Rommel and the 21st Panzer Division were sent to the Eastern Front, which did not happen in history.

Because at this time in history, the Afrika Korps was actively organizing a counteroffensive after being driven back to Algeria and fought all the way to El Alamein, but after a stalemate of several months, it was completely defeated in November...... This defeat devastated Rommel, and Germany lost Africa completely.

Of course, none of this happened.

Not only did it not happen, but Germany also built a stable defensive line in Algeria and Tunisia and reached a stalemate with the Allies, and even because Germany discovered oil fields in Algeria and successfully blocked the Strait of Gibraltar, a counteroffensive was not so urgent...... Another reason is that air supremacy is in the hands of Britain and the United States, and the German counteroffensive will be greatly restricted.

At the same time, Gabès took the pit fortifications and did not need much armor, so the Afrika Korps Panzer Division was left idle.

On the Eastern Front, the Germans lost a lot of equipment and men due to the defeat in the Battle of Moscow...... According to rough estimates, Germany lost more than 40,000 trucks, more than 200,000 horses, 10,000 artillery pieces of various types, nearly 5,000 aircraft, and more than 2,000 tanks.

It is not surprising that such heavy losses will be suffered, mainly tanks, almost all of which have been wiped out, and few have survived...... The Germans were on the offensive at that time, and all the tanks were driven to Moscow and Leningrad for the offensive, and the sudden cold snap made it impossible for the Germans to transport fuel to the front line, so a large number of tanks and vehicles were discarded as scrap metal.

It is said that by the time the German lines were stabilized, only 140 tanks of the 16 Panzer Divisions of the three Army Group groups on the Eastern Front would be available (Note: there were 19 Panzer Divisions on the Eastern Front, three of which were transferred to Sicily and Greece).

On the one hand, the armored forces had nothing to do, and on the other hand, there were almost no armored units available, so of course the Afrika Korps armored divisions would be transferred to the eastern front.

"I think they're all exhausted after this fight!" On the Mercedes-Benz train, Rommel handed Qin Chuan a cup of coffee: "Now, it's up to who can recover their strength first!" ”

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan agreed.

He knew who Rommel meant by "they...... At this time, Rommel could not be said to be a part of the battle group on the Eastern Front, so he looked at the German and Soviet troops on the Eastern Front from the perspective of a third person.

"But I want to ......" After taking a sip of coffee, Qin Chuan said: "It should be the Soviets who recover their strength faster!" ”

"Why?" Rommel asked.

"The reason is simple!" Qin Chuan replied: "The Soviets' army is more primitive, they have enough soldiers, and they go directly to the battlefield with almost no training. In addition, there are advantages such as the speed of production of tanks, shorter transport supply lines, and so on! ”

Rommel nodded, his brow furrowed.

It was obvious that German supplies and equipment needed to be transported from Berlin, more than a thousand kilometers away, and although it was possible to rely on trains, it was still very difficult to transport enough ammunition, equipment and troops in a short period of time, which was not a problem for the Soviets.

After a pause, Rommel added: "I heard that we have an advantage in air power!" ”

"This is indeed it!" Qin Chuan said: "We have always had air supremacy on the Eastern Front, otherwise we would not be able to hold Holm at all!" ”

"It's fun!" Rommel laughed at himself: "If we had air supremacy in Africa, we could have sent back Egypt and driven the British and Americans out to sea!" ”

Rommel clearly failed to let go of Africa.

At the same time, Qin Chuan believed that Rommel's words were also right, the Allied battles were mainly based on air supremacy, and if there was no air supremacy, they would not know how to fight.

And the fighting of the Soviet army was mainly based on the tactics of crowds, which was precisely the point that air supremacy could not be reversed.

It is precisely because of this that the historical German army was defeated in both Africa and the Soviet Union.

Of course, now because of Qin Chuan, things may be different.

Perhaps because of his concern for the front, Rommel quickly fell into deep thought, until Qin Chuan asked, "General, where is our destination?" ”

Rommel raised his head as if he had been awakened, and only after a moment did he realize what Qin Chuan was asking, and then replied: "We're going to Kyiv, Captain!" ”

"Kyiv, Army Group South?"

"Yes!" Rommel nodded.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he would appear somewhere if he was really busy...... Previously, Army Group Center was the main force, and one airborne landing reached the most dangerous Holm. Now, it was the turn of Army Group South to be the main force of the attack, and he was transferred to Army Group South again.

(Note: Army Group Center suffered a major loss of vitality in the Battle of Moscow, and Hitler had no choice but to launch a new offensive with Army Group South as the main force)

However, this seems normal, knowing that the 21st Panzer Division and even Rommel are experienced fresh troops, and of course they will be sent to where they are needed most.

When the firepower stopped at the German base outside Kiev, Qin Chuan knew that it was not only the 21st Panzer Division in Kyiv, but also his own First Infantry Corps.

For it was Colonel Slain who had come to greet them.

I hadn't seen each other for a while, and Colonel Slane and Qin Chuan couldn't help but hug each other warmly.

"Captain!" Colonel Slein said: "I have heard that you were assassinated by the Bolsheviks in Frankfurt, and I am glad that you are safe and sound, and that you have not returned to the army so late...... I thought something was going on! ”

"No, everything is fine!" Qin Chuan replied: "They just, sent me this!" ”

As he spoke, Qin Chuan lit up the knight's medal in front of the Liang Feng Ji buckle.

Colonel Slain couldn't help but whistle: "Good fellow, knight's medal, beautiful, you deserve it!" ”

After a pause, Colonel Slane said: "Believe me, if you stay in the army for a few more years, there will be so many medals that you can't even walk!" ”

The two of them burst out laughing.

The base is two miles outside the city, and the reason why it is so close is that troops are often transferred into the city of Kiev to encircle and suppress the guerrillas...... Originally, these things were supposed to be done by the security divisions, but in the previous Battle of Holm, several divisions of Soviet troops were blocked within the German lines, and the result was a great increase in the strength of the partisans, and sometimes even organized sneak attacks on German supply depots, such as Kiev.

And the combat effectiveness of these Soviet regular troops mixed with the partisans was sometimes beyond the ability of the security divisions, so they needed the assistance of the German regular army.

The car drove all the way into the base, and Qin Chuan saw his subordinates from a distance, so he waved his hat and leaned out of the window and shouted at them: "Hey, boys, it's nice to see that you are still alive!" ”