The decisive battle against the Third Reich

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Qin Chuan was speechless.

Manstein was right. Even planes and tanks were powerless in the face of such a fortress, not to mention the MP43.

Of course, Manstein finally won the battle, but his breakthrough method was a bit stupid, that is, to bring a bigger gun... This gun is called "Dora" railway gun, which is mobile on rails, with a caliber of 800MM, and the shells alone weigh 7 tons, which can penetrate 24 feet (8 meters) thick concrete.

There are also 3 533MM caliber siege mortars named "Karl" and 533MM caliber siege guns named "Gamma".

The weight of the former shell is 1.5 tons, and the latter shell is 1 ton.

You should know that the gun in the turret of the Soviet Sevastopol Fortress is only 305MM, while the German army brought more than a dozen guns larger than it and brought a bunch of shells with the train... and then bombarded the fortress for five days.

After five days, most of the Soviet artillery positions were paralyzed, so the German army was able to capture the fortress.

However, it is obviously inappropriate to use this method now.

Because this means that the German army still needs to wait for these huge cannons to be transported from Germany to launch the attack, and it will be a month after the battle.

This can be said to be a victory, but it can also be said to be a failure.

Because this delayed the German attack on the Soviet army for more than a month... The German army was ready for a counterattack, but it could not be launched because all the air forces were invested in the Crimea region to cover Manstein's attack.

More than a month may not be long for ordinary people, but it is fatal for a battle... Seeing that the German army was about to occupy Stalingrad and achieve the final victory, the severe cold of winter came again. (Note: The Battle of Stalingrad lasted from June 28, 42 to February 2, 43)

Therefore, Qin Chuan must rule out this option.

Colonel Slain took a few photos from the file, then frowned and said: "General, maybe we are more suitable to attack the Kerch Peninsula!"

"I think so too!" Manstein nodded and said: "The Kerch Peninsula is home to four Soviet armies. They have built three lines of defense there, and from time to time they launch a tide-like counterattack against us. Your new equipment will be more effective there..."

"No, General!" Qin Chuan said: "I think we should attack the fortress!"

"Hmm?" Manstein looked at Qin Chuan in confusion.

"The range of their artillery is 44 kilometers!" Qin Chuan said, "and Sevastopol is a port..."

"Yes, you are right!" Manstein nodded and said, "They can transport a large number of artillery shells from the Caucasus, which is also our headache. That is to say, the artillery of the fortress can not only defend Sevastopol, but also provide fire support for Kerch, especially when we attack Kerch... These artillery almost blasted us from our backs!"

"But what can we do?" Colonel Slaine looked at Qin Chuan: "We can only choose Kerch!"

"Maybe we can play a greater role in Sevastopol!" Qin Chuan said. "What is the purpose?" Colonel Slain asked, "Charge those fortresses?" Qin Chuan did not answer. After looking at the documents, he asked Manstein, "General, I want to know a few questions: the purpose of the small railway under the fortress; the driving method of the small train on the railway, and... the weight of the Soviet 305MM artillery shells!" Manstein was stunned when he heard this. He had indeed not asked about this information. He flipped through the documents and then nodded to the staff officer. The staff officer understood, said yes, and turned away. "Captain!" Manstein asked, "What's the use of knowing this?" "Of course it's useful!" Qin Chuan replied, "I think the size and weight of the 305MM caliber shells should not be small!" "Yes!" Manstein replied, "The shells are probably more than one meter long and weigh 387 kilograms. I can answer this because we have a few of their unexploded shells!" As he said that, Manstein found a few photos from the documents and handed them to Qin Chuan. When Qin Chuan saw that giant shell, he was thinking...what would the German 800MM railway gun shell look like? This world is really crazy.

"So!" Qin Chuan said while holding a photo: "Such a large and heavy shell, transportation, loading, etc. will be very difficult, and the turret is a narrow underground fortification, I am afraid that not many shells can be stored!"

Manstein couldn't help but "Oh": "So they built a small underground railway?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan said: "In addition to transporting troops, the small underground railway may be used to transport shells. Moreover, because it is underground, I believe that electricity will be used!"

"That's right!" Manstein said: "Because if coal or fuel oil is used, a lot of exhaust gas will be produced underground that cannot be discharged!"

At this time, the staff came back, and his report verified the guesses of Qin Chuan and Manstein: "General, the function of the small railway is mainly to transport shells from the 'Kurabe' ammunition depot to the turrets! The railway uses electricity and is converted from a small mining train!"

Manstein then turned his eyes to Qin Chuan and asked: "But what does this have to do with our attack?"

"General!" Qin Chuan said: "Then I want to know where their electricity comes from!"

Manstein couldn't help but said "Oh", immediately looked for it on the map, then pointed to a point and said: "Sevastopol Power Station!"

"Can we bomb?" Qin Chuan asked.

"We bombed it!" Manstein replied: "But it didn't have much effect. The Soviets obviously also considered this, so they built the power station on the reverse slope of the high ground and also made good camouflage and protection. !”

"So!" Qin Chuan pointed to the location of the power station on the map and said, "It is our target!"

"Us?" Colonel Slain couldn't help being stunned when he heard this: "But this power station is in Sesvatopol!"

"I know!" Qin Chuan replied.

"We can't get through their defenses!" Colonel Slaine was a little anxious.

"We don't need to pass!" Qin Chuan replied.

"No need to pass?" Colonel Sline asked, "What do you mean?"

"We can go around it on the sea!" Qin Chuan drew a line on the map.

"You're crazy!" Colonel Slain said, "The sea is full of Soviet warships!"

"So!" Qin Chuan looked at Manstein and said, "Our target should be the enemy's navy first. What I mean is... use the air force to drive the enemy's Black Sea Fleet out of this area first, and then we will have a chance. "