Battle of the Third Reich

The first conflict of opinion broke out between Guderian and Bock. The main reason for the dispute was the German attack direction currently chosen.

The conservative Bok believes that it should fight steadily, first consolidate the landing area, accumulate enough troops, and then start to radiate to the periphery. According to the headquarters’ plan, follow the coastal road to the side of Dover and Folkestone to bypass the British mobile force. Once annihilated by the sea, and then seized the ports of Dover and Folkestone, as long as they can occupy these two complete seaports, the German ** team can continue to set foot on the British land, when the UK is round and flat Feel free to mess with Germany.

Guderian has his unique view. He believes that before the British have responded, they should concentrate their existing armored assault forces and directly impact on London, because most of the British troops have already been attracted to Dover. For London, the Germans were almost undefended.

Bock expressed doubts about this, because even if the British were slow to respond, they would not let any area lose contact for 24 hours without being indifferent. Similarly, how tightly Germany shielded the battlefield information could not guarantee that there would be no fish in the net.

Although there were no British civilians left in the landing zone, there were already investigation teams reporting that some small farms in the surrounding area still had some single-family British farmers left behind. There was even a brief exchange of fire between the two sides. The report of British paratroopers also shows that there are still many small-scale garrison troops and outposts in the middle area. Although paratroopers wiped out all the enemy troops they encountered, there is no guarantee that the other party did not issue an alarm when attacked. There is no guarantee that no one escaped during the attack, because the attack took place at night. Although the moonlight was bright, there were many bushes and groves in the English countryside fields, and there were countless corners in the village where people could hide.

Bock's conservative estimate is that Germany can guarantee that the battlefield intelligence is blocked for up to 20 hours. In any case, the British will find that the Germans have landed.

If this time is used for marching, then it can indeed be rushed to the city of London. But now, after all, it is not marching, but fighting, and encountering various emergencies along the way. As can be seen from the intercepted calls and telegrams, there are still many towns and villages along the road to London There are also residents stationed, and there are still a large number of National Self-Defense Forces and a small number of army garrisons.

The advance of the German army cannot be disturbed by them. The German army will surely encounter resistance from the soldiers along the way. As long as they lay some mines or destroy roads and bridges, the offense will be blocked. The British government will have enough time to adjust its strategy. If Churchill chooses to organize the defense line to resist, then it can still be accepted. If the British government chooses to give up London, retreating to the west, that would be the result that the headquarters is most reluctant to see. The Germans are likely to get into trouble in mountain warfare and guerrilla warfare. The manpower and material resources paid are incalculable. Long delays will inevitably lead to unpredictable variables, such as the opportunity of foreign anti-German forces to intervene.

Although the headquarters has analyzed Churchill's character. He thought that as long as he gave him the illusion of hope, he would choose to stick to London before he was completely desperate, but all this was just prediction. There is no shortage of tough guys in history who are ultimately cowards, so Xu Jun has always emphasized the grasp of the attack rhythm and tried to avoid stimulating Churchill before the final thunder strike.

At present, the German landing force is still insufficient. It is impossible to completely surround the London area, and of course it cannot prevent the British government from withdrawing from London. A blind attack on London will inevitably lead to a shock and trigger an overreaction from the British government.

Now the armored forces in Goodrian’s possession should give priority to the defense of the landing zone. If this unit leaves the landing zone and assaults on London, once it is counterattacked by the British resistance on the road, it will be entangled by the layers of enemy forces. When the British army in the Dover region learned the news, they would definitely take advantage of it and launch a counterattack on Deere.

Although the landing area lacking armored forces can be guaranteed by the fire support of the German Air Force and the Navy, the supply line of this armored force will be cut off, and the final result will be both defeats.

Guderian was finally persuaded by Bok. He admitted that the commander of the old group army did have an extraordinary overall view. Compared with him, his eyes were still narrower, only considering the tactical issues, it seems that it is still Need more experience, accumulate more battlefield experience, broaden their strategic vision.

The German armored forces have always been shrouded in the invincible aura of invincibility, but tank commanders of this level like Guderian are well aware that the appearance of the invincible German armored forces actually hides very obvious weaknesses. The existing German tanks The troops can only barely cope with operations in Europe, and they are not the perfect armored iron fist in their minds.

The German armored forces were the spearheads of ground troops in the blitzkrieg. The success of German tanks in the Czech Republic and Poland was actually based on the enemy’s outdated combat philosophy and outdated equipment, unable to cope with the high-speed assault and continuous air strikes of mechanized troops. .

The German armored forces were faced with a large number of enemy infantry, tactical old-fashioned, slow moving, unresponsive, and lack of anti-armor weapons.

Therefore, with the weak armored tanks No. 1 and 2, the Germans could easily break through the infantry's defense line. At the same time, relying on the flexibility and high speed of the No. 1 and No. 2 tanks, as well as the strong off-road passing ability, they could rush ahead of the retreating infantry. Complete the two-wing detour, surround the collapsed enemy units, and cooperate with other follow-up troops to annihilate the enemy forces in the encirclement circle.

However, the German armored vehicles did not have a clear advantage over their counterparts in the enemy. His enemies actually possess many armored vehicles of better quality and performance. When the German armored forces confronted each other's armored forces, they were often crushed by technology.

The problem is that the enemy’s use of tanks is still in World War I, and the tanks are regarded as the support force for the infantry attack. Therefore, the tanks are often distributed to various infantry units, and the enemy troops also lack joint combat training. Infantry and tanks are often disconnected by themselves in combat.

Therefore, although enemy tanks can often defeat German tanks in frontal combat, the Germans will rely on local quantitative advantages to send part of the tanks to entangle the enemy armored forces, and send another part of the tank to detour from the wings to the rear of the enemy armored forces. Smash the command post and armour behind the enemy forces and cut off the supply lines of the enemy forces.

Under normal circumstances, the opponent will soon fall into chaos. And began to retreat. The infantry may still be able to run away, but the tanks that are cut off from the supply of heavy supplies don’t have much endurance at all. Continuous combat and mechanical wear will soon fall into the embarrassing situation of running out of fuel and the engine is lying. At this time, the Germans will dispatch The infantry cooperated with the artillery to solve these steel targets one by one.

However, once the German tanks meet the enemy armored forces of the same strength, the result will often evolve into a one-sided defeat. At this time, the German tank soldiers only had more combat experience than their opponents. Most of them were attacking infantry and bunkers, and there was not much experience of actual confrontation with armored forces. The German tank soldiers can only be taken off a few days earlier than their opponents, and it is far from reaching the stage of battle in the later period.

On several occasions on the French battlefield, the German tank force encountered several frontal raids by the French cluster of tanks, and it was beaten in an embarrassing manner. Burning tanks No. 3 and No. 2 covered the entire battlefield.

Moreover, the German tanks also have a weakness caused by blitz tactics. Due to the tactical needs, the commander is too pursuing a long-distance high-speed breakthrough of the tank, but most of the infantry divisions assigned to the tank troops are only semi-mechanized or even pure mules, so the high speed The advancing tank units are often disconnected from the associated infantry units, resulting in the logistics supply line often being exposed to the enemy's firepower.

In the European battlefield, if the opposing enemy had already fallen into chaos and could not organize an effective attack, otherwise it would have been early in the French campaign. The German armored divisions were divided and surrounded by enemy forces on several occasions and suffered heavy blows.

At the same time, due to the German tactical pursuit of high-speed continuous attacks, the mechanical wear of the German armored forces was very serious, and the German tanks were too sophisticated. Once the wear exceeds the limit, failure will occur immediately, so the logistics supply line must be kept smooth at all times to ensure that the spare parts and repair services follow. Once there is a problem with service support, a large number of tanks will soon appear to lie down due to malfunctions.

It's okay if you are in an offensive state. The Germans can recycle and repair these vehicles at any time. However, once a retreat is encountered, these tanks can only be abandoned on the spot to the enemy. This scene often occurs in the original world, the Sud Eastern Front battlefield. A large number of expensive tanks are often abandoned on the retreat due to some very minor faults. These faults are usually easy to repair and recover, but because the troops are in retreat, lightly armed logistics repair and supply units ran in front of the armored forces, and the tanks serving as defenders could not find a trailer. These vehicles can only be thrown on the battlefield in vain. Of course, these are the original history. In the current time and space, these have not yet happened, and Xu Jun will not allow such things to happen.

In the current combat experience of the Germans, the German armored forces are usually used to beat enemy infantry, and the settlement of the enemy armored forces depends on the German infantry and artillery, which died in cluster grenades and 37. The tank under the door knocker actually occupies a large part of the reason for the loss of enemy tanks.

This is the original face behind the legendary battle of the German armored forces. The German only took half a step more than his enemies, and this little half step made most of his enemies hate the spot.

In 40 years, the main tanks in the German tank division were fragile No. 2 and No. 3, and a part of the 38t produced in the Czech Republic. This tank with a 50 mm armor was once regarded by Rommel in the original history. The main equipment of the Sixth Tank Division is used as a heavy assault force.

Most of the current main models of German tanks can not fight frontal tank battles with British and French tanks. Except for their small and flexible shape, most important performance indicators are not at an advantage, and they are criticized for their barren firepower. The only German tank capable of confronting the enemy heavy tanks was the newly developed No. 4 tank, but because it had just been mass-produced shortly, at the beginning of the French campaign, there were only more than 100 vehicles in the whole army.

This time Xu Jun took out the blood, and put a large part of the No. 4 tank mass-produced in more than two months into the landing force, plus the company that was drawn from several armored divisions, just made up two hundred. Of the 20 No. 4 tanks, 60 of which are the latest No. 4 G type, these tanks are organized into eight heavy armored battalions, which are directly under the command of Guderian.

This is the first armored unit in the German sequence that can confront all the active tanks in the world. It is very close to the goal of Guderian's perfect armored unit. If it can be equipped with enough auxiliary artillery and mechanized infantry. Guderian believed that he could rely on this unit to defeat all armored forces of the same size and easily tear conventional infantry units two to three times more.

The problem is that there are currently only three armored battalions, and one of them is a light armored battalion, which is used as a peripheral armed reconnaissance force. Although the follow-up tank battalions are landing continuously, it takes at least half a day to get enough armor strength. Guderian had to stand in the office on the second floor of Dilburg, holding the compass and Slide rule against the map luck.

At this time, the German landing trestle has grown to twelve, and it can transport a regiment of personnel, equipment and vehicles to land every hour. Bock predicts that before the sun goes down, there will be two infantry divisions, more than 50,000 Germans will board the British mainland, and Bock will personally lead one of the infantry divisions to cooperate with the armored division led by Goodrian to go round Dover. After the side, the last mobile power of the British army was surrounded in the Dover area, and then these troops were divided and wiped out as planned.

At the same time, before midnight of the next day, Reichenau’s third echelon will complete the landing. Two of the tank divisions and a mechanized infantry division will launch a surprise attack on London in an effort to complete the siege of London on the third morning.

Because from the fourth day, there will be two consecutive days of bad weather over the strait. London is also within the scope of the storm. Although the bad weather will hinder the German attack, it also hinders the withdrawal of the enemy.

This battle plan is the only thing in the pile of plans made by the headquarters for the landing. It is the only thing that can correspond to the existing situation and can be implemented. It really makes people sweat.

The battle seems to be going smoothly on the whole, but it is a mess in the command room of the headquarters. The British empty city plan disrupted the German plan, and the original precise timetable was completely a waste paper. Zhang, the German General Command can only adapt to the actual situation and **** for follow-up actions.

Fortunately, the most dangerous moments have passed. The Germans can say that they have established a foothold in the British mainland. When the main force of the British army in Dover is eliminated, the Germans can directly transport troops from Dover. The infantry of a brigade landed, and the Germans would soon switch positions with the British and occupy an advantage in their strength.

Just as the generals of the command headquarters lined up on the map around the attack plan of Bock, in the middle of the English Channel, after the twenty-four years after the Battle of Jutland, the main fleet of the British and German navies once again Fully collided together, the British Royal Navy and the German New High Seas Fleet launched a final decisive battle in this strait carrying the Royal Navy's glorious century. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and faster!