The Third Reich: The Return of the King

"Are you sure about the inform?"

The information that the Gauls were going to build on the border was soon stolen by the Gestapo's hidden spies in Gaul, and this information was safely delivered overnight.

After receiving this information, Himmler did not dare to be careless, and ran to the office in Mainz early the next morning to report the incident to him!

"I'm not sure yet, because only one agent has sent back such information, and the other agents haven't reacted yet!"

For a country like Gaul, the Gestapo put a lot of effort into building its own intelligence network.

The Gestapo is backed by financial support from Mainz, and it has developed very rapidly in the past six months.

Although it has not been established for a long time, the number of international spies of the Gestapo has reached more than 100 to date, and close to Chengdu is in Gaul.

After all, Gaul is currently the most hostile to Hans, and it is also the country most likely to take action against Hans, so it is extremely important to closely monitor Gaul's every move!

"Well, I know, you continue to follow up on this matter, and if there is any new information, notify me as soon as possible!"

Mainz waved his hand and told Himmler to retreat.

When Himmler left, Mainz smiled.

"The Maginot Line has been built so early, and the Gauls really don't give up!"

After walking to the map, taking a general look at the border between Gaul and Hans, and finding the approximate location of the Maginot Line based on historical memory, Mainz laughed.

In real history, the Gauls also built this line of defense, which is famous all over the world.

In 1925, three years after the outbreak of the Ruhr crisis, the Gauls felt bad in their hearts when they saw that the entire country under the leadership of the Weimar Republic had rapidly recovered from the war, its industry had developed by leaps and bounds, and its comprehensive national strength was booming.

They were very worried about the reprisals of the Hans in the future, and they were very worried that the fruits of their victory in the First World War would be snatched back by the Hans, so from 1925, they began to plan to build an independent regional system in the border area with the Hans.

In 1927 this plan was expanded into a fortress plan to complete the entire Gallic-Hanse border, and from 1928 onwards, the Gauls began to build on the border area, and the Gallic government gritted its teeth and approved a financial allocation for the construction of the Maginot Line.

The defensive line, which took 13 years until 1940, when the Germans began their assault on Gaul, was not breached by the enemy, but it still failed to prevent the White Flag from being raised at the city of Tower......

The Maginot Line is definitely one of the first achievements in the history of human warfare, except for the Great Wall of the Celestial Empire, I am afraid that no one will build such a long and expensive defense line on such a large area!

The Maginot Line is about 390 kilometers long, including the Metz fortifications, the Saar floodplains, the Lauter fortifications, the Lower Rhine fortifications and the Belfort fortifications.

On this 390-kilometer length, about 500 permanent fortifications for various purposes were constructed, with a density of 15 per kilometer of frontage.

The strongest reinforced concrete fortifications had a 3.5-meter thick roof and walls, and even a 380-mm cannon could not penetrate these fortifications directly!

However, the Gauls, who were worried about what kind of black technology Hans and the German army had come up with, simply did not do anything, and since more than 5 billion francs had already been spent, they simply built the fortifications more gorgeously!

So, the frenzied Gauls poured the fortifications with reinforced concrete, and attached a layer of armor to the outside of the fortifications, which was made of high-quality steel, 300 mm thick, and could withstand direct hits from two 420 mm mortar shells.

Coupled with the 3.5-meter-thick reinforced concrete fortifications, this kind of fortress, 9.99% of the world's artillery has no way to take it!

In World War I, armies of all countries used poison gas as a weapon, although gas bombs could not blow up the shell of the fortress, but poison gas bombs could poison the soldiers inside the fortress, and even if the fortress was strong, it could only become a pile of scrap metal after losing the defense of the soldiers.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Germans from using poison gas bombs to attack, the Gauls also built underground fortifications under these surface fortifications.

In wartime, soldiers fought in machine-gun fortifications and artillery fortifications made of armored or reinforced concrete in part of the ground.

When resting, they withdrew into the underground fortifications, and in order to ensure the survival and combat needs of the soldiers, the French army built the underground fortifications very well.

In addition to filtering ventilation chambers and specialized exhaust ducts to protect against poison gas bombs, the underground fortifications also include high-value targets such as command posts, rest rooms, food pantries, and ammunition depots.

In order to maintain the normal operation of the equipment in the underground fortifications, the Gauls also built special power stations and power grids for each fortifications to ensure that the underground fortifications would not lose power, so that they could get in touch with the outside world through the radio at any time!

To tell the truth, in addition to the fact that such a fortification cannot be moved, it is simply an enlarged version of the tank, and it is indestructible and can eat and live in one!

And there are more than 5,800 fortresses like this on the entire Maginot Line!

This number shows how mad the Gauls were!

Of course, the Gauls spent a lot of money on the construction of these fortresses!

If the Gauls had invested the money they had invested in building their own armies, the historical Gallic campaigns might not have been so tragic.

Knowing that the Gauls were preparing to build the Maginot Line, Mainz was naturally very happy.

He was not at all concerned about the Gauls building defensive fortifications such as fortresses, after all, the Second World War had proved that the Maginot fortifications built at great expense by the Gauls were of no use at all.

He was worried that the Gauls would not die of thieves and had a small plan to invade Hans, which would give him even more headaches!

However, since the Gauls were so knowledgeable and began to act as shrunken turtles behind closed doors, wholeheartedly building their own Maginot Line, then Mainz did not need to continue to worry about the invasion of the French army!

From now on, after removing the direct threat from the outside world to Hans, Mainz can finally start to transform and develop the German army according to his own ideas!

After all, the sun never sets and Eagle Sauce gave the German army a standing army quota of 500,000 in the Ruhr crisis, and Mainz will naturally not let go of such a good opportunity to expand the army!_

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