Stalingrad is only a city of more than 500 square kilometers, and such a city cannot accommodate the millions of troops of the two Soviet fronts under any circumstances.

(Note: Stalin formed the Stalingrad Front at Stalingrad, but later split it into two fronts: the Stalingrad Front, which defended the Don River north of Stalingrad, and the Southeastern Front, which defended Stalingrad and the Volga.) After that, another change was made, changing the Stalingrad Front to the Don Front, and the Southeastern Front to the Stalingrad Front)

Therefore, as Hult said, the Battle of Stalingrad was partly due to the difficulty of amphibious landings in this era, and the necessity of fighting for Stalin, the key place to hold the gap in the river.

Seeing that Qin Chuan was silent looking at the map, Hult thought that Qin Chuan didn't understand, so he explained: "I'm sorry, maybe I should have said it in more detail......"

"No, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "I understand what you mean, but I think ...... Amphibious landing ships and amphibious landing tanks were not suitable for the Battle of Stalingrad! ”

"Why?" Hult couldn't help but look a little disappointed.

"General!" Qin Chuan replied: "There are conditions for us to use amphibious landing ships and amphibious landing tanks in Transcaucasia and succeed, that is, the Soviets think that we do not have a navy, that is, the sea dominance is in their hands, so we cannot attack their rear from the sea, so they are defenseless." But if it is used for forced crossings of the Volga or Don ......"

Saying that, Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said: "In the direction of the Don River, we will face the enemy's Stalingrad Front, and in the direction of the Volga River, we will face the Southeast Front, and their total strength is also in the millions, and they are deployed along the river all the way, and they are well prepared. Worse still...... They will certainly lay a large amount of artillery behind the coastal defense line, and any forced crossing will inevitably be intercepted by intensive fire from the other side, while amphibious landing ships and amphibious landing tanks cannot withstand such a blow, especially amphibious landing tanks......"

Hort couldn't help but nod when he heard this, he had actually read the information of the amphibious landing tank before, and knew that the survivability of this thing in the water was extremely poor.

But if Hult's idea was that simple, then there wouldn't be today's conversation.

"You're right, Major!" "But you know what? The greatest advantage of amphibious landing boats and amphibious landing tanks is that they can cross the river at the fastest speed and spread out on the opposite bank and form combat effectiveness! ”

Qin Chuan does not deny this, for example, the amphibious landing ship can be driven in the water or on the shore, so when it reaches the opposite shore, there is no need for loading and unloading, and it can be fought as soon as it is pushed forward. The same is true of amphibious landing tanks, which are the kings of land warfare as soon as they come ashore.

"So ......," said Hult, "what if we could create this brief moment?" ”

"The general means to say...... Airborne Forces? Qin Chuan immediately understood what Hult meant.

"Yes!" Hote nodded appreciatively: "We used the airborne troops to attack the artillery units and coastal troops of the Soviets, so that they could not form an effective fire interception of our landing troops in a short period of time, and taking advantage of this opportunity, the landing troops continued to cross the river to break through their coastal defense lines!" ”

"General!" Qin Chuan replied: "A considerable part of the Soviets' Southeast Front is composed of the North Caucasus and Transcaucasian Fronts, and they know that our amphibious landing ships and amphibious landing tanks, if they are prepared......"

Needless to say, although such a way of fighting is feasible, it still has to rely on the airborne troops to raid after all.

If the Soviet army had taken precautions, then these airborne troops and even the troops that landed on the other side would have gone and never returned.

Hott nodded in agreement, then sighed: "Major, you should invent these things later!" ”

Qin Chuan understood what Hort meant, if Qin Chuan had invented amphibious landing ships and amphibious tanks later and used them in the direction of the Don or Volga rivers, then the Soviets would have collapsed under this tactic because they were unprepared, so it would not be a problem to take Stalingrad...... Stalingrad could not be captured because it could not be completely encircled by the Volga River defense line, and the Stalingrad Front to the north would put enormous pressure on the German army to attack Stalingrad with all its might.

Otherwise, it was only necessary to surround Stalingrad, and the Soviet troops stationed in it would soon run out of ammunition and food, and there was no only way to surrender.

"So!" Hort frowned and said, "It seems that we have only one way to attack Stalingrad!" ”

Qin Chuan was helpless about this, because if there were other ways to go, the Soviet and German armies in history would not have continuously invested troops in Stalingrad for six months, and the total casualties reached 2 million in the end, which can be called the bloodiest battle in modern history.

Finally, Qin Chuan reminded: "General, I don't know if you have noticed a little, we still have a potential crisis in this battle!" ”

"Uh-huh, what do you mean ......"

"The Soviets are on the other side of the river, we are on the other side of the river!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said, "We always thought that it would be difficult for us to cross the river to break through their coastal defense line, and at the same time, it would be difficult for them to cross the river and break through our coastal defense line!" ”

"Isn't it?" Hult asked, surprised.

"Usually yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "But once it's winter......"

Admiral Hoult couldn't help but let out an "oh": "The river is frozen!" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and replied: "When the Don and Volga rivers are frozen, then the Soviet defense line will form a natural encirclement against us, and the situation will be completely different!" ”

"So, we're going to end the fight before the ice breaks!" Huo nodded and said, "Otherwise, we will have to retreat with the whole army!" ”

"Retreat?" Rommel interjected: "No, the Führer will never allow us to retreat!" ”

Hott turned his inquiring gaze to Rommel.

"I know him!" Rommel spread his hands and said: "Even if I am at such a disadvantage in North Africa and fighting an enemy several times my size, the Führer still orders me not to retreat!" ”

After a pause, Rommel added: "Of course, I did not obey the Führer's orders, and this has something to do with the small size of the Afrika Korps. If it's Army Group B, which has millions of people......"

Although Rommel didn't finish his words, both Hult and Qin Chuan understood what it meant.