The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"There is such a ship?" Manstein couldn't help but widened his eyes.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "But this is just an idea of ​​mine, but I can't guarantee whether it will succeed!"

"This seems a bit..." Manstein looked at Qin Chuan hesitantly.

"A little unrealistic, isn't it?"

"Yes!"

"I think you should call Colonel Conrad, general!" Qin Chuan said, "He should be in Kiev now!"

Manstein nodded, and then said: "I think it would be better for him to come in person!"

With that said, he called the adjutant and ordered: "Get Colonel Conrad here immediately and arrange a plane for him, as soon as possible!"

"Yes, General!" the adjutant responded and left.

"Captain!" Manstein said after a pause: "Although this sounds a bit unbelievable, I am still willing to try and have hope for it. Do you know why?"

"Why?" Qin Chuan asked.

In fact, Qin Chuan could guess why. Qin Chuan was just cooperating with Manstein by asking.

"Because I know you have invented many useful things before!" Manstein said: "For example, the rocket launcher, the mine-sweeping tank, and that rifle... It's amazing that a soldier can actually invent these simple and useful things. Practical new equipment!”

"General!" Qin Chuan replied: "It is precisely because I am a soldier that I can invent these things!"

"That's right!" Manstein agreed: "Because only the soldiers fighting on the front line really know what we need!"

"Yes!"

"Just like now!" Manstein said: "This kind of boat you are talking about is exactly what we need, because it can help us avoid the complex terrain of the Caucasus and choose a more convenient waterway, especially It can also travel on land, do you know what this means? When we encounter an enemy at sea, we can go ashore when the fleet is threatened, and when the shore road is blocked or difficult to pass, we can go to sea... God, This is simply another kind of blitzkrieg, a blitzkrieg carried out with amphibious landing craft!”

This is exactly what Qin Chuan thought. The essence of blitzkrieg is actually to try to avoid a frontal push battle, but to constantly avoid the enemy's frontal defense and quickly penetrate to the enemy's weakness.

Time flew by while discussing the battle plan, and Conrad arrived more than an hour later.

His face was a little unhappy at first, and he didn't seem to be happy to be shouted at by Manstein. But when he saw Qin Chuan, his eyes lit up and he asked: "Captain, if I guessed correctly, Do you have any ideas for new equipment?"

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan handed over a sketch. Of course, the sketch was as ugly as ever.

"A boat with wheels?" Conrad looked confused.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan explained: "A propeller is installed on the back, and the engine can switch between wheels and propellers, so that it can travel at sea or on land!"

Conrad couldn't help but said "Oh" when he heard this, and then nodded repeatedly: "What a great idea, Captain!"

"Is it difficult to produce?" Manstein asked.

"No, it's not difficult!" Conrad thought for a while and said: "In fact... we can even combine the car chassis with the hull, and then add a propeller to it. We need to consider The problem is its tightness and weight!”

Conrad laughed as he spoke: "That's what's incredible about it. It can even be said to be very simple, but why didn't anyone think of it! Of course, this is not the first time that the captain has given me such a surprise. !”

Manstein couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan with admiration, raised his glass and said to Qin Chuan: "Thank you, Captain, you may have helped us solve a big problem!"

Then he said to Colonel Conrad: "Colonel, I hope you can get it out as soon as possible!"

"Okay, General!" Colonel Conrad replied: "I also hope to see it work for a moment. How many do you need?"

"The more, the better!" Manstein replied: "Within a month, we will need at least five hundred such ships!"

"But General..." Conrad's face couldn't help but change: "This is in the Soviet Union, we need it from Germany..."

"You can make these things in the Soviet Union!" Manstein interrupted Conrad: "Fly the people and things you need over by plane!"

"General, I also need a shipyard to make the hull, and an automobile factory to make the wheels and engines!" Conrad replied.

"You will have them!" Manstein said: "Although we did not capture much in the Soviet Union, it was more than enough to gather the equipment and workers of a shipyard and an automobile factory!"

"Yes, General!" Conrad responded.

"It's not just these!" Qin Chuan said: "Maybe we can... consider driving tanks in the sea!"

"Tanks in the sea?" Manstein and Conrad exclaimed at the same time.

None of this is surprising to Qinchuan, because amphibious landing ships and amphibious tanks are too common in modern times, but they have just been invented or are about to be invented in this era, so it is no wonder that they So surprised.

Of course, Qin Chuan didn't come up with these things on the fly. He knew that military equipment was no joke. Sometimes, although the idea is good, problems may arise when it is actually invented.

Qin Chuansheng's advantage was that he directly knew the results of the improvement and was very sure that it was feasible. So telling Conrad the design plan saved many detours and of course a lot of time.

Both of these pieces of equipment exist in fact, but they are not invented by Qin Chuan, but new equipment invented by the Yankees based on their needs when fighting the Japanese army in the Pacific: the former is an amphibious landing ship called "Duck", and the latter The latter is an amphibious tank called "Donald Duck"!

Their characteristic is that they are simple and easy to produce, and they can be easily produced with Germany's current strength.

"The principles of amphibious tanks are similar!" Qin Chuan said: "First of all, the tank must be sealed, and then a floating screen should be installed on the tank to increase its buoyancy. As long as the floating screen is large enough, the tank can float. On the water, add a propeller to its rear..."

Conrad nodded and said: "This may be easier to do than an amphibious landing vehicle, but... due to the weight of the tank, the speed may be very slow and dangerous!"

"These are not important!" Manstein said: "What we want is to get the tanks over!"