The strategy is actually quite simple, the terrain of Italy is like a boot reaching into the Mediterranean, with a ball on the tip of the boot...... Sicily.

Sicily's swing between Italy and Tunisia almost divides the Mediterranean Sea into two parts, east and west.

The British navy in the east had to enter the west only through the Strait of Messina and Tunisia, which were separated by Sicily.

The Strait of Messina is almost impossible to force through, because it is only 3.2 kilometers at its narrowest point, and the mortars of the Italian army can reach the opposite shore, let alone block it with long-range artillery, and the water is fast, there are reefs and the Kalibdis whirlpool, and if you choose to pass through it, you can only say that your head is in water.

So there is only one option, and that is the "Tunisian" strait.

But if the Germans were covered by a fleet and fighters on the flanks of Sicily and Tunisia, it would have been almost foolproof.

"Very good idea, Ensign!" Major General Oxter said.

"No, he's already a lieutenant!" Colonel Slein walked in, raised the telegram in his hand, and said with a smile: "General Rommel personally appointed, this is not common!" ”

"Congratulations, Lieutenant!" Major General Oxter leaned over and shook Qin Chuan's hand: "I think your ability is fully worthy of this rank!" ”

"Yes!" Colonel Slein stepped forward and patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder: "General Rommel said that with your military exploits and wisdom, even being a general is not too much. ”

"I understand, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied.

"So ......" asked Major General Oxter, "what is General Rommel's attitude to the plans for supply lines?" ”

"Of course there is no problem!" Colonel Slain smiled and said, "Especially the lieutenant's advice!" ”

And so it was, Rommel sent a telegram to Hitler at the first time, and Hitler sent another telegram to Petain.

"Dear Prime Minister!" Hitler said: "As stipulated in the armistice agreement, Germany and France should cooperate as much as possible in the political and economic fields. Two German infantry divisions and one airborne division were in North Africa to assist the French defenses, and we needed to establish a supply line in France to transport supplies, equipment, and reinforcements. It is hoped that France will perform its duties as stipulated in the armistice! ”

It may sound strange that Germany occupied French Algeria and even took away the entire Toulon fleet, but still used the armistice to demand that France fulfill its duty of cooperation. According to common sense, this is absolutely unacceptable.

But......

The implication of this telegram was that this was what France should do, and if it did not agree, it would mean that the armistice was null and void, and there was no need to say what would happen next.

Petain was also a political veteran, and he couldn't see the meaning behind it, so he could only sigh...... Or it can also be said to be relieved, because this is another way to show that the Vichy government is still useful, and the German army will not go south for the time being.

Petain, of course, did not dare to slack off, and immediately rebuilt the transport line from France to Algiers.

In this regard, the Vichy government could not say whether it was bitter, but the French people could not stand it...... The German occupation of Algeria and even the humiliation of France in the port of Toulon were no less than the "Maginot Line", and now they were about to transport equipment for Germany.

As a result, the French people organized marches and protests in groups, which embarrassed the Vichy government for a while.

But that's all, the Germans didn't care about that, they only knew that it would only take a few days for large quantities of supplies to be transported to Algeria by rail and transport ships.

The first to arrive were the navy transferred from Germany, and before they disembarked, they saw the warships anchored on the shore at the harbor, and they couldn't help waving their sailors' caps and cheering loudly.

Qin Chuan can understand their feelings, as a naval soldier, if there is no warship, it is equivalent to a tank soldier without a tank, or it can also be said that the infantry has no guns, it is a very helpless feeling, and sometimes he would rather go to the battlefield and fight to the death with the enemy.

Before that, these German naval soldiers thought that they were going to be placed like vases until the end of the war, but now they saw warships with cannons like chimneys waiting for them, how could they not be ecstatic?!

The military band played the "German March" in the harbor, and then a group of naval soldiers walked from the other side of the harbor in a neat formation with their heads held high, like a military parade, the streets were hung with German cross flags, the soldiers cheered loudly to welcome the navy from their homeland, and several naval officers waved to the cheering crowd on either side......

In Qin Chuan's eyes, all this is like watching a scene in a movie, not like it is real but so real.

When he saw an old-fashioned camera shooting across the street, Qin Chuan thought: If family and friends in modern times saw him in the image...... I don't know how it will feel.

"Lieutenant!" A communications soldier squeezed through the crowd and waved his hand at Qin Chuan, shouting, "The colonel asked you to go to the headquarters!" ”

"Coming soon!" Qin Chuan replied.

Qin Chuan could actually guess what the reason was, it must be that the naval commander had met with Colonel Slein and the others, and then the first thing they had to do was, of course, to meet Qin Chuan, the "legendary sergeant" who captured the entire fleet for them.

In fact, Qin Chuan doesn't like entertainment like this, he prefers to only make some suggestions for Rommel or Colonel Slein and others behind the scenes, and then they do what they do.

As expected, when Qin Chuan walked into the headquarters, he heard Colonel Slane report: "General, this is Lieutenant Flick!" ”

Qin Chuan noticed that there was a person sitting at the end of the desk, because he couldn't see it very clearly because the lamp was on, he habitually stood up and saluted, and said, "Lieutenant Frick of the Second Company of the First Battalion of the First Battalion, General!" ”

A human face appeared under the lamp, his hair neatly combed and shiny, and his sharp blue eyes looked Qin Chuan up and down, like a hungry wolf staring at his food.

At this time, Qin Chuan recognized that this was a general from his epaulettes, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time...... Originally, he thought that it would be almost the same for the navy to send a rear admiral, but he didn't expect to send an admiral.

What surprised Qin Chuan even more was that Colonel Slane then introduced to Qin Chuan: "Lieutenant, this is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Erich Raeder!" ”

What the? Supreme Commander-in-Chief?!