"That's right!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin nodded, then motioned for Fein to write it down.

"In addition...... Qin Chuan stepped into the elevator with Lieutenant General Lu Manlin, and continued: "More importantly, we need to build an army that belongs to the Maginot Line!" ”

"Own army?" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied suspiciously: "I thought we didn't need to think too much about the army, because if the Americans all fought here, it would mean that all the troops we deployed in France had been withdrawn, wouldn't it?" ”

The elevator is manual, which is not to say that the era is so backward that there are no elevators that even push the buttons, but the military elevators located in the underground fortifications are more important to safety than convenience, after all, everything here is likely to withstand enemy bombardment, and the elevator with the keys is obviously more prone to failure.

Fein wrenched the wrench-like thing on the elevator to a certain point, and the elevator went down in a "click" noise.

"General!" At this time, Qin Chuan replied: "You are right, but the problem is that all these withdrawn troops ...... They don't know where the ammunition is, where the food is, where the bunkers are, and the underground city is a labyrinth for them, and they may not even be able to operate the machine guns or artillery in the bunkers! There is no doubt that if they were to operate these underground fortifications, they would end up in a mess! ”

"Uh-huh!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin nodded: "We want to form an exclusive army!" ”

"They don't need to be heroic!" Qin Chuan said: "Because most of the time they are fighting the enemy in fortifications, even transporting ammunition. But each of them must be familiar with the location of each area and how to reach it, as well as be proficient in the use of various pillbox equipment, and more importantly, be able to cooperate with ground troops, artillery units and even air units, and if necessary, be able to guide artillery to bombard the enemy. That is, at least part of the people will reach the level of artillery observers! ”

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin was a little stunned when he heard this, he hesitated for a while before asking: "Lieutenant colonel, ......what is the level of artillery observers?"

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin's question made Qin Chuan a little ridiculous, Lieutenant General Lu Manlin, as a lieutenant general, and a lieutenant general of a German army unit who has always been of good quality, didn't even know what an artillery observer was doing! ”

However, this does not seem to be surprising, and this may be one of the reasons why Lieutenant General Lu Manlin served as the commander of the 79th Army.

"To put it simply......," Qin Chuan explained, "it is to accurately calculate the distance between the enemy and himself without stepping out of the bunker, and then report this distance to the artillery, so that the artillerymen know where to hit the shells!" ”

Lieutenant General Lu Manlin couldn't help but let out an "oh" and replied, "Of course, we can do it!" ”

But when Qin Chuan looked at him, he knew that Lieutenant General Lu Manlin still seemed to understand.

But it doesn't matter, the other staff officers will help Lieutenant General Lu Manlin to accomplish it, all he needs is to give orders.

"After doing this, we need to organize at least a couple of exercises!" Qin Chuan said: "To ensure that they know what to do when the enemy comes!" ”

"Of course!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied.

That's when the elevator arrives at its destination...... The reason why it takes so long is that although there are only seven floors of underground fortifications, there are layers of soil and reinforced concrete several meters thick between each layer, and there is at least a distance of five meters between the layers.

Several people stepped out of the elevator and entered a passage on another floor, marked with an Arabic numeral "3...... This is the third layer counted from the bottom up.

While walking along the passage, Qin Chuan asked, "Do we have such a garrison force?" ”

"Uh-huh!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied: "My 79th Army is!" ”

"Army 79?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but look back: "But they are all recruits!" ”

"Like you said, Lieutenant Colonel!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin said: "They don't need to be heroic, more importantly, they are proficient in all kinds of equipment for underground fortifications!" ”

"But they've only been training for three months, and they've never been on the battlefield!"

"Two months, to be exact!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied: "Now the training period for recruits has been changed to two months!" ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but let out an "oh", this should be an order from Hitler...... Because of the shortage of soldiers on the front line, the training time of new recruits was greatly shortened.

But in Qin Chuan's view, this is a method that outweighs the losses, because three months is already a very short time, and sending it to the battlefield in two months is basically sending it to death.

However, it does seem that there is no more suitable unit other than the 79th Army.

The reason was that the Maginot Line was located in the rear, or even the rear, at this time, and it was impossible for Hitler to pull a well-trained force here to garrison it.

"Looks like that's all we have to do!" Qin Chuan said: "But we need to train it strictly!" ”

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied: "If you don't refuse, I think you are the best instructor!" ”

"Me?" Qin Chuan replied: "No, I am a military adviser!" ”

"No one said that a military adviser can't double as an instructor!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied, "I'm sure those recruits will agree with this as well, especially since I heard that your brother is also included!" ”

After a pause, Lieutenant General Lu Manlin asked again: "Is that your own brother?" ”

"Yes!"

"So......" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin spread his hands and said, "Lieutenant Colonel, you should teach these recruits all your skills as much as possible, because it may affect your brother's life!" ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel ridiculous, Lieutenant General Lu Manlin seemed to be still worried that Qin Chuan would hide his private ...... What Lieutenant General Lu Manlin didn't know was that there was nothing to hide from his skills on the battlefield, because he taught his comrades to have stronger combat effectiveness and at the same time protect themselves, which was a kind of binding of interests.

"Look at this ......" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin opened a door in the passage and said, "My room, Lieutenant Colonel, give me a suggestion and see what else is needed!" ”

Qin Chuan looked into the room and almost laughed.

Because the room was filled with food, water, and a neat row of oxygen cylinders.

"What are you doing, General!" Qin Chuan asked, "Do you need these things very much?" There are enough supplies in the warehouse for at least a few months! ”

"Who knows!" Lieutenant General Lu Manlin replied: "If the passage collapses and we are cut off from the outside world, then I will need these things!" ”

So Qin Chuan understood that Lieutenant General Lu Manlin regarded this place as his "doomsday refuge".