The reconnaissance work was carried out in a step-by-step manner, the production of equipment was progressing rapidly, and the first step of the Corps also launched relevant training......

Of course, the task of using amphibious landing ships to carry out a jump attack had to be carried out by the First Infantry Corps, for the reason that Manstein said to Qin Chuan and Colonel Slain: "I think the most important thing for the troops carrying out landing operations and surprise operations is the strong firepower, because only in this way can the enemy's beachhead fire or superior enemy be suppressed with fewer men!" ”

Qin Chuan had no doubts about this, because what he said was indeed the truth.

Needless to say, Manstein looked at Qin Chuan and said, "Only MP43 can do this, and our troops ...... It should be said that in the whole of Germany, only the first step corps was the first step to replace MP43! ”

"Yes, General!" After Colonel Slane glanced at Qin Chuan, he stepped forward and replied, "I accept this task!" ”

After walking out of the headquarters, Colonel Slain took off his white gloves and said, "I'm a little skeptical now that we're right or wrong to equip the MP43!" ”

"That's what I thought too!" Qin Chuan replied a little helplessly: "It may kill us!" ”

"That's right!" Colonel Slein turned his head to look at Qin Chuan: "So, Captain, as the person who should be responsible for all this, you have an obligation to ensure our safety, understand?" ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned, knowing that this was a battlefield, how could Qin Chuan guarantee the safety of others.

"You can!" Colonel Slane seemed to understand Qin Chuan's thoughts, he patted Qin Chuan's shoulder and said with a smile: "Because you have always done this, we all know this!" ”

What Colonel Slane said seems to be correct, but Qin Chuan wants to say it...... He was forced, he just wanted to save his life.

This time, too, in order to survive future battles, the First Infantry Corps started training early.

The training was carried out in Sevastopol, since the amphibious landing craft was still in production, so they had to be replaced by fishing boats.

Of course, swimming is also one of the compulsory subjects, but swimming is not difficult, the focus is to practice how to breathe in the water according to the rhythm of sinking and floating, and then there is the problem of physical strength and movement, and it will take one or two days to train.

Everything went well, but it was caused by an accident.

On this day, Manstein called Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan to the office.

After the two of them stood up and saluted in front of Manstein, they found that Manstein's expression was a little wrong, and in fact it could be said that he was frustrated.

"Gentlemen!" After a moment of silence, Manstein said to the two: "I think our plan will not be carried out!" ”

"Why?" Colonel Slane and Qin Chuan couldn't help but look at each other.

Manstein did not speak, but handed a document to the two with a straight face.

The two took the document and looked at it for a while, but they still didn't know what the reason was.

The document says that the 23rd Panzer Division (under Georg. The "Stork" aircraft in which the chief of operations of the 40th Panzer Corps under the command of General Stumet was shot down between Soviet-German forward positions.

This is not a big deal, and the casualties of front-line officers are all the time.

Manstein seemed to see through the minds of the two, and he explained: "Yes, this is not a big deal, but the problem is that this chief of operations has with him two documents on the deployment of the forces of our defensive line, which may have fallen into the hands of the enemy!" ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but suddenly realize, now this can be regarded as a big deal, but it's just ...... He still didn't understand what it had to do with their plans.

"Our plan is also in it?" Qin Chuan asked.

"No, of course not!" Manstein replied: "I haven't even reported our plan, and I'd like to report it to my superiors when we're ready, but it doesn't seem necessary now!" ”

"Why?" Colonel Slane asked.

"The Führer recalled General Stumet and brought him to a court-martial!" Manstein explained: "What is more serious is that he thinks that a large part of the reason for this leak of military secrets is that he knows too much about General Stumet's knowledge of too many things that are not related to his combat mission!" ”

After a pause, Manstein continued: "Therefore, the Führer has given an order: no officer should know anything more than what is necessary to know in order to carry out his specific task. Anyone who violates this principle will be severely punished. In other words, according to this order, I can only know information about the Kerch Peninsula, and I can't ask about everything else! ”

So Slein and Qin Chuan understood that Manstein had lost the right to obtain information about the Caucasus, and that the plan would certainly not be carried out without the support of this information and other German forces.

This was one of the many mistakes issued by Hitler.

It can be described as "choking on food...... Because of the leakage of intelligence, it is thought that the officers know too much unnecessary information, and it is believed that as long as the front-line officers do not know too much information, they will not and cannot leak too much information.

What Hitler did not expect was that the result would be that the commander of an army group or even an army group would be unnecessarily constrained, his field of vision would be narrowed, and his judgment would be questioned.

According to this new rule, even in his own theater of operations, he should not have the slightest interest in the whole situation at the front, not to mention the situation on other fronts or the situation at home!

Compared with the Soviet army and even the British and American armies, the greatest advantage of the German army is its command ability, military quality, and ability to flexibly command the troops by looking at the overall situation on the battlefield and giving full play to their imagination and creativity.

Hitler's order undoubtedly severely constrained this, and he even directly commanded and mobilized the front-line troops again and again without knowing the situation at the front...... There were many such situations in the Battle of Stalingrad, such as the fact that Stalingrad could be taken but the troops were forcibly transferred to the Soviet army for more reinforcements and preparation time; Another example is a serious strategic mistake to attack Stalingrad and the Caucasus at the same time, because choosing one of them can achieve the goal of controlling Soviet oil and limiting its industrial capacity, but choosing both at the same time is repetitive, unnecessary, and purely a foolish act of distracting forces to make trouble for oneself.

This is one of the reasons why the German army suffered a series of major setbacks and eventually collapsed after that.

But even if Qin Chuan knew this, what could he do? You have to know that he is Hitler, can Qin Chuan still run in front of him and accuse him of doing something wrong?!