As soon as Qin Chuan arrived in Kharkov, he was summoned to the command center by Manstein.

"Sorry, Lieutenant Colonel!" Manstein raised his head to Qin Chuan while reviewing the documents in his hand, saying, "I can't welcome you with a ceremony because we don't have time!"

"I understand, Lord Marshal!"

"The Soviets would launch an attack at any time!" Manstein signed the document, handed it over to the staff, and turned back to Qin Chuan and said, "But our troops could not arrive because of poor traffic... This may be what the Soviets hoped!"

"How many troops can we reach?" Qin Chuan asked.

"I'm not sure, Lieutenant Colonel!" Manstein replied: "I originally hoped to concentrate two armies in Orel within a month, one army, the 4th Armored Army, to Kharkov and advance to...here!"

As he said that, Manstein pointed to a point on the map: "Belgorod region, but these two steps may not be able to do it!"

Qin Chuan found what Manstein said on the map, and then he understood... Orell and Belgorod were stuck in the throat of the Kursk protrusion. If the Soviet army did not respond to this, Manstein's troops would threaten the rear of the Soviet army and even divide the Soviet offensive forces into two.

"Do you know how many enemies we have to face?" Manstein pointed to several parts on the map: "This is the Soviet Union's Western Front, the Bryansk Front, the Central Front... and this is only what we know. It is said that the Soviets are still organizing a front army as a reserve. This means that the Soviets' troops are at least twice as powerful as ours! What I said is, if our troops can arrive in time."

The situation is indeed very serious.

If it were before, the German army might not care twice as much about the Soviet army.

But now, the German army has added a large number of inexperienced recruits, while the Soviet army has become veterans because of the battle... In this case, it is impossible to have the advantage of two troops in the military power, which is the same as usual.

"But none of these matters!" Manstein continued: "What is important is that Kursk and the terrain to the west are suitable for tank breakthroughs. If we can't stop them, we will be done!"

"That's why the First Infantry Regiment is here, right?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Yes!" Manstein nodded: "You have helicopters and can reach any point of interception, block enemy armored forces, or reinforce our armored forces."

Qin Chuan admitted that Manstein had a good idea, and the benefits of helicopters were here.

"We can produce 200 ME63s a day!" Manstein said: "The factory is located in Kharkov, you know, to send them to the frontline more conveniently."

Qin Chuan understood what Manstein said... If the First Infantry Regiment wanted to attack everywhere and intercept or even reinforce German armored forces, ME63 would definitely be indispensable.

"But this is far from enough!" Qin Chuan replied.

This is very obvious. Two hundred a day is 6,000 a month, while the Soviet army has four or five thousand tanks.

"Yes, I know!" said Manstein. "We will increase production!"

Manstein was a little busy because he took the document and signed it from his staff while talking to Qin Chuan.

"But this doesn't matter, isn't it?" Qin Chuan said.

"Yes!" Manstein replied: "So you have to hurry up and train!"

The staff officer next to him was confused when he listened to the conversation between Qin Chuan and Manstein.

The dialogue between smart people is easier. Both Qin Chuan and Manstein know that what is important is the lack of soldiers in the German army who can skillfully control ME63s. Just like the case of testing the ME63 in the shooting range... If you are not familiar with its control, you will not be able to hit the target at all, and the output of no number of pieces is useless.

After pausing, Manstein looked up from the document and asked, "Is there any other problem?"

"No, there is no problem, Your Excellency Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied.

Qin Chuan is lying, but in fact, there is a big problem... hurry up and train, how to train?

You should know that sharpshooters are fed with bullets, which means that training requires bullets and a large number of bullets.

Similarly, ME63 training also requires ME63 and a large number of ME63.

The problem is that the output of ME63 is only a little bit, it is not even enough for battlefield use. The First Infantry Regiment obviously cannot use or cannot use too many ME63s for training.

Then the question is...how can we train a sharpshooter without even no bullets.

Qin Chuan stood up and saluted, turned around and was about to leave the command center.

But when he first walked to the door, he was shocked to see Hitler appearing in the corridor with a group of officers.

"Oh, Lieutenant Colonel!" Hitler glanced at Qin Chuan unexpectedly. He took off his gloves and said to Qin Chuan: "I'm very happy to see you here. Are you about to leave?"

"Yes, Master Yuan!" Qin Chuan stepped forward and replied.

Marshal Manstein, who heard the sound, hurriedly came over and stood up to salute.

"Lieutenant Colonel!" Hitler invited Qin Chuan and Manstein to walk in: "Since you happen to be here, then join our discussion. I want to hear your opinions!"

"Discussion?" Qin Chuan didn't understand what Hitler meant.

Later he learned that Hitler was visiting the front line and making a judgment based on the inspection situation.

"Martin Manstein!" Hitler walked to the map and said, "I want you to listen to Marshal Kruger's thoughts first!"

A military officer stood behind, Gent von Kruger, commander of the Central Army Group.

He greeted Manstein slightly and said, "Sorry, Marshal Manstein, my idea is completely opposite to you. I think we should not take a defensive, but attack!"

"Attack?" Manstein couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this: "You are crazy! We are seriously inadequate in preparation. The Soviets had much more troops than us, and they also carefully built a defense network... They are looking forward to the German attack so that they can easily defeat us and then launch a counterattack!"

"No, I think the opposite is true!" Kruger said: "We all know that the Soviets are preparing for the offensive, so we cannot wait for the enemy to prepare and then launch an attack like we are now. It will be too late to wait until that moment appears. We must disrupt their strategic deployment, that is, launch an attack ahead of them and force them to take the defensive!"

“What should we do if we are not prepared enough?”

"The Soviets were not prepared enough!"

"What about the Soviet defense net? They have been building it since last year!" said Manstein.
Chapter completed!