Chapter 657: German 21st Panzer Division

Abner couldn't help but be stunned on the spot when he heard this, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Zhang Chi was right, you must know that this Rommel is known as the Desert Fox, and his cunning is famous, and this Chinese general's guess is very in line with Rommel's military style. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

After much thought, Abner decided to give Montgomery a call.

"General!" Abner said: "The Chinese general thinks ......"

"Oh my God, Colonel!" Before Abner could finish speaking, Montgomery interrupted him and said, "Can you stop mentioning that Chinese general, I don't care what he thinks has nothing to do with me!" ”

"General, I think you should care about this matter!" Abner replied: "Actually, the Chinese general doesn't care either, he doesn't intend to tell you, but I think it's necessary to let you know!" ”

"Well, I'm listening!" Abner's words sparked some curiosity in Montgomery.

"The Chinese general thinks ......" Abner replied: "It is quite possible that Rommel was playing a trick, the Germans attacked Alexandria as a fake, and they did it only to transfer our panzer divisions so that they could intersperse ...... from the weak points of our defenses"

"Colonel!" Hearing this, Montgomery lost interest again, and he said simply and directly on the phone: "All you have to do is do your own thing, and we will consider the rest, is it clear?" ”

"Yes, General!" Abner replied helplessly.

For some reason, Abner suddenly felt that the general he had always respected was a bastard.

But Montgomery can't be blamed for that...... If there were no "super secrets", Montgomery might have seriously considered Abner's words, but because of the "super secrets", Montgomery thought that it would be completely superfluous to consider the so-called "turning the tiger away from the mountain".

At the same time, "super secret" cannot be told to anyone...... "super secret" is still super secret at this time, and in order to prevent the Germans from knowing the rumors, only a few people are allowed to know about the "super secret" and no discussion or speculation is allowed.

So Montgomery couldn't explain why he was so confident in rejecting Abner's idea.

Abner was stunned for a moment before hanging up the phone and chasing Zhang Chi at the front of the line.

"General!" Abner said to Zhang Chi: "I reported your idea to General Montgomery!" ”

Zhang Chi just let out an "oh".

"Don't you ask what the results are?" Abner asked.

"Do I need to ask?" Zhang Chi asked rhetorically: "The expression on your face has already told me the result!" ”

"So...... What should we do? ”

"Not us!" Zhang Chi replied: "It's what you should do." That's not about me, is it? ”

"How can it not be related?" Abner excitedly said, "We are allies!" ”

"Allies?" Zhang Chi raised the rifle in his hand: "Maybe, but we are training now!" We don't even have decent weapons, so that's not something we should worry about, are they? ”

Hearing this, Abner couldn't help but be speechless, because Zhang Chi was right, if the British army regarded the Chinese army as an ally, it should at least provide the necessary weapons and equipment.

Bruised's attitude made Abner anxious, because if things were as he said and Montgomery didn't pay enough attention to it, then the war could be a disaster for the British...... Even the British could completely lose control of the Suez Canal and thus the Mediterranean.

Thinking of this, Abner couldn't help but stop, took out the map, squatted on the map and looked at it for a while, and then he had an idea......

"Well, General!" When Abner caught up with Zhang Chi again, as if he was letting go of everything, he said: "You're right, let the big guys think about those things, what we have to care about is training, you say?" ”

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied.

"So...... I think it's time for us to train harder! Abner said, "How about a twenty-five mile march in one day?" ”

"Can you ensure that there is enough water?" Zhang Chi asked.

"No problem!" Abner replied: "We have Disoya, and we are marching along the Niro!" ”

Zhang Chi has no opinion, and now is almost the time to increase the intensity.

So at the sound of an order, the troops sped up and walked forward against the wind and sand.

On the same night that the Chinese Expeditionary Force was speeding up its march, the tanks of the 21st Panzer Division, which had been dormant for a long time, slowly drove out of the battle line under the guidance of the German soldiers' small hand lights...... These small hand lamps conveyed the order to take the tank to the breach in its minefield.

The commander of the Panzer Division, Major General Heinz Landau, who was standing on one of the No. 4 tanks, quietly observed the darkness ahead with a telescope, hoping that the enemy in front of him would have moved the main armored forces to Alexandria, as General Rommel had said.

This is not to say that Heinz Landau is weak, in fact, Heinz Landau commanded the 21st Panzer Division and has scored one jaw-dropping record after another in the North African theater......

The 21st Panzer Division was arguably the first armored unit to land in North Africa, except that at that time it was called the 5th Light Tank Division.

Of course, it was not all of the 5th Panzer Division, at the beginning there was only one tank company and less than a hundred light tanks, and later it was reorganized into the 21st Panzer Division as more and more tanks and armored vehicles were replenished.

In this regard, Heinz Landau was also very helpless, the Führer never realized the importance of the African battlefield, in the Führer's mind, the African battlefield will always be a secondary battlefield, so the supplies and tanks that the Afrika Korps can get are honestly not enough to support the whole campaign.

The German army was able to win victory after victory because of the genius of General Rommel and the stupidity of the British army......

Sometimes Heinz Landau couldn't understand why the British always liked to defend, they obviously had more supplies, more troops and more tanks, if the British did not defend and attacked like the German army, they were afraid that the German defense line would have collapsed long ago.

Heinz Landau will never forget the moment when the Germans first entered North Africa against the British...... The light tanks of the 5th Light Panzer Division were almost helpless against the British tanks "Matilda".

Yes, even the infantry tanks of the British army were more advanced than the German main battle tanks.

THE 20MM TANK GUN OF THE GERMAN TANK NO. 2 WAS HELPLESS AGAINST THE 78MM ARMOR OF THE "MATILDA", BUT THE 57MM TANK GUN ON THE "MATILDA" COULD EASILY DESTROY THE "NO. 2" TANK WITH ONLY 30MM ARMOR.

Not only that, but none of the anti-tank guns in the hands of the German army could penetrate the armor of the Matilda tank, and only a close hit on the turret or tracks could do a little good.