ”

Qin Chuan leaned out of the trench and looked out, and sure enough, he saw dozens of cars dragging a long stream of smoke and dust towards the defense line of the 21st Armored Division.

This was the first part of the 15th Panzer Division to evacuate, and most of them were wounded and medics.

If Qin Chuan and the others were behind the car, they would see that the car was constantly dripping blood on the ground as it moved forward...... Some of the wounded did not have time to be bandaged urgently, and the medical soldiers were simply too busy or could not turn around, so the rear compartment was blood-red.