But in fact, Qin Chuan is not sure.

Although in theory there are enough ME63s, the ME63s have not been transported since the 1st Infantry Regiment went into battle, and now they have a thousand.

1,000 ME63s, if played well, can destroy 300 enemy tanks, even if you simply subtract this number...... Of the 700 tanks of the Soviet army, 400 of the 300 tanks were destroyed, which was no longer a great advantage over the 200 tanks of the German army.

What's more, judging from the combat situation on the Kovo Plain, the role that new weapons can play on the battlefield is sometimes not a simple matter of adding or subtracting numbers, but also a matter of controlling the whole field.

For example, the torrent of Soviet tanks launched an attack on the German defense line, and there were just a dozen or twenty tanks in a wave that could break through the German fire blockade and enter the German defense line, and then it was these ten or twenty tanks that caused the chaos of the German defense line, resulting in the collapse of its defense, and finally losing the battle.

If the ME63 could destroy these dozen or twenty tanks on the road, the Soviet tanks would come up in waves, all of them would be destroyed on the offensive road and unable to penetrate the German lines.

Even the intensity of this impact will become weaker and weaker with the increasing wreckage of tanks and the problem of morale.

Therefore, if the ME63 could really destroy 300 tanks, there would be no problem, at that time I was afraid that the 5th Tank Army of the Soviet Guards would have collapsed long ago, and the Germans would undoubtedly have won.

The question is whether the ME63 can still destroy its target with a three-to-one hit rate as before.

Qin Chuan has been worrying about one problem...... The operator must continue to control the ME63 warhead for more than ten seconds, and if this flaw is discovered by the Soviets, the effect of the ME63 will be reduced by a number of stages.

Qin Chuan's worries unfortunately became a reality.

As an anti-tank weapon that was urgently developed and equipped, the ME63 will inevitably have some problems when used on the battlefield, such as the problem that some ME63s are launched but do not explode.

As a result, the Soviets got two almost complete ME63 warheads.

Vatujing was ecstatic, and immediately transferred several scientific researchers to study and analyze it...... The reason why scientists were transferred to the front line instead of sending the rockets back was because of the fear of accidental explosions in the process of sending them back.

Then, not surprisingly, the researchers found a wire attached to the rear of the warhead, and then it was natural to deduce how the rocket changed its trajectory in the air and hit the target.

"They think someone is manipulating the rocket and making it hit the target!" Lieutenant General Kazakov reported to Vatutin: "It is with this wire attached to the rocket, and this has been confirmed, many people have found such a wire on the battlefield, but they do not know what it is used for!" ”

"You mean ......" Vatutin, looking at the drawings and holding the wire in his hand, which is so thin that it is difficult to see with the naked eye, said, "They use this wire to control rockets?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Vatutin!" Lieutenant General Kazakov replied.

"So, it's not auto-tracking?" Vatutin asked again.

"Yes, Comrade Vatutin!"

After a pause, Lieutenant General Kazakov pointed to the tracer tube behind the drawing and said: "Many of us have seen a bright spot behind it on the battlefield, and we have not understood what this bright spot does before, and now we combine it with wire...... We think it is easy for the shooter to observe the position of the rocket and make it more accurate! ”

Vatutin nodded, and then said thoughtfully: "In other words, they need to control this rocket for more than ten seconds before they can accurately hit the target......

At this moment, the staff officer took a telegram and reported to Vatutin: "Comrade Vatutin, Comrade Rotmistrov report that the Germans have signs of retreat!" ”

Without saying a word, Vatujin took the telegram, and after reading it for a while, he turned his gaze to the map.

"They may want to retreat south of the Pshore River and hold on to the river!" Lieutenant General Kazakov said: "If this is the case, then there is trouble!" ”

Vatutin didn't speak, he looked at the drawings of the rockets and looked at the time, and it was dawn in about twenty minutes.

Vatutin saw this as an opportunity, and immediately ordered: "Send the information to Comrade Rotmistrov, and then let him organize an offensive at once, and the Germans must not be allowed to escape to the south bank of the Pshore River!" ”

"Yes!"

At this time, Colonel-General Rotmistrov was leading his command group to observe the German army on a high ground southwest of Prokhorovka.

From the outset, Rotmistrov advocated an active attack, believing that his troops were strong enough to crush their opponents, but Vatutin repeatedly ordered him not to act rashly, because the Germans had a new anti-tank weapon in their hands, which could deal a fatal blow to the tank troops.

But Rotmistrov was not impressed, believing that the defeat of the 5th Guards Tank Army on the Kovo Plain was due to the fact that the attack surface was not wide enough and the tank units could not be deployed.

Prokhorovka was different, where tank units could attack the enemy from both sides, even if the Germans had new weapons...... It will also eventually collapse under its overwhelming offensive.

It was for this reason that the Germans wanted to withdraw to the south bank of the Pshore River.

Rotmistrov anxiously watched through the telescope as the lights guiding the tank on the opposite side faded away, and the staff officers around him kept reporting:

"Enemy tanks were observed on the Pshore River, drove to the south bank!"

"Discovered that the Germans laid mines on the front line!"

"The enemy is building fortifications on the South Bank!"

……

"Comrade Rotmistrov!" At this time, the staff officer reported: "Comrade Vatutin ordered us to organize an attack at once, and not to allow the enemy to flee to the south bank of the Pshor!" ”

"It's finally here!" Rotmistrov ordered: "Prepare for battle!" ”

"And this!" The staff officer handed over another telegram and said: "They have found a weak point in the 'tracking rocket'!" ”

Rotmistrov took the telegram and looked at it, then nodded and said: "The end of the invaders has come!" ”

So, before the sky was completely bright, the Soviets launched an attack on the Germans.

The campaign began with air and artillery battles.

First of all, a large number of shells with a whistling sound poured into the German positions, a considerable part of which was aimed at the pontoon bridge over the Pschor River...... The destruction of the pontoon bridge would effectively prevent the Germans from retreating to the south bank of the Prussian River.

The second was that the fighters covered a large number of bombers to fly over the Pshore River, and after dropping a few flares, the bombers dropped a large number of bombs on the pontoon.

What the Soviets did not expect was that the Germans had no intention of fleeing to the south bank at all.