The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Monthly tickets, brothers! I have been listening to lectures by great masters in Shanghai these days, and I still maintain three chapters every day. It’s not easy! Wait until the soldiers come back to break out again, don’t miss out on your monthly tickets!

What Hitler meant was exactly what Qin Chuan meant.

Even if the Americans are wealthy, they are still unable to support Japan, the French battlefield they have opened, and all the assistance and even energy needed by the entire Soviet Union... Among them, the amount of energy required is the largest. Within the limited transportation capacity, The United States often has to choose between aid and energy.

"So, Lieutenant Colonel!" Hitler asked Qin Chuan: "You mean we should defend?"

"Of course, Your Excellency the Head of State!" Qin Chuan replied: "As long as we occupy Baku, the lifeline of the Soviet Union is already in our hands. Victory is only a matter of time! All we need is the final force to gather the Soviets in Kursk. The power of the Soviet Union is eliminated, and then we can wait for the decline of the Soviet Union!”

"Your Majesty the Head of State!" Manstein added from the side: "We have seen on the exercise field that the 'Tiger' has not been well solved in terms of maneuverability, but it has shocking defense and firepower. , then...it seems to be more effective in defensive battles!"

This is obvious, because defensive warfare means that the "Tiger" does not have to march long distances on unfamiliar terrain and does not have to withstand too much enemy firepower, so it will not face so many mechanical problems.

What's more important is...

Qin Chuan added: "Your Excellency, if the 'Tiger' malfunctions during the attack and fails to capture the enemy's defense line, then our 'Tiger' will be at risk of being captured by the enemy, and this is Our new tank..."

Needless to say, what follows is that once the new tank is captured by the Soviet Union, the Soviets will analyze the performance of the "Tiger" from all aspects, which of course includes the maneuverability of the "Tiger", so " All the weaknesses of the "Tiger" will be exposed to the Soviet army, and the Soviet army will make corresponding tactics based on these data and even develop equipment to deal with the "Tiger".

Weapons and equipment are often like this. If the enemy does not know its weaknesses, it will repeatedly lose and be restrained on the battlefield. But after knowing it, it is another matter.

The most typical one is the showdown between the United States and Japan on the Pacific battlefield. The U.S. Air Force was almost defeated by the Japanese Zero Fighter before it knew the weaknesses of the Japanese Zero Fighter. However, after capturing an almost complete Zero Fighter by chance, The US military repaired it and tested it, and found that it easily disintegrated during a high-speed dive. They developed a series of tactics and even developed targeted fighter jets to address this weakness, and the situation soon reversed.

For the same reason, the "Tiger" tank cannot be captured by the Soviet army. Otherwise, the Soviet army only needs to formulate tactics based on the "Tiger"'s high obstacle rate, which will be enough for the German army to torment for a while.

After thinking for a while, Hitler nodded and said: "You have successfully convinced me, Lieutenant Colonel. It seems that we do not need to launch an attack!"

Hitler then turned to Manstein and said: "Draw up a detailed defense plan and send it to me!"

"Yes, Your Excellency the Führer!" Manstein replied, and then he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

After Hitler and his party left, Manstein said with lingering fear: "God, you successfully convinced the Führer. I can't imagine what would happen if we attacked rashly under such circumstances!"

"I just offered something that the Führer couldn't refuse!"

"Yes!" Manstein nodded and replied: "Victory, no one can refuse victory, and victory can be achieved at a smaller cost. As long as the head of state understands this, the matter will not be difficult to solve!"

After a pause, Manstein added: "But this does not mean that we can win, do you understand?"

"Of course, Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied.

Of course Qin Chuan understood that the final key to this battle still fell on ME63. To be precise, it is the training of ME63.

However, this problem seemed to be unsolvable. Qin Chuan had been troubled by this problem when he returned to the military camp of the First Infantry Regiment five miles southwest of Kharkov.

Colonel Slain only arrived in Kharkov on the third day... The helicopter sorties were not enough to transport the entire 1st Infantry Regiment at once, so they had to be divided into several batches. This is also the reason why Colonel Slaine did not go to Manstein with Qin Chuan to accept the training mission.

"What happened?" When Colonel Slaine walked into the headquarters and saw Qin Chuan's bitter face, he couldn't help but ask: "What else can make our 'Legendary Sergeant' worry?"

"Colonel!" Qin Chuan handed the training documents to Colonel Slaine: "We may only have one month to complete it..."

"Uh-huh!" Colonel Slaine flipped through the documents casually: "Training, isn't it? We are training all the time!"

"But didn't you notice that this training is a little different from usual?"

"What's the difference?" Colonel Slain flipped through the documents again and shrugged. Apparently he still didn't find the point.

"Okay, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "We train ME63, but we don't have that many ME63 at all... Let's do the math. Every eight people are in a group. We can roughly divide it into three hundred groups. There are two operators in each group, which means we need to train 600 operators, and then you know, if it takes ten ME63s to train one operator, how many ME63s do we need?”

"Let me do the math!" Colonel Slain replied: "Well, it seems to be 6,000. I counted correctly!"

"Your arithmetic is so good, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied helplessly: "But we can only produce E63 in total this month. If we use them all for training, we will have nothing to use on the battlefield against the Soviets. The tank!"

"Oh, that's a shame!" replied Colonel Slain.

"Just a pity?"

"Then what else could it be, Lieutenant Colonel?"

"You are the commander of the First Infantry Regiment!" Qin Chuan said, "This should be an issue you need to consider!"

"That's right!" Colonel Slain raised the document in his hand and said to Qin Chuan, "Do you know how I solved this problem?"

"How to solve it?" Qin Chuan's eyes couldn't help but light up. He thought Colonel Slaine already had a solution.

But it turned out that Qin Chuan was still too naive.

Colonel Slain threw the document in his hand in front of Qin Chuan, then pretended to be serious and said: "Lieutenant Colonel, I order you to solve this problem!"

"Look!" Colonel Slain spread his hands and said, "The problem has been solved!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned.

But it does seem to be a good solution, at least for Colonel Slaine.