Zhukov nodded: "And this front cannot be known to the enemy, so that the enemy may be less prepared, and we will have more counterattack power!"
"Yes!" Shulka said: "So I suggest that we set up this front army in the name of a logistics force, or even not..."
"Wait a minute, what do you mean by not forming one?" Vatugin was a little confused: "You just said we were going to form this front army!"
Rokossovsky understood: "Of course we want to form one, but at the same time we don't want to form one, what a great idea!"
Then Rokossovsky explained to Vatutin: "If we form it, it will be difficult to hide it from the Germans. After all, it is a front army! So we can disperse them to various logistics units for training. This is very easy
It is easy to deceive the Germans, because we need a large number of troops and personnel to build fortifications, and it is our habit to train logistics personnel, so the Germans will not treat them as regular troops!"
Vatutin suddenly realized: "In other words, we are only setting up this front army on paper to prepare ourselves. Once the war starts, these logistics personnel will immediately assemble to become a front army with strong combat effectiveness?"
"Yes, even these troops themselves don't know that they have been incorporated into the front army and become our reserves. Of course the Germans will not know either!" Rokossovsky smiled at Shulka: "What are you doing?
The troops are hiding under the noses of the Germans, which will definitely catch them off guard!"
"This suggestion is very good!" Zhukov concluded: "I will report to Comrade Stalin immediately after the meeting and request to form an additional front army as a reserve team to ensure the victory of the battle!"
"Don't you take a look at the defense of the Kursk area, Comrade Shulka?" Rokossovsky raised his head towards the map and said: "Comrade Vatutin and I each defend half. If your troops are incorporated
If it’s the Voronezh Front, then you and your men are likely to be part of it!”
What Rokossovsky meant was that even if Shulka didn't care about his Central Front, he should also care about his 8th Infantry Regiment.
Shulka just spread his hands and replied: "I think you can discuss it, right? I just need to obey the order!"
"Fuck you, Shulka!" Zhukov scolded: "If that's the case, then did I ask you to come drink?"
As he spoke, he raised his head towards the Kursk area and said, "Look, we were still having a headache just now for the defense of this area!"
In fact, Shulka was also joking. This battle is of great importance and can be said to be the turning point of the Soviet-German war... Although it is true that the Germans failed in history, who can guarantee that the current situation will be the same as in history?!
"The main difficulty in defense is anti-tank!" Zhukov pointed to the map and explained: "Because it is conceivable that the enemy will invest a large number of armored forces in Kursk to break through quickly! In addition, we have also received intelligence that they are likely to invest
A new type of tank!”
"Tank Panzer 6?" Vatutin asked.
"No, not 'No. 6'!" Zhukov shook his head: "Of course, they will also invest in 'No. 6', but the information we received is that they have successfully developed another new type of tank, mainly for our army's T4 tanks.
, but that’s all we know!”
Shulka knew what it was. It was a Panther Panzer V. It was first put into actual combat in Kursk.
"Then, we should also have more advanced tanks!" Vatutin's eyes were a little horrified.
"Our scientists are already working hard, but there is no progress!" Zhukov replied: "I will ask them to speed up!"
"It doesn't seem like we need to move faster!" Shulka said.
"What?" Zhukov didn't understand what Shulka meant.
"I'm talking about the research and development of new equipment!" Shulka said: "Although the enemy may invest new equipment in Kursk, which means that we are likely to be weak in terms of equipment, but... I think it is too late for these equipment.
Even if it has been developed now!"
Rokossovsky nodded in agreement: "Just like the German Panzer 6 tank!"
"Yes, just like the Panzer 6 tank!" Shulka replied: "New tanks usually have defects of one kind or another, which will limit their combat effectiveness in combat. This is the case with the German Panzer 6 tank.
, it looks very powerful but its role is very limited. But we have a mature tank...T4, all we have to do is to increase its production, and then put as many of them on the battlefield as possible,
In this way, we will have an absolute advantage over the enemy in terms of numbers! The numerical advantage and low failure rate can completely make up for the lack of performance, so overall, we will not be weaker than the Germans in terms of armored forces, and may even be better
Better than them!"
These words made Zhukov and others nod their heads.
This is actually not difficult to understand. As the saying goes, "two fists are difficult to defeat with four hands", and this is especially true for tanks.
Because of the tank, it is impossible to do everything. Even the "Tiger" can only have strong frontal armor, but thin side armor and rear armor.
In this case, if the Soviet army has several times more tanks than the German army, that is, it can be surrounded from all directions, then it will not be the powerful frontal armor of the "Tiger" that it will face... there will always be some tanks that will face it.
The "Tiger" has side and even rear armor.
If you want to achieve "everything is covered", it will become a "rat style" that cannot even be opened.
This is also the difference between the strategic development direction of tanks between the German army and the Soviet army during World War II... The German army always hopes to develop an advanced new tank to gain absolute advantage on the battlefield, but this is obviously unrealistic.
As for the Soviet Army, it is basically T4. If there is any development, it will be improved. Then it will develop in the direction of production and quantity.
Facts have proved that the Germans' development direction is wrong. Their "Tiger" and "Leopard" are indeed advanced and have better performance than the T4 in all aspects, but what they have to face is the T4 that is surging forward like a tide.
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In particular, the Soviet Army has no advantage in air superiority, so quantity is even more important... If the number is too large, even if it is placed there to be bombed by German bombers, it will not be able to blow it up. On the contrary, there are fewer but better tanks such as "Tiger" and "Leopard".
", once it was targeted by Soviet pilots and destroyed a few vehicles, it would suffer heavy losses.
"No problem!" Zhukov nodded: "I will immediately organize the rear to build a few more production lines to produce T4 at full speed!" (To be continued)