In fact, Qin Chuan will have this plan and other considerations.

For example, the problem of labor...... If Greece hadn't been hit before, then Qin Chuan wouldn't have dared to think of establishing an industry on the African continent.

This is partly because the establishment of industry on the African continent is too vulnerable to attack...... The British also occupied the island of Malta, and they could send a force from Malta to attack the arsenal at any time, as they had done with Rommel before.

Even the British could buy the African underground to launch guerrilla warfare and sneak up on arsenals...... There are countless tribes in Africa, and many of them have no idea of a state, and as long as the British spies give them a little profit or a trick, they can easily be used by the British.

What's more, Africans have a low level of education, and they are inherently lazy and difficult to become qualified laborers, so building an arsenal on the continent is likely to become a shame for eating and abandoning.

But building a factory in Crete is different.

Crete is a small closed island, except for the Greek National People's Liberation Army, there is basically no need to worry about other harassment, and more importantly, the Greek people and British prisoners are highly educated...... There are even high-level intellectuals or technicians who have come out of factories and can easily become qualified laborers with simple training.

As an industrial power, Germany will certainly consider the feasibility of these problems.

Rommel then made this proposal to Hitler, which was quickly agreed...... Of course, Hitler was still more cautious, and he first sent a geological exploration team to Europe to investigate the iron ore mines in Egypt.

This was the basis for the creation of an arsenal in Crete, Greece and Italy were resource-poor countries, and it would not make much sense if it was not possible to obtain from Africa the iron necessary for the production of equipment in large quantities.

As a result, the team was surprised to find that the reserves of iron ore in Africa were very large and of good quality.

"I can't believe it!" Professor Buckhouse, the leader of the expedition, reported to Rommel: "General, we seem to be lucky, the iron ore here has a high iron content, the ore body is shallow, and the quality is ...... Who would have thought that such an abundance of resources would be buried in this barren land of death! ”

"Good!" Rommel replied excitedly: "You will report to the Führer truthfully!" ”

"Of course, General!" Professor Buckhouse replied.

"General!" Qin Chuan, who was on the side, reminded: "Why don't we let the Kan Detective team stay longer?" They can go around and see what other resources are here, like coal or oil! ”

"Good idea, second lieutenant!" Rommel agreed with one bite.

If you can find coal or oil, it will of course be of great help to the industrial island, especially oil...... This was a scarce resource not only for the Afrika Korps, but also for Germany (Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in part for the Baku oil fields).

Of course, Qin Chuan knew that it would be difficult for the Buckhaus Scans to find oil...... The reason is that the formation of oil in this era has entered a misunderstanding, and scholars generally believe that oil is formed from the mud on the seabed, so the search for oil fields is basically on the seaside, while the oil fields in Libya and Egypt are some distance from the sea.

But now there is no hurry, Qin Chuan has time to mention Buckhouse.

Because the supply lines were open, soon an ironworks were built in Crete. At the same time as the ironstone, an arsenal was built to produce bullets and shells.

Bullets and shells, though inconspicuous, were in high demand, and if they were to be self-sufficient, they would greatly reduce the pressure on Germany's transport, which would thus free up more capacity to transport other machines for Africa.

On the other hand, the iron ore mines on the African continent also built a road to Matrou.

Later, Rommel felt that the road was too inefficient, so he simply built a railway from the iron mine to Matroux, as for the materials and equipment for the construction of the railway...... The capture of the railroads and trains of the British at the time of the capture of Alexandria was a good time to put things to good use.

As a result, iron ore was transported from the port of Matru to Crete, and the ironworks made it into steel to become the raw material for the arsenal, and other raw materials such as gunpowder were shipped from Italy when they could not be produced in-house...... In this way, a system is formed that can operate production. Other factories have sprung up in Crete, including a tank assembly plant.

Qin Chuan is actually not surprised at all by this, what is most needed for desert warfare is tanks, so as long as there is an opportunity, Rommel will never let go of the tank factory.

In terms of defense, Rommel also did not transfer troops from Crete, but also strengthened the defense of Crete, just as Qin Chuan suggested......

The coastline was largely defended by the Italian army, which was necessary, and the lack of German troops was simply not enough to defend such a long coastline.

The Germans mainly defended three airfields...... The 90th Light Armored Division was divided into three parts, with tanks and armored vehicles distributed over three airfields.

As mentioned before, the nemesis of the Airborne Forces is tanks and armored vehicles, and the German tanks are not as fast as the British "Matilda", they can rush to the enemy's airborne point and go into battle in the shortest possible time.

More importantly...... The British army did not have an "iron fist", which means that it was difficult for the British paratroopers to confront the German mechanized units.

Rommel was not reassured by this, and he laid out a number of anti-airborne installations on Crete...... One by one, the stakes were sharpened and pointed to the sky, and between the stakes were barbed wire with barbed wire, and mines were tied to the barbed wire.

Because these sharpened stakes looked like bamboo shoots, the German soldiers called them "Rommel bamboo shoots".

And it didn't seem difficult to do so, because Crete itself was more mountainous, and there weren't many places suitable for parachuting, and it was even more difficult to be arranged by Rommel in this way.

IN TERMS OF AIR DEFENSE, ROMMEL THREW A LOT OF ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE ALONG THE COAST, INCLUDING 88MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS.

Of course, these are secondary, and more important are the fighters...... Rommel placed both air groups in the air wing in Crete.

Of course, this arrangement made sense, the Alexander Line hardly needed fighters, and if it needed fighter cover, Cretan fighters could fly to Alexander at any time to support.

Together with the thirty anti-aircraft radars shipped from Germany, Crete can almost be said to have cast a net.

Then, it seemed, the Germans only had to wait for the construction of one factory after another, and then victory came.