The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The car arrived in Brittany early the next morning...The Allies did not usually conduct bombings at night.

On the one hand, this may be due to fear of accidental damage. After all, this is France, and no one can guarantee where the bomb will land when bombing is dropped at night.

On the other hand, it is to save ammunition to a certain extent... You must know that the main targets of bombing are roads, railways and bridges, and these things are difficult to find at night. To achieve the same strategic purpose, several times the amount of ammunition must be invested. This It was completely unnecessary for the Allies.

So, the car drove continuously all night long. What was funny was that the car was stopped and questioned several times by German soldiers... But when they got on the car, they saw in the flashlight that there was a marshal leaning on the car. While resting on the chair, I was so frightened that I dropped my flashlight to the ground.

"They did it right!" Rommel explained to Qinchuan and Colonel Slain: "This is my order. There may be many spies bribed by the British and Americans among the French workers!"

What Rommel said is the truth, and at the same time, this matter is also very ridiculous... The British and Americans have cultivated different forces of their own in France.

The British cultivated the de Gaulle regime, and the Americans cultivated the Giraud regime. The two did not recognize each other and hoped to seize control of France after the Allies liberated France.

The more embarrassing thing about this is... De Gaulle regarded himself as the leader of France before the offensive was launched, so a series of things happened that embarrassed the United States and even the United Kingdom. For example, De Gaulle protested against the British and American exclusion of him from "Operation Overlord". " In addition, Washington refused to recognize the "Provisional Government of the French Republic" he led and opposed the Allied forces' circulation of "forged notes" in France.

(Note: The so-called "counterfeit notes" are the banknotes that the Allied forces planned to use in France after they liberated France)

In de Gaulle's view, this was the power of the "Provisional Government of the French Republic", so the country's sovereignty had been violated by the Allies. Even during the German occupation, France had not been so humiliated.

In the end, even Churchill angrily threatened De Gaulle: "If necessary, he will be sent back to his cell!"

Of course, these have nothing to do with Qin Chuan, but Qin Chuan thought that at least Britain and the United States were not monolithic, and they still had their own interests.

Just when Qin Chuan was half asleep and thinking about these problems, the car stopped with a "chi" sound.

"We're here!" Rommel said, straightening his military uniform, putting on his military cap, and took the lead out of the car.

A gust of slightly chilly sea breeze blew away the chaotic thoughts in Qin Chuan's head. He raised his head and looked down the road, and saw densely packed workers busy on the beach a few kilometers below... Some were wearing military uniforms. Some of the engineers, some of whom were obviously French civilians, were rowing famous wooden boats back and forth on the sea, carrying something into the sea.

Rommel introduced: "I divided the defense line into four lines: the outermost layer is the mine field, then the anti-landing obstacles on the beach, then the bunker fortifications and field fortifications of the defense line, and finally the anti-landing operations. The infantry division and the armored division, I plan to deploy them in a mobile position 6 to 8 kilometers away from the beach, and they will launch a counterattack against the enemy's landing force!"

6 to 8 kilometers, which is what was mentioned before deploying armored troops on the front line... This distance is within the range of the Allied naval guns, so there is no doubt that camouflage is needed.

"On the second road, which is the anti-landing obstacle!" Rommel paced and raised his head towards the beach: "In addition to what you see, there are pickets and artificial reefs in the sea. In addition to anti-tank weapons on the beach, In addition to trenches and obstacles, I plan to mine a large area. I asked them to send 10 million mines every month, but they can send less than one-tenth of this amount..."

This number made Qin Chuan and Colonel Slaine stunned, but this did not seem surprising. Rommel liked to use landmines for defense when he was in Africa, such as the famous "Devil's Paradise".

The staff officer handed Qin Chuan the telescope very considerately.

Qin Chuan took the binoculars and looked at the beach, recognizing several obstacles called "Czech-style horse-rejection" and "Belgian bullpen doors", row after row, layer upon layer. The beach is almost full.

If you don't understand the strength of the Allied forces and just see these arrangements of the German army, it will give people an illusion... No matter how powerful the army is, it will not be able to overcome these obstacles.

Qinchuan could almost imagine the scene: groups of American soldiers rushed to the beach, but stalled in front of mines and obstacles. As a result, they were heavily killed by machine guns and subsequent artillery fire from the German defense line.

But the reality is likely to be another situation... Most of these obstacles will be blasted into the sky by Allied aircraft and artillery before the war, and then the US tank landing ship will directly transport the tanks to the near beach for landing. It's the pavement tank.

Speaking of pavement tanks... In fact, Qin Chuan borrowed the Americans' method, because it was a thing they invented in Normandy because they were worried about tanks sinking into the beach.

The Americans even prepared two man-made docks, "Mulberry No. 1" and "Mulberry No. 2", belonging to the US military and the British army respectively.

These two docks will be towed to Normandy, and then a large number of modern equipment and troops will rely on the docks to quickly land and deploy.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Rommel, who was walking in front, shouted to Qinchuan: "In your one o'clock direction, there is the French regiment!"

Qinchuan raised his telescope and looked in the direction indicated by Rommel, and sure enough he saw the flag of the French battalion... It was a red background with a shield printed with a simplified diagram of the Gabes defense line, to commemorate the French battalion's victory in Excellent performance on the defensive line from Gabes.

"Your Excellency Marshal..." Qin Chuan turned his attention to Rommel.

"Of course!" Rommel nodded and said without waiting for Qin Chuan's request: "Go and see your old subordinates. I think this may be of some help to them in defense!"

Then Qin Chuan understood that this was also one of Rommel's methods to boost the morale of the French regiment.

Qin Chuan saluted Rommel and then walked in the direction of the French regiment.

There are many new faces in the French regiment, but this does not seem surprising, because when Qin Chuan established the French battalion, there were only 500 people, and now it has developed into a regiment.

When the soldiers in the French battalion saw a lieutenant colonel wearing a German uniform approaching, they quickly stopped what they were doing and saluted Qin Chuan.

"Sergeant!" Qin Chuan walked for a while and saw an acquaintance. Then he randomly grabbed a soldier and asked, "What is the name of your regiment leader?"

At this time, Qin Chuan heard someone scream: "It's the 'Legendary Sergeant', our instructor, he's back..."