The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Grisdorf and Major General Treskov were right to worry, and this was actually another mistake Hitler made.

As we all know, landing operations in this era were very difficult, so the offensive and defensive operations of the Soviet and German armies on the Eastern Front were basically carried out on rivers.

Hitler thought that the same would be true for possible landings of American and British troops, so he spent several years building a 2,700-kilometer fortress defense line along the Atlantic coast from northern Norway to the border of France and Spain.

This is a very ridiculous strategy, which attempts to use coastal defense lines to block the British and American landings and "knock their landing troops down on the beach."

The reason is that Hitler simply did not know what kind of energy or tactics the US military had at this time... Hitler should not have known this, because the Pacific War had been going on for a year at this time, and Japan and the United States had already fought the Battle of Midway, Guadalcanal, etc. , Hitler could easily obtain the US Navy's landing tactics and other information from Japan.

Or Hitler already had this information, but he didn't take it seriously.

The reason was that Hitler looked down upon Japan... The Japanese army was badly beaten by the Soviet army in the Battle of Nomonhan, but the Soviet army was vulnerable to the German attack, so Hitler believed that the Japanese army and the German army were not on the same level.

Therefore, the intelligence provided by the Japanese was of little reference value to the German army, because the US military could win against the Japanese army, but this was not the case for the German army.

As a result, Hitler still focused on building his Atlantic Wall, and even sent Rommel to northern France to organize and improve these fortifications.

Although Hitler was right in some aspects, that is, the failure of the Japanese army cannot be simply compared to the German army. The tactics, equipment, and quality of the two are different, but one thing is the same...the fortifications are the same, and they are all distributed in The defense line will not move or move.

The biggest feature of the U.S. military is its well-developed logistics, which means that the U.S. military basically does not need to consider the issue of ammunition.

So, as Grisdorf said, blowing up these fortifications is just a matter of ammunition, especially when the United States takes control of the air and uses aircraft bombings and warships' large-caliber naval guns to attack...

In other words, Hitler invested a lot of time and money on the almost useless Atlantic barrier, just like he built "wolf dens" one after another around the world to protect himself. Facts have proved that these "wolf dens" have no effect. One can protect him.

Compared with Hitler, the rebel organizations appear to be more rational. After all, they analyze the enemy based on the intelligence they have, rather than blindly believing that the race will be superior and the combat effectiveness and defense power will be doubled like Hitler.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Grisdorf reminded Qin Chuan, who was in a daze: "We are waiting for your answer... How can we resist the enemy's attack?"

"We can't resist!" Qin Chuan replied.

"What?"

"You are right, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said: "The main force of our air force is on the eastern front, and there are both American and British air forces in the direction of France. They have an absolute advantage. At the same time, northern France is flat and losing air supremacy. The situation is almost impossible to defend, so we cannot win this battle!”

"But you..."

"I'm talking about solving the problem, not winning the battle!" Qin Chuan said.

"Okay!" Major General Teleskov nodded and said, "Then Lieutenant Colonel, do you have any solution to this problem?"

"The solution is to retreat!"

"Retreat? Retreat to where?" Major General Teleskov asked.

Someone nearby started booing: "If we have to retreat if we don't have air superiority, then don't we have to keep retreating?"

"The lieutenant colonel is not talking about retreat, but surrender!"

The officers couldn't help but laugh a little. Only Teleskov and Grisdorf didn't laugh, because they knew that the facts seemed to be what Qin Chuan said.

"Maginot Line!" Qin Chuan pointed to a line on the map and said, "This line of defense was built by the French to resist Germany. Why can't we use it to defend against the Americans?"

There was a deathly silence in the study.

"Yes!" Grisdorf couldn't help but jumped up with excitement: "We only need to make some necessary modifications to the Maginot Line of Defense, such as changing its exit direction and gun muzzle, etc. It won't take long. Transform it into a line of defense!”

"But, Colonel!" There was a questioning voice in the study:

“What’s the difference between this and the Atlantic Wall?”

"Yes, we also have to fight a battle without air superiority!"

"The enemies faced by the Atlantic Wall are still on the sea. The enemies have no foothold and are more easily destroyed by us!"

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"No, gentlemen!" Qin Chuan replied: "The most fundamental difference between the Maginot Line and the Atlantic Barrier is that the Atlantic Barrier can only defend but not attack. The reason is that the enemy is at sea, so we can only watch them attack They bombed us from outside the range, but we had nothing to do with them. There was no way we could jump into the sea and charge at the enemy!"

"Yes!" Grisdorf agreed: "The Maginot Line is different. The enemy is also on land, so we can attack and defend!"

"The most important thing is that most of southeastern France is still complex and mountainous!" Qin Chuan said: "You know, we can build a defense line like the Gabes Defense Line in Africa based on the Maginot Line!"

When Qin Chuan said this, the officers were speechless, because it was obvious that the Gabes Defense Line had successfully blocked the attacks of the Americans and British in Africa.

"God!" Major General Teleskov said: "Only now do I realize how stupid we are. The key has always been in our hands, right under our noses, but we turned a blind eye to it!"

"This also shows how wrong the Führer's defense strategy is!" Griesdorf said: "If we invest the manpower and material resources in building the Atlantic Wall into the Maginot Line instead of along the coast, then we are now almost There’s nothing to worry about!”

"But..." Teleskov continued: "This is not an easy task, because the head of state will not give up the Atlantic Wall!"

"We don't need to convince him to give up!" Qin Chuan said: "We just need to prepare in Maginot, can we do it?"

Teleskov and Grisdov looked at each other, then nodded: "Of course!"

"In addition..." Qin Chuan said: "What you have to convince the head of state is... don't use armored forces to defend the Atlantic Wall. That is no different from committing suicide!"