The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Qin Chuan's face turned cold, and he was about to teach that ignorant soldier a lesson, when Sergeant Dominic went up and knocked him to the ground with a rifle butt.

"Hey!" A group of German soldiers from the 200th Division immediately surrounded them, and one of them even pushed Sergeant Dominic.

Werner and others also went up to them immediately... Who are the First Infantry Regiment? Why would they be afraid of the new recruits from the 200th Division who just arrived in Africa?

Qin Chuan walked up leisurely and said, "Your superiors have at least taught you to be polite to friendly forces!"

"That's my business, Lieutenant!" A German captain squeezed over. He looked at the soldier who was lying on the ground with his head covered, and said dissatisfiedly, "I should be the one who disciplines my subordinates..."

"I think I manage well, Captain!" Qin Chuan answered bluntly, "They will never show mercy when they kill people, whether they are enemies or their own people, as long as they don't respect them!"

The captain was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Qin Chuan to dare to talk to him like this. At least his rank was one level higher than Qin Chuan, which was almost a challenge to the captain's authority.

"Tell me your name, Lieutenant!" The captain said angrily.

"What he said is true!" At this time, Major General Neumann appeared in front of everyone.

He nodded to Qin Chuan and others, and then said to the captain: "Captain Baker, the person standing in front of you is Lieutenant Frick, do you think you have enough strength to challenge him and his troops?"

The captain was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Qin Chuan in astonishment, and then stood up to Major General Neumann and said: "No, General!"

Major General Neumann waved to Captain Baker, and Captain Baker and his team hurriedly withdrew with the injured soldier.

"Sorry, Lieutenant!" Major General Neumann shook Qin Chuan's hand and said helplessly: "You know, there are few beautiful ladies here. I apologize for their rudeness!"

"I understand, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "I have to do this too!"

What Qin Chuan said was true, because it was directly related to Qin Chuan's command of the French battalion... If Qin Chuan or Dominic did not stand up for the French soldiers, they would soon lose the trust of the French soldiers, especially at such a sensitive time.

But now, the French soldiers looked at Qin Chuan and his men differently, because they would turn against the German officers and soldiers for the dignity of the French.

Major General Neumann glanced at the French camp and nodded to show his understanding.

"We call this place Hill Zero!" Neumann opened a map while walking, and pointed to a point and said: "The location is here, fifteen kilometers south of Gafsa. The reason why this place is called Hill Zero is that we want to use it as a template. You know, I can't let you go to every hill to see what's wrong, but I can let you teach a group of officers and let them go back to do the right thing!"

"We don't have much time!" Qin Chuan said.

"So we have to move faster!" General Neumann said: "They have already started!"

General Neumann took Qin Chuan along a mountain road and walked around the corner, where there was indeed a team of German soldiers busy building tunnels.

Qin Chuan stepped forward to take a look and shook his head.

"Any questions?" Major General Neumann asked.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "You shouldn't choose a location that is easy to dig as the tunnel entrance. The reason is very simple. If we can dig easily, it means that the enemy can also easily gain a foothold here and block the tunnel entrance with firepower or even throw explosive packs and grenades into the tunnel!" Hearing this, Major General Neumann nodded, and then shook his head: "But Lieutenant, this has always been a puzzling problem for us. Many people even think that this tactic is not applicable at all, because no matter where we build the tunnel entrance, the enemy seems to be able to easily blow it down and bury the soldiers in it!" Major General Neumann was right. You must know that this is just a mountain. If it doesn't work, the British and Americans can also use ropes to hang it like a climber to the right position and throw explosive packs into the tunnel entrance. So, to a certain extent, no matter where the tunnel entrance is built, it cannot be avoided from being blown up. "First!" Qin Chuan said: "The most difficult part of tunnel warfare is never the construction of tunnel fortifications, but to have a group of fearless soldiers who can survive and maintain combat effectiveness in the harsh and even life-threatening environment of the tunnel!"

"I agree!" Major General Neumann replied: "But I believe my men can do it!"

Qin Chuan has no doubt about this. If the German army can't do it, then no one in Europe and the United States can do it.

"Secondly!" Qin Chuan said: "We must be prepared for the tunnel entrance to be blown down at any time, but we can build hidden vents, so that even if the tunnel entrance is blown down, the soldiers can survive inside. At the same time, we can also build invisible tunnel entrances!"

"Invisible tunnel entrance?" Major General Neumann was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said, "To put it simply, there are several tunnel openings leading to the interior, but we blocked the other tunnel openings in advance, so the enemy only sees one tunnel opening!" Major General Neumann said, "Oh!" Hearing this, "When necessary, such as at night, we can dig through the blocked tunnel opening from the inside!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "We can even block the tunnel entrances very tightly, and the enemy can't find them from the surface at all!"

Major General Neumann nodded: "These tunnel entrances may even be next to the enemy's ammunition depot or barracks, and they will be unable to defend themselves!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan continued: "More importantly... some tunnel entrances are still difficult to blow up or require considerable cost!"

"For example..."

"For example!" Qin Chuan stepped on his feet and said: "While we dig a tunnel entrance here, we also dig one or two corresponding tunnel entrances on the opposite high ground!"

Major General Neumann suddenly realized , said: "They can cover each other!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "But the enemy tries to blow up this tunnel with explosive packs or grenades, then they will expose their backs to the tunnel, and when the enemy wants to deal with the tunnel first, they will enter the shooting range of this tunnel..."

"Great!" Major General Neumann said: "So, we should divide the tunnel entrance into three layers: upper, middle and lower, so that they will cover the entire opposite side and cover each other, thus forming a combat system instead of a single tunnel!"

Major General Neumann understood quickly, after all, he was a general who had learned military theory and had practical experience.