There was no change on the first day, and there was no movement on the second day.

On the third day, Major General Gro, commander of the German 15th Panzer Division, ordered to slow down the march and contact aerial reconnaissance planes for them to conduct intensive reconnaissance.

The reason is simple, the calm of the first and second days was too unusual, and not only did the British not send "Stuart" to harass them, but they did not even touch a reconnaissance unit.

What's more, the 15th Panzer Division had advanced more than 200 kilometers in two consecutive days, while the Italian 132nd Panzer Division was far behind by 50 kilometers because it was not fast enough...... This is already the result of Rommel's repeated urgings.

Rear Admiral Gro thought it time to be more careful, for the British would not be able to let them drive so long and straight to Port Said, the last port left by the British.

But soon after, Major General Gro received a telegram from the communications corps.

The telegram was sent by Rommel and it read: "I'm right on your head, why slow down?" ”

"General!" Major General Groh called back: "It's unusual, the British have air superiority, they could have bombed us with warplanes while we were marching, and they could have harassed us with 'Stuart', but they did nothing. They want us to get closer to Port Said......"

"We've already discussed it!" Rommel said: "The British are hurrying to rest, their troops have just fled back to Port Said two days ago!" ”

What Rommel said was also reasonable, all units of the British Eighth Army were severely beaten by the Germans: the 7th Armored Division, the 15th Armored Division, the 6th Australian Infantry Division, the New Zealand 2nd Infantry Division, the Indian 4th Infantry Division, etc., not to mention the South African 1st Division and the African Army...... The Germans did not bother to discuss these troops.

Therefore, the British army needed to regroup these almost scattered forces into a force strong enough to withstand the German attack.

But Major General Gro still thinks that something is wrong, because it has nothing to do with the British Air Force, although the German army has strengthened its air power and achieved some victories in the air, it has never seized air supremacy.

"Speed up the march!" Rommel ordered: "So that we can get to Port Said in the evening and attack!" ”

"Yes, General!" Major General Gro replied helplessly, and then ordered his troops to speed up.

Rommel was like that, he never thought about how tired the soldiers were, he didn't think about how uncertain there was, he only thought about one thing...... Disrupt all enemy deployments as quickly as possible.

At this time, there was a burst of machine guns in the sky, and Major General Gro looked up to see that there were several more Hurricane fighters in the sky at some point, and they were driving away the German reconnaissance planes.

This may be a normal phenomenon, because at this time the German army has forced into a 100-kilometer range of Port Said, and the British army will certainly not let the German reconnaissance planes recklessly reconnoitre.

But Major General Gro felt that this was unusual...... It's an indescribable feeling, and if there's one way to explain it, it's the sixth sense.

Rommel was not on the front line, but he was on the front line, but he was observing from the air, and looking down from the air at the front was empty, so he took it for granted that there was no danger.

But this time, the British army succeeded in deceiving Rommel.

The British army had the same method as the German army...... Covered with an earthy yellow canvas, it is difficult to see anything wrong from the air.

Then, there was a sudden rumbling of cannon on the ground, and a group of scouts came under fire as they crossed a hill.

Rommel looked down from the air with a telescope, and then said to the driver: "Inform the ground forces that there is a group of enemy anti-tank guns hidden in front of them, annihilate them!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Rommel took it for granted that those were anti-tank guns, and that there was only a small squad...... It turned out that he was wrong in his judgment.

It took a few minutes for Major General Gro to unfold the front line into battle formation, and the infantry jumped out of the car to follow the tank, and then slowly advanced into the hills ahead.

But when the "three" tank came out, it suddenly found that it was not an anti-tank gun, let alone a few, but a long line of tanks with barely visible heads, tanks that they had never seen before.

"Damn it!" The commander shouted into the walkie-talkie: "They're tanks, new tanks!" Back ......"

However, it was too late to retreat at this time, and only a few "boom" cannon shots were heard, and the "No. 3" vehicles driving at the forefront were blown into flames.

"What's going on?" Rommel looked down in surprise, and then he realized the seriousness of the problem...... The British tanks had removed their camouflage and started their engines, and in an instant the whole desert was boiling, and there were exhaust fumes and dust raised by the tanks when they started.

"God!" Rommel looked at the monster-like tank group below and said in surprise: "The sergeant is right, the British got a new type of tank and put it into actual combat!" ”

This batch of tanks is indeed a new type of tank.

The Americans called it the M3 medium tank, but the British thought that this numbered name was easy to confuse, so they named it the "General Grant" tank.

The British approach is in line with the needs of the battlefield, while the Americans have no experience in the war, so most of the names of tanks are very similar and difficult to distinguish, such as M2 light, M2 medium, M3 light, M3 medium, etc.

This term is undoubtedly asking for trouble on the battlefield, if the signal soldier only shouts out an "M2" or "M3", or if the sound of artillery fire masks the "light" or "medium", the receiver will not know what tank it is referring to.

If it were someone else, there would be a chance that they would order a retreat.

But Rommel was none other than him, he hesitated for only a few seconds, and then said to the driver: "Tell them that there are about 80 new enemy tanks ahead, annihilate them!" ”

The driver's mouth opened wide in surprise, but he still passed on the order.

Rommel was right, a tank-to-tank duel, unless it was a "Stuart", which was much faster than the "Three", there was no point in running away, because it would be exposing one's weak rear armor to the enemy's guns.

Rather than this, it is better to go head-to-head with the enemy.

Even if you don't know anything about the performance of the enemy's new tanks, even if they are far inferior to the enemy's troops, even if you still have a fear of the enemy's new equipment...... But at least a few tanks can be spelled out and they will die.

Major General Gro also knew this, so he shouted at the walkie-talkie: "Enemy armored troops in front, prepare for battle!" ”

"Prepare for battle!"

……

The order was conveyed one after another.

The time has come to verify the quality of the German army.