Early the next morning, a jeep was waiting outside Qin Chuan's dormitory.

To Qin Chuan's surprise, the staff officer who came to pick him up did not let Qin Chuan wake up, but waited until Qin Chuan woke up, and when he was nibbling and drinking millet porridge and gnawing on baked potatoes, the staff officer walked into the dormitory under the guidance of the guards.

"Major!" The rank of the staff officer is also major, but he still saluted Qin Chuan and said respectfully: "General Paulus asked you to go to the headquarters!" ”

Qin Chuan drank two mouthfuls of porridge, nibbled on the potatoes, took the equipment placed next to him, and asked casually, "Have you waited for a long time?" ”

"Two hours, Major!" The staff officer replied.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but look back in amazement when he heard this: "Why didn't you wake me up?" ”

"General Paulus has given a special explanation!" The staff officer replied: "The most urgent moment has passed, and we should not disturb your rest for an inconsequential meeting!" ”

Qin Chuan shrugged his shoulders, it seemed that he should get used to all this.

The itinerary was the same as before, first to the airport and then to take a flight to Karachi...... Because the Germans had already occupied Stalingrad, Paulus moved his command forward to Karachi.

The advantage of this is that you almost get to the command headquarters as soon as you get off the plane.

To Qin Chuan's surprise, Qin Chuan saw a familiar figure as soon as he walked into the headquarters...... Rommel.

"General!" Qin Chuan stood up and saluted in front of Rommel.

"Oh, our hero!" Rommel looked up and saw that it was Qin Chuan, so he laughed: "We were talking about you just now, what a beautiful battle, Major!" Although I knew you were going to give us an accident, you still gave us a surprise! ”

The generals burst into laughter.

Alexander brought Qin Chuan a glass of wine, held Qin Chuan's hand and said, "Congratulations, Major!" You did it! ”

Paulus raised his glass and shouted around: "For our heroes, for the legendary sergeant, for Stalingrad!" ”

"For Stalingrad!" The generals raised their glasses and cheered.

"Generals!" Paulus continued: "Although this is not unexpected, we have already achieved victory at Stalingrad. However, we all know that the fight is far from ending so soon......"

"We know!" Rommel continued: "At the end of the battle, we should be shivering in Siberia!" ”

The generals burst into laughter again.

"Many thought that the battle would be the same as Moscow!" Paulus said: "Maybe it's because of the shadow left by the previous attack on Moscow, or maybe it's because of the stubborn resistance of the Soviets at Stalingrad, and more importantly, the winter is approaching us step by step and the war is not progressing, but thank God we have proved to the whole world that we have done it, this is not another Moscow, this is Stalingrad!" Moreover, we are going to turn Moscow into Stalingrad! ”

"Boom!" The generals cheered again.

After everything calmed down, Qin Chuan proposed to the map: "General, I wonder if you have noticed that our defense line is too weak?" For example, the left flank of the Don line, and the right flank of the Volga line, I note that they were all defended by Romanian and Italian troops! ”

Qin Chuan would say this because the Soviet army launched a counteroffensive from these parts after the river was frozen in winter.

Now the Germans have won the Battle of Stalingrad, but these weak flanks have not changed. That is, the USSR could still implement a breakthrough from these two flanks.

"Of course!" Paulus replied, "But you don't have to worry about that, Major. We've already filled the gaps! ”

"Yes!" Rommel answered, "Otherwise what do you think we are doing here, Major?" ”

Hearing this, Qin Chuan's hanging heart was half relieved, because listening to Rommel's tone, this defense was deployed by Rommel...... Rommel's ability Qin Chuan has seen it in Africa, he is not only good at offense but also good at defense, especially Rommel's mobile defense.

Qin Chuan guessed correctly, the defense was indeed deployed by Rommel, and it was a mobile defense...... The Don and Volga lines were very suitable lines for mobile defense, or it could be said that they were suitable for the German army.

The reason was, on the one hand, due to the lack of German troops.

As mentioned before, the lack of troops can be supplemented with mobile ability and quality, just like firefighters, these mobile units are arranged in the second line, and where the enemy attacks or is broken by the enemy, they will launch a counteroffensive, and after the enemy is beaten back, they will return to the second line to prepare for an attack, so this mobile force is everywhere within a certain range, and it is almost a copy of it and placed on the defensive line.

On the other hand, the Germans had full air supremacy on the Eastern Front.

This is the basis of mobile defense...... If there is no air supremacy, the enemy's fighters will at any time reconnoiter the mobile unit and blockade it with bombers and fighters, or cooperate with the artillery to carry out the blockade, and the mobile force will certainly be limited.

But the Germans did not have to worry about this at all, and it would be a waste not to use mobile defense when they had air supremacy.

To this end, Rommel and Paulus also formulated a series of plans, such as the deployment of troops, the maintenance of roads, and the impact of winter on roads and tanks.

In these respects, the Germans should say that they are already very experienced, and as long as they have time to prepare, they naturally know what to prepare.

"And reinforcements will be sent for us from the Berlin direction!" Paulus added: "The Führer is very pleased with our victory. And ......"

Paulus pointed to the map and said: "From Stalingrad to the north, Army Group South and Army Group Center will form a pincer attack on Moscow, and the Supreme High Command thinks that we need more troops as the main offensive force!" ”

Qin Chuan nodded.

The idea would indeed work, if both German Army Groups advanced towards Moscow at the same time...... Then Moscow is really in danger.

Even if it couldn't do so, Army Group South had Rommel to organize a mobile defense, and there were additional troops from Berlin...... Qin Chuan thought that in this way, there should be no need to worry about the German army being defeated as in history.

It's just that Qin Chuan faintly feels that the situation should not be so smooth.

"Major!" Alexander noticed the worried look on Qin Chuan's face, so he asked, "Do you think there is a problem with this deployment?" ”

"No, I don't think there's anything wrong with that!" Qin Chuan replied: "It's just ...... I'm sure the Soviets won't sit back like this! ”

"So what do you think the Soviets will do?" Alexander asked.

"I don't know, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "I don't know! ”