12 Meeting

Erwin Rommel!

Alex didn't even think that one day he would stand face to face with this world famous hero.

"Lieutenant Wernst , I have seen how you and your third company face the enemy's new weapons." Rommel looked serious: "It is really amazing, the enemy's advance I mean." New weapons have been used, and our positions have been broken through in a few areas, but only here... you and your soldiers are quite so calm and even inflicted heavy losses to the enemy, which is very remarkable."

"Thank you for your compliment, Lieutenant Erwin." Alex said politely: "This is just what a German officer should do. If you won't mind, I think we can go to my forward headquarters and have a good chat."

Rommel nodded and followed Alex to the seemingly fortified shelter.

The enemy's attack temporarily stopped. Rommel carefully observed the enemy's position with his telescope. And it took a while for him to drop it: "If my hunch is right, the enemy will launch a new attack in about an hour."

"Yes Lieutenant, this is as exactly the same as my judgment." Alex said: "Our ammunition is sufficient, but we severely lack personnel. I think we would be struggling in this attack."

"German soldiers are never afraid of any battle." Rommel still sounding confident: " Lieutenant Wernst, did you notice? Your B position and my C position are quite close with each other, and if the enemy launches a large-scale attack, I think we can support each other…"

Alex already noticed this and hoped for Rommel to take the initiative to ask him.

The third defensive B position, was very close to the C position, he first thought of coming to the said position and strike a cooperation with its commanding officer, but he stopped thinking maybe the said commanding officer would decline to cooperate. Secondly, the battle broke out very quickly. He did not have time to get in touch with the C position.

It's just that Alex didn't even dream of it, it's Erwin Rommel in the C position!

"I fully accept this proposal." Alex did not have much hesitation and replied: "If that is the case, then our two positions will be united, and the enemy will be hit by us regardless of who is attacking."

Rommel nodded with satisfaction, but any traces of smile cannot be seen on his face: "Well then, let's talk about the weird thing that the British invented."

The "weird thing" in Rommel's mouth is obviously referring to the Tank.

Alex thought about it and said: " Lieutenant Elwin, that is a Tank…"

He carefully introduced Tank to Rommel.

The Tank was discovered by a British named E.D. Winston in an accident. He mused: If a gun or machine gun is mounted on a tractor, is it not invincible? In October 1914, the European battlefield in the First World War was in a deadlock. Lieutenant Colonel Swindon, who is serving in the British Expeditionary Force, proposed the creation of an armored vehicle capable of handling enemies' heavy fire, crossing the trenches and destroying and suppressing the firepower of machine guns on the battlefields while destroying planted barbed wires and break the dull stalemate in the western front.

At that time, the British Army had no interest in this. Then the Secretary of the Navy, Churchill, rewarded the idea, and ordered the formation of the "land warship committee". He personally led the development of the "land battleship." In February 1915, the British government adopted Winton's proposal to use the automobile; tractor, gun manufacturing and metallurgical technology to make a prototype test on September 19, and the prototype was successfully implemented. The Small Swimmer", with a total weight of 18 tons and an armor thickness of 6 mm, is equipped with a 7.7 mm "Mark" machine gun and a few 7.7 mm "Lewis" machine guns.

In 1916, British produced the "Mark 1" type Tank, which has a diamond-shaped outer shape and a rigid suspension. There are protruding bases on the crawler frames on both sides of the car body. Two crawlers pass from the top to the car body and extend behind the car. A pair of steering wheels. The Tank has 8 crew members, including "male" and "female". The "male" is equipped with two 57mm guns and four machine guns. The "female" only has five machine guns.

These materials are firmly recorded in Alex's mind, and he made it quite effortless whilst saying these details, but in the ears of Rommel, it struck like thunder having plastered an expression of surprise in his face.

Too detailed, it is too damn detailed, and this company commander Wernst Gustav seems to have witnessed the whole process of the birth of Tank.

"How did you know, Lieutenant Wernst?" Rommel asked with a puzzled face.

Alex hesitated: "Ah, Lieutenant Erwin, maybe you didn't know, just a short time ago we came to Sergeant Heinrich Elena of the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Army Staff, and she told me before she left. ""

"Heinrich?" There was still was a smile on the face of Rommel's face: "Ah ... no wonder, it was Heinrich who told you that, really.... the officers of the Army Intelligence Service of the Army Staff are truly supernatural."

Alex felt nervous in his heart: "Do you know Sergeant Heinrich?"

"Yes." Rommel replied with a smile: "That is my cousin."

Damn, Alex cursed himself in his heart, what other excuses to say? Other than Elena telling him about it? Isn't this not just asking for trouble to myself?

Elena is actually the cousin of Rommel? My God, this was never stated in the database! There are still such coincidences in the world. In the future, if some of their cousins ​​meet and talk about themselves, the lie would immediately be exposed?

Alex thought and hurt his head thinking about it, but... there is no way for things to develop at this point…

How could Rommel know what he is thinking? He carefully asked about the way to deal with the Tank, and then carefully discussed with Alex how both positions cooperate with each other in the next battle, which is then finalized up.

" Lieutenant Wernst, it is my honor to meet you, I hope that in the upcoming battle, we can give those British a little lesson."

"Knowing you too is also my honor, Lieutenant." Alex said absent-mindedly.

Rommel didn't stay here for too long, and the enemies on the opposite side are gathering, and obviously the new attack is about to begin.

Rommel returned to his position, and Alex was a bit frustrated. What if the lie was revealed? Will he be treated as a spy? Or being treated as a monster by others?

That damn Dr. Reznov, this would not happen if not for that bastard?

"Hey, Lieutenant, the enemy started to attack!"

Sergeant Hall's words interrupted Alex's thinking. Since things have evolved to this point, what is other things to think about then? Ahhhh... Fuck it..