Chapter three hundred and eighty third military line is dangerous
In fact, this cannot be said to be a new invention, because the German army has done this before... In 1939, Germany installed the excellent 47mm anti-tank gun captured from the Czech Republic on the "No. 1" tank chassis, so
Made the world's first self-propelled anti-tank gun.
This is actually easy to understand.
If the "No. 1" tank is strictly required to have a rotating turret like a tank, it can only be equipped with two machine guns.
This can obviously only be used against enemy infantry on the battlefield. Facing enemy tanks or even light tanks, they can only wait to die.
But if a rotating turret is not required, or even a closed protective space is not required, then an anti-tank gun with strong penetrating power can be installed.
This obviously enhances the combat capabilities of the anti-tank gun to a considerable extent.
Anti-tank guns usually need to be towed by cars, so there will be problems such as poor off-road performance and too large a target.
What's worse is that its reaction time is too long: if it encounters an enemy, the first thing the anti-tank has to do is to stop, then turn the anti-tank around to find a suitable location to set up, and then prepare artillery shells and so on.
This means that anti-tank guns can usually only be used for defense and not for offense. That is, anti-tank gun positions are built in advance to hide the anti-tank guns and wait for enemy tanks to pass by or attack when they fire at the target.
This method of combat is very passive, but there is nothing you can do about it, because no one will use a car to tow an anti-tank gun to attack the enemy's armored forces. This is no different from seeking death.
Self-propelled anti-tanks solve these problems.
It has a very fast reaction speed because the anti-tank gun always has its muzzle forward and is ready to fire. At the same time, it does not need to be towed by a car.
Even in some aspects, it has many advantages over tanks, such as anti-tank gun range, penetration, field of view and external perception capabilities are usually better than tanks.
The more important advantage is that it is cheap: you only need to weld the tank gun to the tank chassis, and there is almost no technical difficulty.
Facts proved that Manstein's approach was correct. The 11th Army broke through the Kiev defense line in just two hours.
Shulka also received relevant information from Mahlis.
After learning that the German army had begun to attack Kiev's defense lines, Myhlis's command quickly became busy.
But don't think that he is commanding the battle...Rzhev is hundreds of thousands of miles away from Kiev, and there is even the German 9th Army in the middle, so it is not Myhlis's turn to command at all.
Mahlis took advantage of this moment to show off to others, of course it was a hidden show off.
For example, he sent a telegram to General Kilponos asking: "Are you ready? Now that I have accurately judged the enemy's offensive intentions and reminded you in time, you should be ready and move the enemy
Hit him back hard!"
In addition, he also sent a telegram to the Supreme Command: "Things turned out just as I thought, the Germans attacked! However, because we were prepared in advance, I believe we will be able to thwart their attack!"
Stalin and a group of staff who received the telegram on the other side couldn't help but be shocked, because it was exactly as Myhellis said, the Germans turned their main attack direction to the Kiev defense line.
However, the situation was not as optimistic as Maihelis said, because the Soviet troops were concentrated in the Moscow area to launch a counterattack. At the same time, the German army launched bombings on Russian railway lines leading to the south and even the Caucasus, making the Soviet army unable to
Quick help.
"When did this Maihelis learn to analyze the enemy's situation?" Stalin said to himself.
Myhlis was dancing with excitement at the Rzhev headquarters. Sometimes he put his hands on his hips and lectured his subordinates like a commander commanding thousands of troops, and sometimes he ordered his subordinates to understand the latest battle situation, as if he could
As if he had grasped everything on the battlefield.
This allowed Shulka to immediately understand the situation of Kiev's defense line.
"Their air force is divided into two parts!" Myhlis pointed to the map and said to Shulka: "One part is used to bomb the railway line south of Gorlovka. This is obviously to prevent us from reinforcing the Crimea.
area!"
Gorlovka was at the intersection of the Crimean railway network deep within the Soviet Union, and bombing its southern railway was certainly the intention in this regard.
"The other part is used for offense!" Mykhlis said, pointing to the Kiev defense line: "They use fighter planes to destroy our tanks, and then break into the depth from the defense line and cross the Dnieper River to advance in depth!"
"They didn't attack Odessa?" Shulka was a little surprised.
"Of course!" Maihelis replied: "But they used the Romanian 3rd Army to surround Odessa, and their main force, the 11th Army and the Italian Expeditionary Force, only had Polim!"
Manstein's bold approach surprised Shulka.
Because as mentioned before, Odessa will be a more important location than Kiev for the German plan, because it is backed by the Black Sea and cannot actually be surrounded.
Unless Germany has a navy entering the Black Sea, the Soviet army can advance, attack, retreat or defend in Odessa.
On the other hand, the main force of the German 11th Army went deep alone. Once there is another intersection between Kiev and Odessa like Shulka did before, the German 11th Army will be divided and surrounded.
But Shulka knew that Manstein would not be so simple, and he must have had his own reasons for doing so.
Shulka was right, Manstein did take this into consideration, and was even opposed by his staff.
"General, we must capture at least one of Kiev or Odessa!" the staff officer said, "otherwise our rear will be exposed to the enemy's attack from both sides. I mean... although we can break through their defenses,
But they can make up this line of defense again!”
"No, Eric!" Manstein replied: "We don't have that much time!"
After a pause, Manstein continued: "How long will it take to capture Kiev? Or how long will it take to capture Odessa? A week? A month? Even if we did it at that time, we would continue to attack the enemy's railway.
We can carry out bombing, but the Russians can still make preparations in Crimea. By then it will be difficult for us to even capture Crimea, let alone march into the Caucasus and target the Baku oil fields!"
"But now..." The staff officer looked at the map worriedly.
"This attack is all about time, do you understand?" Manstein pointed to the map and said: "Time, as long as we take Crimea in a short time, the Russians will not be able to provide supplies to Odessa from Crimea.
, if we quickly advance to the Caucasus and occupy the ports there... the Russian Black Sea Fleet will be pushed further and further away by us, and our danger will no longer exist!"
The staff officer couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. This was a "blitzkrieg" and it was also a dangerous move for the troops.