Although Paulus, Alexander, and others, including Conrad himself, were skeptical of this helicopter method of warfare, this confusion mainly focused on the problem of helicopter survival...... This thing does look like a target, especially when hovering over the enemy, all it takes is a machine gun to sweep through the air, which will cause a lot of damage to the helicopter and its internal members, and even destroy the plane.

However, Paulus and the others eventually agreed to the raid, after all, Stalingrad was at an impasse by this time, and there was no way to break it.

What's more, even if the raid plan failed, it would only be a loss of 200 men and 10 helicopters, which was insignificant for the 6th Army, and even these people were actually the 4th Panzer Army.

But if this raid is successful, the stakes will be great...... The occupation of the sandbar will not only allow the blockade of the central ferry with artillery fire as before, but also drive a nail between Stalingrad and the east bank of the Volga River, and the artillery fire on the sandbar can also be used to blockade the Volga River, and the Luftwaffe will also blockade the Volga River more effectively because of the anti-aircraft fire of the sandbar in its own hands.

It is conceivable that the logistical supply of Stalingrad will be dealt a serious blow, compared to the blockade at Mamayev Heights.

"I only have one request!" In a separate conversation with Paulus, Qin Chuan expressed his opinion.

"Just mention, Major!" Paulus replied, "I will do my best to meet your request!" ”

Paulus was confident in this, because he believed that even Hitler would be willing to trade anything if he could take Stalingrad.

"Don't report this plan to the High Command!"

Qin Chuan's words surprised Paulus, who originally thought that Qin Chuan was offering a promotion, a medal or something else.

"Why?" Paulus asked, "I want to know why!" ”

"General!" Qin Chuan said: "I think you know, everyone, including you, the general, thought it was ridiculous when they heard about this plan. What do you think would happen if we submitted our plan and it was rejected by the High Command? ”

Paulus nodded when he heard this.

Things are indeed as Qin Chuan said, some things are more risky to report than not to report.

For example, in this raid, a considerable part of the population could not accept this new risky tactic, and if it was reported, the High Command or, to put it bluntly, Hitler himself might not be able to accept it, if he vetoed it...... What about Paulus? Personally go to the "werewolf" to convince Hitler? Or disobey orders?

Conversely, if they are not reported, these problems and risks do not exist.

Needless to say, the mission was successful, it was just a matter of telling Hitler...... It was a whim-spur-of-the-moment attack, but I didn't expect it to succeed, so I didn't report it. In the case of a successful mission, Hitler could not have cared about this small detail.

The mission failed, then it was a small plan on a whim, but the loss of two hundred men was a drop in the bucket for the casualties of the Battle of Stalingrad.

What's more, if it is reported, even if the Führer agrees, it is possible to remotely direct the operation. And the Führer did not know anything about the capabilities of the helicopter and this completely new tactic......

Paulus believes that Qin Chuan is more worried about the last point, that is, Qin Chuan hopes to have complete freedom and full command without being hindered by anyone.

Everything seemed reasonable, and Paulus had no reason to object.

"I agree, Major!" Paulus replied, "However, this matter is not to be mentioned to anyone!" ”

"Of course, General!" Qin Chuan replied.

Paulus was worried that someone would label him as a military cover-up...... From this point, it can also be seen that Paulus is very cautious, and there is still a big difference between him who was born as a staff officer and Rommel who dared to fight and kill.

What Paulus didn't know was that Qin Chuan would not make this request because of any command at all, and he believed that if Hitler knew about this plan, he would not be stupid enough to interfere without knowing anything about it. If he did, no one would have been able to prevent the fall of the Third Reich.

The reason for Qin Chuan's request was that he was worried that the British side would leak the contents of this plan to the Soviet Union......

As mentioned before, Britain had a lot of German military secrets because it had "super secrets".

The reason why Britain did not tell the Soviet Union was, on the one hand, because the British side hoped that both the Soviet Union and Germany would lose. On the other hand, once the British side informed the Soviet Union of the relevant information, there would be many uncertain dangers. For example, the Soviet Union will wonder how the British know such secret information, and the Germans will be alert...... With the lame intelligence network of the USSR, how did they know about this and prepare for it?

As a result, it is likely that "super-secret" will be known to the whole world, and its own value will decline exponentially...... In order to protect the "super secret", Britain even knew that the German submarine would attack a certain cruise ship, but pretended not to know, and allowed the German army to sink its own cruise ship full of goods and soldiers and suffered great losses.

Therefore, at the critical moment, Britain will not easily and at the same time there is no need to leak intelligence to the Soviet Union, and what is shared is relatively low-level intelligence.

But what if the British side considered the intelligence of the German sneak attack on the sandbar as a "critical moment"?

Because it was obvious that this would directly affect the outcome of the Battle of Stalingrad, and it would not be in the interests of Britain if the Soviet army was defeated at Stalingrad.

Qin Chuan was reluctant to take this risk, especially since it was his own battalion that carried out this task.

"Any other requests?" Paulus reminded Qin Chuan: "Such as holidays, honors, ......"

"General!" Qin Chuan replied: "If this mission fails, then none of this will happen." If this mission is successful, they won't need my request at all! ”

Paulus glanced at Qin Chuan unexpectedly: "That's right, Major, you're very smart!" This gave me more confidence in this plan! ”

"With all due respect, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "It doesn't matter if you have confidence in this plan, it is important whether my soldiers have confidence in it!" ”

Paulus nodded in agreement.

If even the staff officers and officers sitting in the office felt that this plan was almost suicidal, then being part of the mission...... What are they going to think?!