The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Facts also proved that Rommel was right to give Rundstedt a step down... In subsequent actions, Rundstedt was very cooperative and even had a hint of dominance.

However, Rundstedt was the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, and the initiative should have been in his hands. However, because of a series of previous misjudgments, and the whole thing was reversed and taken over by Rommel and Qinchuan, whom he despised. He gained the upper hand, so much so that Rundstedt was embarrassed to call himself the supreme commander anymore.

In general, the action plan is to "treat others with their own treatment."

The first is to implement "pre-war emergency controls" like the United Kingdom, which means that all civilian vehicles except military vehicles are prohibited from taking to the road.

This was mainly to make it more difficult for British spies to collect intelligence.

Of course, the effect of implementing this method in France would be much worse. The main reason is that many French people volunteered to serve as British spies to provide intelligence to the Allies. All they needed was a radio station, which could be said to be impossible to prevent.

The disadvantage is that... Rommel can no longer inspect everywhere in French civilian cars as before.

"You confiscated my 'supercar'!" Rommel said jokingly.

Because it was a civilian car that the Allies would not attack, Rommel called it a "super car."

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied: "You should be happy about this. One day, if this 'super car' attracts the attention of spies, or they recognize that it is your 'special car', then the Allied pilots will take it. It’s sent to heaven!”

"That's right!" Rommel nodded and cursed: "These hateful British, they have made some of our grass and trees weak!"

"If it weren't for Lieutenant Colonel..." Colonel Schuster looked at Qinchuan with admiration: "We might never have discovered these conspiracies they set up. God, they forged two armies and fooled us. Round and round!”

"So!" Colonel Slane said: "What is more terrifying is not the British Intelligence Agency, but our 'Legendary Sergeant', isn't it?"

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

The second is the mobilization of troops.

Two armored divisions were transferred to the Brittany Peninsula and camouflaged... They marched at night and lurked during the day. The method of lurking was just like what they did in the desert. They dug a hole in the ground and drove the tanks in, covering it with The canvas was even covered with soil or vegetation to camouflage it, making it difficult to spot even if you walked up to it, let alone the pilots flying fighter planes in the sky.

Of course, the Armored Division's base in the direction of Calais is still in normal use. From time to time, the noise of tank engines and the sound of soldiers practicing can be heard from inside. Radio communications are also carried out as usual... This is learned from the British, but the British A group army was disguised, while the Germans only disguised two armored divisions.

The difficulty for the German army was that they not only had to deceive the British Intelligence Agency, but also the Führer and other nearby German troops.

But Hitler's order was of great help at this time... Regarding the concern of neighboring troops, Rundstedt's answer was: "You don't need to know information that is irrelevant to your own mission!"

As for Hitler, it would be better to solve it. All communications are done, received and sent from the fake base.

But in fact, it was only an empty headquarters that received and sent messages. They were all composed of intelligence personnel sent by Rundstedt... They deceived the Führer and also deceived the British Intelligence Agency.

"Of course I will not just send these armored units to attack the enemy casually!" Rommel said: "That will only expose the armored units to the firepower of enemy naval guns and fighter planes."

This is also what Qin Chuan is worried about. Rundstedt and even Guderian are firmly opposed to this.

But now of course Rundstedt was embarrassed to voice any objections.

"I will try my best to use armored forces at night!" Rommel explained: "If you have the opportunity to attack, try to get as close to the enemy as possible so that their naval guns will be wary!"

The tactics are correct, just like the "close tactics" used by the volunteers against the US military. The difference is that Rommel sticks to the tanks.

But this is not enough.

"In this way, we have three armored divisions and seven infantry divisions in the Brittany Peninsula!" Rommel pointed to the map and said: "There are also eight coastal defense divisions for a total of 18 divisions. The enemy can be here The number of troops landing on the front line is estimated to be around 100,000. In this way, the enemy and our forces are equal. Although the Allies have air and sea control, we have strong fortifications and good geographical advantages. It can be said that each has its own advantages. "

"But..." Rommel then changed the topic and said: "They still have an unknown number of airborne troops. As we said before, these airborne troops will parachute to the rear of our defense lines and fight with the French guerrillas. They coordinate attacks everywhere, and they even guide fighter planes to conduct precise bombings... In this way, our troops along the coast are almost surrounded by the enemy!"

Rommel's worries were justified. The focus was often not on the airborne troops themselves, but on the formation of a force between the Allied airborne troops and the French guerrillas, which would then set off a vigorous anti-German wave across the country... It wouldn't take long The whole of France will become Germany's enemy, and the German army will be hampered everywhere.

"The most effective way to deal with airborne troops is mechanized troops!" Colonel Slain replied without thinking: "We can deploy several mechanized infantry divisions in the rear!"

There is nothing wrong with Colonel Slaine's idea. This has been proven in the Baku oil fields...Soviet airborne troops were annihilated in batches in front of the German mechanized troops.

"But that is when we have air supremacy!" Rommel objected: "The Allies are different from the Soviets. The Allies will obviously use their air supremacy. I think they will choose to airborne before dawn in the early morning, so that it will not be long before the airborne landing." They will be covered by air power, and our mechanized troops will suffer heavy casualties or even collapse under the attack of their air power, let alone kill their airborne troops!"

After a pause, Rommel continued: "On the other hand, in order to prevent the Allied forces from airborne, I have also set up many artificial lakes, and will release water to cause trouble for them. But these will also cause problems for our own mechanized troops. trouble!"

This is obvious. The mechanized troops are extremely dependent on roads. If any section of the road is flooded or bombed, the mechanized troops will become infantry.

"Why don't we suppress the guerrillas?" Qin Chuan asked.

"We tried, many times!" replied Rundstedt: "But you can't tell which are guerrillas and which are not, or which Frenchmen will become guerrillas!"

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief!" Qin Chuan said, "You have never tried to lure them out!"

"Bring it out?"