Chapter 434 Industry

When Catania was already in a fight, Qin Chuan and others took a car and followed the Goering Armored Division to the beachhead where the US troops were stationed.

The car was shaking on the uneven road, and from time to time there were a few gunshots in the distance. The light ring when the explosion happened was like a flash of lightning.

The roads were full of cars and supplies abandoned by the US military, and there were teams of US soldiers raising their hands to surrender.

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

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

"Please, sergeant!" Werner replied: "No one would guess that the Japanese would attack the United States, right?"

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

David and his men joined the First Infantry Regiment because they could not return to their own troops for the time being.

"Second Lieutenant!" Dominic objected: "You seem to have forgotten where the British tanks and planes came from!"

"So what if that's the case?" 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!"

"Nothing is different!" Werner said: "They were defeated by us, weren't they?"

As he said that, Werner raised his head towards the surrendering American soldiers 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 again and again on the battlefield in North Africa. A large part of the reason was that the equipment was not systematic or they were not familiar with American equipment.

This sounds like a trivial matter, but on the battlefield, some trivial matters often lead to the overall defeat of the entire army. For example, the British army equipped with the American "Stuart" had a problem that the mobility speed was too different from the British tanks and could not cooperate. For example, 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 be a graduate of a military academy!"

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

"Oh!"

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

So everyone knew that David could not stay in the United States after the war broke out, because he might be regarded as a spy by others.

"So you know something about the United States?" asked the baker.

"Yes!" David replied.

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

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

"Why don't we think about the good side?" Werner said: "France's industrial capacity is also 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 border France on land. We can defeat it with a strong army, but what about the United States? Let our tanks swim across the Atlantic?"

Everyone was silent after hearing this.

The United States and Germany do not border each other on land, which means that if Germany wants to defeat the United States like it defeated France, it can only rely on the navy and air force, but the German navy was blocked in the port by the British navy, and the air force was almost exhausted on the battlefields against Britain and the Soviet Union.

Therefore, it seems that there is no hope of victory in this war from the beginning. The United States can rest assured to use its powerful industry to continuously produce more and more equipment to support Britain and the Soviet Union in the war against Germany, while Germany can do nothing about it.

After a long time, someone said: "The Japanese are really fools!"

Yes, the Japanese are really fools, and this is true for the Germans... If the Americans were not dragged into the water at this time, at least Germany would have time to catch its breath.

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

"Captain!" When Qin Chuan was lost in thought, the signalman handed him the phone: "It's the colonel!"

"Captain!" As soon as Qin Chuan took the phone, he heard Colonel Slaine's excited voice: "Do you know? We have occupied Catania. We took it at a very small cost and captured more than 6,000 people. Fortunately, we arrived first and the British immediately landed there..."

This news surprised Qin Chuan. He didn't expect to achieve such a great result. You know, it was a British infantry brigade stationed in Catania. Even if there was a "Lightning Division" to cooperate in the attack, it shouldn't have been lost so quickly and so many people surrendered.

But Qin Chuan didn't ask much. There are always many unexpected things on the battlefield. Qin Chuan is 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 Slaine said: "I seem to see victory is just around the corner!"

After hanging up the phone, David looked at Qin Chuan blankly.

After a long while, David finally mustered 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 make themselves 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.