Admiral Kilponos said this, and others did not dare to say anything else.
After looking at everyone, Admiral Kilponos raised his head to Shulka and motioned for him to continue.
To be honest, this will be a bit difficult to open, because Shulka cannot tell about the siege plan that will be implemented in the near future.
The reason is very simple. There are many spies in the Soviet army, and there are also many uncertain factors, such as the surrender of officers... This is not only the experience summed up by Shulka in the Brest Fortress, but also the experience of Kirponos.
The experience of the general is that not a few of the Southwest Front surrendered to the Germans, and there were even many Ukrainian officers, soldiers or civilians who volunteered to provide intelligence to the Germans.
This was mainly due to the "agricultural collectivization" movement, which led to a serious famine in Ukraine, and a large number of Ukrainians starved to death.
This directly made Ukraine increasingly dissatisfied with Moscow. When the war broke out, a large number of rebellions occurred in Ukraine and even hoped that the German army would "liberate" Ukraine.
Under such circumstances, of course, plans such as counter-encirclement cannot be announced too early.
After thinking about it, Shulka pointed at the tank model with his baton and said: "We should fight in this mode: at the front is the reconnaissance team, composed of faster motorcycles, cars or light tanks. The mission is
Reconnaissance and report the situation to the follow-up troops, including enemy situation, road conditions, bridge conditions, etc. If conditions permit, important traffic hubs can be occupied first!"
Having said this, Shulka turned his attention to the officers present at the meeting, especially the army commander, Major General Tolichka.
Major General Tolichka nodded. There is nothing wrong with reconnaissance. Every unit needs reconnaissance and intelligence. The Soviet army did this before, but they generally used infantry and rarely used light tanks.
Now in a war situation, there is nothing wrong with Shulka adding a few light tanks to increase the combat effectiveness of the reconnaissance team.
But Major General Tolichka still raised some objections.
"But this is useful in mobile combat, Sergeant!" Major General Tolic said: "We are mainly defensive now!"
"Armored units should fight on the move, General!" Shulka said: "Otherwise they will lose their meaning. This is one of the reasons why we pulled the tanks from defense!"
Major General Tolichka smiled noncommittally. He did not agree with this view, but since it was an order from General Kilponos, he did not say anything.
Shulka was a little unaccustomed to this.
Because there is no doubt that tanks need to be mobile in modern times, but it seems to be quite controversial in this era.
But this is not surprising. Tank tactics in this era are not yet mature. The fact is that all kinds of tactics are immature... World War II can be said to be a watershed in tactics. The main reason is that too many people were misled by the trench warfare of World War I.
It is thought that future wars will be like the First World War where the enemy and we dug trenches and were in a stalemate. This is one of the reasons why so many countries, including Germany, dug and built trenches on their national borders after World War I. The most exaggerated one was France.
, built a "Maginot Line of Defense" that is "famous throughout the ages".
As for the tank, it appeared in the middle and late stages of World War I, and it was very primitive and was not widely used on the battlefield. In other words, its tactics and experience are basically blank. Military strategists from various countries can only rely on imagination, drills, and speculation.
Establish tank combat theory.
Therefore, some countries understand it as defensive, some as offensive, some disperse it as equipment to coordinate infantry, and some use it as the main force.
Germany was obviously right on this point, which was one of the reasons why the German army swept across the entire European continent in a short period of time.
"Actually, we should do some aerial reconnaissance!" Shulka turned his attention to Admiral Kilponos: "This will give us more preparation time!"
This is of course, the so-called standing high and seeing far, the reconnaissance plane flies in a circle in the sky, and the enemy's deployment of dozens of kilometers in radius can be seen at a glance, which is unmatched by land reconnaissance.
Admiral Kilponos nodded without thinking: "Leave this to me, but we can't seize air superiority!"
Of course Shulka knew this, so he didn't dare to expect it from the beginning.
"Following the reconnaissance detachment..." Shulka continued: "It's the auxiliary detachment!"
Shulka said while pushing several tanks and cars to the second echelon: "They are composed of more combat-effective mechanical troops and engineer troops, with more tanks, artillery and anti-tank weapons. Their mission is to reinforce
The reconnaissance team quickly eliminates the enemy when they are blocked by the enemy, and the engineers then repair bridges, roads or clear mines, etc.!"
"The last is the main force!" Shurka pointed to the last large group of models and said: "If everything goes well, the main force should be able to rush towards the target as quickly as possible!"
"What should we do if we are blocked by the enemy?" Major General Tolichka asked.
"First we should assess the enemy!" Shulka replied: "If you can eliminate them in a short time, then resolutely eliminate them and move on. Otherwise, consider going around in other directions... I mean, assess.
This should be completed during the reconnaissance phase. This way the engineers will have time to open another channel so that the main force will not wait in place or wait too long!"
"So!" Admiral Kilponos said: "The reconnaissance, auxiliary and main forces must be closely coordinated and under unified and effective command!"
"Yes!" Shulka nodded in agreement. This is what worries Shulka the most... The communication system has always been a flaw of the Soviet army. At this time, they lack radios at the regiment level and even the division level.
Communication equipment.
If communication relies on messengers, homing pigeons or even signal flags...how can the reconnaissance unit pass the information to the auxiliary unit in time, and how can the auxiliary unit know whether the next step is to attack by force or take a detour? How can the main force know the road conditions ahead?
Admiral Kilponos thought for a while and said to his staff: "Immediately apply to your superiors to add thirty radio stations!"
"Yes, Comrade General!" the staff officer turned and walked towards the mail room.
"There is nothing wrong with this tactic, Comrade Major General?" General Kilponos turned his attention to Major General Tolichka.
"No, of course there is no problem, Comrade General!" Major General Tolichka replied: "It's just that I don't think this tactic will be of any use!"
"You don't need to know what it is for!" Admiral Kilponos replied: "You just need to train according to such tactics and be ready for battle. You have a few days!"
"Yes, Comrade General!" Major General Tolichka stepped forward and replied: "Resolutely carry out your orders!"