Of course, not all infantry anti-tank equipment is competent for Manstein's need to win this battle.

For example, anti-tank guns and bazooka can be regarded as infantry anti-tank equipment, but their role in the battlefield is very limited... Anti-tank guns can only attack sneak attacks, and often only have close distances to penetrate the armor of T34 tanks, which is not considered a jump. Bazooka has low accuracy and short range.

The ME63 not only can effectively penetrate the target armor but also has a range that is simply amazing... one thousand meters or even further, which is even outside the range of the enemy tanks, so it will form the advantage of "the German army can defeat the Soviet army but the Soviet army cannot defeat the German army". Only in this way can the German army stop the Soviet army's "steel torrent" on the battlefield.

In fact, the situation is more severe than what Manstein and Qin Chuan can imagine.

Because at this time the Soviet army had invested a number of new fighter jets: "Il"-2M3, "La"-5, and "Jacques"-9 fighter jets.

Among them, the maximum speeds of the "La" 5 fighter and the "Jacques" 9 fighter are 648 kilometers and 672 kilometers per hour, which is almost no longer related to the German BF109's 710 kilometers per hour.

More importantly, with large-scale assistance from the United States, the Soviet Union's industrial production was restored, and these fighter jets were put into production at an astonishing speed. For example, the "La" 5 fighter jets produced more than 1,000 in just five months, with an average of 200 per month.

But Qin Chuan believes that this situation will not last long.

The reason is that the United States and Britain have not yet launched a large-scale battle with Germany. If there is any battle, it will be a small fight in Africa.

Therefore, the United States could support the Soviet Union more than invest resources in its own battles.

If the United States and Britain opened up a second battlefield in northern France, then the United States would have to fight against Japan on the one hand, and on the other hand, it would have to fight against Germany on the other hand, and at the same time it would have to assist the Soviet Union.

Therefore, the United States' aid to the Soviet Union will inevitably decline step by step.

At this time, the Soviet Union mainly relied on the aid of the United States and Britain... The loss of the Baku oil field caused most of its energy. At this time, the Soviet Union probably used up its energy reserves for Kursk.

In other words, if we can fight the Soviet Union in this battle, the Soviet Union will soon enter the embarrassing situation of insufficient energy. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to regard this battle as Stalin's last attempt.

The order was issued soon, and the 4th Armored Army was ordered to be transferred to Kharkov. After all, the defense in the Caucasus region was more of infantry and mountain troops, and the armored troops and mechanized troops did not have much effect here... In fact, what is more important is to reinforce the Central Army, otherwise it would be completely necessary to place an armored army in a place as important as the Baku Oilfield.

However, this time the 4th Armored Army was a bit troublesome because the traffic in the North Caucasus region and its northern area was destroyed and not restored. At the same time, there were also Soviet scattered generals from the north, so it was obvious that this could not be transferred.

In the end, I could only go to the Krim Peninsula, that is, from the Egoso through the Kerch Strait, enter the Krim Peninsula and then go to Kharkov.

The entire journey is nearly 2,000 kilometers in a long circle, and many areas (starting from the Krim Peninsula) are covered with heavy snow. If you are a regular marching, you may not be able to get there for a few months.

Fortunately, the Caucasus and the Krelin Peninsula are at the rear. In order to facilitate transportation to the front line, railways were built and transported trains were put into operation after capturing these places. Therefore, the army and even tanks could be mobilized by train transportation, which was a bit troublesome when crossing the Kerch Strait. However, this trouble was much less due to amphibious landing ships.

Of course, the first infantry regiments such as Qin Chuan did not need to go around like this. They took a helicopter to reach Solione first, and then flew across the Azov Sea to Kharkov... This was done to avoid the sneak attacks of the Soviet scattered soldiers on the Caucasus Mountains as much as possible. Although this may be very small, the Soviet troops above were either frozen to death or starved to death. Even if they were still alive, they did not even have the strength to pull the trigger.

But there is a saying that goes, "Be careful to sail for ten thousand years." When you should be cautious on the battlefield, you must be cautious. After all, this is an excellent soldier on a fragile helicopter.

The temperature dropped sharply after the helicopter arrived in Soliot... This was the first feeling of leaving the barrier of the Caucasus Mountains. However, the soldiers seemed to have become accustomed to all this, and each took out the cotton coat from his backpack and put it on.

"I think I'll miss the Kinovburg!" said the baker: "At least there is warmth!"

"I've already started missing!" said Werner.

"Oh, of course!" Alphredo replied: "This period should be your happiest day, leading the team to receive countless cheers and applause!"

"By the way!" Qin Chuan remembered the event as he heard this and asked, "Werner, have we won the championship?"

"No, Lieutenant Colonel!" Werner replied a little embarrassedly: "We only won one runner-up, and the championship was taken away by the 92nd Infantry Division!"

"What's going on?" Qin Chuan asked.

"This..." Werner replied: "They have more professional baseball players!"

"Hmm!" Qin Chuan said: "Have you told them that we will see you on the battlefield in the future?"

"Of course!" Werner replied.

"In fact..." Kuhn said: "Werner told them with his fists and bat!"

"Oh?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but look at Werner in confusion.

"It's not my fault!" Werner spread his hands: "They foul, and the referee is obviously partial..."

"Have you won?" Qin Chuan interrupted Werner's words.

"Of course!" Werner replied.

"Very good, Werner!" Qin Chuan said: "This is more important than the championship, let them know that the 21st Armored Division is not easy to mess with!"

There was a pride laughter in the cabin.

The helicopters flew in a snow-white wilderness, and occasionally passed by a long train of troops dragging forward with difficulty below, everything seemed to be frozen.

Qin Chuan looked back at the Caucasus Mountains in the distance and couldn't help but feel mixed emotions.

In fact, Qin Chuan was reluctant to leave the Transcaucasus. It was like a safe haven for the cold world outside. Although there were also battles there, and it was not less casualties caused by other places.

But as the baker said, at least there was warmth there. And other places... large areas of the Soviet Union were either covered with snow or mud. When these had not completely subsided, there were tanks, shells and corpses.
Chapter completed!