Chapter 856: Cars

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"Can you imagine? There are actually French people in this team! Rommel continued to complain: "They are simply crazy, let the French help us resist the Allied attack, what should we say to them?" For the sake of your homeland, for your country not to suffer from enemy aggression, pick up a gun and fight...... God, the French have always treated us as aggressors and the Allies as liberators! โ€

Seeing that Qin Chuan's expression was a little strange, Rommel asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" โ€

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Qin Chuan said: "Is this French regiment transferred from Algeria the French battalion originally formed there?" โ€

"Yes, what's the problem?" Rommel asked, puzzled.

Colonel Slein explained: "Marshal, this French battalion was formed and trained by the lieutenant colonel! โ€

"What? Is this true? Rommel asked.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "We also led them to build tunnel fortifications on the Gabรจs Line, as well as Sicily, and we used their French identities to disguise themselves as Allied troops to sneak in and attack several times...... You know, there were also French units in the Allies! โ€

"Interesting!" Rommel couldn't help but laugh: "I'm sorry, Lieutenant Colonel, I didn't know this!" โ€

"It's okay, Your Excellency, Marshal!" Qin Chuan said: "In fact...... You may be right, they are French, and there is a good chance that there will be such a problem! โ€

It's about the general interests of the country, so it's not something that can be decided by personal feelings or cultivation or anything like that.

After thinking about it, Rommel said, "Perhaps...... It's time for us to visit the front line and discuss what's next! โ€

There is no problem with inspecting the front line itself, because this is Rommel's style of leading troops.

As mentioned earlier, Rommel was the kind of commander who stayed with the soldiers on the front lines, and he always believed that this would allow them to fully exploit their potential and make them burst into combat power that would surprise everyone, including the enemy.

That's what he did in Africa, and it's no different at the Atlantic barrier.

It's just that during this time, Rommel was more deployed in the second line and further back, these defenses were only a few dozen kilometers away from Paris, and they could go back and forth in a day.

But the coast is business...... It's 365 kilometers from Paris, which takes a whole day or even longer, because the road is likely to be blown up.

Rommel climbed into a French civilian car with the crowd...... Somewhat similar to a bus, with a striking red paint on the top and sides, these cars are usually used to transport passengers between cities in France.

This was clever because the Allied pilots would have seen the car from afar but would not have attacked it, because they would have thought it was a French person sitting on it.

This stunned Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane...... I knew that they would have done this when they came here from Germany, and they would not have to travel so much day and night to get to Paris.

"See?" After the car had been driving for more than two hours, Rommel raised his head out the window: "Those are what I prepared for the Allied Airborne Forces!" โ€

Looking out the window, there were sharpened wooden stakes that stood tall in the sky, and between the stakes there was a barbed wire fence with barbed hooks, and there were some black spots on the barbed wire...... Qin Chuan raised his binoculars and looked at it and found that it was a landmine.

One can imagine what would happen if the airborne troops parachuted in this area at night.

"The lake next to it!" Rommel said: "It was originally a flat land, and I brought in the seawater, which of course was also for their airborne troops!" โ€

"I can't wait to see them struggling in the lake!" Colonel Slane said.

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Qin Chuan said: "If it were me, I wouldn't do this!" โ€

"Why?" Rommel asked.

"Because of the intelligence network of the British!" Qin Chuan said: "With the help of the French, it is not difficult for them to get these lakes and the maps they have arranged, and then the Allied airborne troops will carefully avoid these devices!" โ€

"They can't avoid them all, can they?" Rommel said: "Because there is no exact landing place for airborne!" โ€

Rommel was right, especially when parachuted in the night, it was not uncommon for the wind to drift several kilometers away from the target.

"I agree, Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied: "But on the whole, they will still try their best to avoid this kind of loss." But if we get ready, I mean a dam or something, so that the area looks like it's airborne, and they're defenseless, but we'll ...... when they attack."

Needless to say, the rest is not to be said.

Rommel couldn't help but let out an "oh", and then agreed: "Good idea, Lieutenant Colonel, we really ought to do it!" โ€

As he spoke, Rommel immediately gave an order to the staff officer: "Immediately inform the engineer unit and do as the lieutenant colonel says!" โ€

"Yes!" The staff officer immediately asked the communications corpsmen to set up a radio station and give the order.

This is how Rommel acted, always in contact with the troops, and gave orders at any time.

Of course, the troops will always be able to feel his presence.

Cars were constantly on the road, and the roadside was full of laborers who were being escorted by German soldiers to build the road...... Of course, the road was also bombed into potholes, and it was difficult to move forward, and sometimes we had to take a detour or even wait, because the big pothole in the middle of the road could not be repaired for a while.

What makes people feel a little scary is that from time to time there are a few Allied bombers or fighter jets passing in the sky...... I couldn't tell what type of plane it was from the whistling sound in the plane, and I could only faintly see the shadow of the plane through the window.

This made Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane feel the urge to jump out of the car and lie on the ground again and again...... This is common knowledge on the battlefield, in the car will increase your target, the best option is to leave this target-like thing.

But Rommel said calmly: "As long as you don't poke your head out of the window or get out of the car, they won't know that it's a German sitting inside!" โ€

"And there's a marshal among them!" Qin Chuan said: "I think those pilots will definitely regret that they missed this!" โ€

The officers and men couldn't help laughing.

Rommel shook his head and said, "No, Lieutenant Colonel! I think they should regret it more ...... I didn't know there was a 'legendary sergeant' sitting in it! โ€

Laughter erupted again in the car.

Although Rommel's trick was indeed useful, the car did not encounter an attack when it arrived at its destination, and only needed to be careful to stay away from the military vehicles carrying supplies and soldiers.

But this is almost telling Qin Chuan...... The skies of France already belonged to the Allies.