Major General Grist Gristol Treskov was right, and this was actually another mistake made by Hitler.

As we all know, landing operations were very difficult in this era, so the offensive and defensive wars of the Soviet and German armies on the eastern front were basically carried out by rivers.

Hitler thought that the same was true for the possible landing of the US and British troops, so he spent several years building a fortress defense line with a total length of 2,700 kilometers on the Atlantic coast from northern Norway to the border between France and Spain.

This is a ridiculous strategy, attempting to block Britain and the United States with coastal defense lines and "destroy their landing forces on the beach".

The reason is that Hitler had no idea what kind of energy or tactics the US military had at this time... Hitler shouldn't have known it, because the Pacific War had lasted for a year, and Japan and the United States had fought Midway, Guadalam Battle, etc. Hitler could easily obtain the US Navy's landing tactics and other information from Japan.

Or Hitler already has this intelligence, but he doesn't take it seriously.

The reason was that Hitler looked down on Japan... The Japanese army was beaten terrible by the Soviet army in the Battle of Nomenhan, but the Soviet army was vulnerable under the attack of the German army. So Hitler believed that the Japanese army and the German army were not in the same level.

Therefore, the intelligence provided by the Japanese did not have much reference value to the German army, because the US military could win against the Japanese army, but it was not the case for the German army.

Therefore, Hitler was still focused on building his Atlantic barriers and even sent Rommel to northern France to organize and perfect these fortifications.

Although Hitler was correct in some aspects, that is, he could not simply compare the German army with the failure of the Japanese army. The tactics, equipment and qualities of the two are different, but one thing is the same... The fortifications are the same, and they are all distributed on the defense line and will not move or walk.

The biggest feature of the US military is its developed logistics, which means that the US military basically does not need to consider ammunition.

So, as Gristol said, blowing up these fortifications is just a matter of ammunition, especially after the United States gained air supremacy and attacked by aircraft bombing and large-caliber naval guns...

In other words, Hitler invested a lot of time and money on almost useless Atlantic barriers, just as he built one "wolf den" after another to protect himself around the world. It turns out that none of these "wolf dens" can protect him.

Compared to Hitler, the rebels seemed more rational. After all, they analyzed the enemy based on the information they had in their hands, rather than blindly thinking that race is better, so their combat power will double their defense.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Gristorf reminded Qin Chuan, who was stunned: "We are waiting for your answer...How can we resist the enemy's attack?"

"We can't resist!" Qin Chuan replied.

"What?"

"You are right, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "Our main air force is on the Eastern Front, and the French direction also has the United States and British air forces. They have absolute advantages. At the same time, the northern part of France is flat, and there is almost no danger to defend when the air supremacy is lost. So we cannot win this battle!"

"But you..."

"I'm talking about solving the problem rather than winning this battle!" Qin Chuan said.

"Okay!" Major General Treskov nodded and said, "Then Lieutenant Colonel, what can you do to solve this problem?"

"The solution is to retreat!"

"Retreat? Where to retreat?" asked Major General Treskov.

Someone was joking around: "If we have to retreat without air supremacy, then we should keep retreating?"

"Lieutenant Colonel is not talking about retreating, but surrender!"

The officers couldn't help laughing a little, only Treskov and Gristov didn't, because they knew that the facts seemed to be as Qin Chuan said.

"Macino Line of Defense!" Qin Chuan pointed to a line on the map and said, "This line of defense was built by the French to resist Germany. Why can't we use it to defend against the Americans?"

The study room suddenly felt like death.

"Yes!" Gristorf couldn't help but jumped up with excitement: "We only need to make some necessary modifications to the Maginot Line, such as changing its exit orientation and muzzle, etc., and it doesn't take long to transform it into a line of defense!"

"But, Colonel!" A questioning sounded out from the study:

“What is the difference between this and the Atlantic barrier?”

"Yes, we're going to fight a battle without air supremacy!"

"The enemy faced by the Atlantic Barrier is still on the sea surface, and the enemy is more likely to be destroyed by us without a foothold!"

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"No, gentlemen!" Qin Chuan replied: "The most fundamental difference between the Maginot line of defense and the Atlantic barrier is that the Atlantic barrier can only be defended but not attacked. The reason is that the enemy is at sea, so we can only watch them bomb us outside the range, and we have no way to do them. We can't jump into the sea to charge towards the enemy!"

"Yes!" Gristolf agreed: "The Maginot line is different, and the enemy is also on land, so that we can attack and defend!"

"The most important thing is that most of the southeastern France are still complex mountains!" Qin Chuan said: "You know, we can build a line of defense like the African Gabes defense line based on the Maginot Line!"

Qin Chuan said this, and the officers had nothing to say, because it was obvious that the Gabes defense line successfully blocked the attacks of the Americans and the British in Africa.

"God!" said Major General Treskov. "I only realized how stupid we are until now. The key is always in our hands, just under our noses, but we turn a blind eye to it!"

"This also shows how wrong the head of state's defense strategy is!" Gristorf said: "If we put the manpower and material resources to build the Atlantic barriers into the Maginot line rather than along the coast, then we almost don't need to worry about anything now!"

"But..." Treskov continued: "This is not an easy task, because the head of state will not give up on the Atlantic barrier!"

"We don't need to convince him to give up!" Qin Chuan said: "We just need to prepare in Magino. Can we do it?"

Treskov and Gristolf looked at each other, then nodded: "Of course!"
Chapter completed!