The decisive battle against the Third Reich - #949 - Chapter 946 Get twice the result with half the effort

In the past few days, my family is coming to accompany them around. I will temporarily change it to two or three updates, and then resume five updates in a few days. Sorry!

The first thing the students did was to build fortifications.

Of course, fortifications were built not only on the island of Little Sorsey, where the Wehrmacht Military Academy is located, but also on the island of Big Sorsey, where the SS Military Academy is located.

Because Chambier Island is on the second line, some logistics troops are arranged to station and take care of it.

Fortunately, several “islands” are surrounded by rivers, just like moats, and only a few stone bridges on the river are accessible. However, these stone bridges must be loaded with explosives and ready to be blasted, otherwise they will undoubtedly be occupied by the enemy. Make trouble for yourself.

Such terrain means that it is difficult for tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment to launch a direct attack on the Metz Fortress.

The only ones who can attack are infantry, and these infantry must cross the river in rubber boats, assault boats, etc., and then these infantry will charge the German fortress with their flesh and blood… This is obviously difficult.

However, the situation of the German army is not optimistic, mainly because this is a military academy, not a regular army, which means that even their weapons and equipment are not standard.

For example, there are 100MM, 150MM, 210MM artillery, French, German, and even British rifles. There are also all kinds of rifles… Becker’s explanation for this is: “We use these equipment not for fighting. It’s for teaching, we need to learn various equipment and understand their performance!”

This statement is correct, and officers do need to understand this, because only by understanding this can they judge the range of enemy artillery at the first time and issue correct instructions based on this information.

This is one of the reasons why the quality of the German army is better than that of other armies.

However, although this is excusable, there is no reason for war. This will inevitably cause supply chaos and seriously affect combat effectiveness. In particular, some equipment has a serious shortage of ammunition. For example, a British 150MM gun has only 23 shots.

“Divide these artillery into groups by model!” Qin Chuan said: “The same unit uses a single type of equipment, including the same rifles, and then make detailed records of the areas where they are stationed. These records require officers in the logistics unit to have a copy! “

“Yes, Lieutenant Colonel!” Colonel Becker replied.

This is necessary, because only in this way can the logistics and transportation troops know which ammunition should be sent to where.

But another problem arose when recording.

The reason is that the names of each fortification here are different. There are transliterated names left by the French, names given to them by the Germans themselves, and some nicknames given to them by the students, and each batch of students The nicknames are not the same, so the naming is very confusing.

Qinchuan simply named these fortifications uniformly and numbered them with Arabic numerals…Fortification No. 1, Fortification No. 2, Fort No. 3, etc. After the detailed list was completed, it was sent to each unit to let them get familiar with it again.

After working hard all night, the next day finally looked good. At dawn, we started laying mines, pulling barbed wire, and digging trenches.

Qin Chuan brought the drawings with Colonel Slain while inspecting and instructing the deployment of firepower points. Wherever he went, he always attracted the attention of the students.

During the break, some students even asked Qin Chuan: “Lieutenant Colonel, are everything they said true?”

“What?” Qin Chuan asked, then suddenly thought of something and said, “You don’t mean to say that they really included my story in the textbook!”

“No, Lieutenant Colonel!” the student replied: “We are using textbooks from a few years ago and have not changed. You know, the war is tense, and they have no extra time and energy to rewrite the textbooks! If they had rewritten If so, I believe your deeds will be added!”

“So, what are you referring to?” Qin Chuan asked.

The student replied: “Although it is not included in the textbook, it is not far behind, because the instructor always explains to us your deeds and battle examples.”

“Yes!” Another student interjected: “The most common thing the instructors say is: Do you know the ‘Legendary Sergeant’? He was just a sergeant at first…”

“We all know the instructor was wrong!” the student corrected: “You started out as a corporal, right? You were an ammunition hand!”

“Yes!” Qin Chuan nodded. It seemed that these students had figured out their basics, and the instructor simply thought that Qin Chuan was originally a sergeant because of the “legendary sergeant”.

“The instructor talked about the tactics you used in Africa!” the student continued: “They talked over and over again about how you attacked Alexandria and captured the Toulon fleet…”

“That was a great battle, it gave us our own fleet, I mean… a really useful fleet, and we even held the Tunis Strait with it!”

“And of course your performance on the Eastern Front! Each battle has become the focus of our notebooks. Look, what is recorded here is the Battle of Holm!”

…

The students talked enthusiastically and eagerly. If Qin Chuan hadn’t stopped them, they would have been talking all day long. Even Qin Chuan himself couldn’t remember some things very clearly.

“Gentlemen!” Qin Chuan said, “I don’t know if you are aware that what you are doing now will most likely be recorded in other people’s notes in the future!”

The students responded excitedly:

“Yes, Lieutenant Colonel!”

“We were just talking about this and we might be going down in history!”

…

“Do a good job, gentlemen!” Qin Chuan encouraged them, “I hope that your heroic deeds will be recorded in history, not the shame of being defeated by the enemy!”

“Of course not, Lieutenant Colonel!”

“I swear on our lives that this will never happen!”

“Even if we fail, they will step over our bodies!”

…

Qin Chuan successfully inspired their fighting spirit and determination again.

Suddenly, Qin Chuan understood Rommel’s intention of sending him here.

This can be regarded as a celebrity effect.

Two different people doing the same thing will have completely different effects.

For example, at this time, Rommel sent Lieutenant General Lu Manlin instead of Qin Chuan… Lieutenant General Lu Manlin’s rank was even much higher than Qin Chuan. He also gave a speech last night, and like Qin Chuan, he made some rectifications to the military academy students. Today, he also conducted inspections and guidance.

But it is certain that Lieutenant General Lu Manlin cannot achieve such an effect even if he spends several times more effort and more time. Even after the students hear about Lieutenant General Lu Manlin’s past experience, it may have a counter-effect, because they will worry that Lieutenant General Lu Manlin will escape from the battlefield.

So, a person… It’s not about how this person is now, but the accumulation of past experiences, reputation, etc., which has formed the current Qin Chuan, allowing him to achieve twice the result with half the effort here.