"The narrowest point of the Kerch Strait is only 4 km, General!" Qin Chuan said: "This means that we can block it with artillery, and placing an artillery unit at the north and south ends can create a safe landing section for our landing force!" ”

"That might be fine, but how are we going to deal with their plane?" Manstein asked.

Manstein's concern was warranted.

True, the Germans could send fighter planes to fight for air supremacy, but the Taman Peninsula was full of Soviet anti-aircraft artillery...... Although the Soviets were careless, they knew what the defense of the Taman Peninsula was: there was an impenetrable strait between the Taman Peninsula and the opposite Kerch Peninsula, so they had little to worry about the enemy's attack on land.

In other words, as long as they could control the sea, the Germans would hardly be able to cross the strait, and the first thing to control the sea was to dominate the air...... However, the Soviets knew very well that their fighters were no match for the Germans, so they spread anti-aircraft fire on the Taman Peninsula to cover their fleet.

In this way, if the Germans were to cross the Kerch Strait, there would be a situation in which Soviet anti-aircraft artillery attacked German fighters, while Soviet fighters were desperate to attack the landing force.

"We don't need to face their planes!" Qin Chuan replied: "Because we will land at night!" ”

"You're crazy!" Manstein said: "Know that we don't know anything about the terrain of the Taman Peninsula, and you want to attack at night!" ”

Because of Hitler's order, Manstein had very limited information about the Caucasus, and the Taman Peninsula was no exception.

"The Soviets don't know anything about us!" Qin Chuan replied: "For example, an amphibious landing ship, such as an amphibious landing tank." Almost all of their defenses are based on air defense and sea operations, and if we can attack from land by surprise......"

"General!" Colonel Slane agreed: "The amphibious landing ship has a speed of 10 kilometers per hour on the water, and it takes only 20 minutes to cross the 4-kilometer-wide Kerch Strait, which is less than half an hour...... The Soviets just had to take a nap and we would be in front of them! ”

"An amphibious tank only takes about 50 minutes!" Qin Chuan added: "General, the Soviets would not have thought that we would be ready and start crossing the strait in such a short time!" ”

After thinking about it, Manstein nodded and said, "Okay, you convinced me, what should we do next?" ”

The next thing to do is actually quite simple, and it boils down to one word: transportation.

The first is the ammunition supply.

Although the Germans captured a large amount of Soviet-style equipment and ammunition in warehouses when they occupied the port of Kerch...... Kerch Port was the most important supply base of the four Soviet armies on the Kerch Peninsula, where there was enough ammunition and food for the four armies to fight continuously for a month, which could be said to be enough for the German 11th Army to fight the entire battle across the Kerch Strait.

But the point is...... The first corps used intermediate power bullets, which at this time were not available in the Soviet and German armies, so they had to be specially transferred from Berlin.

It was obviously too late to transport it by train, and Manstein gave it to von Stein. Bock sent a telegram requesting an urgent supply of ammunition for the First Infantry Corps.

Feng. Bock, perhaps knowing that he was at a loss, immediately ordered a large number of intermediate power bombs to be airlifted to the Crimean Island, and added the ammunition to the train transport list.

In the evening of the same day, the planes loaded with ammunition landed in Freodosia and were then transferred by car overnight to Kerch.

But even so, Qin Chuan suggested that the first corps be familiar with the weapons and equipment of the Soviet army.

"We are likely to go deep into the enemy's hinterland this time!" Qin Chuan said: "In that case, it is obviously very difficult to replenish ammunition, on the other hand, we can get a large number of equipment and ammunition from the Soviets when we attack all the way, we should be prepared in advance!" ”

"That's right!" Colonel Slein said: "It would be better to have a few people who can fly Soviet tanks!" ”

What Slein didn't know was that there were many German tank crews who could drive Soviet tanks, because the Soviet T34 tank had excellent performance, and the Germans often sprayed it with German symbols after capturing it and put it into use...... However, even so, it was often mistaken for an enemy tank by the Germans.

On the other hand, there are amphibious landing ships and the 1st Mountain Division.

It was not easy to transport the amphibious landing ships, because there were 500 of them...... If you load it into a car, you need 500 cars.

And the transportation of amphibious landing ships needs to be kept secret, otherwise others will know at a glance that the German army is going to cross the strait.

At the same time, it was not easy for the 1st Mountain Division to be transported to Kerch.

After thinking about it, Qin Chuan simply asked the 1st Mountain Division to drive the amphibious landing ship directly to Kerch.

"Don't we need to keep it a secret?" Manstein said: "Doesn't this make everyone aware of the existence of such landing ships? ”

"Who would have known it was a ship?" Qin Chuan said: "If we remove the rear screw thruster and just let it drive on land, everyone thinks it's a car!" ”

Manstein couldn't help but let out an "oh", and then agreed to the plan, and the propeller could wait until Kerch to install it.

It turns out that Qin Chuan's idea is correct...... After all, in this era, things that can be both swimming in the water and on the ground can be said to be too avant-garde, even if they are clearly told that it is difficult to accept for a while.

The 1st Mountain Division, piloting these amphibious landing vessels, was fooled.

When they saw this "car" that looked like a boat and a car, they couldn't help but laugh.

"I've never seen such an ugly car!" Rear Admiral Freko, commander of the 1st Mountain Division, looked at the "car" and said sarcastically: "Maybe I should call it a ship!" ”

The soldiers burst into laughter again.

"Why do they make the 'ship' look like a car?" Major General Freko asked again.

"General!" Adjutant Colonel Pflug replied: "I guess they may have hoped that this 'ship' would be able to carry more!" ”

Major General Freko raised his eyebrows with interest, then nodded and replied, "That's right, Colonel!" He can do hold more than a jeep! But I doubt it...... They captured both the Soviets' boat and the car chassis, and put them together as they are now in order to be usable! ”

But in any case, the soldiers of the 1st Mountain Division drove these "boats" to Kerch without any problems, and two "boats" were abandoned due to breakdowns on the way...... After all, this chassis was produced with Soviet machines, and the quality was certainly inferior to that of the Germans.