Chapter 193 News

"Sergeant!" When the situation was settled, the major walked up to Qin Chuan and handed him a cigarette.

"Thank you, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.

The major took out a match and lit each other's cigarettes while saying: "Your propaganda method is really impressive... Alexander can almost be said to have surrendered under your propaganda offensive!"

"No, sir!" Qin Chuan replied: "I believe that without strong military force as a backing, we will never be able to win with propaganda!"

"Well said!" The major nodded: "My name is Lucas, nice to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.

"I'm sorry about what happened before!" Lucas said.

"What?" Qin Chuan was a little confused.

"That's it..." Lucas was a little embarrassed: "I mean, I didn't even want to listen to your advice before. That's stupid, isn't it?"

"No, sir!" Qin Chuan said: "That's normal!"

Qin Chuan didn't think that Major Lucas was apologizing sincerely, or it could be said that Major Lucas apologized for Qin Chuan's reputation and the attention of General Strike and others.

"If there is anything I can help with!" Lucas said: "Contact me, okay?"

"Thank you, sir!" Qin Chuan hurriedly saluted Lucas and left. He was really not used to a major flattering him.

The news of the fall of Alexander soon reached General Auchinleck's headquarters.

General Auchinleck sighed deeply and said, "We still failed to hold it in the end!"

This result was actually expected by him... When the British "Stuart" tanks were in chaos due to the infiltration of the German army, he knew that Alexander might not be able to be saved because Alexander's defense was too weak. General Auchinleck could hardly imagine that it could withstand the attack of the German 21st Armored Division.

It was a small surprise that the New Zealand 2nd Division used the "English Crossbow" to block the German attack. General Auchinleck also had a glimmer of hope... So he hurriedly asked the remnants of the 7th Armored Division to bring the artillery unit to reinforce Alexander.

But before the reinforcements arrived, the news of Alexander's fall reached the headquarters.

"General!" Major General Ritchie suggested: "We can attack Alexander and let the Air Force and Navy cooperate!"

General Auchinleck shook his head.

If we only compare the combat effectiveness of the two armies, attacking Alexandria is indeed feasible... The British navy is near Alexandria, and the air force has also been transferred to Port Said and Cairo in time, and they can all launch a fatal attack on the German army in Alexandria.

But...

"Alexandria no longer belongs to us, Major General!" General Auchinleck replied with a heavy tone: "Because we have to deal with not only Germans, but also Egyptians!"

Rich understood what General Auchinleck said.

The Egyptians in Alexandria have launched an uprising and stood on the side of the Germans... There are millions of people.

What Richie didn't know was that General Auchinleck was more worried that this uprising would serve as a demonstration... Because of the successful example of Alexandria, other Egyptian cities would follow suit, so the German army could be unstoppable in Egypt while the British army had no place to stand.

Auchinleck unexpectedly discovered that fighting at home would not necessarily give the British army an advantage.

"Retreat!" General Auchinleck ordered: "Retreat to the Nile Delta!"

General Auchinleck did not dare to act rashly. He needed to accumulate strength, and he could not afford another defeat, otherwise the British army would lose the whole of Africa.

At the same time, the German army had no ability to pursue the British army.

The 21st Armored Division has been exhausted. They only have 32 tanks left, including eight "Stuart" tanks...Major Daniel returned to Alexandria miraculously with eight tanks full of bullet holes.

On the other hand, the German airport is also in Matruh, and too many batches are not allowed to be dispatched, which also determines that air supremacy is still in the hands of the British army.

In other words, as soon as the 21st Armored Division leaves Alexandria, it may suffer a devastating blow from the British Air Force.

The fall of Alexandria also shocked Britain.

Churchill had to face the questioning of MPs like a prisoner on the rostrum of Parliament again.

"Mr. Prime Minister!" Milne, as a member of the opposition party, certainly would not give up such a good opportunity. He waved his arms and said in a rhythmic manner: "Our patience is limited. The fall of Alexandria seems to have doomed us to defeat..."

"No, Congressman Milne!" Churchill interrupted Milne: "We still have a chance!"

"Oh, really?" Milne retorted: "I wonder if the next time you say this will be when Cairo falls!"

The MPs laughed.

"No, it won't happen!" Churchill answered with certainty.

"Can you tell me why you believe this so firmly?" Milne asked.

"No!" Churchill replied: "I can only tell you so much. We will defeat them and take back Alexandria. Victory belongs to us!"

Many people think that Churchill is being mysterious, but in fact Churchill does have something to rely on.

Because he got an important intelligence from "Super Secret", and this intelligence is enough to affect the situation in the North African battlefield.

The next morning, after a night of revelry, the whole city of Alexandria fell silent. It was quiet all around, the leaves trembled gently in the morning light and the sea breeze, and a ray of morning sun shone into the house where the German soldiers temporarily lived, and then shone on Yakop.

Yakop woke up, and the first thing he did after opening his eyes was to fiddle with yesterday's spoils... a pocket radio.

It was a great thing to have a radio to entertain in the army, especially when the sweet voice of the British singer Vera, who was called "Battlefield Sweetheart" by the British, could occasionally be heard from it.

However, after a burst of noise, a piece of news that shocked Yakop suddenly came from the radio:

"At 4 o'clock this morning, Germany launched a surprise attack on the Soviet Union with 3 million troops, 3,000 tanks and nearly 2,000 aircraft. The Soviet army is fighting back under the leadership of General Stalin..."

Although the radio was not loud, it woke up all the German soldiers in the house. The soldiers sat up from the ground and the bed one after another, staring blankly in the direction of the radio.

Qin Chuan was one of them.

Although he knew that Hitler would do this... but at this moment, he still couldn't believe it.

Is Hitler crazy? Attack the Soviet Union at this time!