Don't say much, I drank some wine tonight, and I'll try to update more this month...... Leave me alone today!

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As soon as the fleet landed, a group of French sailors and their crews were escorted down.

What awaits these captives is interrogation over and over again...... The Germans wanted to get from them the detailed operating procedures of the warships and the methods and essentials of the use of various weapons on the warships, after all, these were all French equipment, which was different from the warships and equipment of the German army.

"Honorable Führer!" Rommel sent a telegram to Hitler: "We need crews and sailors, otherwise these 78 ships, large and small, will be equivalent to a pile of scrap metal!" ”

"Don't worry, my general!" Hitler immediately agreed: "You will soon get everything you want!" ”

This was a surprise to Rommel, because Hitler had always regarded the African theater as a secondary battlefield until now, and it would be difficult for Rommel to ask for any reinforcements, and it would be discounted, but this time he easily got Hitler's promise.

What Rommel didn't know was that by this time Germany's resources were severely depleted, and Hitler had always paid little attention to naval ...... The German Navy, to be precise, was unable to compete with the British Navy on surface warships, and in addition, attacking the Soviet Union required a lot of tanks and equipment, so Hitler even dismantled the warships and built tanks. (The vast majority of the German blockade of the British army relied on submarines)

As a result, there were actually many crews and sailors in Germany who were idle, and Hitler was having a headache for this part of the people...... It's not with them, it's not with them.

With them, the warship will only be sunk by the enemy when it goes out, and it will basically be sent to death.

Don't use them, it's like a vase, not only does it not work, but it also consumes supplies.

Sometimes Hitler even thought about integrating these crews and sailors into the army and rushing to fight on the Eastern Front, but it was not easy for the navy to train, and it was undoubtedly a great waste to do so.

At this point, the Afrika Korps had captured an entire fleet, and Hitler had just in time to send them to North Africa.

In fact, Hitler had another thought:

Prior to this, the German Navy had lost but not won several duels with the British Navy, which made Hitler completely lose confidence in the Navy, and now he would rather dismantle warships and build tanks than send them out to fight.

But now......

Hitler wondered if the British navy could be defeated if this navy in Algiers was combined with the German navy.

If it can be done, it will mean that it can completely blockade Britain and even directly carry out landing operations against Britain.

But after thinking about it, Hitler felt that the time was wrong: at this time, the German army was attacking the Soviet Union with all its might, and it was no longer possible to organize a large-scale war against Britain.

On the other hand, the United States will not sit idly by and watch the British Navy be defeated, so the most likely outcome of this is that all warships will sink to the bottom of the sea.

In fact, there is another very important reason, which Hitler discovered only after the fact: the French fleet, especially the Toulon fleet, was mainly designed for naval warfare in the Mediterranean.

The characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea is that it is an inland sea, there are generally no strong winds and waves, and at the same time, fighting in the Mediterranean Sea does not have a long range.

As a result, most of the French warships are not suitable for ocean-going operations, that is, they cannot withstand wind and waves, have a short endurance, and are not flexible enough.

Of course, they also have the advantage of being fast, firepower, and protection.

This led Hitler to finally abandon the idea of transferring the Toulon fleet to Germany to fight the British Navy.

The only one who didn't dare to squeak at this time was the Vichy government...... The Toulon fleet can be said to be the only thing that Germany fears, and now even the Toulon fleet has been snatched by Germany, so ...... Pétain knew what that meant next.

Petain trembled and sent a telegram to Hitler to probe: "Your Excellency, I always thought that we had signed an armistice, but you attacked the port of Toulon and robbed our entire fleet ......."

Hitler pretended to be confused with Petain: "Is there one? Oh, I remember, General Rommel once reported...... Those Algerians drove the warship back to the port of Algiers and surrendered to the Germans. It's not our fault, Mr. Prime Minister, and I promise it's not about us! ”

Then, no matter how much Petain sent a telegram, Hitler did not reply.

Petain understood that Hitler was now too lazy to cope with him...... If it weren't for the fact that Germany was attacking the Eastern Front, I was afraid that it would soon move south to occupy the whole territory of Germany.

However, it was not long before the situation turned around.

Qin Chuan looked at the map and asked Major General Oxter: "General, you just came from France, I think you must know more about the situation in France!" ”

"Yes, Ensign!" Major General Oxter nodded, at this time he no longer dared to despise this ensign, because he knew that the ensign in front of him was the "legendary sergeant" who had saved Rommel and won brilliant victories on the battlefield again and again.

In fact, Major General Oxter still looks down on Qin Chuan, as a nobleman, he even looks down on Rommel, but he has to hide this attitude in his heart now.

"So......" Qin Chuan said, "I want to know the transportation situation in France, road, rail and sea"

"Pretty good!" Major General Oxter replied: "My troops are from France to Italy by train and then by sea to Tunisia. We all know that France surrendered in just over a month, so its infrastructure such as roads, railways has not been destroyed! ”

Hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but look at Colonel Slane and nodded secretly.

"Are you fighting the French idea?" Major General Oxter asked.

"Yes!" "We hope to establish a supply line from France to Algiers, in fact...... This did not need to be built, because this supply line had existed until then, and the ports of Toulon and Algiers were originally two shipping ports! ”

Colonel Slein continued: "If this transport line is established, then Algeria will have everything we need directly from France, and it will be difficult for the British planes on the island of Malta to even threaten this supply line!" ”

Colonel Slein was right, on the one hand, because the distance was too long, three or four hundred kilometers, which, although within the bombing radius of the British fighters, would obviously weaken their effect exponentially.

More importantly, these British fighters had to pass through the blockade of Sicily and Tunisia...... If the German and Italian fighters interfered casually, the British planes would not be able to fly over the supply line.

"But it's different now, isn't it?" Major General Oxter said: "Now they are quasi-hostile!" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded: "But I believe that the French are very willing to rebuild this supply line for us!" ”