"No, Lieutenant Colonel!" said Conrad. "Hannah is fine, she's just injured!"

"And you didn't tell me!"

"It was her who told me not to tell you. At that time, you were lying on the hospital bed because of a shoulder injury!" Conrad replied.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but remain silent. After a while, he asked: "How is Hannah's injury?"

"Don't worry, Lieutenant Colonel!" Conrad said: "She was just scratched by shrapnel. She was lucky to be out of the scene when ME163 was bombed. She was injured during another bombing. The Americans discovered our research base, although they didn't know what we were studying!"

"Didn't we use the on-board launch system?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Of course there is!" Conrad replied: "We got the information from the American bomber dispatch, then filled the cave and drove it out... But they had fighters escorting at low altitudes, and ME163 had a long trail, and after one was launched, the position was exposed soon. A few seconds later, the American fighter appeared above ME163!"

After pausing, Conrad continued: "The explosion of ME163 is not terrible. You know, it will be transformed into non-toxic things after it explodes and burns. The problem is that a ME163 successfully escaped back to the tunnel, and the fuel of this ME163 leaked, so more than 100 people in the tunnel were spared. All we can do is to ignite it and blow it up!"

This is the danger of ME163. Using liquid fuel is indeed cheap, but sometimes it is fatal to front-line combatants.

"It's not just this problem!" Conrad continued: "It takes about twenty minutes for us to refuel. If the enemy bombers change the route during this period... Do you know what will happen? All our ME163s are useless. The enemy bombers fly over our defense safely because we don't have time to refuel. What's worse is that the ME163 that has been refueled still needs to undergo a lot of very troublesome and dangerous fuel recovery and cleaning!"

"So, we need to find an effective solid fuel!" Qin Chuan said.

"Yes, that's why I said it can't be used on the Maginot Line!" Conrad replied: "It's not suitable for the battlefield until these problems are resolved!"

In a certain way, Conrad is correct, especially in the direction of Maginot, it may need to dispatch many ME163s at one time, because at that time, the US military will dispatch bombard Germany and it is likely to dispatch hundreds of aircraft at one time... This means that the German army will have to deploy at least hundreds of ME163s before it can cause severe damage.

In fact, if you want to attack the US military strongly, it will take more, because several ME163s are needed to destroy a B17.

And so many ME163s will be deployed, and will become the target of good combat effectiveness of the United States and Britain.

but……

"You are wrong, colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "We can use other methods to solve it. I mean... at least some of the problems!"

"Other method?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "Why don't we dig a launch silo for it?"

"Silo?" Conrad obviously heard the term for the first time.

"Yes, the launch silo!" Qin Chuan explained: "As the name suggests, it is like a well, which can be constructed into an angle towards the enemy, with an auxiliary track, and the ME163 is arranged at the bottom of the well. The wellhead is usually covered with armor, and it cannot be found from the outside. Of course, the pilot cannot find it. It is only opened when it needs to be launched..."

"Good way, Lieutenant Colonel!" Conrad said: "If you do this, even if the enemy planes are on our heads, even if we fire a few ME163s!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "This can avoid problems caused by enemy bombing and strafing. On the other hand, we can also do a series of protective measures at the bottom of the launch silo, such as isolating the launch cabin from other places, so that even if the fuel leaks or even explodes, it will not cause much casualties or losses!"

"Great, Lieutenant Colonel!" said Conrad. "You should have told us this earlier so we don't have to be so embarrassed!"

"But I didn't know that there was such a problem with this project!" Qin Chuan said: "This is confidential to me!"

"Okay!" Conrad apologized: "It's my fault, Lieutenant Colonel, I should have discussed these with you long ago!"

After walking a few steps, Conrad turned around: "But the desert doesn't seem to be suitable for building a silo!"

"You can transfer the base to the Maginot Line!" Qin Chuan said: "I believe that Lieutenant General Rumanlin will definitely welcome you!"

There is no doubt about this, because the entire line of defense seems to be waiting for ME163, and only it can stop the US high-altitude bombers... Otherwise, the Maginot Line of Defense actually does not have much significance, because the US and British troops can use France as their base to bomb a batch of industrial bases in Germany, and even the Algerian navy and any point they want to bomb. This will not take long, and the combat effectiveness of the German army will become weaker and weaker, but the Allies are just the opposite.

Only after solving the problem of ME163 can Qin Chuan have time to turn his attention to the present.

Manstein is worthy of being a famous general, and Qin Chuan believes that he accurately grasped the focus of the upcoming battle... Individual anti-tank equipment.

The Soviet tanks had a terrifying number, more than 5,000... This is almost twice the total number of German tanks.

If it were before, the German army could rely on air force advantages and tanks to cooperate with the Soviet armored forces. However, the Soviet army also concentrated a large number of air forces to compete with the German army for air supremacy.

In this case, the German army was in a symmetrical danger:

Although the Air Force has an advantage in quality and combat effectiveness, it will be dragged by Soviet fighters and cannot or will be difficult to reinforce ground forces. The Soviet army even has advantages in this regard, because the Soviet Air Force has a numerical advantage, they can use some fighter jets to drag the Luftwaffe and then use another fighter jet to attack German armored forces.

In this way, the German ground tank troops were undoubtedly at a disadvantage, even though the German armored troops were equipped with "Tiger Style".

If the German tanks were at a disadvantage and eventually lost, then a large number of infantry would break through the German defense line like a tide under the cover of the tanks and submerge the German army.

Therefore, it is actually not fighter jets or tanks that can save the German army... The number of enemies and us is so different, even if the country mobilizes hundreds of fighter jets or hundreds of tanks, it will not play a big role.
Chapter completed!