The decisive battle against the Third Reich

When Manstein heard this, he immediately understood what Hitler meant... He was not stupid, and of course he knew why Hitler said "use the fastest speed" and "no matter how much money and manpower is invested".

To put it simply, Hitler still did not give up the idea of ​​attacking the Soviet Union, and it can even be said that he was still working hard in this direction.

Sure enough, after returning to the headquarters, Hitler said thoughtfully: "We have all seen that the 'Tiger' does have some problems, but we also see its excellent side. As long as we solve its problems The problem, yes, is to solve those engine and transmission problems, and then it will still be possible for us to attack and ultimately win!”

"Yes, Your Excellency the Head of State!" Marshal Kruger seemed to be relieved: "I firmly believe this. After all, the 'Tiger' is a new tank, and every new tank will always have some unexpected situations... "

"This is not a reason for it to go wrong, my Marshal!" Hitler said: "Because there is no reason to talk about war. It is directly related to the fate of Kursk, even the fate of the Eastern Front, and the fate of Germany! "

Hitler saw this very accurately. Kursk was indeed a fateful battle, even for the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union in history may not have been like this, because even if the Soviet Union failed in the battle of Kursk, they could still reorganize a powerful force in a short period of time. After all, the industrial production capacity was there, with a thousand vehicles per month. T34, an armored force with 5,000 tanks can be organized in five months.

but……

The Soviet Union today is different from the Soviet Union in history.

In the Soviet Union of this era, the Baku oil field fell into the hands of the German army. Even if its industrial capacity was still there and the equipment was still there, the equipment would soon be unable to operate due to lack of oil.

At the same time, even if they produce so many tanks, it will be in vain because they simply don't have that much oil.

The reason why the current Soviet Union can still organize so many tanks and so many aircraft is that it has consumed all their fuel reserves and coupled with the assistance of the United States and Britain, they hope to seize back the Baku oil fields and solve the oil crisis.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan said: "Your Majesty the Head of State, maybe you are right, and so is Marshal Kruger. If we launch an attack, we will probably defeat the enemy and win!"

Hearing this, Manstein couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan in shock. He didn't understand how Qin Chuan could say such a thing.

"Very good, Lieutenant Colonel!" Hitler's face became better: "You gave me confidence, this is very important!"

"I just don't understand why we are doing this, Your Excellency the Führer!"

"What don't you understand?" said Hitler. "We need to win, don't we?"

"Of course, we need victory!" Qin Chuan replied: "We can win by doing this, but such victory must be partial!"

"Partially?" Hitler asked back: "You mean... we will still be blocked by the Soviets? No, no, as long as the 'Tiger' solves its problems, nothing can stop us!"

"You are right, Your Majesty the Head of State!" Qin Chuan said: "It is true that nothing can withstand the footsteps of the Tiger, but will the Americans and British let us defeat the Soviet Union?"

Manstein only reacted after hearing this. He nodded and said: "The Lieutenant Colonel is right. The Americans and British are actively preparing for war in the UK. Perhaps they are still in a wait-and-see attitude and are considering whether to intervene. This war. If we attack Kursk and win, or even attack Moscow again... we will force the Americans and British to attack!"

Hitler was stunned when he heard this, and then immediately stood up from his chair and walked to the map.

"So!" Qin Chuan said: "It's not that there is anything that can stop the Tiger's attack. It's not that the Tiger cannot defeat the Soviet Union, but are we ready in France? Can we stop the Americans and the British? If we can’t land human planes, warships and batches of tanks, we may lose France due to Kursk’s counterattack and be attacked from both sides!”

"If we don't counterattack, won't the Americans attack France?" Marshal Kruger certainly disagreed with Qin Chuan's statement.

"You are right, Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied: "Even if we don't counterattack, the Americans will still attack France. But not now..."

"Yes!" Manstein said: "We all know that the Americans and British have always adopted a wait-and-see attitude. They hope that both we and the Soviet Union will lose. In this case, if we perform too strongly on the battlefield, or say To achieve more victories, the United States and Britain will not be able to intervene. On the contrary, if we are on the defensive and the Soviets are attacking us, and even on the surface it seems that the Soviet army has the advantage, then the Americans and British will continue to wait and see. This also means we have more preparation time on the Western Front!”

This hit the nail on the head of Hitler, and the importance of France goes without saying.

France's basically complete industry and basically free manpower... these have created countless armaments and supplies for Germany, not to mention that Germany has also established French troops and a daily "protection fee" of 400 million francs.

Therefore, the French war can only be delayed by one day. From this perspective, Germany has no reason to launch a counterattack on the Eastern Front.

"What's more..." Qin Chuan added: "What I don't understand the most is that we can obviously wait for victory, why are we in such a hurry to cause trouble for ourselves?"

"Wait for victory?" Hitler looked at Qin Chuan puzzled.

"Yes, Mr. Fuehrer!" Qin Chuan said, "Perhaps you have forgotten why Germany has not been able to increase production before!"

"Because of the lack of oil!" Hitler replied, "But now we are no longer short of oil. We have found oil in Africa, and the Baku oil field also belongs to us!"

"Yes, Mr. Fuehrer!" Qin Chuan said, "The Baku oil field originally belonged to the Soviet Union, and now it belongs to us. It once accounted for 71.5% of the Soviet Union's energy, which means... the Soviet Union will be short of oil!"

"Yes, the lieutenant colonel is right!" Manstein said, "Mr. Fuehrer, the Soviet Union lacks oil, which will definitely affect their production capacity. All we have to do now is wait for this time to come..."

"Maybe there is no such time, Marshal Manstein!" Kruger objected, "The Americans have increased their aid to the Soviet Union, including oil!"

"No, it will definitely be there!" Hitler nodded and said, "Because the Americans are also preparing for their own war!"