With a "boom", the rocket fell headlong on the ground and exploded halfway through.

Conrad looked at Qin Chuan and then at Manstein in embarrassment, and said, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency Marshal, this is a human error!" If the control is not skillful, the projectile body is pressed too low...... That's what happens! ”

"Uh-huh!" Manstein nodded: "I saw it, try again!" ”

In fact, although it failed to hit the target this time, it was already half successful, because Marshal Manstein had already seen the rocket adjust its trajectory in the hands of the controller.

Conrad went up and gave the controller a kick and unceremoniously shouted, "Get out of here, you idiot, go get Biederman!" ”

"Yes, Colonel!" Where does the controller dare to reply, he gets up and goes to find someone.

Conrad walked back to Qin Chuan's side and whispered, "The control department was designed by Biederman, and he is very good at this. This proves once again that he deserves to be saved, doesn't it? ”

Qin Chuan just smiled, but he didn't expect Conrad to still remember this.

It didn't take long for Biedmann to come up, and perhaps because Manstein was there, he looked a little nervous.

Manstein also sensed this, and he comforted: "Don't worry, ensign...... I'm not going to kick your ass like the Colonel! ”

Several people couldn't help but laugh, and Biederman was no exception.

So the ME63 lived up to expectations, with a "chirp", it flew to the target under the obviously more agile control of Biedman, and then hit the steel plate on the opposite side that made the cross-sectional shape of the tank.

MANSTEIN AND QIN CHUAN JUMPED INTO THE JEEP, DROVE TO THE STEEL PLATE AND THEN STOPPED, AND IN A BURST OF GUNSMOKE, THEY SAW THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL BLACKENED IRREGULAR PERFORATIONS ON THE BACK OF THE 100MM THICK STEEL PLATE, AND THERE WERE STILL A FEW WISPS OF GREEN SMOKE FAINTLY RISING FROM THE HOLES.

"Very well, Colonel!" Manstein was very satisfied with the experiment: "Therefore, you need to train a group of qualified controllers as soon as possible. Of course, we're going to put this ...... right away."

"ME63, Marshal!"

"Yes, ME63!" Manstein said: "We're going to start mass production right away!" ”

"Wait, Your Excellency Marshal!" Conrad said: "It still has some flaws that have not been solved! ”

"Like what?" Manstein asked.

"For example......" Conrad thought for a moment and replied, "Although it has a range of two thousand meters, it is actually difficult to hit the target at a distance of two thousand meters, because it is not large enough, and it is difficult for the controller to observe it even with a telescope at a distance of more than a thousand meters!" ”

Manstein and Qin Chuan understood this, and it was possible to control it, but if they couldn't see the rocket, then they couldn't judge how far it deviated from the target or in which direction, so they couldn't manipulate it.

"We don't need a two-kilometer range!" Manstein replied: "A thousand meters is enough!" ”

"I don't think that's enough, Your Excellency!" Conrad replied: "Because there are a lot of interference on the battlefield, such as dust, gunsmoke, and smoke grenades, etc., which will make it impossible for the controller to accurately control the warhead to hit the target!" ”

Conrad was right, tank targets are larger and easier to see, but rockets are a different story, not to mention that the tail of the rocket itself will produce a lot of smoke that affects the line of sight.

"Then solve it......" said Manstein, "or produce one part first, and then produce another part after the problem is solved!" ”

"But......" Conrad said, showing that he had no solution.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan said, "Colonel, why don't we install a tracer tube on the tail of ME63?" ”

"Tracer tubes?" Conrad looked at Qin Chuan suspiciously.

"Yes, it's a tracer tube!" Qin Chuan said: "Just like tracer bullets, even in smoke, dust or in the dark, we can clearly see this bright spot!" ”

"Oh yes!" Hearing this, Conrad's eyes widened: "Then we will know the location of the rocket, and then we will be able to control it normally...... You're a genius, Lieutenant Colonel! It's a simple and practical solution! ”

Qin Chuan was certainly not a genius, but the early wire-guided anti-tank missiles did just that, with a tracer tube in the tail section creating a bright spot for observation and aiming.

Then Conrad said to Manstein: "Your Excellency, I think it is ready for mass production!" ”

"Good!" Manstein nodded.

After thinking about it, Manstein invited Qin Chuan aside and asked, "Lieutenant Colonel, you originally planned to go back in a few days, right?" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" Qin Chuan replied: "There are still many things that need to be improved in the Maginot Plan!" ”

"I think you should turn your attention here for now, Lieutenant Colonel!" Manstein said.

"The Soviets have made a move?" Qin Chuan asked.

Manstein nodded: "Or do you think...... Why am I in such a hurry to get the colonel to produce ME63? ”

"But ......" Qin Chuan couldn't help but wonder: "We destroyed their roads and railways, and it's still winter, the Soviets shouldn't attack so quickly!" ”

"You're right!" Manstein replied: "They are only a third of the way they have built, and they are decreasing in progress as the temperature drops!" ”

"So, how do they attack?" Qin Chuan was puzzled by this.

"Not attacking us!" Manstein handed Qin Chuan a cigarette: "It's an attack on Army Group Center!" ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but let out an "oh...... The main forces of the German army were concentrated in Army Group South, and most of the recruits and equipment were added to Army Group South in preparation for another attack on the Soviet Union next year.

However, Army Group Center has not been able to recover because of the disastrous defeat in the defense of Moscow, and at the same time, the Soviet communications in the direction of Army Group Center have not been destroyed, so the Soviet army has the conditions to launch an offensive from the center.

"We didn't retreat to our original line of defense!" Manstein continued: "We are deployed along the Don River, which runs from west to east, so that our line of defense is not a straight line, but a depression is formed at Army Group Center. Originally, this would not have been a problem, because the depression area would have been beneficial to us, if the Soviets had attacked it...... It will be surrounded by Army Group South at any time. But ......"

"The roads and railways that we sabotage?!" Qin Chuan seemed to understand something.

"Yes, we sabotaged roads and railways!" Manstein replied: "Coupled with the heavy snow cover, it is almost impossible for the Soviets to march in areas that have not been repaired, and the Soviets see this as an opportunity, an opportunity to attack our weak points." So, they massively massed forces in the Kursk region! ”

"Kursk!" Qin Chuan couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this place name.