The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"How can we do it?" Alexander looked at Qin Chuan in surprise.

"Of course, we don't use the Brandenburg troops at all!" Qin Chuan replied: "We need them to provide intelligence!"

"This is not a problem!" Alexander said: "The Brandenburg troops have been providing us with intelligence. But what you are saying is... we want to capture a senior Soviet officer. This is almost impossible unless we Cross the river and fight them, and even then it's hard to find!"

Qin Chuan could understand what Alexander meant. Strictly speaking, Alexander was right. Capturing high-ranking enemy officers was indeed a rare thing. Unexpectedly, several generals would often be sent to capture them. In front of us, for example, when we were fighting in the African desert, several command vehicles carrying generals walked into the German ranks while walking.

But if you really want to catch him, it will be harder than climbing to the sky... It is easier to kill the target, but to capture him and bring him back alive as evidence is almost impossible in this era.

Qin Chuan looked around, then winked at Alexander.

Alexander understood and immediately took Qin Chuan to a small room next door. This was Alexander's private space, and it could also be said to be a privilege of being the son of Paulus.

"First of all, we have to lock in a target!" Qin Chuan said: "This target must be an insider. I mean, he must know the Soviet army's attack plan!"

"I know this, Major!" Alexander said: "It is not difficult to do this, but we must first know... Usually only officers with higher ranks are insiders, and officers with higher ranks are often the There are many guards, how can we capture them and bring them back without anyone noticing?"

"Colonel, you seem to have forgotten that we still have a helicopter!"

"God, are you saying that you are going to use helicopters to capture prisoners?" Alexander's eyes widened when he heard this.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan spread his hands: "Otherwise, what do you think? There is a river in front of us. On the other side of the river, there are large minefields and barbed wire fences of the Soviets. After that, there are their trenches, defenders, Tanks, artillery...how can we get through? The best way is to use airplanes, right?"

"But……"

"I know, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "Helicopters are very fragile. But when the enemy doesn't detect us, it doesn't really matter whether it's fragile or not, right?"

"You mean operating at night?" Alexander asked.

"Maybe!" Qin Chuan replied: "It depends on the situation, which is the goal I mentioned!"

"What's going on?" Alexander asked next.

"I have already said that the target must be an insider..." Qin Chuan replied: "Secondly, because the helicopter is very fragile, its operating location must be far away from the front line, otherwise we may not have a chance to escape!"

Alexander nodded in agreement. The front line was densely populated by enemy troops. Even though the helicopter could easily cross various obstacles and suddenly land near the target like a magic weapon descending from the sky and even capture the target, when he looked up, he saw that the helicopter had been destroyed. ...and none of them will be able to come back.

"Again!" Qin Chuan continued: "There must be a place suitable for helicopters to take off and land near the target!"

Alexander nodded again, he already somewhat understood the tactics Qin Chuan was talking about.

"You mean..." Alexander casually took a map, took a pen and drew a line representing the Soviet defense line, then found a position behind the defense line and said: "For example, this position is behind the Soviet defense line. , a division headquarters or a corps headquarters, we use helicopters to fly directly over this headquarters, rappel and arrest important officers in the headquarters, and then take them to the agreed landing point to bring everyone back by helicopter? "

"Yes!" Qin Chuan praised: "You understood quickly, Colonel!"

"Major!" Alexander said with a slight embarrassment on his face, "I don't think this is a compliment!"

"Sorry, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "I didn't mean that!"

Qin Chuan did not mean that. The reason was that Qin Chuan felt that it was normal for him to know this. It was difficult for Alexander and others to understand this cross-era tactic, but Alexander quickly understood it, which shows that he is not rigidly bound to Traditional tactics, so Qin Chuan is indeed praising Alexander.

But from Alexander's perspective, as a famous colonel, he still needs to be "understood" like a student in front of Major Qin Chuan, so Qin Chuan's words seemed a bit ironic.

"You don't need to apologize, Major!" Alexander sighed with emotion: "I know the gap between me and you, just like the tactics you mentioned... I originally thought you must be crazy, but after listening to your step by step After the introduction, I felt that it was very likely to succeed, and this tactic was even tailor-made for helicopters!”

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan did not deny it.

"Although we have used similar tactics once on the sandbar..." Alexander continued: "But there is an essential difference between the two: on the sandbar it is just a simple rope descent, and then the helicopter can leave. But this time the helicopter To hover nearby or even land and then bring people back is definitely much more difficult than rappelling!”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan was a little surprised. Alexander could see so many problems just by imagining it. This was already quite difficult.

"So the Soviets are still unprepared, aren't they?" Alexander continued: "Their impression of helicopters may still be on the rope-drop sandbar, so they may strengthen the air defense of the sandbar, but they will never think of us. But he went back to capture the prisoner. Wow... I want to see the expression on the prisoner's face when he is brought back!"

"Where did we just talk?" Alexander suddenly remembered Qin Chuan's topic: "Oh, by the way, is there a fourth point?"

"Yes!" Qinchuan replied: "We must be very familiar with the environment where the target is located, including troop deployment, terrain, target location, etc., and even the enemy's equipment. The reason is that we must be in the shortest possible time. Eliminate all threats within the time limit and bring out the target. This is obviously impossible without accurate intelligence!”

"Totally agree!" Alexander replied: "Leave these to me, Major!"

"Don't we need to report to the general?" Qin Chuan asked.

"This is just a small operation!" Alexander said: "Maybe we can wait until it is successful and then report back!"

Qin Chuan knew that Alexander didn't want to cause trouble, so he simply kept it a secret from Paulus.