When Manstein heard this, he immediately understood what Hitler meant... He was not stupid, of course he knew why Hitler said "use the fastest speed" and "no matter how much money and manpower were invested."

Simply put, Hitler still did not give up on the idea of ​​attacking the Soviet Union, and it can even be said that he is still working in this direction.

Sure enough, after returning to the command center, Hitler said thoughtfully: "We all saw that there are indeed some problems with the 'Tiger', but we also saw its excellent side. As long as we solve its problems, yes, solve the problems of engines and transmissions, then we still have the possibility of attacking and ultimately winning!"

"Yes, Master Feng!" Marshal Kruger seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "I firmly believe in this. After all, the 'Tiger' is a new tank, and every new tank will always have some unexpected situations..."

"This is not the reason why it can cause trouble, my marshal!" Hitler said: "Because there is no reason to talk about the war. It is directly related to the fate of Kursk, even the fate of the Eastern Front and the fate of Germany!"

Hitler saw this very accurately. Kursk was indeed a battle that could determine his destiny, even for the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union in history may not have been like this, because even if the Soviet Union failed in Kursk, they could still reorganize a powerful force in a short period of time. After all, industrial production capacity is there, one thousand T34s a month, and an armored force with five thousand tanks can be organized in five months.

but……

The current Soviet Union is different from the historical Soviet Union.

In this era, the Baku oil field fell into the hands of the German army. Even if its industrial capacity is still there, the equipment will soon be unable to operate due to lack of oil.

At the same time, even if so many tanks are produced, it is useless because they don’t have that much oil at all.

The reason why the Soviet Union can organize so many tanks and so many aircraft is just to consume all their fuel reserves, plus the aid from the United States and Britain, hopes to regain the Baku oil field and resolve the oil crisis.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan said: "Your Highness, maybe you are right, and Marshal Kruger is right. If we launch an attack, we will probably defeat the enemy and win!"

Upon hearing this, Manstein couldn't help but look at Qin Chuan in shock. He didn't understand how Qin Chuan could say such words.

"Very good, Lieutenant Colonel!" Hitler's face became a little better: "You gave me confidence, this is very important!"

"I just don't understand why we are doing this, Master!"

"What don't understand?" Hitler said: "We need victory, don't we?"

"Of course, we need victory!" Qin Chuan replied: "We can win even if we do this, but such victory must be partial!"

"Partial?" Hitler asked back: "You mean...we will still be blocked by the Soviets? No, as long as the 'Tiger' solves its problem, there is nothing to stop us!"

"You are right, Master Yuan!" Qin Chuan said: "It is true that nothing can resist the 'tiger' footsteps, but will the Americans and the British let us defeat the Soviet Union?"

Manstein reacted after hearing this. He nodded and said, "Lieutenant Colonel is right. The Americans and the British are actively preparing for the war. Perhaps they may still be on the stand-by and watch now, considering whether to intervene in this war. If we attack Kursk and win, or even attack Moscow again... we will force the Americans and the British to attack!"

Hitler was stunned when he heard this, and immediately stood up from his chair and walked to the map.

"So!" Qin Chuan said: "It's not that there is anything that can stop the attack of the 'Tiger', it's not that the 'Tiger' cannot defeat the Soviet Union, but that we are ready in France? Can we stop the landing of Americans and British planes, warships and batches of tanks? If not, we may lose France due to Kursk's counterattack and lead to an enemy from both sides!"

"Will the Americans not attack France without counterattacking?" Marshal Kruger certainly disagrees with Qin Chuan's statement.

"You are right, Your Excellency Marshal!" Qin Chuan replied: "Even if we don't counterattack, the Americans will still attack France. But not now..."

"Yes!" Manstein said: "We all know that the Americans and the British have always taken a wait-and-see attitude. They hope that we will lose both sides with the Soviet Union. In this case, if we perform too strongly on the battlefield, or achieve more victory, the United States and Britain will not intervene. On the contrary, if we take a defensive position, the Soviets are attacking us, and even on the surface, the Soviet army still has an advantage, then the Americans and the British will continue to wait and see, which means we have more preparation time on the Western Front!"

This hits Hitler's point at once, and there is no need to say more about the importance of France.

France's basically complete industry and basically free manpower... These have created countless arms and supplies for Germany, not to mention that Germany has also formed French troops and a "protection fee" of 400 million francs per day.

Therefore, the French war can be one day later. From this perspective, Germany has no reason to launch a counterattack on the Eastern Front.

"What's more,..." Qin Chuan added: "What I don't understand the most is that we can clearly wait for victory to come like this, so why should we rush to cause trouble for ourselves?"

"Waiting for victory?" Hitler looked at Qin Chuan in confusion.

"Yes, Master Head!" Qin Chuan said: "Maybe you forgot why Germany has been unable to increase its production before!"

"Because of lack of oil!" Hitler replied: "But now we are not short of oil. We have found oil in Africa, and the Baku oil field belongs to us!"

"Yes, Master Yuan!" Qin Chuan said: "The Baku oil field originally belonged to the Soviet Union, but now it belongs to us. It once accounted for 71.5% of the Soviet energy, which means... the one who lacks oil will be the Soviet Union!"

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel is right!" Manstein said: "His Excellency, the Soviet Union lacks oil, which will definitely affect their production capacity. All we have to do now is wait for this time to come..."

"Maybe it wasn't this time, Marshal Manstein!" Kruger opposed: "The Americans have increased their aid to the Soviet Union, including oil!"
Chapter completed!