The decisive battle against the Third Reich

I have something to do tonight, so I can only update three times. I will continue to update five times tomorrow.

"If we can capture the Caucasus Mountains, that would certainly be a good thing!" Stalin said, "But do you think we have the ability to compete with the Germans in the Caucasus Mountains?"

"Of course, Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov said, "I even think that it is only in the Caucasus that we can do it!"

"Why?" Stalin raised his head and looked at Zhukov. He didn't understand why Zhukov would take a fancy to the complex and harsh terrain of the Caucasus.

"Because it is the Caucasus!" Zhukov replied, "They are not familiar with the terrain and climate there, and their tanks, artillery and even aircraft are difficult to play a role there!"

"I know tanks can't go up, but artillery and aircraft..."

"Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov replied, "Artillery will cause large-scale avalanches. Unless they want to bury their own people, they dare not use them easily!"

Stalin nodded slightly, and his frown relaxed a little.

"The reason why the planes can't work is that the Germans always use high-speed planes!" Zhukov replied: "The Caucasus Mountains are full of peaks, which will limit the speed of the planes, otherwise they will crash into the peaks. So the Germans have no more advantages than our planes, which has been proven in previous battles!"

"That is to say!" Stalin replied: "Fighting the Germans in the Caucasus Mountains, we have as many difficulties as the Germans. And the advantages we have may not be available to the Germans?"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov replied: "The Germans have only three mountain divisions deployed in the Caucasus Mountains, of which only one is a well-equipped and well-trained German mountain division, and the other two are Romanian mountain divisions. We can form five mountain divisions!"

"What about supplies?" Stalin asked: "How to solve the supply problem?"

Manpower has never been a problem for the Soviet Union, and soldiers who can fight in the cold environment of snowy mountains are not a problem either... Many Soviet soldiers are from Siberia, they are used to this environment and do not need training at all.

The problem is: when the German army withdraws, it will destroy roads and railways along the way. People can cross over, but how to transport ammunition and food?

"These are not problems, Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov pointed to the map and said: "Our troops and supplies can be transported from the Volga River to the Caspian Sea..."

Vasilevsky reminded: "Comrade Zhukov, you seem to have forgotten that the Germans have air superiority, and their fighters and bombers will threaten this transportation line!"

"We can transport at night!" Zhukov replied.

"What if the river freezes?" Stalin asked, "You have to know that it is winter now!"

"Seawater will not freeze!" Zhukov pointed to the map and said, "The Germans destroyed the railways west of the Volga River. The railways and roads on the east bank were not greatly affected. They were just bombed by the Germans. We only need to repair these railways and roads before the river freezes, so that we can transport the supplies to the port of Vogdarsky, and then transport them to the Caucasus by sea!"

In this way, Stalin and Vasilevsky have no problem. After all, this is indeed a feasible plan that can deploy troops to the Caucasus Mountains in a short time.

Once the Caucasus Mountains are occupied, the German layout in the Transcaucasus will collapse completely, and even if the Germans do not withdraw from Baku, they will only be divided and surrounded by the Soviet army.

In other words, the Soviet army may recapture Baku... Just this one is enough to tempt Stalin.

On the other side, Qinchuan's "paradise"-like happy life ended with the arrival of the First Infantry Regiment on the train.

However, the soldiers were not immediately sent to hell. After all, except for Qin Chuan's First Battalion, the other troops of the First Infantry Regiment had never experienced helicopter rappelling training.

So the First Battalion was transformed into an instructor battalion to implement rappelling training for the entire First Infantry Regiment, and Qin Chuan was the commander of the instructor battalion.

As a result, the status of the soldiers in the First Battalion was immediately different... During the training, the instructor was the most important, whether it was a captain, major, lieutenant colonel, or even a colonel, they had to listen to the instructor, such as Colonel Slaine.

Qin Chuan once discussed this issue with Colonel Slaine.

Colonel Slaine was a veteran from World War I, and he was also the head of a regiment. It was really unacceptable for his subordinates to order him around like this.

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan persuaded Colonel Slaine: "You can choose to command in the headquarters, just like Colonel Alexander!"

"The headquarters only needs a colonel!" Colonel Slaine replied: "The front line needs another colonel!"

"But..."

"But what?" Colonel Slaine asked: "Major, do you think I am too old to withstand this high-intensity training?"

"No, of course not!"

"I can do it!" Colonel Slaine patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I don't want to miss this opportunity to make history by taking a helicopter!"

Qin Chuan was stunned. Colonel Slaine didn't seem to care about the "face" issue at all. He thought Qin Chuan was worried that his physical fitness could not keep up.

In fact, Colonel Slaine strictly required himself to follow the same unified standards as others during training... He even reprimanded the instructor when he found that the instructor was deliberately "letting go".

The instructor was none other than Werner, who unfortunately was assigned to the "hot potato" Colonel Sline.

Facing his colonel, he subconsciously did not dare to make too many demands on Colonel Slaine, so he turned a blind eye when Colonel Slaine failed to grasp the "point" accurately.

But Colonel Sline soon saw the difference in others.

"Second Lieutenant!" Colonel Slaine called Werner in front of him with a serious face: "I am asking you now as a colonel. If you don't accurately grasp the "carrying point", what dangers may arise when descending?"

"Report to the colonel!" Werner replied: "You may lose your balance!"

"Then..." Colonel Slain raised his head towards the rope on his body: "Are you trying to kill me?"

"No, Colonel!"

"If you do that again, I'm going to kick you out of the 1st Infantry Regiment, do you understand?"

"Yes, Colonel!"

"Great!" Colonel Slain said, "Now you are an instructor again!"

Of course, what Colonel Slaine did was right. As an officer, and more importantly, an officer who has to go to the front line to command, if you put less demands on yourself, you will only harm yourself.

Because what tests him is not others, but war and reality.