The decisive battle against the Third Reich

When Catania was already fighting, Qin Chuan and others followed the Göring Armored Division in a car and headed towards the beachhead stationed by the US military.

The car was swaying forward on the uneven road, and from time to time, several gunshots could be heard in the distance, and the aperture of the explosion was like a flash of lightning.

Both sides of the road were filled with cars and supplies abandoned by the US military, as well as groups of US troops raising their hands to surrender.

"Americans don't look that good either!" Werner said with a smile.

"Didn't you always insist that Americans would not participate in this war?" asked the baker.

"Please, Sergeant!" Werner replied: "No one would have guessed that the Japanese would attack the United States, right?"

"The Japanese are fools!" David cursed fiercely in the corner.

Unable to return to their own units, David and his men joined the 1st Infantry Regiment.

"Second Lieutenant!" Dominic couldn't help objecting: "You seem to have forgotten where the British tanks and aircraft came from!"

"So what?" David retorted: "You know, the British are not familiar with those American equipment, and some equipment even conflicts with their British equipment, but the Americans are different!"

"It's no different!" Werner said: "They were defeated by us too, weren't they?"

As he spoke, Werner raised his head towards the surrendering American troops outside.

David just shook his head and said nothing.

Qin Chuan was a little surprised by what David said. He was right. The British army was defeated by the German army time and time again on the North African battlefield. A large part of the reason was that the equipment was not systematic or they were not familiar with American equipment.

This may sound like a trivial matter, but on the battlefield, trivial matters often lead to the complete defeat of the entire army. For example, when the British army was equipped with the American "Stuart", the maneuvering speed was too different from that of the British tanks to be able to defeat them. The problem of coordination, another example is that the "General Grant" tank was easily defeated because the British army was not familiar with the equipment.

"Second Lieutenant!" Qin Chuan asked David, "You seem to have graduated from a military academy!"

"No, Captain!" David replied: "I only stayed in the United States for two years to go to college there!"

"oh!"

"Princeton University!" David replied: "But because of this war..."

So everyone knew that after the war broke out, David could no longer stay in the United States because he might be regarded as a spy by others.

"So you know something about America?" the baker asked.

"Yes!" David replied.

"Tell me what you think!" said the baker, "I mean, what are the advantages of Americans over us?"

David couldn't help but sigh, and then replied: "You may be discouraged after saying that. Let me tell you some numbers that I know but are not sure about. The industrial capacity of the United States is four times that of Germany. Do you know what this means? If we build one tank, they can build four, and the performance is quite good, just like their Sherman tank..."

"Why don't we think about the good things?" Werner said: "France's industrial capabilities are stronger than ours, but it still surrendered to us in more than a month!"

"That's different!" David said: "We can defeat France because we are bordering France on land. We can defeat it with a strong army, but what about the United States? Let our tanks swim across the Atlantic Ocean?"

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

The United States and Germany do not border on land, which means that if Germany wants to defeat the United States like it defeated France, it can only rely on its navy and air force. However, the German navy is blocked in the port by the British navy, and the air force is attacking The British and Soviets were almost exhausted on the battlefield.

Therefore, there seems to be no hope of victory in this battle from the beginning. The United States can rest assured to use its powerful industry at home to continuously produce more and more equipment to support the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in their fight against Germany, but Germany has nothing to do about it. .

It took a long time before someone said: "The Japanese are really fools!"

Yes, the Japanese are really fools, and it is true for the Germans... If the Americans are not dragged into the water at this time, at least Germany still has time to breathe.

What Qin Chuan was thinking about was how to change this passive situation in the future.

"Captain!" While Qin Chuan was deep in thought, the communications soldier handed over the phone: "It's the colonel!"

"Captain!" As soon as Qin Chuan answered the phone, he heard Colonel Slaine's excited voice coming from the phone: "Do you know? We have occupied Catania and captured it at a very small cost. Prisoners More than 6,000 people were killed, but luckily we got there first, and the British airborne right there..."

This news surprised Qin Chuan. He did not expect to achieve such great results. You must know that Catania is stationed by a British infantry brigade. Even if there is a "Lightning Division" to cooperate with the attack, it should not be lost so quickly. And so many people surrendered.

But Qin Chuan didn't ask any more questions. There were always many unexpected things on the battlefield, and Qin Chuan was used to it now.

"They did a good job!" Qin Chuan said, "Next, it's time for them to buy time for us!"

"Yes!" Colonel Slain said: "I seem to have seen victory right in front of me!"

After putting down the phone, he saw David looking at Qin Chuan blankly.

After a while, David plucked up the courage to ask Qin Chuan: "Can I ask you a question, Captain?"

"certainly!"

"Are you what they call the 'Legendary Sergeant'?" David asked.

"How do you know this?" Qin Chuan was a little surprised.

"So you are really..." David was a little at a loss: "Sorry, Captain, I didn't know it was you... It's an honor to meet you!"

After a pause, he replied: "Oh, it's because of the tone of your conversation with the colonel on the phone. Also, this is the First Infantry Division. You are using a sniper rifle. It is not common for a captain to hold a sniper rifle. , isn’t it? God, I should have guessed it was you!”

There was a burst of laughter in the carriage.

"So, Ensign!" Werner said: "I don't think things are as pessimistic as you think. I'm talking about the Americans!"

"Yes, look at us!" said the baker: "With less strength and equipment than they do, we are driving them into the sea now!"

"Maybe we can drive them back to the United States!" Werner said, "I don't know if they can swim back to the United States!"

The carriage was soon filled with laughter.

As mentioned before, soldiers on the front line will always find some reasons to be happy, because there are so few things to be happy about. If they didn't do this... they simply wouldn't be able to hold on for a day.