Chapter 706 Request

Although Paulus, Alexander, and Conrad himself were all skeptical about this helicopter combat method, the doubts were mainly focused on the survival of the helicopter... This thing really looks like a target, especially when it is hovering over the enemy. Just a machine gun can "da da da" in the air, which will cause considerable damage to the helicopter and its internal members, or even the destruction of the aircraft and the death of people.

However, Paulus and others finally agreed to this raid plan. After all, Stalingrad was in a stalemate at this time, and they had no way to break this stalemate.

More importantly, even if this raid plan failed, it would only lose 200 people and 10 helicopters, which was insignificant for the 6th Army, and these people were actually from the 4th Panzer Army.

But if this raid is successful, the benefits will be huge... Occupying the sandbar can not only continue to block the central ferry with artillery fire as before, but also drive a nail between Stalingrad and the east bank of the Volga River. The artillery fire on the sandbar can also be used to block the Volga River. The German Air Force will also block the Volga River more effectively because the anti-aircraft firepower of the sandbar is in its own hands.

It can be imagined that the logistics supply of Stalingrad will be severely hit, which is even worse than the blockade during Mamayev Kurgan.

"I only have one request!" Qin Chuan expressed his opinion in a private conversation with Paulus.

"Just ask, Major!" Paulus replied: "I will try my best to meet your request!"

Paulus was very confident about this, because he believed that if Stalingrad could be taken, even Hitler would be willing to exchange it for anything.

"Don't report this plan to the Supreme Command!"

Qin Chuan's words surprised Paulus. He originally thought that Qin Chuan was asking for a promotion, medal or other reward.

"Why?" Paulus asked, "I want to know the reason!"

"General!" Qin Chuan said, "I think you know that everyone, including you, thinks this plan is ridiculous when they hear it. If we report the plan and it is rejected by the Supreme Command, what do you think will happen?"

Paulus nodded when he heard this.

It is indeed as Qin Chuan said, some things are more risky to report than not to report.

For example, in this raid, quite a number of people cannot accept this new and adventurous tactic. If it is reported, the Supreme Command or, to be more direct, Hitler himself may not accept it. If he rejects it...what can Paulus do? Go to "Werewolf" in person to persuade Hitler? Or disobey orders?

On the contrary, if it is not reported, these problems and risks will not exist.

If the mission is successful, then there is no need to say, just tell Hitler...This is an attack that was inspired by a whim, and it was not expected to succeed, so it was not reported. If the mission is successful, Hitler will not care about this little detail.

The mission failed, so it was just a small plan that was done on a whim. However, the loss of two hundred people was a drop in the bucket compared to the casualties of the Battle of Stalingrad.

Moreover, if it was reported, even if the Fuehrer agreed, he might still remotely control the operation. And the Fuehrer knew nothing about the performance of helicopters and this new tactic...

Paulus thought that Qin Chuan was more worried about the last point, that is, Qin Chuan hoped to have complete freedom and full command power without being constrained by anyone.

Everything seemed reasonable, so Paulus had no reason to object.

"I agree, Major!" Paulus replied: "But don't mention this to anyone!"

"Of course, General!" Qin Chuan replied.

Paulus was worried that others would accuse him of concealing military intelligence... From this point, it can also be seen that Paulus was very cautious. As a staff officer, he was very different from Rommel who dared to fight and kill.

What Paulus didn't know was that Qin Chuan made this request not because of the command power. He believed that if Hitler knew about the plan, he would not be so stupid as to interfere with it without knowing anything about it. If he really did that, no one could stop the fall of the Third Reich.

The reason why Qin Chuan made this request was that he was worried that the British would leak the contents of the plan to the Soviet Union...

As mentioned before, because of the "super secret", Britain had mastered many German military secrets.

The reason why Britain did not tell the Soviet Union was, on the one hand, because the British hoped that the Soviet Union and Germany would both lose. On the other hand, once the British informed the Soviet Union of the relevant intelligence, there would be many uncertain dangers. For example, the Soviet Union would wonder how the British knew such secret intelligence, and the Germans would also be alert... With the Soviet Union's poor intelligence network, how did they know this and prepare for it?

Therefore, the "super secret" is likely to be known to the world, and its own value will also decrease exponentially... In order to protect the "super secret", Britain even knew that the German submarine would attack a certain cruise ship but pretended not to know, allowing the German army to sink its cruise ship full of goods and soldiers and suffer great losses.

Therefore, Britain would not easily and needlessly leak intelligence to the Soviet Union unless it was a critical moment. The intelligence that was shared was of a relatively low level.

However, what if the British side regarded the intelligence of the German surprise attack on the sandbar as a "critical moment"?

Because it is obvious that this will directly affect the outcome of the Battle of Stalingrad, and it is not in the interests of Britain if the Soviet army loses in Stalingrad.

Qin Chuan is unwilling to take this risk, especially since it is his own battalion that is carrying out this mission.

"Besides this, do you have any other requests?" Paulus reminded Qin Chuan: "For example, vacation, honor..."

"General!" Qin Chuan replied: "If this mission fails, then these will not be possible. If this mission succeeds, they don't need my request at all!"

Paulus looked at Qin Chuan unexpectedly: "You are right, Major, you are very smart! This gives me more confidence in this plan!"

"Excuse me, General!" Qin Chuan replied: "It doesn't matter whether you have confidence in this plan, but whether my soldiers have confidence in it!"

Paulus nodded in agreement.

If even the staff and officers sitting in the office think that this plan is almost equivalent to suicide, then as a member of the mission... what would they think? !