"You'd better get out of here, sir!" Alfredo advised the lieutenant: "They're not easy to mess with! ”

"But you're an Italian soldier, Alfredo!" said the lieutenant.

The lieutenant wasn't really concerned about that, in fact it had nothing to do with him at all, he just couldn't get down a bit.

"I know, sir!" Alfredo said: "But it is easy for the Germans to ask for the help of a soldier who can communicate with them who can understand English, right?" ”

The lieutenant nodded, then glanced at the German soldiers and walked away, leaving only the commotion of the German soldiers behind him.

"I won't regret it!" Qin Chuan asked Alfredo.

"What?" Alfredo was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, of course not!" Let me go back now...... You know, like them, I'm not used to it! ”

Qin Chuan nodded in understanding, because Qin Chuan himself is like this, if he is allowed to return to a peaceful society, I am afraid that he will not be used to it.

Then came a rare period of calm in the North African theater...... Both sides are exhausted and are gathering strength for the next attack.

And only then did the German soldiers have time to conduct some of the necessary training in desert warfare.

The training includes learning about a wide variety of desert diseases, as well as field practice and learning how to traverse the desert...... Most of this is something that the soldiers have experienced in previous battles and have learned to deal with on their own, so it doesn't make much sense to teach.

It is worth mentioning that the equipment that will be delivered to Africa next has been upgraded to some extent......

The PAK36 anti-tank guns were all replaced with PAK38, which is exciting news for both anti-tank artillery, tank crews and even infantry.

Because before that, the German army could only deal with a few 88 anti-aircraft guns of the British "Matilda" tank, and the appearance of PAK38 changed this situation.

PAK38 IS 50MM CALIBER, IT CAN PENETRATE 500MM ARMOR AT A RIGHT ANGLE OF 78MM ARMOR AT A DISTANCE OF 78 METERS, WHICH IS PRECISELY THE THICKNESS OF THE FRONTAL ARMOR OF THE BRITISH "MATILDA" TANK.

Of course, it is not satisfactory to be able to penetrate at a distance of 500 meters, but it is undoubtedly much better than the helplessness of not being able to penetrate even the rear armor when using the PAK36 before.

CORRESPONDINGLY, THE NEWLY SHIPPED "NO. 3" TANKS ARE ALL EQUIPPED WITH 50MM CALIBER TANK GUNS OF THE PAK38 MODIFICATION.

This made the German soldiers cheer even more, because in this way, the "No. 3" tank, which could not fight the "Matilda", would instantly have an absolute advantage...... the "No. 3" tank could penetrate the "Matilda" at a distance of 500 meters, while the two-pounder gun of the "Matilda" tank could not do this.

Coupled with the fact that the "No. 3" tank has the advantage of speed, the "Matilda" tank will undoubtedly turn into an iron coffin.

Qin Chuan was not surprised by this, he knew that it was time for the German army's equipment to be upgraded at this time.

In fact, the Germans had this equipment from the very beginning, and there were quite a few of them.

But Hitler was reluctant to throw them into the African theater.

On the one hand, this was because Hitler believed that more advanced equipment was needed to defeat the British colonial army, after all, Africa was also a secondary battlefield for Britain, and most of the German army faced British colonial troops.

In fact, Hitler was completely wrong about this, the German army did not launch a land attack on the British army, so the British army could completely put the elite of the army into the African theater. At the same time, Churchill paid more attention to the African theater than Hitler had imagined, mainly because of the Suez Canal and control of the Mediterranean. As a result, Churchill did not hesitate to tighten his belt to support the African theater of war, even breaking through the German submarine blockade and bypassing the Cape of Good Hope to bring troops and equipment from the British mainland.

Another more important reason was that Hitler had been planning an attack on the Soviet Union at this time, so he was reluctant to put too many troops and equipment into Africa.

It wasn't until Hitler got a report from Rommel that the Afrika Korps equipment was completely incapable of dealing with the British Matilda tanks, that it had to be reinvented.

This can also be regarded as a mistake on the part of Hitler, before which he should have collected enough information, such as the thickness of the armor of the "Matilda" tank, the number of British troops, and so on.

If Hitler had known about this from the beginning and equipped the Afrika Korps with the PAK38, Rommel might have been able to take down Egypt in one fell swoop.

QIN CHUAN HAS SEEN THIS "NO. 3" TANK EQUIPPED WITH A 50MM TANK GUN.

It was at the time of testing the new "No. 3" tank in the German army...... Compared with the attitude of the British, who divided tanks into "infantry tanks" and "cruiser tanks" with a pat on the head, the Germans were still very rigorous, and they wanted to see how the new tank could penetrate the "Matilda" tank in real combat.

It was easy to do this, and the Germans had a large number of Matilda captured from the British.

Of course, the Germans were reluctant to use the usable "Matilda" as experiments, and they used trailers to tow several tanks that had broken down and could not be repaired, and the useful parts were dismantled to the test site.

Qin Chuan's company was also present at the time, because those scientists wanted to make the experiment as close to actual combat as possible, so they asked the soldiers to follow behind the tank...... Qin Chuan didn't like this task at all, because it meant that he and his comrades had to eat dust behind the tank under the scorching sun.

The tank "No. 3" stopped, and then with a "boom", the tank body trembled, and a shell was fired.

"Six hundred meters, impenetrable!"

The tanks then moved forward, firing at intervals of 50 meters, and after 500 meters, every 10 meters, and firing at least three shots...... Being able to penetrate armor at a vertical angle at a distance of 500 meters does not mean that it can actually penetrate the armor of the Matilda, because the armor of the target tank is oblique.

Finally, at 450 meters, the first shot broke down.

The scientists couldn't help but let out a cheer, which almost meant that there was no problem with the tank.

They guessed correctly, and the final test result was that the frontal armor could be effectively penetrated within 400 meters, the side armor within 500 meters, and the rear armor at a distance of 900 meters.

(Note: The PAK38 anti-tank gun can penetrate armor plates with an angle of 30 degrees and a thickness of 50.8 mm at a distance of 914 meters, and the rear armor of the "Matilda" is 50 mm)

The technicians were very satisfied with the experimental data, and one of the officers with the rank of colonel said to Qin Chuan with a little ostentatious while recording the data: "They can protect you very well!" ”

Qin Chuan replied, "Sir, I just want to know, why don't you put a phone on this thing!" ”