The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"That's right!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin nodded, and then motioned for Fenn to write it down.

"Besides..." Qin Chuan and Lieutenant General Lu Manlin stepped into the elevator together, and then said: "What's more important is the need to build an army belonging to the Maginot Line of Defense!"

"Our own army?" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied doubtfully: "I thought we didn't need to think too much about the army, because if the Americans attack here, it means that our troops are deployed in France. They’ve all been withdrawn, haven’t they?”

The elevator is manual. This does not mean that this era is so backward that there are no elevators with buttons, but the military elevators located in underground fortifications place more emphasis on safety than convenience. After all, everything here may withstand enemy bombing. , and elevators with buttons are obviously more prone to failure.

Finn turned the wrench-like thing on the elevator to a certain point, and then the elevator went down with a "clicking" noise.

"General!" Qin Chuan replied at this time: "You are right, but the problem is that all these troops who have withdrawn... they don't know where the ammunition is, where the food is, where the bunkers are. This underground city is very dangerous to them. It’s a maze for them, and they may not even be able to operate the machine guns or artillery in the bunker! There is no doubt that if they are allowed to operate these underground fortifications, it will end up in a mess!”

"Uh-huh!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin nodded: "We want to form a dedicated force!"

"They don't need to be very brave!" Qin Chuan said: "Because most of the time they fight the enemy in fortifications, even transporting ammunition. But each of them must be familiar with the location of each area and the method of reaching it, and be proficient in it. When using various bunker equipment, it is more important to be able to cooperate with ground troops, artillery troops and even air troops, and to be able to guide artillery to bomb the enemy when necessary. That is to say, at least some of the people must reach the level of artillery observers!”

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin was a little confused after hearing this. He hesitated for a while and then asked: "Lieutenant Colonel, the level of artillery observers is..."

What Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked made Qin Chuan laugh. Lieutenant General Lu Manlin was a lieutenant general, and he was also a lieutenant general in the German army who had always been of good quality. He actually didn't even know what an artillery observer did. ! "

However, this does not seem surprising. This may be one of the reasons why Lieutenant General Lu Manlin serves as the commander of the 79th Army.

"To put it simply..." Qin Chuan explained: "You can accurately calculate the distance between the enemy and yourself without leaving the bunker, and then report this distance to the artillery, so that the artillery knows where to fire the shells!"

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin couldn't help but said "Oh" and replied: "Of course, we can do it!"

But looking at him, Qin Chuan knew that Lieutenant General Lu Manlin still seemed to understand.

But this is not important. Other staff officers will help Lieutenant General Lu Manlin complete it. All he needs is to issue orders.

"After doing this, we need to organize at least a few exercises!" Qin Chuan said: "To ensure that they know what to do when the enemy comes!"

"Of course!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied.

At this time the elevator arrived at its destination... The reason why it takes so long is because although the underground fortifications only have seven floors, there are layers of soil and reinforced concrete several meters thick between each layer. There is a distance of five meters.

Several people walked out of the elevator and entered the passage on another floor. The passage was marked with an Arabic numeral "3"... This is the third floor counting from bottom to top.

While walking along the passage, Qin Chuan asked: "Do we have such a garrison?"

"Uh-huh!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied: "That's my 79th Army!"

"The 79th Army?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but turn around: "But they are all new recruits!"

"It's like you said, Lieutenant Colonel!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin said: "They don't need to be brave, what's more important is that they are proficient in various equipment for underground fortifications!"

"But they only trained for three months and have never been on the battlefield!"

"To be precise, it's two months!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied: "Now the recruit training period has been changed to two months!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but said "Oh", this should be an order from Hitler... Because of the shortage of soldiers on the front line, the training time for new recruits was greatly shortened.

But in Qin Chuan's view, this is an approach that is not worth the gain, because three months is already very short, and sending him to the battlefield in two months is basically going to die.

However, it seems that there is no more suitable unit except the 79th Army.

The reason is that the Maginot Line at this time was located in the rear, or even the rear area. It was impossible for Hitler to bring a well-trained troops to garrison here when there was a shortage of troops.

"It seems that this is all we can do!" Qin Chuan said, "But we need to train it strictly!"

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied: "If you don't refuse, I think you are the best instructor!"

"Me?" Qin Chuan replied: "No, I am a military advisor!"

"No one said that military advisors cannot also serve as instructors!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied: "I believe the recruits will also agree with this, especially I heard that your brother is among them!"

After a pause, Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked again: "Is that your biological brother?"

"Yes!"

"So..." Lieutenant General Lu Manlin spread his hands and said, "Lieutenant Colonel, you should try your best to teach these new recruits all your skills, because this may be related to your brother's life!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel dumbfounded. Lieutenant General Lu Manlin seemed to still be worried that Qin Chuan would hide his secrets... What Lieutenant General Lu Manlin didn't know was that there was nothing to hide behind his skills on the battlefield, because he taught his comrades Let them have stronger combat effectiveness and protect themselves at the same time. This is a bundle of interests.

"Look at this..." Lieutenant General Lu Manlin opened a door in the passage and said: "My room, Lieutenant Colonel, give me a suggestion and see if you need anything else!"

Qin Chuan looked into the room and almost laughed.

Because the room was filled with food, water, and a neat row of oxygen bottles.

"What are you doing, general!" Qin Chuan asked, "Do you need these things very much? The supplies in the warehouse are enough for us at least for a few months!"

"Who knows!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied: "If the tunnel collapses and we are cut off from the outside world, then I will need these things!"

Then Qin Chuan understood that Lieutenant General Lu Manlin regarded this place as his "doomsday refuge".