Chapter 40 Dilemma

After interrogating British prisoners, we learned that the British army used Tengetel as a tank supply and maintenance base.

In front of the "Matilda" tank, the existing tanks of the German and Italian armies were almost unable to compete with it, especially the Italian army, whose tanks could almost be described as "vulnerable" to the British army.

But as the saying goes, "every family has its own problems", the shortcomings of the "Matilda" tank also gave the British army a headache, such as its speed, its fuel consumption... These are still tolerable, and the most unbearable is that its engine breaks down at any time in the high temperature environment of the desert.

This makes the "Matilda" tank almost impossible to move forward, just like after the British army defeated the Italian army, the British "Matilda" tanks broke down all the way, and only dozens of more than a thousand tanks could actually drive to the front line to participate in the battle... This is also one of the reasons why the Italian army was able to escape back to Tripoli calmly during the pursuit of the British army.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the Matilda tanks could be smoothly transferred to the front line during the war, the British army came up with a solution: to establish supply and maintenance bases along the line.

In this way, the Matilda tanks can be repaired as soon as they break down, which can not only reduce the difficulty of logistical supply but also enhance the mobility of the Matilda tanks, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Tengger Tengler is such a base, and it is also an important base for reinforcing Mezhili... Mezhili is a British base, which was attacked by the German army at this time, so the British army immediately transferred a batch of tanks to Tengger Tengler to be ready to reinforce Mezhili at any time.

What the British army did not expect was that this batch of tanks had been captured by the German army before they could be sent to Mezhili.

This was soon verified from another perspective: the German army found an underground warehouse in the city, which stored barrels of gasoline, ammunition and tank parts.

"Has anyone among us received tank training?" Bazel asked.

Qin Chuan and others were building fortifications at this time, and they stopped what they were doing when they heard it.

"No, I don't think so, Captain!" the baker replied.

After Bazel left, the baker shook his head and said, "Do they want our soldiers to drive those tanks? God, those are British tanks. They need at least a few weeks of training to get familiar with them and use them!"

The baker was right because tanks are operated by several people and they need to work closely together, otherwise they will just run around on the battlefield like a headless fly.

"Anyway!" Werner shoveled a shovel of sand and threw it out of the trench, saying, "It's better to use it than not to use it. At least we still have something to deal with British tanks!"

The baker patted the sand in front of him and shook his head: "You mean... we have to put our hopes on the 18 captured British tanks?"

The soldiers were silent for a while. Everyone knew that the baker was right. Not to mention that 18 tanks were not enough to support the Tengetel defense line. Even if they could support it... the British still had artillery, airplanes and a large number of tanks. They had enough ability to break through the Tengetel defense line. All the German soldiers could do was dig the loose sand under their feet... It was even difficult for them to build trenches.

"Sergeant!" Kuhn walked to Qin Chuan, squatted down at the edge of the trench, and asked Qin Chuan in the trench: "I want to know how many enemies you killed in the battle just now?"

"I'm not sure, sir!" Qin Chuan replied: "Maybe eleven!"

Qin Chuan was telling the truth, because he didn't know how many people were killed by the grenade he threw.

Kuhn nodded, and then said: "Do you know that you did a stupid thing just now? You almost got yourself killed."

"But... Isn't that the battlefield?" Qin Chuan replied: "I mean, there are dangers everywhere!"

"You are right, but we can minimize the danger!" Kuhn said: "You are a sniper, not an ordinary rifleman... At any time, you should try to keep a distance from the enemy instead of shooting face to face, understand? Otherwise, you won't be so lucky next time!"

"Yes, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.

What Kuhn said certainly made sense, especially when Qin Chuan was still shooting at the British troops behind the tanks in front of the window... Now that I think about it, it was basically a fight with the opponent. If Keller and Werner hadn't appeared in time, Qin Chuan would have been out of the game forever.

"I think I should say thank you!" Qin Chuan said to Werner and Keller: "You saved me!"

"This, this..." Keller's face flushed, his eyes sparkled with excitement, but he was still speechless as usual.

"This is what we should do, Sergeant!" Werner replied: "We are honored!"

After a pause, Werner said again: "And, even so, what? Look here..."

As he said that, Werner spread his hands: "This will be our grave soon!"

"Don't be so pessimistic, soldier!" Bazel happened to pass by here, and he said to Werner in a reproachful tone: "Our main force is hitting the British hard, we will win!"

Having said that, everyone knows that the situation in Tengtenger is not optimistic.

Sure enough, when the soldiers were talking, someone shouted: "The British, they are coming!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the shouting and saw a cloud of smoke and dust rolling in the west. From a distance, it looked like a sandstorm. The only difference was that there were more than 30 tanks driving side by side in front of the smoke and dust. Those things that looked like sandstorms were actually the exhaust gas and dust raised by the tanks...

"God!" Someone screamed: "They have at least hundreds of tanks!"

This was actually expected. Once Tengetel was occupied by the German army, the main force of the British army stationed in Mezhili would be cut off from logistical supplies, which the British army would never allow. So of course they would send a strong enough force to retake Tengetel and reopen the supply line.

However, when the soldiers saw the British troops, they were still frightened by their battle.

But this is only part of it.

Before the soldiers could sigh, a rumbling sound came from the sky, and then a large number of fighters and bombers appeared in the sky. There were at least hundreds of them, and they lined up and flew neatly towards Tengtenger like wild geese.

"Air defense alarm!" Bazel shouted and jumped into the trench, while giving the order: "Everyone hide!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the bombers dived down to the ground with a sharp whistle.