The generals looked at Xia Ming's firm eyes, and they all secretly admired his courage in taking the initiative to ask for battle.

In today's situation, he can still show such a spirit, and he is worthy of being a hero of the empire. For this point, you have to praise him.

Especially the commander of the 168th Guards Division, Lieutenant General Merr, he was quite entangled in his heart at this time.

In fact, in his mind, he once wanted to take the initiative to fight like Xia Ming. But just now he felt as if his legs were filled with lead, extremely heavy.

I didn't have the courage to stand up in the end...

He doesn't have enough self-confidence, although he is not afraid of sacrifice, but he is afraid of failure...

felt that he was suddenly like a coward in front of Xia Ming, which made him a little unacceptable.

"Your Excellency, I am also willing to be the vanguard. If that fails, I will never come back to see you. Mer's brain was hot, and he also stood up, glanced at Xia Ming with some anger, and looked at General Paulus with his head held high.

Xia Ming glanced at this guy a little unpleasantly. Is this guy okay? What's the mess if it's okay? It feels like a heel, why didn't you stand up just now?

He had to step up to get the job done, and there was no other choice. Otherwise, he wouldn't have pinned his head to the waistband of his trousers to make this outstanding.

"Good! Very good! I'm proud to have a general like you! Paulus looked at the two young generals in front of him with great satisfaction, and his heart was also gloomy, but seeing them suddenly ignited a fighting spirit.

Unexpectedly, there were two people who were willing to serve as the vanguard of the army, and he didn't know who to choose for a while.

You must know that this operation is probably the last battle against Stalingrad. After November, the cold winter will begin, and if this is still the case, Paulus thinks that the Führer may give the order for a temporary withdrawal. After all, it was too risky to trap hundreds of thousands of people in a dangerous city.

At that time, his future will be in doubt, and this may be his last chance to perform...

The vanguard of the main offensive will be particularly important.

Because today's morale does not allow for further failures. If you can get off to a good start, all the troops will become more and more courageous. On the contrary, if the teacher is unfavorable or still cannot open the situation, there will be more and more problems.

Who should you choose?

Mer's advantage is that he is an outstanding officer who came out of the regular military academy and has won many battles. His 168th Guards Division was well equipped and had good morale. It is one of the few backbone forces that has not suffered setbacks.

But since entering Stalingrad, they have been responsible for the defense of the military headquarters and have not really fought hard street battles ...

In comparison, Xia Ming is different. He is a battle hero who crawls out of corpses. Both the will and the actual combat are much stronger than Merr.

But he also has a problem, he is from the grassroots, and he used to be just an assault battalion commander. He is an expert in spearheading, but is he capable of cooperating with the corps? You can't still charge forward like a reckless man like before, right?

If you accidentally die in battle, wouldn't it be a mess??

It seems that it is also difficult for the two of them to form a team.

There is no way to solve the problem of the main and deputy positions alone, and I am afraid that no one will obey anyone.

“...”

General Paulus temporarily fell into the troubles of bliss ...

Tapping his fingers lightly on the tabletop, he suddenly thought of a good idea.

looked at the two of them and said, "In this way, each of you will come up with a plan." Whoever receives the most support will be the pioneer this time. Not only will I give priority to replenishing all your supplies, but I will also give you the greatest cooperation. I believe that every general here will not object, right?? ”

Paulus glanced at the crowd.

"I fully support and I appreciate the courage of both of them. We, the 14th Army, are willing to fight alongside you. General Hube was the first to make a statement.

In fact, Xia Ming's words just now had already made them reflect secretly.

Maybe the long-term fighting has made them war-weary, but most of them are bloody professional soldiers in their bones. No one wants to be a defeated general, and their hearts are very eager to bring victory back to their homeland.

A few even got up as close to Lieutenant General Mer as they did to ask for battle.

General Paulus's decision was still affirmed by most people. It's up to everyone to decide if it's fair and reasonable.

“... I have no objection. Xia Ming had already prepared a battle plan, and he was not worthy of him in his heart.

"I don't have either, but I want to hear General Xia Ming's plan first." Mer frowned slightly and glanced at Xia Ming. He was actually a little embarrassed now, because he had never thought of taking on such a task before, and he didn't have a detailed plan in his head at all.

However, he is confident that he can still develop a feasible plan if he is given a little time.

Let Xia Ming come first, and you can also listen to his plan. If you can find his loopholes, it will be even simpler.

It is estimated that he will not have any amazing talent as an assault battalion commander who came out of the pile of soldiers.

"Okay..."Xia Ming didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he picked up the materials he brought and walked to the front desk very calmly.

The chief of staff pulled down a huge battle map at Paulus's signal, and everyone stared at Xia Ming with interest. I don't know what kind of answer this combat hero can hand in.

Xia Ming took a deep breath, took the baton from the chief of staff, and began to explain his battle plan to everyone.

From the deployment of troops to their mutual coordination, from the route of the march to the role played by their own troops, the content of the entire operation was expounded in great detail.

In general, he hoped that the army group would be able to cooperate with him in advancing south from the north of the city, starting from the central station, after sweeping the Mamayev Hills. After pulling out a few key nails, he fought a decisive battle with the Soviets in the northern industrial zone.

It can be said that Xia Ming's whole plan is quite exciting, and many details impressed the generals, and everyone couldn't help but nod their heads.

You must know that Xia Ming has been practicing and discussing with Anna for a long time for this meeting, and with Anna's help, it has made up for many deficiencies in details. I believe that as long as he shows enough self-confidence, there should be no problem in getting through.

“... Well, not bad. General Paulus touched his chin and nodded.

How to put it, Xia Ming's plan was definitely well thought out.

But he felt like a little too bold and risky... And is he overconfident in his combat effectiveness? He was very conceited that he could fight all the way from south to north...

At this moment, Mer laughed, in fact, he listened to Xia Ming's explanation with a smile all the time.

Stood up and said, "Do you really think you're the god of war?" And why do you think that after the recapture of Central Station and Mamayev Posts, the Soviets will no longer send reinforcements to rob them? Do you know how many times we've changed hands in this position? Exactly 12 times! In less than a day, tens of thousands of people were killed here. You underestimate their will to fight too much!

It is strategically important to overlook not only the city, but also the Volga River along the border. They won't give up here easily. ”

Xia Ming frowned and just wanted to explain, General Hubei stood up and said to Mer with a document: "My staff officer compiled a document on the waterway of the Volga River for me yesterday, and now the river has begun to freeze. I think it's going to be more and more difficult for them to continue to transport troops and supplies from upstream. This is good news for us, I was going to discuss it with you, but I didn't expect General Xia Ming to have thought of this.

I also think that their offensive in the north will be greatly weakened in the coming period, and we can effectively block their support as long as we send planes to constantly bomb and harass them, and build pontoon bridges.

General Xia Ming, am I right? ”

"Yes, General." Xia Ming nodded in admiration.

"Uhhhh

At this time, General Hu Bei looked at Xia Ming seriously and continued: "But General Xia Ming, your plan is full of an almost crazy idealism. You overestimate your own abilities too much, why do you make me believe that you can be the vanguard and have the strength to continue to the decisive battle in the north after successfully taking Central Station and Mamayev Height? I'm afraid that your integrated 27th Division does not yet have such capabilities. ”

"Whether you have it or not, we'll see after we finish! Battles are fought, not spoken. As soldiers, we must first have the spirit of showing our swords, and we must show our swords when we meet the enemy. I'm not confident, but if I'm not confident, then don't do it at all! As I have already said, I will fight to the last soldier. If you're not confident enough, follow me as a cheerleader. I'm going to make up my mind about this vanguard, and if I don't give it to me, I'm going to ask for it to be removed from my post right now. Xia Ming stood in front of the stage and didn't want to reason with these generals.

He suddenly remembered Li Yunlong in the bright sword, what kind of reason do you sometimes talk about? ? Reasoning with these generals, it is estimated that he will not be able to finish talking until dawn.

It's okay to just do Laipi, do you still have to explain one by one? ? Now he can only hope that he can be this pioneer, use practical actions to gag everyone's mouths, and win a few battles first. It's easy to say anything if you win, and nothing to say if you lose.

If he is really dismissed, then it will be fine. If this task is not done, he will eat and wait until he dies. Mixing up to the end of the surrender can also complete the task, it's nothing more than a few rewards.