Chapter 784 Maginot

Griesdorf and Treskov were right to worry, and this was actually another mistake Hitler made.

As we all know, landing operations were very difficult in this era, so the offensive and defensive battles 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 the possible landings of the US 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 borders of France and Spain.

This was a ridiculous strategy, attempting to use coastal defenses to block the landing of the British and American troops and "knock down their landing troops on the beach."

The reason was that Hitler had no idea what kind of energy or tactics the US military had at that time... Hitler should not have been unaware, because the Pacific War had lasted for a year at that time, and Japan and the United States had fought the Battle of Midway and the Battle of Guadalcanal, etc. Hitler could easily obtain the landing tactics and other intelligence of the US Navy from Japan.

Or Hitler already had this intelligence, but he did not take it seriously.

The reason is that Hitler looked down on Japan... The Japanese army was beaten horribly by the Soviet army in the Battle of Nomonhan, while the Soviet army was vulnerable to the attack of the German army, so Hitler believed that the Japanese army was not an army of the same level as the German army.

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

So, 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 could not be simply compared to the German army. The tactics, equipment, and qualities of the two were different, but there was one thing in common... The fortifications were the same, they were all distributed on the defense line and would not move or go.

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

So, as Griesdorf said, blowing up these fortifications is just a matter of ammunition, especially after the United States gained air superiority and used aircraft bombing and warships with large-caliber guns...

In other words, Hitler invested a lot of time and money in the almost useless Atlantic Wall, just like he built one "wolf's den" after another to protect himself around the world. Facts have proved that none of these "wolf's dens" can protect him.

Compared to Hitler, the rebel organization seems more rational. After all, they analyze the enemy based on the intelligence in their hands, instead of blindly thinking that the race is better, so the combat effectiveness and defense will double like Hitler.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Griesdorf 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're right, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said, "Our main air force is on the Eastern Front, and there are American and British air forces in the French direction at the same time. They have an absolute advantage. At the same time, northern France is flat and there is almost no defense if we lose air superiority. So we can't win this battle!"

"But you..."

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

"Okay!" Major General Treskov nodded and said, "Then Lieutenant Colonel, what solution do you have for this problem?"

"The solution is to retreat!"

"Retreat? Where to retreat?" Major General Treskov asked.

Someone on the side started to make a fuss: "If we have to retreat without air superiority, then don't we have to retreat all the time?"

"Lieutenant Colonel is not talking about retreating, but surrendering!"

The officers couldn't help but laugh a little, only Treskov and Griesdorf didn't laugh, because they knew that the facts seemed to be as Qin Chuan said.

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

The study was suddenly as silent as death.

"Yes!" Griesdorf jumped up excitedly: "We only need to make some necessary modifications to the Maginot Line, such as changing its exit direction and gun muzzle, etc. It won't take long to transform it into a line of defense!"

"But, Colonel!" A questioning voice came from the study:

"What's the difference between this and the Atlantic Wall?"

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

"The enemy facing the Atlantic Wall is still on the sea. The enemy has no foothold and is more likely to be eliminated by us!"

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"No, gentlemen!" Qin Chuan replied: "The Maginot Line and the Atlantic Wall are similar. The most fundamental difference between the Atlantic Wall and the Atlantic Wall is that it can only defend but not attack, because the enemy is on the sea, so we can only watch them bomb us out of range, and we have no way to deal with them. We can't jump into the sea and charge at the enemy! "

"Yes!" Griesdorf 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 mountainous!" Qin Chuan said: "You know, we can build a line of defense like the Gabes Line in Africa based on the Maginot Line!"

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

"God!" Major General Treskov said: "It is only now that 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 big a mistake the Führer's defense strategy is!" Griesdorf said: "If we put the manpower and material resources for building the Atlantic Wall into the Maginot Line instead of the coast, then we almost don't have to worry about anything now!"

"But..." Treskov continued: "This is not an easy task, because the Führer 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?"

Treskov and Griesdorf looked at each other and nodded: "Of course!"

"In addition..." Qin Chuan said: "What you need to convince the Führer is... don't use armored forces to defend the Atlantic Wall, that is no different from suicide!"