"Yes, the Kursk region!" Marshal Manstein replied while smoking: "I think the Soviets will attack first before us..."

As he said that, Manstein took out a map from his arms, spread it on the shell box next to him, and said, "Because we destroyed traffic and covered with heavy snow, our army could not fight back along the original route, the Soviets did not need to defend the Don River line, which means they are temporarily safe. This allowed the Soviets to transfer the main force of the Don River Front and the Stalingrad Front to the central part. At the same time, we also knew that the Soviets would be much faster than us in mobilizing and replenishing troops and equipment, so we have reason to believe that the Soviets had an absolute advantage in the Kursk area!"

Qin Chuan nodded in agreement, which was certain. Not to mention that the main force of the German army was in the Southern Army Group, even if the Southern Army Group was transferred to the Central Army Group, I am afraid that this would still not be able to change.

Manstein continued: "Once the Soviets broke through the Central Army's defense line, they would capture Kirovgrad south and then take Odessa directly. Do you know what will happen?"

(Note: Kirovgrad, also known as Kirovgrad, is a city in central Ukraine and is not the same location as Kirovburg in the Transcaucasus)

Qin Chuan raised his head in shock and said, "We will be surrounded!"

"Yes!" Manstein nodded: "I believe this is the plan of the Soviets. We did build a solid line of defense in the south using the Krim Peninsula and the Caucasus Mountains, but what if the Soviets surrounded them together with the Krim Peninsula?"

Manstein was right. Although the Transcosso region can produce food, oil, and even several arsenals can solve the supply of some ammunition, the problem is that this is an army group. If it is cut off from Germany, it will not take long to fall into a situation where there is insufficient ammunition and cannot fight.

"So!" Qin Chuan said: "The Soviets' goal is still us!"

"Of course!" Manstein said: "Of course it was us. The reason was very simple. We occupied the lifeblood of Baku controlling the Soviet Union... Soviet industry was seriously affected, including the production of equipment, etc. If there were no exponentially increased aid by the Americans, the Soviet Union should have been vulnerable at this time!"

"So the Soviet Union wanted to take back Baku in such a big circle!"

"That's their intention!" said Manstein: "By the way, we will be solved!"

It is conceivable that if the Soviet Union's strategy was successful, the German army would undoubtedly collapse in the Eastern Front.

"What should we do?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Reinforce the Central Army!" Manstein said: "Stop the Soviet attack. Our intelligence shows that the Soviets concentrated a large number of tanks, aircraft and troops in the Kursk area, and they are likely to launch an attack in the winter. The reason is that the Don River is frozen in winter and it is beneficial to their offense, while on the other hand, they think they are better at fighting in the winter!"

This is indeed, but this is a little different from the Kursk Battle in history... The Kursk Battle in history did not start until July of the following year, and Germany was the offensive side.

"The Soviets gathered almost all of their tanks!" Manstein said: "New, old, American, British, Soviet, etc. Our intelligence personnel believe that there are at least 4,000 tanks and 2,000 aircraft in the Kursk region."

The actual number is actually more than Manstein estimated. The Soviet army assembled more than 5,000 tanks and 3,000 aircraft.

Even if the German Central Army Group is backward, there are only more than 1,000 light tanks, which of course cannot stop the "steel torrent" of the Soviet army.

"That's why we need ME63?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes!" Manstein replied: "That's why we need ME63, tanks used to deal with the Soviets. And be quick!"

Qin Chuan had no objection to this. After all, the rocket launcher has a serious defect, the wind skew rate is too short. If ME63 is used to it, then the German infantry can form a powerful strike against the enemy tank troops in two ranges in the distance and near.

Finally, Marshal Manstein said: "I hope you can work with Colonel Conrad to further improve ME63. I will contact them on the Maginot plan, and Colonel Slein should also come back to lead his regiment. As for the military advisers, I believe they already know what to do!"

"Yes, Lord Marshal!"

So that night, Colonel Slain returned to Kirofburg.

What made Qin Chuan a little ridiculous was that Colonel Slein said to Qin Chuan after getting off the plane: "Do you know? Lieutenant Colonel, General Rumanlin, protested against this, he thought you were sneaking away!"

"Why did I run away?" Qin Chuan was puzzled by this.

"You have to ask General Rumanlin!" said Colonel Slain: "Before I got on the plane, General Rumanlin repeatedly told me to tell you, don't forget the Magino plan. There are many flaws in that line of defense. He told you to go back!"

Qin Chuan couldn't help laughing. He knew... General Lumanlin was worried that they would not be able to defend the defense line after Qin Chuan left.

Of course Qin Chuan will not forget the Maginot Line of Defense.

Even for Qin Chuan, the Maginot line of defense is the key point, because in his opinion, the US military will be much harder to fight than the Soviet army.

This is not only because the US military has been raising its strength until then, but also because of the terrible logistics and industrial capabilities of the US military... While being shot down one fighter, the United States has the ability to take off two fighter jets. After the aircraft carrier enters standardized production, it can produce more than a dozen (Essex-class aircraft carriers) every year. Even the Soviet Union cannot match such a production speed.

More importantly, the famous German generals cannot adapt to the battle without air supremacy. When fighting against the United States and British Allied Forces, air supremacy must not belong to Germany, at least for the moment.

So even if the Battle of Kursk was about Meijie, Qin Chuan believed that it was necessary to discuss the issue of ME163 with Conrad.

"You said on the phone that there is a problem with ME163 that cannot be solved?" Qin Chuan asked Conrad: "What's the problem?"

"Oh, yes!" Conrad said: "This problem has happened in Africa, Lieutenant Colonel!"

Conrad was bent over and observed the ME63, and then stood up straight: "Have you ever thought that ME163 is different from ME. It uses liquid fuel. It takes time to fill up the fuel before launching and then prepare. All of this is likely to be discovered by American reconnaissance planes, and then..."

Conrad spread his hands and said, "Can you imagine them bombing ME163? The venomous liquid splashes everywhere!"
Chapter completed!