Chapter eight hundred and ninety-ninth plan
Rommel added excitedly: "It's right, Lieutenant Colonel. If we stick to the 'Atlantic Barriers', all these opportunities will no longer exist... The French people around the 'Atlantic Barriers' have been cleared, and the Allies can bombard them with confidence. At the same time, once the defense line is broken by the Allies, we cannot secretly control the victory or defeat of the two French troops and provoke their conflicts!"
"But that's France!" Hitler opposed: "France has many factories and manpower."
"We can move the machine to Germany as much as possible!" Qin Chuan replied: "As long as we do these in a planned and step-by-step manner, the losses will be minimized."
"Just like the Soviets did?" Hitler shook his head and said, "No, I will not surrender, I will not escape like the Soviets, never!"
The conference room was in an awkward silence for a moment. Hitler looked at Qin Chuan from time to time, and then at Rommel.
Obviously, he was thinking about how to deal with these two disagreeable subordinates...one was his designated commander of the Atlantic Barrier, and the other was a hero with a prestigious reputation on the front line.
In the past, people with different political views than Hitler will usually be removed from office by Hitler, and this time I am afraid it is no exception.
But Qin Chuan did not retreat. He took a step forward, pointed to the map and said, "No, Master, if you think we are running away or retreating, you have misunderstood!"
"So what do you think this is?" Hitler asked: "Give up the whole of France and retreat to the 'Magino Line'? Here is only one step away from Germany, and their shells can hit Germany, but you say this is not a retreat?"
After pausing, Hitler continued: "We need French land, resources, factories and manpower. If we lose these, the power between the enemy and us will be even more disparate!"
"You are right, Master!" Qin Chuan replied: "So we did not give up on France!"
"What does it mean not to give up France?" Hitler asked.
Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, "We will eventually retreat to this line of defense, extending from the plateau and mountainous areas in southern France to the Alps, to the 'Magino Line' and then to the Ardennes..."
"This has given up most of France!" Hitler interrupted Qin Chuan: "Even if we can defend it, there may be less than one-third of the area left, and there are still barren mountains and plateaus!"
"Yes, Master Yuan!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, "But...when we defend this line of defense, we will accumulate strength and use our armored troops to launch a counterattack in the Arden Mountains?"
Hitler was stunned when he heard this.
This is not a combat plan that Qin Chuan had on a whim or a slap in his head, but that Germany had a counterattack like this in history, and it was the "Arden's Counterattack".
However, the German defense line was too fragile and the strength was severely damaged, so the "Adenne Counterattack" ultimately failed to win and reverse the situation.
Rommel looked at the map, then looked at Qin Chuan in surprise and said, "Good idea, Lieutenant Colonel!"
Then Rommel turned to Hitler: "His Excellency, so that we can use the advantages of the armored forces to fight another blitzkrieg, and the result is to encircle the Allied forces deep into France on a large scale... We may not be able to confront the Allied forces in the air and on sea, but we can defeat them on land and re-occupate France!"
Hitler stared at the map silently, his face unstable, and no one knew what he was thinking.
But Qin Chuan and Rommel knew that this meant that Hitler was already moved, and he was just hesitating.
Qin Chuan finally added fire: "Hissar Master, we fought from Africa to the Eastern Front, and from the Eastern Front to the Western Front. During this battle, we fully realized the differences in the combat methods of the Soviets, the British and American Allies!"
"What's the difference?" Hitler asked.
"The Soviets, the most important thing to them is industry and equipment!" Qin Chuan replied: "They lack this, so they always protect their factories, machines, tanks, etc. at all costs, but they do not lack people, so there are always soldiers equipped with only one rifle on the battlefield, charging towards us in batches."
Hitler nodded in agreement: "So, the most important thing we fight against the Soviets is to capture their industrial areas and oil fields, such as Baku and Stalingrad!"
"Yes, Master Yuan!" Qin Chuan did not forget to flatter Hitler: "So, you were very wise in command on the Eastern Front. Although we finally withdrew from Stalingrad, we destroyed the industry in Stalingrad... Almost half of the tanks of the Soviet Union were produced by the Stalingrad tractor factory. The most important thing was that we occupied Baku, which not only prevented us from lacking oil, but also restricted the Soviet industry to a considerable extent, making the Soviets unable to organize a large-scale counterattack in a short period of time!"
As the saying goes, "I wear thousands of clothes but don't wear flattery." Qin Chuan put these contributions that originally belonged to Qin Chuan firmly on Hitler's head.
Hitler called himself a "military genius", and these words were of course very helpful. His face couldn't help but slow down and he asked, "What about the British and Americans?"
"The British and Americans are completely different!" Qin Chuan replied: "Their industries are all on islands. We cannot threaten their industries and of course we cannot attack their local areas, especially the United States!"
Hitler couldn't help but nod... If Britain could still bomb with planes and V1s, then the United States would be almost on the other side of the earth.
"So!" Qin Chuan concluded: "Our battle on the Western Front is completely opposite to the things... The Soviets lack equipment but not people, while Britain and the United States do not lack equipment but people. Then our war against Britain and the United States should not be aimed at their equipment but their living forces, that is, people!"
After pausing, Qin Chuan continued: "If we defend the 'Atlantic Barrier', it would be equivalent to fighting the British and American machines rather than humans. They only need to produce shells and bombs from the factory, then transport them to us or throw them down on their heads. There is no end, because they have countless resources and machines. They can produce two shots by firing one shot, and they can produce two shots by dropping one bomb! If we continue like this, we cannot win. Only by putting them in, then surround them and blowing them through, teach these pampered people a lesson. Only by knowing how to avoid the fire and throwing bombs can they know our experiences!"
Chapter completed!