The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Chapter 208

Colonel Slaine said casually when discussing supply issues with Rommel...

"The sergeant actually wanted to use snipers to compress the British's movement space!" Colonel Sline said: "He thought this would increase the loss of British ammunition!"

"What?" Rommel, who had been frowning, couldn't help but look up at Colonel Slain.

"That's right!" Colonel Slaine told Qin Chuan's idea, and then commented: "This is a crazy idea. I think only this legendary sergeant would think of this tactic!"

But what Colonel Slain didn't expect was that... Rommel was also a madman.

"This may indeed be a solution!" Rommel said: "If we can compress the British space and consume their ammunition as much as possible, it will be equivalent to an increase in our resources. At least the British will not be able to store enough supplies in a short time to launch a launch. Counterattack!"

"You don't really want to do this, General!" Colonel Slaine was stunned when he heard this.

Rommel didn't respond. He just said: "I need to talk to the sergeant!"

So Qin Chuan was taken to Rommel's headquarters.

In fact, Qinchuan also wanted to talk to Rommel, because he thought that he could learn from the experience of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, and thought that he could also learn from the experience and tactics of other battles, such as the Vietnam War, the Afghanistan War, etc.

"Tell me about your sniper tactics!" Rommel said: "I want to know what if the British send out armored vehicles or even tanks to encircle and suppress them?"

What Rommel said is indeed a problem, because the sniper only has one rifle, and the rifle is powerless against tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment no matter how accurate it is.

"We can use the enemy's minefields, General!" Qin Chuan said: "To put it simply, snipers are walking in the minefields. If the British want to send out armored vehicles and tanks to encircle and suppress them, they must first remove their own mines!"

Rommel couldn't help but nodded after hearing this: "They will face the same problem when they fire artillery!"

"Yes, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "After a sniper fires, the sand in the desert will quickly blow away or cover the smoke from the muzzle. It is difficult for the British to determine the location of the sniper. They can choose to use Artillery fire coverage, but that also means they have to consume a lot of artillery shells and blow up a lot of mines, and even then they may not be able to kill our snipers!”

"That's right!" Rommel said: "So they can say they are helpless against us!"

Qin Chuan continued: "If our snipers also receive artillery training and then hold the phone..."

Rommel continued: "Then they can even become the artillery's eyes and indicate the bombing targets for the artillery!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "Our snipers can even bring back detailed intelligence about the enemy's defense line when they return every day. Based on this intelligence, we can choose whether we need to send commandos to launch night attacks along the already drained passages. !”

"That's a good idea!" Rommel nodded and said, "We don't need to worry about the enemy's tanks and aircraft during night attacks. This will minimize our disadvantages in equipment and supplies!"

"These are just one of my thoughts, General!" Qin Chuan said.

"Do you have other ideas?" Rommel's eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "For example, in terms of supplies, why don't we mobilize soldiers and people to farm the land?"

"Farming?" Colonel Slaine couldn't help objecting: "The British soldiers are training, but our soldiers are farming? This will reduce our combat effectiveness!"

"That won't take much time, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "And I found that the irrigation technology and planting technology of the people in Egypt and Libya are very backward. If we can let them master better and more advanced planting methods, then the agricultural output will be With a significant increase, our supplies will no longer need to be transported from Italy, or the amount of transportation can be reduced exponentially!"

General Strike and others couldn't help looking at each other after hearing Qin Chuan's suggestion.

It's no wonder they have such expressions, because for Germany, being a soldier is a noble profession, and farming like common people is a shame... This is mainly derived from the European knight culture. Soldiers are like ancient knights. Knights and farmers are people at two different social levels. Knights should not do farmers' work. Of course, if they are helping their families farm, that is another matter.

This will not be a problem for the Chinese, because Chinese soldiers have come from the common people since ancient times, and it is also a fine tradition of our army to make enough food and clothing by ourselves.

"There are many benefits to doing this!" Seeing the silence of the officers, Qin Chuan continued: "First of all, the land and climate in Africa are actually very suitable for planting..."

Many people think that large areas of Africa are desert and therefore unsuitable for cultivation. But in fact, many places with water sources in Africa are not like this. They are even land formed by the deposition of desert dust. The geology is soft and fertile. Coupled with the hot climate in Africa, plants often grow like crazy, and there is no such thing as winter. , harvests can be made all year round, and this is the case in cities like Matruh.

But Africans are also famous for their laziness, so they often only grow some food to make ends meet. Of course, part of the reason for this is because the planting method is too primitive. They basically dig a hole, bury the seeds and wait for the harvest. .

"What does it do but relieve our supply pressure?" General Strike asked.

"Let's put it this way!" After thinking about it, Qin Chuan said: "The ancient Chinese army often farmed on the border because the territory occupied by their army was too large. If food was to be transported from the capital to the border, because the ancient transportation tools were very Being backward, transporting one bag of grain required two or more bags of grain, and it took a long time, so the emperor ordered the soldiers guarding the border to work in the fields themselves. This policy was originally just to relieve the country's supply pressure, but they found out. An unexpected benefit...the soldiers taught the local people advanced planting and irrigation techniques when they were farming, allowing the local people to live a better life. As a result, the local people who originally resisted them became supportive of them. The rule makes the soldiers invincible in the battle against foreign invasion! "

Hearing this, General Strike couldn't help but say "Oh", then nodded and said: "The power of the masses!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "Just like we used the power of the masses to capture Alexandria easily, even farming is more convincing than what Alexander did, because we just did a few good things in Alexandria and then publicized it, and If we teach people planting and irrigation techniques, it will truly solve people’s living problems. If people in Africa, including Egypt, support us..."

Needless to say what happened next, Qin Chuan could already see Rommel and other officers nodding their heads.