On the offensive, Hitler had a disagreement with General Hoth.

Hitler was never willing to give up any opportunity to command the front remotely, and did not interfere only because the 48th Panzer Army and the 2nd SS Panzer Army fought well...... Both armies were on the offensive, especially the 2nd SS Panzer Army, and Hitler was so pleased with the performance of the "Tiger" on the battlefield that he even said to his staff officers: "Look, who said that the 'Tiger' is difficult to play on the battlefield?" It has already dealt a hard blow to the enemy, and at the same time has given a slap in the face to those who do not like it! ”

Kruger was comfortable to listen to.

Then, two people who had high hopes for the "Tiger style" even began to discuss in the "werewolf" whether it was necessary to change the strategy of defense and take the initiative to attack.

At this time, the news from the front made the two choose to remain silent...... seven "Tigers" were destroyed, eighteen could not participate in the battle due to various failures, and only six could still fight normally.

This immediately poured cold water on Hitler.

You must know that at this time, the German army only penetrated the Soviet defense line for more than 30 kilometers, and more than half of the "Tiger" broke down. It is conceivable that if you attack, I am afraid that the "tiger style" will all lie on the road.

After a while, Hitler was furious in his office: "We were not defeated by the enemy, absolutely not!" It was the engineers who beat us, who were rightfully treated in a safe and comfortable environment, but could not solve this little problem, which was a shame, a complete shame! ”

What Hitler didn't realize was that these "tiger styles" were also developed by these "incompetent" engineers and scientists. What's more, it is normal for new equipment to have many failures, and it was Hitler who was eager to put it into the battlefield.

But Hitler knew this, and he was just finding a good excuse for his misjudgment.

To Hitler's satisfaction, the 48th Panzer Army fought very well, and even defeated the elite tank units of the Soviet army, which were several times more powerful than their own, at a very small cost.

It was only then that the so-called ME63 came into Hitler's view.

"You signed the production of ME63 before, Your Excellency!" When Hitler asked, the staff officer replied: "It's General Manstein's report!" ”

It was then that Hitler remembered that there was indeed such a report.

It's just that the report was about rockets...... The German army did have the need to produce various rocket artillery during this time, as mentioned before, after discovering the power of the Soviet "Katyusha" rocket artillery, the German army realized that rocket artillery could still be used in this way, so it developed a system of rocket artillery and rockets.

Obviously, Marshal Manstein did not know how to name ME63, so he simply classified it as a rocket, and Hitler mistakenly thought it was a rocket and signed the document.

"So, it's not a rocket?" Hitler asked the staff officer.

"Uh...... It's a rocket, to be exact! The staff officer was also not very familiar with the ME63, he flipped through the documents and replied: "Its warhead...... SOMEWHAT LIKE A BAZOOKA, IT CAN PENETRATE ARMOR WITH A THICKNESS OF 150MM. YES, 150MM. Then, it can change the trajectory, unbelievable! ”

"What does it mean to change trajectory?" Hitler asked.

"I don't know if it's as I understand it!" The staff officer put the document in front of Hitler and said: "Here is the explanation, they are connected to the warhead by a wire, which allows the operator to control the trajectory of the rocket until the rocket hits the target!" ”

Hitler flipped through the papers, and then ordered his staff officers with some suspicion: "Go and confirm!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" The staff officer responded.

After a while, the staff officer returned, and he nodded and said: "Your Excellency, it is indeed as we thought, it can change the trajectory, and the 48th Panzer Army relied on this rocket to defeat the 5th Guards Tank Army of the Soviet Union!" ”

Hitler nodded, and then couldn't help but say: "It's just a genius, it almost perfectly combines the control technology of V1 with rockets, and solves the problem of low rocket accuracy!" More importantly...... It's easy to make and inexpensive! ”

After thinking about it, he shook his head again and sighed.

Because Hitler suddenly realized that if this kind of rocket was used against the "Tiger", only a few would be needed to reimburse an expensive "Tiger...... To some extent, this also ruined his dreams.

Soon the intelligence of the discovery of large-scale reinforcements from the Soviets was placed in front of Hitler.

At the same time on the desk, there was an order from General Hoth, that is, to have the 48th Panzer Army rush to Prokhorovka at full speed to seize the advantageous terrain.

Hitler frowned, and sent a telegram to General Hoth:

"My general, do not be intimidated by one tank army of the Soviets. As we know, the Soviets are always slow, and we have every time to encircle the Soviets in the middle and help the 2nd SS Panzer break free from the Soviets, and then gather the forces of the two Panzer Corps to deal a fatal blow to the Soviets, the tank army! ”

There was some truth to this order of Hitler.

Because the movement of Soviet troops was indeed very slow, not to mention the distant Barbarossa plan, and the same was true of the just-concluded Battle of Stalingrad...... Due to communications, communications, and various problems, a large number of Soviet troops were far from being able to deploy troops in place, which made the Soviet army have to postpone the offensive again and again.

But this time Hitler misjudged.

This steppe front had been deployed by Stalin long ago, and because of the lessons learned, the Soviets also widened the communications in the Kursk rear and improved communications and logistics, which allowed the 5th Guards Tank Army to perform a miracle in reinforcing Prokhorovka...... A tank army marched 100 kilometers in 24 hours.

The speed of the march was comparable even to that of Rommel's Afrika Korps.

Hitler did not understand this, so he ordered General Hoth to reinforce the 2nd SS Panzer Corps with one panzer division, and another panzer and infantry divisions to meet the enemy in Prokhorovka.

In Hitler's words: "If we ignore the gap in the encirclement and let the entire 48th Panzer Army go to Prokhorovka, then while the 48th Panzer Army fights the enemy, the Soviets trapped in the middle will have time to escape through the gap, and our encirclement of the enemy will be in vain!" This is exactly what the Soviets wanted to see, and we can't let them succeed! ”