According to Hoffman's requirements and Sperer's plan, by the spring of 1943, the production of Tiger tanks would reach a monthly output of 250 vehicles (equivalent to 5 heavy battalions), and then the trial production of Leopard tanks would begin (if the production of Leopards is not produced, the Tiger production capacity would continue to rise), and at the latest no later than April 1943, the monthly output of German tanks would exceed 2,000 vehicles per month.↑ At the same time, using the T-34 tank production line to maintain tanks can reach a monthly scale of 300 vehicles per month. In addition, the production of 38t modified hunter production can be close to 3,000.

"Our troops, weapons and equipment are coming continuously, and the reserve troops are constantly improving. I am not in a hurry than them." Manstein made a gesture on the map, "More importantly, the heads of state launched a Bolshevikization campaign in Belarus, Ukraine, and the Baltic Sea. They are nervously allocating land, organizing regimes, and preparing troops. Every month, the strength of these non-Russian nations will be restored and increased. These are our alliances

The source of national power, the head of state said to be steady and steady, why am I in a hurry? Then, you should also notice that Italy's industrial capacity has been included in unified management by Minister Sperer. With the unique hard work and technical level of German workers and engineers, those Italian Bourgeois must be commanded to be busy. At that time, the main products should not be increased several times? Maybe by next May, the production of tanks alone will reach 3,000 vehicles in a month..."

"3,000 vehicles!" Weiler exclaimed, "That number is exciting to think about. When we started Barbarossa, we didn't have so many tanks in total..."

"The Americans may produce more than us, but American tanks will have to go through a lot of hardships to send to Russia. A bomb or a torpedo can make hundreds of tanks fly into the sea to feed fish." Manstein said sarcastically. "Stalin is not a hot-headed person and insists on attacking us. If he comes from a purely military perspective, what he should do now is to accumulate strength, integrate the army, train and improve their combat level instead of rushing to die, but he

I'm afraid - those Ukrainians, Baltics, Belarusians, Cossacks who have obtained land and have been in a bumper harvest for 2-3 years will still be willing to follow him in the future? The more than 60 million non-Russians alone are enough for him to have a headache, let alone political dissidents like the Russian National Liberation Commission and the Russian People's Liberation Army - his position is not stable at all. Maybe we can retreat and go home in a few years, just watch the non-Russians beat the Russians."

Weiler nodded and agreed with Manstein's point of view. During this period, various ethnic minority soldiers or officers sneaked over from the Red Army every day. Although they had different military ranks and different types of troops, they all took leaflets spread by the Luftwaffe units (as long as they were searched in the Red Army, they would be shot). When they met, they asked: "Can you go home?" The second sentence after receiving the affirmative answer was to ask hopefully: "Can you participate in the battle between our ** team and the Bolsheviks to give priority to the allocation of land?" After getting a satisfactory answer, it was "Ula".

Except for a few of the soldiers who defected to the country, they were tired of military life and returned to their fields, the rest joined their own national army without exception. The political leaders of various national regimes spared no effort to call on these former "Red Army" to join. The Don Cossack leader A. H. Krasnov called in the declaration: "Everyone join the German army! Fight with them! At the same time, it must be remembered that at the critical moment of the final battle, only those who fought firmly with the head of state and the German people without hesitation can have a place in the new Europe." For this reason, the Cossack Alliance put forward the slogan: "Cossacks! Germany's victory is our victory!"

This trend can also be seen in letters sent by ordinary soldiers to their families (the military anti-espionage agencies will conduct random inspections on the letters). For example, Xie Miao Lalin proudly told his father in his letter at home: "...I am proud now because I am now a soldier of the German army and belong to the Don Cossacks. After the Red Army was recruited, I didn't want to fight, so I just ran to the Germans. Anyway, I didn't want to do it for a minute..." Kuban Cossack Alexey Krivenko wrote in his letter to his wife: "I am now participating in the German army... Our chiefs care about us very much, not only care about us, but also about our families."

"Of course, 3,000 tanks are a trivial matter, and this is not the largest reinforcements in Germany this year."

"Reinforcements?" Weiler was stunned. "What is the largest reinforcements this year?"

"The biggest reinforcements this year are the head of state. He and Halder had a fight and fell and were hospitalized. After waking up, they completely changed. The head of state, who had a clear mind and a big picture, was back again - he no longer tried to command the army, division, what he was not good at, he was best at strategy, and the strongest one..." Manstein joked seriously and pointed his head, "You see, now he doesn't even speak a word, and he never retreats until the last man's stupid words, and he never says 'Attack! Attack! Attack again! Occupy here first, then occupy this place...' Such meaningless big words, now he only says, 'Manstein, Zeitzler, everything is handed over to you at the front line, just hold on... I will find a way to supplement you with equipment and supplies'."

"But didn't he also give a strange order to make a high exchange rate?"

"You find it strange?" Manstein shook his head, "I don't think it's strange at all. The Head of State finally realized that the war against the Soviet Union was a long-term war, a war of attrition, and could not be won by one or two brief assaults, nor could it be forced to surrender by occupying Moscow or Stalingrad. The high exchange ratio is a summary of the nature of the overall war - without this exchange ratio, we would have failed undoubtedly in December last year. So I say that the best gain of the empire is a clear mind and a plan for the overall situation.

The Head of State, I saw this decisive ability before the Munich Conference in 1938. When the French Battle resolutely adopted the strategic direction of the Ardennes assault, the choice to attack Ukraine first and then Moscow was actually correct. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by the Haldes who did not understand the intentions of the Head of State. They always attached the experience of Western European countries to the Russians, thinking that they would surrender if they took Moscow. It was not that Napoleon had not won Moscow. What was the result? The General Staff was in trouble, and then Guderian and a bunch of people took the blame..."

"So now the Haldes are in trouble..."

"Of course, otherwise you really think Halde is treason? This is absolutely impossible. He must have opposed the head of state - but unfortunately he was wrong, so the head of state finally appointed Zeitzler. Alas, let this kid get a bargain..."

While speaking, the combat staff came to report that the Red Army troops on the opposite side launched a tentative attack.

Manstein looked at the map and said, "Go back while fighting, let them get 50 kilometers, prepare to retreat to the first preset line of defense... Remember to bluff and pretend to be empty in defense, and the main force has moved to the southern wing..."

"You are going to carry out the coaxing to the end," Weiler smiled. "If the Russians don't rush over, Marshal Stalin will probably get angry..."

The 27th Army, which belongs to the 21st Army of the Red Army, was the troops selected by Chisdakov to test the depth. As a result, the commander of the army Karpov strangely found that the German troops on the opposite side were weak and their combat effectiveness were not strong. He retreated after a little contact. Within two days, he advanced 50 kilometers in one breath, and the price was less than 1,000 casualties and 4 tanks. Although he was confused and puzzled about this, this did not prevent him from being impatient to report the victory to Chisdakov and Moscow.

As expected, as Weller expected, on November 9, Comrade Stalin, who had been closely following the progress of the front line, finally couldn't help but get angry: "Four days ago, the 21st Army had crossed the entire army. Two days ago, the 27th Army, its vanguard army, had approached less than 220 kilometers from Rostov, and reported that the enemy's resistance was very weak. But after several days in a row, the rest of the troops except the 21st Army did not move at all. Why did the follow-up troops of the army not follow up and attack in depth? Why did the downstream 62 and 57 Army advance so slowly? Why didn't the Don River Front send other troops to pick up the army?"

Zhukov and Wasseylevsky looked at each other: "We are worried that the Germans are ambushing, so we ordered the frontline troops to delay the advancement."

"Is it? Which unit did the Germans surround us? Why didn't I see it?" Stalin sneered, "Now there is only one army on the other side of the river. If there is really a trap, the army should have sent a distress signal long ago, but the report I received was that the army advances the fastest and has achieved the best results. It has recovered a large number of territory on the west bank of the Don River. If follow-up troops are not sent to follow up, I am really afraid that the Germans will come back to their senses and surround them. I heard from Comrade Cuikov and Tolbuhin that the Germans are desperately blocking us, but they have arranged heavy troops downstream..."

The rapid progress of the 21st Army is in sharp contrast to the difficulty of the 62nd and 57th Army. Zhukov and Vasilevsky have been studying this for several days, but they still can't figure it out. According to their ideas and logic, there must be a trap. Therefore, the instinctive way of dealing with it is to remain silent, continue to wait and see, or hope to open a gap downstream. However, such handling opinions did not satisfy Stalin. He hit the table with his pipe and fired.
Chapter completed!