"General!" Qin Chuan said: "I don't know what you think, I just want to say that His Excellency the Führer ultimately hopes for victory, if we can win, then ......"

"I know!" Manstein interrupted Qin Chuan's words: "Just like Rommel did in Africa, right?" But I'm not him, Captain! ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be speechless, he had already tried his best not to mention Rommel.

Because he knows that although Manstein and Rommel are called the three famous generals of the German army, there will be some competition between famous generals and famous generals no matter what, not to mention that Rommel was born from the grassroots and Manstein was born in the aristocracy, there is a natural gap between them.

After a long time, Manstein said: "Carry out the Führer's order, we have to think about the battle of the Kerch Peninsula, if you have any constructive suggestions in this regard......"

"Yes, General!" Qin Chuan said.

"What?"

"Constructive suggestions on the Kerch Peninsula!"

Manstein didn't speak, and motioned to Qin Chuan with his eyes to continue.

"I believe that in the near future we may have amphibious landing vehicles and amphibious landing tanks on the Kerch Peninsula!" Qin Chuan said: "So, I think we should continue to produce them, and at the same time, related training can't be stopped!" ”

Manstein thought for a moment, then nodded and replied, "Excuse me, is there anything else?" ”

"No, General!" Qin Chuan replied.

After leaving the headquarters, Colonel Slein asked with regret: "Since it was an order from the Führer, do you still have hope for this plan?" ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied, "Why not?" I'm sure the general will change his mind! ”

"Don't be too confident, Captain!" Colonel Slain shook his head.

"It's not self-confidence, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "General Manstein is a soldier, if there is a low-hanging victory in front of him, and he can even achieve immortal fame and let the German army reverse the entire unfavorable situation, do you think he will change his mind?" ”

With that, Qin Chuan put on his military hat and got into the jeep with Colonel Slane.

Qin Chuan believes that one of the reasons why Manstein is hesitant now is because he has to obey orders and be loyal to the Führer, but whether to be loyal to the Führer or Germany at the critical moment, Manstein will make the right choice.

That night, Qin Chuan and the soldiers slept in a civilian house...... The Soviet people of Sevastopol were transferred by Soviet transport ships when they were besieged, so there were many vacant rooms in the city, and the German soldiers could choose comfortable houses as their dormitories, but because there were still troops of the 11th Army stationed here, it was more crowded.

The house by the sea, especially these days, is still raining lightly, everywhere is damp, the quilts, clothes, etc. never seem to dry, and because of the high salt content, it is always uncomfortable to be sticky.

But these fighters seem to have become accustomed to it, as they often encounter similar problems when fighting in North Africa.

At this moment, a violent cannon fire suddenly sounded in the east, and it did not stop for a long time.

One by one, the soldiers who were awakened sat up...... At this time, they were much calmer, including Qin Chuan, on the one hand, because this was accustomed to the First Infantry Corps, and on the other hand, they knew that they were in the Sevastopol fortress and would not be able to fight here.

Alfredo lit a cigarette, took a hard breath and exhaled the smoke as he said, "The Soviets have attacked, which is a bit of a surprise!" ”

Experienced soldiers could tell which side of the cannon was fired by listening to the sound, and Alfredo was clearly one of them.

Werner raised his head and looked in the direction of the gunfire, then buried his head back in the bed, and said: "I advise you to hurry up and sleep for a few more minutes, maybe you will be pulled into the trench in the next moment!" ”

"We shouldn't have to go to war this time!" The baker looked at Qin Chuan and said, "We have anything else to execute, don't we?" ”

Qin Chuan knew what the baker meant, if the First Rank Corps was trained to use new equipment for raids, then the frontal battlefield should no longer be used by the First Tier Corps.

"I don't know!" Qin Chuan replied.

If it was before, Qin Chuan was very sure that the First Infantry Corps did not need to participate in the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, but now ......

"Captain!" There was a knock on Colonel Slein's door outside the door: "Meeting, the general let us go!" ”

The baker couldn't help but roll his eyes: "It seems that it is still inevitable!" ”

Qin Chuan ignored them, buckled up his armed belt and put on his hat and walked out of the door, Colonel Slain's jeep was already waiting outside the door.

Colonel Slain and Qin Chuan walked into the conference room with their front feet, and Manstein stepped in with his back feet, and he said with a solemn expression: "Gentlemen, maybe everyone already knows that the Soviets launched a counterattack against us fifteen minutes ago. And not only on the Kerch Peninsula, we received information that ...... They also launched a counteroffensive on the Kharkov front, where the Soviets are expected to invest 900,000 troops on two fronts and more than 1,000 tanks to attack Kharkov from the left and right flanks! ”

This data immediately frightened the German officers in the conference room, because they knew that the German army had only one army group in Kharkov, more than 200,000 people, and the tanks were not even one-fifth of the Soviet tanks.

Of course, according to Hitler's latest order, Manstein's 11th Army should not talk too much about the battle on the Kharkov front, they should pay more attention to the present.

"That's how it affects us!" Manstein continued: "The Air Force had to transfer their main forces in the direction of Kharkov! ”

"General!" One officer said worriedly: "The enemy has nearly twice as many troops as us, and there are many more tanks than us, and many times we rely on the air force to gain superiority over the enemy, but now the air force has also been transferred......

"I know all of this, Colonel Adam!" Manstein said impatiently: "I don't need you to tell me this, I need to know how we can stop the enemy!" ”

The Germans in the conference room couldn't help but talk about it, although they had always looked down on the Soviet army, but this time the difference in strength was too great.

It should be said that this is a normal phenomenon, the comparison of forces between the enemy and us is indeed very suspenseful, and it is very likely that he will be frightened without knowing the result, but Qin Chuan does not think so at all.

"General!" Qin Chuan said: "I think what we should discuss is not how to block them, but how to defeat them and even occupy the Kerch Peninsula!" ”

"What?" Hearing this, the officers, including Manstein, looked at Qin Chuan in surprise.