The German top brass would be dismissive of this, and they had a reason.

On the one hand, this is because the combat effectiveness of the German army is generally higher than that of the Soviet army, and generally speaking, the combat effectiveness of a Soviet army group is only equivalent to a full German army, and a corps of the Soviet army is roughly equivalent to a German division.

In this way, the German army at both ends of Stalingrad flanks only had to place one corps of mechanized units on each side to resist the attack of one Soviet army group.

As for the crisis of those client states, it is only their weak combat units on the front line.

On the other hand, it was Hitler who received information from the Military Intelligence Agency that the Soviets no longer had any reserves worth mentioning on the Eastern Front.

Hitler believed this information, as he thought that the Soviets had exhausted their reserves in the previous Battle of Stalingrad.

If this is the case, what else is there for Germany to worry about?

However...... This information was provided by Canaris.

There are many people in history who believe that Canaris deliberately provided Hitler with wrong information to make wrong judgments, such as the previous "minced meat plan", and for example, during the Allied "Torch Plan", he provided Hitler with information favorable to the Allies, and some even suspected that Canaris released the French General Giraud, otherwise General Giraud would not have escaped from prison.

Whether this is true is not known, but at least the information provided by Canaris to Hitler at this time was erroneous, and the fact is that Zhukov had assembled another front, the Southwestern Front, and was ready for a counteroffensive.

Of course, if this had been the case, Germany might still have been able to hold the line of defense on the two rivers.

But the Allies also began to make moves to cooperate with the Soviet ...... On the one hand, large quantities of supplies were shipped by sea from Japan to Siberia in the Soviet Union, and then transported by train to the Soviet front.

On the other hand, a large number of troops were massed in Britain, as well as transport ships, planes, warships, etc., and even the American troops in Britain had surpassed the British army.

Moreover, the US military did not hide this when doing this, and most of the transportation was carried out under the nose of German submarines.

As soon as the news reached Hitler's command, Hitler began to feel embarrassed.

The purpose of the American army build-up in Britain was obvious, to land in northern France...... At this time, there was only one possibility for the US troops to land from northern France.

The reason was that the African defense line was in a stalemate with the German army, and the British and American forces could not break through the Tunis Strait, so they could not land from southern France; Landing from northern Germany, which was undoubtedly met with resolute resistance from the German military and civilians, was only a secondary option.

So the best place to land was in the north of France.

After thinking about it, Hitler ordered: "Now that the Battle of Stalingrad is over, we can transfer part of the troops on the Eastern Front to France!" ”

"But Your Excellency!" The staff officer objected: "But the report on the Eastern Front is that a large number of Soviet troops are gathering!" ”

"The Soviets are not capable of launching a counteroffensive!" Hitler replied: "They are just bluffing, and if we are frightened by them and even retreat, then we are fooled!" ”

When he heard this, the staff officer didn't dare to say anything anymore, because he knew that Hitler at this time was already overconfident because of his successive victories at the front, so it would be useless to say anything now.

Qin Chuan didn't know anything about any of this until Colonel Slane called that afternoon.

"Major, General Rommel told me to tell you that he had gone to France to report on his duties." Colonel Slane said, "He hopes to have the opportunity to fight with you in the future!" ”

"The general was transferred to France?"

"Yes!"

"Has the 21st Panzer Division also been transferred?" Qin Chuan faintly felt a trace of unease.

"No, Major!" Colonel Slane replied, "Some troops have been transferred, but you know, that's not what we need to know!" ”

Qin Chuan understood that this was the order issued by Hitler before, and all parts only needed to know the information related to their mission, for example, Qin Chuan only needed to take care of the training of the helicopter.

But Qin Chuan didn't think so.

Qin Chuan was worried that although he helped the German army win the Battle of Stalingrad, for various reasons, he still could not make the German army, to be precise, the 6th Army, get rid of the fate of being surrounded by the Soviet army in Stalingrad and finally having to surrender.

For example, now, at this critical moment, that is, when the Eastern Front is about to usher in a cold winter, Rommel will be transferred to France?

The transfer of Rommel to France was not a strange thing, because Rommel had been transferred by Hitler to France to fortify the "Atlantic Barrier" in the event of a possible Allied landing in northern France.

Hitler proved to be prescient, as Rommel was the only one who accurately judged that the Allies would land in Normandy and made many preparations in Normandy, although this ultimately failed to withstand the Allied attack.

In other words, the United States and Britain had a new move in northern France, which led Hitler to transfer troops from the Eastern Front to France at this time.

But doesn't this mean that there are not enough troops on the Eastern Front?

Thinking about it, Qin Chuan asked the communication soldier to connect Alexander's call.

"Is there any problem, Major?" Alexander on the other end of the line asked.

"That's exactly what I want to ask you." Qin Chuan said, "Are we in trouble? ”

There was silence on the other end of the line for a while, and then Alexander replied, "Yes, Major." You guessed it, we're in trouble! Can you come to the conductor? ”

"Of course!" Qin Chuan replied.

Paulus's headquarters, Alexander, was waiting for Qin Chuan outside the door, and as soon as he saw Qin Chuan's jeep stopped, he greeted him and said, "Major, I probably shouldn't tell you about these situations, but I want to hear your opinion!" ”

Alexander said as he welcomed Qin Chuan into the headquarters.

Paulus was not among them, and later Qin Chuan knew that he had gone to the "werewolf" to find Hitler.

Several staff officers in the command headquarters knew Qin Chuan, and when they saw Qin Chuan coming in, they all stepped forward to shake hands with Qin Chuan and say hello.

"That's right!" Alexander said: "All the troops we have deployed in the second line for mobile defense have been transferred to France!" ”

"What?" Qin Chuan asked in surprise: "Then who should we rely on on our flanks?" ”

"Romanian army!" Alexander replied: "And the Italian army and the Hungarian army!" ”

As he spoke, Alexander raised his head towards the map.

The areas defended by the troops are clearly marked on the map...... The first line of the Don was flanked by the Romanian 3rd Army, the Italian 8th Army, and the Hungarian 2nd Army.

On the Volga line was the Romanian 4th Army.