Chapter 1,338 The Iron Dice Is Spinning 2
Chapter 1338 The iron dice is spinning 2
The theory of large-depth tactics existed before World War II. For example, before the Battle of Kursk, it is true that the Soviet Union had launched excellent counterattacks like Stalingrad, but it also had poor results such as the Kharkov Counterattack and Operation Mars. Operation Mars, in particular, was called the biggest failure in Marshal Zhukov's life... It is true that you can say that the Soviet Union's strategies and tactics were not yet mature at that time, but the prince believed that the most important thing was that the advantage was not big enough... For example, take the more famous Battle of Bagration in later generations. Look at the pitiful German troops on the Ukrainian balcony and the troops mobilized by the Soviet Union. Germany will definitely not be able to stop it. It just depends on how far it can run.
By the time of the ten Stalin assaults, the Third Reich was already in decline, and the overall strength used on the Eastern Front was very little. Facing the Soviet Union, which had regained its health and had foreign aid, defeat was already an inevitable trend. (Note, don’t look at how many tanks there are on the East and West lines. People who think that the focus of German military industry is tanks and armored vehicles don’t understand. German industry invests the most in two, one is ammunition and the other is aircraft. The latter is at its highest. Accounting for 38% of the total output value of military industry! How many tanks are there? It seems that it does not exceed 10% at most!)
And what about the Bavarian Legion in this plane? At the beginning of the war, the tactics used by the prince were more inclined to blitzkrieg, because after all, it was just transitioning from peacetime to war, the size and equipment of the legion had not been improved, and the Russians did not know how to deploy defense in depth, so this When technical equipment is relatively limited, it is obviously more correct to use an approach similar to blitzkrieg, use all your strength in one attack, and then divide and encircle. (Of course, due to technical and material limitations, it is unrealistic for you to travel XXX kilometers in a week!)
And now? After 1 year of "warm-up training". The size of the Bavarian Army has skyrocketed, and its technical equipment level and logistical supply capabilities have also been greatly improved. (Although there are only 550,000 Bavarian Legions participating in the war, there are still a considerable number of reserves, and most of the air forces participating in this attack also belong to the Kingdom of Bavaria.) In this case, the prince believes that in the Russian Polish region , the German army on the Eastern Front has been able to launch a large-scale deep offensive, fully suppressing the opponent's defense line. After opening the gap, the armored troops marched straight in, turning tactical victory into battle victory! Prince Leopold's 4 Bavarian Armored Divisions, 8 Rapid Assault Divisions, and 4 Bohemian Divisions. Coupled with the 8 flying wings in the sky, the steel torrent composed of thousands of aircraft of various types is the prince's confidence to launch this battle!
This time, in order to save armor strength so that they can better and faster divide and surround the opponent, during the first wave of breakthroughs, purebred armored divisions will not participate in the attack for the time being. The breakthrough tasks are mainly carried out by infantry and the attached Wasp assault gun and self-propelled weapons. Artillery to bear. This decision was made because the strength of the Russian defense line was not at the same level as that of the British and French on the Western Front.
On the Western Front, to break through the British and French defense lines, you need a large number of armored units to charge into the opponent's bunker groups and trench networks. It is necessary to take bullets and provide cover fire for the infantry. And what about the Eastern Front? According to the general reflection of frontline troops, relying on infantry and mobile artillery can tear apart Russia's first few lines of defense.
Using armored troops is a waste of precious motorcycle marching time! Therefore, the task of opening the gap in this attack was mainly given to the rapid division, using elite infantry and self-propelled direct-aiming artillery to open the defense line.
In order to reduce logistical pressure and increase attack speed, the troops launching attacks in depth this time will not carry too large heavy artillery. In terms of proportion, it will even be lower than in previous battles. This is partly because of the Russian artillery. Density has declined, and on the other hand, the task of suppressing long-range firepower has been transferred from the Army's long-range artillery to the Air Force.
Moving heavy artillery is difficult, especially where the roads are very rough. Think about it, a gun barrel weighs 5 tons. Is the K-16 cannon, which weighs nearly 11 tons, so easy to move? Coupled with ammunition trucks, artillery groups, etc., even if you are towing, or even self-propelled artillery, it is very troublesome to move long distances in the Russian mud. Therefore, in order to ensure that this offensive can be faster and penetrate deeper, Prince Leopold strictly limited the number of artillery pieces above the 150MM cannon level.
In order to make up for the loss of firepower in this area, the number of pure-blood bombers in the air force assigned to Prince Leopold reached 70%! The total number of bombers of various types is as many as 780! 480 of them are the latest K-6 bombers! This is almost the most powerful air and heavy strike force of the Bavarian Army and the Austro-Hungarian Army on the Eastern Front!
Do you want to say whether this power is enough? Obviously it is enough. In terms of pure output, the amount of bombs dropped by aircraft is not as good as that of artillery, but the actual effect is completely different. For example, if 6 tons of ammunition are needed to deal with a target 100 kilometers away, assuming the attack of artillery and aircraft The efficiency is the same. For the bomber force, 4 K-6 bombers fly directly over and the attack is solved in one wave. But as for the artillery force, they need to advance 80 kilometers in 4 days and then fire 6 tons of artillery shells. go out....... To put it clearly, artillery is used for propulsion much longer than aircraft!
Do you see the problem? As for the accuracy issue? Please, you are attacking an artillery position. This thing is a surface target, and the Russian air defense is very poor. You can drop down to a height of 100 meters and use a machine gun to sweep the ground while throwing bombs! 100 meters height. The speed is no faster than the cars of later generations on the highway, and then there is a rudimentary sight and powerful bombs, requiring you to suppress the artillery position, which is filled with artillery, vehicles, personnel and even ammunition. This accuracy won’t be low, right?
And judging from the current situation, the Air Force can not only guarantee to provide follow-up fire support, but also complete strategic bombing, because the depth of the Russian army is really not that great. This is not to say that the Russians do not want to expand the depth, but because you In addition to railways, the only means of transportation is horse-drawn carriages. Even if you want to go deep, it is unrealistic! Even for a group army, it is quite difficult to leave the railway line for 300 kilometers! Imagine that the weapons and supplies of hundreds of thousands of troops have to travel 200 kilometers to the supply points of the corps and divisions, and then use horses to distribute them to the following regiments and battalions. You can imagine how large a transport force this would require! These horses themselves are also big consumers!
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