There will be three more watches tomorrow, brothers...... Five is not easy, the soldier has never been on five consecutive shifts, and now it has been seven days! Give me a little more motivation with a commuter pass! ^_^

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"So!" Rommel said: "You still plan to fight a tunnel defense war in Sicily?" ”

"So to speak!" Qin Chuan nodded: "The reason why the enemy has not launched an attack until now is that he is accumulating enough strength, so it is conceivable that when they are ready and launch an attack on Sicily, it will inevitably be a thunderous offensive like hailstorms, and only the tunnel defense will be meaningful under such an offensive." ”

"How do you think they're going to attack?" Hitler asked: "Be specific!" ”

"First of all, they will seize air supremacy!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said: "They have actually done this, through the bombing of the airport in Sicily, our army and Italian fighters can only withdraw from Sicily." ”

Hitler and Rommel nodded.

"Secondly, in order to be able to control air supremacy more effectively, they will seize several small islands near Sicily!" Qin Chuan pointed to two points on the map, and then said: "For example, Banterella Island and Lampedusa Island, and then build airfields on these two islands, so that the combat radius of fighters and bombers to bomb Sicily can be shortened to a large extent, and this can be used as an advance base for attacking Sicily!" ”

"Again! They will send airborne troops to carry out airborne landing on key points in Sicily! Qin Chuan pointed to several positions on Sicily and said: "Such as airfields, high grounds, bridges, etc., so that conditions can be created for their follow-up troops to quickly break through!" ”

"Finally!" Qin Chuan said: "The US Seventh Army will land from the south coast of Sicily and take the north and Palermo, and the British Eighth Army will land from the east coast and attack Messina!" ”

"How do you know this?" Hitler couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Rommel also looked at Qin Chuan with the same confusion: "Captain, can you even guess which direction the British and Americans are responsible for the attack?" ”

"It's not guessing!" Qin Chuan replied: "The reason why I judge this way is because landing from the south bank to fight north or attacking in the direction of Palermo is mountainous all the way, and most of the occupied towns are unknown towns. To the east, however, the terrain is very flat, and it is not until Mount Etna in Cape Messina enters the mountains, and along the way there are famous cities...... Führer, general, this battle is commanded and led by the British, what would you do if you were British? ”

Rommel couldn't help but let out an "oh" and nodded and replied: "Of course I will choose an easy and prestigious offensive route for the British army!" ”

"Yes!" Hitler agreed: "The British have always spared no effort in the pursuit of profit, and on the battlefield they are no exception to their allies!" ”

Then Hitler nodded appreciatively at Qin Chuan: "Very wonderful analysis, Captain!" You make us empathize with us as if we were seeing an Allied attack happening right in front of our eyes! ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but secretly sigh ashamed, he actually knew the entire offensive process before making a judgment.

"So......" Rommel frowned, "how will you deploy our troops?" The enemy of these two armies...... Any one of them has the strength to compete with all our forces in Sicily! ”

"Five Italian infantry divisions on the coastline!" Qin Chuan said.

"You're crazy!" Rommel said: "They will abandon their positions and flee or surrender at the first opportunity!" ”

"That's exactly what I wanted!" Qin Chuan replied: "Then, the British and American troops will land smoothly, just as they know...... We have the majority of our forces in Greece, and the defenses of Sicily are empty! ”

"You want to stop them with a tunnel tactic?" Rommel frowned: "But you know, the tunnel tactics will only bring the two sides to a stalemate, and the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for us!" ”

Rommel was right, unlike the Tunisian Gabès line, behind which there was Tunisia and Algeria and even a transport route to Europe, which would keep the tunnels on the Gabès line from being isolated.

But Sicily is an island, and once the British and American forces successfully land and occupy part of it, they can repair and even build enough airfields in Sicily, and then the whole of Sicily will be completely out of contact with the outside world...... Fighter planes can blockade the surrounding seas, and soldiers who hide in the tunnels for a long time can only starve to death.

"I have to warn you, Captain!" Rommel said: "The island is not the same as the Gabbès Line, it is a place surrounded by the sea!" ”

Of course, Qin Chuan knew this, and in fact, the Japanese fought against the American army on the islands in the Pacific Ocean, and such a result was played out scene after scene...... It's just that it hasn't happened yet.

"No, General!" Qin Chuan said: "Of course, my purpose is not to stalemate with the enemy, my purpose is to defeat the troops of the allied forces landing on the island!" ”

"But how?" Rommel said: "If we have only nine divisions, this is not even half of them!" ”

"Let's put the main force in the middle!" Qin Chuan said: "One armored division plus two mechanized infantry divisions, they are building a hidden defense line from Enna to Mount Etna!" ”

"Uh-huh!"

"All three infantry divisions are scattered in various highlands of Sicily to build tunnels!"

"This will only slow down their attack!" Rommel shook his head.

"It's not just sluggishness, General!" Qin Chuan said: "We can control their attack!" ”

"What?"

"In other words, if we want them to be fast, they will be fast, and if we want them to be slow, they will be slow!" Qin Chuan explained.

Rommel seemed to hear something: "You mean to cut off the connection between them!" ”

"Don't just cut them off, General!" Qin Chuan pointed to the middle part and said: "The American army attacked Palermo and the north on the left flank and the center respectively, and the British army attacked Messina on the right flank. These three forces were supposed to move forward in unison, covering each other's flanks and rear. However, if the British troops on the right and the American troops on the left advanced too fast, and the American troops on the center were desperately blocked in front of the high ground, that is, when the enemy on the left and right flanks attacked the two ports at the fastest speed, we concentrated our forces on the center and launched a sudden counterattack......"

"So that we can hit their rear and even take their port of Syracuse!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied, "Do you know what this means?" Our main forces will face the enemy's artillery, engineers, logistical transports and, if you're lucky, their pilots! ”