The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"I'm optimistic about you, brother!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin stood up, then took out a notebook and pen, handed them to Qin Chuan and asked, "Can you sign your name, Lieutenant Colonel?"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be shocked, a lieutenant general... actually asked Qin Chuan to sign his signature.

After being stunned for a moment, Qin Chuan quickly replied: "Oh, of course, General!"

As he spoke, he took the notebook and signed his name.

"Look!" When Lieutenant General Lu Manlin took back the notebook, he proudly showed it to the others: "I got the signature of the 'Legendary Sergeant'!"

It seems that getting a signature is more important than the military content just discussed.

"General!" Colonel Slaine reminded: "About our plan..."

"Oh, yes!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin came back to his senses: "Yes, we call it the 'Maginot Plan'. I know that the head of state signed and agreed to this plan. But Colonel, you want You know, this Maginot Line has..."

As he spoke, Lieutenant General Lu Manlin turned his attention to the staff officer beside him.

The staff officer quickly added: "It is 390 kilometers long!"

"Yes!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin said: "390 kilometers long and 5 kilometers wide..."

"I'm sorry, General!" Qin Chuan said, "It's 6 to 8 kilometers wide!"

"Oh, really?" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin glanced at the staff officer, and after receiving a affirmative look, he replied: "Very good, Lieutenant Colonel. It is indeed 6 to 8 kilometers wide. Think about this... 390 kilometers long How many people and time will it take to complete such a long defense line of 6 to 8 kilometers? It took the French 12 years and 5 billion francs. Shouldn’t we take a break before taking action?

"Sorry, General!" Colonel Slain said: "These are not things we need to consider. We just want to complete our mission as soon as possible and then return to our troops!"

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin spread his hands and said, "God, you are really obsessed with war. Is the battlefield so attractive?"

As he spoke, he laughed with several staff officers.

Seeing that Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan were unmoved, Lieutenant General Lu Manlin had no choice but to say: "It's up to you. If you want to start working right away, Major Fein will arrange everything you need! I think you have already Got to know him!"

"Yes, General!"

"Very good!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin then raised his glass to the two of them and said, "I wish you all the best!"

He raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

Colonel Slaine and Qin Chuan stood up and saluted, and then walked out of the room. Another burst of laughter came from behind, seeming to laugh at Colonel Slaine and Qin Chuan for being two fools who didn't know how to enjoy themselves.

"I can't believe we have to work for this stupid general!" Colonel Sline complained: "They have no idea about the current situation!"

"Maybe they are not ignorant!" Qin Chuan replied: "They are just escaping in a certain situation!"

Colonel Slain nodded and said: "You are right, they are deceiving themselves, thinking that this life can last forever. In other words, even if they fail, they hope to enjoy the remaining time to the fullest! I Now I want to know...which fool transferred us here as consultants, they don't seem to need consultants at all!"

Although Qin Chuan knew who this fool was, he couldn't answer... As mentioned before, this must have been done by Teleskov using his connections.

Sure enough, soon a Colonel Paul took the initiative to approach Colonel Slaine and Qin Chuan.

Colonel Paul also intentionally said to Qin Chuan: "Lieutenant Colonel, General Telesco asked me to express his greetings to you on his behalf!"

So Qin Chuan determined that Paul was a member of the rebel organization.

Qin Chuan found an opportunity to talk to Colonel Paul alone for a while.

"Why didn't you tell me that the commander stationed at the Maginot Line was such a bastard?" Qin Chuan asked angrily.

"Is there any difference, Lieutenant Colonel?" Paul asked.

There seems to be no difference, unless Qinchuan gives up the plan to transform the Maginot Line.

"Then..." Qin Chuan said, "Why don't you replace this bastard? With him here, our plan will not be implemented at all!"

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Colonel Paul shook his head and smiled: "Do you know who this General Lu Manlin is?"

"I don't care who he is!" Qin Chuan said: "I only know that if he is here, or if he continues to be the commander, we will accomplish nothing here!"

Qin Chuan was right, because what they had seen until now were still drawings with incomplete data.

"I know, Lieutenant Colonel!" Colonel Paul replied: "But things are not as simple as you think. Lieutenant General Lu Manlin has almost never commanded a battle and has no meritorious service, but he can become a lieutenant general... …There is a reason for this. There are some people who have selflessly helped the head of state during difficult times, and General Lu Manlin is one of them!”

Then Qin Chuan understood.

Just like Göring, although he was considered an incompetent Reich Marshal due to repeated command errors, Hitler still trusted him and even appointed him as his successor.

If Lieutenant General Lu Manlin was such a general, that would be troublesome, because it means that Hitler is likely to know everything Lieutenant General Lu Manlin did here, and it is even possible that Hitler deliberately arranged this "fat job" for Lieutenant General Lu Manlin's... stationed at the Maginot Line, there is basically no need to worry about the battle on the front line, there is a lot of oil and water.

"Then what are we going to do?" Qin Chuan asked.

"I don't know!" Paul replied: "We thought Lieutenant Lu Manlin would do something with the order from the head of state, but he doesn't seem to take it to heart!"

"Oh, of course!" Qin Chuan replied: "As he said, the Americans and British are still at sea. But when the Americans come up, he will regret it!"

"No, Lieutenant Colonel!" Colonel Paul replied: "He does not need to regret it, because he can withdraw to Germany at any time!"

"That's great!" Qin Chuan replied.

After a pause, Qin Chuan asked again: "I'm very curious, Colonel! What kind of army is your 79th Army that can actually tolerate the command of such a general!"

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Colonel Paul handed Qin Chuan a cigarette and said, "To be precise, it is not an army!"

"Not an army?" Qin Chuan looked at Colonel Paul in confusion.

"Yes!" Colonel Paul nodded: "After we captured the Maginot Line..."

As he spoke, Colonel Paul raised his head towards the high ground: "Just use it as a recruit training base, warehouse and field hospital. In addition, it also houses many prisoners of war. So... this is the 79th Army!"