Ten minutes later, Rommel woke up and called Qin Chuan and the others in.

"Colonel, lieutenant!" Rommel cordially stepped forward to shake hands when he saw the two: "It's nice to meet you, why don't you wake me up?" ”

"I'm sorry, General!" Colonel Slain replied: "We don't want to disturb your rest!" ”

"Forget it!" Rommel laughed and said, "After we die, there will be time to sleep, won't we?" ”

The officers couldn't help laughing, and at the same time admired Rommel's spirit. Truth be told, no one can work non-stop like a perpetual motion machine like Rommel, and even if he does, he still finds time to talk to the soldiers on the front line and motivate them.

In the next second, Rommel flipped out a map, and said to Qin Chuan while looking at it: "This is the defense map I just got from Colonel Neumann, tell me what you think, lieutenant!" ”

"What?" Qin Chuan replied: "I don't have any ideas, I haven't even seen this arming map!" ”

Qin Chuan really hadn't seen this defense map, and he did one thing when he came to Tunisia, that is, to build tunnel fortifications.

"I know!" Rommel replied while drinking coffee to refresh himself: "Major General Neumann didn't tell you all the deployment because there is always a dispute within the 200th Infantry Division about your defense plan. ”

Qin Chuan didn't know this, Neumann didn't tell Qin Chuan, but this was also a matter of the 200th Infantry Division, and it seemed that there was no need to tell Qin Chuan about the lieutenant.

"The point of controversy is Gafsa!" Rommel spread out the map in front of the officers, pointed to Gafsa and said: "It is a transportation hub in central and western Tunisia, and the Gabez Line has a geographical advantage over the Allies on the one hand, and the other role is to defend Gafsa, and your defense plan is ...... We're obviously going to give Gafsa to the Allies, aren't we? ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded.

Since the fortifications were based on the high ground, and Gafsa was a city, then of course the Allies could bypass the high ground and occupy Gafsa.

"Any idea what that means?" "It means that our transport supplies will be cut off," Rommel said...... You know, the supplies for the front line in the central and western sectors of the Gabess line were all delivered to Gafsa first, and then dispersed to various heights! ”

"I know!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Plus!" Rommel continued: "Lieutenant, have you thought about it...... After the enemy occupies Gafsa, it will be possible to use the strong firepower and defense of the 'Sherman' tank to attack all the way along the road and rail to the northernmost part of Canada, so that Tunisia will be divided in two, and the big port and Tunisia will be surrounded by the Allied forces! ”

Rommel is right, especially the port of Tunisia and Tunisia may be surrounded, you must know that the port of Tunisia is the main port to block the Strait of Tunis, and Tunisia is an air base, if these two places are surrounded or even captured by the Allies, it basically means that the Strait of Tunis is open to the Allies.

"General!" Qin Chuan replied: "This is exactly what I want!" ”

"What do you mean?" Rommel looked at Qin Chuan suspiciously.

"We've built a Gabez line!" Qin Chuan said: "And I believe that the enemy also thinks that we are simply building a Gabez defense line, as usual......"

"No, no......" Colonel Slane interrupted Qin Chuan's words: "I don't think so, the officers and soldiers of the 200th Division know that we are building a tunnel, which means that the tunnel is no longer a secret to the British!" ”

Colonel Slein was right, British intelligence officers were everywhere, and places like Tunisia and Algeria, where many French people lived, were certainly no exception.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "But even we ourselves are doubting the role of the tunnel!" ”

Rommel couldn't help but nod when he heard this: "Yes, because such a tactic has never been used before, and once we fail, it means that the entire Afrika Korps will be wiped out!" ”

Qin Chuan can understand what Rommel said, Tunisia is equivalent to the gateway to Algeria, whether it is at sea or on land, if Tunisia is lost, it means that Algeria will be difficult to defend, and then the African army will only have to jump into the sea.

Therefore, it will be difficult for Rommel to make a final decision...... What Qin Chuan didn't know was that in fact, the most determined was Neumann, who had been arguing with his subordinates repeatedly on his own, and Rommel was shaken by the analysis and persuasion of his staff officers and other generals.

"If we were all skeptical of pit tactics!" Qin Chuan continued: "Then I believe that the British and Americans will not take it to heart either!" ”

It was not until the Battle of Iwo Jima three years later that the Americans initially realized the power of this tactic, and the actual duel with the tunnel battle was the Battle to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea eight years later.

Rommel nodded in agreement: "They will think that this is just a fortification to hide from shells!" ”

"Yes!" Major General Foigt continued: "Don't talk about them, even I don't believe it, after the enemy occupies the surface position, it is easy to block our men in the tunnel, this is too dangerous!" ”

"Don't be disbelieving, General!" General Stryk said: "Because this lieutenant ...... Time and time again, I realized that I was wrong! ”

Therefore, General Stryk actually didn't believe it, but he believed in Qin Chuan...... Because Qin Chuan never missed it.

"Go ahead with your thoughts, Lieutenant!" Rommel said: "What would you do if the British and Americans did not take the fortifications seriously? ”

"As usual, defend on the Gabez Line!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, "Then put the enemy in and let them occupy Gafsa!" ”

"You're crazy!" Rommel said: "Their tanks will pour into Gafsa like bursting water, and it will only take a few days to split us in half!" ”

"Tanks need gasoline!" Qin Chuan said.

"Of course they have gas!"

"No, they don't!" Qin Chuan replied: "Our people are hiding in the tunnels of the high ground, just like I said before...... The British don't think that the tunnels work, and of course they don't believe that the tunnels can hide many people, and they don't believe that our people can survive in the tunnels for a few days or even longer! Then ......"

Rommel couldn't help but say "oh" when he heard this: "And then our ground troops cooperate with the tunnel troops to occupy these heights in one fell swoop, and the highlands will block the nearby roads, so they cut off their supply lines?" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "The premise is that they can't be allowed to snatch gasoline from us!" ”