Soon ten "Tiger" tanks were transported to Kharkov...... The reason for this was that there were just ten "Tigers" on their way to Poltava ready to be deployed to the front, and Marshal Kruger only had to turn the train to Kharkov.

"Is there a drill space?" Hitler asked Manstein.

"Of course, Your Excellency!" Manstein replied: "Kharkov has been used as a battlefield several times, and we can easily find a place that resembles the Soviet defense line!" ”

"Good!" Hitler said: "Then we can release the 'tiger' out of the cage!" ”

"No, no, Your Excellency!" Marshal Kruger said: "How many more hours do we need?" ”

"How many hours?" Hitler couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

It's understandable if it takes some time to prepare, but hours......

"Yes!" Marshal Kruger replied: "That's right, the body of the 'Tiger' is too wide, and it will be difficult to transport it through the tunnel by train, so it is necessary to remove the two rows of load wheels on the outside and replace them with temporary special narrow tracks, and then replace them and debug them after getting off the train at the destination!" ”

Hitler couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, but he still nodded: "Of course, there is some price to be paid for by super firepower and defense, and I believe it is worth our wait!" ”

"With all due respect, Your Excellency!" Qin Chuan said: "But it also means that there are more dangers and more difficult deployments!" ”

Kruger objected: "No, we have enough time to prepare before the war!" ”

"Marshal Kruger!" Qin Chuan replied: "What if the enemy has fighters staring at our train station?" The Tiger, on the other hand, takes hours to change tracks to move, which is a good target for enemy fighters! ”

"But we have air supremacy!" "We don't need to worry about that," Kruger said. ”

"Oh yes!" "So, in addition to the tense struggle with enemy aircraft in the air or the cover of ground troops, our pilots also have to come back to take care of the railway station in the rear!" Manstein said. ”

Krueger couldn't help but be speechless, because everyone knew that the German army's air supremacy was already constrained by the numerical superiority of Soviet fighters.

Therefore, if the fighters that are already at a numerical disadvantage are required to come back from time to time to protect the unloading of the "Tiger" in a tense state of operation, and it will take several hours at will...... That is clearly unrealistic.

"The embarrassment for us is ......," Qin Chuan continued, "We don't know where to transport the 'Tiger Style'. If it is too close to the front line, it will be threatened by the enemy's air force because of the disadvantage of this unloading, and if it is too far from the front line, although it is safer, it means that we have to drive the 'Tiger style' to the front line! ”

This may not be a big deal if the tank drove hundreds of kilometers to the front line at other times, but in the snow-covered Soviet Union in winter, it was a "Tiger type" weighing 56 tons...... That would be a nightmare.

But Marshal Kruger still argued: "These are not big problems, because we could solve them before the war, for example, now!" ”

This question was put aside for the time being, because Hitler did not say anything, and he obviously would not give up the opportunity to let this new tank show its strength on the battlefield because of this shortcoming.

After waiting in the headquarters for more than two hours, the signal corps finally came with the news that everything was ready.

So the group rushed to the exercise ground by car.

The exercise ground was set aside by Manstein, and for the convenience of the exercise, it was located in an open space not far from the railway station. During the two hours of installing the tracks and load wheels in the "Tiger style", Manstein had a few machine gun fortifications made of sandbags and two rudimentary civil fortifications simply deployed in the exercise ground, and even pulled the wreckage of a few T34 tanks as targets.

A row of 10 "Tiger" tanks was quietly parked on this side of the exercise field, majestic and undignified, like a row of tigers waiting to rush to the enemy's position, just as Kruger said, they would "march forward bravely" and "be invincible."

This is the first time Qin Chuan has seen the legendary "Tiger Style", the real "Tiger Style". With its powerful firepower and superior defense, it has become a legend among the tanks of World War II, and has even become a representative of the German tank, an insurmountable monument.

"It's a work of art, isn't it?" A confident smile appeared on Hitler's face: "I can't wait to see how it performs!" ”

As he spoke, Hitler walked around the "Tiger", nodding his head from time to time to express his satisfaction.

At this moment, Qin Chuan suddenly understood why Hitler in history insisted on launching the Battle of Kursk under the opposition of Guderian, Manstein and other famous generals...... At this time, Hitler was no longer thinking about strategy, tactics, or politics, but more of a dream in his mind, a dream of driving this invincible tank all the way to Moscow and even the entire Soviet Union.

Because he has a dream, he will ignore many shortcomings of the "tiger style" and only see its advantages in his eyes...... Just like a first lover will always automatically ignore each other's shortcomings.

Manstein walked up to Qin Chuan and whispered, "Lieutenant Colonel, are you confident?" It's not a difficult drill! ”

"I know, Your Excellency!" Qin Chuan replied: "But that's not what I'm worried about!" ”

Qin Chuan was worried that even if the exercise was unsuccessful, Hitler would still insist on throwing the "Tiger" into the battlefield to launch an attack.

"Let's get started!" After shaking hands with several commanders and encouraging them, Hitler gave the order to start.

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

The tank crews jumped into the tank quickly and skillfully and got into the cockpit...... To be selected as a "Tiger" tank crew, they are all the top members of the German tank crew, especially when there were few "Tiger" tanks in the early days, it was definitely the best of the best.

Then, the 600-horsepower Maybach engine began to roar, and a puff of "power" smoke came out of the exhaust pipe. With the sound of "clucking" tracks, ten "Tigers" slowly drove to the preset positions in the exercise ground.

A major who looked like an armored corps was nervously directing the "Tiger Style" through a walkie-talkie outside the exercise grounds, allowing them to line up in an attacking wedge and move forward.

However, it didn't seem to require him to command, because the tank crews knew what they had to do, and they didn't even hurry up to accommodate the infantry in the rear.