The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Although Qin Chuan has an additional title of instructor, he has not actually done much work in this area.

The reason is that the Maginot Line was originally a training base for new recruits. Each unit here has its own instructors. Although these instructors are not very good...a considerable number of them are veterans of World War I.

Although these veterans are veterans, they are not suitable for the battlefield.

There are several reasons:

First of all, they are older... The First World War ended in 1918. Even if they joined the war when they were 18 years old, they are still in their forties now. Their physical strength, energy, etc. are not the same as those of young people in their twenties. hierarchical.

The second is that their tactics are generally conservative.

Needless to say, World War I was basically trench warfare, and what soldiers did most was to hide in the trenches and shoot at the enemy.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, famous generals such as Rommel all came from World War I.

But more veterans of World War I have difficulty adapting to the current battlefield... Weapons and equipment have developed too fast. Tanks had just come out when they fought. Fighters were generally bi-winged, and airships were still the ultimate bombing weapon: "Airships" Once it comes out, it will be invincible and invincible!"

But now, the sky is filled with high-altitude, high-speed fighter planes, tanks are getting thicker and thicker, and the artillery is getting thicker and thicker. It is completely different from World War I.

Matching these equipment are various collaborative tactics and blitz tactics...

As a result, the tactical thinking of World War I veterans was left far behind, so all they could do was teach the new recruits military regulations, physical fitness, and the operation of weapons and equipment at this training base.

Tactical training is mainly completed in the "training camps" of frontline troops.

However, due to resource problems, many recruits skip this step and directly join the army to fight the enemy.

Of course, even so, the German army is much better than the Soviet army's approach of just firing a gun and throwing it on the battlefield.

What Qin Chuan has to do is to formulate a new training plan for these instructors.

"The first phase is mainly about training within the fortifications!" Qin Chuan told the instructor: "The training is very simple. You need to master the location of each bunker proficiently and transport ammunition to these bunkers... Before that, everyone must Understand, to be precise, does not mean understand, but memorize the ammunition required for these bunkers, such as anti-aircraft machine gun shells, 75MM artillery shells, 100MM artillery shells, etc. It is absolutely not allowed to transport the wrong ammunition, because this means that. Suicide, do you understand?”

"Understood, sir!" the instructors replied.

Things have to be done step by step, and there will be the second and third stages of training, which will become more and more difficult. The goal is to enable these recruits to close their eyes, that is, even if there is a problem with the power supply system. Normal operations inside the fortifications.

Then good news came from Colonel Paul.

"The first batch of one hundred rocket launchers has been delivered!" Colonel Paul said: "Just as you requested, copy the Soviet 'Stalin Organ'!"

"So fast?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Although this is not difficult for the German army, it has only been more than a month since Qin Chuan proposed it, and a hundred of them can be produced.

"In fact..." Colonel Paul replied: "Most of these batches are not imitations, but ones we captured from the Soviets. But you know, we didn't like to use this equipment before!"

Of course Qinchuan knew that this was not only because the German army could not produce rockets for the "Katyusha" rocket launcher, but also because the German army believed that they had more powerful rocket launchers, so when they captured the "Katyusha" rocket launchers, they often Dismantled and converted back into a car for transportation.

At this time, Qinchuan requested in the Maginot Plan that Major General Teleskov collect these rocket launchers and transport them here.

"In addition, we can already produce the 132MM rocket it uses!" Colonel Paul said: "This is not difficult, we only need to transform the 150MM rocket production line. Where do you think this production line should be deployed? "

Qin Chuan replied without thinking: "In the Alps, we need to build several secret underground arsenals there to produce other ammunition including rockets!"

"Uh-huh!" Colonel Paul replied: "I will tell Lieutenant General Lu Manlin about this!"

Qinchuan must be prepared, that is, the transportation lines will be bombed and blocked by the US military.

Because Qinchuan knew that the biggest problem in fighting the US military was that air supremacy would not be in the hands of the German army. The German army's advanced tactics such as "blitzkrieg" are based on air superiority. If there is no preparation, the German army will undoubtedly fall into passivity.

As mentioned before, rocket launchers are arranged behind the defense line according to their range... The maximum range of this rocket launcher is 8.8 kilometers. This length is exactly the width of the main defense area of ​​the Maginot Line, so there are many places to choose from.

Find a mountain, and then dig holes for hiding artillery in the reverse slope area. There are even ready-made holes in some places... The entrances and exits of the underground fortifications of the defense line can just accommodate a car full of supplies, and rocket launchers are also within this range. , so the warehouse of the underground fortification can be used as an excellent place to park the rocket launcher.

The next thing that enters the defense area is the anti-aircraft artillery.

The German army does not have a great need for anti-aircraft artillery on the battlefield. The reason is that on the Eastern Front, the German army basically controls the air. The airspace basically belongs to the German army. There is basically no need for air defense. In other words, the air defense is all done by the air force.

The American and British troops on the Western Front have not yet begun landing, and the need for air defense is not that strong, or it is not known how much anti-aircraft firepower is appropriate to deploy.

If there is a need, it can be used to prevent bombing by American and British fighter planes near the Gabes Defense Line in Africa.

Therefore, most anti-aircraft guns and shells (proximity-fuse anti-aircraft shells) are produced in Algeria.

Of course this is not a problem. Major General Teleskov contacted General Rommel and asked him to come forward to coordinate. Then batches of anti-aircraft guns were transported from Africa to the Maginot Line... This can also be said to be Qinchuan's previous efforts. the harvest of hard work.

Because if a line of defense had not been established in Africa to block the US and British coalition forces, the African battlefield would probably be in crisis or even collapse now. Of course, it would be impossible to transport artillery and artillery shells to France.

But now, the production capacity in Africa has become part of the Maginot Line of Defense. It can even be said to be the backing of the Maginot Line of Defense... Behind the Alpine Defense Line is the Mediterranean Sea, and at the other end of the Mediterranean Sea is Algeria. If Algeria did not If it is held, the Alps cannot become a line of defense.

Finally, what we are waiting for is ME163.