Of course, not all infantry anti-tank equipment was up to the task of Manstein to win the battle.

For example, anti-tank guns and rocket launchers can be regarded as infantry anti-tank equipment, but they can play a very limited role on the battlefield...... Anti-tank guns can only sneak fire under normal circumstances, and often only at close range can penetrate the armor of the T34 tank, and this is not counting ricochets. Bazookas, on the other hand, have low accuracy and short range.

The ME63 can not only effectively penetrate the target armor, but also have a range that is simply against the sky...... A thousand meters or even more, which is even outside the range of the enemy's tanks, will form an advantage that "the Germans can fight the Soviets and the Soviets cannot hit the Germans", and only then will it be possible for the Germans to stop the "torrent of steel" of the Soviets on the battlefield.

In fact, the situation is more severe than Manstein and Qin Chuan can imagine.

Because at this time, the Soviet army had already put into use a number of new fighters: "Il"-2M3, "La"-5, "Yak"-9 fighters.

Among them, the maximum speed of the "La" 5 fighter and the "Yak" 9 fighter is 648 kilometers per hour and 672 kilometers per hour, respectively, which is almost correlated with the 710 kilometers per hour of the German BF109.

More importantly, the industrial production of the Soviet Union was restored with large-scale assistance from the United States, and these fighters were put into production at an astonishing rate. For example, more than 1,000 "pull" 5 fighters were produced in just five months, with an average of 200 units per month.

But Qin Chuan doesn't think this situation will last long.

The reason was that at this time the United States and Britain had not yet started a large-scale battle with Germany, and if there was any fighting, it would be a small fight in Africa.

As a result, the United States could support the Soviet Union more than invest resources in its own battles.

If the United States and Britain had opened a second battlefield in northern France, the United States would have to fight Japan on the one hand, Germany on the other, and at the same time aid the Soviet Union.

As a result, U.S. assistance to the Soviet Union was bound to decline in stages.

At this time, the Soviet Union mainly relied on the assistance of the United States and Britain...... The loss of the Baku oil fields caused it to lose most of its energy resources, and the Soviet Union at this time was afraid that it would also run out of energy reserves for the Kursk war.

In other words, if the USSR can be hurt in this battle, then the USSR will soon enter an embarrassing situation of insufficient energy. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to consider this battle Stalin's last attempt.

The order was given quickly, and the 4th Panzer Army was ordered to transfer to Kharkov, after all, the defense of the Caucasus was more infantry and mountain troops, and armored and mechanized units did not have much of a role here...... In fact, it is more important to reinforce Army Group Center, otherwise it is absolutely necessary to put an armored army in such an important place as the Baku oil field.

However, this transfer of the 4th Panzer Army was a bit troublesome, because the communications in the North Caucasus and its northern strip were all destroyed and not repaired, and there were also Soviet troops in the north, so it was obvious that this movement could not be made.

In the end, you can only go in the direction of the Crimean Peninsula, that is, from Transcausto to the Crimean Peninsula through the Kerch Strait and then to Kharkiv.

The entire journey around a large circle is nearly 2,000 kilometers, and many areas (starting from the Crimean Peninsula) are covered with heavy snow, so it is afraid that if you march normally, you will not be able to go for several months.

Fortunately, the Transcaucasia and the Kerlin Peninsula are in the rear, and in order to facilitate transportation to the front line, after the capture of these places, railways began to be built and transport trains were put into use, so that the army and even tanks could be mobilized by trains, but there was some trouble when crossing the Kerch Strait. However, this trouble is also much less due to the amphibious landing ship.

Of course, Qin Chuan and other first step corps did not need to go around in such a big circle, they took a helicopter to the west to Soglione, and then flew across the Sea of Azov to Kharkov...... This was done to avoid as much as possible the sneak attack of the Soviet stragglers on the Caucasus Mountains, although this may be small, the Soviet troops above will either freeze to death or starve to death, and even if a few are still alive, they will not even have the strength to pull the trigger.

But there is a saying that "be careful to sail a ship of ten thousand years", and you must be cautious when you should be cautious on the battlefield, after all, this is a good soldier in a fragile helicopter.

As soon as the helicopter arrived in Soglione, the temperature plummeted...... This is the first feeling of leaving this barrier of the Caucasus Mountains. However, the soldiers seemed to have gotten used to all this, and each took out his padded coat from his backpack and put it on.

"I think I'm going to miss Fort Kinov!" The baker said, "At least there's warmth there!" ”

"I'm already starting to miss it!" Werner said.

"Oh, of course!" Alfredo responded: "This should be your happiest day, leading the team to receive countless cheers and applause!" ”

"That's right!" Hearing this, Qin Chuan remembered the event and asked, "Werner, did we win the championship?" ”

"No, Lieutenant Colonel!" Werner replied with some embarrassment: "We only got one runner-up, and the championship was taken by the 92nd Infantry Division!" ”

"What's going on?" Qin Chuan asked.

"This ......," Werner replied, "they have more professional baseball players!" ”

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan said: "Did you tell them that we will see you on the battlefield in the future?" ”

"Of course!" Werner replied.

"In fact......" Kuhn said, "Werner told them with his fists and bats!" ”

"Oh?" Qin Chuan couldn't help but look at Werner suspiciously.

"It's not my fault!" Timo Werner spread his hands: "They fouled and the referee was clearly biased in favor of ......"

"Did you win?" Qin Chuan interrupted Werner's words.

"Of course!" Werner replied.

"Good, Werner!" Qin Chuan said: "This is more important than the championship, let them know that the 21st Armored Division is not easy to mess with!" ”

There was a proud laugh in the cabin.

The helicopter flew through a snow-white wilderness, with the occasional military train dragging long wagons underneath, everything as if it were frozen.

Qin Chuan looked back at the Caucasus Mountains in the distance and couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

In fact, Qin Chuan was reluctant to leave Transcaucasia, it was like a safe haven for the cold world outside, although there had been battles there, and the casualties were not lower than those caused by other places.

But like the baker said, at least there's still warmth there. And other places...... Large areas of the Soviet Union were either covered in snow and mud, and by the time they had not completely subsided, they were tanks, artillery shells, and patches of corpses.

Qin Chuan is hard pressed to find something good here.