Chapter 790 Signature

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

Qin Chuan was stunned. A Lieutenant General... actually asked Qin Chuan to sign for him.

After a pause, Qin Chuan quickly replied: "Oh, of course, General!"

He took the notebook and signed his name.

"Look!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin proudly raised his hand to the others when he took the notebook back: "I got the signature of the 'legendary sergeant'!"

It seemed that getting a signature was 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 have to know that this Maginot Line has..."

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin turned his eyes to the staff officer beside him.

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

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

"Sorry, General!" Qin Chuan said: "It is 6 to 8 kilometers wide!"

"Oh, really?" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin glanced at the staff officer, and after getting a positive look, he replied: "Very good, Lieutenant Colonel. It is indeed 6 to 8 kilometers wide. Think about this... 390 kilometers long and 6 to 8 kilometers wide, how many people and how much time are needed to complete such a long line of defense? The French took 12 years and spent 5 billion francs. Now shouldn't we take a break before we start?"

"Sorry, General!" Colonel Slain said: "These are not what 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 fascinated by war. Is the battlefield so attractive?"

He laughed with several staff officers.

Seeing that Colonel Slaine 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 Finn will arrange everything you need! I think you already 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.

Colonel Slaine and Qin Chuan stood up and saluted, then walked out of the room. There was another burst of laughter behind them, as if they were mocking Colonel Slaine and Qin Chuan as two fools who didn't know how to enjoy themselves.

"I can't believe we have to work for this stupid general!" Colonel Slain complained, "They don't know anything about the current situation!"

"Maybe they don't know anything!" Qin Chuan replied, "They are just escaping in some form!"

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

Although Qin Chuan knew who this idiot was, he couldn't answer... As mentioned before, this must be Treskov's trick using his connections.

Sure enough, soon a colonel named Paul took the initiative to find Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan.

Colonel Paul also deliberately said to Qin Chuan: "Lieutenant Colonel, General Treskov asked me to express his regards to you on his behalf!"

So Qin Chuan was sure that this 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 of the Maginot Line was such a bastard?" Qin Chuan asked angrily.

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

It seems that there is indeed no difference, unless Qin Chuan gives up the transformation plan of the Maginot Line.

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

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Colonel Paul shook his head and laughed: "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 is right, because what they have seen until now are some drawings that don't even have complete data.

"I know, Lieutenant Colonel!" Colonel Paul replied: "But things are not as simple as you think. Lieutenant General Lu Manlin has hardly commanded a battle and has not established merits, but he can become a lieutenant general... There is a reason for this. The head of state had some people who selflessly helped him during difficult times, and General Lu Manlin was one of them!"

So Qin Chuan understood.

Just like Goering, although he was considered an incompetent imperial marshal due to repeated command mistakes, Hitler still trusted him and even appointed him as his successor.

If Lieutenant General Rumanlin is such a general, it will be troublesome, because it means that Hitler is likely to know everything Lieutenant General Rumanlin did here, and it is even possible that Hitler deliberately arranged this "fat job" for Lieutenant General Rumanlin... Guarding the Maginot Line, basically there is no need to worry about the war on the front line, there are a lot of benefits.

"So what should we do?" Qin Chuan asked.

"I don't know!" Paul replied: "We thought Lieutenant Lu Manlin would do something under the orders of 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 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, many prisoners of war are detained. So... this is the 79th Army!"