After some tossing, it was already past six o'clock in the morning when Qin Chuan and Colonel Slein found the village of La Roche Girong in the dark according to the location indicated by the second lieutenant.

The staff officers of the command, of course, knew Qin Chuan and Colonel Slain, and he warmly received them and told them that Rommel was running.

"The marshal gets up on time at six o'clock every day!" "He told us that he needed to keep his energy strong for future battles!" said the staff officer! ”

Then, as if he had not found any other topic, he continued: "Then he will have a light breakfast, review some papers, and then go to inspect the front at eight o'clock and will not return until the evening!" ”

Rommel's "perpetual motion machine" attitude has not changed at all, which is in stark contrast to the German officers in Paris...... Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane did not see any colonel-level officers at the General Headquarters in Paris.

This is quite unusual in the emergency situation of being bombed by the Allies.

Colonel Slane said angrily: "If there is any emergency, then do you have to send someone to drag them out of bed one by one before making a decision?" ”

Colonel Slain later learned that he was wrong.

He thought the officers were sleeping at home, but in fact the officers were having a ball.

So, if you want to find them, you have to go to the theater, to the bar, to the brothel, or some other place where you can have fun, and not in bed...... Paris never sleeps, it is simply a paradise for these officers, where do they have time to sleep.

Field Marshal Rommel, a workaholic, was somewhat out of place in comparison with these generals, and it was no surprise that he was ostracized from this point of view.

Just when the staff officer and Colonel Xiang Qin Chuan and Colonel Slein gave a general introduction to the front-line defense, Rommel returned.

He was wearing only a white vest on his upper body, covered in sweat and panting.

When he saw Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane, he greeted him excitedly: "Oh, great, it's finally waiting for you!" ”

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Excellency Marshal!"

"Yes, of course!" Rommel smiled heartily, sometimes shaking Colonel Slain's hand and patting Qin Chuan's shoulder: "Look at you, this is the soldier I want, the soldier I can trust, my old subordinate!" ”

After taking a few sips of water from the staff officer, Rommel asked, "You must not have had breakfast, have you?" ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane replied.

Of course, they would not be polite to Rommel.

But there's really nothing to be polite about, because breakfast is bread and canned beef, and it is said that canned beef is still a meal for entertaining two people.

"I'm sorry!" Rommel said: "There is nothing to entertain you, you know, the Allied planes are bombing us like crazy, so I think we should be frugal!" ”

"Of course, Your Excellency Marshal!" Colonel Slane said.

"Actually, that's pretty good!" Qin Chuan forked a slice of bread and said as he put it in his mouth: "I mean, compared to the black bread of the Russians, this is really delicious!" ”

"Yes, I've tasted that bread!" Rommel laughed and said, "I only took one bite, can you believe it?" It made me lose my appetite for two days, and I can't forget the weird smell, like ......"

"It's like the smell of stinking gutter!" Colonel Slane replied.

"Yes, it's a stinking gutter!" Rommel nodded.

Then a few people burst out laughing.

"You are lucky, Your Excellency!" Qin Chuan said: "You must know that our food on the battlefield is often it, if we don't eat it, we are afraid that we will starve to death a long time ago!" ”

"Yes, of course!" Rommel nodded, "That's why you're the real warriors, that's why I need you!" ”

Qin Chuan and Colonel Slein couldn't help but be silent, because Rommel looked a little moved, which seemed a little strange.

It wasn't until Rommel briefed the two on the situation at the front that Qin Chuan and Colonel Slain knew why Rommel behaved like this.

"Well, gentlemen!" After eating the last slice of bread, Rommel wiped his mouth with a napkin, got up and said, "It's time to work!" ”

The two followed Rommel to the map and introduced: "We have a total of 60 divisions in France, with a total strength of about 760,000 troops, but this does not include the 21st Panzer Division, which is on the way. So 61 divisions to be exact! ”

As he spoke, Rommel said while drawing on the map: "Field Marshal Rundstedt, commander-in-chief of the Western Front, the entire Western Front is divided into two army groups: Army Group G under the command of General Blascowitz is stationed in the area west and south of the Loire River in France, with a total of 19 divisions. ”

At this time, the staff officer handed Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane two detailed distribution maps, Qin Chuan opened them and looked at them, and the distribution maps were clear at a glance...... Ten divisions of Army Group G were west of the Loire and nine in the south, which meant that the upcoming battle had little to do with them, at least at the time of the Allied landing.

If anything, they were also bombed by the Allies.

"Army Group B under my command is deployed in the north!" Rommel continued: "It includes two army groups: the 15th Army under the command of General Salmut is stationed in Calais, with a total of 23 divisions, including 14 coastal defense divisions, 4 infantry divisions, and 5 armored divisions. Admiral Dorman commanded the 7th Army in the Brittany Peninsula and had 14 divisions, including 8 coastal defense divisions, 5 infantry divisions, and 1 armored division! ”

Speaking of this, Rommel raised his head and explained: "Sorry, this 1 Panzer Division is not on the paper, because it is the 21st Panzer Division!" ”

The Brittany Peninsula refers to the western part of France, and next to it is Normandy...... Qin Chuan knew very well that Normandy was the landing point of the Allied forces, so his eyes naturally turned there.

What made Qin Chuan helpless was that he found that the troops stationed there were only 6 divisions and 3 regiments, with a total strength of only 70,000 troops.

The Allied forces landed here with 176,000 men in the vanguard alone, and in the following 43 days, about 1.65 million men from 9 corps and 39 divisions landed here.

With 70,000 people, it is simply impossible to block such a large landing force.

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Qin Chuan said: "I noticed that you deployed the main force in Calais, do you think the enemy landed from Calais?" ”

"No!" Rommel replied: "I don't think so. I just thought they would land from the Brittany peninsula! ”

"Then why ......," Colonel Slain looked at Rommel in confusion.

Colonel Slein did not understand why, if this was the case, Rommel had 23 divisions in Calais and only 14 in the Brittany Peninsula.

Rommel replied helplessly: "It's not for me to decide!" ”