That night, the British launched an attack on the German lines.

But the direction of attack was not Aguila, but the northernmost Corniche.

The British attack on the Corniche made sense, as it was said before, the Corniche was suitable for mechanized troops to attack and maneuver, and it was also easier to get fuel and supplies...... The shells unloaded by the British troops from Port Said could be transported in piles and piles into the German positions in no time.

Another advantage is that the British army can go straight to the point...... Alexander.

The British attack was very fierce, and hundreds of artillery shells bombarded the German positions in turn, almost plowing the ground in front of the German positions.

Then the British sent their infantry...... Unlike in the past, this time the British army sent infantry to clear the obstacle in front, and then the British armored troops.

At the forefront was the South African 1st Division...... This kind of work was of course done by the colonial army.

The attack was followed by the 7th Panzer Division, which had always been the main force of the British army and was the most experienced of the Panzer Division.

As a result, there were many who wondered if the British had spotted the German trap and turned the breakthrough to the Primorday.

"They put in the first batch of 200 tanks!" Colonel Albridge said: "This is almost half of the total number of tanks in the British army, not to mention that the 7th Panzer Division is the main force...... So, are they really fooled? ”

"Maybe that's proof they've been fooled!" Rommel replied: "Otherwise, the British should not have attacked in the dark...... They have air superiority, so it is clear that it is more beneficial for them to attack during the day! ”

"But, General!" Colonel Slein said: "Even if they make a feint in the direction of Alexandria, such a force will be enough to break through our defenses and attack Alexandria!" ”

"Then it's up to who can make it to the end!" Rommel said.

Rommel was confident in this regard, not only because the quality of the German army was higher than that of the British, but also because if the British army had launched a feint attack in the direction of Alexandria, it would not have been resolute enough to fight.

Not to mention...... Even if the British army reached Alexandria, there would still be a quagmire of street fighting waiting for them.

Rommel didn't care about the loss of a city, he believed that if he could defeat the main force of the British army, even if Alexander was lost, the British army would have to vomit it in the end. Otherwise, the British Panzer Division would have been besieged in Alexandria.

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Aguila is a small town in Egypt, about thirty-six kilometers from the northernmost point of the defensive line, and is connected by a bumpy road to the Corniche, along which German mechanized troops can reach Aguila in more than an hour.

So Qin Chuan's fake map to the British army is reasonable...... The Italian Panzer Division, which was weaker in combat, was assigned to garrison in Aguila, although they were not strong in combat, but they could block it for a while, and then reinforcements from the German Panzer Division would arrive.

But once the battle begins, it's different.

First of all, the road will definitely be blocked by artillery fire and will not be usable...... The Aguila Highway was very close to the German defense line, about three kilometers to the rear, which was also the basis for the German army to build the defense line, and the German supplies, supplies and reinforcements could be easily and quickly transported to every point of the defense line by road.

But it also meant that it would be the focus of the British blockade, and British artillery would only have to travel a few kilometres to bombard and paralyze the road.

Secondly, the British army could use air superiority to encircle and intercept German reinforcements...... Air power is always the natural enemy of armored forces, especially in the open desert.

Thirdly, Montgomery estimated that the Italian Panzer Division would not be able to withstand the overwhelming attack of the British army, or it could be said that it could not withstand the arrival of reinforcements from the German Panzer Division.

Therefore, Aguila will obviously be a good breakthrough for the British army.

At this time, Qinchuan was lurking in the desert five kilometers away from Aguila...... The 21st Panzer Division had secretly marched here in the darkness of night two days earlier and had lurked.

Of course, the original position of the 21st Panzer Division was still handled as if there was another Panzer Division stationed there. It's easy to do this, just keep your camouflage and tent at the same station, and leave a squad of infantry at the range to practice shooting.

Aguila, for his part, had to disguise that no troops had ever been here.

This is a bit difficult, because a division has tens of thousands of people, and there are cars, tanks and artillery, and it takes some effort to hide.

But fortunately, this is within its own defensive line, and there is an Aguila road nearby, and most of the vehicles are walking from the road so as not to interfere with the German concealment.

So the old method was used, which was to dig hidden trenches...... Dig a trench about the same depth as a car or a tank, and then put on the canvas after the tank drives in, and sometimes add another layer of fine sand to the canvas, so that you can't find anything up close, let alone from a distance or aerial reconnaissance.

However, this is easier said than done, but there are many unexpected difficulties:

The soldiers were not allowed to move around in principle, even at night...... This was the fear of being discovered by British spies.

So eating, drinking, pulling, sprinkling, sleeping, and so on were all done in a narrow, crowded ditch, and in a short time the trench stinked.

One idea was to dig a pit in the trench so that the excrement could be buried later, but this method quickly became problematic......

Although the area around Aguila is a "hard ground" suitable for tank marching, this "hard ground" is still a relatively soft semi-sandy soil layer when excavated, and it is easy to cause collapse by digging "convenient pits" in the trenches one by one...... Qin Chuan experienced such a thing once, he was suddenly "buried alive" when he fell asleep, although he would soon be dug up by his comrades, but the feeling of suddenly being unable to move and breathe was scary to think about.

Later, someone came up with a solution, which was to collect the excrement in the box of canned corned beef and throw it out at about the same time.

But this soon led to a ban...... The reason was that the hiding points of the German soldiers were not far from each other, and this throw could easily hit the adjacent trench, and the jar of filth suddenly fell from the sky and splashed everywhere, which immediately attracted a complaint from the comrades-in-arms, if it was not for the military order to not be able to get out of the trench, but afraid that they would soon come out to fight.

In the end, this problem was solved by a unified order from above: "All excrement should be sprinkled near the hiding point with their own helmets, be careful not to make too much movement!" ”

This is a good way to do this, because everyone has a helmet, and they don't easily throw it away as useless...... Doing so meant that he would most likely be easily taken away by a small piece of shrapnel in the upcoming battle.

The only problem is that the helmet smells absolutely unpleasant and feels weird when you put it on your head after it has been filled with excrement.