The merchants always see interest, just like Bernow and others, they are willing to surrender to the German army for the same reason.

If one day the Allies occupy Tunisia and even capture Algeria, Bernova and others will definitely stand on the side of the Allies without hesitation.

The soldiers in the French camp were all children of these merchants, so of course they inherited this.

This has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that they do not have much patriotic feelings... As mentioned before, they only have interests in their eyes, so as long as they see the interests or experience them in a practical way, they may fight for the German army wholeheartedly.

The disadvantage is that their position is still shaken, and they may even be afraid of the strength of the Allies and are more inclined toward the Allies.

Therefore, to solve this problem, we must start from two points:

One is to make them believe that the ultimate winner of this war will be the Germans rather than the Allies... They will of course stand with the winners, who put interests first.

The other is to make them realize that even if they surrender, they will not end well.

Moreover, Qin Chuan believes that these two points are applicable to most French people.

Regarding the former, Qin Chuan believed that as the situation develops, they will gradually realize this, and it is still impossible to "persuade". Whether the situation is beneficial to the German army or to the Allies is the reality in front of us, and those who understand it can see it.

The latter, in fact, the French soldiers themselves also know that they will be liquidated. However, they are not sure that the matter has not happened, so they are still lucky.

This is the fundamental reason why the French battalion's combat performance is so poor. If these problems are not solved, training for the French battalion will be in vain.

But Qin Chuan didn't know how to solve it for the time being, so he could only put it aside for the time being.

Originally, Qin Chuan thought that such a stalemate would continue for a while. After all, the German army had been operating in the Gabes defense line for several months and occupied the geographical advantage. Even if the Allies were strong, it would be difficult for them to break through in a short period of time. However, Qin Chuan did not expect that Montgomery, who had always been steady and steady, adopted a relatively risky and radical fighting style this time.

In fact, Montgomery also had his difficulties... After several rounds of bombing the Gabes defense line, he found that the results were not ideal. The reason was that most of the German fortifications were built on mountaintop positions or on the back slope. The British artillery fire was basically ineffective against these fortifications, and bombers could also play some role, but the British army had only one bomber brigade, and they had to travel between the enemy and us, so they could not bomb the Gabes defense line that lasted dozens of kilometers.

What's worse, after trying several attacks on the Gabes defense line, Montgomery also found that the Eighth Army was trained to fight deserts... but now it has to face the mountains of Tunisia.

This made the British army feel at a loss, and many troops did not know how to launch an attack.

"We can't wait any longer!" Montgomery said: "Our intelligence shows that the Germans and even the Algerians built fortifications on every high ground, including the highlands on the Gafsa Highway... If they were allowed to complete these fortifications, even with strong armored forces, we would not be able to break through the enemy's defense line!"

Eisenhower nodded to express his understanding. It is common sense that mechanized troops are not suitable for mountain combat, and the British Eighth Army formed a large-scale mechanized troops and crashed into the mountains.

"So, where should we attack?" Eisenhower asked.

"Of course it's Gafsa!" Montgomery replied.

"But we've tried it!" Eisenhower said: "They're very strong defense there, and in that area the German First Infantry Regiment, an elite force!"

"Did you forget the airborne troops we have been training?" Montgomery asked back.

"You mean..." Eisenhower said: "Plane on Gafsa?"

"Yes!"

"But they have two armored divisions on the front line!" Eisenhower expressed doubts.

As we all know, the natural enemies of the airborne troops are the enemy's mechanized troops and armored troops. The mechanized troops will rush to the airborne point and launch an attack before the airborne troops assemble, while the tanks of the armored troops will make airborne troops with only light weapons at a loss.

Montgomery pointed to the map and said: "The two German armored divisions were on the east and west sides of Gafsa. If we launch a fierce attack on both sides of the defense line..."

Eisenhower couldn't help but realize: "That would drag these two armored divisions down, and then we will seize Gafsa in the shortest time!"

"Yes!" said Montgomery: "The Germans can only choose one of them by defending the defense line and defending Gafsa!"

Montgomery did what he said and immediately ordered two armored divisions located on the front to launch a fierce attack on the German defense line.

The British army also chose a very good offensive point. One was Gabes, which was the starting point of the entire defense line, which was close to the seaside and had a flat terrain, and the other was Neglin, which was almost the end point of Gabes' defense line.

These two places can be said to be the must-rescue places for the German armored division.

Because Gabes was right by the sea and had almost no threat of anti-aircraft guns, British bombers could throw bombs here without any scruples, and then the tanks advanced along the coastal avenue.

Neglin, because it is the farthest end of the Gabes defense line, transportation and supply are difficult, so the fortifications here are relatively simple.

The British army even used "Sheerman" tanks to penetrate the German defense line along the road between the high grounds and carried out front and rear attacks on the German high ground... If the German armored division did not reinforce, the Gabes defense line would likely collapse.

So, the two armored divisions were transferred to both ends of the defense line, and Gafsa opened the door to the British airborne troops.

On this day, Yulia shouted to the Allies in a magnetic voice as usual: "Aha, cute Allied soldier, you have tried to attack our defense line, how do you feel? At this moment, I believe that many people have already wailed painfully in the hospital, and even some people have died. You may think that we are the same, no, we just consume some bullets! Give up, you will not succeed, if this continues, you will all die here..."

At this time, the sound suddenly stopped because fighter jets and transport aircraft had already flown in the sky. The "rumbling" engine sounded from far to near like rolling thunder, and the black fuselage was connected together like dark clouds crossing the German defense line.
Chapter completed!