The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Rommel and the 21st Armored Division were sent to the Eastern Front, which did not happen in history.

Because at this time in history, the Afrika Korps was actively organizing a counterattack after being pushed back to Algeria and fought all the way to El Alamein. However, after a stalemate for several months, it was completely defeated in November... This defeat made Rommel unable to recover. , Germany also completely lost Africa.

Of course, none of this happened.

Not only did it not happen, Germany also built a stable defense line in Algeria and Tunisia and entered a stalemate with the Allies. Even because Germany discovered oil fields in Algeria and successfully blocked the Strait of Gibraltar, the counterattack was not so urgent... One reason is that air supremacy is in the hands of the British and American troops, and the German counterattack will be greatly restricted.

At the same time, Gabes adopted the idea that the tunnel defenses did not require too many armored troops, so the armored divisions of the Afrika Korps were idle.

On the Eastern Front, the German army lost a lot of equipment and soldiers due to the failure of the Moscow Battle... A rough estimate is that Germany lost more than 40,000 trucks, more than 200,000 horses, tens of thousands of artillery pieces of various types, and nearly 5,000 aircraft. Planes and more than two thousand tanks.

It is not surprising that they suffered such heavy losses. The main ones were tanks. Almost the entire army was wiped out and only a few survived... The German army was on the offensive at the time, and all the tanks were driven to Moscow and Leningrad for attack. The sudden attack The cold snap made it impossible for the German army to transport fuel to the front line, so large numbers of tanks and vehicles were abandoned as scrap metal.

It is said that when the German defense line stabilized, only 140 tanks were left for use in the 16 armored divisions of the three army groups on the Eastern Front (Note: There were originally 19 armored divisions on the Eastern Front, three of which were transferred to Sicily and Greek direction).

On one side, the armored units have nothing to do, and on the other side, there are almost no armored units available, so of course the armored divisions of the Afrika Korps will be transferred to the eastern front.

"I think they are all exhausted after this battle!" On the train, Rommel handed Qin Chuan a cup of coffee: "Now, let's see who can regain his strength first!"

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan agreed.

He knew who Rommel was referring to by "them"... At this time, Rommel could not be said to be a member of the Eastern Front Battle Group, so he looked at the German and Soviet troops on the Eastern Front from a third party's perspective. military.

"But I think..." After taking a sip of coffee, Qin Chuan said, "The Soviets should be able to regain their strength faster!"

"Why?" Rommel asked.

"The reason is very simple!" Qin Chuan replied: "The Soviet army is more primitive, they have sufficient soldiers, and they can go directly to the battlefield without training. In addition, there are advantages such as the production speed of tanks and shorter transportation and supply lines!"

Rommel nodded, his brows furrowed.

This is obvious. Germany's supplies and equipment need to be transported from Berlin, which is more than a thousand kilometers away. Although it can rely on trains, it is still very difficult to transport enough ammunition, equipment and soldiers in a short time, and these are very difficult for the Soviets. Saying it is not a problem.

After a pause, Rommel said again: "I heard that we have the advantage in air power!"

"This is indeed true!" Qin Chuan said: "We have always had air superiority on the eastern front, otherwise we would not be able to defend Holm at all!"

"How interesting!" Rommel laughed at himself: "If we had air superiority in Africa, we could fight back to Egypt and drive the British and Americans into the sea!"

Rommel obviously failed to let go of Africa.

At the same time, Qinchuan believed that Rommel was right. The Allies' battle was mainly based on air supremacy. Without air supremacy, they would not know how to fight.

The Soviet army's battles were mainly based on human sea tactics, which was something that air superiority could not reverse.

It is precisely because of this that the German army in history was defeated in both Africa and the Soviet Union.

Of course, now because of Qin Chuan, things may be different.

Perhaps because of worries about the front line, Rommel quickly fell into deep thought until Qin Chuan asked: "General, where is our destination?"

Rommel raised his head as if he had been awakened. He was stunned for a moment before realizing what question Qin Chuan asked, and then replied: "We are going to Kiev, Captain!"

"Kyiv, Army Group South?"

"Yes!" Rommel nodded.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but wailed in his heart, he would appear wherever he was busy... Army Group Center was the main force before, and it landed in Holm, the most dangerous place, with just one airdrop. Now, it was Army Group South's turn to be the main offensive force, and he was transferred to Army Group South.

(Note: Army Group Center was severely weakened in the Battle of Moscow, and Hitler had no choice but to launch a new round of offensive with Army Group South as the main force)

But this seems normal. You must know that the 21st Armored Division and even Rommel are experienced new forces. Of course, they must be sent to where they are needed most.

When the firepower stopped at the German base outside Kiev, Qinchuan learned that there was not only the 21st Armored Division in Kiev, but also his own First Infantry Regiment.

Because it was Colonel Slaine who came to greet them.

After not seeing each other for a while, Colonel Slaine and Qin Chuan could not help but hug each other warmly.

"Captain!" Colonel Slain said, "I heard that you were assassinated by those Bolsheviks in Frankfurt. I'm glad you're safe. You didn't return to the army so late... I thought something happened!" "No, everything is fine!" Qin Chuan replied, "They just gave me this!" Qin Chuan showed the Knight's Medal in front of the discipline buckle. Colonel Slain couldn't help but whistled: "Good guy, the Knight's Medal, very beautiful, you deserve it!" Colonel Slain paused and said, "Believe me, if you stay in the army for a few more years, you will have so many medals that you can't even walk!" The two of them laughed. The base is two miles outside the city. The reason why it is so close is that the troops are often transferred into Kiev to encircle and suppress the guerrillas... Originally, these things should have been done by the security division, but in the previous Holm Battle, several divisions of the Soviet army were blocked in the German defense line. The result was that the guerrillas' strength increased greatly, and sometimes there were even organized sneak attacks on the German supply warehouses, such as Kiev. The combat effectiveness of the Soviet regular army mixed in with the guerrillas was sometimes beyond the ability of the security division to deal with, so the assistance of the German regular army was needed.

The car drove all the way into the base. Qin Chuan saw his subordinates from a distance, so he waved his hat and leaned out of the car window to shout at them: "Hey, guys, I'm glad to see you're still alive!"