When Catania was already in a fight, Qin Chuan and the others followed behind the Goering Panzer Division in a car and headed towards the beachhead garrisoned by the American army.

The car staggered along the uneven road, and a few cannon shots could be heard in the distance from time to time, and the circle of light at the time of the explosion was like a lightning bolt striking.

Both sides of the highway were littered with cars and supplies abandoned by the U.S. military, as well as groups of U.S. troops who had raised their hands in surrender.

"The Americans don't look very good either!" Werner said with a smile.

"Didn't you always insist that the Americans would not participate in this war?" The baker asked.

"Please, Sergeant!" Werner replied: "No one would have guessed that the Japanese would sneak up on the United States, would they?" ”

"The Japanese are fools!" David scolded in the corner.

Unable to return to their troops for the time being, David and his men joined the First Infantry Corps.

"Ensign!" Dominic couldn't help but object: "You seem to have forgotten where the tanks and planes of the British came from!" ”

"Even if that's the case, what?" David retorted: "You know, the British are not familiar with the American equipment, and some of the equipment even conflicts with their British equipment, but the Americans are different!" ”

"Nothing different!" Werner said: "They were beaten by us, weren't they? ”

With that, Werner raised his head at the surrendering American troops outside.

David just shook his head and didn't speak.

Qin Chuan was a little surprised by what David said, he was right, the British army was defeated by the German army again and again in the North African battlefield, and a large part of the reason was that the equipment was not systematic or unfamiliar with American equipment.

This may sound like a trivial matter, but on the battlefield, there are often small things that lead to a complete rout of the entire army, for example, the British army is equipped with the American "Stuart" and the problem that the maneuver speed is too large to coordinate with the British tank, and for example, the "General Grant" tank is easily defeated because the British army is not familiar with the equipment.

"Ensign!" Qin Chuan asked David: "You seem to have graduated from a military academy!" ”

"No, Captain!" David replied, "I just spent two years in the U.S. and went to college there!" ”

"Oh!"

"Princeton University!" David replied: "But because of this war ......"

So everyone knew that after the outbreak of the war, David could not continue to stay in the United States, because he might be mistaken as a spy by others.

"So you know something about the United States?" The baker asked.

"Yes!" David replied.

"Tell me what you think!" The baker said, "I mean, what are the better things about Americans than we are?" ”

David couldn't help but sigh, and then replied, "You may be discouraged when you say it." I'll just say some numbers that I know but don't know about, the United States has four times the industrial capacity of Germany, you know what that means? If we build one tank, they can build four, and the performance is pretty good, just like their Sherman tank......"

"Why don't we think about the good?" "France is also more industrially capable than ours, but it still surrendered to us in a little more than a month!" ”

"That's different!" "We can defeat France because we have a land border with France, and we can defeat it with a strong army, but what about the United States?" Let our tanks swim across the Atlantic? ”

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

The United States and Germany do not share a land border, which means that if Germany wants to defeat the United States like France, it can only rely on the navy and air force, but the German navy is blocked by the British navy in the harbor, and the air force is almost exhausted on the battlefield against Britain and the Soviet Union.

Therefore, the war seemed to have no hope of victory from the beginning, and the United States could rest assured that it would use its powerful industry to continuously produce more and more equipment in its own home to support Britain and the Soviet Union in their war against Germany, while Germany was helpless against it.

After a long time, someone said: "What a fool the Japanese are!" ”

Yes, the Japanese are such fools, as for the Germans it is...... If it weren't for dragging the Americans into the water at this time, at least Germany would have had time to breathe.

What Qin Chuan was thinking about in his heart was how to change this passive situation in the future.

"Captain!" Just when Qin Chuan was deep in thought, the communication soldier handed over the phone: "It's the colonel!" ”

"Captain!" As soon as Qin Chuan took the phone, he heard Colonel Slane's excited voice coming from the microphone: "Do you know? We took Catania, took it at a very small cost, took more than 6,000 prisoners, but luckily we got there first, and the British landed there......"

This news surprised Qin Chuan, he didn't expect to achieve such a big result, you must know that there is a British infantry brigade stationed in Catania, even if there is a "lightning division" to cooperate with the attack, it should not be lost so quickly, and so many people surrendered.

But Qin Chuan didn't ask much, there are always many unexpected things on the battlefield, and Qin Chuan is used to it now.

"They're doing a great job!" Qin Chuan said: "Next, it's time for them to buy time for us!" ”

"Yes!" Colonel Slane said: "I seem to have seen victory at hand!" ”

After putting down the phone, I saw David looking at Qin Chuan in a daze.

After a long while, David mustered up the courage to ask Qin Chuan, "Can I ask you a question, Captain?" ”

"Of course!"

"Are you what they call a 'legendary sergeant'?" David asked.

"How do you know that?" Qin Chuan was a little surprised.

"So you're really ......" David was a little confused: "I'm sorry, Captain, I didn't know it was you...... It's an honor to meet you! ”

After a pause, he replied, "Oh, it's because of the tone of your conversation with the colonel on the phone, and besides, this is the 1st Infantry Division, and you use a sniper rifle, and it's not common for a captain to hold a sniper rifle, isn't it?" God, I should have guessed it was you! ”

There was a burst of laughter in the carriage.

"So, Ensign!" Werner said: "I don't think things are as pessimistic as you think, I'm talking about the American side!" ”

"Yes, look at us!" The baker said: "Now they are being driven into the sea when they are inferior in strength and equipment!" ”

"Maybe we can drive them back to the United States!" "I don't know if they'll be able to swim back to the United States!" Werner said. ”

The carriage was soon filled with laughter.

As I said before, the fighters on the front line will always find some reason to be happy, because there are so few things to be happy about, if not to do it...... I can't go on for a day.