The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Rommel added excitedly: "That's right, Lieutenant Colonel. If we stick to the 'Atlantic Wall', all these opportunities will disappear... The French people around the 'Atlantic Wall' have been cleared, and the Allies can rest assured. Bombing. At the same time, once the defense line is breached by the Allies, we cannot secretly control the outcome of the two French armies to provoke conflict between them!"

"But that's France!" Hitler objected: "France with many factories and manpower."

"We can move the machines to Germany as much as possible!" Qin Chuan replied: "As long as we do this in a planned and step-by-step manner, the losses will be minimized."

"Like the Soviets did?" Hitler shook his head and said, "No, I will not give in. I will not run away like the Soviets did, never!"

There was an awkward silence in the conference room. Hitler's fierce eyes looked at Qin Chuan and then at Rommel from time to time.

Obviously, he was thinking about how to deal with these two subordinates who had different opinions...one was his designated commander of the Atlantic Wall, and the other was a famous hero on the front line.

Usually, people whose political views are different from Hitler are usually dismissed by Hitler, and this time is probably no exception.

But Qin Chuan did not back down. He took a step forward, pointed at the map and said, "No, Your Majesty the Head of State, if you think we are running away or retreating, you have misunderstood!"

"Then what do you think this is?" Hitler asked: "Abandon the whole of France and retreat to the 'Maginot Line'? This is only one step away from Germany, and their artillery shells can hit Germany, but you say this is not a retreat?"

After a pause, Hitler continued: "We need France's land, resources, factories and manpower. If we lose these, the disparity in power between the enemy and ourselves will be even greater!"

"You are right, Your Majesty the Head of State!" Qin Chuan replied: "That's why we have not given up on France!"

"What do you mean by not giving up France?" Hitler asked.

Qin Chuan pointed at the map and said: "We will eventually withdraw to this line of defense, which stretches from the plateau and mountains in southern France to the Alps, to the 'Maginot Line' and then to the Ardennes area..."

"This has given up most of France!" Hitler interrupted Qin Chuan: "Even if we can hold on, we may only have less than one-third of the area left, and it will still be barren mountains and plateaus!"

"Yes, Your Majesty the Head of State!" Qin Chuan pointed at the map and said, "But... after we hold this line of defense, what if we accumulate strength and use armored forces to launch a counterattack in the Ardennes area?"

Hitler was stunned upon hearing this.

This is not a battle plan that Qinchuan made on a whim or at the drop of a hat, but in history Germany had a similar counterattack, and it was called the "Ardennes Counterattack."

However, because the German defense line was too fragile and its strength was severely depleted, the "Ardennes Counterattack" ultimately failed to win and turn the tide of the war.

Rommel looked at the map, then looked at Qin Chuan in surprise and said, "What a great idea, Lieutenant Colonel!"

Then Rommel turned to Hitler: "Your Majesty the Führer, in this way we can use the advantages of the armored forces to fight another blitzkrieg. The result will be to encircle the Allied forces deep in France on a large scale... We may not be able to attack the enemy in the air and on the sea." Confront the Allies, but defeat them on land and retake France!"

Hitler stared at the map silently, his face uncertain, and no one knew what he was thinking.

But Qinchuan and Rommel knew that this already meant that Hitler was tempted and he was just hesitating.

Qin Chuan finally added fuel to the fire: "Your Majesty the Head of State, we fought from Africa to the Eastern Front, and from the Eastern Front to the Western Front. During this battle, we fully realized how the Soviet Union fought against the British and American Allied Forces. The difference in approach!”

"What's the difference?" Hitler asked.

"The Soviets, the most important thing to them is industry and equipment!" Qinchuan replied: "They lack this, so they always protect their factories, machines, tanks, etc. at all costs, but they do not lack people, so the battlefield There were always soldiers armed with only one rifle charging at us in groups.”

Hitler nodded in agreement: "So when we fight against the Soviets, the most important thing is to capture their industrial areas and oil fields, such as Baku and Stalingrad!"

"Yes, Your Majesty the Führer!" Qin Chuan did not forget to flatter Hitler: "So, you were a very wise commander on the Eastern Front. Although we finally withdrew from Stalingrad, we destroyed Stalingrad's industry. ...Almost half of the tanks in the Soviet Union were produced by the Stalingrad Tractor Factory. The most important thing is that we occupied Baku, which not only stopped us from being short of oil, but also restricted the Soviet industry to a considerable extent and made the Soviet Union People are unable to organize a large-scale counterattack in a short time!”

As the saying goes, "Thousands of things can be worn, but flattery cannot be worn." These achievements that originally belonged to Qin Chuan were firmly placed on Hitler's head by Qin Chuan.

Hitler claimed to be a "military genius", and these words certainly sounded very useful. His face softened and he asked, "What about the British and Americans?"

"The British and Americans are completely different!" Qin Chuan replied: "Their industries are all on the island. We cannot threaten their industries and of course we cannot attack their homeland, especially the United States!"

Hitler couldn't help but nodded... If Britain can still bomb with planes and V1, then the United States is almost on the other side of the earth.

"So!" Qin Chuan concluded: "Our battle on the Western Front is completely opposite to that of the East and West... The Soviets lack equipment but not people, while Britain and the United States do not lack equipment and people. So our war against Britain and the United States, It shouldn’t be aimed at their equipment, but at their living forces, that is, people!”

After a pause, Qin Chuan continued: "If we defend the Atlantic Wall, it would be equivalent to fighting British and American machines instead of people. They only need to produce the shells and bombs from the factory, and then Just transport it in front of us or throw it down over your head. There is no end to it, because they have countless resources and machines. They can produce two shells after firing one, and they can produce one bomb after dropping one. Two! We can't win if we continue like this. We can only let them in, then surround them and beat them up, and give these pampered guys a lesson, only knowing how to stay away from firing cannons and throwing bombs. Only then can we let them know our history. Harmful!"

Hitler raised his head, his eyes shining with a fiery light, and replied: "You convinced me, Lieutenant Colonel! Good advice!"