The decisive battle against the Third Reich

In fact, this cannot be blamed on Feng Bock.

Because as an army group commander, von Bock is more concerned about strategic issues. He is not very good at understanding a new piece of equipment, especially if this piece of equipment is nothing more than an individual weapon... If it is a new type of tank, he would still be willing to do so. Go find out.

Therefore, von Bock took it for granted that this MP43 was a submachine gun, and it was unimaginable to completely replace rifles with submachine guns in the army.

So an hour later Colonel Slain appeared at von Bock's headquarters with Qin Chuan and Colonel Conrad.

While reviewing the documents, von Bock glanced up at the three people standing in front of him. The moment he looked away, he noticed that one of them was wearing a Knight's Cross in the middle of his collar, and then he looked at it in surprise. He looked at Qin Chuan and asked, "Are you..."

"Captain Frick, commander of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company, Your Excellency Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied loudly.

At first, Feng Bock didn't realize anything. After a while, he suddenly remembered something. He tapped his fingers in the void a few times and asked, "Are you that...'Legendary Sergeant'?"

"Yes, Your Majesty Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Very good!" Fon Bock closed the document, stood up, walked to several people, raised the document in his hand and asked: "You are all battle-hardened heroes, so please tell me why you decided to use a submachine gun without authorization Replace the rifle? Do you think that the battlefield in the future will be like yours in the Battle of Holm? Standing on a defensive line full of ice and snow with a height difference of several meters, waiting for the Soviets to charge towards you in groups? "

"Excuse me, Marshal!" Colonel Slaine was a little unhappy after hearing these words of von Bock: "The Battle of Holm is not as simple as you said at all. We still have to face a large number of enemy tanks. , and we don’t even have the necessary anti-tank equipment, so we can almost use our bodies and blood to stop their advance!”

When Von Bock heard this, he realized that he had made a mistake. Holm was a battle that shocked the whole country, and this battle was also used by the media as a model of unity and cooperation in the German army... Soldiers from 60 units were there. Fighting together ultimately resulted in victory.

So it is indeed inappropriate for von Bock to say this.

"I just want to know the reason!" Von Bock said: "When we are desperately replenishing tanks and artillery, you are asking for bullets, submachine gun bullets!"

"Actually, that's not a submachine gun, Marshal!" Conrad replied: "That's our new equipment, MP43!"

"Then what is it?" Von Bock asked.

Conrad couldn't help but was stunned for a moment. He didn't know if it would be a good thing to explain this matter too clearly. After all, they had "deceived" the head of state into producing this equipment by concealing the truth.

"It can also be said to be a rifle!" Qin Chuan replied: "A rifle that can fire continuously!"

Feng Bock looked at Qin Chuan, then at Conrad, and then quickly became impatient.

"No matter what it is!" Von Bock said: "I don't care about this. What we need more is a tank, understand? Tank!"

"Excuse me, Marshal!" Qin Chuan said, "Why do we need tanks?"

"What did you say?" Von Bock couldn't believe that a captain dared to talk to him with such an attitude.

"It's just for victory, isn't it?" Qin Chuan said: "And our rifle, if used properly, may have greater combat effectiveness than a tank and ultimately win, so why not us?"

Von Bock couldn't help laughing, and asked with full disdain on his face: "You mean... this rifle will play a more important role than a tank?"

"Maybe!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Can it stop enemy bullets?" Von Bock asked.

"No, it can't!"

"Can it penetrate the armor of enemy tanks?"

"No!" Qin Chuan shook his head.

"Or it could blow up enemy bunkers!"

"of course not!"

"Then why can it play a more important role than a tank?" Von Bock said with a hint of anger.

"Because it can bring us victory, Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Very good!" Seeing that Qin Chuan refused to give in, Feng Bock thought for a while and said, "How about we make a bet, Captain?"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be startled, expecting that this bet would not be too easy, but now there seemed to be no way out, so he stood up and said: "I have no objection, Your Majesty Marshal!"

Von Bock turned his attention to Colonel Slaine. Colonel Slaine glanced at Qin Chuan, then stood up and said: "I have no objection, Marshal!"

"Very good!" Von Bock nodded and said: "If you win, I will give priority to your supply application. Not only that, I will also provide you with more ammunition and supplies, but if you lose... you know what to do. do it?"

Colonel Slain stood up and said, "We'll get the rifle back!"

"Uh-huh!" Von Bock responded, walked back to his desk, picked up a pen, signed a pass, handed it to Colonel Slaine and explained: "In three days, you will bring your troops and report to General Manstein. , maybe you have heard that he is in some trouble, as the captain said... If that rifle can play a more important role than the tank, you should be able to solve this problem, right? "

Hearing this, Colonel Slaine couldn't help but widen his eyes: "But your Excellency, Marshal..."

"Are you going to give up?" von Bock interrupted Colonel Slain.

Colonel Slain hesitated for a moment and then replied: "No, Marshal, we are willing to try!"

"Very good!" Von Bock said, "You can go!"

As soon as he walked out of the headquarters, Qin Chuan asked curiously: "What's going on? Is it troublesome?"

"Of course!" Conrad interrupted: "General Manstein's 11th Army is attacking the Crimean Peninsula!"

Hearing Qin Chuan from the Crimean Peninsula, he couldn't help but say "oh".

Of course he knew about this famous battle... The Crimean Peninsula is located below Kiev, and its terrain extends into the Black Sea like a hook. In other words, it is connected to the mainland on one side and surrounded by the sea on three sides. It is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack terrain.

More importantly, the Crimean Peninsula is located behind the German defense line, and there are as many as three army groups... A considerable part of the Soviet army's besieged troops fled to the Crimean Peninsula to fight stubbornly.

It is conceivable that if these Soviet troops are not eliminated, the German Army Group South will never be able to move eastward with confidence. Otherwise, the Soviet troops on the Crimean Peninsula will launch a counterattack from behind to attack the German rear at any time.