The decisive battle against the Third Reich

But Conrad was obviously unwilling to let Qin Chuan do this, because he thought it would be like committing suicide with his "work", so Conrad argued with Qin Chuan:

"Its top speed is only 200 kilometers per hour, so it will be a target when it encounters enemy aircraft!"

"I won't let it touch the enemy aircraft!" Qin Chuan walked into the cabin, but quickly backed out because there was nothing interesting in the cabin, just the familiar "Junkers 52".

"We have air superiority!" Qin Chuan said: "As long as there are a few BF escorts, the enemy fighter planes will not be able to get close to us!"

"It would be a good target for enemy anti-aircraft guns and even machine guns!" Conrad added.

"Maybe..." Qin Chuan replied: "The enemy's air defense equipment has no time to react! I mean, if we approach at low altitude!"

"God!" Conrad looked at Qin Chuan: "You don't want to approach at a low altitude and then let the soldiers slide down the rope to attack!"

"You guessed it right!" Qin Chuan nodded.

"You're crazy!" Conrad said: "It can only carry 20 people on one plane, and 200 people on ten!"

"Do you think I'm crazy?" Qin Chuan turned around, looked at Conrad, and said seriously: "Colonel, I will be one of them. Do you think I will die like you want? ?"

"I believe you can't, but..." Conrad looked at his "work". He really couldn't imagine that this thing could still fight.

After a while, Conrad nodded and said, "Okay, I believe you!"

"Hmm, why do you suddenly believe it again?" Qin Chuan was a little surprised.

"Because you still have Hannah!" Conrad said.

Qin Chuan was stunned for a moment, and then the two of them suddenly laughed in unison.

"How long will it take to modify it?" Qin Chuan asked: "I mean, install a machine gun on it, make a hole in the belly of the machine, and install a sling!"

"A few days!" Conrad replied: "It's not complicated!"

"Very good!" Qin Chuan said, "I think we should go talk to Alexander!"

In Paulus's headquarters, Paulus and his staff seemed to still be discussing the feasibility of blowing up the dam, because Qinchuan heard someone talking about at least flooding the central ferry to make it difficult for the Soviet army to supply.

This is indeed true, but the problem is that after the water level of the Volga River rises, the Soviet army can even sail the ship directly into Stalingrad.

But there was no need to argue about this issue. Qin Chuan and Conrad walked in together.

Paulus had no expression on his face, but Alexander nodded towards Qin Chuan and said, "Major, are you here to say goodbye to us?"

"No, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "I think I have found a way!"

Alexander's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Paulus with surprise and joy. Paulus shook his head slightly, as if to tell Alexander not to have high hopes.

But no matter what, Paulus still made way for Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan went straight to the topic as soon as he came up. He pointed to several sandbars on the Volga River and said: "Gentlemen, the flow of the Volga River is gentle. Sandbars like this can be seen everywhere on the river and are quite large. The Soviet approach is, Arrange fortification area troops to build reinforced concrete fortifications to resist our army's bombing, and arrange artillery, including anti-aircraft firepower, among them!"

"Yes, we know this!" Alexander said: "The artillery fortifications on it caused a lot of trouble for our air force to block the Volga River and occupy Stalingrad!"

"What's the use of saying this, Major?" Paulus said: "Your strategy is not to let the artillery and air force blow up these sandbars!"

"No, of course not, general!" Qin Chuan replied: "I want to occupy these sandbars!"

Hearing this, the officers couldn't help but be startled.

"Occupy? How can it be done?" Paulus asked.

"Major, these sandbars are in the middle of the Volga River!" Alexander said: "Unless we launch a landing operation, it is impossible to occupy these sandbars!"

Then the landing operation is almost impossible to succeed, because these sandbars can be said to be surrounded by the Soviet army, with Stalingrad on the left and the east bank on the right. The landing operation is almost courting death.

"There is another way, Colonel!" Qin Chuan said, "We can airborne!"

The officers looked at each other, and then someone laughed: "Airborne? Our airborne troops will fall into the river to feed the fish!"

This is common sense in airborne operations. It is difficult for paratroopers to accurately grasp their landing point, so airborne landing on a sandbar is naturally a wishful thinking.

Conrad seemed to understand what Qin Chuan meant, and he answered for Qin Chuan: "No, gentlemen, we can indeed airborne. This airborne method allows us to deliver our troops to these sandbars very accurately and quickly! "

Paulus seemed to have remembered something. He looked at Conrad and asked, "Are you talking about that weird plane you flew over?"

"Helicopter!" Conrad replied.

Paulus turned his attention to Qin Chuan again.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan confirmed the answer: "The biggest advantage of the helicopter is that it can hover. We can use it to deliver troops to the sandbar as quickly as possible and occupy it."

Paulus hesitated and asked, "How many troops can you send?"

"Two hundred people!" Conrad explained: "We have ten helicopters, each of which can carry 20 people!"

"There are 500 to 1,000 troops stationed on a sandbank. Can 200 people be sure to quickly occupy it?"

"This shouldn't be a problem!" Alexander said: "Most of the Soviet troops on the sandbar are artillery, and they are unprepared! If we invest elites..."

As he spoke, Alexander glanced at Qin Chuan and said, "For example, the 1st Infantry Regiment equipped with MP43!"

Alexander was right. Normally, the 1st Infantry Regiment could achieve a casualty ratio of 1:10 against the Soviet army, not to mention the non-infantry professional troops attacking the sandbar.

"What about supplies?" Paulus asked again.

"On the one hand, it can be transported by helicopter!" Qin Chuan said: "On the other hand, we can use Soviet equipment. They will definitely store considerable ammunition on the sandbar!"

This is of course, because the sandbar can be said to be an important fulcrum for the Soviet frontline firepower, and it is also very safe, so ammunition must be transported up ship by ship and stored in the underground fortifications above it.

Alexander kept nodding and looked at Paulus expectantly: "General, the fortifications on the sandbars can be used to avoid Soviet bombings, and these sandbars can see the central ferry, so they will look similar to Mamaev Hill. The artillery on the sandbank can even directly bomb the central ferry!"

This is exactly what Qin Chuan thought.