"Panzers, forward!" The commander of the armored corps yelled majestically into the walkie-talkie, but Qin Chuan felt that he was deliberately acting in front of the Führer, because Qin Chuan heard some nervousness and unnaturalness in his voice.

In this respect the major was a success, because Hitler watched all this with satisfaction, and almost even smiled.

It didn't take long for the "Tiger" formation to meet the Soviet line, and the major immediately gave the loud order to open fire.

Ten "Tigers" stopped one after another, and then each adjusted its turret to find its own target...... Their skill in maneuvering at least means that they should be able to operate the same level as other German tanks, except that the tank crew is well trained, because only then can they reach this level after a short period of training.

"Boom", two "Tiger" vehicles opened fire first, fired grenades, and hit a civil fortification and a sandbag machine gun fort respectively...... Of course, they could not withstand the bombardment of the "Tiger" 88 guns, and they were blown into the sky in a burst of fire.

Then the other "Tigers" also opened fire one after another, some of them missed, and one of the high-explosive armor-piercing shells hit the wreckage of the T34 tank on the opposite side, exploding from the inside, and the entire turret was thrown high.

The crowd watching with binoculars couldn't help but let out cheers, and Kruger glanced at Qin Chuan and Manstein a little triumphantly, and then said to Hitler: "Your Excellency, as I said, they are indestructible...... The Soviets didn't have any anti-tank weapons to destroy them, but we could bomb the Soviets as much as we wanted until the shells ran out! ”

"Wonderful, perfect!" Hitler put down his binoculars and exclaimed: "That's what we need, they will roll the USSR all under the tracks and moan, Stalin will beg for our forgiveness under its barrel......"

But before the words fell, there was a tank on the exercise ground that stopped in place and did not keep up with the convoy that continued to move forward, which was obviously abnormal.

Hitler raised his binoculars and looked at them, and asked Kruger suspiciously: "What's the matter?" ”

Kruger didn't know what was going on, he asked the major commander a few meters away: "What's the situation?" ”

"Your Excellency, Marshal!" The major replied with some embarrassment: "Tank No. 7 transmission is faulty!" ”

"This is an accident, Your Excellency!" Kruger said: "They'll take care of it soon!" ”

Qin Chuan added: "Why don't we go and have a look?" ”

"Good idea, Lieutenant Colonel!" Hitler replied, and walked towards the tank.

The faulty tank was not far from everyone's position, two hundred meters, and after a few minutes, everyone came to the tank, and the commander and driver were anxiously dealing with mechanical problems...... The transmission was broken, and when you stepped on the accelerator, you only heard the sound of the engine, but the tank did not move at all.

Seeing Hitler and his party coming, the crew members immediately put down their work and lined up to salute.

"Leave me alone!" Hitler criticized: "You want to use this place as a battlefield, so you should fix it as quickly as possible, and then go into battle again!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" The crew members answered, and buried themselves in "dealing with" the tank.

But it didn't take long for another tank to have another problem. Hitler and others were given the report: "engine failure".

Then another tank got stuck in a snow pit and couldn't move, which was a common occurrence on the battlefield, especially in terrain like the Soviet Union, where the Tiger weighed 56 tons.

At this time, the commander of the major made another wrong decision, he ordered another "Tiger" to tow out the one that had fallen into the snow pit......

Qin Chuan almost went up to stop it, because he knew that there was a ban among the German tank crews: "It is strictly forbidden to tow the 'Tiger' tank."

The reason is simple, the "Tiger" uses a gasoline engine, and its own weight has overwhelmed the engine...... This is one of the reasons for the high failure rate of the Tiger, if other tanks are towed, it will exceed the load on the engine and cause failure or even fire.

But Qin Chuan immediately realized that he shouldn't stop it at this time.

On the one hand, this is because he should not have known that there would be problems with the "Tiger" trailer...... the "Tiger" is a new tank, and Qin Chuan is not involved in it.

On the other hand, the more "Tiger" failures occur, the more Hitler's idea of taking the initiative to attack will be dispelled.

Thereupon......

In a "rumbling" roar, black smoke suddenly rose from the trailer "Tiger" engine.

At first, everyone thought that this was normal, after all, it was trying to drag another tank out with great power, but when the black smoke turned into flames, everyone knew that the other "Tiger" was finished.

The major commander hurriedly suspended the exercise, and if this continued, it would not be long before these "tigers" would be lying on their stomachs.

This is not surprising to Qin Chuan at all, the failure rate of the "Tiger Style" is notoriously high, especially when the "Tiger Style" has just entered service...... Three of the first four "Tigers" to go to the battlefield broke down after only an hour of fighting, because the Germans had to blow them up because they feared that the new tanks that had rushed to the front line would be captured and studied by the Soviets.

A considerable part of the responsibility for this lies with Hitler.

Because as I said before, the "Tiger" tank was Hitler's dream, and he hoped to completely defeat the Soviet Union with this tank, so he ordered that no matter what difficulties he encountered, the "Tiger" should be put into the summer offensive of '43...... As a result, a large number of problems that had just been developed were not solved, and the "Tiger type" was sent to the front and handed over to the troops.

Looking at this situation, Hitler's face was gloomy and very ugly.

Manstein and Qin Chuan glanced at each other and didn't say anything, because there was no need to say anything in this situation, and everyone knew what the problem was...... It is really unreliable to use such a tank as the main offensive force, although it is indeed excellent in terms of firepower and defense.

At this time, even Marshal Kruger, who had always advocated the offensive, did not dare to say anything more.

Marshal Manstein whispered beside Qin Chuan: "Well done, I think the Führer should have dispelled the idea of attacking!" ”

But Qin Chuan was not so optimistic, because Hitler subjectively wanted to attack, which can be seen from his expression at this time...... If Hitler had only hesitated between the two, he would have been glad that he had not given the order for an attack on his own initiative, rather than as he is now.

Sure enough, after a period of oppressive silence, Hitler ordered: "Solve the 'tiger' problem as quickly as possible, no matter how much money and manpower is invested!" ”