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Chapter 781: The Maginot Line

Qin Chuan returned to Fort Kinov on the sixth day.

The team led by Werner once again defeated all the teams in Kiev without any surprise, and one of them still narrowly won... But it was precisely because of the narrow victory that Werner and his players were particularly excited.

Qin Chuan can understand this. If he wins easily, it will not be exciting at all. Instead, he will win a little more when he meets the opponent in the end, and then he will win happily.

So, until Qin Chuan and others returned to the camp, Werner and others were still talking about the exciting process on the field.

Of course, Qin Chuan was not interested in listening to these things, because he had heard them on the plane countless times.

What Qin Chuan noticed was that some new faces came from the army, and then he heard Eberhard report: "Lieutenant Colonel, I just arrived at a group of supplementary troops!"

Qin Chuan said "yes", as Major General Treskov said, Hitler expanded the scope of recruitment in China and supplemented them into the Eastern Front, and of course the First Infantry Regiment would also receive some supplements.

"Have you seen their information?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel!" Eberhard replied: "Most are airborne troops returning from injury, except for a few maintenance officers!"

This is the special care of the troops for the First Infantry Regiment. They knew that the First Infantry Regiment had more training, such as parachutes, so the assigned veterans and were also airborne soldiers called elites.

"Bidman finally has his own subordinate!" Qin Chuan said.

"Yes!" Eberhard replied: "And they seem to get along well, because they admire Biderman's craftsmanship!"

"Very good!" Qin Chuan said: "It seems that we have something to do this winter. We need to do a series of ropeways and mountain combat training for these recruits!"

"Do you want maintenance soldiers too?" Eberhard asked.

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied: "Otherwise, what if we need maintenance personnel on the front line?!"

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel!"

The intense training began the day after Qin Chuan returned. After all, the recruits still have a lot to learn, even those airborne soldiers called elite... because even they were stunned when watching the instructors descending from the helicopters one by one.

"God!" Someone sighed, "We only now know how stupid it is to jump down with a parachute on our backs!"

This is true. Compared with parachute drops, the benefits of rope drops are obvious. They are safe, fast and can reach the destination directly to form combat effectiveness immediately. Even if the helicopter is very fragile and cannot directly reach the target area, it is better than the area where the wind is blown by the wind to more than ten kilometers away at any time.

However, Qin Chuan was unable to stay in training for long. On the third day of training, Colonel Slein called.

"Lieutenant Colonel, we have a new task!" said Colonel Slain: "Please pack your clothes and I'll pick you up at 2 p.m.!"

This surprised Qin Chuan. The mission was to come at once and it seemed that Colonel Slein and Qin Chuan were both.

The mystery was not understood until I got on the plane.

"They plan to set up a line of defense around the Maginot Line!" Colonel Slein said: "This is a good idea. The large mountainous area in the area is very suitable as a line of defense... Considering that we have established the Gabes line and have also won the Soviets with helicopters on the Caucasus, they need us to be military advisers for a while!"

Qin Chuan understood as soon as he heard this, it was not a coincidence, but a arrangement by Major General Treskov. Inviting Colonel Slein was probably just a cover for Qin Chuan.

Of course, this excuse can be said to be seamless, or even said it is not an excuse, because the Maginot line does require guidance from these two aspects.

Qin Chuan arrived at the Maginot Line at 7 a.m. the next morning, and only stopped in Berlin and added oil.

The more than ten-hour journey made Qin Chuan feel a little sore in his waist and back. After arriving at his destination, he couldn't wait to walk out of the cabin.

A major brought two assistants to greet him in the sound of the propeller.

"You must be Colonel Slain and Lieutenant Colonel Frick from the First Infantry Regiment!" The young major stood up and saluted them, then shook hands with the two of them, and introduced themselves: "I am General Rumanlin's staff officer Fein, and I am ordered to come and receive you!"

As he said that, Fein cleverly made way and asked two jeeps to drive up.

"So..." Colonel Slain got in the car and looked at several high grounds in the distance, and said, "Is this the Maginot Line?"

"Yes, Colonel!" Fein replied.

"But why did I see nothing?" Colonel Slain asked: "Except a few bunkers!"

Major Fein couldn't help laughing: "Col. Most of its fortifications are underground, and... Strictly speaking, the Maginot Line is not a line of defense!"

"Hmm!" Colonel Slain said he was interested in continuing to listen.

"Its main defense area has a depth of 6 to 8 kilometers!" Major Fein replied: "That is to say, from the place we see now, 6 to 8 kilometers eastward, all of which can be called the Maginot Line!"

Upon hearing this, Colonel Slain couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan sitting beside him. Qin Chuan was surprised to see it in his eyes.

"In addition..." Major Fein continued: "After 8 kilometers, there is a 4 to 14 kilometers of guaranteed area, with barbed wire, roadblocks, mines..."

"God!" said Colonel Slain, "that is, this thing is at least 10 kilometers deep!"

"Yes, Colonel!" Fein replied: "In fact, if you add the guarantee zone, it will be difficult for you to find a location that is only 10 kilometers deep. But the guarantee zone is useless to us, isn't it? It will become an obstacle to our logistics transportation!"

Qin Chuan understood what Major Fein said, which was caused by the fact that the Maginot line of defense was facing Germany.

But Qin Chuan denied Major Fein's statement.

"No, Major!" Qin Chuan replied: "The guarantee zone can ensure that we will not be attacked behind us, such as the enemy's airborne troops... I hope you have not removed a large number of roadblocks in these areas or detonated mines!"

Major Fein was stunned and replied, "You are right, Lieutenant Colonel. But you can rest assured that there are countless mines, roadblocks and barbed wires there, and we can't even do it if we want to remove them or detonate them!"

"Very good!" Qin Chuan replied, then turned his gaze to the high ground outside the window.
Chapter completed!
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