The decisive battle against the Third Reich - Chapter 908
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“But you have held on, haven’t you?” Hitler asked.
“That’s only temporary, Mr. Fuhrer!” Rommel replied: “We have lost air superiority. We have no planes to compete with the Allies, and we can’t send planes to bomb enemy warships. So we can’t do anything about the Allied planes and warships… They bombed us out of our range until all of us and our fortifications were razed to the ground!”
“We have anti-aircraft guns!” Hitler replied: “We also have fighters!”
“Mr. Fuhrer!” Rommel replied: “The Allies bombed us all day, and our anti-aircraft guns only shot down 51 of their fighters, and these were even the credit of the ‘proximity fuze shells’, otherwise our results would be even less.”
This does not mean that the “proximity fuze shells” are useless, but that the Allied advantages along the coast are too obvious, and anti-aircraft guns cannot be deployed in large numbers, otherwise the only result is that they will be found and destroyed by the Allies.
“Besides, our fighter planes are nothing compared to the Allies!” Rommel continued, “We only have more than 400 fighter planes, while the Allies have tens of thousands. The number of fighter planes they dispatched is the sum of all our fighter planes, and the performance of these fighter planes is much more advanced than ours!”
“You are telling the truth, my Marshal!” Hitler replied, “But we will win, just like you did before, easily annihilating their airborne divisions, and defeating the enemy’s two infantry divisions with the counterattack of the armored division… It won’t take long for the Allies to collapse earlier than us. They can’t fight this battle. They are not as strong as imagined! They may have more warships and aircraft than us, but we have tenacious will, unyielding spirit, and infinite wisdom!”
Rommel was speechless.
To some extent, Hitler is a spiritualist, that is, the so-called “spiritual atomic bomb”.
However, in the case of obvious disadvantages in industry, equipment, technological level and quantity, the only thing that the German army can defeat the enemy may be “spirit”.
In desperation, Rommel could only turn his eyes to Qin Chuan.
Sensing Rommel’s change, Hitler turned his eyes to Qin Chuan, and then said with a smile: “Lieutenant Colonel, brave ‘legendary sergeant’, I believe you will support my point of view!”
Hitler took the lead and made Qin Chuan unable to refute… As mentioned before, he had lost his mind a little, with only land and victory in his mind, completely ignoring the reality, and wishfully thinking that he could keep the “Atlantic Wall” by continuing like this.
Hitler placed all his hopes for victory on the fact that the Allies would collapse before the Germans.
But anyone who understands knows that this is impossible.
The reason is simple. The Allies have changed their tactics, or more precisely, they changed their tactics at “Utah Beach”…They only landed with a small number of troops, and then guided the naval guns and fighter planes to bombard “Utah Beach”.
The Allies consumed shells and bombs, while the Germans consumed troops and tanks.
The Allies had plenty of artillery shells and bombs, while the Germans had very limited manpower and tanks, so it was impossible for the Allies to collapse before the Germans.
But what could Qin Chuan say?
Present facts and reason like Rommel did?
This obviously wouldn’t work. If he did, he would get the same answer in the end… The German army could defeat the enemy with its tenacious will and fighting spirit.
After thinking for a while, Qin Chuan replied, “Maybe you are right, Mr. Führer. We may win if we guard the Atlantic Wall!”
“I know it!” Hitler nodded with satisfaction: “Our warriors will never back down in the face of difficulties!”
“My Marshal!” Hitler said to Rommel again: “You should listen to the voices from the front and have enough confidence in our warriors. They are the factors that determine the outcome of the battlefield!”
Rommel just smiled and didn’t answer. He knew Qin Chuan had something else to say.
Sure enough, Qin Chuan continued, “But, Mr. Führer. We are indeed confident that we can fight the enemy and eventually defeat the enemy as you said, but we are often unable to fight!”
“What do you mean?” Hitler asked.
“We are an armored division, and our advantage is tanks!” Qin Chuan replied, “We have more powerful tanks than the enemy. The Allied tanks are vulnerable to our Tiger and Panther. If you can see that moment, you will understand what I mean… The Allied tanks were destroyed one after another by us, and their shells could not penetrate our armor. However, just when we were about to chase, we found that we could not do it. Because what stood in front of us was the beach and the sea!”
“Then…” Qin Chuan added, “Our Tiger had to face the shells fired by the Allied naval guns and the bombs dropped by the bombers. After two rounds of bombing, only a few of our tanks were still able to move!”
Hitler was stunned when he heard this, and then said, “But this is not a reason for us to give up the Atlantic Wall, right? We also need to face such a situation when we retreat!”
“Indeed, Your Excellency the Head of State!” Qin Chuan replied: “But first we can withdraw outside the range of the naval guns so that the warships cannot function. Of course, in this way, the enemy’s army’s artillery fire will be effective, and we also need to face artillery fire. ”
“Yes, Your Excellency the Führer!” Rommel said: “This will force the Allies to send tanks to fight us, otherwise they will face the wrath of the French!”
“On the other hand!” Qin Chuan added: “I think this is a good opportunity to divide Britain, the United States and France!”
“Divide?” Hitler couldn’t help but look at Qin Chuan in confusion.
“Yes, Your Excellency the Head of State!” Qin Chuan replied: “Treating France as a battlefield can arouse France’s anger towards the Allies. At the same time, the British support the de Gaulle government, and the Americans support the Giraud government. At this time, the British de Gaulle The government has the upper hand, and if we intend to allow General Giraud to gain ground in France and increase his prestige while de Gaulle’s troops are defeated…”
Rommel couldn’t help but nodded after hearing this: “Then they will fight each other instead of merging!”
“Yes!” Qin Chuan replied: “This will also provoke conflicts between Britain and the United States!”