Sicily, Greek means "three heads", which refers to the triangular terrain of Sicily.

The land here is rich, the climate is warm, the scenery is beautiful... Generally speaking, the land is relatively fertile in areas with volcanic areas, because volcanic ash is the best fertilizer.

The island is rich in citrus, lemons and olives. Due to its good natural environment for developing agriculture and forestry, it is also called the "Golden Basin".

But Qin Chuan and others could not understand the beauty of this scenery at all, because when they arrived here, Sicily had been bombed by the Allied forces for three weeks...

During these three weeks, the US military carried out extensive and fierce air strikes on ports, airports, roads, railways in Sicily (Sicily has two railways, one roundabout railway and the other crossing the central railway), military assembly sites and radar stations.

Qin Chuan and others only realized this in just a few hours after they landed on the island... As soon as the sky was bright, the roar of rumbling planes came from the sky. Sometimes you often couldn't even see the shadow of the planes, because they were above the clouds at a height of 10,000 meters. All you could see was rows of bombs falling from the clouds, and then they smashed large pits on the island.

"I can almost smell the bomb!" Werner said: "And the dust it explodes!"

"Come on!" Alphredo smiled and said, "That's the smell of volcanoes!"

"There are volcanoes here?" Werner's eyes were full of surprise.

"Of course, Mount Etna!" Alphredo looked at Werner in confusion: "It is the largest active volcano in Europe, and you don't even know its existence?"

"He only knows where there is a baseball field!" said the baker.

"So... can we see it?" Werner asked Alphredo: "I forgot that you are Italian!"

"Of course!" Alphredo nodded and said, "It is also the highest mountain in Italy, with an altitude of 3,323 meters. You just need..."

As he said that, Alphredo turned around, pointed to a high place in the east and said, "Climb there and look east and you can see it! It's better to go and see it at night!"

"Why?"

"Because it often squirts smoke and fire, it can be seen very clearly at night!"

"God!" Werner widened his eyes: "It is actually an active volcano!

Alphredo looked at Werner with an incredible look: "Please, Sergeant, it is of course an active volcano, otherwise how could there be volcanic ash everywhere!"

“What if it erupts?”

"Then we don't have to hide here and dig tunnels!" Dominic said: "It's best that the stones emitted by the volcano can sink the British warships!"

"And we will also be burned to ashes by lava!" said the baker.

"Can you not discuss some useless things?" Kuhn couldn't help but interrupt their discussion: "Think about how to deal with these springs!"

Kuhn is right. Rich groundwater may be a good thing for soldiers from the desert, but it is a troublesome for building tunnels. Not to mention that the tunnel construction has increased a lot, the fragile parts need to be supported by more wood, and the tunnels are still so wet that it is a bit unbearable. Hiding inside is like hiding in a stinky ditch.

Qin Chuan also realized this problem... and there seems to be no good solution to this, all that can be done is reinforcement and drainage.

"Captain!" At this time, Colonel Slain shouted at Qin Chuan more than ten meters away.

Qin Chuan turned his head and looked at it. When he saw Major General Neumann beside Colonel Slain, he understood his purpose.

Sure enough, when Qin Chuan met, Major General Neumann held Qin Chuan's hand enthusiastically: "Captain, I didn't expect that we would meet so soon!"

"General!" Qin Chuan said: "You came for the tunnel!"

"Yes!" Major General Neuman nodded: "The soil here is different from the Gabes defense line. Some places will seep out the spring water if they are dug deeper, and they will start to collapse without digging too deep!"

"It's not impossible to build it!" Qin Chuan said: "It requires a lot of wood to support it, and drainage measures must be taken, such as digging upwards with a little digging, so that the tunnel can drain water by itself without causing water accumulation!"

"Good solution!" Major Normany nodded: "I'll let them try right now!"

"General!" Qin Chuan called Major General Neumann and said, "I am worried that the workload of continuing to build fortifications in this way will be too great. Before we build enough fortifications, the enemy will have already hit us! In addition... even if such fortifications are built, they may not be able to prevent artillery!"

Major General Neuman nodded. The tunnel fortifications mainly rely on thick soil to prevent guns, but if the soil layer itself is prone to collapse due to too much groundwater, then let alone anti-gun guns. Even if the gunners do not hide inside, they may be buried alive.

"Captain!" After pausing, Major General Neumann asked with a puzzled expression: "Do you have other methods to build fortifications?"

Qin Chuan nodded: "We need stronger fortifications, but because of limited time, it may be a little simpler, but anti-cannon...I believe it is OK!"

Then Qin Chuan chose a relatively flat inclined surface and asked the soldiers to dig a trench horizontally...

Major General Neumann and the soldiers looked a little puzzled. The construction of tunnels was vertical, but Qin Chuan asked them to dig a horizontal trench, what's the use of?!

However, the soldiers did what Qin Chuan said. Because the soil is soft and the soldiers are very experienced in building trenches... they all came from digging trenches, so a trench appeared in front of everyone soon.

Next, the logs are reinforced on the inner wall of the trench. After that, the logs are used to lay the top of the trench one layer and then lay the soil to make it solid, then lay one layer horizontally and then put it in a solid layer and then add camouflage.

In this way, everyone understands that this is actually a tunnel... and it is obviously much stronger than a longitudinal tunnel because its structure is basically made of logs.

It looks quite a lot of work on the surface, because it requires a lot of logs to spread up layer by layer, but in fact it is simpler and faster.

There is only one entrance in the longitudinal tunnel, and at most one is only one when digging in. Two people are digging inside, and the rest are transporting soil outward.

However, everyone digs the horizontal tunnel together, and the logs can be used locally, so the total workload is much smaller.
Chapter completed!