So things seem to have returned to the starting point: attack or recuperation.

But this doesn't seem surprising. Rommel always wants to attack whenever he has the chance, just like Kesseling couldn't persuade Rommel before.

Rommel is a stubborn person. If he made up his mind, he was afraid that even Hitler would not be able to change his ideas. What's more, Rommel had an offensive plan that he thought was very perfect at this time.

"General!" Qin Chuan asked: "You actually have a plan long ago, right?"

General Streck and others also looked at Rommel.

"Yes!" Rommel replied.

After pausing, Rommel pointed to the map on the table and said, "I plan to let three Italian infantry divisions station on the sea shoreline of Crete and maintain the security of Crete. The First Infantry Regiment is stationed at Irak Airport, and the two parachute regiments of the Italian 'Lightning Division' are stationed at Malemai Airport and Resimnon Airport respectively. The 90th Lightweight Division is transferred to North Africa to be incorporated into the African Legion!"

General Strek and others looked at each other, and there seemed to be no problem with this arrangement. One regiment was enough to station one airport, and the combat effectiveness of the Italian "Lightning Division" was not weak.

"Then..." Colonel Slain asked: "Is it just for the 1st Infantry Regiment to exchange for the 90th Lightweight Division?"

This way, the Germans on Crete had only the First Infantry Regiment, which seemed to be a little less.

However, Qin Chuan knew that this was not the point, the point was that the airborne troops stationed at the airport were all airborne troops, so this was not actually defense, but preparations for offense.

Sure enough, Rommel said to Qin Chuan: "Lieutenant, didn't you say we could not break through the British defense line? What would happen if the three armored divisions of our army were attacking the British defense line at all... suddenly a large number of paratroopers parachuted to the British defense line?"

So everyone understood that Rommel was on the surface to arrange the First Infantry Regiment and the Italian "Lightning Division" to defend on Crete, but in fact they were ready to airdrop again, and this time it was airdropped to the rear of the British defense line.

"But our voyage is insufficient!" said Colonel Slain. "This plan seems difficult to implement!"

"We can!" General Strek said: "The Italian transport plane has a range of more than 1,300 kilometers, which can be just a round trip between Crete and Port Said!"

"I'm talking about fighter jets!" said Colonel Slain: "The Italian transport planes are as slow as snails. Without fighter jets, they will only be slaughtered!"

"Our fighter jets did not take off from Crete!" General Strek said: "They took off from Alexander to escort the transport plane, so they also happen to be able to perform their duties!"

Colonel Slain couldn't help but say "Oh" and then stopped talking.

This is indeed a good plan, and Rommel obviously calculated the flight route and range accurately.

In this way, when the German army and the British army were fighting on the front line, a division and a regiment would suddenly land on the port of Said. Once the port of Said fell into the hands of the German army, the British army would lose all the source of supplies, which was to remove the firewood from a pot.

"What do you say, Lieutenant?" Rommel looked at Qin Chuan with a smile on his lips, as if he was very satisfied with his plan to defeat Qin Chuan.

"This is a good plan, General!" Qin Chuan had to admit this first. If there was no other way, this plan was indeed worth a try.

"But..." Qin Chuan asked the question: "We have just used airborne to seize Crete. Will the British be prepared for airborne?"

"They may be prepared!" Rommel said: "But war always has risks, right?"

"You are right, General!" Qin Chuan said: "However, will it be too risky for us to do this? Because as we know, most of the paratroopers carry light equipment, and they need favorable terrain cover, but there is a lack of such terrain in the desert. They can easily collapse under the attack of the enemy's mechanized troops, not to mention that it is very difficult to airborne in desert areas, because drinking water must also be included in the airdrop materials."

"Yes!" Colonel Slain agreed: "The combat effectiveness of paratroopers in the desert will also be reduced in number, and they cannot even disperse their combat, because they must find the water source, and the enemy can guard the water source and wait for us!"

"In addition to this, the British have air superiority!" General Streck said: "Although they had many fighter jets trapped on the island of Malta, they soon realized that the island of Malta was meaningless, so they would try to transfer the fighter jets to Port Said!"

"That way!" Qin Chuan said: "It will not be as easy as airborne from the Port of Said or the British defense line as airdropping on Crete... The British radar will find our fleet and take off to intercept it. Their warships will wait for us on the route. Even if we can fly over the Port of Said, there will be no more troops left. Before we can even airborne, there will be enemy mechanized troops waiting for us on the ground!"

"That won't happen!" Rommel opposed: "At that time we will launch a fierce attack on the defense line to attract the attention of the British, and they will focus most of their attention and air strength on our offense!"

"Even so!" Qin Chuan said: "I believe the British have enough reaction time!"

"Yes, General!" General Streck said: "According to our intelligence departments, the British Type 11 radar can detect high-altitude targets 90 kilometers away and low-altitude targets 40 kilometers away."

"We even seized a British air defense radar in Crete!" Colonel Slain said: "It's just because the British thought those were our own fighter jets that were redirecting to Malta, so they did not issue a warning!"

"No, they don't even need radar!" Qin Chuan said: "Because Crete is full of their spies, as soon as our transport plane sets off, the British will know!"

There is no doubt about this, the Greek People's Liberation Army will actively provide intelligence to the British army.

"Our transport planes cannot even be avoided!" Qin Chuan continued: "Because Crete is 610 kilometers away from Port Said, the range of the Caproni transport plane is exactly one round trip, which means... Once the aircraft group is discovered, they have to wait for death!"

"Okay, Lieutenant!" Rommel said, spreading his hands, "Do you have any better suggestions? Or do you stick to your ideas and give up the offense and wait for death?"
Chapter completed!