The decisive battle against the Third Reich

There was silence for a long time, and none of the French soldiers stood up.

Qin Chuan raised his head to Yulia and said, "It seems that not many people support you!"

"Oh no..." Yulia said to the French soldiers with some dissatisfaction: "Most of you just agreed with my point of view!"

"Obviously, Major!" Venet responded: "It's one thing to agree with your point of view, but it's another thing to go out to fight with you. We all know that you may not even be able to lift a gun, and you let us charge I went out to fight the British, just to escape from this tunnel and return to Berlin as soon as possible!”

"Yes!" Baudoin continued: "You don't care about our life or death at all. If you don't even have the courage to stay in the tunnel, why do you command us to fight?"

"Without a doubt, we should listen to the Lieutenant!"

"Of course, I've always thought so!"

…

Qin Chuan spread his hands towards the furious Yulia, then turned around and returned to his tunnel.

What Qin Chuan didn't expect was that Yulia also followed in.

"What?" Qin Chuan looked at Yulia with his flashlight and asked, "You found that you couldn't convince those soldiers, so you planned to persuade me?"

"No, Lieutenant!" Yulia said: "I know you won't agree, but I want to know the plan. In addition... I also need a single room. Oh, by the way, arrange another room for my guard. …”

"Do you still need room service?" Qin Chuan interrupted Yulia unceremoniously.

Of course Yulia knew that this was rejection, she looked at Qin Chuan with an incredible expression and said: "Lieutenant, you have to know, I am a major... I just asked for a private room, this is not too much! "

"Major!" Qin Chuan responded coldly: "You have to understand that this is a battlefield, and everyone here will lose their life at any time, so we only respect those who have the courage to fight, and you... I'm sorry, You are nothing but a burden to us. You are useless except for consuming rations. You may even kill us all because of your ignorance. So please tell me why you are still in this situation. Can you enjoy privileges just because of your military rank?”

"You have no right to speak to me like that!" Yulia turned pale with anger.

"Stop your tricks!" Qin Chuan said: "This is a battlefield, not a place for you to play. Please leave now. You can live with the female soldiers. If you need to spread propaganda to the enemy, I will send someone to inform you. of!"

"Very good!" Yulia gritted her teeth and said, "You will regret everything you did and said today!"

"Let's wait and see!" After saying that, Qin Chuan turned his attention to the document in his hand and ignored Yulia, who had not yet figured out the situation.

Helpless, Yulia could only get out of the tunnel angrily.

In fact, Qin Chuan can understand female officers like Yulia. They are used to living a life of luxury and glamor in Berlin. They always rely on their power to feel superior to others and enjoy privileges as a matter of course. The same is true now on the battlefield... What she doesn't know is that, Only those who can lead everyone to victory on the battlefield have privileges. For example, Qin Chuan can have a relatively independent room.

"Lieutenant!" A few minutes later the baker ducked in.

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan raised his head and asked, "How is the situation?"

"They've calmed down!" replied the baker, "but I don't think they're going to stop there, you know... hiding in the tunnel is going to stress them out a lot, and it's just getting started!"

Qin Chuan nodded. Of course he knew this, especially since they didn't know the battle plan and couldn't see the hope of survival. The fear of death and the depression in a small space would make people crazy. Some people would even rather Go outside the tunnel and die under the enemy's gun.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan said to the baker: "I need you to set up some spies. If anyone wants to escape from the tunnel or has any plans, I hope to know in advance!"

"Yes, Lieutenant!"

While Qinchuan and others were hiding in the tunnel and counting the seconds, just as Qinchuan expected, the British army attacked from south to north using Gafsa as their base.

However, the offensive did not go as smoothly as Montgomery expected... The German army deployed defenses on the highlands on both sides of the Gafsa Highway.

The German army does not have many troops along the Gafsa Highway. There is only one infantry regiment, and there is also a regiment of the "Lightning Division" that was urgently airdropped from Algeria to this section... This was actually done to show the British army, making them think that the Germans , the Italian army was so exhausted that it used all its reserve troops.

Montgomery was indeed fooled. He happily said to Eisenhower: "Look, Ike, the Germans used all the airborne troops as infantry!"

On the surface, Germany's situation is indeed rather embarrassing: two main armored divisions were dragged at both ends of the Gabes defense line and were unable to move, and one armored division was entrusted to guard the airport in Tunisia and did not dare to move, because if it moved... the British army Airborne troops may raid two airports in Tunisia.

As a result, the German army could only watch as the two British armors drove straight in along the Gafsa Highway.

It seems that all the Germans can do is wait for the moment when they are divided and surrounded by the British army and finally collapse.

"But our attack on the Gafsa Highway is not going well!" Eisenhower said with some worry: "The task we originally planned to complete in three days now takes at least a week!"

Eisenhower told the truth. Although the German troops on the Gafsa Highway were not large, they spread out to seize the high ground and key points that were supposed to be the British airborne troops' raid... The Germans were good at fighting "blitzkrieg". Of course they know which important places need to be garrisoned.

Therefore, because the airborne troops could not play a big role, the British army could only rely on air superiority and advantages in troops and equipment to advance along the road.

"That's not the point!" Montgomery said, "The point is that the Germans can't stop us!"

Montgomery looked at the map and continued: "They have no more available troops, so whether it takes three days or a week, the outcome is the same!"

"I hope so!" Eisenhower said.

But in fact, Eisenhower was not so optimistic. Although he did not have much command and combat experience... In fact, Eisenhower had been engaged in training and civilian work before this and had never participated in combat.

But a soldier's intuition told him that things might not be that simple, because the Germans retreated all the way to Tunisia in an orderly manner, and their performance in Tunisia was so bad that people have to be suspicious.

As for Montgomery's thoughts, Eisenhower believed that he was simply dazzled by the victories along the way.