The decisive battle against the Third Reich - Chapter 909

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Rommel added excitedly: “That’s right, Lieutenant Colonel. If we stick to the Atlantic Wall, these opportunities will all disappear… The French people around the Atlantic Wall have been cleared, and the Allies can bomb with confidence. At the same time, once the defense line is broken by the Allies, we can’t secretly manipulate the victory or defeat of the two French armies and provoke their conflicts!”

“But that’s France!” Hitler objected: “France has many factories and manpower.”

“We can move as many machines as possible to Germany!” 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, never!”

The conference room fell into an awkward silence for a while, and Hitler’s fierce eyes looked at Qin Chuan from time to time, and then at Rommel.

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

In the past, people with different political views from Hitler would usually be dismissed by Hitler, and this time is no exception.

But Qin Chuan did not retreat. He stepped forward, pointed to the map and said: “No, Mr. Führer, if you think we are running away or retreating, then you are mistaken!”

“So what do you think this is?” Hitler asked: “Abandoning the whole of France and retreating 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 power gap between the enemy and us will be even greater!”

“You are right, Mr. Führer!” Qin Chuan replied: “So we did not give up France!”

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

Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, “We will eventually retreat to this line of defense, extending from the plateaus and mountains in southern France to the Alps, to the ‘Maginot Line’ and then to the Ardennes Mountains…”

“This has already given up half of France!” Hitler interrupted Qin Chuan: “Even if we can hold it, there may be less than one-third of the area left, and it is still barren mountains and plateaus!”

“Yes, Mr. Fuhrer!” Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, “But… after we hold this line of defense, we will accumulate strength and use armored forces to launch a counterattack in the Ardennes Mountains?”

Hearing this, Hitler was stunned.

This is not a battle plan that Qin Chuan made on a whim or on a whim, but Germany has had a similar counterattack in history, it is the “Ardennes Counterattack”.

However, due to the fact that the German defense line was too fragile and its strength was severely depleted, the “Ardennes Counterattack” ultimately failed to win and reverse the situation.

Rommel looked at the map, then looked at Qin Chuan in surprise and said, “Great idea, Lieutenant Colonel!”

Then Rommel turned to Hitler: “Your Excellency, this way we can use the advantages of the armored forces to fight another blitzkrieg, and the result is to encircle the Allied forces deep into France on a large scale… We may not be able to fight the Allies in the air and at sea, but we can defeat them on land and reoccupy France!”

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

But Qin Chuan and Rommel knew that this meant that Hitler had been tempted, he was just hesitating.

Qin Chuan finally added fuel to the fire: “Your Excellency, we fought from Africa to the Eastern Front, and from the Eastern Front to the Western Front. In the process of this operation, we fully realized the difference between the Soviets and the British and American Allied forces in their fighting methods!”

“What’s the difference?” Hitler asked.

“For the Soviets, the most important thing is industry and equipment!” Qin Chuan replied: “They lack these, so they always protect their factories, machines, tanks, etc. at all costs, but they don’t lack people, so there are always batches of soldiers equipped with only a rifle charging towards us on the battlefield.”

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, Mr. Fuhrer!” Qin Chuan did not forget to flatter Hitler: “So, you The commanders on the Eastern Front were all very wise. Although we finally withdrew from Stalingrad, we destroyed Stalingrad’s industry… Almost half of the Soviet Union’s tanks were produced by the Stalingrad Tractor Factory. The most important thing is that we occupied Baku, which not only made us no longer lack oil, but also restricted the Soviet industry to a considerable extent, making it impossible for the Soviets to organize a large-scale counterattack in a short period of time! ”

As the saying goes, “A flattery can never be worn out”, these merits originally belonged to Qin Chuan, but Qin Chuan put them firmly on Hitler’s head.

Hitler called himself a “military genius”, and of course he was very happy to hear these words. His face softened and asked: “What about the British and Americans?”

“The British and Americans are completely different!” Qin Chuan replied: “Their industries are all on the islands. We can’t threaten their industries and of course we can’t attack their homeland, especially the United States!”

Hitler nodded…If Britain can still use airplanes and V1 bombing, 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 on the Eastern Front… The Soviets lack equipment but not people, while Britain and the United States lack equipment but people. So our war against Britain and the United States should not be against their equipment but their living strength, that is, people!”

After a pause, Qin Chuan continued: “If we defend the ‘Atlantic Wall’ to the death, it is equivalent to us fighting against British and American machines instead of people. They only need to produce shells and bombs from the factory and then transport them to us or drop them on our heads. There is no end to this, because they have countless resources and machines. They can produce two shells for every shell they fire, and they can produce two bombs for every bomb they drop! We can’t win in this way. We can only let them in, then surround them and hurt them, and teach these guys who are pampered and only know how to stay away from firing and dropping bombs a lesson, so that they can know how powerful we are!”

Hitler raised his head, his eyes shining with a fiery light, and replied: “You convinced me, Lieutenant Colonel! Very good advice!”