The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The journey was somewhat painful. In order to avoid the blockade of the British and American air forces, the transport plane was not allowed to go around Sardinia to refuel before flying back to Algiers.

Algiers is also a stopover. After refueling, we will fly to the Timrag Basin... The German army has built a military airfield near the Timrag Basin to protect the oil fields. It is said that a regiment of troops has also been deployed for the purpose. Protect oil fields.

As the plane flew over the Timrag Basin, the baker looked down through the glass window and said, "They said an oil refinery was being built here, but I didn't see anything!"

Qin Chuan probed his head and said, "Have you seen those oil pipelines?"

The baker looked at them carefully and then replied: "Yes, but they lead to the mountains to the north!"

"That's right!" Qin Chuan replied: "They can't build the refinery outside and let enemy bombers blow it up!"

"So they put the refinery in the mountains?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "Otherwise, as long as the Americans send enough B17, our refinery will never be built!"

"That's a good idea!" The baker nodded.

The plane landed at the airport soon, and there were already ten cars parked outside the airport.

The person in charge of the airport was a colonel. He didn't ask anything. Qin Chuan could see from his eyes that he knew nothing.

"Ten cars, including five supplies and five empty! There are also ten motorcycles." The colonel said: "No driver, no license plate, no record... Someone is sent to pick up new supplies every Wednesday, the same There are five cars, but you must bring five empty cars. If you need anything else, please send someone to inform us two days in advance!”

"Yes, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied.

In fact, all of this has already been written in the document Rommel gave Qin Chuan.

The car drove along the road for a long time before the team arrived at their destination...Salat.

This is an abandoned village near the Atlas Mountains. Places like this can often be seen in the desert, especially during times of war.

There are many reasons why they were abandoned, such as being looted by bandits, the well water drying up, or because there is no more food to hunt around.

The reason why this village was abandoned was probably because of the well water, because Werner immediately took a flashlight and looked inside, and then said: "There is no water!"

This is reasonable, because the most important thing in the desert is water. Where there is water, people will come, and places where people come will not be kept secret.

The "target drone" must be kept secret, so there should be no water.

For domestic water, we send someone to the airport to collect it every week.

Qin Chuan looked at the map and compared it with the surrounding environment, then pointed to a highland a few hundred meters away and said: "We need to dig an air raid shelter there and then build fortifications around it, just like we did in Timrag Basin does the same thing, understand?”

"Yes, Captain!" the soldiers responded, and then hurriedly followed Qin Chuan's order.

The trench fortification was not difficult. The soldiers worked hard for a long time and it was almost over before dark.

Qin Chuan went to inspect it and was quite satisfied. Barbed wire, landmines, fortifications, telephone lines, and even empty can shells were hung on the barbed wire... They were for warning, and usually two or three were hung on them. Together, when the enemy touches the barbed wire or wants to cut it off in the dark, the empty cans and iron shells will collide with each other and make abnormal noises to alert the sentries.

The difficult part is the dugout.

Algeria has two mountain ranges, the Taylor Atlas and the Saharan Atlas. These two mountain ranges run east-west, starting from eastern Morocco in the west, passing through Algeria and ending in Tunisia, stretching for about 1,600 kilometers.

This is also the main reason why the Allies were unable to attack Algeria... Unless they crossed the Gabes defense line and landed from the north of Algeria through the Tunisian Strait, they would have to go deep into the Sahara Desert and cross these two mountain ranges.

One of the mountains is the Taylor Atlas Mountains near the coastal city, and the Zoav Corps is stationed there.

The location where Qin Chuan and others are located is near the Sahara Atlas Mountains.

Because it is close to the Sahara Desert, the land on the highlands is full of stones... This is a characteristic of the desert landscape. The highlands are severely weathered, and what is left are often stones, and the rest turns into sand and dust.

Fortunately, the baker responsible for this task found two caves on the high ground.

"These two caves can accommodate five hundred people!" said the baker, "and they are very strong. We can transform them into air raid shelters. I mean, just dig a few traffic trenches!"

"No problem!" Qin Chuan said, "It's up to you!"

The quality of the German army is very good, or it can be said that it is very capable. In Chinese terms, it has a "ownership" spirit. They will seriously complete the tasks assigned to them, and even consider things other than the task, so Qin Chuan doesn't need to worry.

The next day, when Qin Chuan was marking the location of the fortifications on the map, Werner shouted: "Captain, someone is coming!"

The soldiers stopped their movements and picked up their guns, consciously preparing for battle.

Qin Chuan looked up and saw a convoy of more than thirty vehicles of various types driving to the base in front of the base with a cloud of dust, headed by several jeeps.

Qin Chuan went up to meet him and saw Colonel Conrad jumping out of the jeep and said, "Captain, we meet again."

"Are these all of you?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes!" Colonel Conrad responded while looking at the sun in the sky and complained: "It's really hot here, isn't it?"

"Of course!" Qin Chuan said, "You will get used to this place!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand to let the soldiers pass.

"Very good!" Colonel Conrad looked at the soldiers who were waiting and the meticulous fortifications around them, and said, "You have turned this place into a barracks!"

Another jeep parked in front of the two people, and several scientific researchers in casual clothes got out of the car. Among them was a young man wearing a white shirt, his hair combed flat, and an untied tie hanging around his neck. Sweat said: "Colonel, is this our destination?"

"Yes, Professor!" Conrad replied.

Then he raised his head towards Qinchuan and said, "Professor, this is the Captain Frick I told you about!"

The young professor's eyes immediately lit up. He took the initiative to shake hands with Qin Chuan and said, "It's an honor to meet you, Captain. Let me introduce myself. My name is von Braun, director of the Technical Department!"

Qin Chuan was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped... This young man turned out to be von Braun.