Rommel looked at the map and fell silent.

It has long been proven that mountains can minimize enemy superiority, and Rommel himself experienced this in Africa.

On the one hand, this is because the defenders can use the anticline of the mountains to build fortifications, so tanks and artillery are basically useless in an instant.

As for the enemy's aircraft, on the surface it may seem to be unrestricted by the mountains, because it flies in the sky and can see and attack any corner.

Here's the problem......

The slope of the mountain will cause a phenomenon that the distance of one meter in the sky is ten meters, tens of meters, and even ten thousand meters for the mountain.

Therefore, the error of bomber bombing will be magnified by several times, more than ten times, or even dozens of times on the slope of the mountain.

More importantly, the Germans could also construct fortifications, like the Gabes Line, on the anticline.

Such a defensive line cannot be simply piled up with ammunition, it must rely on troops to capture and fight for mountain after mountain, and this is the advantage of the German army...... Although the German army was short of soldiers, its fighting spirit and will were much stronger than that of the Allies, and it was fought in the African theater and on the Eastern Front one after another.

On the other hand, the Allies, especially the U.S. military, are mostly rookies who have never fought a war, and in order to have enough troops to participate in the war, they even conscripted criminals who were locked up in prison to pay for their sentences with military service.

As a result, it is very likely that the front will once again be at a stalemate.

"But ......," Rommel looked at France, "which means that we are going to give up a large part of northern France!" ”

"We're just giving up where we can't keep!" Qin Chuan replied.

This is to the point, the northern plains of France are indeed undefendable, and holding on to them and refusing to let go will only meaninglessly consume the precious forces and resources of the German army.

Therefore, the war must have the courage of such a strong man to break his wrist.

What's more, withdrawing voluntarily and being kicked out are two different things entirely...... Active withdrawal can transfer many important things, such as wealth, machines, talent, and so on.

Of course, Rommel knew this, and after thinking for a while, he nodded, but quickly shook his head again and said: "The Führer will not agree to this defensive strategy, we can't convince him!" ”

Rommel was right, anyone who knew anything about Hitler would have known that he would not agree to this plan to abandon a large part of northern France and retreat to the Maginot Line.

In fact, Hitler was not willing to give up any piece of land, as can be seen from Hitler's remote command on the Eastern Front...... Even knowing that the 6th Army would be surrounded, Hitler refused to give up Stalingrad.

So now, France still has at least the Atlantic barrier, hundreds of thousands of troops, plus France is another chicken that lays golden eggs...... How could Hitler give up so easily.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded: "So I didn't intend to convince him from the beginning!" ”

"What do you mean......" Rommel looked at Qin Chuan in amazement, then quickly shook his head and said, "No, Lieutenant Colonel, you are crazy. This is not Africa, I can't disobey the Führer's orders and do things on my own! ”

Of course Qin Chuan understood this, otherwise Rommel would have done it a long time ago.

"You have misunderstood, Your Excellency!" Qin Chuan replied: "I don't mean disobeying the Führer's orders!" ”

"So what, how can you implement this defensive strategy of yours without disobeying the Führer's orders?"

"We can convince the Führer with the Allies!" Qin Chuan replied: "There is a planned withdrawal of supplies from France, a planned retreat until the withdrawal to the Maginot Line!" ”

That is to say...... The battle that should be fought still has to be fought! ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "Not only that, but the difficulty is much greater than coastal defense and in-depth defense!" ”

Rommel nodded in agreement.

Coastal defense is only coastal defense, and in-depth defense only requires the deployment of troops on the second line.

However, Qinchuan's defensive strategy is to block and retreat in an orderly manner under the condition of being able to confront the US army...... Anyone knows that this is the most difficult, both in the battle situation and psychologically, and if you are not careful, the whole front will collapse and turn into a rout.

"What are your plans?" Rommel asked.

"First of all!" Qin Chuan said: "We must block the first wave of the Allied attack, otherwise we will not have the time and space to retreat at all!" ”

This was due to the disagreement between the Führer and the officers of the Western Front.

Unaware of the strength of the Allied forces, some officers thought that the Atlantic barrier could be used to stop the Allied attack, the most typical of which was Rommel.

Some officers were in favor of defending in depth, believing that a counterattack with armored forces would drive the landing Allied troops into the sea in batches, and then repeat this maneuver, and the Allies would never be able to go ashore.

Hitler, on the other hand, stood between these two factions, disapproving neither the former nor the latter, and took a wait-and-see attitude in the middle...... This is also the reason why he asked Rommel to continue to strengthen the Atlantic barrier along the coast, while deploying elite troops on the second line.

With this interference and the arguments of various factions, it is almost impossible to unswervingly implement a certain strategy.

It was only after the First World War that everyone saw clearly the gap between friend and foe that it was possible to unify their thinking.

This is what Qin Chuan said, "use the allies to persuade the Führer".

Therefore, the first wave of attack must be blocked, otherwise it will be a rout rather than a retreat.

"The question is how can we stop it!" Rommel said distressedly: "The defense of the Brittany Peninsula is the weakest, the fortifications in that area are less than half complete, and there are actually 8 coastal defense divisions out of 14 divisions, and I can't move a single soldier here!" ”

"Is there anything wrong with the coastal defense division?" Colonel Slain asked.

"Oh yes!" Rommel said: "Coastal defense division, what a good name, it sounds like it can protect the whole sea surface......"

After a pause, Rommel shook his head and said, "They think that the coastal defense division only needs to pull the trigger in the fortifications. As a result, those who were eliminated in the training of recruits were all thrown into the coastal defense divisions, which had an average age of 36 years and were full of wounded soldiers who could not fight, severe stomach ulcers or lung suckers. Do you know what they say about the coastal defense division? These troops are divisions that 'can't move' without car transport! ”

Hearing this, Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane couldn't help but look at each other.

But that's not all.

"There's worse!" Rommel said: "There is a volunteer division in these 8 coastal defense divisions, and they are made up of Soviets, French, Belgians, etc., and there are even prisoners among them. Can you believe that? Let the captives join the army to resist the Allied attack! ”

"French?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes, the French!" Rommel said: "The French regiment transferred from Algeria! ”