Stalingrad is just a city of more than 500 square kilometers. Such a city cannot accommodate millions of troops from the two Soviet fronts in any case.

(Note: Stalin formed the Stalingrad Front in Stalingrad, but after a long time it was divided into two fronts: one was the Stalingrad Front responsible for guarding the Don River north of Stalingrad, and the other was the Southeast Front responsible for guarding the Stalingrad and the Volga River. Afterwards, another change was made, the Stalingrad Front was changed to the Don River Front, and the Southeast Front transformed the South-East Front into the Stalingrad Front)

So, as Hort said, a considerable part of the Battle of Stalingrad was because of the difficulty of amphibious landings in this era, and we had to compete for Stalin, a key place that guarded the river gap.

Seeing Qin Chuan looking at the map and silently, Hot thought Qin Chuan didn't understand, so he explained: "Sorry, maybe I should have said it more in detail..."

"No, general!" Qin Chuan replied: "I understand what you mean, but I think... amphibious landing ships and amphibious landing tanks are not suitable for use in the Battle of Stalingrad!"

"Why?" Hort couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"General!" Qin Chuan replied: "We use amphibious landing ships and amphibious landing tanks to use them in the Transcaucasus and have success. That is, the Soviets thought we had no navy, that is, the sea control power was in their hands, so we could not attack their rear from the sea, so they were not prepared. But if they were used for the forced ferry of the Volga River or the Don River..."

As he said that, Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said: "We have to face the enemy Stalingrad Front in the direction of the Don River, and the Volga River faces the Southeast Front in the direction of the Volga River. Their total force is millions, and they are deployed along the river with sufficient preparations. What's worse is... They will definitely lay a large number of artillery behind the coastal defense line. Any time a forced ferry will inevitably be intercepted by dense firepower on the other side, but amphibious landing ships and amphibious landing tanks cannot withstand such a blow, especially amphibious landing tanks..."

Hot nodded when he heard this. He had actually read the information about amphibious landing tanks before and knew that this thing had a very poor survivability in the water.

But if Hort's idea was just that simple, then there would be no conversation today.

"You're right, Major!" said Hort. "But do you know? The biggest benefit of amphibious landing ships and amphibious landing tanks is that they can cross the river at the fastest speed and spread on the other side and form combat power!"

Qin Chuan does not deny this. For example, the amphibious landing ship can drive in the water or on the shore, so when it reaches the other shore, there is no need to load and unload the process. It can be used immediately and immediately after advancing forward. The same is true for amphibious landing tanks, and they are the king of land warfare as soon as they get ashore.

"So..." Hort said: "What if we could create this short opportunity?"

"What the general means...airborne troops?" Qin Chuan immediately understood what Hort meant.

"Yes!" Hort nodded appreciatively: "We used airborne troops to attack the Soviet artillery and coastal forces, so that they could not form an effective firepower interception against our landing troops in a short period of time. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the landing troops would continuously cross the river to break through their coastal defense lines!"

"General!" Qin Chuan replied: "A considerable part of the Soviets' southeastern fronts are composed of the North Caucasus and the Transcaucasian fronts. They know our amphibious landing ships and amphibious landing tanks, if they are prepared..."

There is no need to say much about the rest. Although this kind of fighting style is feasible, it still depends on the airborne troops to raid.

If the Soviet army was prepared, then all these airborne troops and even the troops landing on the other side would go without returning.

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

Qin Chuan understood Hort's meaning. If Qin Chuan had invented amphibious landing ships and amphibious tanks later and used them in the direction of the Don River or Volga River, the Soviets would have collapsed thousands of miles under this tactic because they were not prepared, so it would not be a problem to take Stalingrad... The reason why Stalingrad could not be conquered was because its back to the Volga River defense line could not be completely surrounded. At the same time, the Stalingrad front in the north would also put huge pressure on the German army to prevent it from attacking Stalingrad with all its strength.

Otherwise, you only need to surround Stalingrad, and the Soviet troops stationed there will soon be no ammunition or food, and there is no way to surrender.

"Then!" Hort said with a frown: "It seems that we can only attack Stalingrad!"

Qin Chuan had no choice but to do so, because if there were other ways to go, the Soviet and German armies in history would not have been in Stalingrad for six months, and even the total number of casualties reached two million, which was the bloodiest battle in modern history.

Finally, Qin Chuan reminded: "General, I don't know if you have noticed one thing. We still have a potential crisis in this battle!"

"Hmm, you mean..."

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

"Isn't it?" Hort asked in surprise.

"Usually, it's true!" Qin Chuan replied: "But once winter comes..."

Admiral Hort couldn't help but say "Oh": "The river water is frozen!"

"Yes!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and replied: "When the ice age of the Don River and the Volga River, the Soviet defense line will form a natural encirclement for us, and the situation will be completely different!"

"So, we have to end the battle before the ice age!" Huo Te said, "Otherwise we will have to retreat in the entire army!"

"Retreat?" Rommel interrupted, "No, the Head of State will never allow us to retreat!"

Hort turned his inquiring eyes to Rommel.

"I understand him!" Rommel spread his hands and said, "Even if I am at such a disadvantage in North Africa and fight against enemies that are several times more than me, the Head of State still orders me not to retreat!"

After pausing, Rommel added: "Of course, I did not abide by the orders of the head of state, which has something to do with the small size of the African Legion. If it is a B Group Army of millions..."
Chapter completed!