artillery arc

Chapter 290 It is a matter of life and death

Wang Zhong stared at General Tukhachev.

Tukhachev seemed like a rabbit being watched by a hawk at first, but he probably suddenly figured out that he would die anyway, so it was better to show fearlessness.

He held his head high and faced Wang Zhong directly: "Before, I always thought that I was the person who understood modern warfare best in the Ant Army. It was I who asked for the formation of armored forces, and it was I who asked for the expansion of the army..."

Wang Zhong: "You still have the nerve to mention the expansion of the army? Do those armored divisions you created that look like they are filled with water have any effect other than improving the performance of Proson's ace tanker?

"Your understanding of modern warfare is only superficial! You don't even understand the key to modern warfare! No, you know nothing at all!"

Tukhachev had just looked resigned to his fate, but when he heard Wang Zhong say that he knew nothing about modern warfare, he immediately became angry.

With the support of anger, it didn't seem to matter whether he was defeated or embarrassed. He just wanted to compete with Wang Zhong academically!
Tukhachev: "Tell me, why don't I understand?"

Wang Zhong: "You don't understand anything! There are people in the entire Ant Army who truly understand modern warfare, but it's definitely not you! Nor is it the traitorous General Skorobo!"

Tukhachev: "The key to modern warfare is breakthrough, breaking through the enemy's defense lines in great depth, encircling and annihilating the enemy in mobile warfare! Is there anything wrong with this understanding?"

Wang Zhong: "This is just a superficial appearance! You don't understand the real strength of Prosen's army at all!"

Tukhachev raised his head high: "Then you should tell me, the 41st principal of Suvorov Military Academy! As the 38th principal, I question you!"

Wang Zhong had no idea that Tukhachev had been his "senior". If he thought about it carefully, this kind of armchair temper might have come from teaching.

Just like a perpetual motion machine expert, his lectures are clear and logical.

If Wang Zhong had just traveled through time, he might have been timid. After all, before traveling through time, he was just an ordinary college graduate, and he was still submissive to his thesis advisor who had just been promoted to associate professor.

It's different now. He is Rokossov who has returned from hell. The military theoretical works he once read as a hobbyist have turned into an understanding of war.

Those theories are like fine steel, refined and summarized by so many military strategists, and then forged countless times in the furnace of war by the God of Death wielding a giant hammer called "sacrifice", and finally forged into a sword.

Holding a sharp sword, how could Wang Zhong be afraid of such a paper tiger!

Wang Zhong: "Then let me tell you what is really strong about the Prosens. Do you think they are strong in tanks? No, during the Melania battle, most of their tank divisions were equipped with No. 45 and No. tanks. No., they are the same as our BT tanks! No, our BT is stronger than them. After all, it also has a mm gun.

"But the Prosens launched a blitzkrieg. This was a completely different kind of war from the previous wars. Their troops suddenly penetrated deep into the enemy's defense lines, turning the logistics and command structures into a mess.

"Is this a feat accomplished with tanks? Is this a feat accomplished with tanks alone?"

Tukhachev snorted contemptuously: "Then why do you rely on it? Your series of rhetorical questions just now cannot hide the fact that you didn't say anything at all!"

Wang Zhong: "What I was about to say! The enemy relies on three points."

He raised three fingers and looked around the entire court, deliberately ignoring Olga who deliberately opened the one-way glass to overlook the venue.

"First, there is the advancement of communication technology. Radios with higher power and portability, as well as universally equipped radios, allow Proson's combat headquarters to have a clearer understanding of the situation on the front line.

"As long as the commander of Prosin is willing, he can even communicate directly with a command vehicle on the front line! The innovation of radio technology allows Prosin's troops scattered across the battlefield to link up like cells!
"Second, complete arms coordination. Prossen's army arms coordination is far better than ours. His armored division is equipped with a large number of auxiliary troops, and the accompanying infantry regiment has even higher firepower than our infantry division!
"And they can also get the support of the air force. The Stuka bombs the target according to the instructions of the ground forces, and can even bring out the ground tanks to mark the target with smoke. The air force bombs with such cooperation!
“Our air force can only detect the enemy on its own because most units on the ground do not have radios.

"Third, the superb quality of soldiers. This was especially apparent to me when I was commanding the naval infantry.

"A considerable number of naval infantrymen are high school students. They know why they are fighting, what they have to do, and what their tactical goals are. Even if they temporarily lose contact with their superiors, naval infantrymen still have extremely high mobility.

"At least the non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level of the Prosen Army have the same mobility as the naval infantry. A sergeant can command a combat team to deal with us!

"This feeling is especially obvious when fighting with the Prosen army. As long as one of their noncommissioned officers is not killed, they can maintain their fighting spirit!
"Even with Loktov's huge disadvantage, my troops were able to withstand the Prossens in hand-to-hand combat because the backbone of my troops at that time were cadets."

Wang Zhong stopped. His mouth felt dry after talking too much in one breath. He said to the side: "Water!"

The judge immediately handed Wang Zhong a bottle of Coke.

Wang Zhong didn't realize until he finished drinking: Is there a mistake? The one who likes to drink Coke is General Gorky, so forget it.

Tukhachev looked thoughtful and did not even take advantage of Wang Zhong to drink water to defend himself. He was obviously thinking about Wang Zhong's words - he really was thinking about Wang Zhong's words.

Wang Zhong couldn't help but teased: "Are you starting to think about what I said now? It's too late! Just like General Skorobo, it's too late!" Tukhachev pursed his lips and did not refute.

Wang Zhong continued: "And you, look at what you did. Did you approve that radios were only distributed to the platoon leader's car?"

Tukhachev: "It's not me...but I have to quibble about this. Our radio output is too low, and the tube factory is in Fort St. Andrew, because our best university in this area is in Fort St. Andrew..."

Wang Zhong: "Then why don't you reduce production to a quarter? We lost 18,000 tanks in the 18th day of the war, but the enemy only put 4,000 tanks into the attack! What is the use of a large and useless tank force? ?

"You saw the success of the Proscenians in Melania and the Carolingians, and they expanded our original 18 tank divisions to 96! The result is that these divisions have no auxiliary troops at all, and there are not enough radios and radios!

"The expansion of the army has also made it difficult to describe the personnel quality of these divisions, and it has also affected other arms. Because tank pilots need to graduate at least tenth grade, and there are only so many tenth grade graduates every year!
"Because all tenth-grade graduates were packed into the tank unit, other technical arms did not have that many soldiers. The infantry was even more pitiful. More than half of the infantry had only attended Sunday schools run by churches.

"So not only the tank troops disappeared like bubbles, but the infantry troops also disappeared! You are simply causing trouble for thousands of years!"

Wang Zhong stopped and stared at Tukhachev. He knew that he should give an example at this time, but he did not remember the specific example. He only remembered that when communicating with the surviving tank unit officers, he heard that a luxuriously equipped tank division was The enemy's infantry division was wiped out.

Because he couldn't remember the serial number, he could only say: "Some tank divisions clearly had advanced T34s and KVs, but they were eaten up by the enemy's infantry divisions! It was because inexperienced commanders used the assault guns equipped by the enemy's infantry divisions to Think of it as a tank, stop and shoot.

"As a result, we were beaten by the enemy's infantry troops. This division only had one battalion of accompanying infantry! And its firepower was far inferior to others. There were only four infantry guns in total.

"After the infantry was defeated, the tanks became the infantry's military exploits. A tank division was defeated by an infantry division in the wilderness! What a shame!"

After Wang Zhong finished speaking, Turgenev interjected: "It should be the 27th Tank Division. This division does have only one battalion of accompanying infantry, and is not accompanied by artillery, engineers, anti-tank and air defense troops. The reconnaissance force also only has one cavalry battalion. ”

Wang Zhong, who was supported by Turgenev's information, became even more arrogant: "Did you hear that? It was you who blindly expanded the army and ruined them!"

Tukhachev lowered his head.

Suddenly he said, "Yeah, maybe you have a point."

Wang Zhong: "Maybe? Are you still stubborn now?"

Tukhachev: "No, I say maybe because we are still unsure about the specific performance of your synthetic division, right? The number of mobile army auxiliary units you want to form is unprecedented. You know these auxiliaries that you are asking for. Are the troops divided into several army groups?
"If such an elite force suffered heavy losses, how would you explain it to His Majesty the Tsar?"

Wang Zhong: "My troops do not need to be responsible to the Tsar, as long as they are worthy of Ant's mother."

Tukhachev: "Then if such a unit is defeated, how will you explain to Ant's mother?"

Wang Zhong pressed his hands on the railing of the witness stand, leaned forward, and looked at Tukhachev: "When the time comes, I will take responsibility like you."

Tukhachev hesitated for a moment and sighed: "Then I'll wait and see - although I want to say this, I can't see the specifics. Lieutenant General Rokossov, what you just said convinced me. I have been It's strange why our troops are like butter to the enemy.

"I hope your troops can block Proson's sharp knife."

Wang Zhong: "It will."

Tukhachev stared at Wang Zhong for a long time, until the chief judge was about to remind him, and then he said: "I was wrong, both you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Then he turned to the judge: "Your Majesty, I am ready to admit responsibility for my mistakes."

Wang Zhong: "Are you going to stop protesting?"

"The facts are before me, I can't help but deny them."

The presiding judge looked towards the jury box: "Does the jury want to speak?"

Marshal Boris, the current Chief of the General Staff, said: "There is nothing more to say. Lieutenant General Rokossov's speech is very enlightening. If it was raised before the war...it's nothing, don't worry about it."

The chief judge looked at His Majesty the Tsar, who had opened the window to listen, and after confirming her nod, said: "General Tukhachev, your wrong military line has caused huge losses to the Ant Empire Army and Ant's mother. This court sentences you to death!”

The chief judge raised his gavel and slammed it down.

(End of this chapter)