"No, no, Lieutenant Colonel!" Conrad said, "Hannah is fine, she's just hurt!" ”

"And you didn't tell me!"

"She told me not to tell you, you were lying in a hospital bed with a shoulder injury!" Conrad replied.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be silent, and after a while he asked, "How is Hannah's injury?" ”

"Don't worry, Lieutenant Colonel!" "She was just grazed by shrapnel, she was lucky not to be there when ME163 was bombed, she was injured during another bombing, and the Americans discovered our research base, although they didn't know what we were working on," Conrad said. ”

"Aren't we using an on-board launch system?" Qin Chuan asked.

"Absolutely!" Conrad replied: "We got intelligence that American bombers were sorting, then they filled the cave with fuel and drove it out...... But they had fighters escorting them at low altitudes, and the ME163 had a long wake trail, and after firing one, the position was quickly revealed, and in a few seconds the American fighters appeared over the ME163! ”

After a pause, Conrad continued: "The explosion of ME163 is not terrible, you know, it will be transformed into non-toxic things after it explodes and burns, the problem is that there is an ME163 that successfully escaped back to the tunnel, and the fuel of this ME163 leaked, so more than 100 people in the tunnel were not spared, all we can do is to ignite it and blow it up!" ”

That's the danger of ME163, which is cheap to use liquid fuel, but sometimes fatal to front-line combatants.

"It's not just that!" Conrad continued: "It will take us about twenty minutes to refuel, if the enemy bombers change course in the meantime...... Any idea what to expect? All of our ME163s were useless, and enemy bombers flew safely past our lines because we didn't have time to refuel, and to make matters worse, the refueled ME163s had to go through a lot of cumbersome and dangerous fuel recovery and cleaning! ”

"So, we're going to find an effective solid fuel!" Qin Chuan said.

"Yes, that's why I said it can't be used on the Maginot Line!" Conrad replied: "At least until these problems are solved, it is not suitable for use on the battlefield!" ”

In some ways, Conrad was right, especially in the Maginot direction, where it was possible to dispatch a lot of ME163s at once, because it was very likely that the US bombers would bomb Germany at once...... This also means that the German army will have to deploy at least 100 ME163s to be able to inflict heavy damage.

In fact, if you want to hit the U.S. military forcefully, you need more, because it takes a few ME163s to destroy a B17.

And so many ME163 sorties will become very good targets for the United States and Britain.

But......

"You're wrong, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "We can still solve it in other ways, I mean...... At least part of the problem is solved! ”

"Otherwise?"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "Why don't we dig a silo for it?" ”

"Silo?" Conrad had apparently heard the term for the first time.

"Yes, silos!" Qin Chuan explained: "As the name suggests, it is like a well, which can be constructed at an angle in the direction of the enemy, supplemented by an upper track, ME163 is arranged at the bottom of the well, and the wellhead is usually covered with armor, and its existence cannot be found at all from the outside, and of course the pilot cannot detect it." Open the ...... when you need to launch"

"Good way, Lieutenant Colonel!" Conrad said: "If we do this, even enemy planes will not be able to detect them over our heads, even if we launch a few ME163s!" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "This can be a good way to avoid the problems caused by enemy bombing and strafing. On the other hand, we can also do a series of protective measures at the bottom of the silo, such as isolating the launch pod from other places, so that even if there is a fuel leak or even an explosion, there will be no casualties or losses! ”

"Great, Lieutenant Colonel!" Conrad said, "You should have told us this earlier, so we wouldn't have to be so embarrassed!" ”

"But I didn't know there was such a problem with this project!" Qin Chuan said: "This is a secret to me! ”

"Okay!" Conrad apologized: "It's my fault, Lieutenant Colonel, I should have discussed this with you a long time ago!" ”

After a few steps, Conrad turned back: "But the desert doesn't seem to be suitable for building silos!" ”

"You can transfer your base to the Maginot Line!" Qin Chuan said: "I believe that Lieutenant General Lu Manlin will definitely welcome you!" ”

There is no doubt about this, because the entire line of defense seems to be waiting for the ME163, and it is the only one that can stop the high-altitude bombers of the US military...... Otherwise, the Maginot Line actually didn't make much sense, because the American and British forces could use France as a base to bomb the industrial bases in Germany in batches, and even the Algerian navy and whatever point they wanted, so that it would not be long before the German army's combat effectiveness would become weaker and weaker, while the Allies would do the opposite.

After solving the problem of ME163, Qin Chuan had time to turn his attention to the present.

Manstein was a well-known general, and Qin Chuan believed that he had accurately captured the point of the upcoming battle...... Individual anti-tank equipment.

The Soviet army had a terrifying number of tanks, more than five thousand units...... This was almost twice the total number of tanks in the German army.

If it was before, the Germans could also rely on air superiority and tank cooperation to strike at Soviet armored forces. However, the Soviets also concentrated a large number of air forces to compete with the Germans for air supremacy.

In this case, the Germans were in danger of an asymmetry:

Although the air force has an advantage in quality and combat effectiveness, it will be dragged down by Soviet fighters and cannot or it is difficult to reinforce the ground forces, and even the Soviet army has an advantage in this regard, because the Soviet air force has a numerical advantage, they can use some fighters to drag the Luftwaffe and use another part of the fighters to attack the German armored forces.

In this way, the ground tank units of the German army were undoubtedly at a disadvantage, even if the German armored forces at this time were already equipped with the "Tiger".

If the German tanks were at a disadvantage and ultimately lost, then the same large number of infantry would break through the German lines and drown the Germans like a tidal wave under the cover of the tanks.

Therefore, it was not fighters or tanks that could save the German army...... With such a big difference in the number of enemies and friends, even if the whole country mobilizes and adds a few hundred warplanes or a few hundred tanks, it will not have much effect.

What really makes a difference is infantry anti-tank equipment.