"Your Excellency, Marshal!" Just as the question of the French regiment was hotly discussed, a staff officer handed Rommel a telegram.

Originally, the telegram was supposed to be given to Rundstedt, because he was the commander-in-chief.

However, due to his lack of energy and health problems, Rundstedt did not often stay at the command and did not often deal with documents, as mentioned before, Rundstedt "did not go to work" before ten o'clock in the morning.

Rommel, on the other hand, was energetic and notoriously a workaholic, sometimes even eating and sleeping at the headquarters.

So over time, the subordinates were accustomed to reporting to Rommel instead of Rundstedt.

"Our reconnaissance planes have discovered that the enemy is transporting supplies to the area of Ghent and Koppu!" Staff Officer reported.

Rommel glanced at the telegram and asked, "Is there a lot of traffic?" ”

"We can't watch for long!" The staff officer replied: "But there is no end to the convoy seen!" ”

The reason why Germany could not observe for a long time was that Germany did not have air supremacy, so it could only take advantage of the gap between the patrols of British and American fighters to get close to take a few pictures, and then quickly withdrew.

I saw the convoy instead of the train, and that was because the railway lines in northern France were basically blown up by Britain and the United States, and then when the German troops withdrew, they were blown up again, and the locomotives and the like drove away if they could go, and those that couldn't be blown up on the spot.

Therefore, it will be difficult for the Allies to resume rail transport in France for a while.

Rommel thought for a moment and said: "Order the reconnaissance troops, reconnoiter every few hours, including at night!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!"

This was actually Eisenhower's "Fireball Project".

In order to meet the supply of the British and American armies at the same time, Eisenhower collected almost all the military and civilian vehicles in France, which were transported back and forth between the port of Normandy and the Belgian border day and night on the highway like ants.

In fact, this is the difficulty of transportation...... Supplies were either shipped across the English Channel or by air, but all had to deal with the dire road conditions in France.

The results of the reconnaissance came out the next day, and it is said that the reconnaissance unit also lost two reconnaissance planes as a result.

"The Allies are transporting supplies around the clock!" Rommel said: "The destination is the Belgian border, and it is clear that the target of their attack is the Ardennes! ”

"Yes!" Rundstedt agreed.

"But this time it seems to be a little different!" Qin Chuan said: "Two supply points, one north and one south......"

"They're going to attack from both sides at the same time!" Rommel looked at the map, looked to the right along the popular science, and shouted: "Damn, they're going to attack the Metz Pass!" ”

"What do we have there?" Rundstedt asked, apparently not very familiar with the Metz Pass.

"We have more than 10,000 people!" Rommel replied: "Then there is a fortress, the fortress of Metz!" ”

As soon as Rundstedt breathed a sigh of relief, he heard Rommel continue: "But they are all cadets!" ”

"Cadet?"

"Yes!" Rommel replied: "Metz Fortress...... They used it as an educational base, it was more like a university town, where the Wehrmacht and SS military schools were located! ”

Rundstedt couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

Then Rundstedt asked again: "Is the fortress enough to defend against enemy attacks?" ”

"Who knows?" Rommel said: "We don't even know how many troops the enemy is attacking in this direction!" ”

"Why didn't we consolidate the defenses here before?"

"We are undermanned, and the enemy has been attacking along Route 69 in the north!" Rommel replied.

"We need someone to organize these cadets to fight!" "Otherwise, they will most likely collapse before reinforcements arrive there!" said Rundstedt! ”

"Of course!" Rommel agreed.

Then Rundstedt and Rommel set their sights on Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized what they meant by this gaze.

"No, Your Excellency Marshal!" Qin Chuan said: "I don't think I'm very suitable for this task!" ”

"Tell me why!"

"I ......" Qin Chuan thought for a while before replying: "I didn't go to a military school!" ”

"Please, Lieutenant Colonel!" Rommel couldn't help but laugh: "That's not the reason! ”

Rundstedt also helped: "I also think that no one is more suitable for this task than you." They even have examples of your battles in their textbooks, and I'm sure there are more than one! ”

"Absolutely!" Rommel agreed.

The two old marshals ridiculed Qin Chuan like this, which made Qin Chuan a little unbearable, and at the same time he knew that he couldn't refuse, so he could only admit: "Okay, Your Excellency Marshal, you have won!" ”

"Good!" Rommel patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder and said, "Of course, I won't send you alone, it should be the 1st Infantry Regiment that will carry out the mission, and you can take a helicopter to reinforce in batches."

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!" Qin Chuan responded.

Helicopter reinforcements are a good way to quickly and easily deliver troops to the target area, but because they don't have air supremacy, they can only start at night.

Due to the limited number of helicopters allocated, the 1st Infantry Regiment was divided into three groups, and one group rushed to the Metz fortress every night.

Originally, Qin Chuan thought that the Germans should have three days to prepare, so the 1st Infantry Regiment was enough to rush to the Metz fortress.

But soon Qin Chuan found out that he was wrong...... He didn't know that his opponent was Patton.

Patton, on the other hand, was one of those who was so resolute that he drove along the road towards the Metz fortress at night, even before the 3rd Army had enough fuel and supplies.

In Patton's words: "One more day of preparation, one more day of preparation for the enemy." So, I'd rather both me and the enemy prepare one day less! ”

As a result, the forward troops of the 3rd Army rushed to the Metz fortress in only twenty-seven hours and blocked the airspace of the Metz fortress with anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, making it impossible for helicopters to enter and exit.

Of course, that's all for later.

At the same time as Patton's vanguard was moving, Qin Chuan and Colonel Slane led the 1st Infantry Battalion to fly towards the Metz fortress in a helicopter

For reasons of secrecy, the reinforcement was simply to inform Colonel Becker, who was in charge of the defense of the Metz fortress, that a group of helicopters would carry a batch of supplies to the fortress, and to order Colonel Becker to be ready to receive them.

So, when the helicopters stopped in the square and out of the crowds of soldiers came out, Colonel Becker couldn't help but wonder.

"I've got information to receive supplies!" Colonel Becker said.

"We're the supplies!" Colonel Slein replied, "I think you realize that you're in trouble!" ”