Chapter 720 Defense
The next morning, a jeep was waiting outside Qinchuan's dormitory.
What surprised Qin Chuan was that the staff officer who came to pick him did not wake up Qin Chuan, but waited until Qin Chuan woke up. While drinking millet porridge and gnawing on roasted potatoes, the staff officer walked into the dormitory under the guidance of the guard.
"Major!" The rank of the staff officer was also major, but he saluted Qin Chuan and said respectfully: "General Paulus asked you to go to the command center!"
Qin Chuan took two sips of porridge, ate the potatoes, took the equipment that was placed next to him, and asked casually: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
"Two hours, Major!" the staff member replied.
Qin Chuan couldn't help but look back in shock when he heard this: "Why didn't you wake me up?"
"General Paulus has given it in particular!" The staff officer replied: "The most urgent moment has passed, and we should not disturb your rest for an irrelevant meeting!"
Qin Chuan shrugged, he seemed to be used to all this.
The trip was still the same as before, first at the airport and then flew to Karachi... Because the German army had occupied Stalingrad, Paulus moved the command forward to Karachi.
The advantage of this is that you almost arrive at the command center as soon as you get off the plane.
What surprised Qin Chuan was that as soon as Qin Chuan walked into the command center, he saw a familiar figure... Rommel.
"General!" Qin Chuan stood up and saluted in front of Rommel.
"Oh, our hero!" Rommel looked up and saw that it was Qin Chuan, and laughed: "We were still talking about you just now. What a beautiful battle, Major! Although I know you will give us an accident and be mentally prepared, you still give us an accident!"
The generals burst into laughter.
Alexander served Qin Chuan a glass of wine, held Qin Chuan's hand and said, "Congratulations, Major! You succeeded!"
Paulus raised his cup and shouted to the surroundings: "For our heroes, for the legendary sergeant, for Stalingrad!"
"For Stalingrad!" the generals raised their glasses and cheered.
"Generals!" Paulus continued: "Although this is not surprising, we have won Stalingrad. But we all know that the battle is far from over so soon..."
"We know!" Rommel replied, "We should have been trembling with cold in Siberia at the end of the battle!"
The generals burst into laughter again.
"Many people think this battle will be the same as Moscow!" Paulus said: "This may be because of the shadow left by the previous attack on Moscow, or because the Soviets resisted tenaciously in Stalingrad. More importantly, winter is approaching us step by step but the situation has not progressed. But thank God, we prove to the world with facts that we have done that, this is not another Moscow, this is Stalingrad! And we are going to turn Moscow into Stalingrad!"
"Ha!" The generals cheered again.
After everything calmed down, Qin Chuan suggested to the map: "General, I wonder if you have noticed that our defense line is too weak? For example, the left wing of the Don River defense line and the right wing of the Volga River defense line, I noticed that they are all defended by Romanian and Italian troops!"
Qin Chuan would say this because the Soviet army launched a counterattack from these parts after the water in the winter river was frozen.
Although the German army has won the Battle of Stalingrad, these weak wings have not changed. In other words, the Soviet Union can still make breakthroughs from these two wings.
"Of course!" Paulus replied: "But you don't have to worry about this, Major. We have filled these gaps!"
"Yes!" Rommel replied, "Otherwise, what do you think we are doing, Major?"
Hearing this, Qin Chuan felt half relieved, because Rommel's tone, this defense was deployed by Rommel... Qin Chuan had seen Rommel's skills in Africa. He was not only good at attack but also at defense, especially Rommel's maneuvering defense.
Qin Chuan guessed correctly, defense was indeed deployed by Rommel, and it was a mobile defense... The Don River Defense Line and the Volga River Defense Line are very suitable for mobile defense, or it can also be said to be suitable for the German army.
On the one hand, the German army lacked military strength.
As mentioned earlier, if the lack of troops is insufficient, you can use your maneuverability and quality to supplement them. Just like a firefighter, you can arrange these mobile troops on the second line. You can launch a counterattack wherever you are attacked by the enemy or broken by the enemy. After you fight the enemy back, you can return to the second line to prepare for attack. So this mobile troops are everywhere within a certain range, and you will almost copy them and place them on the defense line.
On the other hand, the German army fully grasped air supremacy on the Eastern Front.
This is the basis of maneuver defense... If there is no air supremacy, enemy fighters will reconnaissance the mobile department and block the fighter with bombers, fighters, or cooperate with artillery to implement blockades. This will lead to the maneuvering forces being restricted.
But the German army did not have to worry about these things at all. It was a waste not to use mobile defense without using air superiority.
For this purpose, Rommel and Paulus also formulated a series of plans, such as the deployment points of the troops, the maintenance of highways, and the impact of the winter meeting on roads and tanks.
In these aspects, the German army should be said to have very experienced experience. As long as they have time to prepare, they naturally know what to prepare.
"And Berlin will send reinforcements for us!" Paulus added: "The Head of State is very satisfied with the victory we have achieved. And..."
Paulus pointed to the map and said, "From Stalingrad to the north, the Southern Army Group and the Central Army Group will form a clamp attack on Moscow. The Supreme Command believes that we need more troops as the main force of the attack!"
Qin Chuan nodded.
This idea is indeed feasible. If two German armies advance towards Moscow at the same time... then Moscow will be really dangerous.
Even if this is not done, the Southern Army has Rommel organized mobile defense, and there are also supplementary soldiers from Berlin... Qin Chuan thought that this way, there should be no need to worry about the German army being defeated like in history.
However, Qin Chuan felt vaguely that the situation should not be so smooth.
"Major!" Alexander noticed the worried look on Qin Chuan's face and asked, "Do you think there is a problem with this deployment?"
"No, I don't think there is any problem!" Qin Chuan replied: "It's just... I believe that the Soviets would not sit still and wait for death like this!"
"So what do you think the Soviets would do?" Alexander asked.
Chapter completed!