After contacting Colonel Paul, things went much smoother than before...... At least Qin Chuan and the others got a few accurate deployment maps of the Maginot Line. The disadvantage is that the text on these defense maps is in French, so Qin Chuan had to ask Paul to find a Frenchman to translate it.

Obviously, these maps were captured from the French when the Germans occupied the Maginot Line, and they were much more accurate than the scribbles in the hands of the Germans...... When the Germans occupied the Maginot Line, they were contemptuous, ridiculed, or arguably superior, and they believed that the French had painstakingly managed the Maginot Line for more than ten years, invested countless manpower and material resources, and finally broke through by the Germans without firing a single shot, which was completely a joke.

Coupled with the fact that the Germans had been on the offensive for a short time and even occupied the whole of France, they took it for granted that the Maginot Line was a waste, and they did not need to care about the defense of Maginot at all, because there would never be an enemy here.

So, as Colonel Paul said, the Germans mainly used this place as a training base for recruits, and of course they didn't bother to draw any maps, and there were only a few sketches of the part, and it was difficult for you to put together a complete map of these sketches that were full of mistakes. On the contrary, the maps seized from the French were much more complete.

From the map, the Maginot Line is 390 kilometers long from Longillon to Belfort, connecting the Metz fortress area, the Saar area, the Lauter fortress area, the Lower Rhine fortress area and the Belfort area in northeastern France.

Colonel Slane and Qin Chuan, led by Colonel Paul, visited the area of the Metz Fortress.

"Objectively speaking!" Colonel Paul and the two of them walked through the spacious passage of the underground fortifications and introduced: "This line of defense of the French should be called more art, they always have a bit of romance, don't they, like French women!" ”

Speaking of this, Colonel Paul couldn't help laughing a few times, then looked at the map, and continued: "In front of you is the command post, the rest room, in addition to the storage room, ammunition depot, ambulance station, power station, ventilation room, etc., do you know? They even built electric trains in the fortifications, through which troops and ammunition could be easily transported to any point of the defensive line! ”

In fact, this does not need to be introduced by Colonel Paul at all, Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane also have a map in their hands, and they can clearly see the various facilities and specific data in the fortifications.

"God!" Colonel Slain exclaimed: "The French are simply insane, they have almost built towns underground!" ”

"You're right, Colonel!" Paul replied: "They are underground towns with their own underground power supply and fuel reserves, from kitchens and wine cellars to dental equipment, from prisons to morgues, as long as there is something on the ground. We've calculated that these towns can survive on their own for three months if they are cut off from the outside world. Then these small towns are connected to each other and become a city! But now I can't hold on for so long! ”

"Why?" Colonel Slane asked.

"Because the reserves here have been basically depleted by us!" Paul stretched out his hands: "You know, the recruit training base, they all need food, use, especially fuel to generate electricity...... From the very beginning, it was requisitioned and distributed to armored units! ”

Qin Chuan was a little shocked by all this in front of him.

What Qin Chuan saw was not what Colonel Paul saw, Qin Chuan observed more of its defense system...... UNDERGROUND FORTIFICATIONS ARE COMBINED WITH GROUND FORTIFICATIONS, GROUND FORTIFICATIONS ARE COMBINED WITH THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS SWAMPS AND HIGH GROUNDS, AND EACH HIGH GROUND AND EACH PILLBOX IS BUILT ON THE DEFENSE POINT, AND MOST OF THESE PILLBOXES HAVE 3.5 METERS THICK REINFORCED CONCRETE, AND SOME ARE EVEN 300MM THICK STEEL PLATES.

The disadvantage of reinforced concrete fortifications is that if they are bombarded by artillery fire, they will be cut off by shells, and if there are enough shells and strong enough, it is still possible to destroy the fortifications in the end.

BUT 300MM THICK STEEL PLATE ...... And the exterior is still inclined, and if the shell hits it, it will ricochet and bounce off, even if it doesn't bounce off, because of the plasticity and strength of the steel plate, it can withstand more shells.

What's more, these steel plates, known as "armored towers", can also rotate like tank guns, which means that they don't need to be modified at all, and can directly turn the turret in the direction of France.

It is conceivable that when the French designed this "tower fort", their purpose was to solve the problem of the blockhouse's line of sight and the blind spot of firepower, but they did not expect that it could also be used by the enemy to turn to France.

If the Chinese Volunteers used tunnel warfare to block the attack of the US army on the battlefield of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, then this Maginot Line ...... It's undoubtedly a deluxe version of the tunnel.

Therefore, a piece of equipment or a line of defense cannot be said to be wrong in itself or that it is the cause of failure.

For example, the Germans also possess rocket artillery, but they use the wrong method and direction, and they are completely unable to exert the same power as the Soviet "Katyusha" rocket artillery on the battlefield.

In the same way, the French have a deluxe version of the tunnel fortifications, but the method of using them is "absolute defense", unlike the combination of attack and defense like the tunnel warfare of the Volunteer Army...... The Volunteer Army is often occupied by the enemy on the surface but there are still volunteers stationed in the tunnel, and then cooperate with the ground forces to flank the enemy outside the tunnel to form a defense in motion.

Worse still, the French were negligent in training because of the Maginot Line, and turned themselves into an army that could not fight except defense, so that there would be no other result than destruction.

"The first thing we need to do is to replenish the supplies here, including fuel, food, ammunition, and more!" "In addition, we need a lot of maintenance workers to get all the facilities here, such as the power station, the ventilation system, and of course, the electric trains, all of them running," Qin said. ”

"Of course!" Colonel Paul replied, but hesitated, and then said in embarrassment, "But ......."

Colonel Slein and Qin Chuan both knew what Colonel Paul was embarrassed by, and Lieutenant General Lu Manlin occupied the position of commander, and if he wanted to embark on such a large-scale maintenance and supply plan, it would not work without his cooperation.

In other words, what is needed is the full cooperation of Lieutenant General Lu Manlin, if Lieutenant General Lu Manlin is vain and sends a few troops to do a perfunctory manner, it is almost impossible to bring the Maginot Line into normal operation for a short time.