This is indeed not something Rommel can decide, mainly because Rommel and the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, Ronderstedt, have serious strategic differences.

"This is one of the reasons why I moved the command out of Paris!" Rommel said: "Master Ronderstedt and his men believed that the Allies were most likely to land in the narrowest part of the English Channel, somewhere between Le Havre and Dunkirk."

Rommel pointed to the map and said, "They believed that although the coastal defenses in this area were stronger than anywhere else, it was easier for the Allied forces to unfold their troops in the northern plains after landing here, and then quickly attacked eastward to liberate Belgium, and the Netherlands then used them as springboards to advance into the Ruhr area of ​​Germany."

Objectively speaking, this plan is indeed feasible.

As the saying goes, "beat the snake and hit seven inches", this is a plan to beat Germany's "seven inches"... Although the area of ​​the Ruhr area only accounts for 3.6% of Germany, it produces 80% of Germany's hard coal, 90% of coke, 60% of steel and 35% of oil refining, as well as electricity, sulfuric acid, synthetic rubber, military industry, heavy machinery, etc.

Therefore, the Ruhr Industrial Zone is also called the "heart of German industry".

And its location is exactly between the angle formed by Belgium and the Netherlands... It is obviously much easier for the Allied forces to occupy Belgium and the Netherlands than to directly attack Germany, because the Allied forces will receive the support and support of the local people, and even the underground organizations cultivated by Britain and the United States are even found in the local area.

Once the Ruhr industrial zone is occupied, the war can basically be said to be over, because it means that Germany has lost 40% of its industrial capacity and the outcome of the war will be without any suspense.

"Also!" Rommel continued: "Another reason why Marshal Rondstedt believes that the allies will attack Calaibin is that we have deployed a large number of V1 launch sites there and continue to bomb Britain. As long as we occupy Calais, Britain can immediately be freed from the threat of V1!"

Qin Chuan once participated in the research and development of V1, and many of the improvements were even proposed by Qin Chuan, so of course he knew the threat of V1 to the UK... Even because of Qin Chuan's improvement, this threat would be much greater than in history.

So the British did have reason to attack Calais.

"But this is your army, Marshal!" said Colonel Slain, "They are under your command!"

Rommel spread his hands and replied: "The problem is that the head of state supports Marshal Rondstedt's idea, so I am not allowed to transfer the troops from Calais to the Brittany Peninsula. You know, it is necessary to mobilize any troops now!"

Of course Qin Chuan knew that this was already the case when fighting on the Eastern Front.

On the other hand, this battle is under Hitler's nose, and it is not an offense but a defense. Rommel cannot dispatch troops according to his own ideas as he did in Africa... Africa is high and the emperor is far away, so it is difficult for Hitler to control it remotely in time. No matter what Rommel did, it is too late when Hitler finds out, or when he hears that Rommel wins the battle, he makes acquiesce.

But France's defense is different.

Even if Rommel is trying to transfer troops to the west... this is meaningless. Hitler has no time to remotely control or even to transfer the troops back.

"My differences with Marshal Ronderstedt are not just in this regard!" Rommel took a cup of coffee handed to him by the staff, took a sip and said: "I think the main front is on the beach, that is, to eliminate the enemy in shallow waters in the nearshore and on the beach, or to eliminate the enemy before the enemy has obtained a consolidated bridgehead and subsequent troops arrive. I think that the first 24 hours of the enemy's invasion are a decisive 24 hours, and this day is extremely important for both the Allies and us!"

Qin Chuan understood Rommel's idea.

First of all, the Allied forces were too large, with millions of people at will.

The second is the Allied navy, and the air force has a total dominance of the overall dominance.

Next is the powerful American industrial machinery behind it, which is constantly producing and transporting weapons and equipment into batches.

In this case, once the Allies landed and fought a war of attrition with the Germans on land, it would be almost impossible for Germany to win.

Therefore, Rommel believes that Germany's only opportunity is to use the Atlantic barriers on the beach to shoot Allied soldiers one after another.

Only in this way can Germany win this completely disproportionate war.

"Master Longdestedt doesn't think so!" Rommel shrugged and said, "He didn't even dare to be interested in Atlantic barriers. He believed that 'that thing' could only play a mental role, but just a 'gun' to scare the enemy!"

Qin Chuan could understand why Longdestedt thought so. He was not targeting this battle, but recalling the glory of his victory that year... because a few years ago, he was commanding a tank armor cluster to bypass the Maginot line and then easily forced France to surrender.

Therefore, as a ridicule of the Maginot Line and an affirmation of his tactical theory, he certainly has to despise the "Atlantic Barrier" that is exactly the same as the Maginot Line.

Longdstedt even secretly told the staff that it was just another "Magino line of defense".

Of course, this cannot be said publicly, because it was Hitler who ordered the construction of the "Atlantic Barrier".

However, Longdestedt's words really make sense, because history has proved that this expensive "Atlantic barrier" did not play much role... If it did it play any role, it was the Normandy period that played a certain role.

All the huge projects on other sections of the road were all decorations. After landing from Normandy, the Allies poured in through this gap like floods, and then went around to the rear of the "Atlantic Barrier".

If the manpower and material resources spent on the "Atlantic Barriers" can be converted into fighter jets and tanks, although they may not be able to stop the Allies, they still have the power to fight.

"Then..." Colonel Slain said mockingly: "Martyr Longdstedt, as commander-in-chief of the Western Front, does he have any good ways to block the Allied attack?"

"His idea is very simple..." Rommel said: "Just like we did in Africa, deploy a large number of infantry and reserves on the second line, and launch a counterattack after the enemy broke through the outer layer of the coastal fortifications and before the enemy's follow-up troops arrived at the landing ground. So he thought that elite infantry and armored soldiers should be equipped behind the rear from the coastline. And I asked them to be equipped on the front line!"
Chapter completed!