The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin's change in attitude quickly put the Maginot Line's transformation plan on the right track.

For example, the maintenance of various equipment within the Maginot Line, the transformation of fortifications, and the replenishment of supplies, etc., were all started with great fanfare.

The progress was even faster than Qin Chuan and others imagined. The reason was that France was basically not affected by the war... The battle between France and Germany only lasted 37 days from beginning to end, and there was no large-scale comprehensive war at all. fighting, and France surrendered.

If there are any casualties, it is that the "Ballista Project" initiated by Churchill suffered some losses at sea.

As a result, France's industry, workers and technical talents have all been preserved intact... This is also the main reason for France's rapid rise after World War II. Even because France is the base for Germany to produce V1 and fighter planes, France also leads the way in missiles and fighter planes. Other European countries: During the Falklands War, France already had advanced Exocet anti-ship missiles and was able to develop its own Rafale fighter jets. You must know that the European Typhoon fighter jets at the same time still required the cooperation of Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain to be completed. .

This advantage is also well reflected in the "Maginot Plan".

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin even summoned the original team that built the Maginot Line. Of course, this can only be achieved if Lieutenant General Lu Manlin comes forward to coordinate.

Then, if any equipment on the Maginot Line of Defense is damaged, it will be repaired if it needs to be repaired, and replaced if it needs to be replaced. If it needs to be modified, you only need to tell the skilled workers what to do. Skilled workers and technicians were also recruited to work in Maginot Line. Chino Line long tenured.

Some equipment does not have parts to replace... It's simple, just use the original factory to start the machine and re-produce it. Anyway, the Maginot Line still needs a large amount of equipment in reserve.

Colonel Slaine would come to the field hospital every evening to discuss the progress of the Maginot Line with Qinchuan.

In fact, not only Colonel Slain, Lieutenant General Lu Manlin and Colonel Paul also ran to the field hospital whenever they had problems and couldn't decide...

"You know?" Colonel Slain said to Qin Chuan, "You may have shocked Lieutenant General Lu Manlin!"

"Why do you say that?" Qin Chuan asked.

"He seems to be a different person now!" Colonel Slain replied: "The hunting grounds are closed, the dances are no longer held, Lieutenant General Rumanlin even got himself a headquarters in the Maginot Line, and is still there Living there for several days! This was almost unimaginable before, because Colonel Paul said... Lieutenant General Lu Manlin always described those underground fortifications as 'prisoners' cages'!"

"This seems to have nothing to do with me!" Qin Chuan replied: "He realizes that only the Maginot Line of Defense can protect him, and once he realizes this... he will do his best to seize the straw of the Maginot Line of Defense. !”

"Perhaps you are right, Lieutenant Colonel!" Colonel Slain said: "But it is undeniable that the reason why he believed that the Maginot Line could withstand the Americans and British was entirely because you led a ragtag group of people to defeat them. Guerrillas with several times the strength!”

"This is nothing!" Qin Chuan replied: "The guerrillas are also a mob!"

"Just because you think it's nothing!" Colonel Slain said: "And in your eyes, the guerrillas are just a mob, but after interrogation, Lieutenant General Lu Manlin found that a considerable number of those guerrillas were French soldiers... …You know, after France surrendered, a considerable number of soldiers joined the guerrillas, and they can even be regarded as regular troops!”

"Does France have a regular army?" Qin Chuan asked.

Colonel Slaine couldn't help but be stunned, and then he and Qin Chuan laughed together.

Qin Chuan smiled and twitched the wound on his shoulder, making him gasp in pain.

Colonel Slaine couldn't help but smile when he saw this: "Lieutenant Colonel, it seems I should tell you a joke!"

"Whatever you do, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied, "Because the jokes you tell are never funny!"

Colonel Slaine couldn't help but laugh: "Very good, it seems you are still quite sober. Penicillin is indeed a 'life-saving medicine'!"

In fact, Qin Chuan knew that Colonel Slaine was right. Lieutenant General Lu Manlin's change was certainly related to the battle in the hunting ground.

It should be said that Lieutenant General Lu Manlin is a contradictory person: he does not have the courage or the ability to lead the troops on the battlefield, but he yearns for that kind of life... so he likes hunting.

Hunting is not dangerous and you can experience the fun of the battlefield to a certain extent. You can even imagine those animals as enemies.

If there were no accidents, Lieutenant General Lu Manlin would probably continue like this, just like living in a dream weaved by himself. It wasn't until Qin Chuan fought a real battle in the hunting ground that Lieutenant General Lu Manlin woke up from a dream...

So naturally, Qin Chuan became Lieutenant General Lu Manlin's idol. This can be seen from the fact that Lieutenant General Lu Manlin listened to Qin Chuan's opinion in almost all decisions.

"We plan to block all the entrances to France!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin said: "You know, these entrances will become passages for the enemy to invade the underground fortifications. Then make an entrance on the other side!"

"No, we can't do this!" Qin Chuan objected.

"Why?" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked puzzledly.

"Our defense should never be as passive as the French!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said: "We should keep these entrances, so that even if the enemy occupies the surface position, we can sneak out from the entrance at any time to attack. At the same time, surface troops will also attack them, which is the enemy’s biggest headache!”

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin couldn't help but say "Oh", paused, and then said: "But... the enemy may attack the underground fortifications along the entrance!" "That's why we are here as consultants, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "The Gabes Line of Defense we established in Africa uses a large number of tunnels, and the tunnels there are much simpler than the underground fortifications here. We have implemented a series of complete methods at the entrance of the tunnel, so that the tunnels can cover each other, and at the same time they can prevent poison and fire, etc. What we have to do is to transform the tunnel entrance according to the method of the Gabes Line of Defense, and then they will become a perfect tunnel fortification!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin nodded repeatedly in agreement. "In addition..." Qin Chuan said: "We can't trust those Frenchmen. They may cause some minor damage to the equipment during the Allied attack, such as causing problems with the electric train, or blowing up the ammunition depot, etc. Therefore, we must let our maintenance personnel master these technologies!" "That's right, Lieutenant Colonel!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied: "Of course we can't trust those Frenchmen!"