The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Conrad and Hannah set off for Berlin that afternoon. After doing some preparation work in Berlin, they will take a research and development team to Algeria to further improve the ME163. The direction of improvement is of course just as Qin Chuan said. , the first is to combine proximity fuze and television guidance, and the further step is radar guidance and infrared guidance.

It is conceivable that the former can be realized quickly, because it is basically installing a proximity fuse on V1, while the latter will take a longer time.

Of course, this was not what Qin Chuan was thinking about. What lingered in his mind was the melancholy, helplessness and excitement on Hannah's face when she said goodbye.

Melancholy and helplessness are easy to understand and are the proper expressions of parting.

The excitement is also understandable to Qin Chuan... In a way, Hannah is a workaholic or a typical patriot. This can be seen from the last moment when she was injured in a test flight accident and she still used paper and pen to draw it. The cause of the accident and the concern about the B17 crisis can be seen.

Therefore, when Qin Chuan gave the idea to solve the problem, or it can be said that after Hannah got the answer she wanted, she naturally became excited and full of expectations for future experiments in Algeria.

Sometimes, Qin Chuan couldn't help but think: Did Hannah travel all the way to Baku this time to see him, or to solve the B17 crisis, or both?

Qin Chuan prefers the third answer, because when Hannah thought she would never wake up after the test flight accident, she drew a sketch and left a message to Qin Chuan.

Then Qin Chuan would think...why not leave a message to himself first and then draw a sketch? Do you think work is more important?

Then Qin Chuan felt that he was a little funny, but after two days of contact, he became more affectionate.

In fact, even if Hannah takes work more seriously, Qin Chuan can understand, because the nature of this work is different, it is related to the survival of millions of people in Germany and even the fate of Germany... Just like Qin Chuan also decided to stay Like being in Baku instead of following Conrad to Algeria.

This can be said to be a kind of helplessness in a state of war: no matter what happens, the country must be the priority, and personal interests are so insignificant.

But Qin Chuan has nothing to do if he stays here, because the situation in Transcaucasia has gradually stabilized.

This is mainly due to Hitler's deployment of three security divisions from the rear to the Transcaucasus. One of these three security divisions is responsible for the Taman Peninsula, one is responsible for the ports along the Black Sea, and the other is responsible for Baku.

Although the reputation of security divisions is not very good, they are professionals after all... This is mainly to deal with guerrillas. Although the soldiers of the German Wehrmacht can fight with the enemy on the battlefield and defeat the Soviet army time and time again, they have to deal with the common people hiding in the field. They don't know how to deal with the guerrillas in the enemy, because they don't know whether to treat them as civilians or as soldiers.

But the security divisions were good at it. Their presence freed the soldiers of the 11th Group Army from tedious affairs to concentrate on building a defense line, and they were soon on the right track.

As for the Soviet army, it was another story.

The loss of the Baku Oil Fields greatly shook the morale and confidence of the Soviet army to continue the war, because as mentioned before... the Baku Oil Fields accounted for 71.5% of the Soviet Union, and the loss of the Baku Oil Fields meant that the Soviet war machine At least half of them will stop, so war energy, resources and other aspects will be weakened.

Therefore, Stalin rushed to Stalingrad as soon as possible to convene a meeting with Soviet officers who had retreated from all directions.

"Some stupid people argue..." Stalin glanced coldly at the silent Soviet generals sitting on both sides and said: "We can continue to retreat eastward because we still have vast territory, a large amount of land and numerous population, and we always have plenty of food!”

At this point, Starling paused, and then continued with emphasis: "This is self-consolation. They are trying to use these reasons to excuse their disgraceful behavior and retreat. They are outright deception and false. This theory can There is only one thing to do, and that is to help our enemies! The enemies are sending more and more troops to the front line regardless of losses. They have penetrated into the heart of the Soviet Union, occupied new areas, destroyed and destroyed our cities and villages, raped and robbed us. Loot and kill our people!

So we must eradicate all talk that we can retreat endlessly, eradicate all talk that we still have vast territory, eradicate all talk that our country is very rich, eradicate all talk that we have a large population, eradicate all talk that we have Enough food remarks! Because they are lies, they are dangerous, they will weaken our fighting spirit and increase the enemy's prestige. We all should understand that if we do not stop the retreat, we will have no food, no fuel, no metal, no raw materials, no factories, no railways!

It's time to stop retreating!

I declare that we must tenaciously hold on to every position and every inch of Soviet territory until the last drop of blood is shed. We must hold on to every piece of our land and fight for it to the greatest extent! "

Then, Stalin set out to form the Stalingrad Front in Stalingrad.

At present, all front armies and group armies are also ordered to form their own "punishment battalions" and "interception teams".

It goes without saying what "punishment camp" and "interception team" are...

The former is to organize soldiers who have committed crimes or escaped or even have cowardly behaviors and thoughts into a unit (note: the front army sets up 1 to 3 punishment battalions, each battalion has 800 people, and the group army sets up 5 to 10 punishment companies, each company 150 to 200 people), and then deploy them to the most dangerous areas...In fact, sometimes it is not just the most dangerous areas, these places are more areas that have no strategic significance, that is, these soldiers are purely deployed there to die. Or embark on a series of suicide missions.

In Stalin's words, "let them wash away with their blood the crimes they committed against the motherland."

There is a saying on the modern Internet that Stalin did not shoot many deserters... This is indeed true. These deserters were just sent to "punishment camps" and then rushed to the battlefield.

The latter, also known as the "interception team", according to Stalin's order, is to "execute panic-makers and cowards on the spot in the event of panic and unauthorized retreat!"

Some people simply think that the "interception team" is to set up machine guns at the back to shoot deserters when the troops are charging. In fact, the power of the "interception team" is much greater than that of this kind of troops, and the equipment they use is much better. Zhukov once said The army's interception teams were equipped with tanks, and the "interception teams" could even arrest certain generals of the Supreme Command.