The decisive battle against the Third Reich

This strategy is actually very simple. The terrain of Italy is like a boot that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with a ball on the tip of the boot... Sicily.

Sicily is placed between Italy and Tunisia, almost dividing the Mediterranean Sea into two parts, east and west.

If the British Navy in the east wants to enter the west, it can only pass through the "Messina" Strait and the "Tunisia" Strait separated by Sicily.

The "Messina" Strait is almost impossible to force through, because its narrowest point is only 3.2 kilometers. The mortars of the Italian army can hit the other side, not to mention the blockade of it with long-range artillery. Moreover, the water here is turbulent, there are reefs and the Cariboudis Whirlpool. If you choose to pass through here, you can only say that you are crazy.

So there is only one choice, which is the "Tunisia" Strait.

But if the German army uses a fleet plus fighter planes on both wings of Sicily and Tunisia to cover, it can almost be said to be foolproof.

"Good idea, lieutenant!" said Major General Oxter.

"No, he is already a lieutenant!" Colonel Slaine walked in, raised the telegram in his hand, and said with a smile: "General Rommel appointed him personally, which is not common!" "Congratulations, Lieutenant!" Major General Oxter leaned over and shook hands with Qin Chuan: "I think your ability is fully worthy of this rank!" "Yes!" Colonel Slaine came forward and patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder: "General Rommel said that with your military exploits and wisdom, it is not excessive to be a general." "I understand, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied. "Then..." Major General Oxter asked: "What is General Rommel's attitude towards the supply line plan?" "Of course there is no problem!" Colonel Slaine said with a smile: "Especially the lieutenant's suggestion!" This is indeed the case. Rommel sent a telegram to Hitler as soon as possible, and then Hitler sent a telegram to Pétain. "Dear Prime Minister!" Hitler said: "As stipulated in the armistice agreement, Germany and France should cooperate as much as possible in politics and economy. Two German infantry divisions and one airborne division are assisting the French army in defense in North Africa. We need to establish a supply line in France to transport supplies, equipment and reinforcements. I hope France can perform its duties as stipulated in the armistice agreement!" This sounds a bit incredible. Germany occupied French Algeria and even seized the entire Toulon fleet, but it still used the armistice agreement to require France to perform its cooperative duties. According to common sense, this is absolutely unacceptable. But... The underlying meaning of this telegram is that this is what France should do. If it does not agree, it means that the armistice agreement is invalid, and there is no need to say what will happen next. Pétain is also a political veteran. How could he not see the meaning behind this, so he could only sigh... Or it can be said that he was relieved, because this also shows from another side that the Vichy government is still useful and the German army will not go south for the time being. Then Pétain certainly did not dare to neglect it and immediately rebuilt the transportation line from France to Algiers. The Vichy government had no words to complain about this, but the French people could not bear it... Germany occupied Algeria and even gave France a humiliation no less than the "Maginot Line" in Toulon Port, and now it was about to transport equipment for Germany.

So the French people organized marches and protests in groups, which embarrassed the Vichy government for a while.

But that was all. The German army didn't care about these. They only knew that a large amount of supplies could be transported to Algeria by rail and transport ships in just a few days.

The first batch of arrivals was the navy transferred from Germany. Before they got off the ship, they saw warships anchored at the shore at the port, and they couldn't help waving their sailor hats and cheering loudly.

Qin Chuan could understand their feelings. As a naval soldier, if he didn't have a warship, it would be like a tank soldier without a tank, or an infantryman without a gun. It was a very helpless feeling. Sometimes he would rather go to the battlefield and fight the enemy for life and death.

Before this, these German naval soldiers thought they would be placed like vases until the end of the war, but now they see warships with cannons like chimneys waiting for them, how can they not be ecstatic? !

The military band played the "German March" at the port, and then teams of naval soldiers walked over from the other end of the port with their heads held high and in neat formations, just like a military parade. The streets were full of German cross flags. The soldiers cheered loudly to welcome these naval forces from their hometown. Several naval officers waved to the cheering crowds on both sides with very friendly smiles on their faces.

All this was like watching a scene in a movie in Qin Chuan's eyes, not real but so real.

When he saw that there was an old-fashioned camera shooting across the street, Qin Chuan thought: If modern family and friends saw themselves in the video... I wonder what they would think.

"Lieutenant!" A signalman squeezed through the crowd and waved to Qin Chuan, shouting: "The colonel asked you to go to the headquarters!"

"I'll be there soon!" Qin Chuan replied.

Qin Chuan could actually guess the reason. It must be that the naval commander met with Colonel Slain and others. Then, of course, the first thing they had to do was to meet Qin Chuan, the "legendary sergeant" who seized the entire fleet for them.

In fact, Qin Chuan doesn't like social interactions like these. He prefers to just make some suggestions for Rommel or Colonel Slaine behind the scenes, and then they act on these suggestions.

As expected, when Qin Chuan walked into the headquarters, he heard Colonel Sline report: "This is Lieutenant Frick!"

Qin Chuan noticed a person sitting at the other end of the desk. He couldn't see clearly because the lamp was on. He stood up and saluted out of habit and said, "Lieutenant Frick, Second Company, First Battalion, First Infantry Regiment!"

A human face appeared under the desk lamp, with neatly combed and shiny hair, and sharp blue eyes looking at Qin Chuan up and down, like a hungry wolf staring at his food.

Only then did Qin Chuan recognize that he was a marshal from his epaulettes. He couldn't help but open his mouth for a long time and couldn't close it... Originally he thought that the navy would be enough to send a major general, but unexpectedly it sent a marshal instead.

What surprised Qin Chuan even more was that Colonel Slain then introduced to Qin Chuan: "Lieutenant, this is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Marshal Erich Raeder!"

What? Supreme Commander? !