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

Because at this time in history, the African Legion was actively organizing a counterattack after being defeated back to Algeria and attacking all the way to Alahman, but after a few months of stalemate, it was completely defeated in November... This defeat caused Rommel to be depressed and Germany completely lost Africa.

Of course, none of this happened.

Not only did Germany not happen, but also in Algeria. The Tunisian area built a stable defense line and fell into a stalemate with the Allies. Even because Germany discovered oil fields in Algeria and successfully blocked the Strait of Gibraltar, the counterattack was not so urgent... Another reason is that air supremacy is in the hands of the British and American troops, and the German counterattack will be greatly restricted.

At the same time, Gabes adopted tunnel defense fortifications without requiring too many armored troops, so the armored division of the African Legion was idle.

On the Eastern Front, the German army lost a large amount of equipment and troops due to the failure of the Moscow Battle... It is roughly estimated that Germany lost more than 40,000 trucks, more than 200,000 horses, tens of thousands of artillery pieces of various types, as well as nearly 5,000 aircraft and more than 2,000 tanks.

It is not surprising that such heavy losses will be suffered. Among them, the tanks were mainly tanks, almost all the troops were wiped out, but several survived... The German army was in an offensive state at that time, and all the tanks were heading to Moscow and Leningrad for attack. The sudden cold current made it impossible for the German army to transport fuel to the front line at all, so a large number of tanks and vehicles were abandoned as scrap iron.

It is said that when the German defense line stabilized, there were only 140 tanks left on the three armament groups on the Eastern Front to use 16 armored divisions (Note: There were originally 19 armored divisions on the Eastern Front, of which three armored divisions were transferred to Sicily and Greece).

On one side, the armored troops had nothing to do, and on the other side, there were almost no armored troops available, so of course, the armored divisions of the African Legion would be transferred to the east line.

"I think they are exhausted after this battle!" On the Mercedes-Benz train, Rommel handed Qin Chuan a cup of coffee: "Now, it depends on who can take the lead in restoring his own strength!"

"Hmm!" Qin Chuan agreed.

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

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

"Why?" Rommel asked.

"The reason is very simple!" Qin Chuan replied: "The Soviet army is more primitive. They have sufficient troops and are directly put into the battlefield without training. In addition, there are advantages of tank production speed, shorter transportation and supply lines, etc."

Rommel nodded and frowned.

This is obvious. Germany's supply and equipment need to be transported from more than a thousand kilometers of Berlin. Although it can be relied on trains, it is still very difficult to transport enough ammunition in a short period of time, and equipment and soldiers, which were not a problem for the Soviets.

After pausing, Rommel said again: "I heard that we have the advantage of air power!"

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

"It's really fun!" Rommel said self-deprecatingly: "If we have air supremacy in Africa, we can fight back to Egypt and drive the British and Americans out of the sea!"

Rommel obviously failed to let go of Africa.

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

The Soviet army's battle was mainly based on the tactics of the human sea, which was exactly what air supremacy could not be reversed.

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

Of course, now with Qin Chuan, things may be different.

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

Rommel raised his head as if awakened, and was stunned for a moment before realizing what Qin Chuan was asking, and then replied: "We are going to Kiev, Captain!"

"Kyiv, Southern Army Group?"

"Yes!" Rommel nodded.

Qin Chuan couldn't help but scream in his heart, "If you are busy with something, you will appear in some places... Before, the Central Army Group was the main force, and if you airborne, you will reach the most dangerous Holm. Now, it's the Southern Army Group's turn to be the main force in the offensive force, and he was transferred to the Southern Army Group again.

(Note: The Central Army suffered heavy damage in the Moscow Battle, and Hitler had to launch a new round of attack with the Southern Army as the main force)

But this seems normal. You should know that the 21st Armored Division and even Rommel are experienced new forces, and of course they will be sent to the places where they need them the most.

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

Because the person who came to greet them was Colonel Slain.

After not seeing each other for a while, Colonel Slein and Qin Chuan couldn't help but hug each other enthusiastically.

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

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

As he said that, Qin Chuan showed off the Knight's medal before Liang Fengji's detent.

Colonel Slain couldn't help but whistle: "Good guy, the Knight's Medal, so beautiful, you deserve it!"

After pausing, Colonel Slain said again: "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!"

As they said that, they burst into laughter.

The base is two miles outside the city. The reason why it is so close is that the troops are often transferred into the city of Kiev to encircle the guerrillas... Originally, these things should have been done by the security division, but in the previous Battle of Holm, several divisions of Soviet troops were blocked into the German defense line. The consequence of this was that the strength of the guerrillas increased greatly, and sometimes even organized sneak attacks on the German supply warehouses, such as Kiev.

The combat effectiveness of these regular Soviet troops mixed in guerrillas is sometimes not something that the security division can handle, so it needs assistance from the regular German troops.
Chapter completed!