Rommel woke up more than ten minutes later and called Qin Chuan and others in.

"Colin, Lieutenant!" Rommel stepped forward and shook hands affectionately when he saw the two of them: "I'm glad to see you, why don't you wake me up?"

"Sorry, General!" Colonel Slain replied: "We don't want to disturb you to rest!"

"Forget it!" Rommel smiled and said, "After we die, there is still time to sleep, right?"

The officers couldn't help laughing, and at the same time they were also admired by Rommel's spirit. To be honest, no one could work like Rommel like he could keep working like a perpetual motion machine, and even if he was so busy, he would still take time to talk to the soldiers on the front line and inspire them.

The next second, Rommel took out a map and said to Qin Chuan while looking: "This is what I just got the defense map from Colonel Neumann. Tell me what you think, Lieutenant!"

"What?" Qin Chuan replied: "I have no idea. I haven't even seen this defense map!"

Qin Chuan had indeed never seen this defense map. He did one thing when he came to Tunisia, that is, to build tunnel fortifications.

"I know!" Rommel replied while drinking coffee and refreshingly: "Major General Neumann did not tell you that all the arrangements were made because the 200th Infantry Division always had disputes about your defense plan."

Qin Chuan didn't know about this. Neumann did not tell Qin Chuan, but this was also the matter of the 200th Infantry Division, and it seemed that there was no need to tell Qin Chuan, the lieutenant.

"The focus of the dispute is Gafsa!" Rommel spread the map in front of the officers and pointed at Gafsa and said, "It is a transportation hub in the central and western Tunisia. On the one hand, the Gabes defense line has geographical advantages over the Allies, and the other function is to defend Gafsa. Your defense plan...we obviously want to hand Gafsa over to the Allies, right?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded.

Because the tunnel fortifications are stationed on the high ground, and Gafsa is a city, then the Allies can certainly bypass the high ground and occupy Gafsa.

"Do you know what this means?" Rommel said: "It means that our traffic supplies will be cut off... You know, the supply on the front line of the Gabes defense line in the middle and western sections is all transported to Gavsa first, and then scattered to various highlands!"

"I know!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Also!" Rommel continued: "Lieutenant, have you ever considered... After the enemy occupied Gafsa, it is possible to use the powerful firepower and defense of the "Sheerman" tank to attack along the highway and railways to the northernmost Ga and America, so that Tunisia will be divided into two, and the Dagang, Tunisia and others will fall into a situation surrounded by the Allies!"

Rommel is right, especially the Sinadagang and Tunisia may be surrounded. You should know that Sinadagang is the main port that blocks the Tunisian Strait, and Tunisia is an air force base. If these two places are surrounded or even captured by the Allies, it basically means that the Tunisian Strait is open to the Allies.

"General!" Qin Chuan replied: "This is exactly what I hope!"

"What does it mean?" Rommel looked at Qin Chuan in confusion.

"We built a Gabes defense line!" Qin Chuan said: "And I believe that the enemy also thinks we are simply building a Gabes defense line, just like usual..."

"No, no..." Colonel Slain interrupted Qin Chuan: "I don't think so. The officers and soldiers of the 200th Division all know that we are building tunnels, which means that tunnels are no longer a secret to the British!"

Colonel Slain was right. British intelligence personnel were everywhere, and Tunisia and Algeria, where many French people lived, were of course no exception.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "But even we ourselves are doubting the role of the tunnel!"

Rommel nodded when he heard this: "Yes, because you have never used such a tactic before, and once we fail, it means that the entire African army will be wiped out!"

Qin Chuan could understand what Rommel said, Tunisia is equivalent to Algeria's gateway. Whether it is sea or land, if Tunisia is lost, it means that Algeria will be difficult to defend, and then the African army will have to jump into the sea.

Therefore, it is difficult for Rommel to make the final decision... What Qin Chuan didn't know was that the most firm thing was Neumann. Neumann had been repeatedly arguing with his subordinates with his own strength, while Rommel was shaken by the analysis and persuasion of the staff and other generals.

"If we all have doubts about tunnel tactics!" Qin Chuan continued: "Then I believe that the British and Americans will not take it to heart!"

The Americans did not initially realize the power of this tactic until the Battle of Iwo Jima three years later, and the actual confrontation with the tunnel war was still eight years later, when the Battle of Resisting U.S. Aggression and Aiding Korea was the Battle of Eight Years later.

Rommel nodded in agreement: "They would think it's just fortifications used to avoid shells!"

"Yes!" Major General Foigert answered: "Don't talk about them, even I don't believe it. After the enemy occupied the surface position, it is easy to block our people in the tunnel. This is too dangerous!"

"Don't disbelief, General!" said General Streck: "Because this lieutenant... has made me realize that I am wrong again and again!"

Therefore, General Streck actually didn't believe it, but he believed in Qin Chuan... because Qin Chuan never missed it.

"Continue your thoughts, Lieutenant!" Rommel said: "What would you do if the British and Americans didn't take fortifications seriously?"

"As usual, defend on the Gabes defense line!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, "Then put the enemy in and let them occupy Gafsa!"

"You're crazy!" said Rommel. "Their tanks will pour into Gafsa like water that breaks the dam, and it will take only a few days to split us in half!"

"The tank needs gasoline!" Qin Chuan said.

"Of course they have gasoline!"

"No, they don't!" Qin Chuan replied: "Our people are hiding in the tunnels on the high ground, just as I said before... The British do not think that the tunnels can work, and of course they do not believe how many people can hide in the tunnels, and they do not believe that our people can survive in the tunnels for a few days or even longer! Then..."

Rommel couldn't help but "Oh" and said, "Then our ground troops cooperate with the tunnel troops to occupy these highlands in one fell swoop, and the highlands will block nearby highways, so they cut off their supply lines?"
Chapter completed!