The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The reconnaissance work is carried out step by step, the production of equipment is progressing quickly, and the First Infantry Regiment has also launched relevant training...

This task of using amphibious landing ships to implement a jump attack must of course be undertaken by the First Infantry Regiment. The reason is just as Manstein said to Qinchuan and Colonel Slain: "I think the troops who carry out landing operations and surprise operations The most important thing is to have strong firepower, because only in this way can we suppress the enemy’s beachhead firepower or the enemy with superior strength with fewer people!”

Qin Chuan had no doubts about this, because it was indeed true.

Needless to say, Manstein looked at Qinchuan and said: "Only the MP43 can do this, and in our army... it should be said that in the whole of Germany, the only one who has switched to the MP43 is the First Infantry Regiment! "

"Yes, General!" Colonel Slain glanced at Qin Chuan and then stood up and replied: "I accept this mission!"

After walking out of the headquarters, Colonel Slain took off his white gloves and said: "I have some doubts now, whether we are right or wrong to equip MP43!"

"I think so too!" Qin Chuan replied helplessly: "It might kill us!"

"That's right!" Colonel Slain turned to look at Qin Chuan: "So, Captain, as the person who should be responsible for all this, you have the obligation to ensure our safety. Do you understand?"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned. Knowing that this was a battlefield, how could Qin Chuan ensure the safety of others.

"You can do it!" Colonel Slaine seemed to understand Qin Chuan's thoughts. He patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Because you have always done this, and we all know this!"

What Colonel Slaine said seemed to be correct, but Qin Chuan wanted to say... He was forced, he just wanted to save his life.

This time too, in order to survive in future battles, the First Infantry Regiment started training early.

The training was carried out in Sevastopol, and because the amphibious landing craft were still under production, they had to be replaced by fishing boats.

Of course, swimming is also one of the required subjects, but swimming is not difficult. The key is to first practice how to breathe in the water according to the rhythm of sinking and floating, and then it is about physical strength and movement. It takes one or two days. Training will be enough.

Everything was going smoothly, but something went wrong because of an accident.

On this day, Manstein called Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan to the office.

After the two men stood up and saluted in front of Manstein, they discovered that something was wrong with Manstein's expression. In fact, it could be said that he was depressed.

"Gentlemen!" After a moment of silence, Manstein said to the two of them: "I think our plan cannot be implemented!"

"Why?" Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan couldn't help but look at each other.

Manstein said nothing and handed the two of them a document with a straight face.

The two took the document and looked at it for a while, but still didn't know the reason.

The document stated that the "Stork" aircraft on which the chief of operations of the 23rd Armored Division (under the 40th Armored Corps commanded by General Georg Sturmet) was shot down between the Soviet and German forward positions.

This was not a big deal, as frontline officers suffered casualties all the time.

Manstein seemed to see through the minds of the two men. He explained: "Yes, this is not a big deal, but the problem is that the chief of operations carries two documents about the deployment of our army's defense lines. These documents may It fell into the hands of the enemy!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help but suddenly realized that this could be considered a big deal now, but... he still didn't understand how this had anything to do with their plan.

"Is it included in our plan?" Qin Chuan asked.

"No, of course not!" Manstein replied: "I haven't even reported our plan. I hope to submit it to my superiors for approval when we are ready, but now it seems there is no need!"

"Why?" Colonel Slain asked.

"The head of state recalled General Stümet and sent him to a military court!" Manstein explained: "What's more serious is that he believes that a large part of the reason for the leakage of military secrets across the board is General Sturmet knows too much and knows too many things that have nothing to do with his combat mission!"

After a pause, Manstein continued: "So, the head of state issued an order: any officer can only know the situation that is necessary to carry out his specific tasks. In addition, he should not know any more information." . Anyone who violates this principle will be severely punished. In other words, according to this order, I can only know the information related to the Kerch Peninsula, and I cannot interfere with anything else!"

Then Slain and Qinchuan understood that Manstein had lost the power to obtain intelligence about the Caucasus region, and if he could not get this intelligence and even the support of other German forces, the plan would certainly not be implemented.

This was one of the many mistakes Hitler made.

It can be described as "losing food due to choking"...Because the leakage of intelligence is thought to be caused by the officers knowing too much unnecessary information, it is believed that as long as front-line officers do not know too much information, they will not and cannot leak too much. information.

What Hitler did not expect was that the result of this would be that the commander of an army or even an army group would be unnecessarily constrained, his vision would become narrow, and his judgment would be questioned.

According to this new regulation, even in his own combat zone, he should not take any interest in the entire situation on the front line, let alone the situation on other fronts or the situation at home!

Compared with the Soviet army and even the British and American armies, the biggest advantage of the German army is their command ability, military quality, and their ability to use their imagination and creativity to flexibly command the troops by looking at the overall situation on the battlefield.

Hitler's order undoubtedly seriously restricted this, and he even directly commanded and mobilized frontline troops again and again without knowing the frontline battle situation... There were many such situations in the Battle of Stalingrad, for example, Stalin could clearly be captured However, Grad abruptly transferred troops away to give the Soviet army more reinforcements and preparation time; for another example, attacking Stalingrad and the Caucasus at the same time was a serious strategic mistake. Choosing either of the two could achieve control of the Soviet oil limit. It has the purpose of industrial capability, but choosing both at the same time is redundant, unnecessary, and purely a foolish act of spreading troops and causing trouble for oneself.

This was one of the reasons why the German army suffered successive major setbacks and eventually collapsed.

But what if Qin Chuan knew this? Knowing that he was Hitler, could Qin Chuan still run up to him and accuse him of doing something wrong? !