The car arrived in Brittany early the next morning...... The Allies usually did not bomb at night.

On the one hand, it may be the fear of accidental injury, after all, this is France, and no one can guarantee where the bomb will land if it is dropped at night.

On the other hand, there is a certain degree of ammunition saving...... It is important to know that the main targets of the bombing were roads, railways and bridges, which were difficult to find at night, and that to achieve the same strategic purpose it was necessary to invest several times the amount of ammunition, which was completely unnecessary for the Allies.

As a result, the car drove continuously all night, and the funny thing is that the car was stopped and interrogated by German soldiers several times...... It's just that when they got into the car and saw a marshal in the car resting on a chair in the flashlight, they were so frightened that the flashlight fell to the ground.

"They did the right thing!" Rommel explained to Qin Chuan and Colonel Slein: "This is my order, and there may be many spies in the French labor who have been bribed by the British and the Americans!" ”

Rommel is telling the truth, and at the same time the incident is ridiculous...... The British and Americans cultivated their own different forces in France.

The British cultivated the regime of Charles de Gaulle, and the Americans cultivated the Giraud regime. The two did not recognize each other, hoping to seize control of France after the Allies liberated it.

One of the more embarrassing ones is...... De Gaulle presented himself as the leader of France before the offensive was launched, and a series of things embarrassed the United States and even Britain, such as de Gaulle's protest against Britain and the United States' exclusion of him from Operation Overlord, and Washington's refusal to recognize the "Provisional Government of the French Republic" led by him, and his opposition to the Allied circulation of "forged notes" in France.

(Note: The so-called "forged notes" are banknotes used in France after the Allied forces planned to liberate France.)

In de Gaulle's view, this was the power of the "Provisional Government of the French Republic", so the sovereignty of the country had already been violated by the Allies, and even during the German occupation, France had not suffered such humiliation.

In the end, even Churchill angrily threatened de Gaulle: "If necessary, he will be sent 'back' to his cell!" ”

Of course, these have nothing to do with Qin Chuan, but Qin Chuan thinks that at least Britain and the United States are not monolithic, they still have their own interests.

Just when Qin Chuan was half-asleep and thinking about these questions, the car stopped with a "whoosh".

"We're here!" Rommel said, straightened his uniform, put on his military cap, and took the lead out of the car.

A slightly chilly sea breeze blew, which immediately blew away the chaotic thoughts in Qin Chuan's head, and he looked up at the bottom of the road, only to see dense laborers busy on the beach several kilometers deep below...... Some were sappers in military uniforms, some were clearly French civilians, and wooden boats were rowing to and fro on the sea.

"I divided the line of defense into four: the outermost layer is the minefield, then the anti-landing obstacles on the beach, then the pillbox fortifications and field fortifications of the defense line, and finally the infantry and armored divisions ready to participate in the anti-landing operation, which I intend to deploy in mobile positions 6 to 8 kilometers from the beach, and they will launch a counteroffensive against the enemy's landing force!" ”

6-8 km, that is, the deployment of armored forces on the front line...... This was within range of the Allied guns, so there was no doubt that camouflage was necessary.

"On the second road, which is the anti-landing obstacle!" Rommel raised his head towards the beach as he paced: "In addition to what you can see, there are stakes and artificial reefs in the sea, and in addition to anti-tank trenches and obstacles, I plan to mine a large area on the beach. I asked them to send 10 million mines a month, but they were able to deliver less than a tenth of that......"

This amount made Qin Chuan and Colonel Slein smack, but it didn't seem surprising that Rommel liked to use mines for defense when he was in Africa, such as the famous "Devil's Paradise".

The staff officer was very understanding and handed Qin Chuan the binoculars.

Qin Chuan took the binoculars and looked at the beach, and recognized several of the obstacles called "Czech Horse Rejection" and "Belgian Cowshed Gate", row after row, layer upon layer, almost all of which filled the beach.

If you don't know the strength of the Allies and just look at the German arrangement, you will be delusional...... No matter how powerful an army is, it will not be able to overcome these obstacles.

Qin Chuan could almost imagine a scene in which groups of American soldiers rushed onto the beach, but stagnated in front of mines and obstacles, only to be heavily wounded by the machine guns of the German line and the artillery fire behind them.

But the truth is likely to be different...... Most of these obstacles will be bombed into the sky by Allied planes and artillery before the war, and then the US tank landing ships will directly transport the tanks to the beach for landing, and the paving tanks will be in front of them.

Speaking of paving tanks...... In fact, Qin Chuan borrowed the Yankee's method, because it was a thing they invented in Normandy because they were worried that the tank would get stuck in the beach.

Even, the Americans have prepared two artificial docks, "Mulberry No. 1" and "Mulberry No. 2", which belong to the US army and the British army respectively.

The two docks will be hauled to Normandy, and then a large number of modern equipment and troops will rely on the docks to quickly land and deploy.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Rommel, who was walking in front, shouted at Qin Chuan: "At one o'clock in your direction, it is the French regiment!" ”

Qin Chuan raised his binoculars and looked in the direction indicated by Rommel, and sure enough, he saw the flag of the French battalion...... It was a flag with a red background and a shield with a sketch of the Gabès Line, commemorating the outstanding performance of the French battalion on the Gabès Line.

"Your Excellency Marshal......" Qin Chuan set his eyes on Rommel.

"Of course!" Rommel didn't wait for Qin Chuan to make a request, then nodded and said, "Go and see your old subordinates, I think it might help them in defense!" ”

So Qin Chuan understood that this was also one of Rommel's means to boost the morale of the French regiment.

Qin Chuan saluted Rommel, and then walked in the direction of the French regiment.

There are many new faces in the French regiment, but this does not seem strange, because when Qin Chuan formed this French battalion, there were only 500 people, and now it has developed into a regiment.

When the soldiers of the French battalion saw a lieutenant colonel wearing a German uniform coming over, they hurriedly stopped their movements one by one and saluted Qin Chuan.

"Sergeant!" Qin Chuan walked for a while and saw an acquaintance, and then he grabbed a soldier casually and asked, "What is the name of your regiment leader?" ”

At this time, Qin Chuan heard someone exclaim: "It's the 'legendary sergeant', our instructor, he's back......"