The answer is very simple, which is the paving tanks used by the German army when attacking Kerch Port.

General Streck reported Qin Chuan's idea to Rommel at the first time. Rommel couldn't help but screamed in excitement when he received the telegram.

"I knew he would definitely think of a solution!" Rommel proudly held the telegram and said, "He is my soldier, he solved our problems!"

"He's only one day here!" Hort was a little skeptical.

But after receiving the telegram for a while, he nodded slowly and said, "Yes, why did we forget the paving tank, but we just want to cross the Don River... It's extremely stupid!"

The words are right. If the enemy's defense line can be broken through on the front land, who would be willing to cross the Don River from the side?

So the mission was quickly assigned: the modified paving tank.

Unlike before, this time the paving tank will not be so simple.

When I was in the Kerch Peninsula, it was because of the poor conditions and the time was rushed, and the resources that a group of troops could use were very limited.

This time it was different. This time it was aimed at Stalingrad, which was the problem of the entire Southern Army. As soon as Hort reported to Marshal Von Bock, he immediately gathered all the energy of the entire Southern Army to modify it.

On the other hand, the Soviet side did not expect to lose so badly and so quickly in this offensive battle... In fact, the Soviet Union was originally an advantageous side, that is, after the Battle of Moscow, they gathered more troops and more resources, so they took it for granted that it was time to counterattack.

The result of this is that many factories and materials have no time to withdraw... This is different from the Moscow Defense War. During the Moscow Defense War, the Soviet army retreated in a planned manner, and implemented the policy of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields while retreating. Therefore, although the German army occupied a large area of ​​land along the way, all they could get was some ruins.

The Battle of Stalingrad was completely the opposite. In order to provide sufficient supplies to the front-line attacking troops, the Soviet army even moved some industries and materials forward.

So the German army gained a lot, and there was no need to mention the factories and oil fields of the Transcaucasus, and many food factories, steel plants, etc. were seized in the plains in the lower reaches of the Don River.

The steel plant was used immediately.

Rommel was in charge of the project himself, and he even urgently contacted Manstein to transfer technicians who had made paving tanks in the Kerch Peninsula from the 11th Army... This approach is of course correct. Because it has been modified, it is very clear what issues need to be paid attention to or what places need to be improved.

For example, this time, the technicians proposed a very creative improvement, which is to place the paving equipment in front of the tank. This advantage is that it can simplify the transportation space of the paving equipment and reduce failures.

The principle remains unchanged, and what has changed is to turn the logs used in Kerchgang into steel plates.

Compared with logs, steel plates have more benefits, such as logs are not strong enough and easy to break, large volume and difficult paving, and troublesome production of different sizes, etc.

It is simple to make steel plates. The length of the steel plant is only required to tell the workers. Not long after, the batches of steel plates with exactly the same scale will come out one after another.

Of course, because of the concern that mud and wet will slip, these steel plates are printed with strips that can increase friction.

Then, these steel plates are strung together piece by piece with steel wire, and an external rolling shaft is completed.

Two days later, twenty paving tanks modified from the "No. 3" tank were transported to the hands of the 21st Armored Division... Needless to say, the main attack mission must have fallen into the hands of the 21st Armored Division.

In the evening of that day, the 21st Armored Division's defense zone changed to the 24th Armored Division.

This is normal. The Fourth Armored Army has three armored divisions in total. They always let an armored division rest on the second line, and then replace it with the armored divisions on the front line every few days, so that they can take turns to rest to maintain combat effectiveness and morale.

Therefore, even if the Soviet army saw this situation, they would not doubt anything. Even if they were suspicious, they thought that the Germans were preparing to attack with armored troops again along the original route... Usually, a small-scale attack would be organized after a new force was replaced.

They guessed this correctly. The German army did want to attack, but the main attack direction was no longer the right wing.

The 21st Armored Division got off the front line and retreated to a village three kilometers behind the defense line.

The Soviet people in this unknown village have been moved to Stalingrad by the Soviets... The Soviet Union needed a large number of people to build fortifications around Stalingrad, so they would not let go of any labor that could be used.

The 21st Armored Division carried out necessary rest here, filled the tank with fuel and carried out necessary maintenance. After the tank crew distributed water and food, they were ordered to hurry up and rest.

The logistics department got a list of equipment, which was the ammunition needed for this battle. They had to follow the list to Zimlianskaya, thirty-seven kilometers away, prepare everything and send it to the front line in batches.

This task is mainly completed by the 20th Romanian Infantry Division, which was previously assigned to the 21st Armored Division... Although this task is not easy, because the territory that the German army had just occupied was full of Soviet scattered soldiers, they would spontaneously organize and sneak attack the German logistics supply units, but it is still more than enough to complete it with an infantry division, although it is a Romanian Infantry Division with low combat effectiveness.

"The attack time is set at 5 a.m.!" General Strek said to the officers in the conference room: "We advance along the Don River, and the 297th Infantry Division and the 371st Infantry Division will follow and provide cover for us. Once the attack begins, we cannot stop and occupy the ports along the Don River, Karachi, Verjaci, and then rush right to the Yerzovka area until we see the Volga River. Do you understand?"

This bold plan stunned all the officers present. You should know that it would be 100 kilometers to rush to Vergage, and then rush from left to right to Volga River for another 100 kilometers... The whole journey is 200 kilometers, and it is all behind enemy lines. Any problem with any problem, such as the failure of subsequent infantry to keep up, will cause the 21st Armored Division to be surrounded.

"How do we protect our supply lines?" asked Colonel Albridge, the commander of the Fifth Armored Regiment.
Chapter completed!