There was a reason why the British army would block the Germans from the Alamein Line in history.

First of all, its 55km length seems to be tailor-made for the British army.

The British and American howitzers owned by the British army are mostly fifteen kilometers in range.

In this way, Ochinlek only needs to divide all the artillery units in his hand into two parts and swing them onto the defense line, which can almost provide fire cover for the entire defense line with the longest range.

Among them, especially the hundreds of M7 self-propelled artillery that the United States has just helped the United Kingdom. The British call this artillery a "priest"... When American equipment is produced, it often has only code names, such as M3 medium tanks, M7 self-propelled artillery, etc. After these equipment aided the United Kingdom, British soldiers gave them nicknames to facilitate identification and memory, such as "General Grant", "priest' self-propelled artillery", etc.

This is an irony. The dignified "Empire of Sun Never Setting" Britain, known as the world's largest country, did not use its own equipment. The only thing they are proud of is that they have given them a lot of nicknames.

The reason why the "priest" self-propelled artillery is called "priest" is because in order to give this self-propelled artillery a certain air defense capability, the United States added a circular machine gun fort in the upper right corner. Because this machine gun fort was added later, it was somewhat incompatible with the overall layout of the self-propelled artillery. In addition, it looks very similar to the priest's forum, so the British gave it the nickname "priest".

The characteristic of "priest" is not its range, its range is only 11 kilometers, far less than the 15 kilometers of ordinary howitzers.

But it is much better than ordinary howitzers on the battlefield because its maximum speed is 42 kilometers per hour...

The speed is 42 kilometers per hour, which means that as long as the "priest" is placed in the middle of the Alamein line, it can reach the places where it is needed and put into battle within half an hour. This is very important for the British army, because they are facing the German army, which is famous for their speed.

Secondly, after having a line of defense, the British Royal Air Force did not have to look everywhere for the German Air Force to risk being attacked suddenly. Their goal was very clear, which was the German armored troops within a few dozen kilometers in front of the line of defense. This was also beneficial to the air force, because the quality of British pilots was not as good as that of the Germans, and they were often beaten and suffered heavy losses in local areas.

In this way, the Alaman line of defense can easily become a trench war during World War I, and the Alaman battle in history has indeed become a trench war.

This can be called "responding to changes with unchanging" in China's military strategy... The German army's tactics are changing in a variety of ways, and the British army is completely unable to adapt, but if they stand in front of the German army with an unchanging trench, all the changes in the German army will be helpless.

Qin Chuan couldn't let this happen because it almost meant the failure of the African Legion.

"So!" General Streck said: "We have only one option, and that is to bypass Matru and attack Alahman before the British are ready!"

"But the general..." Colonel Slain said: "This means we may be attacked by both sides by the British!"

Colonel Slain was right. Matru's British 15th Armored Division died and was not dead. If the 21st Armored Division attacked the Alamaic Line, the British 15th Armored Division brought the New Zealand 2nd Division to break through the siege and cover it from the rear of the German army... Then the 21st Armored Division's situation would be bad.

"We can make the British think we are still here!" said Colonel Albridge: "Just like the sergeant fooled the enemy with fake tanks in Sideoma!"

"No!" General Streck frowned and shook his head, "I'm afraid the British will not be fooled easily anymore, not to mention that they can only break through, and most of them will break through in our direction!"

General Streck was right. The same strategy would not work after using it once and then the second time. And what if the British army believed that the 21st Armored Division was still here? They were surrounded by Matru, and if they wanted to survive, they had to break through the siege to death. The best direction for breaking through was exactly the 21st Armored Division's resident.

So the officers couldn't help but fall into silence.

Suddenly they found that the 21st Armored Division was in an awkward situation:

If you fight, you will be trapped in a situation where you are attacked or even surrounded by enemies on both sides.

If you don't fight, you can only watch the British army consolidate the Alamanian defense line and then block the German army from outside the defense line. This is also not a good thing for the German army.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan said, "This may be a solution!"

"What?" The officers were stunned when they heard this.

"Sergeant!" General Streck asked: "You mean, we are also using fake tanks to deceive the British?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded.

"But..." General Strek spread his hands, not understanding what Qin Chuan sold in this gourd.

"Our goal is to attack the Alamaic defense line as soon as possible!" Qin Chuan said: "In addition to bypassing Matru, there is another option, that is, to conquer Matru in the shortest time!"

"It would be great if we could conquer Matru in a short time!" General Strek said: "This not only allows us to attack Alaman as soon as possible, but also solve our worries, but this is not realistic... Matru's terrain is complex and suitable for defense but not for us to attack!"

Qin Chuan understood what General Strek said. Because Matru had many springs and plenty of fresh water, there were wheat fields, olive groves, etc. nearby. Such terrain was not suitable for armored troops to fight... Tanks would be trapped in the wheat fields, and the woods were a good hiding place for anti-tank guns. If the tanks broke through hard, they would undoubtedly suffer multiple blows. This is also one of the reasons why the 2nd New Zealand Infantry Division could block the German frontal attack.

"Maybe we don't need to rush into Matru!" Qin Chuan said.

"How can you capture Matrue if you don't rush into it?" Colonel Slain was a little surprised.

"We Chinese..." Qin Chuan knew that he was wrong as soon as he said this, so he quickly changed his words: "I heard that there is a saying among Chinese people, 'Turn out the snake'."

"Turn the snake out of the hole?" General Strek and others looked at Qin Chuan with confusion on their faces.

Although German soldiers emphasize quality and learning, this does not mean that Chinese military arts are.

"So that!" Qin Chuan explained: "If we put some fake tanks in the direction of Matru... and then some real tanks appeared on the way to the Alamaic Line, what would the British think?"

"Of course they will know we're lying to them!" said Colonel Albridge. "So it's useless to do it!"
Chapter completed!