Colonel Slein was right, due to the limitations of objective conditions, the gap between the Luftwaffe and the enemy was too great, and the artillery was also significantly weaker than the enemy, so night combat was a wise choice.

Apparently, Rommel thought the same way, so he made a battle plan early in the morning to attack at night.

"Here's the plan!" General Stryker pointed to the map and said, "General Rommel put the main direction of the breakthrough in the northern sector, which is where the British 13th Army is defending!" ”

There is no doubt about this, first of all, the 13th Army was newly defeated, its main force, the 15th Panzer Division and the New Zealand 2nd Division, were annihilated in most of Matru, and only a few thousand remnants fled back to El Alamein and completed the garrison of the northern sector of El Alamein with the Indian 4th Infantry Division, which did not participate in the battle.

The 13th Army had just fled back to El Alamein, so it had no time to recover its morale and reorganize its troops, while the 30th Army in the southern sector had already been given at least a week's rest. So the northern section is obviously easier to break through.

On the other hand, the northern part is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea.

As mentioned earlier, the closer to the sea, the easier it was to get supplies, because supplies could be brought directly from Italian transports, and the coastal port cities were the source of supplies for the enemy, such as Alexandria...... It is only 75 kilometers from the northern section of the El Alamein Line, and the capture of this port has almost cut off the entire supply source of the El Alamein Line.

On the other hand, if the southern section of the El Alamein line was attacked, not only would it be difficult for the Germans themselves to be resupplied, but even if they broke through their lines, it would be difficult to pose much threat to the British supply lines.

"The breakthrough point chosen by General Rommel is here, Dirsine!" General Stryk pointed to the map and said, "The reason why Dirsine was chosen is because the British deployed the 15th Panzer Division and the 2nd New Zealand Division in El Alamein, and the Indian 4th Infantry Division in the area of Dir Abid, and Dirsin is the junction of these two parts!" ”

The choice of this breakthrough point is also reasonable, there will be many problems at the junction point of the two armies, such as which force will support it when attacked, and for example, both armies will treat the enemy as a friendly force on the other side, and there are also coordination problems, etc., so the junction point has always been the first choice for the breakthrough point.

After a pause, General Stryk continued: "Our task is to pass through Dirsiin in the dark of night, and then go around to the rear of the 13th Army and take Alexandria. At the same time, the main force of our army, the 15th Panzer Division and the two Italian infantry divisions, will arrive tomorrow morning and launch a frontal attack on the British 13th Army! ”

Rommel's battle plan was perfect...... A rigid line of defense is in front of you, and if it is someone else, I am afraid that there is nothing to do but attack.

But Rommel would look for weaknesses in the defensive line and break through with the mobility of the Panzer Division...... This is quite true, the 21st Panzer Division was already a tired division, and the tanks had suffered heavy losses from continuous battles and bombardment by enemy aircraft, and they were no longer able to attack the anti-Laman line, but it was still possible to break through a little.

After the breakthrough, they drove straight into Alexander, which occupied Alexander, which was empty of troops but was a major supply area for the British army, and then the German follow-up forces rushed to form a natural flanking attack on the British 13th Army...... The El Alamein Line collapsed.

Qin Chuan was a little surprised when he heard this, because this was exactly what Rommel had planned during the first battle of El Alamein in history.

Qin Chuan originally thought that with his own efforts, the German army occupied so many cities and won so many victories that they did not have before, and history should be changed.

But now it seems that nothing has changed, even Rommel's offensive plan is the same, and if anything, the battle of El Alamein has been advanced.

"Sergeant!" General Stryk's shout brought Qin Chuan to his senses.

"Do you have any objections to this plan?" General Stryk asked.

Qin Chuan realized that his state of distraction just now made General Stryk mistakenly think that he had an opinion on the attack plan.

However, this offensive plan did have problems.

"Yes, General!" Qin Chuan replied.

Qin Chuan's words made Colonel Slein and the others look at each other, not only because this was the battle plan formulated by Rommel, but also because they couldn't see anything wrong with this plan.

"Tell me what you think, then, Sergeant!" General Stryk said.

"Our strategic intent is too obvious!" Qin Chuan said: "To put it simply, the enemy also knows that the direction of our main attack will be the northern section of the El Alamein Line, and even Alexander, so they will inevitably gather heavy troops in the northern section, and even the fortifications in the northern section will be stronger!" ”

The officers couldn't help but nod.

The British were not fools, and even if they were, after the Germans captured the strategic locations of Tobruk and Matroux, they knew that the next point of attack would be Alexander.

"But that doesn't justify rejecting the plan!" Colonel Albridge said, "Because we have no choice but to succeed and that's the point!" ”

Albridge was right that the enemy's defenses were stronger and the enemy was stronger, but the 21st Panzer Division was still capable of breaking through at one point and achieving the final victory as planned.

The problem is ......

The German intelligence was wrong.

The dividing point between the Indian 4th Infantry Division and the British was not in Dirsin, where it was precisely the main force of the Indian 4th Infantry Division.

So the plan was well conceived, but the reality was cruel, and the result of the planned implementation was that the 21st Panzer Division was kicked on the iron plate...... To be exact, it is not ironclad, and the Indian 4th Infantry Division is only a unit with a stronger combat effectiveness than the South African and African divisions.

The problem was that the Indian 4th Infantry Division had not participated in the battle and had been recuperating on the second front, while the British had concentrated a large number of artillery in the northern sector, while the German 21st Panzer Division was exhausted...... If you really count it, the 21st Armored Division fought all the way from Tripoli to here, spanning more than a thousand kilometers of battlefield, and did not have a good rest for several months.

As a result, the historical 21st Panzer Division did not finally pass the El Alamein Line.

The result was that the El Alamein Line turned into a trench war, a war of attrition that consumed all the energy of the German army and routed it.

However......

Qin Chuan's embarrassment was that he knew this but couldn't say it.

Could it be that General Stryker was told that the German intelligence was wrong?

Qin Chuanyi is not a scout, and second, he has not reconnoitred Dirsine, how can he know that it is not the dividing point between the two armies, but the main force of the 4th Infantry Division of India?

If they said that, they would definitely think that Qin Chuan was crazy!