Metz Fortress is located at the intersection of the Moselle River and the Ser, close to Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. It is an important transportation hub for France to connect to Western European countries and is located very important.

However, with France's surrender, the Metz Fortress also lost its strategic significance. In addition, it became the site of a military academy, so there were broken walls everywhere... Military academy students used the fortress walls as offensive and defensive training, some of them were used as gun targets, and bomb craters were everywhere, and fortifications were also missing a corner and there were broken ones.

"Is it the British or American?" Colonel Becker asked nervously: "Is their offensive target here?"

"Is there any difference between being a British or an American?" Colonel Slain asked back.

"The difference is their equipment, Colonel!" Colonel Becker replied: "I want to know what kind of attack we are facing!"

Colonel Slain looked at Becker with some confusion and asked: "So, do you think the British were equipped with the Churchill tank?"

"Isn't it, Colonel?" Colonel Becker asked.

Colonel Slain couldn't help but roll his eyes... But this cannot be blamed on Becker. The British army's mass-replacement American tanks were too fast. Before, Qin Chuan faced "Matilda" when fighting with the British army in Africa, but as he fought, it became "Stuart", then it became "Grant", then it was "Sheerman".

The military academy is located in this military academy that is almost isolated from the world in the deep mountains, but their textbooks do not react so quickly... or in other words, the people who compiled the textbooks think there is no need to change because letting students know which British equipment is and which American equipment, and then mixing the two together is the current Allied equipment, which is more conducive to teaching.

This is somewhat similar to the training materials of German snipers, and it is also seriously lagging behind.

In this era when information is relatively closed, the footsteps of a peaceful society in the rear always cannot keep up with the changes on the front lines.

"Now there are only Americans, Colonel Becker!" Colonel Slain replied: "Tell your students and gather them together!"

"Okay, sir!" Colonel Becker replied, he had just received an order to obey Colonel Slein's command unconditionally.

Amid the emergency whistle, the students gathered together at the instructor's urging... To be precise, it was just the students of the National Defense Forces Military Academy and the SS Military Academy on another island.

It is called "island", which does not mean that it is a real "island", but the designers who built the Metz Fortress use the Moselle River and the Ser River here, plus the artificial canals to enclose the Metz Fortress with river water to form three "islands"... Located in the front, the small Solsey Island and the Great Solsey Island are slightly behind the scenes.

These three "islands" roughly form a triangle, and fire cover can be implemented between each other. If the fortifications are complete, it is an excellent defense point, but it is hard to say that it is broken and extremely lacking in equipment.

After the students gathered together, Colonel Slain took the horn from his adjutant and said, "Good news and bad news. The good news is that you have graduated and you are gloriously a member of the soldiers of the Third Reich of Germany. The bad news is that war is close, you have to pick up your guns to fight the enemy, or you can choose to sit and wait for death!"

Colonel Slain's words immediately made the students talk.

For them, although this was expected, because the Allies had already fought here, it was also unexpected... They originally thought that the military academy would retreat before the enemy attacked, and replaced it with regular troops.

"They are not ready yet, sir!" An instructor protested: "Some of them have even been here for less than a month, and we only have time to do basic physical training!"

"Your name, Captain!" asked Colonel Slain.

"Detrich, sir!" the instructor replied.

"Very good, Captain Detrich!" Colonel Slain replied: "I suggest you tell this to the Americans, and I would like to know how they will react!"

The students couldn't help laughing.

But there were still some opposition voices, and another instructor stood up: "You can't do this. This is a military academy. They are all military academy students. In the near future, they will be officers after they are sent to the battlefield!"

This statement quickly received support from the students:

"Yes, they can't just send a few people to command us!"

"They sent us onto the battlefield as ordinary soldiers!"

"Then what we learn is useful? We just need to learn to use a rifle!"

...

"Sorry, gentlemen!" Colonel Slain interrupted the students' discussion: "What did I hear just now?"

Colonel Slain blew up and laughed, "Do you think we are 'a few people'? In other words, do you think we are ordinary troops?"

The students were silent for a while, and someone mustered up the courage to ask, "Isn't it?"

Colonel Slein didn't say anything, he just raised his head to Qin Chuan... Then Qin Chuan knew that it was time for him to give a speech again.

"Introduce yourself, Lieutenant Colonel!" Colonel Slain handed the little trumpet: "Let them know who you are!"

"Gentlemen!" Qin Chuan took the little trumpet and saluted the students, saying, "I'm very happy to know you. I'm Frick, the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 21st Armored Division!"

The students suddenly became quiet, and after a while, the riots started again:

"They are people from the First Infantry Regiment!"

"Is that infantry regiment we heard about? Where is the 'Legend Sergeant'?"

"God, the 'Legend Sergeant' is standing before us, and you don't know!"

...

Obviously, the "Legendary" is much louder than "Frick".

Qin Chuan continued: "We don't know how many enemies we will face, nor what kind of attack the enemy will launch. We only know that this is their must-pass place.

Of course, we can choose to retreat.

But behind us is Germany, our important industrial base, the Sal Valley, and they will then capture the Ruhr industrial zone. You know what this means.

So, this is our moment, gentlemen.

Let the whole world look at each other because of our persistence, let the enemy tremble because of our passion, and let Germany... be proud of our sacrifice!

Either keep here or let the enemy cross our bodies! Who wants to be with me?!"

The speech was a bit rustic, but the students who were still in the ivory tower only took this trick. Soon, teams of students rushed to raise their hands to respond.
Chapter completed!