I won’t say much, I’ve had some wine tonight, and I’ll update the third day tomorrow. I’ll try my best to update this month... Let me go today!

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As soon as the fleet landed, teams of French sailors and crew were taken down.

What awaits these prisoners is interrogating over and over again... The German army must obtain the detailed operating procedures of the warships from them, as well as the methods and key points of the use of various weapons on the warships. After all, these are French equipment, which is different from the German warships and equipment.

"Dear Head!" Rommel sent a telegram to Hitler: "We need crew members and sailors, otherwise these 78 ships of all sizes will be equivalent to a pile of scrap iron!"

"Don't worry, my general!" Hitler agreed immediately: "You will get everything you want soon!"

This was beyond Rommel's expectations, because before this, Hitler had always regarded the African battlefield as a secondary battlefield. No matter what reinforcements Rommel wanted, it was difficult and would be discounted. However, this time he received Hitler's promise very easily.

What Rommel didn't know was that at this time Germany's resources were already severely lacking, and Hitler never attached importance to the navy... To be precise, the German Navy was unable to compete with the British Navy. In addition, the attack on the Soviet Union required a lot of tanks and equipment, so Hitler even dismantled the warships to build tanks. (The vast majority of Germany's blockade of the British army relied on submarines)

In this way, there are actually many crew members and sailors in Germany who are idle, and Hitler is having a headache for this group of people... It's not that they are not that they are not that they are not that they are not that they are not.

Use them, if the warships are driven out, they will only be sunk by the enemy, and they will basically die.

Don't need them, it's like a vase, which not only does not work but also consumes supplies.

Sometimes Hitler even thought about putting these crew members and sailors into the army and rushed to the Eastern Front to fight, but it was not easy for the navy to train, and doing so was undoubtedly a huge waste.

At this moment, the African Legion seized a whole fleet, and Hitler just took them to North Africa.

In fact, Hitler had another idea:

Before this, the German Navy had only lost but not won several times in the matchup with the British Navy, which made Hitler completely lose confidence in the Navy. Now he would even rather dismantle warships and build tanks than send them out for combat.

But now...

Hitler thought, if this navy in Algiers was allowed to unite with the German navy, could it be possible to defeat the British navy?

If it can be done, it means that it can completely blockade the UK or even directly carry out landing operations against the UK.

But after thinking about it, Hitler felt that the time was wrong: at this time the German army was attacking the Soviet Union with all its might and could no longer organize large-scale operations against Britain.

On the other hand, the United States will not sit idly by and watch the British navy be defeated, so the most likely result is that all warships will sink to the bottom of the sea.

In fact, there is another very important reason, which Hitler discovered afterwards: the French fleet, especially the Toulon fleet, was mainly designed for naval battles in the Mediterranean.

The characteristic of the Mediterranean is that it is the inland sea. Generally, there are no strong winds and waves. At the same time, fighting in the Mediterranean will not have a long voyage.

Therefore, most French warships are not suitable for ocean-going navigation operations, which means they cannot withstand wind and waves, have short battery life and are not flexible enough.

Of course, they also have advantages, that is, they are fast, and their firepower and protection performance are quite excellent.

This led Hitler to eventually abandon the idea of ​​transferring the Toulon fleet to Germany to fight the British navy.

The only thing I dare not say during this period is the Vichy government... The Toulon fleet can be said to be the only thing that made Germany afraid of. Now even the Toulon fleet has been stolen by Germany, so... Betan knows what it means next.

Betan sent Hitler a telegram to test: "His Excellency, I always think we have signed an armistice agreement, but you sneaked into Port Toulon and snatched our entire fleet..."

Hitler pretended to be confused with Betan: "Is there any? Oh, I remember, General Rommel once reported... the Algerians drove the warships back to the port of Algiers and surrendered to the Germans. This is not our fault, Mr. Prime Minister, I promise that it has nothing to do with us!"

Then, no matter how much Betan sent a telegram, Hitler would not reply.

Betton understood that Hitler was too lazy to deal with him now... If it weren't for Germany's attack on the Eastern Front, I would have been afraid that they would have immediately rushed south to occupy the entire German territory.

However, this matter took a turn for a while.

Qin Chuan looked at the map and asked Major General Oxter: "General, you just came from France. I think you must have a better understanding of the situation in France!"

"Yes, the second lieutenant!" Major General Oxter nodded. At this time, he no longer dared to underestimate the second lieutenant, because he knew that the second lieutenant in front of him was the "Legendary Sergeant" who saved Rommel and the "Legendary" who won brilliant victories on the battlefield again and again.

In fact, Major General Oxter still looked down on Qin Chuan. As a nobleman, he even looked down on Rommel, but he now wants to keep this attitude in his heart.

"Then..." Qin Chuan said: "I want to know the transportation conditions in France, roads, railways and sea transportation."

"Very good!" Major General Oxter replied: "My troops took the train from France to Italy and then from sea to Tunisia. We all know that France surrendered in more than a month, so its infrastructure, such as highways and railways, have not been destroyed!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but look at Colonel Slein for a moment and nodded secretly.

"Are you trying to play France?" asked Major General Oxter.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "We hope to build a supply line from France to Algiers. In fact... this does not need to be established, because this supply line has existed before this. The port of Toulon and Algiers were originally two transportation ports!"

Colonel Slain answered: "If this transportation line is established, then Algeria can get everything we need directly from France, and it is difficult for British planes on Malta to threaten this supply line!"

Colonel Slain was right. This was because the distance was too far, three to four hundred kilometers. Although this was within the bombing radius of British fighter jets, it would obviously weaken its effect exponentially.

More importantly, these British fighter jets have to pass through the fighter blockade areas in Sicily and Tunisia... German and Italian fighter jets can easily interfere, and British planes will not fly over the supply line.

"But now it's different, isn't it?" Major General Oxter said: "Now they are quasi-hostile!"
Chapter completed!