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Chapter 397: Sicily, please ask for a monthly ticket)

Of course, Qin Chuan cannot tell this flaw because Qin Chuan should not know the date of birth of "Major Martin", unless Ronner and others send spies to verify it.

But this not only takes time, but also unnecessary, because these two points proposed by Qin Chuan are enough to overturn the entire conspiracy.

Suddenly, Hitler erupted.

"Idiot!" Hitler threw the documents into the air: "Idiot, ignorant fool... In the face of such a big flaw, my military intelligence agency knew nothing, and a captain who had never had any experience in spying could find them in a few minutes! This is my eyes and ears? This is my source of intelligence and analysis? God, I would rather be a blind man or a deaf man!"

The angry Hitler walked around in front of Ronalne and Canaris with his hands behind his back. Ronalne and Kanaris were so scared that they didn't dare to make a sound, and stood straight and let Hitler scold him.

After scolding for a while, Hitler shouted: "Get out, leave my sight, and stay with your so-called investigation and documents that should have been completely turned into ashes!"

General Canaris and Colonel Ronalne hurriedly saluted and then escaped.

Hitler took a few more steps, and then quickly changed his face. He said to Qin Chuan politely: "Sorry, my general, captain, you are right. We are all deceived by the hateful British!"

As he said that, he nodded to Qin Chuan again: "Captain, you are very outstanding! More outstanding than I thought. As General Rommel praised, you deserve the name of "Legend" and the warriors of the Empire. Now, I can understand why the African Legion can always defeat the enemy in adversity. We have the best generals and soldiers. You are invincible and we are fearless!"

"Yes, Master!"

"Now!" Hitler walked to his desk in a magnificent way, and then spread out the map with a "wow": "Since we have seen through the British trap, it's our turn to plan it!"

As he said that, Hitler stared at the map with his hands crossed and fell into deep thought. He had not heard any movement for a long time.

Qin Chuan looked at Rommel in confusion... Didn't he say "Let's plan well"? Why was Hitler thinking alone?!

Rommel shook his head slightly and signaled Qin Chuan to wait patiently.

"My general!" After a while, Hitler asked, "Do you have any ideas? I want to hear your plans!"

"Hissar Master!" Rommel replied: "We have two infantry divisions in Sicily, but I think that's far from enough. We need at least three armored divisions, three infantry divisions, two mechanized infantry divisions to reinforce Sicily, and an airborne division as a reserve!"

Seeing that Hitler was a little embarrassed, Rommel explained: "The reason is that although the Italian troops stationed on Sicily have 200,000 people, their combat effectiveness is too poor, and we cannot count on them. On the other hand, the Allied forces may invest 200,000 people and a large number of aircraft and ships to attack Sicily. We need at least nine divisions of troops to block their attack!"

Hitler nodded speechlessly.

If it were at other times, he would present facts to Rommel, reason and compare data, and even hoped that Rommel could defeat the enemy with "steel-like will".

However, after knowing that North Africa had oil and after determining that the Allied forces were targeted at Sicily, he never dared to say these words easily.

After a while, Hitler said: "I can transfer three armored divisions and one mechanized infantry division from France, and three infantry divisions from Germany! In addition, the 36th Mechanized Infantry Division from North Africa and the Italian 'Lightning Division'!"

Rommel nodded reluctantly because two of these divisions belong to the African Legion, so in fact, Hitler's reinforcements had only seven divisions.

But Rommel also knew that the battle situation on the Eastern Front was tight now. On the other hand, France also heard the news that the Allies were about to land, so it was not easy to have seven divisions to reinforce.

After pausing, Rommel pointed to the map and said, "Sicily is roughly triangle-shaped, with three corners of the triangle being large ports, namely Port Messina, Port Palermo and Port Syracuse. There are ten small and medium-sized airports on the island. I think... the Allies will inevitably attack from Port Syracuse!"

Hitler nodded in agreement.

This is obvious.

First of all, attacking islands is to attack ports and airports, because only they can quickly and batch transport the troops of strategic materials. Among them, especially large ports, it can not only allow large transport ships to dock and quickly bring in large quantities of troops and supplies, but also unload large equipment such as tanks, cars, etc., which is something that airports cannot do.

Therefore, if the Allies wanted to launch an attack of up to 200,000 people, they would inevitably need to occupy a large port, otherwise even if they were put into Sicily, they would not be able to provide sufficient supplies and ammunition for their combat operations.

Secondly, among the three large ports in Sicily:

The Port of Palermo is located on the other end of the Tunisian Strait. If the British army wants to attack, they must cross the Tunisian Strait, which is almost impossible.

The Port of Messina is in the Strait of Messina. If you want to attack this port, you must enter the narrow Strait of Messina. This is not only unrealistic, but also attacked by Italian troops on both sides of the strait... The narrowest part of the Strait of Messina is only 3.2 kilometers. Although the Italian army has a mess of combat effectiveness, it can still be done by firing artillery to block the Strait.

Therefore, the British army had only one choice, which was the Port of Syracuse near the direction of Malta Island.

Moreover, in order to be able to expand its troops, the British army would also land on both sides with the port of Syracuse as the origin. On the one hand, it could use Syracuse as a supply base after capturing Syracuse, and on the other hand, the troops would not be crowded into a group and unable to exert their combat effectiveness.

"I plan to build fortifications along the coast to arrange firepower to prevent the Allies from landing!" Rommel said: "That is, with the port of Syracuse as the center, an infantry division will be stationed to defend, and once it cannot defend, the port equipment will be blown up. Two infantry divisions will be arranged on each wing and the Italian army to build defense along the coastline... A armored division will be arranged behind the defense line to assist in defense, two mechanized infantry divisions are responsible for protecting the island's airports and clearing out the enemy's airborne troops, and an armored division and airborne division will be used as reserves!"

This is Rommel's usual defensive tactic... The front line uses infantry to build defense lines, and the second line uses armored divisions to defend manually.
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