Chapter 169 Junction

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"General!" After thinking for a while, Qin Chuan said to General Strike: "If I were the commander of the British army, and I knew that the northern section would be the enemy's main attack direction, I would not leave such an obvious loophole in the northern section!"

"You mean..." General Strike couldn't help showing a cautious look on his face: "Is this a trap set by the British?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded: "I don't think the British deployment is so simple!"

This is Qin Chuan's brilliance.

In fact, this is not a trap set by the British at all, but a pure mistake made by the German scouts...

As mentioned before, the 21st Armored Division is exhausted, and the scouts are of course no exception. The scouts are even more exhausted, because they are the eyes and ears of the main force all the way. Whether the troops are marching, resting or fighting, they have to scout everywhere. At this time, the scouts began to desert... They should have explored as far as possible and found out the enemy's firepower and the position of the defense line, so that the commander could formulate a battle plan with a purpose.

However, fatigue made them neglect their mission. When they arrived at Dir Abid, they were probably just shot by a few machine guns. There was probably only an infantry company sent by India to patrol, but the German scouts identified it as the main force of the Indian army.

In fact, Dir Abid was empty, and the Alamein defense line was still 3 miles or 5 kilometers away.

This mistake directly led to the German army's deviation in making plans and choosing the wrong insertion point.

Of course, Qin Chuan could not directly tell these intelligence, and he could not directly suggest that Stryker send scouts to verify... This would make people feel strange.

But Qin Chuan could use the "trap" as an excuse to make General Stryker suspicious.

"What the sergeant said might be right!" Colonel Slain thought for a moment and said, "The British have been fighting us for quite some time. They should understand our tactics. Perhaps they had expected that we would penetrate the border between the two armies?"

"I suggest that we do some more reconnaissance!" Colonel Olbrich said, "It won't do us any harm, will it?"

General Strike nodded.

It really won't do any harm. Reconnaissance will only take about half an hour, and at most a few scouts will be lost. But if this is really a trap as Qin Chuan said and the 21st Armored Division plunges into it, the 21st Armored Division will suffer heavy losses, and even the entire combat plan will be affected.

So the reconnaissance mission was quickly assigned.

In order to prevent the British from being suspicious and exposing their strategic intentions too early, General Strike also sent five reconnaissance platoons to conduct reconnaissance in five different directions at the same time.

The reconnaissance platoon was very fast. They were riding on fast sidecars and armored vehicles, and it was getting dark at this time, so it was easy to move forward in secret.

So the first intelligence was sent back to the headquarters more than 20 minutes later.

General Strike held the telegram and opened his mouth in surprise for a long time...

"The main force of the Indian 4th Infantry Division is not in Dil Abed!" General Strike said: "There is no one there!"

The officers were also shocked by this information, and at the same time they all looked at Qin Chuan with admiration.

Colonel Slaine was even more pleased, after all, this sergeant was his subordinate.

"Well done, sergeant!" Colonel Slaine praised: "You have made a contribution again!"

The next information obtained surprised the officers even more...The main force of the Indian 4th Infantry Division was actually in Dil Cine.

"God!" General Strike exclaimed: "We almost ran into it!"

General Strike did not dare to neglect it, and immediately contacted Rommel and reported the situation to him.

"What?" Rommel was shocked when he heard this: "There is no one in Deir Abid?"

"Yes!" General Strike replied: "Not only that, the breakthrough point we originally planned is where the enemy's main force is!"

Rommel was silent for a while, and then said: "Then... find a suitable breakthrough point, and everything else remains unchanged!"

"Yes, General!" Although General Strike answered this, his heart was heavy.

"We don't have much time!" General Strike said: "We must act immediately, otherwise it will be difficult to break through the defense line and attack Alexandria before dawn tomorrow!"

Qin Chuan knew what General Strike meant by this.

This is not only because of Rommel's order, but also because the German attack on Alexandria must be launched before dawn, otherwise... as soon as the sky is bright, the enemy fighters from Alexandria and Cairo Airport will bombard the 21st Armored Division that broke through the defense line. At that time, the German army will not be able to capture Alexandria, and it will be a problem whether they can escape back.

"But... we still know nothing about the British defense line!" Colonel Slain said, "We haven't even scouted their junction yet!"

Originally, everything was planned, and the action was launched only after it was completely dark, but this sudden situation disrupted the entire plan.

"General!" At this time, a staff officer reported with a telegram: "They found the junction... It should be in Carret!"

"Why should it be?" General Strike said dissatisfiedly: "They have made a mistake once, and almost ruined the entire plan!"

"General!" the staff officer replied: "Because the British have laid a large number of mines and searchlights on the front line, our scouts can't get close at all!"

"Then how did they know that it was Carret and the junction point?" General Strike asked.

"They bribed the Egyptian people!" the staff officer replied: "It was the people who told the scouts these things!"

"God!" General Strike couldn't help rolling his eyes. He would not bet on the fate of the 21st Armored Division just based on a piece of news he got from the people.

Qin Chuan looked at the map and remained silent. After a long while, he raised his head and said, "I think I know where their junction is!"

"What?" General Strike and the officers couldn't help but look at Qinchuan in confusion.

"Where is it?" General Strike asked.

Qin Chuan pointed to a point on the map and said: "It's not in Kalet, but here... Ruwaisat Ridge!"

After hearing this, General Strike and others understood.

"Yes!" General Strike couldn't help but nodded dejectedly: "If I were British, I would also put the junction point there!"

The reason is very simple. The Ruoisat Ridge is a mountainous ridge that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and is especially unfavorable for tank penetration.