"Why wouldn't they?" Rundstedt asked: "Give me a reason, what I need is a realistic reason, not something like you believe in them, or you are their instructor!" ”

"Of course, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief!" Qin Chuan said: "What I'm talking about is the reason for reality!" ”

After sorting out his thoughts, Qin Chuan replied: "First of all, we can't do this, even if in the end, the French regiment did raise its guns at us in conjunction with the French as you said, we can't do it now!" ”

"What?" Rommel was a little puzzled when he heard this: "You mean to say that we surrendered to them?" ”

Rundstedt smiled and didn't speak, as if he was saying that Qin Chuan's words were not worth refuting.

"No, Your Excellency Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied: "This is from the perspective of the overall strategic environment. We supported not only the French regiment, but also the Egyptian Resistance, the Greek Resistance, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, etc., in addition to the client states such as Italy and Finland. The French regiment has been loyal to Germany, at least so far, and has done so much service, and if we find an excuse to annihilate the French regiment, what will these resistance groups supported by us think of Germany? What does the Servant Congress think of Germany? ”

Rundstedt and Rommel couldn't help but be speechless, they obviously didn't think of this layer.

"They will think that Germany is only using them, Your Excellency Marshal!" Qin Chuan said: "They will think that we are crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. Since we would do the same to the French regiment, and certainly to them, there would be a chain reaction that would affect the trust of all the Resistance groups in Germany! ”

Rommel nodded silently in agreement, and he even persuaded Rundstedt: "What the lieutenant colonel said makes sense, unless we have evidence that can prove that the French regiment will be unfavorable to us, we can't act rashly!" ”

"Is there any other reason?" Rundstedt asked.

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied: "We can give them freedom, real freedom, Your Excellency Marshal, and this is what the British and Americans cannot give them!" ”

"You're crazy, Lieutenant Colonel!" Rundstedt stared at Qin Chuan with wide eyes and said, "What do you mean...... Let them be autonomous? ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief!" Qin Chuan replied.

"What's in it for us?" Rommel asked, "Why can't they surrender to the Allies if there is no one to command them and control them?" ”

"They won't do it!" Qin Chuan replied: "On the one hand, it has been said before that they are the objects of liquidation. On the other hand, de Gaulle, with the support of Britain and the United States, disbanded and incorporated the guerrilla organization. This means that if they surrender to the Allies, the end will be that the troops will be absorbed, the officers will be disbanded as civilians, and then they will be arrested and liquidated! ”

"Even so!" Rommel said: "We may also have one more enemy, and an enemy that we have personally raised!" ”

"You're right!" Qin Chuan replied: "But if this enemy has a common enemy with us...... If they want real freedom from Britain and the United States, and not a puppet controlled by Britain and the United States like the de Gaulle government, then they must rely on our strength. That is, they have the same interests as us. It is not difficult to guess what will happen next, there will be a civil war in France, Your Excellency the Marshal, we don't need to fight the enemy ourselves, let the enemy fight internally, it is good for us, why not do it? ”

Rommel and Rundstedt couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.

Although they are battle-hardened marshals, they are not good at this kind of political means of provoking internal contradictions in enemy countries. In their heads, there are more tanks, artillery, planes, and then conquer the enemy, where would they think that the war can be fought like this.

"This is ridiculous, Lieutenant Colonel!" Rundstedt said: "You are playing with fire, if you are not careful, we will send a strong force to the enemy!" ”

"What's the difference?" Qin Chuan asked rhetorically: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the defense line we are guarding is from the Alps to the 'Maginot Line' and then to the Ardennes Mountains, except for the Ardennes Mountains, which are a little different, other positions ...... Is there any difference between more and fewer enemies, stronger and weaker in combat? ”

What Qin Chuan said was that what the Alps needed was mountain troops.

As I said before, fighting in the plains and fighting in the mountains are completely different things, and the troops that seem to have strong combat effectiveness in the plains will soon become a worm when they reach the mountains, especially in the high-altitude mountains.

Not to mention the Maginot Line, which was hiding in the line of defense with some new recruits, but they could still easily knock down those elite troops in front of the pillbox fortifications with machine guns and artillery.

The Ardennes is jungle warfare, but it is not conducive to the deployment of Allied troops, so it really makes little difference if there are more Allied troops and less troops.

"It's a small one!" Rommel added: "We take a relatively small risk, but if we can succeed, we can reap a lot of benefits!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Qin Chuan said: "And this also has a strong demonstration effect. As I said before, the resistance groups in Egypt, Libya, Greece and other countries are staring at us, and if we can really let the French army achieve real autonomy in the same way that we can let it go, it will make them believe that we can give them freedom instead of re-colonizing them after regaining the land, as Britain and the United States did, so they will be more biased towards us than to reach some degree of compromise with the Allies! ”

"Can we make it?" Rundstedt said with some suspicion: "After all, France has always regarded Germany as an aggressor and exploiter!" ”

"I don't think that's a problem, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief!" Rommel said: "The reason is that we didn't have a fierce conflict with France before, you know, France surrendered just over a month ago. On the contrary, the British fought several naval battles with them, and the French hated the British to the core, which was one of the reasons why the French were suspicious of the de Gaulle regime. As for the Americans, they entered France with such brazenness, and now there is already a rumor in France that 'the Americans are worse than the Germans'! ”

"Yes!" An adjutant interjected: "There are also people who say, 'The Germans are gone, and we are occupied by the Americans again'!" ”

"I think the lieutenant colonel is right!" Rommel said: "We can use this to exacerbate the contradictions between them, and we ...... All you have to do is hold this line of defense, and you can watch them perform in front of us! ”