Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 349 Blitzkrieg Theory

"Yes!" Guo Songling picked up the pointer and came to the front of the sand table: "I have made a new plan based on the current situation of the enemy and us. In this plan, I believe that our main breakthrough goal should not be placed on the enemy's key defense. 192 Heights, and our final goal of 154 Heights and highways should not be considered.”

Everyone present was shocked.There was commotion in the conference room again.Many people were sneering to themselves. It seemed that the young people's thinking was pure, and they couldn't even distinguish the most basic tactics and distinguish between the main attack target and the secondary attack target.

Guo Songling didn't mind, pointed the pointer at a slightly lower place on the right side of the 192 highland on the sand table and said: "My focus is here. 183 highland! As Director Zhang said, the enemy only deployed one on the 183 highland. Division, and the coordinates show that the distance between the two mountains is 5 kilometers, and the distance between the 183 highland and the 154 highland is 15 kilometers. In this case, the opponent's heavy artillery at the 154 highland cannot reach us due to the shooting range. Therefore, it cannot form an effective cover. For an infantry division that has strengthened its artillery, it should not be a big problem to attack a high ground that is only defended by one division. After taking down the 183 high ground, move the artillery to the high ground to shell the 192 high ground "

"Wait!" Zhang Kai couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted Guo Songling, "I think you should understand, can you take this highland just by shelling the 195 highland? What are you going to do after the shelling?" manage?"

Guo Songling unhurriedly pointed to the left side of the 193 highland, where there is a cliff at about 80 degrees, and said: "My breakthrough is here!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion among everyone.

Zhang Kai pointed to the cliff and asked angrily, "What method are you going to use to climb up such a steep place?"

"This..." Guo Songling thought for a while and then said, "I'm going to adopt the form of overall blasting!"

"What? Carry out overall blasting?" Zhang Kai had never heard of using blasting tactics to attack mountains.

Guo Songling nodded affirmatively, pointed to the sand table and continued: "Because I noticed this." While speaking, he pointed to the cliff: "The geological structure here is sheet rock. Simply put, the structure of this rock is Relatively loose. So I only need to use the artillery of the 183 highland to contain the enemy, and then send an engineer regiment to dig a tunnel at the foot of the mountain and put enough explosives. After taking this highland, the enemy is only left with the 154 highland. It was defended. At that time, our artillery had a higher shooting range than the opponent, so it should be no problem to suppress the 154 highland and the road."

"Well said!" Zhang Zuolin got up abruptly, and looked at Guo Songling happily: "Mom, you don't usually show off the mountains and show off the water, but I didn't expect you to be really good at it. Well, I've decided. For these few highlands Adopt your battle plan."

"Thank you, Marshal, for your love." Guo Songling put down the pointer and sat back in her seat, her heart pounding violently with excitement.Zhang Kai sighed secretly. It seems that the waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves ahead. Sooner or later, our military theories will become obsolete.

Zhang Zuolin's eyes flickered: "The terrain around the Marne River is complex. In addition to mountains and hills, there are also large areas of low-lying areas and plains near the river basin, where the enemy has stationed a total of two army groups. For this terrain situation, I want to hear everyone's opinions on what combat plan should be adopted. Guo Songling, you just said it very well, so let's talk about it this time."

"Yes." Guo Songling stood up again, looking more confident than before: "Commander, the emperor gave us an armored division and a motorized independent regiment for this expedition. I think this is the best weapon for plain warfare. So , I think that at the Battle of the Marne we should have adopted blitzkrieg tactics."

Blitz?None of the people present were senior generals who had experienced many battles. They all had rich combat experience and profound military theory, but no one had heard of the term blitzkrieg.

Zhang Zuolin said with great interest: "Okay, this word is quite new. Tell me what is blitzkrieg."

"Actually, I am not the first to put forward this theory, but the emperor." As soon as Guo Songling said this, all the officers present at the meeting were stunned.

"Your Majesty?" Zhang Zuolin looked serious. Although he respected the Emperor, he did not believe that the current Emperor would come up with such a professional tactical theory.

Guo Songling smiled and continued: "Actually, it's not surprising. Last year, when the emperor visited the mainland of the empire, he gave a speech in which he mentioned the theory of blitzkrieg. However, this theory was only put forward slightly, and it did not attract much attention at the time." People's attention, but it touched me quite a lot, so after that, I conducted a painstaking research on this theory. I think that with the birth of mechanized troops, this will be a popular trend in future warfare. Blitzkrieg is to make full use of The quick advantage of the tank cluster, the way of sudden attack to control the enemy to win, the combination of surprise attack and quick attack will strike the enemy like lightning! It can make the enemy lose morale under the sudden threat, so that the first huge It will collapse immediately under the blow!"

"Oh? What you said is getting more and more confusing. Tanks are just a weapon that has just appeared, and they haven't experienced much combat experience. How effective will your tank group tactics be in actual combat?" Not to mention being present At this time, even Zhang Zuolin has doubts about this tactic.

Guo Songling said frankly: "I have studied the development and development of tanks. I found that although tanks have only just appeared, the future of this weapon is very promising. High-speed mobility and powerful firepower, combined with high The strength of the armor makes the tank the current heavy knight, which will play a decisive role on the battlefield. No, it should be stronger than the heavy knight, because the heavy knight is not as good as the tank in some places."

"Hmm! Do you really think that tanks can influence the situation on the battlefield?" Chief of Staff Yang Yuting asked impatiently. He thought the young man in front of him was a little too arrogant.

"It doesn't control the entire battlefield situation. It's on the plains. I think that as long as the logistics are in place, one side can win with an absolute number of tanks and use concentrated assault tactics. It may even win more with less!" Guo Songling replied confidently road.

"Scaremongering, young man, you have to think before you speak, and you have to be careful. Don't forget who is sitting in front of you." A voice came from the crowd on one side, and the tone was full of disdain.It was Feng Linge, a veteran beside Zhang Zuolin, who spoke. "The purpose of tank manufacturing is to make it easier for infantry to assault those defensive areas composed of trenches and barbed wire, and the ultimate arms to destroy and destroy the enemy are infantry and artillery. Tanks are just auxiliary arms, similar to engineers. Although they can play It has a certain role, but its status can never be placed first." Feng Linge's statement represents the thinking of the vast majority of Chinese military officers.

Guo Songling sneered, her face full of rebelliousness, "Commander Feng, just now the commander-in-chief said that anyone can speak freely, I'm just expressing some immature opinions of my own, if you think what I said is wrong, you can refute it, But only if you allow me to finish.”

"You..." Feng Linge wanted to explode on the spot, but when he peeked at Zhang Zuolin's admiration for Guo Songling, and considered that his identity had to be taken into account on this occasion, he could only hold back his breath.

Guo Songling paused for a moment, sorted out his thoughts, and then continued: "In ancient times, the weapons used to break through the opponent were chariots first, and then light and heavy cavalry with stronger mobility, but with the development of infantry weapons and long-range weapons, The armor of cavalry became thicker and thicker and became knights. But it didn't take long for cannons and rifles filled with gunpowder to penetrate the armor of knights. The role of cavalry was gradually replaced by cannons and rifles, while the invention of machine guns and mortars made infantry It fell into a catastrophe, so that all future wars will be solved by trenches and artillery, and extensive mobile operations have become impossible."

"Well! Not bad, let's continue!" Zhang Zuolin became more and more interested in this young man.

"So, tanks appeared! In fact, it is not impossible to use tanks on a large scale. In the war against St. Petersburg, we used tanks very successfully, but we also saw some shortcomings. For example, the problem of cooperating with infantry artillery, Especially the speed of the tanks. If the speed is not fast, there is no way to form what we call mobile warfare, but if the speed is too fast, the cover of the infantry will be very problematic, and our tanks will be in an isolated situation. This is a Very nerve-wracking question!" Guo Songling continued.

"Hmm! I thought about it too, so I got a clue. Can you tell me your thoughts?" Zhang Zuolin continued to ask.

"Yes!" Guo Songling replied respectfully, "I think so. First of all, I think there should be three types of tanks. The first type is an assault tank. The tonnage should not be too large, the armor should not be too thick, but the speed should be fast. It is responsible for high-speed breakthroughs. The second type we call support tanks or attack tanks. This type of tank has a moderate tonnage, but it has stronger firepower, higher protection than the previous tanks, and a slower speed. Its task is to protect and support The first type of tank, the third type is a heavy tank. It has strong firepower and armor, and does not require too much speed. We can organize it into a heavy armored commando. When attacking, it will specialize in some special areas. For defense, it is used as a mobile reserve to defend the most critical areas! There are also armored units that should be assigned to other forces, such as armored transport vehicles for transporting combat troops, light combat vehicles for reconnaissance and search, heavy self-propelled artillery support vehicles, Maintenance vehicles, medical vehicles, these tasks can be undertaken by motorized troops, and can even be used as cavalry. It is a pity that there is no suitable place for aircraft to stop in Europe. Otherwise, with the addition of air support forces, having such a Troops, the imperial cavalry can completely sweep across Europe!"

(End of this chapter)