Qin Chuan knew that Marshal Kruger was talking about the "Tiger" heavy tank.

Sure enough, Marshal Kruger continued: "Marshal Manstein, I think the reason why you made the decision to defend is because you don't know the performance of our tank......"

As saying that, Marshal Kruger glanced behind him, and the adjutant immediately took a document from his briefcase and handed it to Marshal Manstein. After a pause, the adjutant cleverly handed Qin Chuan a copy as well.

"As you can see, Marshal Manstein!" Krueger continued: "ITS FRONT ARMOR IS 102MM THICK, AND THE SIDES AND SIDES ARMOR IS 82MM THICK, CAN YOU IMAGINE SUCH A TANK? ITS SIDE ARMOR WAS EVEN MUCH THICKER THAN THE FRONTAL ARMOR OF ENEMY TANKS, AND ITS GUN WAS 88MM. I think you must have used the Flak41 88MM anti-aircraft gun, we all know that it is a weapon for destroying enemy tanks...... And the 'Tiger' tank, its gun was converted from this anti-aircraft gun! ”

"But that doesn't make us a reason to attack, Marshal Kruger!" Manstein raised the document in his hand and said: "How many such tanks do we have? ”

"One hundred, Marshal Manstein!" Kruger replied.

"Oh, that's great!" Manstein replied: "A hundred, while the Soviets have four thousand or more tanks, you want to tell me...... Are we going to use these 100 'Tigers' to defeat these tanks of the Soviets? ”

Marshal Kruger was stunned for a moment, then replied: "But we are not only the 'Tiger' type, it will lead our tank on the battlefield to be brave and invincible, and no obstacle can stop it from advancing!" ”

"But you didn't consider that the Soviets could produce a thousand T34 tanks a month, and the 'Tiger' could only produce a pitiful 30 tanks a month!"

"It's 35!"

"Oh, is it? Congratulations, Marshal Kruger, you can get 5 more tanks than before! ”

"But these 35 are enough to defeat any tank of the Soviets, they can't do anything against us!"

……

Kruger and Manstein argued.

In fact, this is not the first time that Kruger has argued with others about this issue, he has argued with Guderry before, and the argument is so fierce that it is even to the point that the two of them are going to duel.

But of course, Hitler did not agree to a duel between them.

In fact, Kruger is not to blame for this, because it was actually Hitler who wanted to attack...... However, because the opponents were all famous generals, such as Guderian, Manstein, Moder, etc., Hitler did not want to have a direct conflict with these famous generals, so he used Kruger as his spokesperson.

On the one hand, Hitler's eagerness to attack was his over-superstitious belief in the performance of the Tiger and Leopard tanks on paper at the expense of other aspects...... The Soviets were clever at this point, they were more concerned with yield, and sacrificing performance if necessary was an option.

Hitler believed that the Tiger could give the Soviets a shock on the battlefield, and then they would collapse as they had at the beginning of the war.

On the other hand, it was Hitler who desperately needed a victory to show off to the world...... In fact, the most important thing is to tell the United States and Britain that Germany is strong, so that they will not dare to act rashly in France.

Hitler did not express any opinion, he just looked at the two with a blank face, as if listening and thinking carefully about what they were saying.

But Qin Chuan knew that Hitler was indeed thinking, but not thinking about the strategy itself, but thinking about how to persuade Guderian, Manstein and other veterans.

Because that's how history goes...... Hitler wanted to attack before the Soviets, but he was delayed again and again for one reason or another: at first he could not attack because of bad weather, then Hitler was hesitant to worry that Guderian and others were right, that is, he was worried about the lack of enough "Tiger" and "Panther" tanks for the attack, and then the Allies had already reached Tunisia in Africa, and Hitler had to deal with the problems of Africa first.

Of course, Hitler at this time did not need to worry about the Tunisian problem, because this problem had already been solved by Qin Chuan.

Eventually, however, Hitler ordered an offensive in July amid opposition from veterans, resulting in a crushing defeat at Kursk...... The reason for the defeat of the campaign was precisely the rout of the central concentration group, which had always emphasized that it could be invincible in the "Tiger" style.

It was a long time before Hitler asked, "Lieutenant Colonel, what do you think about this?" ”

"Me?" This made Qin Chuan a little surprised, because the people who were arguing were all marshal-level figures, which seemed to have nothing to do with him.

"Yes!" Hitler said: "Sometimes I would prefer to hear from the battlefield, Lieutenant Colonel!" I know you've been fighting on the front lines, so you tend to have a better grasp of the battlefield than anyone else......"

At this point, Hitler turned to Manstein and Kruger and nodded slightly: "Sorry, my marshal, this is not aimed at you!" ”

Then, Hitler turned his attention to Qin Chuan, and everyone else also set their eyes on Qin Chuan.

"Uh......" Qin Chuan pondered for a while, then said: "Your Excellency, this question is actually very simple, General Kruger thinks that our tanks can easily tear through the enemy's defense line and defeat the enemy's tanks, why don't we try?" ”

"What do you mean...... Exercise? Hitler asked.

"Yes!" Qin Chuan nodded and said: "Let's see if this new tank really has this ability, if it does, it's not too late for us to discuss whether to attack or defend!" ”

"We're going to use a lot of fuel!" Krueger doesn't seem to agree with this statement.

"It's also much better to burn fuel than to attack blindly, isn't it, Marshal Kruger?" Manstein made up the knife in time.

"We don't need to use much fuel!" Qin Chuan said: "We only need to send ten 'Tiger' simulated attacks to pass through the enemy's trenches, barbed wire, some necessary terrain, and face some possible difficulties, such as encountering mines or enemy ambushes!" ”

Seeing Marshal Kruger's hesitation, Qin Chuan added: "Your Excellency, Marshal, if you don't have confidence in this new tank to conduct exercises, how can you expect it to win for us on the battlefield?" ”

In this way, Marshal Kruger has no way out.

"I've always had faith in it, Lieutenant Colonel!" Kruger replied: "I just don't want to waste it in this time when supplies are difficult!" If you really want to do that, then you will! ”