My Third Empire
109 Maginot Line
In the combat staff room of the National Defense Forces headquarters, a group of generals are looking at a huge sand table map with many strongholds clearly marked on it. From the German side, the French border seems to be a huge fortress.
The French are building a lot on the border. We have exported 200,000 tons of cement to them. The Maginot Line has begun to take shape. This line of defense can be said to be the strongest permanent fortification so far. A combat staff officer pointed at the French border with a long whip.
The French built large fortifications from Longuillon to Belfort, with a total length of about 390 kilometers. Including the Metz fortified area, the Saar flooded area, the Lauter fortified area, the Lower Rhine fortified area and the Belfort fortified area Region. The staff officer said, pointing with his long whip, while Akado on the side seemed a little absent-minded.
From our intelligence personnel, the entire line of defense consists of a support zone with a depth of 4 to 14 km and a main defensive zone with a depth of 6 to 8 km. The French spent billions of francs for this line of defense. Engineering construction The two fortification areas, Metz and Lauter, are the strongest. The Saar flood zone is made up of natural river barriers and swamps. Construction of fortifications has only started this year, and the fortifications are the weakest. Gascol pointed to the sand table , the surrounding generals nodded frequently with their chins supported by their hands.
This line of defense was built by the French, and it can be said to be the pinnacle of the experience of positional warfare in the First World War. The French government and the army want to use this line of defense to warn the Germans who are ready to move. Once Germany attacks France, it will fall into the quagmire of endless wars.
The Lower Rhine fortification is based on the Rhine, Rhone and Reine canals as natural barriers, and a support point composed of permanent shooting fortifications has been constructed in the area along the Rhine. In the most important parts of the fortified areas of Metz and Lauter, a comprehensive fortification group with a combination of ground and underground parts and suitable for ring defense was constructed.
The ground part is armored or reinforced concrete machine gun fortifications and artillery fortifications, and the underground part has several layers, including command posts, personnel lounges, food storage rooms, ammunition depots, ambulances, power stations, filter ventilation rooms, etc. There are channel connections between the fortifications, and electric vehicles are connected.
The weapons in the firing fortifications are specially designed and installed. There are about 5,800 permanent fortifications for various purposes in the entire defense line, with a density of 15 per kilometer front. The top cover and walls of the most sturdy reinforced concrete fortifications are 3.5 meters thick, and the armor thickness of the armored tower is 300 mm, all of which can resist the direct hit of two 420 mm mortar shells.
The anti-tank obstacles in the defense line mainly include anti-tank trenches, cliff walls, cliffs and metal and concrete piles, which are reinforced with minefields. Anti-infantry obstacles are generally metal stakes or wooden stakes barbed wire, and some areas are also equipped with electrified barbed wire.
The largest caliber artillery currently equipped by the German Army is only a pitiful 150 mm. Even if you count the warships that are still in the drawings of the Navy, the largest caliber of the German Wehrmacht artillery is only 280 mm.
So from a positive point of view, the German Wehrmacht is completely unable to break through this line of defense. If it is forced to attack, the staff estimates that within 5 days of the attack, Germany will lose at least 100,000 people. This is obviously not the result the military wants to see. Because it has always pursued the policy of elite troops, no one is willing to fill this big hole with 100,000 elite defense forces.
Since I learned that the French were building a defense line, this kind of regular meeting has been held no less than three times, and almost every time it ended in frustration. Accardo was specially allowed to participate in such military meetings as a special advisor, but he had his own calculus in his heart, and naturally he would not come up with a trump card to share so early, so he simply wandered around the world.
Everyone has lingering fears about the two-front battle during World War I, so they are not willing to fall into the trench warfare that the French are good at.
To bypass this line of defense and have to invade countries such as the Netherlands and Belgium, this is tantamount to declaring war with the whole world. The German military and the government have not made such preparations, so this plan has also been temporarily rejected.
At this stage, the strategic focus is set on regions such as Austria and Czechoslovakia. That is to say, Germany is trying to make an eastward move to confuse Britain and France, but it does not want to go too far to annoy the behemoth of the Soviet Union.
General Brauchitch. Arkado walked to his confidant and called out softly, and then the two of them came to a corner with relatively few people.
Akado didn't go around in circles and asked directly, How are the preparations for the Eastern Front?
There are now 8 divisions in preparation, and we have enough ammunition and fuel to attack at any time. But I'm worried that we will be dragged by the Czech Republic, and the French behind us will fall into trouble.
In your name, put forward a proposal to build a defense line called 'Siegfried' on the border to confuse the French. Accardo thought for a while and said, But I don't plan to spend too much on this line of defense. Money, do you understand what I mean?
Understood, but to what extent? Brausitch asked after some thought.
If the armor plate is insufficient, use cement instead. If the cement is insufficient, use wood instead. The machine gun bunker does not need people to enter. It is enough to have a fake shooting hole. I want a big project that saves money and looks majestic. Caddo glanced at the German-French border and said, I'm going to make the French really think we're not going to attack, but to fight them in a trench defense.
Anna pushed open the door of the conference room, raised her head and looked for it, then walked to Accardo's side and whispered in his ear: Mr. Prime Minister, General Tukhachevsky was on a plane in Berlin an hour ago. The field has landed, now waiting for you in the reception room on the other side of the corridor.
Let's go! Go and ask our communist friends why they failed to fulfill the contract they signed. Arkado smiled and nodded to General Brauchitch and said, I'm sorry, I have important things to rush now. Go deal with it. You'll speak to General Hamestein for me and then say I'm very sorry for leaving.
Of course, General Hamestein wouldn't mind Akado's departure. Brauchitch personally sent Akado to the door of the conference room, and politely said goodbye to Miss Anna, the Prime Minister's secretary.
Soon, Accardo met General Tukhachevsky in the reception room. The two long-lost old friends hugged warmly, and then separated with a big smile.
Congratulations on becoming the German Chancellor! Accardo! You always surprise me. Before letting go of the hug, Tukhachevsky congratulated loudly.
Thank you. Akado also smiled and thanked.
Tukhachevsky also did not give Accardo a chance to speak first, and immediately said: I came this time for the arson case, and I deeply regret this incident.
General Tukhachevsky, my friend, you have gone too far this time! What you promised me failed to do. It was our agreement that the Soviet Union could not develop communism in Germany. Akka Sitting on the sofa more, took a cup of coffee from Anna, and complained a little annoyed.
Tukhachevsky spread his hands and looked innocent: This arsonist is indeed a Communist, but he is Austrian nationality, so you can't arbitrarily put the blame on the Soviets.
You know the twists and turns in this. Arkado said with narrowed eyes.
You must also know the twists and turns of this, Tukhachevsky replied with his chin raised.
Well, let's not talk about these unpleasant things. Let me congratulate you on the launch of the Soviet battleship. Arkado gestured with the coffee cup in his hand.
Tukhachevsky raised his eyebrows and found that the young man named Akado on the opposite side was getting more and more proficient in his kung fu: Thank you! You have made great contributions to the rise of the Soviet Navy, so this time I will do it for you. Bring a medal of victory, presented by Comrade Stalin himself.
Can this medal change the attitude of the Soviet Union on the issue of Austria and Czechoslovakia? Akado asked casually after taking a sip of coffee.
The Soviet government does not want to see Germany's claim to the eastern territories! This seriously threatens the security of the Soviet regime. Tukhachevsky replied: Comrade Stalin hopes that Germany will not play with fire in Austria and Czechoslovakia. .
It's too late. Arkado raised his mouth and smiled: Britain and France support Germany's eastward advance, and the territorial issues of Austria and Czechoslovakia are their bargaining chips. So this time I am determined to win.
This can easily lead to conflict. Tukhachevsky said with a frown. I believe your friend, you don't want to be the lackey of the British and French, right? Deteriorating relations with the Soviet government will not do Germany any good.
This arson case, I will suppress it in my own country and will not affect the activities of the Bolsheviks in Eastern Europe. Accardo threw out another bargaining chip: In addition, we can provide another 500 million US dollars to the Soviet Union to buy oil.
Comrade Stalin wants the school you set up in the Soviet Union. The school that teaches soldiers to use tanks! We have to send people in to learn, and then take over smoothly after a year. Tukhachevsky quickly opened conditions in the Soviet Union.
He thought about it and added: Also, except this time, you have to make sure that there will be no more territorial claims to the east. The Soviet Union wants to have friends, not a villain who can reach out.
Very reasonable! Akado stood up: Dine together in the evening? I'll invite you to the best restaurant in Berlin for a meal.
No! I'm going to get back to the Soviet Union as quickly as possible. Tukhachevsky waved his hand and said, I hope I don't have to rush to Berlin in such a hurry.
Akado nodded: I agree, next time I invite you to Berlin as a guest! Eat the best!
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